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[[File:EvangelineAdams.jpg|300px|thumb|Evangeline Adams]] | [[File:EvangelineAdams.jpg|300px|thumb|Evangeline Adams]] | ||
'''Evangeline Smith Adams''' (February 8, 1868 – November 10, 1932) was a late 19th- / early 20th-century American [[astrology|astrologer]], based in New York City. She ran a thriving astrological consulting business, gained widespread notability for successfully defending her astrological practice in court, and wrote a number of popular books about astrology, including ''Astrology: Your Place in the Sun'' (1927), ''Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars'' (1930), and her autobiography, ''The Bowl of Heaven'' (1926). | '''Evangeline Smith Adams''' (February 8, 1868 – November 10, 1932) was a late 19th- / early 20th-century American [[astrology|astrologer]], based in New York City. She ran a thriving astrological consulting business, gained widespread notability for successfully defending her astrological practice in court, and wrote a number of popular books about astrology, including ''Astrology: Your Place in the Sun'' (1927), ''Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars'' (1930), and her autobiography, ''The Bowl of [[Heaven]]'' (1926). | ||
While [[Aleister Crowley]] ghostwrote her books on astrology, Adams is an acknowledged contributor to Crowley's own astrological text ''The General Practice of Astrology''. She has been described as "America's first astrological superstar". | While [[Aleister Crowley]] ghostwrote her books on astrology, Adams is an acknowledged contributor to Crowley's own astrological text ''The General Practice of Astrology''. She has been described as "America's first astrological superstar". | ||