Guest guest Posted January 7, 2001 Report Share Posted January 7, 2001 > I heard the news about Richard Houck today,how sad.I have his > interview the "Astrology of Death" from > www.mp3.com/astroview.The "Aspects of Death" from > www.mp3.com/jackgillen,Make's you think about astrology & death. What do you mean " how sad?" I didn't hear any news about Richard Houck, and I met him once or twice. What happened? Dharmapada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2001 Report Share Posted January 7, 2001 Richard Houck is in the final stages of dealing with metastasized bowel cancer, which has now spread to many parts of his body, including his lungs. He is in the final stages of life, and is currently in the daily care of a hospice worker. He is wrapping up his affairs to prepare for his transition. Prayers for him are most welcome. ~Namaste~ Sandy http://www.jupitersweb.com/ Dean [0108] Sunday, January 07, 2001 11:15 AM gjlist [gjlist] How sad? > I heard the news about Richard Houck today,how sad.I have his > interview the "Astrology of Death" from > www.mp3.com/astroview.The "Aspects of Death" from > www.mp3.com/jackgillen,Make's you think about astrology & death. What do you mean " how sad?" I didn't hear any news about Richard Houck, and I met him once or twice. What happened? Dharmapada gjlist- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2001 Report Share Posted January 7, 2001 Sandy Crowther wrote: > Richard Houck is in the final stages of dealing with metastasized bowel > cancer, which has now spread to many parts of his body, including his lungs. > He is in the final stages of life, and is currently in the daily care of a > hospice worker. He is wrapping up his affairs to prepare for his transition. > Prayers for him are most welcome. It is indeed sad that good souls should suffer so much. How old is Richard? Do you have his birth data? Cancer seems to affect a lot of good souls, a number of saints too! Ramakrishna, vivekananda .... friends I had ..... Why, oh why? We can only pray for a miraculous cure, like two friends of mine had at the last moment (!) or a peaceful and somehow painless departure! I have prayed, may others join! Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2001 Report Share Posted January 7, 2001 Dear Mani, You can find Richard Houck's birth data given on page163 of his book, THE ASTROLOGY OF DEATH. For those of you who don't own a copy the data is: 13 April 1947, 12:51 AM CST Time, Des Moines, Iowa 41N35, 93W37 Here is Rick's announcement to us well wishers, back in November - this is from his Website - I'm not sure if it is still up and running but you can check: www.richardhouck.com November 09, 2000 --- What Fun! First some extended election chatter, then please note the discussion of my astrology work coming to an end due to my terminal illness. The other item: I'm going to be closing up shop (timetable somewhat unknown) As many of my closer friends and associates know, on 4/12/99 I was diagnosed with rectal cancer that had metastasized to my liver, lungs and lymphatic system (there is a lot of cancer on both sides of my family). I did some radiation and chemo before the rectal surgery on 7/27/99 (mostly because this would assist the excellent German surgeon who had an outstanding connection to my chart). The surgery went very well, but after that I have refused all orthodox medicine. This metastatic condition is considered invariably terminal (generally there are no surgical possibilities regarding the liver and lymphatic system, and this is particularly true in my case). If one pursues the standard approach, statistically one is supposed to be dead within 13 months (i.e., after 13 months of misery on useless chemo). Some people I personally know have developed colon cancer way after I did, and they are already dead. Truly people die faster from the chemo than if they refused it, as I did, but most are too scared and uninformed to know this until it is too late. I've dropped about 50 lbs. since the photo on my home page, but that's due as much to macrobiotics as cancer (I still have quite a good appetite). I actually look healthier in some ways (may change my photo to a snapshot taken at the beach last year a few months after my surgery so you can see what I mean). I am now at the 19-month point and still feel really quite good, although my energy overall is well down. This is because I have put together a program of natural methods and techniques that seemed to make sense to me. This has worked really quite well, and is wildly superior to what I would have gone through using orthodox processes. I still do minor biking, yard work, travel, what have you. So far, I have zero cancer-related pain, but the liver is twice its normal size. I haven't more widely propagated this information before this point in time because 1)I did not want to be inundated with more email than I already get, 2) I did not want to get everyone's Hot Tip, no matter how well intentioned, on how to cure cancer (I already have a huge stack of these), 3) I did not want everyone emailing me their theory about my chart (especially since they often get my chart wrong anyway), 4) I did not want to have to explain the natural things I am doing which have blocked all negative symptoms (too much work and time), and so on. I just wanted peace and quiet to enjoy life, and I spend too much time on email already. But now the information is apparently propagating into the world of astrologers at large, and I see a lot of wrong information about me being passed around. So time to announce and give the facts. My most recent MRI now shows five tumors in the right side of the liver, each of which averages out to be about the diameter of a baseball. Others are forming. There is also cancer elsewhere, such as in the lymphatic system, wrapped completely around my aorta, in the lungs, and so on. Thus I need to accelerate realistic end-of-life planning since my condition could start to severely drop off at any time. For example, a piece of the cancer could break off and go to the brain, putting the person into an immediate coma. More typically, when the liver can't cope any more, one then either becomes heavily focused upon pain management, or one starts to see a serious drop-off in mental acuity and physical ability. Confusion and slow thinking typically results as the blood quality deteriorated. Then the coma typically sets in. At this point, one is usually in a hospice. Count on the fact that I won't have me portable computer with me! So now seems to be the time to write about this, to let my many existing fans, potential purchasers of my products and services, potential email correspondents, and so on, know what is going on and what is likely to transpire. This is what will be going on: 1. 1. My books will not be reprinted. Thus if you want to buy them but haven't yet, you better buy them sooner rather than later (not from me, please, but from a store - if they don't have them in stock make them order them from a distributor such as New Leaf, BookPeople or Samuel Weiser). Of course, Amazon always carries them as well as The Astrology Center of America. 2. 2. My current inventory of books will be transferred to a friend who will feed the wholesalers and distributors. We're not quite sure when yet, but this will probably be by the first of the year. Her name is Rebecca Mayo. Her phone number is 703-971-5028. Her email address is: MayoBecky. Her address is: 5610 Farmwood Court in Alexandria, VA 22315-4127. She will not be selling my books directly - except for maybe my sidereal ephemeris (for this, make out a $10 US check or postal money order to her name). There will be no more chart services offered, no more conference tapes, no more nakshatras cards, etc. Of course, consultations are also over. 3. 3. You will not be able to order anything directly from me since I will be closing my PO Box. Actually I'll probably just let it expire. Please do not mail anything there because it will disappear. For whatever use it is to you, my wife's name is Paula, and our home address is: 11324 Rambling Road in Gaithersburg, MD 20879-3412. Our phone number is 301-353-0212 (same as on the web site). 4. 4. Starting now, no more checks should be made out to ARC Associates, Inc. (it is being dissolved). Make all checks out to Groundswell Press, or more ideally, Rebecca Mayo. (Actually, I shouldn't be receiving any more checks.) 5. 5. The fax is being taken down. No more faxing will be possible. 6. 6. I have a quite interesting personal astrology library. It's a mix of eastern and western, mostly western. Quite a few of my books are quite rare, a few quite expensive, and I'd guess most are out of print. Since I have several hundred of these (I'm guessing) I may sell this library all at once via auction on eBay. At this time, I can't imagine who such a buyer might be. Maybe a group? I'll try to make sure that the astrology community is aware ahead of time that this auction is coming up (via discussion group postings, announcements to newsletters, etc.), but I can't guarantee it. 7. 7. My web site will be expiring. But before that, I hope to have a friend keep readers informed of what is happening with me whenever anything major occurs. 8. 8. At some point I will stop answering email. When is unpredictable. Thus if I don't reply, please don't think I'm being rude. Due to various pressures and constraints, my wife will not be answering email on my behalf. Well, this is all I can think of at the moment in this regard. Maybe I will add more as I think of it. I've wildly enjoyed the thousands of friends, clients and fans I've developed over this past decade as a result of my lecturing and writing in the field of hybridized eastern/western astrology. (Another astrologer who is very good and thorough at this synthesis is my friend Edith Chuhta.) The enthusiasm for what I do is very great, so astrologers who are purely eastern or purely western in technique might take note of that. Also, people either really like, or really hate, my extremely straightforward style of writing and commentary. Logically, the "really hate" ones don't hang around, but many of the "really like" ones have become, hard-core fans. This has made what I do (shine a bright flame and see what happens?) a whole lot of fun. I'm also deeply grateful to find out how much, and how many, people really care about me and my work. Who knew? Truly I've been very amazed by the depth of caring and support that is out there. It's just hard to believe, and makes me look at myself, and my afterlife possibilities, in a much more positive light! My very best wishes to one and all. I'm sure we will meet again! ~Namaste~ Sandy http://www.jupitersweb.com/ subra [subra] Sunday, January 07, 2001 5:09 PM gjlist RE: [gjlist] How sad? It is indeed sad that good souls should suffer so much. How old is Richard? Do you have his birth data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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