Madame Soleil; Popular French Astrologer

Madame Soleil, 83, a popular astrologer in France who reputedly advised President Francois Mitterrand. Born in the Loire Valley, Germaine Soleil began her career at a wooden carnival stall and later opened an astrology office in Paris. She was a frequent guest on television talk shows and had her own radio call-in astrology show. She was so well known that former French President Georges Pompidou once quipped at a hostile press conference, “I’m not Madame Soleil.” The astrologer never revealed the identity of her clients, but her office was frequented by leaders in politics, theater and finance. She was very defensive of astrology and tried to distance herself from self-proclaimed psychics. On Sunday in Paris.