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	ASTROLOGY, HISTORY & APOCALYPSE - Nicholas Campion, $40.00 Contents: Part 1: The history of astrology: The origins of astrology In the beginning: Babylonian astrology The Greek world view: The Greek thinkers & their influence; Plato's cosmology; Aristotles's contribution; Thrice-great Hermes; The Stoics; Ancient astrological techniques; Ptolemy & the Tetrabiblos When in Rome: Mithraism; Roman astral religion The medieval world: The advent of Islam; Astrology in the medieval west; The rediscovery of Aristotle; Astrology & the Church The Renaissance: Marsilio Ficino & the revival of the pagan gods; The decline of astrology; The new astronomy The modern world: The astrological revival; Esoteric undercurrents; Alan Leo's astrology; C.G. Jung; The emergence of psychological astrology; Sun-sign astrology Part 2: Apocalypse: Myths of time: The vocabulary of millenarianism; Recreating the world The myth of progress: The psychology of millenarian thinking Myths of rebirth: Equinox festivals; Astrology & the unfolding of time; The doctrine of inevitability & the belief in personal choice; Astrology & salvation; The cult of the messiah; Inner & outer New Ages The theory of historical cycles: The Platonic Year; The idea of spiritual evolution; The precession of the equinoxes; The beginning of the Aquarian Age Part 3: The Age of Aquarius - a modern myth: The New Age Millenarianism The Platonic Year The precessional year Precession in classical astrology Precession in the modern period The beginning of the Age of Aquarius The nature of the Age of Aquarius The evidence New Age millenarianism The impact of precession on astrological thought The uses of precession in astrology Conclusion Bibliography Index About the author Comment: Part 1, The history of astrology, was given on March 22, 1992, at Regents College, London. Part 2, Apocalypse, was given on March 10, 1996, at the same location. Both dates were Sundays. Part 3 is a revision of a paper originally published in The Astrology of the Macrocosm: New directions in mundane astrology (Llewellyn, 1990, now out of print). This is not only the best CPA title I have yet found, it's a darn good book as well. It has earned its yellow star. Astrology, history, the New Age, are subjects that Campion has studied intensively, read widely, and thought deeply about. He has also worked quite hard on the original lecture transcripts. He has not only made them pleasing to the eye, he has also supplied a useful index. In the first lecture, Campion displays his grasp of astrological history. He moves effortlessly through the subject, illuminating everything he touches. It isn't a complete history, of course, as that can't be given in a single lecture, but it will tell you where astrology came from & how it prospered over the centuries. The section where he describes how the astrology of Alan Leo turned into the astrology of Liz Greene is both fascinating and unique. Campion witnessed the last stages of this process first-hand, and knew/knows many of the principle people involved. Part 2, Apocalypse, is about the run-up to the turn of the 21st century, some years ago now. Campion, like me, like many others, expected isolated outbreaks of mass suicides to mark the event. I am happy that we were all proven wrong. Otherwise, Campion's description of Millenarianism is comprehensive & thorough, one of the best I have read. Part 3, an essay on The Age of Aquarius, is a general debunking of the myth of the Aquarian Age. Personally I think Campion is mistaken, but, on the other hand, I believe that I am the first & only person to figure out how the Ages actually work, and I didn't do that until 2001 or so, some years after this paper. Campion's essay is a useful corrective to the fantasy & wooly thinking that continue to pervade this subject. Some people may be surprised that I would like a CPA Press book, as I am supposedly "hostile" to them. I am never hostile to honest scholarship. I quite enjoy it. I am opposed to untalented fools. While the Centre for Psychological Astrology has a lot of those, I am pleased to reaffirm that Mr. Campion is not one of them. I like to think that Campion is helping to make the CPA a better place, one little bit at a time. CPA Press, 170 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	CYCLES OF LIGHT: Exploring the mysteries of solar returns - Lynn Bell, $45.00 Contents: Part 1: How to "see" solar returns: Introductory matters: Birthdays, more or less; SolaVision: what to look for Angular planets in the solar return: Saturn angular in the solar return; Natal & solar return planets in the same degree; The Moon angular in the solar return; Pluto angular in the solar return; An example; Scandal & power: Uranus & Pluto; Summing up Timing in the solar return: Using the Moon as a timer; A degree for a month; Using the sun as a timer Understanding aspects in the solar return: Aspects to the luminaries; Solar return moon opposition Venus; Solar return Jupiter conjunct sun; A solar return grand cross; Solar return Pluto square sun; A natal aspect repeats: Moon square Uranus Part 2: The Moon in the solar return: The Moon in the elements: The solar return moon in air; The solar return moon in water; The solar return moon in fire; The solar return moon in earth; Aspects to the solar return moon; A partile aspect to the moon; Pluto rising in the solar return Solar return new moon: The progressed moon & the solar return moon; New moon plenitude with Jupiter; A new moon in the solar return 12th house; A nineteen year cycle Solar return full moon: A solar return with an eclipsed full moon; Nineteen years later: full moon again; Solar return full moons in other houses Part 3: Location, location: Relocated solar returns: Steven Spielberg; Degree areas in the solar return Differences & similarities: Aspects that repeat: Moon-Pluto-Saturn When a solar return doesn't make sense Part 4: Aspects in the solar return: Trines smooth the way: The grand trine in the solar return; Squares into trines; Sun trine Saturn; Mars & Venus: taking hold of desire The repetition of natal aspects in the solar return: Repetition & planetary cycles; The metamorphosis of natal aspects Exceptional years in the solar return: Jacques Cousteau's exceptional year Retrograde planets in the solar return: The cycling midheaven in the solar return A solar return in progress: Shifting ground: Pluto on the IC; Secrets from the past; A family pattern: Mars-Pluto-Sun; Sun-Neptune: letting go; A dream come true; Solar return planets filling in a natal T-square; Oppositions between 4th & 10th: a parental power struggle Collective aspects in the solar return: Jupiter-Neptune aspects; Uranus trine Saturn: opening the structure; Relocating the story; Lunar returns Part 5: Interpreting the solar return houses: Basic concepts: The sun illuminates the houses; Foreground, middleground, background The water houses in the solar return: The solar return 4th house; Saturn in the solar return 4th house; Mars in the solar return 4th house; Sun-Uranus in the solar return; Neptune-Moon in the solar return 4th house: ideal or illusion?; The lunar nodes in the solar return; The solar return 8th house; The solar return 12th house The air houses in the solar return: Siblings & the solar return 3rd house; A Jupiter-Venus-Pluto T-square; Jupiter's sign in the solar return; Saturn's sign in the solar return; The solar return 7th house: adversaries & partners; The solar return 11th house: opening to the future The fire houses in the solar return: The 1st house: is that me?; Pluto-Moon: a mother's death; Moon-Mars: fighting for feelling; Neptune-Midheaven: without guidance; The solar return 5th house: will I fall in love?; The solar return 9th house: finding our way; The 9th & 12th houses & spiritual awakening; Solar return Mars on the natal MC; Thalia's natal chart; When planets repeat in natal & solar return houses The earth houses in the solar return: The solar return 6th house; Oppositions between the 6th & 12th houses; Natal contacts give meaning to hte solar return; From grand trine to conjunction; The solar return 10th house: taking direction; The solar return 2nd house Appendices: Examples of solar & lunar returns: 1. Sigmund Freud, solar return for 1906 2. Carl Gustav Jung, solar return for 1906 3. Paul Eluard, solar return for 1928 4. Bob Dylan, solar return for 1965 5. Jenny, solar return for 2003 6. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, solar return for 1942 7. Mia Farrow, solar returns for 1991 & 1992 8. Annie, solar return for 2003 9. Francois, solar return for 2000 10. Sandra K., lunar return for February 2004 11. Martha Stewart, lunar return for December 2001 Bibliography & chart sources Comment: Before giving these lectures, the author had previously given many similar lectures on solar returns. Her technique is to highlight angular planets in the solar return and, secondarily, planets in the solar return which fall on angles in the birth chart. She does not precess, and, for the most part, she does not relocate charts to the birthday location. For the most part, this works rather well. When this technique fails - see Part 3, When a solar return doesn't make sense - she is stumped. On pgs. 82-86, she tells us of Bob Dylan's transformative solar return of 1966, set for his birth place of Duluth, Minnesota. The problem is that it's not remarkable in any way. This was the year in which Mr. Dylan suffered a serious motorcycle accident in Woodstock, NY, which ended his concert career, and which happened approximately two months after his 25th birthday. So where was Bob on that birthday? Bell doesn't seem to know. Probably not in Duluth, but probably not in Woodstock, either. So we can't draw a return chart for his birthday location, which means the mystery of non-angularity of the solar return remains. But not so. For a time I was bi-coastal, moving from New York to Los Angeles & vice-versa. I had opportunity to observe, and my conclusion was that regardless of where one spent his birthday, and regardless of where he was born, the solar return changed with each new location during the year. The solar return is, in other words, portable. It is a moment in time which can be pulled up & redistributed elsewhere, for the duration of the year in question. In the case of Bob Dylan, relocating his 1966 solar return for Woodstock produced the angularity that Bell sought. Which she has noticed. She is only lacking the theoretical framework in which to orient it. Which is this: If your birthday was a month ago - or six months ago - and it was a near miss and it would have looked a lot better if you had been down the road over there someplace, well, it's not too late. Pick yourself up, go & remain there for the rest of the year & get it (whatever "it" is) before the year ends, ie, before your next birthday. This amounts to a specialized use of Astro*Carto*Graphy, specifically Cyclo*Carto*Graphy, but when I Google the idea, I find the Astrocartographers are as daft here as they are with the rest of their craft. As a corollary, if the old war wound suddenly flares up, if an old flame phones from the blue, if the government takes you to court for student loans you defaulted 30 years ago (it happens), if, in other words, some event from the deep dark past threatens to overwhelm the placidity of your current life, Relocate your natal chart to the scene of the crime (ie, battlefield, first meeting site, your university, etc.) and see if planets in your most recent solar return hit any of the relocated angles. These tricks are not in Lynn Bells book. I, David R. Roell, WORLDS GREATEST ASTROLOGER (TM REGISTERED) (might as well puff myself up) have given them to you. This isn't the book that will teach you solar returns, but if you're already familiar with them, this will expand your thinking considerably. Which brings up another point. Liz Greene is running a school & sponsoring lectures & publishing the results. Why not lift one's horizons a tiny bit & open the Regents College lecture hall to the finest astrologers in the world today? Expand beyond the psychological crowd Greene favors so much. Why not Hindsight? Why not Arhat? Why not Alan Oken? Lee Lehman? Why not bring in the biggest names, charge the bigger bucks, publish bigger books to bigger acclaim? Why not move out from the Jungian ghetto into full astrological daylight? If anyone's paying attention to my ramblings, know I could really get behind such a series. The "CPA Press Premium Seminar Series," perhaps. CPA Press, 212 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	THE MARS QUARTET: Four seminars on the astrology of the red planet - Lynn Bell, Darby Costello, Liz Greene, Melanie Reinhart, $48.00 Contents: Foreword, by Liz Greene Between Conflict & Desire, by Lynn Bell Introduction Gods & battles Integrating Mars Disconnected from Mars Mars & Pluto Mars & Neptune Mars & Saturn Mars & the Moon Loving Mars Ardour, Desire & Excellence, by Darby Costello Introduction Ares as individuation Mars in fire Mars in earth Mars in air Mars in water Thugs & Warriors, by Liz Greene Introduction Myth & martial struggle Mars in air: The civilized war-god The nature of cruelty Mars in water: The subtle war-god Mars in earth: The pragmatic war-god Mars in fire: The visionary war-god Mars in synastry When wars begin: Mars on the collective rampage The Best & the Worst of Mars, by Melanie Reinhart Introduction General astronomy The themes The mythology The developmental stages of Mars Some chart examples Aspects to the inner planets Mars & the social planets Mars & the outer planets The Mars exercise Mars through the signs Appendices: The terrorist attack on America, by Liz Greene Live from New York, by Darby Costello Comment: The first seminar, Between Conflict & Desire, by Lynn Bell, was given on October 29, 2000, at Regent's College, London. The date was a Sunday The second seminar, Ardour, Desire & Excellence, by Darby Costello, was given on March 12, 1995, at Regents College, London. The date was a Sunday. The third seminar, Thugs & Warriors, by Liz Greene, was given on March 18, 2001, at Regents College, London. The date was a Sunday. The fourth seminar, The Best & Worst of Mars, by Melanie Reinhart, was given on October 26, 1997, at Regents College, London. The date was a Sunday. In the Appendices, The terrorist attack on America was first published on September 15, 2001 at the Astrodienst web site. It was the Saturday after the horrible day. On that day, and for many days thereafter, you could smell the fires of that ghastly pyre throughout the five boroughs. Especially as we laid awake during those long nights. Live from New York, by Darby Costello, is a memoir of her trip to America & New York, which she made in October, 2001. This book was nearing completion when the planes of 9-11 struck. To be fair, 9-11 has nothing whatever to do with this book, though, to be fair, to have published it & not acknowledged the grim event would have been impossible. In her Foreword, dated October 1, 2001, Greene mentions the "six thousand" who were killed that day. The actual figure, of 3000, took another few weeks to arrive. The actual seminars are of similar quality to the other CPA books in the series. They are presented alphabetically by author's last name, though I do not know if this was intentional. CPA Press, 358 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	ANIMA MUNDI: The astrology of the individual & the collective - Charles Harvey, $35.95 Contents: Foreword by Suzi Harvey Editor's preface, by Liz Greene Part 1: The astrology of the individual & the collective: The part & the whole Establishing the context I would say that, wouldn't I? Fate & free will Hiroshima & the doctrine of submission Signatures of individual-collective balance What's in a name? The journey from unity to identity Chinese boxes The nature of the collective The collective unconscious Defining the collective "Above all else, keep your gaze on unity" The fickleness of the mass psyche Mass consciousness & mob unconsciousness The Platonic world-view Microcosms & macrocosms Listening to the unfolding cosmos: an exercise The evolution of collectives The foundations of the first German empire The "Iron Chancelor": German unity in the 19th century The creation of the Nazi party Hitler as collective embodiment The Third Reich Germany reborn From idea to manifestation The relationship between individual & collective Relations between collectives: Britain & Germany Party politics The mechanistic nature of mundane horoscopes The philosophical dimension Where is it? The chart of the Centre for Psychological Astrology Howard Sasportas & the CPA Anima mundi Oneness & manyness Nested hierarchies The ruler as embodiment of the people The individual's place in the cosmos The artist & the collective Frederico Garcia Lorca The Duende Garcia Lorca's Spain Spain's Aquarius Sun Potential & choice Chart sources Bibliography Part 2: The Zeitgeist The spirit of the time Plays within plays The ultimate video Weaving the cosmic tapestry The qualities of time Some philosophical foundations The Zeitgeist in flux The archetypcal cycle The cycle of Pluto The Great Ages Cycles within cycles More about Pluto's cycles The cycle of Neptune Cycles of duads The Neptune-Pluto cycle Idas & zodiacal degrees The Uranus-Neptune cycle The Uranus-Pluto cycle Dyad cycles in the theatre of the world The Saturn-Neptune cycle The Saturn-Uranus cycle The Jupiter-Pluto cycle Dyad cycles at work in nations The incarnations of Russia The incarnations of Great Britain Individuals & collectives Britain & Queen Victoria The astrologer as historian Tony Blair's Britain Havel & the incarnations of Czechoslovakia The current Zeitgeist Individuals as embodiments of cycles Jupiter in Sagittarius The nature of Sagittarius Pluto in Sagittarius The rebirth of China Essential resources Books Computer software Bibliography About the author About the CPA About the CPA Press Comment: The first seminar, The Individual & the Collective, was given on October 4, 1992, at Regents College, London. Part 2, The Zeitgeist, was given on December 4, 1994, at the same location. Both dates were Sundays. Charles Harvey (1940-2000) edited Part 1, but did not live to edit Part 2, which was edited by Liz Greene. To his original seminar, she has added two of Harvey's articles, which were originally published in the short-lived Apollon: The Journal of Psychological Astrology. They were: Anima Mundi: Astrology in the Theatre of the World, and, Hymns Ancient & Modern: The Saturn-Uranus Duet. Wiki defines Zeigeist as "Zeitgeist" refers to the ethos of a select group of people, that express a particular world view which is prevalent at a particular period of socio-cultural progression. Zeitgeist is the experience of a dominant cultural climate that defines, particularly in Hegelian thinking, an era in the dialectical progression of a people or the world at large. Hegel's main contribution to the formulation of the concept of Volksgeist is the attribution of a historical character to the concept. The spirit of a nation is one of the manifestations of "World Spirit" (Weltgeist). That Spirit is essentially alive and active throughout mankind's history. Now, the spirit of a nation is an intermediate stage of world history as the history of the World Spirit. The World Spirit gives impetus to the realization of the historical spirits of various nations (Volksgeister'). The spirits of individual nations are both the articulations (Gliederungen) of an organization and its realization. The spirits of individual nations represent a segment of the World Spirit out of which emerges the unlimited universal spirit. A comparison is introduced here between the status of an individual and that of a nation's spirit. In the process of his formation the individual undergoes various changes without, however, losing his identity. As a part of world history, a nation - exhibiting a certain trend expressed in its Volksgeist - plays its part in the total process of world history. But once it contributes its share to world history it can no longer play a role in the process of world history. The submersion in the total process prevents a people's cultural rebirth, because it has exhausted its creativity in the historical growth of its guiding spirit. It is for this reason that one of Hegel's disciples, Michelet, considered the idea of a renaissance of the Jewish people as philosophically impossible. CPA Press, 244 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	DIRECTION & DESTINY IN THE BIRTH CHART - Howard Sasportas, $40.00 Contents: Preface, by Liz Greene Part 1: Vocation Vocation as a calling: Inner & outer, the sun-sign, vocacation & visibility, vocation & reincarnation, discipline & commitment, blocks & obstructions, psychological factors Astrological significators: the traditional indicators of vocation, a different approach, the 10th house, the 6th house, intercepted signs, the 2nd house Untraditional significators: the ascendant, the sun, other chart factors, the personal myth Example charts from the group: chart 1: Karen, transits over the MC, chart 2: Marianne, chart 3: Andy, chart 4: Gillie Part 2: The Moon's Nodes: Sun, Moon & Earth Basic interpretations: the south node & the lunar principle, lunar goddesses, the south node & karma, the north node & the solar principle, solar gods, will & choice The nodal axis by sign & house: Aries/Libra & the 1st & 7th houses, Taurus/Scorpio & the 2nd & 8th houses, Gemini/Sagittarius & the 3rd & 9th houses, Cancer/Capricorn & the 4th & 10th houses, Leo/Aquarius & the 5th & 11th houses, Virgo/Pisces & the 6th & 12th houses Natal aspects to the nodes: conjunctions, balancing the axis, trines & sextiles, squares, the nodes & the angles, the nodes & the Part of Fortune Transits & progressions involving the nodal axis: transiting conjunctions to the nodes, the transiting nodes, transiting to natal nodes: the nodal cycle, Progressed planets to the natal nodes The nodes in synastry: planets on the south node, planets on the north node, planets in square to the nodes, nodes aspecting nodes An example chart: Laura A guided imagery exercise Part 3: The Astrology of the Helper: Putting Neptune under Saturn's microscope Namaste, Neptune & unity, the motives of the helper Hidden agendas: mother & caretaking, the separation of the ego, Moon-Saturn & Moon-Neptune, mothering mother, Sun-Neptune: mothering the father, Moon-Chiron: healing the mother's wounds, Neptune: serve or suffer, Pluto: making reparation, the yod or "finger of fate" Group discussion: magical thinking, the family inheritance More hidden agendas: Saturn: becoming more loveable, the Moon & self-nuturing, helping for rewards, power & lonliness, saviors & victims The astrological Chiron: a guided imagery exercise, Virgo & service, an example chart: Mercury & the moon, signature of the helper About the author About the Centre for Psychological Astrology About the CPA Press Comment: The first seminar was given on July 7, 1991, at Regents College, London, a Sunday. The second seminar was given on July 29, 1990, at Regents College, London, also a Sunday. The third seminar was given on December 15, 1990, at Regents College, London, a Saturday. From the book, we learn that Howard Sasportas was born on April 12, 1948, at 1.46 am in Hartford, CT. He died on May 12, 1992 at 5.11 pm BST, presumably in London. The natal chart shows Capricorn rising, ruling planet Saturn debilitated in Leo, disposed by the Sun, itself in mutual reception to Mars, which is conjunct Saturn, giving him a 3rd house / 7th house focus. The angles of his chart are sextile those of Liz Greene's. CPA Press, 234 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	WHERE IN THE WORLD?: Astrocartography & relocation charts - Erin Sullivan, $45.00 Contents: Part 1: Astrocartography Introduction Here & now: everywhere Seeing the world Being global, thinking local Living all over the world Astrology works differently "up there" As above, so below The angles: orientation to life Ascendant, descendant & MC lines Orbs Latitude & declination The power of angularity A Moon/Neptune story More on the angles IC lines Crossings: all across the world Parans Zenith points Moving right along: Cyclocartography "Real" movement Changes in latitude, changes in attitude As the world turns: the planetary lines Sun lines Moon lines Mercury lines Venus lines A Venus family line Mars lines Shadowed planets, sleeping self Latest degree planet as a "shadowed" planet Unaspected planets as shadowed forces Planetary lines continued Jupiter lines Saturn lines Moving beyond the boundaries of the ego Uranus lines Neptune lines Pluto lines Real lives, real lines Pluto down under: hauntings of the Antipodes Transits to lines Andrew Cunanan: Mars on the loose Rectification with ACG Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales Diana: Sagittarius rising Diana's ACG map for Sagittarius rising Diana: Libra rising The ACG map for Libra rising Diana - creating the future A woman's work is never done Manifestation of an archetype Sans everything Stories from the group Christopher: ships ahoy! Pluto/descendant - mutiny Moon/Pluto in mundo at sea Jackie: healing the family lines Roots - black & white Opening the doors for the future Post script Susie: all over the map Right lines, wrong place The mutable dilema - full Moon lines Bibliography Part 2: The astrology & psychology of relocation - Finding your place in the world Introduction Relocating within AstroCartoGraphy lines Thinking globally while living locally Changing places: why move? Subtle changes: same person, different perspective Choices: heaven on earth Sphere of influence: zodiac, ecliptic, equator Pluto: what you see is not always what you get Aspects recreated Moving house: relocation Solar return relocation charts Planets in the relocated chart The voice of an angle Planets moving house Relocating an event: the "long-distance phone call" charts Global sympathy: feeling the world inside Other places, other lifetimes Moving with intent Progressions & transits to relocated charts Nita: Saturn on the move Pluto in transition The manifestation of illness Work & play Clearing the past The progressed full Moon in the relocation chart Living in two places Mars out of hiding Post script: Diana Pars Fortuna: you can take it with you Comment: The first lecture, Astro*Carto*Graphy, was given on September 28, 1997, at Regents College, London. The second, The Astrology & Psychology of Relocation, was given a week later, on October 5, 1997, at the same location. Both dates were - can you guess? - Sundays. CPA Press, 261 pages, hardcover. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	MAPPING THE PSYCHE: An Introduction to Psychological Astrology, vol. 1: Planets & the zodiac signs - Clare Martin, $44.00 Contents: Introduction 1. Introduction to the planets 2. The cast of characters: Sun, Moon & Mercury 3. Venus & Mars 4. Jupiter & Saturn 5. The outer planets 6. Introduction to the signs of the zodiac 7. Constructing the zodiac 8. Modes & elements 9. The fire & earth signs 10. The air & water signs Bibliography Recommended reading list About the author About the Faculty of Astrological Studies About CPA Comment: This book is a transcript of ten lectures in astrology, given weekly, making up one term. Martin starts from the very beginning, with the ten planets & Chiron, before proceeding to the signs of the zodiac. As Martin teaches introductory astrology for a living, the result is quite polished & well-presented. Sprinkled through the book are many good insights. It is a good read. CPA Press, 232 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	MAPPING THE PSYCHE: An Introduction to Psychological Astrology, vol. 2: The planetary aspects & the houses of the horoscope - Clare Martin, $48.00 Contents: 1. An introduction to the houses 2. Houses 1 to 6 3. Houses 7 to 12 4. Polarity & the angles 5. The nodes of the moon 6. Introduction to the aspects part 1 7. Introduction to the aspects, part 2 8. Introduction to the aspects, part 3 9. Chart imbalances 10. Whole chart interpretation Chart data Bibliography & recommended reading About the author About the Faculty of Astrological Studies About the CPA Comment: This was Clare Martin's second term class, again, given weekly for ten weeks. In this book, Martin answers specific chart questions from her students. These off-the-cuff delineations were sometimes good, sometimes not. Martin is hurt by a rigid interpretive model. For example, for Martin, Sun & Moon are always your parents, and while this is true of some charts, it is not of others, and the astrologer needs to be able to distinguish between the two. An example: Yes, the square between the Moon & Venus is always interesting, because it describes some kind of tension between our basic security needs & our adult desires. In a woman's chart this often seems to manifest as competition between mother & daughter, the grown woman (Venus) and the young girl (Moon). (pg. 194) Maria, the woman in question (born late December, 1960 - data not supplied, but easily worked out), has Venus in late Aquarius in the 2nd (security), square Moon in in late Taurus in the 5th (adult desires). Neither the signs, nor the houses, nor the aspect, indicates mother or daughter. As Venus in Aquarius disposes the Moon in Taurus, there would be a fun, romantic, somewhat impersonal image of money. As there is a square underlying the two planets, this happy-go-lucky attitude doesn't quite work, or so I would imagine. The book is marred by its use of equal houses. There is some reason for this, given earlier in the book, but the result is awkward. On pg. 198, Mary says, I have a cardinal grand cross in my chart, with Chiron & Mercury in Capricorn in the 10th house opposite Uranus in Cancer in the 4th house, and Jupiter in Aries in the 1st house opposite Saturn in Libra in the 8th house. The chart, printed directly under it, shows Jupiter in the 1st, Uranus in the 4th, Chiron (and Mercury) in Capricorn in the 10th, and Saturn in Libra in the seventh. Why? Because Clare & Mary are talking about two different charts. Mary has a chart in Placidus. Clare has it in equal. The results are not the same. Increasingly I think those who advocate equal houses for births outside the Tropics should be made to explain how they view houses in general. The excuse that "Placidus doesn't work above 66 degrees north/south" will not do, as no known house system does. For its part, Equal is fine in the Tropics, but breaks down as we get further north or south, which is why unequal house systems were invented to start with. Perhaps someday some great savant will solve the puzzle of polar houses, but until then I am grateful there are few significant population centers above 66 degrees north latitude. (Virtually none below 66 south.) Overall vol. 2 is good, but could have been better. CPA Press, 279 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	THE ASTROLOGICAL MOON - Darby Costello, $40.00 Contents: Part 1: The Moon as source: Introduction Lunar myths Goddesses The Moon & the dead The Moon & the body The harmonic conversion The disturbance of natural rhythms The Moon & mind Traditional lunar rulerships Mother & child The Moon in the signs The Moon in the fire signs The Moon in the earth signs The Moon in the air signs The Moon in the water signs Fate & freedom The Moon in the houses Lunar aspects to other planets Aspects to the outer planets Aspects to the personal planets "The problem with mother" Transits to the Moon The progressed Moon The Moon & soul-making The progressed Moon in the signs The progressed Moon in the houses The Saturn cycle & the lunar cycle Bibliography Part 2: The Moon & its cycles: Introduction Sun-Moon relationships The lunation cycle New Moon Crescent type First quarter moon Gibbous Moon Full Moon Disseminating Moon Last quarter Moon Balsamic Moon Progressed Moon to natal Moon First square: building a nest First opposition: falling in love Returning square: mending walls Lunar return: bearing yourself Second cycle, first square: relining your nest Second cycle opposition: falling in love again Incoming square: mending walls & windows Second lunar return An individual chart Acknowledgements Bibliography About the author About the Centre for Psychological Astrology About the CPA Press Comment: The first seminar, The Moon as Source, was given on July 26, 1992, at Regents College, London. The second, The Moon & its Cycles, was given on November 12, 1994, at the same location. The first date was a Sunday, the second was a Saturday. As mentioned on pg. 12, the date of the first seminar, July 26, 1992 was the date of the "Harmonic Conversion". Google says "harmonic conversion" is a term relating to lasers. The date fell during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. If you look very hard, you will find that Jose Arguelles designated it to be the date of a Time Shift Energy. It was described, here as, THE TIME SHIFT OF 1992: (This is the 2nd excerpt from a wonderful 28 pages article by Barry Martin*) In the spiral toward Zero Point, the Time Shift in 1992 was also a crucial marker, because at this point in the journey to Omega-Alpha, we entered what might be analogous to a wormhole within a black hole. This passageway between dimensions was graphically depicted in the movie "Contact," when the Jodie Foster character got into the "inter-dimensional pod" and traveled through a wormhole from 3-D to a higher dimension. Darby Costello has her own website. CPA Press, 210 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	EARTH & AIR - Darby Costello, $46.00 Contents: Part 1: Earth, the ground of life: Roots: A brief history of the world; The earth deities; Magic & religion; Psychological & alchemical earth; Gaia consciousness Astrological earth: The importance of ritual; Earth stelliums; No earth; Shadow & denial Taurus: Planets in Taurus; Planets in the 2nd house; Taurus rising Virgo: Planets in Virgo; Outer planets in Virgo; Planets in the 6th house; Virgo rising Capricorn: Planets in Capricorn; Outer planets in Capricorn; Planets in the 10th house; Capricorn rising Teilhard de Chardin: Earthy roots; The search for treasure; The visionary & the scientist; The Christian Neoplatonist; Taurean celibacy Bibliography Part 2: Air, the Breath of Life On wing: Heaven's breath; A dictionary browse Idea & ideal: From mesosphere to earth; The idea of beauty Astrological air: The sea of things invisible; Missing air; Singleton in air Gemini: Mercury; Planets in Gemini; Gemini rising; Planets in the 3rd house Libra: Venus; Planets in Libra; Libra rising; Planets in the 7th house Aquarius: Saturn & Uranus; Planets in Aquarius; Aquarius rising; Planets in the 11th house William Butler Yeats: A biography; Mapping reality; Beauty passing like a dream; The true wife; Saturn the wordsmith; The man & the masks Bibliography Acknowledgements About the author Comment: The first lecture was given on April 20, 1997, at Regents College in London. The second lecture was given on February 2, 1997, at the same location. Both dates were Sundays. This seems to be the only CPA Press book which, when the table of contents says, "Planets in [sign]" or "[house]" actually delineates all the planets in the stated sign or house. This speaks to Costello's focus as she gave the lecture, as it is easy to be distracted by the audience & never finish. The book is also helpful in that the planets are Bold Faced in the text, so you can find the passages easily. Her delineations, while spontaneous & informal, are drawn from observation, rather than theory. This is a better book than I had expected. CPA Press, 235 pages, hardcover. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	WATER & FIRE - Darby Costello, $45.95 Contents: Part 1: Water, the womb, death & the dream: Introduction: Seeking unity; Meandering & reflecting Levels of water: Terrestrial water; Water for humans; Mythological water; Philosophical water; Alchemical & religious water; Pyschological water; The etymology of water Astrological water: Water & soul; Water & emotionality; Water & timelessness; Separation & sin; Water healers An introduction to the water houses: Cancer: Personal planets in Cancer; Cancer rising; The 4th house; Planets transiting the 4th house Scorpio: Personal planets in Scorpio; Scorpio rising; The 8th house; Planets transiting the 8th house Pisces: Personal planets in Pisces; Scorpio rising; The 12th house; Planets transiting the 12th house A water chart: Marcel Proust: A brief biography; Will, fear & longing; The reclamation of memory; Memory & timelessness Water cusps: Cancer's houses; Scorpio's houses Outer planets in the water signs: Uranus in Cancer; Neptune & Pluto in Cancer; Pluto in Scorpio; Neptune in Scorpio Water singletons The progressed Moon in water: Progressed Moon in the 4th house; Progressed Moon in Scorpio; Progressed Moon in Pisces & the 12th house; Progressed Moon in Cancer Bibliography Part 2: Fire & the imagination: The heart of the story: The primary organ of perception Levels of fire: Terrestrial fire; Mythological fire; The dangers of fire; Fire divination; Celestial fire; Imaginary fire The fiery rulers: Mars; The Sun; Jupiter Aries: Planets in the first house; Planets in Aries; Aries rising; Outer planets in Aries Leo: Planets in Leo; Planets in the 5th house; Leo rising Sagittarius: Planets in the 9th house; Sagittarius rising Two fire charts: Heinrich Himmler; William Blake More on Sagittarius: Personal planets in Sagittarius; Outer planets in Sagittarius Fire with other elements: Fiery people in earth-water generations; Singleton in fire; Lack of fire; Fire healers; Fire with other elements Bibliography Acknowledgements About the author Comment: The first lecture was given on January 28, 1996, at Regents College, London. The second lecture was given on September 29, 1996, at Regents College, London. Lectures in the CPA Press books are always tagged as part of the Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall terms in the seminar program of the Centre for Psychological Astrology, but with only one or two exceptions (noted on this page), lectures are only given on Sundays. These two dates included. As in Earth & Air (above) Darby Costello does an exceptional job of presenting her materials. It may be that she is an exceptionally well-focused speaker, or it may be that she has edited the text skillfully, or it may be some combination. It makes no difference. This is how lecture materials, when printed, should be presented. I only wish she had taken the time to make her points in greater detail, with more examples. In other words, it would be nice to see Ms Costello research & write a proper book. CPA Press, 202 pages, hardcover. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	THE FAMILY INHERITANCE: Parental patterns in the horoscope - Juliet Sharman-Burke, $45.00 Contents: Part 1: Images of Mother & Father in the Natal Horoscope: Introduction The MC, the IC & the 4th & 10th houses The house of Atreus Family patterns Children & the parental unconscious The Sun in the 4th & 10th houses The Moon in the 4th & 10th houses The Moon & Pluto in the 4th & 10th houses Uranus in the 4th & 10th houses & Moon-Uranus aspects Neptune in the 4th & 10th houses Mercury in the 4th & 10th houses Venus in the 4th & 10th houses Mars in the 4th & 10th houses Saturn in the 4th & 10th houses Chiron in the 4th & 10th houses Bibliography Part 2: Zodiacal Myths & Their Correlation with Parental Images Introduction Aries the ram Taurus the bull Gemini the heavenly twins Cancer the crab Leo the lion Virgo the virgin Libra the balance Scorpio the scorpion Sagittarius the archer Capricorn the goat-fish Aquarius the water-bearer Pisces the fishes Bibliography Comment: The first lecture was given on July 5, 1994, at Regent's College, London. The second was given on May 25, 1995, at the same location. The first date was a Tuesday, the second was a Thursday. (Surprise!) The first lecture starts with the attribution of the father to the 4th, the mother to the 10th. This was an early discovery of Hindsight, but is here attributed to the genius of Liz Greene. Sharman-Burke's explanation of how these rulerships were determined is rather convoluted. (It's the mother who prepares the child for the outside world: 10th. The father's influence is hidden: 4th.) The first lecture then gets down to basics. Each section starts off with a questions from the audience, which produces rambling responses, before the speaker gets down to her main points. The second lecture reverses this. Each of the 12 myths is given a lengthy, detailed recitation, before we are told what parts of each myth are important, and (in the contrasting silence) which parts to ignore. So, for example, with Aries we are to ignore the part where Jason, having ruined himself, is in the process of committing suicide when he is accidentally killed by the massive prow of his own ship. For Taurus, we are to ignore the fact that when Gilgamesh spurned Ishtar, Ishtar sent a bull to murder Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh slew the bull of Taurus, which is why Taurus is a fertile sign to this day. (Inconvenient details like these are why I keep astrology & myth separate, but I digress.) In the introduction, Sharman-Burke compares these myths to fairytales told to children. At the end of each myth, she asks for audience response. And for each myth, there are at least a couple of members of the audience who can relate. Audience response is where the parents come in, as the lecturer does not mention parents or parental roles in the myths themselves. CPA Press, 151 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	THE ASTROLOGER, THE COUNSELLOR AND THE PRIEST: Two seminars on astrological counselling - Juliet Sharma-Burke & Liz Greene, $40.00 Contents: Part 1: Astrological Counseling, by Juliet Sharman-Burke Introduction Boundaries Exercise one: listening & hearing Communication skills In the session Difficulties, dangers & risks Exercise two: practice at interpretation Part 2: The Astrologer, the Counsellor and the Priest, by Liz Greene Chaotic times The historical role of the astrologer The archetypal background What motivates us: charts of astrologers What happens in an astrological session First encounters with astrology Charts from the group Interlude: Alfred Adler & the will to power Another chart example from the group The astrologer & money troubles The problem of power Comment: The first lecture, Astrological Counselling, by Sharman-Burke, was given on February 11, 1996. The second lecture, The Astrologer, the Counsellor & the Priest, by Liz Greene, was given on November 16, 1996. The first date was a Sunday, the second, a Saturday. Both were given at Regents College, London. Sharman-Burke's lecture is a useful discussion of the hazards of hanging out a shingle. Good, practical stuff. Greene makes the same subject mythical & abstract. CPA Press, 221 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	INCARNATION: The Four Angles & the Moon's Nodes - Melanie Reinhart, $45.00 Contents: Part 1: The Four Angles: Introduction Orienting symbolically Orienting physically The ascendant: Who am I? The IC: Where do I come from? The MC: Where am I going? The descendant: Who are you? Interlude for questions Transits to the angles A guided imagery exercise Part 2: The Moon's Nodes Introduction Sun, Moon & Earth The nodes Exploring the nodes in the chart Nodal polarities Eclipses Conclusion & guided imagery Appendix I: Nodal wonders Appendix II: Focusing questions for the nodes About the author About the CPA About the CPA Press Comment: The first lecture, on The Four Angles, was given on 24 April 1996, at Regents College, London. The second lecture, on the nodes of the moon, was given on 24 November, 1996, at the same location. The first date was a Wednesday, the second, a Sunday. In the first lecture, Reinhart seems to be using her own, unstated chart as the example chart for the class. (She talks of a Scorpio rising chart, and at one point mentions she has Jupiter in Aquarius in the 4th.) Despite the overall title of the book, Incarnation, the first lecture is fairly pedestrian. The second lecture, on the nodes, is better. CPA Press, 236 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

	WHEN CHIMPANZEES DREAM ASTROLOGY: An introduction to the quadrants of the horoscope - Alexander Graf von Schlieffen, $37.00 Contents: Prologue The 1st quadrant: The lone wolf: Aries: one more time; Taurus: down here on the ground; Gemini: chimpanee technique; The missing element is water: "its tough out here!"; A duckling under the lamp post: Moon in the 1st quadrant The 2nd quadrant: The eternal child: Cancer, the portable mother milk office; Leo: thy will be done; Mars in the 5th house: no gear, no fear; Sun-Jupiter in the 5th house: what a wonderful world; A ham in the deep freezer; Virgo: organ assimilation; Neptune in the 6th house: ants in the vacuum cleaner; Jimi Hendrix, part 1; The missing element is air: no time to breathe The 3rd quadrant: Mirror, mirror me! Libra: like a bridge over troubled water; Scorpio: the parasite & the host; The Sun in the 8th house: driving lessons; Saturn in the 8th house: a cow in the garden; The Great Wall of China; Sagittarius: "it fits!"; Saturn in the 9th house: one size fits all; Petra: far, far away; The missing element is earth: "don't eat me!" The 4th quadrant: Astronauts in the desert: Capricorn: when excrement hits the ceiling; The midheaven: the point of no return; Aquarius: sex, sex & nothing else; Pisces: paradise lost; The missing element is fire: why every boy wants to become a fire-fighter Elements, polarities & crosses: Linguistics: the trines; The polarities; The crosses Interlude: Sandra; St. Christopher: Saturn in the 1st house; Matrix The Moon in the quadrants & houses The Sun in the quadrants & houses "When the Sun & the Moon": Weird creatures: Sun & Moon in the same quadrant with planets in the opposing quadrant; Sun & Moon in the 1st quadrant; Sun & Moon in the 2nd quadrant; Sun in Aquarius in the 2nd quadrant: "Early morning sweat is like a shower of gold for your daily erection"; Sun & Moon in the 3rd quadrant; Sun & Moon in the 4th quadrant; A flamingo in a diving costume; Normal creatures: when Sun & Moon are in different quadrants; Moon in the 1st quadrant & Sun in the 3rd quadrant: the emotional dinosaur; Litany; Moon in the 1st quadrant & Sun in the 2nd quadrant: David & Goliath; Moon in the 1st quadrant & Sun in the 4th quadrant: Lighthouse Rambo; Louis; Moon in the 2nd quadrant & Sun in the 1st quadrant: self-mate; Paula; Moon in the 2nd quadrant Sun in the 3rd quadrant: "If I could only"; Emily; Moon in the 2nd quadrant and Sun in the 4th quadrant: Star Trek; Konrad Lorenz; Moon in the 3rd quadrant and Sun in the 1st quadrant: Prima Donna; Moon in the 3rd quadrant & Sun in the 4th: Jimi Hendrix, part 2; Marilyn Monroe & the USA; Moon in the 4th quadrant and Sun in the 1st quadrant: Noah's ark; Passacaglia; Moon in the 4th quadrant and Sun in the 2nd quadrant: glutamate, or, desire develops an edge; Olaf; Gerhard Schroder; Moon in the 4th quadrant and Sun in the 3rd quadrant: pent-up house; Ludmilla The transmutation express: Neptune in the quadrants; Miriam; Pluto & Uranus: tribal survival & tribal mutation; Finis What is left after we die Acknowledgements About the author Comment: The book is the compilation of two seminars, the first given on September 16, 2001, and the second on March 24, 2002, both at Regents College, London. Both dates were Sundays. Cover art is by the author. In this book you will find the usual confusion of houses with signs. How anyone makes sense of that muddle I do not know. Usually when they say, "signs", they actually mean the houses on the natural wheel, ie, the one with Aries rising. When it suits Von Schlieffen, quadrants mean houses. When it suits him, "quadrants" mean the zodiac divided by four. "Early morning sweat is like a shower of gold for your daily erection" (pg. 101) is a quote from a client with 20 Capricorn on the 5th, Mercury retrograde at 25 Cap, the south node at 29 Cap, the Sun at 3 Aquarius, and Saturn at 12 Aquarius, all in the 5th. The term, "golden showers" has to do with urination. Go Google for yourself. For the first time, we have a definition: Cap on the cusp of 5, retro Mercury in Cap, south node for spice, Sun/Saturn conjunct in Aquarius. Like Martha says, your chart is true. Right down to the deviance. Von Schlieffen hasn't a clue. He's just about as stupid as I thought. Birth data for that chart was not given. Anybody want me to work it out? CPA Press, 167 pages. Read the book? Want to tell the world? How many stars (1-5) would you give this book? Tell us!

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