Walter Mercado

Walter Mercado (sometimes referred to simply as "Walter"; b. March 9 1932) is a flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer who has become a personal astrologer for many celebrities. He is currently a regular contributor to Univisión's television magazine show Primer Impacto with a daily horoscope reading. Mercado, son of Spanish parents, was born on March 9 traveling from Spain to Puerto Rico by ship. He did very well in school, and was mostly an introverted child. Allegedly, he learned to read the Tarot cards when he was a child. He is also noted to have performed small traditional Haiti voodoo ceremonies of which he had never been familiar. He believes he learned them from previous lives. After finishing high school in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Mercado studied at the University of Puerto Rico where he studied pharmacy to please his parents. Then he studied psychology, theater, and dance. Mercado began his career as a dancer (hometown friend and later Puerto Rican senator Velda González was... full article at wikipedia