Walter Mercado
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Walter Mercado is a Puerto Rican astrologer who has become a personal astrologer for celebrities.
Mercado began his career as an actor in early Puerto Rican soap operas. He was one of the first Puerto Rican teen idols, and his fame soon reached all of Latin America.
In the 1960s, Mercado moved to India, where he studied astrology. On returning to Puerto Rico, he hosted a weekly astrology television show. Although the channel went bankrupt, Mercado's show soon moved to Tele Once (channel 11). He has had shows on American television and, for a while, during the late 1980s, he moved to Miami, Florida, where he became better known among the American public and people of other English-speaking countries.
In addition to his work for celebrities, Mercado also does mall tours where he gives out his predictions for free. Mercado's trademarks are his wildly colored capes, designer suits and sharp wit. He often involves world situations, politics, The Bible and numerous other themes in his predictions.
Mercado recently began writing horoscopes for a Spanish publication sponsored by megastore company K Mart. He also appears in a commercial in Spanish for Old Navy. He had a minor, yet important role in the film Chasing Papi.
Although Mercado is widely rumoured to be gay, the story was spread in early 2004 that Mercado would soon be marrying a long-time friend.