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Charles (C.E.O.) Carter
Much of the spirit of the Astrological Lodge is owed to Charles E.O. Carter, who became president in 1922 serving over 30 years in the role, and helping to make the Lodge the most influential astrological organisation in the western world.
Carter served in both the army and as a barrister, but his beginnings in astrology can be charted back to him sending off for one of Alan Leo’s ‘shilling delineations’, which piqued his interest in studying the subject and subsequently playing a significant role in its development.
During his tenure at the Lodge, Carter founded the popular Astrology Quarterly magazine, for which he was the editor for many years beyond his presidency. He was also responsible for forming supplementary organisations such as the Faculty of Astrological Studies, an astrological school, as well as the Astrological Association to support the publication of books, and scheduling of conferences. He is also the author of many books that have been the foundation of many an astrologer’s introduction to astrology.
“Our science, while it probably numbers more real students than ever before, is still scorned by the uninformed and misused by the unscrupulous. It does not much move us to hear the ridicule of orthodox scientists, who, however great they may be in their own spheres, know nothing of real astrology and consequently are incompetent to pass any valuable opinion as to its truth But one wearies of the rampant misuse of astrological terms by charlatans who either cannot or will not trouble to become efficient astrologers, yet find that a liberal use of our terminology impresses foolish clients...” C.E.O. Carter (in the 1st Edition of The Astrologers' Quarterly, December 1926)
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Charles Carter was born on 31 January 1887, at 10:55pm in Parkstone, Dorset, England. Charles famously predicted his own death, which occurred on the 4th October 1968.
