Athena Starwoman (17 July 1945 – 16 December 2004), real name Athena Demartini, also known internationally as Miss Starwoman.[1][2]

Athena Starwoman
Born17 July 1945
Died16 December 2004 (aged 59)
Other namesMiss Starwoman, Athena Demartina
Occupations
  • Media Astrologer
  • publisher
  • internet businesswoman
  • columnist
SpouseDr John Demartini (married 1995–2004; her death)

She was known as a media astrologer as well as for her magazine columns and books and her radio and television appearances; she also had a hotline and online astrology business.

Biography

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Born in Prahran, Victoria, to a housewife mother and father who was an engineer, her grandmother had been a psychic and mystic, as well as her sister and nieces. After studying astrology in Los Angeles in the 1970s, she returned to Australia and wrote for The Daily Telegraph newspaper from 1978 and 1988, and she also had a regular column in Woman's Day magazine.

During her final years, she divided her time between a luxury apartment at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast in Queensland and a US$3,000,000 apartment on the cruise liner The World, which she purchased after selling an apartment in New York's Trump Tower.[3] She was married to self-help guru Dr. John Demartini. Starwoman died on 16 December 2004 from breast cancer.[4]

Publications (selected)

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Title Year Published
Star Struck 1980
Glamazons (with Deborah Gray) 2003
How To Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend Into A Toad 1996
Zodiac: Your Astrology Guide for the New Millennium 2000
Soulmates and the Zodiac 2003

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References

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  1. ^ "Athena's $3m sea change was written in the stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Astrologer loses fight with cancer". Tweed Daily News.
  3. ^ "Astrology tycoon a mystery woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2004.
  4. ^ "Astrologer loses fight with cancer". Daily Mercury.
  5. ^ "Books by Athena Starwoman". Goodreads.

Further reading

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