How Princess Margaret is responsible for horoscopes - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Love horoscopes You may have Princess Margaret to thank for them By You Magazine - January 27, 2020 If you’re a big fan of horoscopes, chances are you’ve read all your charts, found out which star sign you’re compatible with, and regularly have a weekly read of what to expect from a trusted source. Surprisingly, it turns out you may have none other than Princess Margaret to thank for all of this. Let’s step back into history to explain what we mean. The story goes that in 1930, when the Queen’s younger sister was born, details of the new Princess’ birth were fairly under wraps, and newspaper journalists were therefore unsure of how and what to print to celebrate the occasion. Getty Images It was then that John Gordon, editor of the Sunday Express, had an idea. He would reach out to astrologer William Warner (known as ‘Cheiro’) to predict the young royal’s future. Unfortunately (and perhaps in a twist of fate), Warner was unavailable, but his assistant Richard Harold Naylor stepped in. Naylor decided to create an article which would predict Margaret’s future. He somewhat correctly predicted that when Margaret was seven years old, ‘events of tremendous importance to the Royal Family and the nation will come about.’ Strangely enough, when Margaret was six, her uncle Edward abdicated the throne, which made her father King George VI, and put her directly back into the line of succession. He also later predicted a plane crash involving a British plane in Paris. Getty Images All this convinced his followers and newspaper editors that Naylor had a talent for predicting the future, and because of this, he was given a weekly column of sorts, named ‘What The Stars Foretell’. This is where star signs began to take shape; Naylor came up with a new system to predict different futures for different people. He divided everyone into groups depending on the twelve 30 degrees sectors of the ecliptic (the path in the Earth’s sky that the Sun follows over a year). These groups then became star signs as we know them today. Pretty fascinating, huh? RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved