Astrologers are paid to look forward, not back. So when a famous one starts to reminisce about the past you wonder why.

Jonathan Cainer published the above photograph on his website today. Here’s his caption for it:

“Photo: A convention of British astrologers, somewhere in London, somewhere between 1982–5. I’m on the far right in the jumper and tie (!). Nik Kollerstrom — astronomy expert — is second left. The late, great Charles Harvey is seated far left. Scientific correllation researcher, Mick O’Neill is seated far right. Historian and author Patrick Curry in the jacket, on the back row. And the others? If someone recognises anyone, please someone email me [ jon@bubble.com?subject=British astrologers ] and, through the day, we’ll update the site with info as it arrives.”

He then goes on to list the statistics for his predictions:

“My first ever daily zodiac column appeared on March 4, 1986 in the launch issue of the now defunct Today newspaper. Then, as now, the predictions had to be ready a couple of days in advance. I must, therefore, have been writing those initial forecasts twenty years ago this very day! 6,420 columns, 75,000 individual predictions or roughly eight million words later I’m still very much enjoying the job. I can’t get any balder or greyer, but I reckon I can manage a good few million more words … and I’m looking forward to the next twenty years!”

Here’s a question for you, Jonathan. Does constantly looking into the future cause time to pass more quickly?