美國占星家雪梨‧奧瑪，二日因肺炎併發症病逝南加州，享年七十六。奧瑪一九七一年即罹患多發性硬化症，導致他失明癱瘓，但仍聽取助理描述星盤，並口述他的專欄，又為他的占星預測付費電話錄製每日運勢。

　這位舉世最知名的星象家一九二六年八月五日生於費城，原名希梨‧奇摩曼，中學時即對占星和魔法著迷，十五歲不到，已開始為雜誌分析名人星盤，並以每份一美元的價格出售個人星盤報告。

　奧瑪的運勢專欄每天刊載於一百廿五份美國及外國報紙上，奧瑪 準確度遠超同儕，不只用占星術預測，還結合靈數學、手相和卡巴拉神秘術等。奧瑪告訴洛杉磯時報，他不瞭解何以天體位置會影響人間事，只知道會發生影響。　

　除了每日運勢專欄，奧瑪每年還寫十三本書，十二星座一星座一本，一本綜論新年運勢。他的書銷量超過五千萬本。讀者之所以重視奧瑪，「不是因為他們相信他寫的每一句話，而是因為那些話總是蘊含希望和鼓勵」。

以上節錄中時(2003/1/5)

　

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sydney Omarr, the Astrologer to the stars who came to write horoscopes that appear in more than 200 newspapers, has died. He was 76.

Omarr, who was blinded and paralyzed from the neck down by multiple sclerosis, died Thursday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica of complications from a heart attack, the Los Angeles Times reported. His ex-wife, assistants and several close friends were by his side.

Born Sidney Kimmelman in Philadelphia, Omarr decided to change his name at age 15 after watching a movie called "Shanghai Gesture," starring Victor Mature (news) as a character named Omar. He changed the spelling of his first name and adopted Omar as his last name, but added a second "r," in accordance with certain numerological formulas.

Omarr became fascinated with numerology and astrology as a teen. He wrote a book called "Sydney Omarr's Private Course on Numerology," and sold copies for $2. He also started analyzing the horoscopes of movie stars such as Edward G. Robinson for magazines.

His career began to take off after he enlisted in the Army at 17. Omarr was sent to Okinawa during World War II, where his weekly Armed Forces Radio program, "Sydney Omarr's Almanac," predicted the outcomes of professional boxing matches and horse races.

After the war he took journalism courses at Mexico City College. His first job after college was for United Press as a news reporter. One of his first assignments was to interview Goodwin Knight, California's Republican governor, who had been reading Omarr's columns for years. The two men became good friends.

Omarr later spent a decade as a CBS radio newsman before becoming a full-time columnist and astrological consultant to Hollywood stars.

He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1971 but continued his work and appeared on television talk shows hosted by Mike Douglas, Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin.

Omarr wrote 13 books ?one for each of the 12 signs of the zodiac and one for the entire year. He has sold 50 million copies nationwide.

His column, which is owned by the Tribune Co., appears in more than 200 daily newspapers. Arrangements are being made for his assistants to continue producing the column under Omarr's name, the Times reported.

Omarr is survived by his sister, Leah Lederhandler.

Source: Associated Press

一直學占星識因為運氣太背了﹐後來學到一半想賺錢﹐後來在學了一點﹐竟然被人看不起來了﹐所以吾人無論如何都要把占星發揚光大。*不然﹐也真丟臉。。
最後﹐願新年大家學習進步。