A Tribute to Bobby Durango

Bobby Durango by C. Anderson

My friend Bobby Durango passed away last night.  I met Bobby way back in the early to mid 1980's before anyone outside of South Florida had heard of The Rock City Angels.  Bobby had one of the best voices in rock n roll and stage presence to boot.  RCA left South Florida and signed with Geffen Records.  They released one classic album, "Young Man's Blues" and then seemed to fade into obscurity. Several years later New Renaissance Records released what is known as "The Glam Album."  This is another "classic" which was recorded prior to the band leaving South Florida and signing with Geffen.  It was actually their "demo" which they talk about in the interview below.

Sometime in the mid to late 90's Andy Panik and I crossed paths on the net.  Andy told me about this new recording by RCA.  At some point I became the band's "manager" (that would be Andy and Bobby as there was not an active band at that point).  We worked on putting together Rock City Angels reunion in Miami and tried to get a record deal for the new music - "Use Once and Destroy."  I created and managed the bands's web page and over time it all kind of fell apart.  A long story not really worth telling.  In any case, Bobby eventually found the money he needed to "sweeten" Use Once & Destroy.  He put a new version of the band together and  released the album!!!!   One of the band's first shows was in Fort Lauderdale, Fl and I went to see them.  Bobby was still the great performer I remembered.  The picture above is from that night after RCA played. 

Bobby's passing makes me sad.  He is a rock n roll legend in my book.  Not knowing what else to say, here is a transcript of an interview I did with Bobby and RCA circa 1980 something.  This article appeared in Gold Coast Live! magazine with RCA on the cover.




Rockin With The Angels

words & photos by Catharine Anderson


The Rock City Angels have become South Florida's very own "underground rock stars." Though there are very few clubs allowing bands such as the Angels to grace their stages, The Rock City Angels have become very well known and very popular inspite of the fact. The band gets press. The band gets girls - lots of girls. The band gets fan mail. And...most important, they get gigs when there are gigs to be had. The Rock City Angels are in demand. Everytime a new "progressive rock club" or "original music club" opens up they want the Rock City Angels to play. Why so? Because the Rock City Angels can draw a crowd and that's what it takes to keep a club owner happy.

Although the Angels have become"glam" stars on the so called South Florida "underground circuit." they still have a long way to go in order to reach their ultimate goals. The band members feel, in their hearts, that they play the kind of rock n roll that people would really get into if exposed to it. The Rock City Angels play the type of music they grew up with - glam. The band's influences include Gary Glitter, The New York Dolls, The Rolling Stons, The Sex Pistols, The Dead Boys, The Bay City Rollers, The Monkees, Aerosmith and a variety of styles from Motown to metal to everything inbetween.

"We just play a straight rock n roll type of beat," claims bassist Andy Panic. "We're trying to bring rock n roll back."

"Instead of liking all kinds of music, alot of people only like a certain type of thing," states vocalist Bobby St. Valentine. "Let's face it, if you're a mature musician, you listen to all kinds of things. We don't want to be labeled "heavy metal." You're going to hear all kinds of influences in our music - heavy metal, Motown, punk, every kind of music there is. Funk. It's all there."

"Rock n roll never went away, its always been consistant," points out guitarist Jimmy James. "There have been other fads, like disco and heavy metal."

Bobby interjects, "Yeah, but its gotten to the point where rock n roll is underground."

"All that other stuff is popularized," explains Andy. "Pretty soon what will happen is people are going to go 'remember guitars?'"

"And drums. Real drums. Not synthensizers," adds Greg Sparks.

The Rock City Angels differentiate between stage costumes and music. The Angels believe that if you dress "glam" and sell yourself as "glam" then you should play the music that fits the image. "All these bands look like Aerosmith ten years ago," points out Steven Knight, "But they don't have the balls to go out there and play the same music. That's one thing we can say."

"Even Aerosmith, these kids don't know what Aerosmith is," says Andy.

"In California the big deal is that all the heavy metal bands go out and say, 'We're a glam band.' They all try to look like The New York Dolls or something. And you know what they sound like? They all sound like Ratt!!!! \" explains Jimmy.

"I get so mad," Bobby says. "They're taking our image. They're taking our whole look and everything like that. They're just giving us a bad name because they're not playing rock n roll. They're palying bullshit!"

"Its all connected to the look," agrees Andy.

"the New York Dolls could come out right now and people would call them a heavy metal band," claims Bobby. "And that's the truth! And anybody who thinks Aerosmith is a heavy metal band is stupid


"Anybody who knows about blues and rock n roll knows," states Andy.

"Even T. Rex," adds Bobby. "People would think they are a heavy metal..."

"yeah, they have long hair," agrees Steven.

"The Who could come out right now and people would call them punk," says Bobby. "Its true man."

Being in a band in South Florida is not always encouraging. The Angels have managed to stick it out over the years and still believe in what they are doing. The band has recorded an eleven song cassette which will be released shortly. "Alot of people have other Rock City Angel demos," says Bobby, "but this one is different. This one is definitely better than any we've done in the past. It's like the first time it's happened! The only reason we're putting this out is because me and Andy have been playing together for five years and this is it! We're sick of all the bullshit. This is kind of a last ditch effort. We're sick of sitting around. We want to get the attention of a label. Not a big label. Just a label that will get it distributed. Safety Net, Enigma...we don't care. We want to sign with anyone who will get our stuff out."

"Especially Enigma," says Jimmy. "I played the stuff out in California. People really loved it!"

"The funny thing is that people who don't know us, or never heard of us, hear us and like us, " explains Bobby. "We get alot of letters and stuff. People around here just don't understand."

"Yeah, people see us with long hair and they think we're heavy metal. They hear us and find out we don't play heavy metal and then they think we suck!" explains Jimmy.

"WE could play heavy metal," Bobby points out. "That's the thing. This band is so multi-talented. You listen to our tape and there's not one single kind of song on there. Not all the songs sound the same. There's alot of range. There's a range of musical styles."

The Rock City Angels have a number of originals which they play as well as a number of 70's style "glam" covers. The band does songs by all their favorite influences, but really rocks when they do their own songs. Included in their live set, as well as on their cassette, are songs like "Out of the Mouths of Babes," (an "All the Young Dudes" type anthem song), "Wild Tiger" (a straight ahead rockin "come on baby and f----me song), Rough and Tumble" and one song that sums up what The Rock City Angels are about - "Teenage Lipstick Boys."

"Every single song sounds real simple and everything," says Bobby. "But if you liten to the words, they're not. All our words deal with subjects like lonliness...but its not pessemistic."

The Rock City Angels asked that this interview be dedicated to Ricky Nelson. "The thing is they blame it all on drugs," Jimmy says. ""Well, f---- that man. He died! F--- the drugs! He's dead! Why nail him for that? He's dead already. Poor guy - he's got the music behind him."

"We knew him," says Andy.

The Angels want to thank everybody for their support! Their tape will be available in any record store that will carry it or by mailing. $6.95 to the Angels. "If the postage is less than 75 cents, we'll put a quarter in the envelope with an autographed picture of Andy," they promise.

Use Once & Destroy

Astrology Book List

Below is a list of astrology books compiled in 2008.  I retrieved this list from my old astrology site (Astrology Power Zone) via The Way Back Time Machine.  There is alot of other good info on Astrology Power Zone including some informative articles by Janet Kane and others.  If you would like to take a look just click here to go to Astrology Power Zone.

Alan Oken's Complete Astrology Alan Oken

American Atlas Thomas G. Shanks
American Book of Tables Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris 1991-2000 Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris 2001-2010 Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 20th Century at midnight Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 20th Century at noon Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 21st Century 2001-2050 at midnight Neil Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 21st Century 2001-2050 at noon Neil Michelsen
American Sidereal Ephemeris 1976-2000 Neil Michelsen
An Astrological Guide to Self-Awareness Donna Cunningham
An Astrological Herbal for Women Elisabeth Brooke
An Astrological Triptych Dane Rudhyar
Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer James Braha
An Easygoing Guide to Astrology Nancy Cassell
Approximate Positions of Asteroids 1851 - 2050 E. Donath
Arabic Parts in Astrology: Lost Key to Prediction Robert Zoller
Archetypes of the Zodiac Kathleen Burt
Art of Synthesis Alan Leo
Ascendant: Your Karmic Doorway Martin Schulman
Aspects & Personality Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Aspects in Vedic Astrology Pandit Ohja
Asteroids in Synastry Emma Belle Donath
Asteroid Name Encyclopedia Jacob Schwartz
Astro-Alchemy: Making the Most of Your Transits Joan Negus
Astroanalysis Aries through Pisces Astroanalysis
Astro Data 1 (Profiles of Women) Lois Rodden
Astro Data 2 (Famous People's Charts) Lois Rodden
Astro Data 5: Profiles of Crime Lois Rodden
Astro Diagnosis: A Guide to Healing Max & Augusta Heindel
Astro-Guide to Nutrition & Vitamins Lynne Palmer
Astro-Essentials: Planets in Signs, Houses & Aspect Maritha Pottenger
Astro-Logos: Revelations of a Hindu Astrologer James Braha
Astrological Aspects: A Process Oriented Approach Dane Rudhyar
Astrological Aspects: Your Inner Dialogues-How Planetary Relationships Illuminate Jeanne Avery
Astrological Body Types: Face, Form, & Expression Judith A. Hill
Astrological Counseling: The Path to Self-Actualization Joan McEvers
Astrological Healing Reinhold Ebertin
Astrological Healing Gems Shivaji Bhattacharjee
Astrological Houses Bruno & Louise Huber
Astrological Houses Dane Rudhyar
Astrological Insights into Personality Betty Lunsted
Astrological Insights into the Spiritual Life Dane Rudhyar
Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption Liz Greene
Astrological Psychosynthesis: The Integration of Personality, Love & Intelligence in the Horoscope Bruno Huber
Astrological Secrets of the Hebrew Sages J. Dobin
Astrologickal Magick Estelle Daniels
Astrologer's Handbook Julia Parker
Astrologer's Handbook Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Astrologer's Node Book Donna Van Toen
Astrological Games People Play Bernie Ashman
Astrology & Heredity: The Thread of Life J. Peel
Astrology & Past Lives Mary Devlin
Astrology & Relationships Mary Devlin
Astrology & Spiritual Development Donna Cunningham
Astrology & The Games People Play in Work & Relationships Spencer Grendahl
Astrology & the Stock Market Louise McWhirter
Astrology & Your Past Lives Jeanne Avery
Astrology Alive: Experiential Astrology, Astro Drama, & Healing Arts Barbara Schermer
Astrology: A Cosmic Science Isabel Hickey
Astrology for All Alan Leo
Astrology for Cats: Your Feline's Star Signs Trunal & Walter Keiner
Astrology for Children: The Planets J. Weinstein
Astrology for the Absolute Beginner: How to Interpret Your Own Birth chart Vol. 1
Astrology for Initiates Papus
Astrology for the Light Side of the Brain Kim Roger-Gallagher
Astrology for Lovers Liz Greene
Astrology for the Millions Grant Lewi
Astrology for the Soul Jan Spiller
Astrology for Yourself: A Workbook Bloch & George
Astrology for Women Gloria Star
Astrology: History, Symbols, & Signs S. Nesle
Astrology, How & Why It Works: An Introduction to Basic Astrology Marc Edmund Jones
Astrology in Action: Transits, Progressions & Chart Themes Famous Paul Wright
Astrology in Modern Language Vaughan
Astrology Inside & Out Bruce Nevin
Astrology, Karma, & Transformation Stephen Arroyo
Astrology: Key to Holistic Health Marcia Starck
Astrology, Nutrition, & Health R. Jansley
Astrology of Childbirth Doris C. Doane
Astrology of Choice Roy Alexander
Astrology of Death Richard Houck
Astrology of Fate Liz Greene
Astrology of Human Relationships Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Astrology of Personality Dane Rudhyar
Astrology of the Famed Noel Tyl
Astrology of Self Discovery Tracy Marks
Astrology of Sexuality Martin Schulman
Astrology, Psychology, & the Four Elements Stephen Arroyo
Astrology Really Works Magi Society
Astrology: The Classic Guide to Understanding Your Horoscope Ronald Davison
Astrology: The Evidence of Science Percy Seymour
Astrology & Consciousness: The Wheel of Light Rio Olesky
Astrology's Special Measurements Noel Tyl

Beginner's Guide to Astrological Interpretation Joyce Levine
Birth Pattern Psychology: Personality Assessment through Chart T. Van Pelt
Book of Jupiter Marilyn Waram
Book of Lovers Carolyn Reynolds
Book of Marriage Charts Emylu L. Hughes
Book of Saturn Zipporah Dobyns
Book of Uranus Joan Negus
Book of Pluto Steven Forrest

Celestial Psychology: Astrological Guide to Growth & Transformation Doris Hebel
Changing Sky: Practical Guide to the New Predictive Astrology Steven Forrest
Chart Interpretation Handbook Stephen Arroyo
Child Signs: An Astrological Guide to Parenting M.J. Abadie
Chinese Astrology Derek Walters
Chinese Love Signs Neil Somerville
Chinese Love Signs Derek Walters
Chiron & the Healing Journey: Astrolog/Psychol. Perspective Melanie Reinhart
Chiron: The New Planet in Your Horoscope R. Nolle
Chiron: Rainbow Bridge Between Inner & Outer Planets Barbara Hand Clow
Circle Book of Charts
Circle of Stars: An Introduction to Indian Astrology Valerie J. Roebuck
Choice-Centered Astrology: The Basics Gail Fairfield
Combination of Stellar Influences Reinhold Ebertin
Communicating the Horoscope Noel Tyl
Compendium of Astrology R. Lineman & J. Popelka
Complete Horoscope Interpretation: Your Planetary Profile Maritha Pottenger
Consulting Astrologer's Guidebook Donna Cunningham
Contemporary Lectures: Chart Interpretation, Astrology & Psychology Doris Hebel
Cosmic Combinations: A Book of Astrological Exercises Joan Negus
Cycles of Time: Charting the Mood Swings of America Jacqueline Whyte


Degree Analysis: Dwadashamas & Deeper Meanings & Chandra Symbols in the Horoscope Douglas Sandbach
Degrees of the Zodiac Magnified Mohan Koparkar
Degrees of the Zodiac Esther Leinbach
Delineations of Progressions Sophia Mason
Development of the Personality Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
Dial Detective: Investigation with the 90 Degree Dial Maria Kay Simms
Dictionary of Basic Astrological Terms Goswam Kriyananda
Dynamic Astrology -- Using Planetary Cycles to Make Personal & Career Choices John Townley
Dynamics of Aspect Analysis Bil Tierney
Dynamics of the Unconscious Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
Dynasty (Family Relationships) Erin Sullivan

Easy Astrology Guide Maritha Pottenger
Eclipses Interpretation Manual R. Lineman
Eclipses: Astrological Guideposts R. Lineman
Elements of Astrology Janis Huntley
Esoteric Astrology Alice Bailey
Essays on Astrology Robert Hand
Essential Dignities J.L. Lehman Ph.D
Expanding Astrology's Universe Zipporah Dobyns
Exploring Jupiter: The Astrological Key to Progress, Prosperity & Potential Stephen Arroyo

Finding Our Way Through the Dark Demetra George
Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology Vivian E. Robson
Forecasting Backward & Foreward (Rectification) B.F. Hammerslough
Forecasting with Diurnals: A Different Way of Looking at Transits Mary N. Hughes
Forces of the Zodiac Robert Leichtman & Japiske
Foundations of Personality: Combining Elements, Crosses, & Houses Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Fundamentals of Vedic Astrology Bepin Behari
Future Signs Simms, Maria Kay

Galactic Dimension of Astrology Dane Rudhyar
Gate of Rebirth: Astrology, Regeneration & 8th House Mysteries Hadyn Paul
Gods of Change: Pain, Crisis & Transits of Uranus, Neptune & Pluto Howard Sasportas
Guide to Horoscope Interpretation Marc Edmund Jones

Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes Theodora Lau
Handbook of Horary Astrology Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Healing with Astrology Marcia Starck
Healing Pluto Problems Donna Cunningham
Healing with the Horoscope Maritha Pottenger
Health Zodiac: Practical Guide to Understanding Your Health Cycles Pamela Rowe
Heaven Knows What Grant Lewi
Herbs, Health, & Astrology Leon Petulengro
Hindu Astrology Lessons Richard Houck
Horary Astrology Rediscovered Olivia Barclay
Horary Astrology: Practical Techniques for Problem Solving Marc Edmund Jones
Horoscope for the New Millennium E. Allan Meece
Horoscopes of the U.S. States & Cities C. Dodson
Horoscope Symbols Robert Hand
House Connection: How to Read the Houses in an Astrological Chart Karen Hamaker-Zondag
How to Be a Great Astrologer James Braha
How to Handle Your Human Relationships Lois H. Sargeant
How to Predict Your Future--Secrets of Eastern & Western Astrology James Braha

Inner Sky: The Dynamic New Astrology for Everyone Steven Forrest
Inner Planets: Building Blocks of Personal Reality Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
International Atlas Thomas G. Shanks
Instant Horoscope Reader: Planets by Sign, House, & Aspect Julia Lupton Skalka
Interpreting Signs & Symbols: Beginner's Guide Kristyna Arcati
Interpreting Solar & Lunar Returns: Psychological Approach Babs Kirby & J. Stubbs

Jungian Symbolism in Astrology Alice O. Howell
Jungian Synchronicity in Astrological Signs & Ages Alice O. Howell

Karmic Astrology: The Moon's Nodes & Reincarnation Vol. 1 Martin Schulman
Karmic Astrology: Retrogrades & Reincarnation Vol. 2 Martin Schulman
Karmic Astrology: Joy & the Part of Fortune Vol. 3 Martin Schulman
Karmic Astrology: The Karma of the Now Vol. 4 Martin Schulman
Karmic Journey: The Birthchart, Karma & Reincarnation Judy Hall
Karmic Relationships Martin Schulman
Key Words for Astrology Hajo Banzhaf & Anna Haebler
Koch Book of Tables Neil Michelsen

Life Challenge Astrology: Karmic Indicators in Birthchart Richard Strauss
Life Cycles: Astrology of Inner Space & it's Application to Rhythms Bill Anderton
Life Time Astrology: From Conception to Transcendence A.T. Mann
Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India Hart Defouw & Robert Svoboda
Linda Goodman's Love Signs Linda Goodman
Linda Goodman's Star Signs Linda Goodman
Linda Goodman's Sun Signs Linda Goodman
Literary Zodiac Paul Wright
Liquid Light of Sex: Understanding Key Life Passages Barbara Hand Clow
Lives You Live:As Revealed in Heaven-A History of Karmic Astrology Ted George
Lord of the Light: Exploring the Astrological Sun Hadyn Paul
Love & Sexuality: An Exploration of Venus & Mars Babs Kirby & J. Stubbs
Love Planets M.J. Abadie & Claudia Bader
Love, Sex, & Astrology:Let Astrology Help Choose the Right Partner Teri King
Lover's Guide: An Astrological Key to Relationships Marjorie Orr
Lover's Horoscopes Lori Reid
Luminaries: Psychology of the Sun and Moon Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas
Lunation Cycle Dane Rudhyar
Lunar Nodes Bernice Prill Grebner
Lunar Nodes Mohan Koparker

Marriage Made in Heaven Alexandra Mark
Mars Book Donna Van Toen
Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology Sun Bear & Wabun
Meet Your Planets Roy Alexander
Mercury Method of Chart Comparisons Lois Rodden
Michelsen Book of Tables, The Michelson & Pottenger
Midpoint Interpretation Simplified Karen Savalan
Modern Textbook of Astrology Margaret Hone
Money & the Markets: An Astrological Guide Bates & Bowles
Money Signs: Astrology, Money & You Jane Bowles
Moon in Your Life-Being a Lunar Type in a Solar World(updated) Donna Cunningham
Moon Mansions Mohan Koparkar
Moon Node Astrology Bruno & Louise Huber
Moon's Nodes and Their Importance G. White
Moon Phases: A Symbolic Key Martin Goldsmith
Moon Signs: Discover the Hidden Power of Your Emotions Sasha Fenton
Moon Signs: The Key to Your Inner Life Donna Cunningham
Mundane Astrology C.C. Zain
My Little Aries: A Parent's Guide to the Little Stars of the Family John Astrop
Mythic Astrology: Archetypal Powers in the Horoscope Ariel Guttman & K. Johnson
Mythic Astrology Cards Liz Greene
My World of Astrology Sydney Omarr

New A to Z Horoscope Maker & Delineator Llewellyn George
New Astrology: Unique Synthesis of Chinese & Western Trad. Suzanne White
New Chinese Astrology Suzanne White
New Insights into Modern Astrology Stephen Arroyo & Liz Greene
New Look at Mercury Retrograde, A Robert Wilkinson 14.95
Night Speaks Steven Forrest
North & South Nodes: The Guideposts of the Spirit Cynthia Bohannon

Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need Joanna M. Woolfolk
Only Way to Learn Astrology: Vol 1: Basic Principles March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn Astrology: Vol 2: Math & Interpretation March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn Astrology: Vol 3: Horoscope Analysis March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn About Tomorrow, Vol. 4: Progressions, Returns,etc. March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn about Relationships, Vol. 5 March & McEvers
Only Way to Learn About Horary & Electional Astrology, Vol. 6 March & McEvers
Optimum Child Gloria Star
Outer Planets & Their Cycles: The Astrology of the Collective Liz Greene

Parker's Astrology Julia & Derek Parker
Person Centered Astrology Dane Rudhyar
Phases of the Moon M. Busteed & D. Wergin
Picking Your Perfect Partner through Astrolgy: A Guide to Compatibility in Relationships Mary Coleman
Planetary Aspects: Conflict to Cooperation Tracy Marks
Planetary Heredity Michel Gauqelin
Planetary Music: Understanding Astrological Rhythms Ed Rose
Planetary Symbolism in the Horoscope Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Planets, The Sasha Fenton
Planets in Aspect Robert Pelletier
Planets in Composite Robert Hand
Planets in Love John Townley
Planets in Houses Robert Pelletier
Planets in Signs Skye Alexander
Planets in the Signs & Houses: Vedic Astrologer's Handbook Vol. 2 Bepin Behari
Planets In Synastry E.W. Neville
Planets in Transit Robert Hand
Planets in Youth Robert Hand
Planets on the Move Z. Dobyns & M. Pottenger
Planet Vulcan H. Weston
Planets Within Thomas Moore
Pluto: Planet of Magic & Power Ginger Chalford
Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul Jeff Green
Power of Fixed Stars Joseph Rigor
Power Planets: A Manual for Human Empowerment Luisa de La Lama
Power Trio: Mars, Saturn, and Pluto Mae Wilson-Ludlam
Practice of Prediction Nancy Anne Hastings
Predicting Love, Marriage, Sex & Money Timothy Edward Curley
Predicting the Future with Astrology Sasha Fenton
Prediction in Astrology: A Master Volume of Technique & Practice Noel Tyl
Predictive Astrology Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Predictive Planetary Periods: Hindu Dasas Barbara Cameron
Progressed Horoscope Alan Leo
Progressions in Action Doris C. Doane
Psychological Astrology Karen Hamaker-Zondag

Quintiles & Trideciles: The Geometry of the Goddess Dusty Bunker

Relating Liz Greene
Relationships & Life Cycles Stephen Arroyo
Reconstructing the Real You: Applying Astrology to Family Psychology Barry Cowger & M. Christy
Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape Erin Sullivan
Rising Sign Jeanne Avery
Roadmap to Your Future: A Quick Guide to Progressions & Transits Bernie Ashman
Rosicrucian Ephemeris single year Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rosicrucian Ephemeris 1900-2000 at midnight Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rosicrucian Ephemeris 2000-2009 at noon Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rosicrucian Ephemeris 2000-2100 at Noon Rosicrucian Fellowship
Rulership Book: A Directory of Astrological Correspondences Rex Bills

Sabian Manual: A Ritual for Living Marc Edmund Jones
Sabian Symbols Marc Edmund Jones
Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil Liz Greene
Saturn in Transit Erin Sullivan
Saturn/Pluto Phenomenon Joy Michaud
Seduction by the Stars: An Astrological Guide to Love, Lust & Intimate Relationships Ron Lexander
Seeds of Astrology--A Beginner's Book Donna Mickler Ph.D
Sex Signs (revised) Judith Bennett
Sexual Astrology Martine
Sexual Astrology Marlene Rathgeb
Sexuality in the Horoscope Noel Tyl
Skymates: Astrology of Love, Sex & Intimacy Steven Forrest
Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self Alan Oken
Spiritual Approach to Astrology Myrna Lofthus
Spiritual Astrology Jan Spiller
Star Connection: The Science of Judaic Astrology Rabbi Philip Berg
Stars in Your Family(Parent/Child Signs) Sylvia Friedman
Success Through the Stars: An Astrological Guide to Defining & Living a Satisfying Life Carole Golden
Sun Sign, Moon Sign: 144 Sun/Moon Combinations Charles Harvey
Sun Signs: Discover Yourself & Others Through Astrology Sasha Fenton
Suzanne White's Guide to Love Suzanne White
Suzanne White's Original Chinese Astrology Suzanne White
Synastry: Understanding Human Relationships through Astrology Ronald Davison
Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology: The Professional Manual Noel Tyl


Tables of Planetary Phenomena Neil Michelsen
Technique of Prediction R. Davison
Teri King's Complete Guide to Your Stars: A Unique Combination of Ascendent & Sun Sign Teri King
The Astrology Book Andrea Lloyd
Therapeutic Astrology: Using the Birth Chart in Psychotherapy & Spiritual Couseling Greg Bogart
Those Inconjunct Quincunx Transits Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Through the Looking Glass Richard Idemon
Time Changes in Canada & Mexico Doris C. Doane
Time Changes in the USA Doris C. Doane
Time Changes in the World Doris C. Doane
Transpersonal Astrology Errol Weiner
Transits in Reverse: Astrological Planning for Success E. Ryneveld
Transits Simplified Frances Sakoian & Louis Acker
Transits: The Time of Your Life Betty Lundsted
Twelfth House Karen Hamaker-Zondag
Twelve Doors to the Soul Jane A. Evans

Ultimate Asteroid Book J. Lee Lehman
Understanding Aspects: The Inconjunct Alan Epstein
Understanding Aspects: The Sextile Alan Epstein
Understanding Astrology: A Practical Guide to the Stars Sasha Fenton
Understanding Children through Astrology Samantha A. Davis
Uranus/Neptune Influence Joy Michaud

Vedic Astrology Ronnie Dreyer

Western Astrology & Chinese Medicine J. Willmott
When Planets Promise Love? Rose Murray
Write Your Own Horoscope Joseph Goodavage

Your Hidden Powers (was Intercepted Signs) Joanne Wickenburg
Your Magical Child Maria Kay Simms
Your Planetary Personality Dennis Oakland
Your Secret Self: Illuminating the Mysteries of the 12th House Tracy Marks
Your Sun Sign as a Spiritual Guide Donald Walters
Your Starway to Love: Easy Compatibility Analysis Maritha Pottenger

Zodiac: An Analysis of Symbolic Degrees E. Schroeder
Zodiac Family: Help You Understand & Raise Your Child Julia Parker
Zodiac Pack Judy Hall
Zodiac Symbology: It's Charm, Beauty & Fascination Faith Javane
Zolar's Starmates: Astrological Secrets of Love & Romance Zolar

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"I Never Met an Asteroid I Didn’t Like"

An Interview with Kim Falconer

Kim Falconer is an astrologer and a writer who was born in Santa Cruz, CA and now lives on the far east coast of Australia. Kim was introduced to astrology at an early age and has three decades of astrological experience . Kim has studied the works of such eminent teachers as Joanne Wickenburg, Dennis Elwell, Isabel Hickey, Howard Sasportas, Liz Greene and Richard Idemon.  Kim is the author of Asteroid 433 Eros: The Astrology of Love and Astrology & Aptitude: How to Become What You Were Meant to Be and of Vital Signs: The Astrology of Well Being. Kim writes for a number of astrology magazines including Dell Horoscope and The Mountain Astrologer.

AstrologyPowerZone:  In your biography, you state that your father inspired your interest in
the occult. You go on to say that he used horoscopes in conjunction with financial adventures. You, on the other hand, choose a totally different astrological path, one that incorporates ancient wisdom and mythology with psychological theories, art and poetry. Where did this influence come from and how were you able to blend it with what you learned from your father?

Kim:  Where did it come from? Art history class, for a start. I was enamored with my high school art teacher, and inspired by the rich and vivid myths that went with classical paintings, sculptures and crockery. I was seventeen at the time, the same year my father signed me up for my first formal astrology course. It was taught by a mystical woman, Lois Goff, and although she was strictly traditional, she transmitted a lot of magic and sense of the inner world.

Also, my mother is a poetess. Over the years she has exposed me to the world of prose and poetry in delightful ways. She’d never admit it, but Mom links symbolic meaning to everything quite naturally, especially word meanings. From her example, I made it a habit early on to link words and phrases with astrological symbols. For instance, take Keats: "Virgin choir to make delicious moan/upon the midnight hours." Right away, I think of a culminating Moon in Virgo! Or, Voltaire, "Once people begin to reason, all is lost." What else but Mercury/Neptune? Or my mother's, "The persevering sea harbors all things/Cast adrift in her wardrobe of shadows;" Sounds like Saturn in the 12th house to me! Attention to WORDS would definitely be my mother's influence!

I clearly recall the event that brought me to incorporate depth psychology into my astrological approach. After I spent 7 years in diligent traditional astrological study, my father gave me a set of
tapes from the 1980 Saturn/Jupiter conjunction conference in California. I listened in awe to Liz Greene speak about Neptune and the therapeutic process. Something went "click" in my mind and I never looked back. That’s when I started reading everything of hers, and others like Idemon
and Sasportas and Jim Lewis.

My father and I would debate the nature of outer planet transits, progression, nodes etc for hours. That really helped me, even if we didn’t come to an agreement (which was often). Defending a position requires you to be very clear and articulate, at least if you want to present a successful defense!

AstrologyPowerZone: Much of the material on your website and in your articles focuses on
Asteroid 433 Eros. What is it that attracts you to this asteroid? Why have you choosen to research it so deeply?

Kim: Why Eros? I have to chuckle at this now. It all started out as a mistake! (if there are such things).

I was looking for a copy of the myth of Psyche and Eros, flipping around in search engines on the internet. I knew, vaguely, that there were asteroids out there and did use (minimally) Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas, but they were not my focus. I just wanted to read a good translation of the Myth.

But, by some weird “accident” I printed out not a copy of the myth but a NASA site I didn’t even know the browser was open to. It was all about sending a NEAR satellite to 433 Eros. What? I was stunned. Knowing the synchronistic nature between the discovery or focus on a planet and the
awakening in the collective of what that planet represents, I dove in! That was eight years ago, and my interest in all minor planets has increased rapidly ever since.

AstrologyPowerZone: In your biography you mention that you are currently investigating
asteroids, and other special points in the horoscope, following their relevance to health and relationships. Can you elaborate on this a bit?

Kim: I see the asteroids as the “fine tuning” dial on a TV. The major planets  give you the “big picture” and the minor ones sharpen it, honing in on subtleties that might otherwise be missed. In relationships of all kinds, business, friendship, family, lovers, the synastry contacts might include asteroids, connecting two (or more) people in ways the major planets may not describe. The same goes for composite charts.

As far as health is concerned, I associate vitality with being able to express authentically. The finer the detailed understanding of that authentic SELF, the stronger, fitter and more vibrant we become. In this context, the repression or degrading of energy (represented in the chart as unexpressed planets and points in the various signs) finds its only outlet through the body as dis-ease.

A simplistic example would be someone with natal asteroid Psyche on the Ascendant in Aries who was, for what ever reason, unable to push out adventurously into the world, be immediate in action and assertive in nature, especially when it came to connecting with others on a deeper level, might experience migraine head aches. Again, the energy has to go somewhere and if can’t find a creative rout, there is always the body. (Aries rules the head)

AstrologyPowerZone: Have you found anything that interests you as much as Asteroid 433 Eros
does?

Kim: I never met an asteroid I didn’t like, although 433 Eros is my “first love” when it comes to the minor planets. I find others fascinating and insightful, particularly the planet crossers (those orbiting between Venus and Mars), the Centaurs, (those orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune)and of course the “main” asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. The discovery of the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Pluto is going to bring a new twist to Astrology, especially with the discovery
of Quaoar.

I must say I am exceptionally interested at the moment in asteroid 3753 Cruithne (pronounced 'croo-een-ya'). It has a “companion” like orbit to earth which actually moves in a horseshoe pattern. Although it orbits the Sun in almost exactly the same time period as the earth, because of the eccentricities, it can go many years without transiting certain signs!

AstrologyPowerZone: You have a background in health and have worked as a medical assistant,
animal health technician and board certified lactation consultant for twenty years. You also hold diplomas in herbal medicine, nutrition, zoology and literature. With such a background, I assume you have some interest in medical astrology? If so, can you talk a little bit about how mythological symbolism can be used in regard to health?

Kim: Myths are metaphors for life. They tell a story that somehow evokes a deeper feeling or movement of the psyche, resonating with our unconscious like a painting, poem, musical piece or dance.

In regards to health, I think they can help us understand what might be “wrong” (undervalued, repressed, unnourished) with us on an inner level.

Each myth portrays an aspect of soul nature, searching, striving, struggling or being forced to express. If we can understand more of what is waking up in our unconscious, we can honor and support it. The more we “do” who we are striving to becoming, the healthier we feel, simple
as that!

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The above is an interview with Kim Falconer which appeared on one of my many websites in the past (Astrology Power Zone).  The site is history but I still find my interview with Kim interesting so I decided to post it here.  Kim has evolved.  She is still practicing astrology but is now a successful novelist as well. 

The Novels:  Quantum Enchantment,  Path of the Stray, Road to the Soul and Journey by Night

Astrology Book List
Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part I
Lessons in Relatedness: Mother Teresa Part II
Relationships From the Karmic Perspective

Dying to Have Known

I am watching a documentary called "Dying to Have Known - The Cancer Cure" while cleaning the house.  The film is about The Gerson Therapy which some claim can prevent and/or cure cancer.  This takes me back several years.  There was a time when I studied cancer from the perspective of Holistic Nutrition.  The Gerson Therapy was one of the therapies I studied.

"Max Gerson (October 18, 1881 – March 8, 1959) was a German physician who developed the Gerson Therapy, an alternative dietary therapy, which he claimed could cure cancer and most chronic, degenerative diseases. Gerson described his approach in the book A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases. However, when Gerson's claims were examined by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), they found that his records lacked the basic information necessary to systematically evaluate his claims. The NCI concluded that his data showed no benefit from his treatment.  The therapy is scientifically unsupported and potentially hazardous." - Wikipedia

Judging by this introductory paragraph from Wikipedia not much has changed since I studied The Gerson Therapy.  The film proves this as well.  As pointed out in the film, the cancer industry employees more people than have cancer so it is safe to say that they are very reluctant to properly research and test The Gerson Therapy. 

Most of what I learned about The Gerson Therapy came from reading Charlotte Gerson's book The Gerson Therapy.  It is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in fighting cancer with nutrition. Conventional medicine shuns such treatments and is fond of calling practitioners who utilize such treatments "Quacks." It seems that the Japanese are more open minded.  Towards the end of the film we hear from a Japanese doctor who is treating patients with the Gerson Therapy and saving lives.

Another interesting documentary is The Beautiful Truth.  This is a documentary by a 15 year old who sets out to learn about the Gerson Therapy.

"After the tragic death of his mother, Garrett s father decided to home-school his son and assigned a book written by Dr. Max Gerson that proposes a direct link between diet and a cure for cancer.

Fascinated, Garrett embarks on a cross-country road trip to investigate The Gerson Therapy. He meets with scientists, doctors and cancer survivors who reveal how it is in the best interest of the multi-billion dollar medical industry to dismiss the notion of alternative and natural cures. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)

The Evolutionary Journey of a Soul - Anne Boleyn

Threads - The Reincarnation of Anne Boleyn by Nell Gavin is a fantasy which combines elements of historical fiction, metaphysics and eastern religion into one very interesting tale.  Threads "opens with Anne's execution. Her fury at her husband's betrayal has enough momentum to survive centuries, but in Threads she learns that she has been assigned a hard task: she must review their history together through a number of past lives, and find it within herself to forgive him." (Amazon book description).  At the time I came across this book I was studying Evolutionary Astrology which delves into reincarnation and describes how one's past life experiences influence one's current life.  Threads struck me as an Evolutionary Astrology book minus the astrology.  It was a perfect example of the theory behind what evolutionary astrologers are taught - what happens after death, how past lives are the cause of the current life and how the soul determines what it needs to experience in future lives. In other words, this book was about the evolutionary journey of a soul.

Threads is written in the first person.  It is Anne Bolelyn telling her own story.  "Death is not as I had expected from hours, months, and years of religious instruction, nor is it the dark and frightening place of lore. There are neither harps nor terrifying images. I sprout neither wings nor horns. It is not as I had imagined, nor is it as I had feared. Yet it is what I had known it to be, deep within me, like words I had once memorized long ago, but forgot until now when I am from a lifetime of unconsciousness."  (Gavin, Nell (2011-07-29). Threads: The Reincarnation of Anne Boleyn (p. 11). Book and Quill Press. Kindle Edition).

After reading the book I contacted the author, Nell Gavin, and asked her if I could do her astrology chart from an Evolutionary Astrology perspective.  I was curious, was Nell the reincarnation of Anne Boleyn?  It almost seemed so based on the story she told in Threads.  After finishing her chart and sharing what I found with her, Nell and I discussed both her chart and her book via a series of emails.

Nell wrote, " It pretty much nailed me on the head. To give you a brief overview, I was born "knowing" I had to write a book. I just never knew what that book was supposed to be about, and I didn't WANT to write a book, so I never wrote anything, except five creative writing papers in English 101, and years and years of business correspondence. I also kept a journal, which is why I write in first person. When I tried to write (because I was "supposed to") it was awful, so I never got far with it."

Nell continued,  "The day we got our first computer was the day I was "inspired" to begin to write. I just sat down and did it. Like I said earlier, I hooked into the "portal" and drew the story down. Sometimes it came with entire pre-written paragraphs I only had to type - that was very odd. I had the sense that I was being taught to write, and as I got further into it I got less and less support. I rewrote everything that came through, except for The Voice - I left her every word just as I received it. "

We can only speculate in regard to whether or not Nell is a reincarnation of Anne Boleyn or a writer who was chosen to channel Anne's story, or whatever.  In any case, Nell did a fantastic job of telling Anne's story in a way that makes one look at Anne Boleyn in an entirely new light.  Most history books and works of historical fiction portray Ann Bolelyn as a less than likeable character.  Threads gives Anne's story a new spin, one that portrays her as a a normal person simply living her life and caught up in an experience that was meant to help her evolve as a soul.

"The first memories that come to me are of my life, the life just past. From birth to death they pass in a rush, but are unblurred as if time is compressed. I see the entire span of my life without recriminations, but also without rationalizations. There is no escape from the things I had done, no opportunity to right wrongs or explain things away, or even to look in another direction to avoid seeing. My thoughts and actions lay before me harsh and real. I then go back again and watch myself from infancy, more slowly and lingeringly. I examine the relationships within my family. I follow the course of my music. I watch my educational and spiritual development and my emotional decline. Like separate threads all crazily woven into the whole, I see my friends and then my enemies, and myself in tangled interaction with them all."  (Gavin, Nell (2011-07-29). Threads: The Reincarnation of Anne Boleyn (p. 12). Book and Quill Press. Kindle Edition).