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In August 1930, something unprecedented took place in the astrological world. In London, the editor of the Sunday Express asked the astrologer Cheiro (aka William John Warner) to write about the horoscope of the new royal baby, Margaret. When Cheiro declined, his assistant, R. H. Naylor, stepped in. He foresaw “an eventful life” for the little princess with “events of tremendous importance to the Royal Family and the nation” in her seventh year. A few weeks later, he predicted problems for British aircraft between October 8 and 15. On the fifth, a large airship — a hydrogen-filled dirigible — crashed and exploded in France, killing 48 people. It was a few days early, but never mind: Like Evangeline Adams and William Lilly before him, Naylor benefitted from predicting a disaster. The editor asked him to write a regular column with predictions for everyone. Naylor did this based on birthdays — that is, on Sun signs. This had not been done before, and it was an immediate hit. Circulation rocketed up, and rival publications hired their own astrologers to write similar columns. And so the horoscope column, based on Sun sign, became a regular part of the daily paper. When King Edward VIII, aka the Duke of Windsor, abdicated the throne of England during Margaret’s seventh year in order to marry a divorced American, a scandal that riveted the entire world, Naylor’s reputation was secured. His later predictions — so, so wrong — mattered not a whit.