1. Jonathan Cainer wrote astrological predictions six days a week for the Daily Mail, and forecasts for three Australian newspapers: the Sydney Daily Telegraph, the Melbourne Herald Sun, and the Perth Sunday Times.
16 Facts About Jonathan Cainer
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Jonathan Cainer was born to a Jewish family and grew up in Surbiton, one of six children of David who worked at Barclays Bank and Ruth who was a medical secretary and spiritual healer.
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Jonathan Cainer then worked as a petrol pump attendant, school nursery assistant and factory worker.
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Jonathan Cainer played bass guitar in a band called Strange Cloud, attended rock festivals and helped to relaunch the 1960s underground newspaper International Times.
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Jonathan Cainer then managed a nightclub on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
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Jonathan Cainer was working as a session musician when an acquaintance read his birth chart to him.
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Amazed by how accurately it summed him up, Jonathan Cainer went on to study with the Faculty of Astrological Studies.
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Jonathan Cainer was interested only in drawing up full horoscopes, based on people's exact date, time and place of birth.
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In 1986, when Eddie Shah launched Today, Jonathan Cainer was approached once more to write a daily Sun sign column.
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Jonathan Cainer left Today in January 1992 and joined the Daily Mail in December of the same year.
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Jonathan Cainer disliked the editorial stances of the Daily Mail, he "never once agreed with an editorial they have published".
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Jonathan Cainer was a philanthropist who supported the Steiner School in York, a school based on the spiritual and philosophical principles of Rudolf Steiner.
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Jonathan Cainer returned to the Daily Mail in June 2004.
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Jonathan Cainer made frequent appearances as a pundit on British TV and radio stations, whenever astrology was in the news.
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Jonathan Cainer was a regular guest on Jools' Annual Hootenanny giving his opinion on what might happen in the up-and-coming New Year.
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From 1999 until 2014, Jonathan Cainer owned 35 Stonegate in York, initially selling horoscopes from the shop.