Ruth Hale Oliver
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Ruth Hale Oliver was a noted professional Hollywood astrologer
, writer
, and astrology teacher in the Los Angeles, California, area for decades. Introduced by her daughter,of late actress Susan Oliver
, with whom she relocated with to Los Angeles several years after her divorce from journalist George Gercke in 1949. She became a highly sought after astrologer in Hollywood circles, and was very popular with the movie sets. She and co-author Dr. Harry F. Darling wrote "Astro-Psychiatry". Her memorial in Aspects Magazine reads:
"Ruth was not only a great teacher who enlightened many of today's top astrologers, but also an erudite historian with a great command of the language which reflected in her many writings. She was one of the early proponents of Humanistic Astrology and one of the first to recognize the importance of configurations. We are among her many clients and students who miss her deeply."
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
, writer
Writer
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, and astrology teacher in the Los Angeles, California, area for decades. Introduced by her daughter,of late actress Susan Oliver
Susan Oliver
Susan Oliver was an American actress, television director and aviator.-Early life and family:Susan Oliver was born Charlotte Gercke, the daughter of journalist George Gercke and astrology practitioner Ruth Hale Oliver, in New York City in 1932. Her parents divorced when she was still a child...
, with whom she relocated with to Los Angeles several years after her divorce from journalist George Gercke in 1949. She became a highly sought after astrologer in Hollywood circles, and was very popular with the movie sets. She and co-author Dr. Harry F. Darling wrote "Astro-Psychiatry". Her memorial in Aspects Magazine reads:
"Ruth was not only a great teacher who enlightened many of today's top astrologers, but also an erudite historian with a great command of the language which reflected in her many writings. She was one of the early proponents of Humanistic Astrology and one of the first to recognize the importance of configurations. We are among her many clients and students who miss her deeply."
Books Written by Oliver
- The Basic Principles of Astrology: A Modern View of an Ancient Science,ISBN 1425486045 (1-4254-8604-5),Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co, 1962
- Astropsychiatry by Harry F Darling, Ruth Hale Oliver, ISBN 087707111X (0-87707-111-X), Hardcover, CSA Press, 1973