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Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Ernest Everett Just, 1883–1941 (African-American biologist, academic, science writer)

* Ernest Everett Just's primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms. In his work within marine biology, cytology and parthenogenesis, he advocated the study of whole cells under normal conditions, rather than simply breaking them apart in a laboratory setting.

Just authored two books, Basic Methods for Experiments on Eggs of Marine Animals (1939) and The Biology of the Cell Surface (1939), and he also published at least seventy papers in the areas of cytology, fertilization and early embryonic development. He discovered what is known as the fast block to polyspermy; he further elucidated the slow block, which had been discovered by Fol in the 1870s; and he showed that the adhesive properties of the cells of the early embryo are surface phenomena exquisitely dependent on developmental stage.

In the fall of 1941, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and died shortly thereafter on 27 October 1941 in Washington D.C., aged 58.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Ernest Everett Just, 14 Aug. 1883, circa 00:15 (12:15am) LMT (+5:19:43), Charleston, South Carolina, USA (32n46, 79w55). ASC: Gemini. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just by Kenneth R. Manning (Oxford University, 1985), p. 5: "Mary Mathews Just . . . went through an easy delivery a little after midnight on Tuesday morning, 14 August." The source is given as Charleston News and Courier, 14 Aug. 1883, p. 1.

Friday, 1 April 2016

John Myers (British radio executive, consultant and presenter)

* John Myers is the Chairman of the UK Radio Academy Awards, Executive Chairman and owner of Myers Media and the former Chair of The Arqiva Commercial radio awards. Myers developed the Century Radio brand for Border Radio Holdings in the early 1990s, launching two more stations later in the decade. He presented programmes under the pseudonym "John Morgan". He then became Chief Executive of GMG Radio, developing the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands and overseeing GMG Radio's acquisition of the Century network from GCap Media. He served as Chief Executive of The Radio Academy from April 2011 until June 2012.

In 2009, he was asked by the Labour Government to produce a report on the future of local radio in the UK ("The Myers Report") which was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April 2009. A number of his recommendations were taken up by the Digital Economy Act 2010, leading to, amongst others, mergers within the Heart and Smooth Radio networks. Myers reviewed efficiencies at four BBC radio stations during the first quarter of 2011 and, in late 2011, began reviewing BBC Local Radio stations in response to the Delivering Quality First cuts.

He is currently chairman of TeamRock, a new worldwide content and distribution business based in London and Glasgow.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: John F. Myers, 11 April 1959, 23:50 (11:50pm) GMT (+0), Carlisle, England (54n54, 2w55). ASC: 10 Sagittarius. RR: AA (quoted birth record). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes him on Twitter: "Just looked at my birth certificate and notes. I was born at 11.50pm. For the rest of the day I am still 53" (posted on the morning of 11 April 2013). Other details from England and Wales Birth Registration Index.

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

John Paul Young (Scottish-born Australian pop singer)

* John Paul Young had a 1978 worldwide hit with the single, "Love Is in the Air", which peaked at No. 3 on the Australian charts, No. 7 in the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 5 in the UK singles chart. The associated album, Love Is in the Air reached the top 40 on the Australian albums chart. European chart success for "Love Is in the Air" included No. 2 in Norway and Sweden, No. 3 in Austria and Germany, No. 5 in Switzerland and No. 9 in the Netherlands. The song peaked at No. 2 in South Africa. As a result of his popularity in Australia he was crowned 'King of Pop' in October 1978.

Baz Luhrmann's internationally successful film Strictly Ballroom (released in 1992) featured a new version of "Love Is in the Air" and Young's single once again peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Singles Charts and became a top 50 hit in the UK. In 2000, he played to his largest audience as a featured performer at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: John Inglis Young, 21 June 1950, 08:15 (8.15am) BST (-1), Glasgow, Scotland (55n53, 4w15). ASC: 9 Leo. RR: AA (birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield requested the data from Caroline Gerard who quotes birth certificate (20 March 2016).

Friday, 19 February 2016

Salman Khan (Indian film actor, producer and television personality)

* Salman Khan has a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide, and is cited in the media as one of the most popular and commercially successful actors of Hindi cinema. He was ranked 7th in Forbes's first global list of highest-paid actors in the world with USD 33.5 million, earning more than Hollywood actors like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Khan established himself in Bollywood in the 1990s with roles in several top-grossing productions. After a brief period of decline in the 2000s, he achieved greater stardom in the 2010s by playing the lead role in several successful action films, including Dabangg (2010), Bodyguard (2011), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Kick (2014) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015). He has starred in the highest-grossing Bollywood films of nine separate years which is a Bollywood record. For his contributions to film, the Government of India honoured him with the 2008 – Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment.

In addition to his acting career, Khan is a stage performer and an active humanitarian through his charity organisation Being Human with his Brother Sooban Ahmad Khan. Khan's off-screen life is marred by controversy and legal troubles. His tumultuous relationship with Aishwarya Rai, hunting of endangered species, and a negligent driving case in which he ran over five people with his car, killing one, have been extensively covered by the Indian media. For the last of these, Khan was sentenced to a five-year imprisonment in 2015. Later on Salman was acquitted of all charges in the hit-and-run case by the Bombay High Court.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, 27 December 1965, 10:45 (10:45 AM) IST (-5:30), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India (22n43, 75e50). ASC: 3 Pisces. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from Being Salman by Jasim Khan (Penguin UK, 2015): "Salman Khan was born at 10.45 a.m. on 27 December 1965 in Kalyanmal Nursing Home in Indore. The superintendent of the nursing home, Dr Neelesh Dalal, shows the register marking the birh of Salman."

Monday, 30 November 2015

Blaise Cendrars, 1887–1961 (Swiss-French novelist and poet)

* Blaise Cendrars was a writer of considerable influence in the European modernist movement. He was the first modernist poet, not only in terms of expressing the fundamental values of Modernism but also in terms of creating its first solid poetical synthesis. In 1912, in New York, he wrote his long poem, "Les Pâques à New York" (Easter in New York), his first important contribution to modern literature. He signed it for the first time with the name 'Blaise Cendrars.'

Back in Paris, Cendrars became an important part of the artistic community in Montparnasse; his writings were considered a literary epic of the modern adventurer. He was a friend of the American writer Henry Miller, and, in 1918, his friend Amedeo Modigliani painted his portrait. He died on 21 January 1961.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Frédéric-Louis Sauser, 1 September 1887, 19:45 (7:45pm)(-0:29:44), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (47n06, 6e50). ASC: 12 Aries. RR: AA (quoted birth certificate). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield cites birth record quoted in Blaise Cendrars: Homme libre, poète au coeur du monde by Jean Bühler (Éditions du Panorama, Fischbacher, 1960), p. 9: "Blaise Cendrars est né le 1er septembre 1887, à 19 heures 45, à La Chaux-de-Fonds. Son père Georges Frédéric Sauser le déclara à l'état-civil sous les prénoms de Frédéric Louis. "

Sunday, 29 November 2015

Fumihito, Prince Akishino (Japanese Prince)

* Prince Fumihito is the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and currently second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne. Since his marriage to Kiko Kawashima on 29 June 1990, he has held the title of Akishino-no-miya (generally translated into English as Prince Akishino) and headed his own branch of the imperial family. Prince and Princess Akishino have two daughters and one son. Prince Fumihito received a PhD degree in ornithology from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in October 1996. He conducted field research in Indonesia in 1993 and 1994, in Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China. When the current Emperor was still Crown Prince, he introduced tilapia to Thailand as an important source of protein. Tilapia can be easily cultured and Prince Fumihito, who is also known as "catfish specialist," has managed to maintain and expand the aquacultural studies with the people of Thailand. He is a big fan of the Beatles and an avid tennis player.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: 30 November 1965, about 00:15 (12:15 AM) JST (-9), Tokyo, Japan (35n42, 139e46). ASC: About 19 Virgo. RR: A (from news report). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from "New Japanese Prince," Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 1965, p. 13: "Tokyo (AP). Japan's Crown Princess Michiko gave birth to a boy just after midnight this morning, and both are doing well, a palace spokesman announced."

Monday, 24 August 2015

Patrick Dennis, 1921–1976 (American author)

* Patrick Dennis's novel Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (1955) was one of the bestselling American books of the 20th century. In chronological vignettes, the narrator — also named Patrick — recalls his adventures growing up under the wing of his madcap aunt, Mame Dennis. Dennis wrote a sequel, Around the World with Auntie Mame, in 1958. Dennis based the character of Mame Dennis on his father's sister, Marion Tanner. He also wrote several novels under the pseudonym Virginia Rowans. All of Dennis's novels employ to some degree the traditional comic devices of masks, subterfuge and deception.

Auntie Mame was played by Rosalind Russell (in a 1956 Broadway production and in the highly successful 1958 screen adaptation), by Angela Lansbury (in Jerry Herman's 1966 musical Mame), and by Lucille Ball (in the 1974 film version).

The flamboyant and exuberant Mame's frequently repeated motto is "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" She is represented by Neptune at 11° Leo in Patrick Dennis's chart, as channelled through synastry by these starring ladies: Rosalind Russell had her MC at 14° Leo, Angela Lansbury had 21° Leo rising, and Lucille Ball had her Sun at 13° Leo.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Edward Everett Tanner III, 18 May 1921, 14:45 (2:45pm) CST (+6), Chicago, Illinois, USA (41n51, 87w39). ASC: 25 Virgo. RR: AA (birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield has birth certificate on file obtained for him courtesy of Frank Clifford.

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Thursday, 20 August 2015

Brian Mulroney (Canadian businessman, politician and lawyer)

* Brian Mulroney was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from 17 September 1984 to 25 June 1993.

In his Memoirs he quotes his mother's diary for a birth time of 10:17pm, giving him a Scorpio ascendant, with its ruler Pluto trine his close Sun-Moon conjunction at 29 Pisces-00 Aries.

The Pluto factor probably facilitated his overseeing of the passage of the unpopular Goods and Services Tax.

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BIRTH DATA: Martin Brian Mulroney, 20 March 1939, 22:17 (10:17pm) EST (+5), Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada (49n13, 68w10). ASC: 19 Scorpio. RR: AA (quoted birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield cites mother's diary quoted by Mulroney in his Memoirs (McClelland & Stewart, 2011): "It was in Baie-Comeau, on March 20, 1939, that I was born at the Boisvert Hospital and was baptized Martin Brian. My mother chronicled my birth and early days in her faithful diary: 'Baby Brian arrived on Monday evening March 20th at 10:17...'"

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Kate Bornstein (American author, playwright, performance artist, gender theorist)

* Having been designated male at birth and then received sex reassignment surgery in 1986, Kate Bornstein identifies as gender non-conforming, saying "I don't call myself a woman, and I know I'm not a man", and prefers the gender neutral pronouns "ze/hir" in place of "she/her" or "he/him".

Bornstein has written about having anorexia, being a survivor of PTSD and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Bornstein has chronic lymphocytic leukemia and in September 2012 was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Bornstein and partner Barbara Carrellas live in New York City with three cats, two dogs and a turtle.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: born Albert Bornstein, 15 March 1948, about 06:00 (6 AM) EST (+5), Neptune, New Jersey, USA (40n13, 74w02). ASC: Pisces. RR: C. SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, Or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein (Psychology Press, 1998), p. 121: "I'm a double Pisces with a Taurus Moon. I was born in 1948, the Year of the Rat;" and Bornstein on Twitter: "I'm Pisces with Pisces rising and Taurus moon."

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Nate Berkus (American interior designer, author, TV personality)

* Nate Berkus runs the Chicago interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates and was a regularly featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, offering design advice to viewers, as well as coordinating surprise make-overs for people's homes. He has released numerous lines of products, and authored several books. His own show, The Nate Berkus Show, screened from 2010 to 2012.

Berkus is Jewish, and openly gay. In December 2004, he and his partner, photographer Fernando Bengoechea, were vacationing at a beach resort in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit. While Berkus survived, Bengoechea is missing and presumed dead.

Berkus became engaged to Jeremiah Brent in April 2013 and they were married on 3 May 2014 in New York City. They were the first same-sex couple to be featured in ads for InStyle and Rolling Stone, among other magazines. Berkus announced on 25 March 2015, that the couple's daughter via surrogate, Poppy Brent-Berkus, was born on 23 March.

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BIRTH DATA: Nathan Jay Berkus, 17 September 1971, about 06:00 (6 AM) PDT (+7), Orange (county), California, USA (33n47, 117w51). ASC: Virgo?. RR: C (Accuracy in question). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes "Triple! Virgo" handwritten by Berkus as his "Zodiac sign" in a questionionnaire published online on 30 November 2014. Date and place from the California birth index. Because he has 5 planets in Virgo presumably he means that his Sun, Moon and Ascendant are in Virgo. A speculative time of 6am gives mid Virgo rising.

Friday, 1 May 2015

Rue McClanahan, 1934–2010 (American actress, comedian, author, fashion designer)

* Rue McClanahan's birth certificate has been published on the official website of her estate, showing the time of birth recorded as 7pm and her name as "Eddi-Rue McClanahan." Previously, Frank Clifford quoted a written form filled in by her, with a time of 7:30pm from her mother's memory.

The time of 7pm puts Neptune and the Moon very close to the Ascendant and MC respectively. McClanahan won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987 for her role as Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–1992).

Thanks to Susan Carmichael for finding the BC.

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BIRTH DATA: Eddi-Rue McClanahan, 21 February 1934, 19:00 (7pm) CST (+6), Healdton, Oklahoma, USA (34n13, 97w29). ASC: 12 Virgo. RR: AA (from birth certificate on file). SOURCE: In April 2015, Susan Carmichael found her birth certificate published on the official website of her estate: http://estateofrue.com/catalog/rues-certified-birth-certificate-sold/

Previously, Frank C. Clifford quoted a written form filled in by her, on 20 June 1995, with a time of 7:30pm from her mother's memory.

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Christian Heinrich Heineken (German child prodigy)

* Christian Heinrich Heineken was known as "the infant scholar of Lübeck." When he was eight weeks old, he could speak German. He read the Pentateuch at age one, and between the ages of two and three, he read the Old and New Testament in Latin. When he was three years old, he was said to have authored A History of Denmark and recited it when visiting the King of Denmark later the same year. He died on 27 June 1725 at age four of coeliac disease.

Mercury in Capricorn is on the South Node in the first house indicating a prodigious intellect carried over from a previous life and brought to the fore. Moreover, Mercury is aspected by all three major outer planets: squared by Uranus and in a T-square with Neptune and Pluto. These planets were undiscovered in his short lifetime but it seems that he tapped into their energy anyhow.

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BIRTH DATA: 6 February 1721, 05:30 (5:30 AM) LMT (-0:42:40), Lübeck, Germany (53n52, 10e40). ASC: 2 Capricorn. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes "between 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning" from the German biography "Leben, Thaten, Reisen und Tod eines sehr klugen und sehr artigen 4jährigen Kindes Christian Henrich Heineken aus Lübeck" by Christian von Schöneich (Vandenhoek, 1779), p. 1: "Christian Henrich Heineken ward geboren zu Lübeck, den 6 Febr. 1721, Morgens früh, zwischen 5 und 6 Uhr."

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Saturday, 11 January 2014

Jessica Simpson (American singer, actress, TV personality)

* We have a birth time giving an ascendant sign of Scorpio for Jessica Simpson. The Scorpionic Irresistible (2001) was her first certified Gold album, taking its name from the lead song which was so strongly criticized for the sexuality of its lyrics. The curvy Simpson has both Sun and Moon in bosomy Cancer (with the Moon as final dispositor). In 2005, she played Daisy Duke in the remake of the film The Dukes of Hazzard, and sang on the soundtrack, covering Nancy Sinatra's feisty 1966 hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin.'" Simpson also appeared as Daisy Duke in the song's sexed-up video: flirting and singing in a bar and then later washing the General Lee car, wearing a skin-tight, revealing pink bikini. In the last couple of years she has changed tack by starting a family, having given birth to a daughter and a son.

Many thanks to both Kevin Cee who spotted the online news of Simpson's rising sign and to Karen Marie Shelton for confirming that the data came from Simpson's mother.

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BIRTH DATA: Jessica Ann Simpson, 10 July 1980, 14:45-15:05 (2:45-5:05 p.m.), Abilene, Texas, USA (32n26, 99w43). ASC: 15 Scorpio. RR: A (from mother's memory). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes rising sign of Scorpio in a 2006 online article by Karen Marie Shelton (found on the internet by Kevin Cee): "According to her mom's (Tina Simpson) recollection of her birth time, Jessica was born under the ascending sign of Scorpio." (http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/articles.php?f=tip88803.htm). UPDATE: On 3 December 2014 Scholfield received a reply from Shelton: "When I specifically asked her what time Jessica was born Tina said '4:00 in the afternoon'. She then reminded me that although many people report Jessica was born in Dallas, Texas, she was actually born in Abilene, Texas. Tina didn't hesitate when I asked. She immediately replied with 4:00 pm. I know that sometimes mothers forget the exact time, but Tina seemed very clear & precise about the time."

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Thursday, 26 September 2013

Bill Hughes (American jazz trombonist and bandleader)

* Bill Hughes was born in Dallas, Texas, and his family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was nine years old. Hughes has spent most of his career with the Count Basie Orchestra and was the director of that ensemble from 2003 until September 2010.

Hughes has Neptune in the 12th House, conjunct his Ascendant and ruling his Mars and Moon in Pisces.

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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Bess Lomax Hawes, 1921–2009 (American folk musician, folklorist, researcher)

* In the early 1940s she moved to New York City, where she was active on the folk scene. She was an on-and-off member of the Almanac Singers. The legendary Woody Guthrie taught her mandolin.
In the 1950s she moved to California, where she taught guitar, banjo, mandolin and folk singing. In 1968 she became Associate Professor of Anthropology at San Fernando Valley State College. At California State University Northridge Hawes compiled an extensive archive of folk songs.
In 1975, Hawes accepted a position in administration at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was instrumental in organizing the Smithsonian's 1976 Bicentennial Festival of Traditional Folk Arts on the National Mall. In 1977, she was named first director of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts, and created the National Heritage Fellowships, which recognize traditional artists and performers.
She retired in 1992. Her memoir, Sing It Pretty, was published by Illinois University Press in 2008. She died on November 27, 2009.

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Gerre Hancock, 1934–2012 (American organist, improviser, composer)

* Gerre Hancock's compositions are published by Oxford University Press (OUP). His textbook, Improvising: How to Master the Art, also published by OUP, is studied by organists throughout the USA. In 1981 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and in 1995 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. In May 2004 he was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree (Honoris causa) from The General Theological Seminary in New York. He is listed in “Who’s Who in America,” and his biography appears in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. In 2004 he was honored in a ceremony at Lambeth Palace in London where he was presented the Medal of the Cross of St. Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In June 2010, Dr. Hancock was presented the International Performer of the Year Award by the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. This is viewed by many as the most distinguished award that the American Guild of Organists bestows upon its colleagues.

Hancock has a stellium of Pisces planets ruled by Neptune in the 1st House.

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Friday, 20 September 2013

Dick Jones (American actor, "Pinocchio")

* Dickie Jones achieved some success as a child actor and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and television.

Jupiter is known for exaggeration: Jones has Jupiter conjunct his Sun and ruling his Sagittarius Moon. He is probably best known as the voice of Pinocchio — the liar whose nose grows to inordinate lengths — in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio.

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Irma P. Hall (American actress)

* Irma P. Hall is an African-American actress who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s. She is best known for playing matriarchal figures in the films A Family Thing, Soul Food and The Ladykillers.

Hall has the matriarchal Moon in her own sign Cancer operating as final dispositor in her chart. (Not to mention her stellium of Cancerian planets).

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Nancy Gates (American film and TV actress)

* Nancy Gates starred or co-starred in 34 films and serials, many of which were westerns or sci-fi movies, with her in the leading role as the heroine. She also made a total of 55 television appearances. The Sun and Neptune are the planets most associated with acting. Gates has the Sun on her MC, conjunct Jupiter and conjunct Mercury, the latter ruling her Gemini Ascendant. The Sun rules Neptune in Leo on her IC.

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Monday, 16 September 2013

Robert Hoge (Australian writer, disability advocate)

* Robert Hoge has worked as a journalist, a speechwriter, a science communicator and a political advisor. His writings have been published in Australia and overseas. Hoge was born with a giant tumour on his forehead, severely distorted facial features and legs that were twisted and useless. He underwent regular, gruelling and often dangerous operations that made medical history and gradually improved his life. In infancy, his nose was built from cartilage in his toes.

Hoge has survivor/transformer planet, Pluto, at the apex of a T-square ruling his Scorpio Ascendant (signifying his reconstructed face). His memoir, Ugly, is about growing up ugly and disabled. Deformative and reformative Saturn is conjunct his Venus, the planet of beauty and values -- both planets in literary Gemini. Through his writings and website (www.roberthoge.com), Hoge advocates for the better treatment of people discriminated against because they are considered ugly. His Pluto is in the last degree of discriminative Virgo. The Sun in the first degree of Leo acts as Final Dispositor. The love and support of his family helped him to overcome incredible hardships.

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