The Moon in Astrology

Even more than the sun, the moon is the fundamental astrological force in our lives, for good or ill. Here are books about her, her relationship to the sun, her phases & mansions:

Planets:

The Moon

Mercury-Saturn

Uranus-Pluto

Leftovers!

Indicates a book on our Top Ten list. If you would like to find more books like it, click on the star.

Part 1: The Moon herself:

	THE HADES MOON: Pluto in Aspect to the Moon - Judy Hall, $19.95 From the back cover: "The story of Pluto-Moon contacts is the eternal saga of birth, death, and rebirth; abandonment and rejection; karma, transformation, and new life....Judy Hall explains why Pluto-Moon aspects are so important, and gives a description of the Hades Moon through the signs. She explores the Pluto cycle, Pluto from incarnation to initiation, Pluto in the houses, and Pluto in transits and the Hades Moon....She also explores the archetype of the dark mother and shows how to trace enmeshed family patterns." Contents: By the light of the slightly tarnished moon; The mythic moon; The devouring moon; The rejecting moon; The raging moon; The karmic moon; The cathartic moon; The sacred moon; The renascent moon; Afterlight. Appendix: The Pluto Moon dialogue. 316 pages including endnotes, bibliography and index. Weiser, paper.

	THE MOON IN YOUR LIFE - Arlene Robertson, $19.95 From the back cover: "This book is a well written and very comprehensive study of one of the basic elements in the chart." Contents: The moon in each sign through the houses; Aspects and transits - conjunction, square, trine, and opposition. 233 pages. AFA, paper.

	NEW MOON ASTROLOGY: Using new moon power days to change & revitalize your life - Jan Spiller, $18.00 Contents: Part 1: Rules of the road, Maximizing results, Tables of the new moon through 2050 Part 2: What to wish for when the new moon is in each sign Part 3: Releasing past karma through the power of wishing Part 4: Ongoing wishes, an alphabetical list of topics, each covered briefly: (Abuse, addictions, assertiveness, authority, brothers, business, career, cars, change, children, communication, confidence, courage, creativity, depression, discipline, exercise, father, fear, food, friends, fun, habits, happiness, health, home, honesty, integrity, job, legal issues, love, management, marriage, meditation, money, mother, organization, parents, partnerships, peace of mind, pets, phobias, play, prayer, procrastination, profession, relationships, reputation, romance, school, security, self-confidence, self-control, self-esteem, self-respect, self-worth, sex, siblings, sisters, sleep, social status, spiritual help, stress, success, thoughts, travel, trust, vitality, weight loss, work, world peace) Part 5: Conclusion - Living in a new land. Comment: This is really more low grade magic than astrology. Bantam, 313 pages.

2. Sun & Moon through the Signs

	SUN SIGN, MOON SIGN, Discover the Key to Your Unique Personality through the 144 Sun-Moon Combinations - Charles & Suzi Harvey, $15.95 This fun book is the summation of over 50 years of practical astrological observation and biographical study on the key importance of the Sun-Moon relationship in every chart. Written by two of Britain's leading astrologers, this study builds on the pioneering work of Grant Lewi's classic Heaven Knows What. Using quotes from famous individuals of each type, it illustrates the central dilemmas and paradoxes at the heart of each of the 144 combinations. It does so in terms of general themes, relationships, strengths and weaknesses and images for integration. Includes Sun and Moon tables 1930-2010. 568 pages including: For your further astrological study; Further reading. Element, paper.

	THE SUN & MOON POLARITY IN YOUR HOROSCOPE - Robert A. Hughes, $15.00 Written in 1953, all 144 combinations of Sun & Moon in signs are explored in this book. One of the few authors to attempt this comprehensive survey, Hughes focuses on the psychological interplay between these two bodies. 168 pages. AFA, paper.

	MOON BUBBLES: From Cradle to Grave - Diane & Rudy Flack, $4.00 The moon in aspect to the sun as a measure of your personal space. A is A Publishing, spiral paper.

3. Lunar Phases. See also Dane Rudhyar.

	MOON PHASES, A SYMBOLIC KEY - Martin Goldsmith, $16.95 From four lunar phases, this book shows 28. Your exact lunar phase reveal a great deal about you, your abilities, motivations & perceptions. Combines visual imagery & verbal explanations. Accompanying the text are elegant illustrations to inspire intuitive understanding. Meditation on them provides deeper insight into the moon's many phases. This book, and the next, below, were inspired by clairvoyant messages received by William Butler Yeats & his wife. 237 pages including bibliography and recommended reading. Whitford, paper.

	PHASES OF THE MOON, A Guide to Evolving Human Nature - Marilyn Busteed & Dorothy Wergin, $18.95 Contents: Acknowledgment Introduction Part 1: Cycles, phases and modern astrology 1. Cycles and phases 2. The elements of the lunar mandala 3. The skeleton of time 4. In and out of phase Part 2: A round of 28 phases 5. Phases of the youthful body 6. Phases of the proud heart 7. Phases of the creative mind 8. Phases of the emerging spirit 9. Some ideas on diachronic astrology 10. The moon phase in a birth chart 11. Examples Appendices: A. Phases of well known people B. Symbols used in this book C. Division by symmetry D. How to figure the moon phase E. Glossary of terms F. Bibliography. Comment: How to read a chart based on the phase of the moon, day by day. Rudhyar toyed with the idea - and the authors give him credit - but they say the idea actually goes back to William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) & his book, A Vision (1925). Yeats was far more than a poet, but I digress. Each of the four Phase chapters (see above) covers one week of lunar travel & is divided into seven discreet phases phases. The first is from new moon to first quarter (youthful body), the second, from first quarter to full (proud heart), etc. These are allotted to the various signs. The first phase is to Pisces, the next three to Aries, then the final three youthful bodys to Taurus. In the second quarter, the first phase goes to Gemini, with Cancer getting the next three & then Leo the final three. (This is how you divide 28 by 12.) In addition to the sign, each day's phase has a planetary ruler & co-ruler. Each day's phase represents a two-year age. The first phase (new moon) is 0-2, the next day is 2-4, day three is 4-6, etc. Here is a typical delineation: Speaking of Phase 14 (my own), did you know that I receive everything at the hands of others-? That people willingly take up the burdens & responsibilities which [I] drop-? And that many people find the native [me!] incredibly beautiful & act out of infatuation with him-? (Girls! Where are you!?) Phase 14 continues, Unimpressed by hero-worship, or even by confessions of love, the native is prepared to drop everything at once if a vision or a feeling directs him elsewhere. As a result of this fidelity to purpose, he projects his ideas upon civilization so strongly that others come to identify his will with their own deeper desires. It wouldn't be unusual, either, for the native to live his entire life without noticing his expanding influence. But time will bear full witness to his excellence, even posthumously. (all from pg. 102) My Sun/Moon phase? I was born six hours ahead of a full moon. A lot of people are born on full moons. Find your unique phase. AFA, 209 pages.

	EVERYTHING HAS A PHASE - Bernice Prill Grebner, $18.00 Contents: The phases of timing; Mansions of the moon; Observations about the moon; The phases of the moon; New moon, crescent moon, first quarter moon, gibbous moon, full moon , disseminating moon, last quarter moon, and balsamic moon through the signs; Rulers, progressions, comparisons; Interpretations of the house meanings; The planets; Signs on the cusp. 209 pages including glossary and references. AFA, paper.

4. Moon Mansions

	MOON MANSIONS - Mohan Koparkar, $6.95 More sophisticated than Yeats' vision of 28 phases are the ancient 27/28 lunar mansions, which can be traced from Arabic to Greek & Hindu sources. The difference between the two is that phases show an angular relationship of the moon to the sun, while mansions are much like zodiacal "signs". They start at a fixed point in the sky & the moon passes through one of them every day, taking a month (or one lunar orbit) to complete the journey. These 13 degree chunks of sky are said to have the same kind of qualities that we associate with the 12 signs of the zodiac. Vedic astrology makes dazzling use of these, which only makes us regret their comparative rarity in western astrology. This book uses the sidereal zodiac & gives descriptions of sun, moon & planets, including Uranus, Neptune, Pluto & the North Node, in each of the mansions. 127 pages. Mohan Enterprises, paper.

Planets:

The Moon

Mercury-Saturn

Uranus-Pluto

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