Essays on Astrology

Author: Robert Hand
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780914918424
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
Here at last are the collected essays of the world's leading astrologer. In one comprehensive volume, Essays on Astrology makes a cross section of Robert Hand's writings available to both the beginning and advanced astrologer. Robert Hand is one of the few astrologers to successfully work and publish in both the technical and humanistic dimensions of astrology. Because of this, his work is read, reread and respected by all serious astrologers. And this book presents a comprehensive look at the various essays of this very important author. As a reference book, Essays on Astrology is an invaluable resource. Some articles written several years ago, such as The Ascendant, Midheaven and Vertex in Extreme Latitudes, have been extremely hard to find. Still others are printed here for the very first time making this not only a reprint of Robert Hand's previous works, but an important addition to the study of astrology.

Horoscopes and Public Spheres

Author: Günther Oestmann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110925125
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
This volume examines the specific role of horoscopic astrology in Western culture from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Focusing on the public appearance of astrological rhetoric, the essays break new ground for a better understanding of the function of horoscopes in public discourse. The volume's three parts address the use of imperial horoscopes in late antiquity, the transformation of doctrines and rhetorics in Islamic medieval contexts, and the important status of astrology in early modern Europe. The combination of in-depth historical studies and methodological considerations results in an important contribution to religious and cultural studies.

Essays on the Foundations of Astrology

Author: Charles E.O. Carter
Publisher: Astrology Classics
ISBN: 1933303328
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Charles Carter (1887-1968) wrote this book in London during World War II. It was his first book in more than a dozen years. In this book, Carter turns his attention to fundamentals. Why the planets are what they are. How the Sun differs from the Moon. How Jupiter and Mercury are interrelated. Having had his fill of aspects in terms of the planets, in this book Carter tells us of aspects in terms of signs and the elements they represent. A planet in a fire sign, in square to a planet in an earth sign, Carter says, is an obviously difficult combination: Fire consumes earth, or, earth smothers fire. On the other hand, air/water squares are much less stressful. Carter was particularly fascinated by the nativities of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, his contemporaries. Charts for both men are given. Mussolini he declares to be a "bombastic Italian dictator", but Hitler remained a puzzle. ___________________ Charles E.O. Carter, one of the leading astrologers of the 20th century, was President of the Astrological Lodge at the Theosophical Society from 1920 to 1952. He was first Principal of the Faculty of Astrological Studies, which he helped found in 1948. He edited The Astrologer's Quarterly from 1926 until 1959. Essays on the Foundations of Astrology was first published in 1947.

Seeing with Different Eyes

Author: Patrick Curry
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443810886
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 345

Book Description
Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination represents the cutting-edge of contemporary thought and research on divination. The thirteen authors come from a variety of academic disciplines, ranging from anthropology and classics to English literature and religious studies, and all address the question of divination, astrology and oracles in a spirit of critical but sympathetic inquiry. The emphasis is on a participatory and reflexive approach which is firmly post-positivist, seeking to understand the divinatory act on its own terms within widely varying contexts – ancient Greek and Chaldean philosophy and theurgy, Theravadan Buddhism, Biblical studies, Elizabethan Hermeticism, Jacobean drama, Heideggerian philosophy, Medieval scholasticism, 19th century occultism, contemporary Guatemalan divination and Western medical practice. The authors are all teachers or researchers in the area of divination and symbolism, which is a new disciplinary focus developing at the University of Kent, Canterbury under the aegis of the MA programme in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination. The essays in this volume originally contributed to an international conference of the same name held there in April 2006.

The Celestial Art

Author: Demetra George
Publisher: Western Esotericism in Context
ISBN: 9781945147173
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Before its modern incarnation of predictive horoscopy, Astrology was in centuries past integrated with science, magic, mysticism and philosophy. In this groundbreaking anthology, ten of today's most influential esoteric astrologers write concerning Astrology's hidden occult aspects, from herbalism to witchcraft, to philosophy and practical sorcery. Contributing authors include Demetra George, Austin Coppock, John Michael Greer, Jason Miller, Freedom Cole, Benjamin Dykes, Daniel Schulke, Al Cummins, Lee Lehman, Eric Purdue, and Mallorie Vaudoise.

Essays on Evolutionary Astrology

Author: Ed Deva Green
Publisher: The Wessex Astrologer
ISBN: 191053109X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
When Jeffrey Wolf Green retired and went into seclusion he left his daughter Deva with everything that he had ever written which included drafts of various manuscripts which he had intended to publish at various points. This also included every audio tape, video, dvd, and transcript of his lectures delivered over a lengthy career. He also gave Deva his business and asked her to carry on with it. This book refl ects her desire to continue to disseminate his work as widely as possible. In Essays on Evolutionary Astrology: The Evolutionary Journey of The Soul there is a combination of transcribed lectures with parts of various manuscripts, most of which has never been in print before.

Environmental Cosmology

Author: Kenneth D. McRitchie
Publisher: Cognizance Books
ISBN: 0973624205
Category : Natal astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description

The Endless Sky

Author: Steven Forrest
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939510112
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 560

Book Description
Award-winning astrologer Steven Forrest offers a collection of seventy-two short, penetrating essays spanning two decades and soaring over the wide world of evolutionary astrology. What is the truth about Mercury retrograde? Are you doomed if you have a planet "in detriment?" Why did Vincent Van Gogh's chart still work long after he was dead and gone? Steven writes, "I picture this book like an astrology friend - someone you met at a class or a conference a year or two ago. Maybe you get together for coffee every few months and talk about charts." Like those serendipitous, freewheeling conversations, you never know exactly where The Endless Sky is going to lead. As you explore these pages, magic happens: you find yourself escaping the pigeon-holing attitudes of conventional astrology and replacing them with the fresh air of freedom, choice, and imagination.

Insights Into Evolutionary Astrology

Author: Rose Marcus
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738719863
Category : Astrology and reincarnation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Evolutionary astrology holds the key to life's most profound mysteries: Where does the soul come from? How can we grow spiritually? What are our intended life lessons? Shedding new light on these vitally important questions, well-known astrologer Rose Marcus has compiled a collection of illuminating essays by today's foremost evolutionary astrologers. Each contributor offers fascinating perspectives on evolutionary astrology and explores various aspects of Pluto's role in determining the soul's evolving needs and desires. Jeffrey Wolf Green, the world-renowned founder of this specialized field of study, begins the book with an exploration of the four natural evolutionary laws that propel soul growth. Deva Green continues with a discussion of how Pluto drives our evolutionary growth, illustrated with case studies and charts of notable figures such as President Barack Obama. Contributors also explore Pluto's influence on the sexual and relationship characteristics of each zodiacal sign, the fulfillment of human potential, the dynamics between twins, past life regression, the interpretive importance of planetary nodes, and the cultural significance of Pluto entering Capricorn. Features original essays by Jeffrey Wolf Green, Deva Green, Kim Marie, Maurice Fernandez, Kristin Fontana, Patricia L. Walsh, Mark Jones, and Rose Marcus. Praise: "If you have ever wondered about the premises of evolutionary astrology, this book is a must read, covering many dimensions of the subject expounded by highly respected teachers, lecturers, and authors of the system as well as the founder himself, Jeffrey Wolf Green. It is insightful, inspirational, and even controversial, providing the reader with much to ponder."--CHRIS MCRAE, professional astrologer and vice president of the International Society of Astrological Research " Insights into Evolutionary Astrology] is one of the most insightful and original books on the subject of astrology that is currently in print. The articles are very diverse, well thought out and presented in an easily and understandable fashion for both the practicing astrologer and interested lay person." --LYNN NEESE, former president of both the Seattle Astrologers Association and the Washington Astrologers Association

Postcolonial Astrology

Author: Alice Sparkly Kat
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1623175313
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Tapping into the political power of magic and astrology for social, community, and personal transformation. In a cross-cultural approach to understanding astrology as a magical language, Alice Sparkly Kat unmasks the political power of astrology, showing how it can be channeled as a force for collective healing and liberation. Too often, magic and astrology are divorced from their potency and cultural contexts: co-opted by neoliberalism, used as a force of oppression, or distilled beyond recognition into applications that belie their individual and collective power. By looking at the symbolic and etymological histories of the sun, moon, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, we can trace and understand the politics of magic--and challenge our own practices, interrogate our truths, and reshape our institutions to build better frameworks for communities of care. Fearless, radical, and fresh, Sparkly Kat's Postcolonial Astrology ushers in a new wave of astrology revival, refusing to apologize for its magickism and connecting its power to the spirituality and politics we need now. Intersectional, inclusive, and geared towards queer and POC communities, it uses our historical and collective constructs of the planets, sun, and moon to re-chart our subconscious history, redefine the body in the world, and assert our politics of the personal, in astrology and all things.