The Tao of Books Astrology

Frances Sakoian & Louis S Acker

Precise, comprehensive, and richly detailed, The Astrologer's Handbook moves far beyond the common 11 sun signs to the important planetary aspects - trines, squares, oppositions, conjunctions, and sextiles - discussing their impact on the human personality and exploring their subtle but firm influence on all our lives. Although undertaken originally to meet the demands of professional astrologers, The Astrologer's Handbook is, happily, a book that serves every reader. The authors, two respected innovators in the field, explain carefully all of the central concepts and provide easy-to-follow instructions for doing a complete interpretation - both general and specific - of any natal chart. For those who wish to actually cast their own charts, step-by-step directions are provided. Remainder mark.

480pp, 8x5.5 ... Paperback

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ASTROLOGY BEYOND EGO Ref: AM144

Tim Lyons

Astrologer and Buddhist practitioner Tim Lyons skillfully unites the insights of astrology with the wisdom of Buddhism in this book. He shows how astrology relates to the perennial philosophy and how astrological concepts such as the twelve houses and the planets can give us insight into ourselves. In essence, he shows how astrology can be used to deepen our spiritual path, leading us beyond the confines of our ego and into an awareness of our true nature.

188pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback
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BASIC ASTROLOGY: A Workbook for Students Ref: BXR0126

Joan Negus

To someone setting out to teach or learn, the vastness and complexity of astrology can seem overwhelming. This workbook offers a systematic method, which, if followed diligently, will give the student a solid framework and a flexible body of knowledge with which to interpret charts dynamically and imaginatively. RARE, out of print.

64pp, 11x8.5 ... Paperback
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HOUSES OF THE HOROSCOPE: An Introduction Ref: BC90

Alan Oken

Astrology is an amazingly accurate tool for better understanding yourself, your friends, your planet, and the nature of Life itself. But how does astrology work? In Houses of the Horoscope, Oken explains that the natal horoscope is a blueprint and guide that creates a clear map to your personal awareness out of the huge mass of astrological data. He further explains how the positions of the astrological planets affect your life here on earth. Calculated for a person's date, time, and place of birth, the natal chart reveals a detailed portrait of an individual's relationship to the world. The various components of your natal horoscope reveal who you are, what you have to offer, with whom you are most likely to share your talents, abilities, and love, and so much more.

128pp, 8x5¼ ... Paperback

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KABBALISTIC ASTROLOGY Ref: BG73

Joel Dobin

The ancient Hebrews developed the richest and most sophisticated system of astrology known in the Western world, but this practice has been almost completely forgotten. Now Joel Dobin, an ordained rabbi and practicing astrologer, brings to light the wealth of astrological information in the Kabbalah, Bible, Talmud, and Midrash, revealing a profound tradition as valuable today as it was millennia ago. Key to this astrological system is the Kabbalah--the Jewish mystery tradition--in which the sacred Tree of Life links the influences of the twelve zodiacal constellations and seven planets to specific letters of the Hebrew alphabet, creating a unique method for constructing horoscopes. Analyses of the zodiac according to the rulerships of the sons of Jacob, the importance of solar and lunar directions and masculine and feminine influences, and the paradigm-shifting nature of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction (next scheduled for 2001) are all explored for their impact on global and personal destiny. More than 30 tables and charts put all the information needed for doing astrological readings at your fingertips.

288pp, 9x6 ... Paperback

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MAPPING YOUR BIRTHCHART (with CD-ROM) Ref: BY76

Stephanie Jean Clement

You know your sign, but that's just the tip of the astrological iceberg. You've got a moon sign, a rising sign, and loads of other factors in your astrological makeup. Together they form the complete picture of you as an individual. Mapping the Birthchart removes the mystery from astrology so that you can look at any chart and get a basic understanding of the person behind it. A free CD-Rom is included so you can print out astrological reports and charts for yourself, family and friends.

240pp, 9.25x7.5 ... Paperback

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PLANETS IN COMPOSITE: Analyzing Human Relationships Ref: N196

Robert Hand

Robert Hand has written an important reference book that is much needed in the astrological field, a definitive work about relationships. After extensive research and professional experience, Hand has concluded that the composite chart technique works more effectively than other techniques as a method of interpreting relationships. The book contains an introduction to casting and reading the composite chart, case studies and delineations, 374 interpretations of composite planetary positions including 41 delineations of the moon's nodes.

384pp, 9.5x6.5 ... Paperback

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A SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO ASTROLOGY Ref: 2550

Myrna Lofthus

Drawing upon the universal teaching of reincarnation, especially as expressed in Edgar Cayce's work, Myrna Lofthus illuminates the karmic patterns reflected in the birth chart. This comprehensive text places astrology within a spiritual context and makes it accessible to beginning students with no prior knowledge of astrology and to the more advanced student who wants a more specialized work on the subtler implications of astrological configurations. Dozens of charts and illustrations help the reader to understand the astronomical and the theoretical foundations of the birth chart. The lengthy section on aspects not only explains their karmic meaning but includes interpretations of the 40 -- ("nonagen" or "novile") and the 150 -- ("quincunx") aspects, as well as aspects to the Moon's nodes, Part of Fortune, Ascendant, and Midheaven, all of which are rarely found in other books. Myrna Lofthus is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and a lifelong student of world religions and philosophies. Strongly influenced in her search for truth by the philosophy of psychic Edgar Cayce and by the astrological concepts of Isabel Hickey, Myrna Lofthus has come to view astrology as a way an individual can find the main purpose of this incarnation. Her approach to astrology is to re-awaken the conscious mind to the intentions and meaning of this lifetime of which the higher self was aware before birth. "Thus,"she writes, "you are made aware of what you wished to accomplish and in what areas of life you need the most work and understanding." RARE, out of print.

428pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback

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THE STAR MIRROR: The Cosmic Symmetry of Heaven & Earth Ref: BE30

Mark Vidler

For the first time in history a miraculous duplicate pattern has appeared between the most brilliant stars in the sky and the highest mountains on our planet. At the dawn of the new millennium the stars are aligning with the highest mountains on the earth. The ancients predicted this would happen and understood its meaning. This ancient vision of "heaven on earth" passed down to us through the ages has become a reality. It transpires that the earth and sky have the same blueprint, suggesting that there is a single divine plan uniting the terrestrial and celestial spheres. The author of this book has spent many years researching this parallel by comparing the co-ordinates of stars on the celestial sphere with the co-ordinates of mountains on the terrestrial sphere. He has discovered an astounding consistent numerical match between the most brilliant stars in the sky and a number of the world's highest mountains and he argues that this remarkable parallel was clearly recognised by the ancient monument builders long ago. From Avebury to Easter Island, from the great mound of Ching, to the Nazca Plains, these monuments are also located vertically beneath the brightest stars. These vertical alignments are occurring for the first time in history. This book explores the extraordinary implications of this alignment and the messages that the ancient monument builders have left us. Are they warning us that the earth is about to shift 30 degrees on its axis? Mark Vidler's astonishing book proves that this is an idea that we should be taking seriously.

356pp, 8x5 ... Paperback

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WORLD EPHEMERIS FOR THE 20th CENTURY: 1900 T0 2000 at Noon Ref: AA301

Para Research

The World Ephemeris is the first computer calculated and typeset ephemeris with letter-quality printing. Now ease and clarity in reading is combined with accuracy and precision of data to provide the most complete and convenient ephemeris available for astrological calculation and analysis. The Sun's position is accurate to the second of arc; the Moon's mean Node and nine planetary positions are given to the minute of arc for every day of the 21st Century. One hundred and one years in all.

624pp, 9.25x8 .... Paperback

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