McEvers. In a boomerang, the situation anticipated at the point of the action planet
“boomerangs” when the configuration is activated. One example McEvers uses in her
explanation of the boomerang is Ralph Waldo Emerson, who had such a configuration
in his natal chart and who, when fortune placed the 26-year-old minister in the pulpit
of Boston’s Old North Church, found himself in a situation with which his noncon-
formist temperament had difficulty coping. He was eventually forced to leave the
ministry. Thus, Emerson’s opportunity “boomeranged.”
Sources:
Escobar, Thyrza. Side Lights of Astrology.3d ed. Hollywood, CA: Golden Seal Research, 1971.
McEvers, Joan. “The Boomerang: A New Configuration.” In Astrology: Old Theme, New
Thoughts.Edited by Marion D. March and Joan McEvers. San Diego: Astro Computing
Services, 1984.
BOREALSIGNS
Boreal signs is a traditional term referring to the northern signs, Aries through Virgo.
The term is derived from Boreas,the Greek personification of the north wind.
BOWLPATTERN
A bowl, or hemispheric, pattern is a horoscope in which all of the planets are in half
of the chart. Ideally, the planets are spread out so as to create the visual impression of
a bowl.
BRADLEY, DONALDA. (GARTHALLEN)
Donald A. Bradley, born in Nebraska on May 16, 1925, was a leader of the “sidereal-
ist” movement and research director of the Llewellyn Foundation for Astrological
Research. He carried out several statistical studies, including an astrological analysis
of 2,492 clergymen and an extensive study of rainfall. His results, while initially greet-
ed with enthusiasm, were later shown to be largely insignificant, either because of
faulty design or neglected statistical considerations.
Bradley was an enthusiastic adherent of the sidereal zodiac as advocated by
Cyril Fagan, and wrote many books and articles on siderealism. He published his early
work under his own name but later used the pseudonym Garth Allen. A regular con-
tributor to American Astrology Magazine,he was senior editor when he died of cancer
on April 25, 1974, in Tucson, Arizona.
Sources:
Bradley, Donald A. Picking Winners.Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1954.
———. Profession and Birthdate.Los Angeles: Llewellyn Publications, 1950.
———. Solar and Lunar Returns.2d ed. Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1968.
———. Stock Market Prediction.Los Angeles: Llewellyn Foundation for Astrological Research, 1950.
Holden, James H., and Robert A. Hughes. Astrological Pioneers of America.Tempe, AZ: Ameri-
can Federation of Astrologers, 1988.
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