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The Astrological Journal September/October 2015 Volume 57 No.5 Contents In conversation Cover stories 43 Shelley von Strunckel and Frank C. Clifford When two of the world’s leading stargazers sat down together to discuss all things astrological, Journal listened in. Prepare for a forthright exchange of views – and discover what gets Frank up in the morning and how Shelley deals with sceptics 12 Star Wars’ George Lucas (Part 1): horoscope as personal mythology. By Glenn Perry 22 Astrology for teachers: Jupiter-Saturn cycles tackle classroom upstarts. By Alex Trenoweth 32 Mercury Retrograde Shadow: Jessica Adams shines a light on a much neglected phase Specials 10 Bringing back the beard: Blame Neptune in Pisces for facial fur, says (bearded) Tim Heyer 27 The Moorgate Crash: Jonathon Clark (with help from William Lilly) seeks answers 35 Working with the planets: Roy Gillett on trines, the Tunisia massacre and other tragic events 39 Astrology can help build winning football teams. Alan Ayre shows us how 50 Single women: Gun Hansson’s new research into chart signatures of unmarried females 54 Molly Parkin, Madame Arcati and me: Victor Olliver on a very Uranian ménage à trois 58 Cycles of history: Anton D’Abreu puts his case for mundane (or what he calls ‘collective’) astrology Data News 20 Frank C. Clifford shows us his astro-snap of comic Paul Merton Astrology Crossword 63 Pam Crane’s devilishly clever puzzle – are you smart enough? Goodybag prize! Regulars 5 Editor’s letter 6 Letters: Nicholas Kollerstrom on the Astrological Lodge of London’s centenary 7 In the astro news: ‘New’ Pluto is the headline act 21 Not the astrology column: Anne Whitaker’s journey from Marxism to astrology 26 Solarscope: The total lunar eclipse of September 28 – and you 60 Books: Sue Lewis’ Astrological Psychology, Western Esotericism and the Transpersonal, plus more 62 Diary of seminars and conferences 64 The sky – day and night: Sarah Cochrane’s transits report for SeptemberOctober 2015 65 Archives: John Addey’s birth data card for Toscanini 66 Astro-x-ray: Wendy Stacey Sep/Oct 2015 The Astrological Journal 3