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A mannequin wears a costume worn by Walter Mercado at Epoca de Abuelos in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 26, 2023. The costume features jeweled buttons and embroidered lapels, sleeves and a vest.
Walter Mercado’s intimate world at his home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a universe of treasures that he had bought or had been given on his travels around the world. The Puerto Rican ...
Walter Mercado was a giver of hope. The Puerto Rican astrologer blessed the homes of many Latinx families for decades with enriching daily horoscopes on the small screen. Following his death in ...
Walter Mercado in New York City in the 1990s. In him, concepts like masculine and feminine energy, or superstition and religious faith, did not function as opposites.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer Edgar Gomez about stumbling upon a shop selling Walter Mercado's capes. The celebrated Puerto Rican astrologer died nearly four years ago.
He said, ‘Astrology, tarot, palm readings, and anything that has to do with metaphysics, so the world knows who the real Walter Mercado is,’” Mercado told Remezcla in 2019.
The new Walter Mercado documentary Mucho Mucho Amor, directed by Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch, explores the life and legacy of the Puerto Rican astrologer, who died last year. The Netflix ...