Jonathan Cainer
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Jonathan Cainer is a British sun-sign astrologer
who writes a daily column on his website, which is reproduced in Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun newspapers in Australia and the Daily Mail
newspaper in Britain, in addition to a variety of Internet sites in five or so different languages, including Japanese. He has also written for the (British) Daily Express
and Daily Mirror newspapers. His website includes (among other things) daily and weekly predictions, contributions by other writers, and more recently, the weekly predictions for the first Saturday in each month include an overview of the coming month.
James Silver of The Independent
newspaper on Jonathan in October 2005: "He's a self-declared touchy-feely liberal and 'unreconstructed hippie
' who took his children on the anti-Iraq war
demo". The same article, however, implied that the Daily Mail only liked him because he made them so much money.
After a time in the United States
, he worked through the diploma course of the Faculty of Astrological Studies in Britain. However, according to Cainer, when the final submission of coursework was due one Friday, his class were told that they need not hand their coursework in until the following Monday, thereby giving them the weekend to polish their work. This version of events, however, was disputed by the faculty at the time, and on the Monday in question, Cainer and three fellow students had their entries refused, as by then it was three days after the deadline. The three other students re-took the year and went on to pass their diplomas, but Cainer left without the qualification and found his first job writing sun-sign columns.
Astrologer
An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...
who writes a daily column on his website, which is reproduced in Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun newspapers in Australia and the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
newspaper in Britain, in addition to a variety of Internet sites in five or so different languages, including Japanese. He has also written for the (British) Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
and Daily Mirror newspapers. His website includes (among other things) daily and weekly predictions, contributions by other writers, and more recently, the weekly predictions for the first Saturday in each month include an overview of the coming month.
James Silver of The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
newspaper on Jonathan in October 2005: "He's a self-declared touchy-feely liberal and 'unreconstructed hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
' who took his children on the anti-Iraq war
Opposition to the Iraq War
Significant opposition to the Iraq War occurred worldwide, both before and during the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom, and smaller contingents from other nations, and throughout the subsequent occupation...
demo". The same article, however, implied that the Daily Mail only liked him because he made them so much money.
After a time in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, he worked through the diploma course of the Faculty of Astrological Studies in Britain. However, according to Cainer, when the final submission of coursework was due one Friday, his class were told that they need not hand their coursework in until the following Monday, thereby giving them the weekend to polish their work. This version of events, however, was disputed by the faculty at the time, and on the Monday in question, Cainer and three fellow students had their entries refused, as by then it was three days after the deadline. The three other students re-took the year and went on to pass their diplomas, but Cainer left without the qualification and found his first job writing sun-sign columns.