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ASTROLOGY THE NEXT STEP, Complete Horoscope Interpretation - Maritha Pottenger, $25.95
 Contents: Philosophical foundations; Uncovering themes in delineation; The astrological alphabet; Themes: elements, qualities, polarity; Aspects; Identity; Work and career options; Relationships; Mind and communication; Children and creativity; Beliefs and values; Money; Sensuality and sexuality; Health; Parents; Growth areas; Future; Overview of the whole chart; The art of astrological counseling; Putting all the pieces together. appendices: Worksheets; Using this book as a traditional astrological "cookbook". 540 pages plus index. ACS, paper.


ADVANCED ASTROLOGY FOR LIFE: Balance your life with planetary power - Constance Stellas, $10.95
 Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction;

1. Cosmic ingredients; 2. How your planets work together; 3. Your personal planets & their daily motions; 4. The big picture; 5. Predictions; 6. Synastry, or, is this the one?; 7. The hidden chart; 8. Horary astrology; 9. Astrology grab-bag; 10. Analysis of a chart; 11. How to think like an astrologer; Conclusion; Reference tables & charts; Resources; Bibliography; Index.

Comment: I remember chatting with Constance over the phone, back in the '80's & '90's, but can't remember that I ever met her. She's nice. The book, alas, tries to cram too many things without enough detail. Chapters 9 & 11 are good, with brief but useful notes on critical degrees, fixed stars, decanates, medical astrology, Feng Shui, travel, fertility, etc.

Provenance Press/Adams Media, 258 pages.


PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ASTROLOGY - Pamela Rowe, $16.95
 Contents: Moving towards the 21st century and the age of Aquarius; Sun sign astrology and the astrological ages; Understanding astrology; Interpreting the horoscope; Calculation of the birth horoscope; New boundaries of the Aquarian age. 153 pages including references, recommended reading and worksheets. Gemcraft Books, paper.


ASTROLOGY, SIGNS, NODES & DELINEATIONS - Carolyn Sellers, $14.95
 Contents: Aries/Mars; Taurus/Venus; Gemini/Mercury; Cancer/Moon; Leo/Sun; Virgo/Mercury; Libra/Venus; Scorpio/Pluto; Sagittarius/Jupiter; Capricorn/Saturn; Aquarius/Uranus/Saturn; Pisces/Neptune/Jupiter; The moon's nodes; Delineation. 108 pages. AFA, oversize comb.


NOW THAT I'VE CAST IT, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT - Maxine Taylor, $12.00
 Contents: The houses; Signs on cusps; Planets in houses; Planets in signs; Aspects to planets; Aspects to angles; Linking planets with signs; The 13th house: dignity/detriment, exaltation and fall, afflictions, patterns, mutual reception, the charts in our charts, retrograde planets, potential vs. manifestation, example chart. 86 pages. AFA, paper.


ASTROLOGY IN MODERN LANGUAGE - Richard Vaughan, $13.95
 Contents: What is a horoscope?; How to set up a horoscope; The houses of the horoscope; The focus of your emotions; The image of your personality: the ascendant and its ruling planet; Saturn in your horoscope; Other planets in your horoscope; Aspects between planets; The source of money in your life; Creative expression in your life; The security factor: Your subjective self; Children, speculation and gambling; Your job, health and other duties; Other people in your life; Thresholds of change; Travel and education; Ambition, recognition and worldly success; The meaning of friendships; The bright side of despair; Developments and predictive trends in the horoscope; Astrological analysis when you do not have the time of birth. 338 pages. CRCS, paper.


THE INNER SKY: How to make wiser choices for a more fulfilling life - Steven Forrest, $18.95
 Contents: Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgements.

Part 1: The Territory: 1. Why bother, what about metaphysics, the seven principles; 2. Symbolic language, symbolic reading; 3. What exactly is a birthchart?, why is east on the left, planetary motions.

Part 2: Words: 4. The prime symbol, the circle of the year, seasons, not stars, the dance of the elements, the modes, the twelve signs; 5. Signs; 6. Planets, two solar systems, retrogradation, introducing the players, the significance of retrogradation, the invisible planets, beyond Pluto; 7. Houses, the daily cycle, horizon, meridian, the great cross, houses & signs.

Part 3: Sentences: 8. Interpretation I: Planets in signs & houses; 9. Interpretation II: Aspects, Rulerships & the Moon's nodes; 10. Interpretation III: Putting it all together, a helpful trick, the ruler of the ascendant, planets in their rulerships, planets conjunct the sun, the stellium, angular planets, singletons, stationary planets, strong aspects, keeping perspective on focalizers, the moon's nodes; 11. The Englishman; 12. Dreaming the Universe.
Appendices: How to cast a birthchart; How to avoid casting a birthchart; Suggestions for further reading; Sample birthcharts. Glossary, Index.

Comment: A chatty book, easy to read. Lots of stuff in here, though lots that was omitted. To best use the book, you have to sit down & read it, cover to cover. The tenor of the author's writing may be judged from the dedication: One world, one people - if you can feel it, then this book is dedicated to you.

Seven Paws Press, 303 pages.


BUDDHIST ASTROLOGY: Chart interpretation from a Buddhist perspective - Jhampa Shaneman & Jan V. Angel, $19.95
 Contents: Foreword by the Dali Lama; Introduction by Steven Forrest; Preface by Shaneman; Preface by Angel

1. Buddhist astrology; 2. Buddha's natal chart; 3. The wisdom of Siddhartha; 4. The deeper wisdom; 5. Love & compassion; 6. The houses; 7. The planets; 8. The moon & sun in the houses; 9. The inner planets in the houses; 10. The outer planets in the houses; 11. Aspects of the moon & sun; 12. Aspects of the inner planets; 13. Aspects of the outer planets; 14. Buddhist meditations & personal astrology; 15. Meditation; 16. Biographical sketch of Jhampa; Glossary of Buddhist terms; Bibliography; Index.

Comment: A good start of a book on natal astrology, marred by incessant carping about Buddhism, and by general astrological inexperience. Much of the critical cookbook section was written from theory unsupported by observation, or reflection. As I think the authors are better than the book they have written, I would like to see them revisit & enrich this book in a decade or so. With a bit more maturity, there is potential here for something outstanding.

Llewellyn, 359 pages.


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