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	ASTROLOGY: A Language of Life, vol. 1: PROGRESSIONS - Robert P. Blaschke, $14.95 From the foreword by Robert Hand: "This book on progressions is quite accessible to astrological readers of many levels, but it is not a beginner's book....It goes beyond that to provide a practical and theoretical foundation for integrating the various methods of progressions into a single body of method..." Contents: Rules, laws and definitions; Progression theory; Progressed planetary motion; Progressed sun-moon relationship; Progressed retrogradation and stations; Signs, degrees, houses and angles by progression; Discerning significant progressed aspects; Miscellaneous thoughts and interpretive strategies. Appendices: Planet stations 1920-2010; Outer planet stations 1920-2010; Lecture, class and workshop tapes by the author; Astrology software programs; Computer chart services; Contacting the author. 137 pages including bibliography. Earthwalk School of Astrology, paper.

	THE A.C.D / L.D. METHOD OF PROGRESSIONS SIMPLIFIED - Sandra D. McDow & Jo Anna Graziano, $6.00 Contents: General information; Definitions; Rules; Examples: AM GMT on the same day as birth; AM GMT on the same day after birth; PM GMT on the same day as birth; PM GMT on the same day before birth; Progressed ephemeris date with examples; Progressed moon math/monthly motion Comment: Progressions are a day for a year exchange. If you're 40 years old, you know that the line in the ephemeris 40 days after your birth are the positions of your progressed planets for your 40th year. But, exactly when in your 40th year will those ephemeris positions (the moon, in particular) be exact? If you knew what day of the year the ephemeris positions were exact, you could easily bump the progressed moon up one degree a month & know exactly when it made contact with natal planets. For these reasons, the Ajusted Calculation Date (ACD) was devised. It's a simple calculation: Essentially, with a midnight ephemeris, subtract your GMT time of birth from 0:00:00. Add to that the interval between 0h GMT & your GMT birth time at 10 seconds/hour (9.86 seconds if you're fussy). To that sum, add the sidereal time (as shown in the ephemeris) for the last day before your birth. Take the resulting Sidereal Time & look it up in the ephemeris. The date with the closest match is your ACD for a midnight ephemeris. (This book uses a noon ephemeris. The only change for calculation at noon is to start with 12:00:00, instead of 00:00:00.) The better computer programs have long printed the ACD (noon & midnight) on the charts. If you were wondering what it meant, now you know. This book also contains instructions on exact calculation of the progressed moon. A small but useful book. If this is the only item on your order, we will ship at reduced rates, both domestic & international. AFA, 12 pages.

	THE PROGRESSED HOROSCOPE SIMPLIFIED - Leigh Hope Milburn, $19.00 Originally published in 1928 - which reminds us that there seems to be very few surviving books from about 1940 to about 1980 or so (the dark ages of astrology?). Contents: Progressed horoscope defined; General application; Predominance of the planets; The nature and influence of the planets; Progressed planets through the signs; Progressed ascendant by decan (and its ruler); Progressed moon through signs & houses; Aspects by the progression of the moon and the sun; Parallels; Transits; Aspects of the transits. Unique for its time, free of mathematics. 170 pages. AFA, paper.

	LUNAR RETURNS - John Townley, $19.95 Contents: List of charts; Introduction by Susan Wishbow Townley Part 1: Anatomy of the Lunar Return: 1. Meet the Moon; 2. Interpreting the Lunar Return Part 2: Delineations: 3. Lights & planets in the houses of the lunar return; Lunar return ascendant by sign; 5. Lights & planets in aspect in the lunar return; 6. Featured natal planets; 7. Transits into natal houses; 8. Transits into lunar return houses; 9. Transits to natal planets; 10. Transits to lunar return planets; 11. Full & new moons in natal & lunar return houses; 12. Transiting retrogrades & eclipses. Comment: You asked for it, and here it is: An entire book on Lunar Returns. Lunar returns happen when the moon returns to its exact place at birth, which it does every 28 days. Lunar returns are therefore our monthly cycle, for better or worse. The book has some dramatic case studies (Martha Stewart, 9-11 (yet again)), but for the most part falls flat. Take an okay book on transits & put "this month" in front of all the delineations, and you pretty much have the flavor of the book. Examples: Lunar return Saturn in the first: You may want to pull in your wings a bit for a while, as restricting forces are in the air that can put pressure on you if you don't carefully mete out your energies... (pg. 75) Any Natal Planet Conjunct Lunar Return Venus: You will likely run across issues & opportunities that allow you to demonstrate your charm & magnetism & set the tone for some time to come... (pg. 34) Sun Conjunct Midheaven: The Sun at midday spreads its widest beams abroad & can be seen from afar, like a flag at the masthead. This month's energy therefore is great for letting people know where you're at. (pg. 116) The author, John Townley, is described at the end of the book as, A millennium Renaissance man, he is also an artist/producer of over a dozen record albums, the author of multiple scholarly maritime historical papers & book reviews, and an Internet multimedia journalist. Llewellyn, 245 pages.

	IDENTIFYING PLANETARY TRIGGERS, Astrological Techniques for Prediction - Celeste Teal, $17.95 Contents: List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction Part 1. Secondary Progressions: 1. The Progressed Chart: Natal potential & progressions; Calculating the progressed chart; Active orb of aspect; Prioritizing the progressed aspects; Transits to the progressed chart; Planetary prominence; The horary ascendant; Targeting event dates; The progressed moon & aspects. 2. The Progressions at Work: A battle for custody; Princess Diana; Hamburger hill survivor; The mystery of JonBenet Ramesy; A tragedy at Columbine High Part 2. Returns of the Luminaries & Planets: 3. Introducing the Returns: Calculation; Unique returns; The diurnal chart or daily return; Planetary returns; Return basics 4. The Solar Return: Symbolism of the sun; Interpreting the solar return; Finer points of interpretation; Judging points of energy & timing activity; The sun's transiting aspects; The solar return at work; Solar return series; The solar return moon 5. The Lunar Return: Symbolism of the moon; Interpreting the lunar return; Finer points of interpretation; Judging points of energy & timing activity; Using the lunar return with the solar return; The lunar return at work 6. The Mercury Return: Symbolism of Mercury; Interpreting the Mercury return; Mentality; Judging points of energy & timing activity; Mercury's transiting aspects; Retrograde Mercury; Vehicles; The Mercury return at work; The Mercury return series 7. The Venus Return: Symbolism of Venus; Interpreting the Venus return; Judging points of energy & timing activity; Venus' transiting aspects; Retrograde Venus; The Venus return at work; The Venus return series 8. The Mars Return: Symbolism of Mars; Interpreting the Mars return; Judging points of energy & timing activity; Mars' transiting aspects; Illness; Accidents; Retrograde Mars; New enterprise; The Mars return at work; The Mars return series 9. The Jupiter Return: Symbolism of Jupiter; Interpreting the Jupiter return; Finer points of interpretation; Judging points of energy & timing activity; Jupiter's transiting aspects; The Jupiter return at work; Progressing the Jupiter return; The Jupiter return series 10. The Saturn Return: Symbolism of Saturn; Saturn's hemispheric position; Interpreting the Saturn return; Further definition of the return; Judging points of emphasis & timing activity; Saturn's transiting aspects; The Saturn return at work; Progressing the Saturn return; The Saturn return series Part 3. The Transiting Planets & Aspects: 11. Bridging the old with the new 12. The transits of the planet Mercury 13. The transits of the planet Venus 14. The transits of the Sun 15. The transits of the planet Mars 16. The transits of the planet Jupiter 17. The transits of the planet Saturn 18. The transits of the planet Uranus 19. The transits of the planet Neptune 20. The transits of the planet Pluto 21. The transits of the moon's nodes Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Comment: The first section, on progressions, while short on textbook delineations, is a good overview of how they work in practice, with many practical tips. The second section, on diurnals & returns, is much the same. Here there is a wealth of practical advice, such as how the days change as the ruler of the diurnal changes (watch out for Mars if you have a temper), how solar & lunar returns relate, varieties of solar return moons, the practical outcomes of the various planetary returns & much more. Part 3 of this books makes it an instant classic: It contains Dr. J. Heber Smith’s previously unpublished manuscript on the effects of the transiting planets. Heber was the teacher to Evangeline Adams, the foremost American astrologer of the early 20th century, famous for the accuracy of her predictions. Celeste Teal provides the subsequent chapters on Pluto & the nodes. I was confused reading the Tables of Mean Nodes, on pgs 337-348, so I emailed the author. She replied that in each little box, the left-hand number is the day of the month. The right hand number is the mean node on that day, to the nearest degree. The astrological sign is sandwiched between the two at the very top of the column, which is confusing. Llewellyn, 364 pages.

	TRANSITS & SOLAR RETURNS: A new system of analysis for two ancient methods - Ciro Discepolo, $25.00 Contents: Preface 1. Thirty rules 2. Transits of the Sun 3. Transits of the Moon 4. Transits of Mercury 5. Transits of Venus 6. Transits of Mars 7. Transits of Jupiter 8. Transits of Saturn 9. Transits of Uranus 10. Transits of Neptune 11. Transits of Pluto 12. The houses of the solar return 13. Celestials in the houses of the solar return 14. Moon of SR in the houses of the solar return 15. Mercury of SR in the houses of the solar return 16. Venus of SR in the houses of the solar return 17. Mars of SR in the houses of the solar return 18. Jupiter of SR in the houses of the solar return 19. Saturn of SR in the houses of the solar return 20. Uranus of SR in the houses of the solar return 21. Neptune of SR in the houses of the solar return 22. Pluto of SR in the houses of the solar return 23. The index of risk for the year 24. Examples Postface: 25. Preface to the second edition 26. Forecasts: This is why I say yes 27. The question of health 28. What you can do if you cannot leave 29. Results of the more recent researches 30. An essential bibliography Compendium 31. A short preface to the compendium 32. Psychoanalysis & the escape 33. References to the transactional psychology 34. Few links with mythology 35. Few links with Roman religion 36. Active astrology & magic 37. Predation 38. A bibliography to the compendium Comment: In the first section, on transits, there are harmonious & dissonant aspects, which sort of leaves the conjunction up to the reader to figure out. Delineations are extensive (many are nearly a full page long), and for the most part, are given as one long paragraph. Jupiter in harmonious aspect to the Moon is different from Moon in harmonious aspect to Jupiter (ie, no Sakoian & Acker shortcuts). The author also delineates each planet as it transits the twelve houses. Delineations are a lot less psychological than Rob Hand's famous set. In many places, Discepolo, unlike Hand, pulls no punches. Among other details, Saturn transiting the 4th, you could lose a parent. Uranus dissonant to Mars, you could have a bad accident (true, for me). Saturn dissonant to Moon: Possibility of death, if other factors (listed) agree. While the delineations broadly agree with accepted dogma, there are many insights from his long experience. With solar returns, he seems to be a master. From the Preface: I reckoned - by an approximation - that until spring 1997, after twenty-seven years of intensive practice in astrology, I had 'forwarded' at least ten thousand persons to an aimed birthday (over 20,000 in 2007). What's more, year after year I've been recording their outcome, about the splendid reality of the Aimed Solar Return. [ie, relocated solar return - Dave] ... In this volume you'll read quite different observations than those which you might find in any other book. Two examples follow that substantiate this reflection. In the next sections you'll read that a Solar Return starting, say, with Jupiter at the Medium Coli gives one hundred times lower positive effects to the native's social & professional promotion than a Solar Return with the Ascendant lying in the 10th house of the birth chart. Reading the following sections you'll also realize that the SR ascendant in the 1st house of birth is one of the worst positions that could ever strike a man. The above remarks, together with many other observations, originate from an extremely long practice & are supported by hundreds of personal reports of people who relocated their own SR according to the method described in this book, who can confirm every single point of what I have written down here. (pg. 5) In the Solar Return section itself, he writes, It is important to make one thing clear. In other books of mine, especially in my Trattato pratico di Rivoluzioni solari, I have already tried to explain this, but perhaps I haven't been clear enough - or maybe my readers did not understand. I would try again, further emphasizing the meanings of such a celestial combination. Perhaps if I speak out in further detail, readers would hear me & understand me better. According to my experience, the 12th, the 1st & the 6th house of the Solar Return are extremely dangerous & detrimental places, without significant differences of degree among each other. Saying that they show 'amost the same level' of detriment means that if the 12th house scores, say, minus 100 points, both the 1st & the 6th house score minus 98. These are facts, I have been misunderstood so far.... I would not spend a single word about the alleged growth that you can achieve being in trouble, or about the good of these three houses: the reader may find my point of view in other sections of this book and in my other books. I would rather underline the meanings of such wickedness... (pg. 325) From these extracts we get a sense of the author's techniques & point of view. Since there are 365 AND A QUARTER days in a year, the solar return ascendant shifts by roughly 90 degrees a year, meaning that every four years, the solar return ascendant & the natal ascendant are, more or less, the same. This is one of the very few books we have of non-English astrology. It is very well-translated, and printed on heavy coated stock. The book weighs twice what any other book would. Both of these are indications the author is highly regarded in his native Italy. I would like to hear feedback from readers. Ricerca '90, 558 pages.

	ROADMAP TO YOUR FUTURE, A Quick Guide to Progressions & Transits - Bernie Ashman, $23.00 From the back cover: "...illustrates the potential of every aspect, whether easy or challenging, and sparks the thinking process by beginning each section with a series of pertinent keywords. His concise interpretations contain the depth that only a mix of astrology and psychology can achieve." Contents: Prediction and life processes; The birth chart - roots of prediction; The dance of the planets - aspects; Transits; Symbolic time pieces - progressions; Progressed angles; Planet/planet aspects; Planet/ascendant aspects; Planet/midheaven aspects; Planet/nodes of the moon aspects. 429 pages. AFA, paper.

	POTENTIAL FULFILLED, vol 1: ACCIDENT PATTERNS - Priscilla M. Gilbert, $9.00 From the introduction: "To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and this to me is one of the best reasons for each individual to know the potential pattern of his natal chart...." Contents includes: Plane crash; Hit by car; Hit by train; Head-on car collision; Car skidded into a telephone pole; Car ran into an embankment; Car collision; Accidental electrocution; Pinned under a car; Hit by a truck while on his motorcycle; Death by a fall. 105 pages. AFA, paper.

	POTENTIAL FULFILLED, vol 2: WHAT SAVED THEM? - Priscilla M. Gilbert, $8.50 From the introduction: "Since there is a season for all things, then there must be a cosmic clock, a life rhythm to which we individually respond, and this - the potentiality of events - is reflected or shown on the life map of the chart." Contents: Drove car into a drainage ditch; Rolled over in his semi-truck; Head-on collision; Fall from a sand motorcycle; Fell off a cliff; Hit by a train; Shattered foot on curbstone; Train crash; Third-degree burns; motor-cycle accident; Car crash; Car accident. 100 pages. AFA, paper.

	TRANSITS, THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE - Betty Lundsted, $9.95 From the back cover: "...offers a unique re-orientation of radix construction and an innovative system of charting transits that allows you time to feel the oncoming energy and take charge of your own growth and transformation." Contents: Transits of the planets; Individual case studies. 171 pages. Weiser, paper.

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