Fibonacci Day is November 23rd, and celebrates the work of medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa. We have no solid dates on Leonardo, but 11-23 was chosen as those are the first numbers in the sequence. In honour of the day, Science Magazine published an article on an American mathematician who utilized the Fibonacci series to solve German mathematician David Hilbert’s 10th problem of his original list of twenty-three. Her name was Julia Robinson. Who is Fibonacci and why do we care? Leonardo Fibonacci, slang for Filius Bonacci, son of Bonacci, was a medieval Italian mathematician who wrote Liber abaci “Book…
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Admiral Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy was an officer of the Royal Navy. Born in Curraghmore, Waterford County, Ireland, on February 10 1846 he was son of a Protestant minister and his wife. Beresford enjoyed a career in the Royal Navy and as a Member of Parliament for the Unionist cause. His indomitable spirit gave him the nickname of Charlie B — a pun on England’s John Bull. He died shortly after attending President Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral from pneumonia on 6 September, 1919 . The similarities in these two political / military…
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Playwright Noel Coward is also a See-Saw, and his chart looks more what we are accustomed to seeing: three opposing planets in the Eighth House against five in the Second. His chart also is rather reminiscent of Miss McBride’s: both have Cancer at the Midheaven (hers at 22, his at 30) and both have Libra rising (hers at 19 and his at 23) so these two media artists, have much in common. But Mr. Coward’s chart is a Northern Hemisphere chart , showing despite his public demeanor, he was a private person. His Sun at 24 Sagittarius is opposite his Moon at 13 Gemini, creates…
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The Weiss Tunkhannock Murders In the local news was a big writeup about 24-year-old Randy Robert Stair who worked the night shift at Weiss Markets in Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., PA killing three of his co-workers before finally pulling the trigger on himself. As this is in the neighboring county, it caught my interest. The news item can be found here on the WNEP site. The ascendant for the actual killing took place is 15+ Pisces, which E. C. Chambers writes is the symbol of “someone who is extroverted, bombastic, and anxious to attract attention.” He goes on to say that…










