Mellie Uyldert

 

One of Holland's Grand Ladies in astrology, Mellie Uyldert, passed away Sunday May 10, at the respectable age of 100 years. She was not only well known in astrology, but also very instrumental for the revival of the interest in natural healing, herbs, precious stones and metals. In astrology she held a somewhat outside position from the groups, but she was very well known with the larger public, having written dozens of books, some of which were translated in English and German. Her passing was mentioned on the radio and in most Dutch newspapers just to show how well known she was over here (Jupiter in the 10th.)

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With many planets in Gemini in the 9th as well as Pluto she was both outspoken as well as naive towards the opinions of other people, she was condemned and praised alike. She had a large house in Belgium which originally was the reason I moved there parttime in 2003, having lived there for a few years to follow up on a few shared ideals for astrology. Some ISAR board members will remember the wonderful workshops we organized there where they attended and gave talks.

Mellie Uyldert wrote her own magazine ("The Candleflame") for a new age since 1946 and gave lectures up to 96 years of age. One of the very few who kept the flame of spiritual astrology alive throughout her career, it is kind of telling that she left this world at the end of Uranus in Pisces. When Uranus gets into Aries, I believe, astrology has to reinvent itself somehow, and I hope it will be with gratitude to our elders, of which Mellie certainly was one for many people.

 

 

BIRTH AND DEATH DATA:

Born:      May 31, 1908, 15.52 pm LMT, Blaricum, NL

Passed:  May 10, 2009, 14.57 pm, Bilthoven NL

  

 

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