Things started at this time will probably flourish, and people are more fortunate and
have better hygiene, yet can be more spiteful and overindulgent. Revati rules the
planet Ketu at Pisces 16°40’ to 30°.—Pramela ThiagesanROELL, DAVIDR.
David R. Roell is a practitioner of contemporary astrology. As a child, he traveled
extensively in his native Kansas. The eldest of nine, he was editor of his high school
yearbook. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas (bachelor of science degree in
journalism) and many years ago spoke fluent French. During a prolonged stay in
Europe, he compiled a photographic portfolio of English and French church interiors.
He is a former member of the Royal Photographic Society and of Mensa. He was once
a factotum to one of the chief financial officers of the United Nations.
Vatican II led Roell on a 30-year study of metaphysics, which eventually
included theosophy, Alice Bailey, the seven rays, Gothic architecture, the esoteric
church, the Great Ages, alchemy, reincarnation, pyramidology, astral projection,
pranic healing, magic, UFOs, Gurdjieff/Ouspensky, the Second Coming, and other
subjects. In 1983, he bought his first astrology book. From 1986 to 1990, he worked at
the New York Astrology Center. In 1993, on a dare, he and a friend established what
eventually became the Astrology Center of America, in Ventura, California. In Janu-
ary 1996, the store moved onto the Internet as AstroAmerica.com. In 1998 he moved
to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since 2000, he has lived in New York City with his wife,
Elizabeth, and their daughter, Veracity.ROGERS-GALLAGHER, KIM
Kim Rogers-Gallagher has been in the business of astrology for the past 20 years. Her
columns have appeared monthly for over 15 years, in Dell Horoscope, Welcome to Planet
Earth, The Mountain Astrologer, American Astrology,and on the Internet. She was the
author of a daily love horoscope called PassionScopesfor AstroNet (on America Online)
for five years. She is also responsible for the “Cosmic Cafe,” a creative weekly column
published for StarIQ.com and astrocom.com that resembles an astrological soap opera,
which was said to demographically attract an 80–90 percent female audience.
Rogers-Gallagher has also published two books. Astrology for the Light Side of the
Brain,released in 1995, is now in its fifth printing at ACS (Astro-Communications of
San Diego), and is the top-selling book in the company’s 25-year history. Her second
book, Astrology for the Light Side of the Future,holds the second-place slot. She has also
written chapters in several anthologies for both ACS and Llewellyn Publications. She
is the author of the introductory text for Llewellyn’s Astrology Calendar, writes the
weekly horoscopes for the publisher’s Daily Planetary Guide,and has been an annual
contributor to its Sun-sign and Moon-sign annuals for the past seven years.
Rogers-Gallagher has been a director on the board of the International Society
for Astrological Research (ISAR) for eight years. She served as editor for ISAR’s quar-Roell, David R.
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