Best of
Astrology

2015

Jeffrey Wolf Green Evolutionary Astrology: Structure of the Soul


Jeffrey Wolf Green - 2015
    His teachings on Pluto and its relationships to the North and South Nodes of Moon, which are commonly referred to as the karmic axis, have completely eclipsed all previous information sources on the subject. This is the very foundation of Evolutionary Astrology which he pioneered. This latest compilation of teachings and discussions from the Jeffrey Wolf Green archives library is a treat for both those who have studied the founder’s work, and for students newly embarking on investigation into Evolutionary Astrology. Chock full of great examples to help you expand your interpretation skills, Structure of the Soul provides a review of the Pluto paradigm, the core principles of Evolutionary Astrology, the Nodal Axis of Pluto, and an entire section of the book is dedicated to the Planetary Nodes which provide essential background context that can be easily missed without their inclusion in understanding the evolutionary journey of the Soul. Whether this book is a review or you are coming at it fresh – it is a must read!

Your Microcosm


Marina Kuhn - 2015
    We are all microcosms of the universe. We have planetary psyches. You are a unique poem written with the letters of the astrological alphabet. You are sunshine and moonlight, mercurian wit, venusian sensuality, and marsian drive, you expand through jupiter and define through saturn, you rebel with uranus, dream with neptune, and transform with pluto. This is a collection of essays by an astrology student exploring your inner cosmos and its reflection in your external reality.

Astrological Prediction: A Handbook of Techniques


Öner Döşer - 2015
    In this first English edition, Oner Do er presents numerous powerful and ancient techniques for natal charts, focusing on the use of "time lords" planets and places which manage one's life, in order, for various amounts of time. The traditional techniques here include: Ptolemy's Ages of Man, triplicity periods, distributions or directions through the bounds, primary directions, profections, and firdaria. Contemporary techniques include secondary progressions, solar arcs, and transits. Of special importance is the use of several techniques together, such as transits to a solar return, or in conjunction with firdaria periods. With concluding chapters on eclipses and solar returns, Do er provides valuable advice for using these techniques in rectification."

Astrological Transits: The Beginner's Guide to Using Planetary Cycles to Plan and Predict Your Day, Week, Year (or Destiny)


April Elliott Kent - 2015
    But the moment after that picture was taken, the planets moved on--some quickly, some very slowly. Astrologers call the moving planets "transits," and by comparing their movements to your birth chart you can gain a complete view of how best to prepare for challenges, meet opportunities, and stay grounded in a constantly-changing world.In Astrological Transits, astrologer April Elliott Kent will guide you through the best ways to make the most of your birth chart. Learn how to make the most of good transits and harness and transform the energy of "bad" ones. You'll also understand planetary cycles and anticipate your own transits. Finally, you'll know how to read planetary return charts, work with planetary retrogrades, and use eclipses to recognize major patterns and turning points in your life.If you are comfortable reading a birth chart, you are ready to move your chart into the future using transits. Instructions, tables, and worksheets will make tracking your transit cycles simple and exciting!

Under a Sacred Sky: Essays on the Practice and Philosophy of Astrology


Ray Grasse - 2015
    This far-reaching collection is drawn from articles and interviews ranging from discussions of its use in our personal lives to its value for understanding historical cycles and patterns. It also includes a fascinating chapter on planetary stations, a topic rarely covered in other astrological literature. Along the way Ray Grasse interjects with some of his own personal experiences in the discipline, while exploring its broader implications for subjects like synchronicity, spirituality, and the yogic concept of the chakras. This book includes interviews with Rick Tarnas and Laurence Hillman and is suitable for both beginner and advanced students of the subject.

The Soul Speaks: The Therapeutic Potential of Astrology


Mark Jones - 2015
    Based on over 10,000 hours of client work with individuals in astrology readings and long-term clinical work, Jones offers a powerful synthesis of astrological and psychotherapeutic insight that will help the astrologer communicate a healing purpose in the most effective way. In this book, the beginner will find a treasure trove of counseling insight translated into clear terms. For the professional astrologer, this book offers clinical wisdom that has been adapted into the setting of the astrology reading. Jones demonstrates that by using a powerful blend of astrology with proven counseling skills, we can facilitate the greatest positive transformation in both ourselves and our clients, harnessing the truly unique gift that astrology offers the world as we help others articulate the soul’s purpose.

The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence


Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum - 2015
    This multi-disciplinary study covers the daimon within astrology proper as well as the daimon and astrology in wider cultural practices including divination, Gnosticism, Mithraism and Neo-Platonism. It explores relationships between the daimon and fate and Daimon and Tyche (fortune or chance), and the doctrine of lots as exemplified in Plato s Myth of Er. In finding the impact of Egyptian and Mesopotamian ideas of fate on Hellenistic astrology, it critically examines astrology s perception as propounding an unalterable destiny."

Astrology - The Divine Order of the Universe: Houses, Numbers, Signs and Planets


Joni Patry - 2015
    In this book you will come to understand how mathematically numbers are the bases of astrology. The houses in astrology are the core essence that will give numbers meaning. Once the meanings of houses are understood in terms of the numerical order the perfection of the Universe is revealed. The houses reflect the purpose and meaning of life and how everything is interconnected and related. In this book the meanings of numbers and how they relate to each other come alive through the meanings of the houses. It will reveal our spiritual journey through life from birth to old age. The houses are divided into the categories of the 4 Aims of life, which are the 4 elements. This gives an understanding of the energetic flow of how life unfolds and the purpose and meaning of our lives. This is revealed from the understanding of Fire-Dharma, Earth-Artha, Air-Kama, and Water-Moksha.As the planets are placed into the houses the areas of one’s life and destiny become clear as to the karmas of the soul. The houses the planets rule and the houses they are placed indicates the intricacies of an individual’s life.The houses are assessed through the experiences of seasoned astrologer Joni Patry from many years of working with planets, signs, and houses in her personal life and with clients. In each chapter all 12 houses, are explored with deep and profound understanding leaving no stone unturned. The book is organized in this way: The houses are grouped according to the 4 elements or 4 Aims of life.Each house is analyzed as it is in relation to all the other houses giving deep perception into the meaning of numbers. For example, the 2nd house rules our personal finances. Therefore, the 2nd house to any house indicates financial gains from the house in question. The 8th house is the 2nd house from the 7th house indicating the partner’s (7th house) money (2nd from the 7th house). Each house is understood by its relationship to other houses, and Bhavat Bhavam. For example, the 5th house represents children. Counting 5 houses from the 5th house is the 9th house. So the 9th house is our children’s children or grand children. Each planet is analyzed and interpreted in all the houses. And the planet’s rulership of each house is analyzed as it is placed in all 12 houses. Each house has 2 birth charts of famous individual’s to explain the core essence of what the house means. Finally, all the planets are analyzed as they transit through all the houses. Future predictions are revealed through the understanding of all the transiting planets through all 12 houses.This is the most in-depth analysis of the understanding and meaning of the astrological houses, using numbers, signs and planets in astrology. Amazing and powerful, this will change the way you view astrology through and understanding of the Divine Order of the Universe!

Horary Astrology


William Lilly - 2015
    may be speedily learned by any person of even moderate abilities; and may, as far as regards its elementary difficulties, be mastered in a few days' study. It may be well understood, and reduced to constant practice in less than a quarter of a year, and no one will find himself at a loss for occasions to test its reality or its utility; for his own avocations, and the affairs of his friends, will offer these almost daily. If a proposition of any nature be made to any individual, about the result of which he is anxious, and therefore uncertain whether to accede to it or not, let him but note the hour and minute when it was first made, and erect a figure of the heavens, as herein taught, and his doubts will be instantly resolved.​He may thus, in five minutes, learn infallibly whether the affair will succeed or not; and, consequently, whether it is prudent to adopt the offer made or not. If he examine the sign on the 1st house of the figure, the planet therein, or the planet ruling the sign, will exactly describe the party making the offer, both in person and character; and this may at once convince the inquirer for truth of the reality of the principles of the science.

Lal Kitab for Non-Astrologers - A Complete Self Guide and Practical Manual


R.S. Chillar - 2015
    This is an effort to present the astrological elements contained in Lal Kitab in a systematic manner so as to make it more meaningful. However, the matter still lacks continuity and needs to be read from beginning to end like a descriptive novel time and again, so that the contents may be revealed automatically. It would be better to experiment with the elements of Lal Kitab before forming a personal opinion about the knowledge contained in the book. This would help understand the subject clearly. Exploration and formation of personal opinion is foundation of progress. But self-created suppositions without mastering Lal Kitab fundamentals would create complications in the way of understanding the subject. Therefore, first experiment with Lal Kitab dedicatedly before forming personal opinion. If the reader is not well versed with construction and rectification of the birth chart, he should primarily delve with the birth chart that has been caste according to the tenets of Hindu or Vedic astrology and then experiment. However, Lal Kitab ordains that one should not deal with his own horoscope or hand because it would create a great hurdle in learning the subject, because it would create more interest in the self than in the subject. The subject may enable a person to seek day of demise, secrets or satanic characteristics of a person. It may also enable him to know what is the gender of pregnancy, but to lay these facts bare to all may promote satanic tendencies and sinful attitude in the society; and the person is liable to suffer and pay the price through disease and suffering. Astrology is a sacred science and a mathematical system that aims at bringing about peace and balance in the society. It is neither magic nor a weapon of attack on others. It is an effort to remove obstacles from the path of life through simple measures so that an individual may take advantage of his luck and reach his destiny smoothly. For a long time, I was getting a customer feedback to rewrite my thesis on Lal kitab to give it a shape of a ready reckner or a practical manual to be consulted without the help of a trained astrologer. Praparation of such self help manual on Lal kitab was a real challenge, however, almighty has allowed me to attempt. The reader should go through the book vigilantly. If he or she finds some faults and pitfalls those should point them out to the publishers and the author for rectification. Such a person would be the best friend of science and the society. This act of kindness shall be gratefully acknowledged individually and mentioned in the acknowledgement in subsequent edition. To seek knowledge, truth and reality is one's Natural Right but to criticize others or make fun of any one is unethical and sinful. Gentlemanliness warrants that one should endeavour to benefit from the acquired knowledge and serve the humanity.

Introduction to Traditional Natal Astrology: A Complete Working Guide for Modern Astrologers


Charles Obert - 2015
    It covers the history and wordview of traditional astrology, outlines the main geometry and number symbolism, and covers the main techniques and concepts. There is also a step by step natal interpretation outline, and there are several fully worked examples.

The Circadian Tarot: A Daily Companion for Divination and Illumination


Jen Altman - 2015
    All 78 classic Tarot cards are represented, beautifully depicted in ethereal watercolors by Michelle Blade and eloquently explained in text by Jen Altman. The Circadian Tarot invites readers to start each day by reading a section at random (a technique known in the use of traditional Tarot decks as the single draw method"); the card thus revealed offers guidance for navigating hopes.

Do You Love Me?: The Astrology of Relationships


John Green - 2015
    We have relationships with lovers, our families, friends, bosses and colleagues. As astrologers we look to the heavens to comprehend the nature of these connections. We want to understand why we have fallen in love with a particular person and why that love then withered and died, or why we have formed lifelong friendships with certain people. We want to know what makes others tick, what they feel about us, why we feel the way we do about them. We want to know the answer to the question ‘Do you love me?’Synastry is the technique by which we can gain answers to these questions. In this book, John Green teaches the astrology student how to compare our charts with those of others in order to gain an understanding of the various types of relationships we encounter in our own life and those of our clients. Based on a series of online seminars given by John to students, the text explains how by looking into the psychological nature of these relationships we can gain deep insights into ourselves, learn about the patterns we fall into within relationships and make changes to improve our interactions with others.

Incarnation: The Four Angles and Moon's Nodes


Melanie Reinhart - 2015
     The four angles comprise the fundamental structure of the horoscope, and Part One of “Incarnation” looks in depth at their symbolism and meaning. The reader is taken on a journey around the angles, considering their element, mode, and accompanying natal and transiting planets There is also an illuminating presentation of the astronomy involved. Traditional interpretations are augmented by the fresh and original perspectives characteristic of Melanie’s teaching style, which focuses on evoking personal insight as much as conveying information or technique. There is also a guided imagery exercise which can be followed by the reader, designed to further personalise and deepen the material. Part Two explores the Nodes of the Moon. The reader is invited to contemplate their meaning from first principles, considering the astronomical inter-relationship of the Sun, Moon and Earth in space. Established ideas about the interpretation of the Nodes are reviewed and sometimes challenged, and there are several interesting and original avenues of further exploration suggested. The imagery of the dragon is considered, along with Draconic astrology, a fascinating case study, and an exploration of the psychological processes connected with eclipses. This book will make a welcome addition to the existing literature on the Nodes, inspiring the reader with new techniques and perspectives which can easily be applied to the chart, to yield new understanding. INCARNATION: The Four Angles and the Moon’s Nodes The four angles comprise the fundamental structure of the horoscope, and Part One of “Incarnation” looks in depth at their symbolism and meaning. The reader is taken on a journey around the angles, considering their element, mode, and accompanying natal and transiting planets, as well as an illuminating presentation of the astronomy involved. Traditional interpretations are augmented by the fresh and original perspectives characteristic of Melanie’s teaching style, which focuses on evoking personal insight as much as conveying information or technique. There is also a guided imagery exercise which can be followed by the reader, designed to further personalise and deepen the material. Part Two explores the Nodes of the Moon. The reader is invited to contemplate their meaning from first principles, considering the inter-relationship of the Sun, Moon and Earth in space. Established ideas about the interpretation of the Nodes are reviewed and sometimes challenged, and there are several interesting and original avenues of further exploration suggested. The imagery of the dragon is considered, along with Draconic astrology, a fascinating case study, and an exploration of the psychological processes connected with eclipses. The existing literature on the Nodes is not vast, and this book will doubtless become a welcome addition, inspiring the reader with new techniques and perspectives which can easily be applied to the chart, to yield new understanding.

The Beautifully Rational Philosophy of Astrology


Vic DiCara - 2015
    The second section explores the non-contradiction between fate and freewill, establishing freewill as the mother of fate. The third section gives practical advice on how to improve our access to divination.

The New Age in the Modern West: Counterculture, Utopia and Prophecy from the Late Eighteenth Century to the Present Day


Nicholas Campion - 2015
    The New Age in the Modern West argues that New Age culture is part of a family of ideas, including utopianism, which construct alternative futures and drive revolutionary change.Nicholas Campion traces New Age ideas back to ancient cosmology, and questions the concepts of the Enlightenment and the theory of progress. He considers the contributions of the key figures of the 18th century, the legacy of the astronomer Isaac Newton and the Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg, as well as the theosophist, H.P. Blavatsky, the psychologist, C.G. Jung, and the writer and artist, Jose Arguelles. He also pays particular attention to the beat writers of the 1950s, the counterculture of the 1960s, concepts of the Aquarian Age and prophecies of the end of the Maya Calendar in 2012. Lastly he examines neoconservatism as both a reaction against the 1960s and as a utopian phenomenon.The New Age in the Modern West is an important book for anyone interested in countercultural and revolutionary ideas in the modern West.

Astrology Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Interpreting Your Birth Chart & Revealing Your Horoscope


Alyson Mead - 2015
    While our modern lives may not be so rough-and-tumble, we can still seek answers from astrology to help illuminate our life’s path. In Astrology Made Simple, professional psychic and astrologer Alyson Mead moves step-by-step through astrology’s complexities. With her guidance, you will: -Gain in-depth insight into the twelve zodiac signs, as well as the importance of lunar placement, rising and descendant signs, planets, asteroids, and more -Learn the mechanics of a birth chart’s construction, and methods for interpretation to reveal your horoscope -Get strategies for applying your horoscope to facets of everyday life, such as romance, career, family, and healthGo beyond your sun sign and unlock astrology’s secrets!