Table of ContentsFront Cover - THE 1980 JOHNDRO AWARD

Page  1    NEWS, NEWS, NEWSPage  4    BASIC BITSPage  6    ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR THE TRANSNEPTUNIANS - James NeelyPage 13   MATRIX HOROSCPE PROGRAM IN BASIC - Michael ErlewinePage 22   ABOUT PRINTERS - Charles JaynePage 23   CONVERSATIONAL MATH - Buz OverbeckPage 26   DOT-MATRIX ASTROGLYPHS - Michael ErlewinePage 32   INTRODUCTION TO MICROGRAPHICS - Charles P. JonesPage 32   ON ASTRO-GEOGRAPHY - Mark PottengerPage 33   FIXED STAR PROGRAM - Mark PottengerPage 47   ASTEK I: ASTRO-COMPUTER - Fairbairn & Wesenberg Page 49   PLANETARY HOURS & DAY OF WEEK - Dwight G. JohnsonPage 54   THE FIRST A.C.T. - EditoPage 55   A.C.T. SCHEDULE - EditorPage 60   ADZ

Mercury Hour                                                87^th EditionJanuary 1996

Issue Highlights

Book Reviews

By Edith Custer:

Llewellyn’s 1996 Astrological Pocket Planner

Llewellyn’s Astrological Calendar 1996

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Astrology Really Works by The Magi Society – Marc Penfield

Articles

A Look at Jupiter’s Shortcomings – Bil Tierney

Translation of Light – Ed Dearborn

Group Dynamics – Mary K. Creasey

Been There, Done That – Kaye Shinker

[O.J. Simpson verdict] – John Kalus

SASM, Columbus, and Samana Cay – Byron Ross Wahl

1995 Oven Saga – Roberta Strain

Moon/Saturn, Parts 7 and 8 of 8 – Robert “Buz” Myers

Winter Solstice 1995 – Dot Willis

The Art of Self-Defense: Lesson, Fighting at the Level of Your Opponent,

Part 1 of 2 – Valerie Vaughn

Al H. Morrison: Rectification, Poison Data, Genetics - T. Patrick Davis

[obituary & excerpts]

Discussions

Solar returns

O, J, Simpson trial 

Chart data

(some incomplete or in question)

Powell, Colin

Washington, D.C.

Notable contributors

Donna Van Toen (various topics)

Mark Pottenger (Progressed MC techniques in software)

Marc Penfield (Chart of the U.S.A.)

Lee Lehman (corrections to Essential Dignities)

Marion March (O. J. Simpson trial, Chaos Theory, Solar Returns)

Mercury Hour 4^th Edition January 1975

Issue Highlights

Articles:

House Systems – Michael Munkasey

Four Questionable Practices of Astrologers – Dr. James T. Hayes

Excerpt from Foundation of the Astrological Chart – Ivy Jacobson (Johndro Locality Charts)

The Cosmic Structure – Inge Aach (continuation of the Cosmobiology Series)

The Vertex (series continuation) – Ruth Dewey

Discussion:

Carl Payne Tobey’s Astrology of Inner Space (various contributors)

Chart data:

(some in question or incomplete)Gerald FordMuhammed AliJames DeanMarlon BrandoClark GableHenry Kissinger

Notable contributors:

Stephen Arroyo (Mars in Scorpio; Polarity Therapy)

Zip Dobyns (formation of International Astrological Abstracts – IAA)

Isabel Hickey (short bio & involvement in astrology)