MARCIA MOORE:
(1928-1979)
Long a teacher and explorer of astrology, yoga, reincarnation, and other spiritual and occult fields, American astrologer, Marcia Moore was brought to national attention through Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn.
Throughout the 1970s, her fame grew through her own books and appearances, and she attracted a following of celebrities to her Ojai, California residence, where she enjoyed a glamorous, high profile lifestyle. She disappeared on January 14, 1979, and remains were discovered, verified by DNA testing, two years later. Twenty years later, there are still conflicting reports on her death, but rather than delve into them, we choose here to celebrate her life.
DATE TWINS
A fascinating illustration of how two people born the same day, month, and year express their charts is in the case of Lois Rodden and Marcia Moore. When Marcia gave Lois, the inveterate data collector, her birth information, they discovered that they were born the same date, May 22, 1928!
The time and place are, of course, different--they weren't separated at birth. In AstrodataBank, with her typical impeccability, Lois ranks her own birth information as C, rectified to 12:27 AM, Lang, Canada, from her mother's memory that it was near midnight. Marcia's record is ranked A, from her memory, as 9:10 AM, EDT, in Cambridge, MA. (To See the Chart)
The postions of the planets are nearly identical, though Marcia's twelfth house Cancer Moon is only three degrees from a conjunction to Pluto, while Lois's fifth house Moon is six degrees from that conjunction. Marcia's Ascendant was Cancer; Lois's Aquarius. The Gauquelin sectors are very different and illustrate much about the differences in their life paths. Marcia had a high-profile and very charismatic Mars/Uranus/Midheaven conjunction in Aries, while Lois has scholarly and meticulous Saturn in Sag on her Midheaven.
Both have been important contributors to the world of astrology, though in very different ways, and both wrote landmark books.
Marwayne Leipzig was close to the couple, and they dedicated Journeys into the Bright World to her. She contributed the following additional data, from the principles in the case. Marcia's third husband, Dr. Howard Alltounian was born June 13, 1937, at 12:45 AM EST in Highland Park, MI, 83W06; 42N24.
Marcia was last seen at approximately 8:30 PM PST on January 14, 1979, in Alderwood Manor, WA. 122W14; 47N10. Her skull was found on March 20, 1981, at 3:30 PM PST near 172nd and Bothell Way, 122W12; 47N52.
BOOKS BY MARCIA MOORE: Marcia Moore wrote a number of books, none of which are
generally available today. They include:
Astrology: The Divine Science
Astrology in Action
Reincarnation, the Key to Immortality
Yoga, Science of the Self
Diet, Sex and Yoga
Journeys into the Bright World
John McCormick, writing in Mercury Hour, July, 1981:
"Death is cruelest when its hand is placed too soon upon the young, the beautiful or the gifted. We are thrice bereaved, for Marcia Moore was all of these. Marcia loved life and she lived it to the full. Her departure has left a void that will not be filled in the hearts of all who remember her. Her good will never faltered and her shy smile will smile forever in our happy recollections.
"We suggest that the location of her resting place be noted and that no astrologer pass that blessed plot without pausing to place a flower there in memory of the delightful girl we loved so well or murmur a brief appreciation of the gift of wisdom she left behind during her brief stay among us. May she rest quietly, forever, untroubled."
Janette Birch wrote for this memorial:
"Not too long before Marcia Moore's disappearance I had a past-life regression by Marcia. It was at a friend's house in Eugene, Oregon. Marcia Moore looked so much younger than her chronological age. She had grace and beauty and left a memorable and lasting impression on me. To this day I can still recall her vividly. I was extremely saddened by her disappearance."
Dear Ones:
Just rendering homage to a great astrologer and researcher. I have her book, "Astrology the divine science" since 1981, one of my first books, favorite and useful till today and I hope trascend many generations to come.
Sunita de Tellitu
B. W.
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