| Athena Starwoman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 July 1945 Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 16 December 2004 (aged 59) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Other names | Miss Starwoman, Athena Demartina |
| Occupations |
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| Spouse | Dr John Demartini (married 1995–2004; her death) |
Athena Starwoman (17 July 1945 – 16 December 2004), real name Athena Demartini, also known internationally as Miss Starwoman.
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
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. She was married to self-help guru Dr. John Demartini. Starwoman died on 16 December 2004 from breast cancer.
Publications (selected)
| 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 |
References
- "Athena's $3m sea change was written in the stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "Astrologer loses fight with cancer". Tweed Daily News.
- "Astrology tycoon a mystery woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2004.
- "Astrologer loses fight with cancer". Daily Mercury.
- "Books by Athena Starwoman". Goodreads.
Further reading
- Lockman, Darcy (14 May 2000). "A NIGHT OUT WITH: Athena Starwoman and Her Nieces; Triple Conjunction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- "Athena: a Heavenly Body at Home Among the Stars". The Age. 14 May 2000. p. 5. Retrieved 30 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - "The supernatural doesn't end on Halloween". CNN. 2 November 1996. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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