Transit
The Astrologer's Newsletter
January 2004
Contents
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Saddam Captured by Deborah Houlding
The Butler, the Princess and the Book by Isabelle Ghaneh
Funding Sought for Astrological Film by Adel Ather
The Beagle has Landed by Chris Mitchell
Faculty Events 2004 - by Peta High
Predestination and Free Will - April 2004 by Nick Kollestrom
Michael Jackson and the Astrology of Time by Isabelle Ghaneh
Welcome to the January issue of Transit.
I'm sad to say that this is the final time I shall be editing Transit. Pressure of work has meant that I can no longer devote the time needed to produce each issue. I'd like to take the opportunity to express my thanks to all of you who have contributed articles over the last couple of years and hope that many of you will continue to do so. Also thank you to those who have written to me privately with your comments and ideas. I was particularly delighted to receive five thank you notes within two hours of the last issue of Transit going online!
I'd especially like to thank Jenni Dean Harte for writing for Transit for six years without a break, and hope that we shall see her work again soon; David Meadows for reliably sending in his data section, always well in advance of deadline; Deborah Houlding, Claire Chandler and Garry Phillipson for dropping everything in order to respond to a request for copy NOW on several occasions and Russ Chandler, who has stoically put up with my bi-monthly Transit panics for the last couple of years and dealt with all matters that require a computer brain. At the time of writing I don't know who the new editor will be, but I'm sure that you will join me in welcoming them warmly.
Those of you who like to look ahead may already be aware about Venus crossing the face of the Sun on June 8, 2004. Transits of Venus across the disk of the Sun are amongst the rarest of planetary alignments. Only six have occurred since the invention of the telescope (1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882). You can find out more about the astronomy of this on Nasa's website.
It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Kt Boehrer, The Declination Lady. Kt died on 3January at 8:30 am in Seattle, US after a period of ill health. (Note: we originally quoted 4 January as the date of death. Ed.) She was born 25 September 1923 at 8:27:14 in Waco, Texas. Kt began to study astrology from about three years of age and never stopped. She was qualified as a medical technologist and was also a student of Ivy Goldstein Jacobson for twenty five years. A practicing astrologer who devoted 18 hours a day to her astrology practice for 25 years, her work was abruptly terminated while she took time off to deal with cancer. In seeking more certainty from her astrology, Kt began to work with declination, establishing the concept of out of bounds planets - those beyond the ecliptic by declination. This led to her book, Declination: The Other Dimension, being published in 1994. She was also the author of Life Numbers 1988, a focus on Cabalistic Numerology. Kt was well known for her contributions on a number of astrology lists and will be sorely missed by astrologers the world over. Her daughter, Suzi Seely, has set up a hotmail account for anyone who knew Kt and would like to offer their condolences to her family or share their memories of Kt click here. Suzi is also planning to set up a memorial website in the near future.
I hope that you enjoy reading this issue and look forward to reading Transit alongside you in the future.
Best,
Kim