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venus in gemini
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posted December 23, 2009 10:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for venus in gemini     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I thought this would be an interesting thread....and especially helpful for newbies! I will go first with my collection...

The Twelve House - Howard Sasportas
Planets in Transit - Robert Hand
The Inner Sky - Stephen Forrest
Skymates: Love, Sex and Evolutionary Astrology - Steve and Jodie Forrest
Skymates II: The Composite Chart - Steve and Jodie Forrest
Delineation of Progressions - Sophia Mason
Astrology for the Soul - Jan Spiller
Lunar Nodes - Celeste Teal
Astrology for Lovers - Liz Greene
The Astrology of Fate - Liz Greene
Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil - Liz Greene
Astrology, Psychology and the Four Elements - Stephen Arroyo
Relationships and Life Cycles - Stephen Arroyo
Sun Signs - Linda Goodman
Love Signs - Linda Goodman
Relationship Signs - Linda Goodman
Star Signs - Linda Goodman
360 Degrees of Wisdom: Charting Your Destiny with the Sabian Symbols - Lynda Hill

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posted December 23, 2009 10:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MsCandeh     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've moved recently and I can't find all my books ...

My fave is called Astrology Under the Southern Cross I think. My first and favouritest book Written by several people one whose name is Milton.
Has moon sign compatibility (Though I find it works with moon and sun sign compatibility), children sun signs, ASC personalities, house(residence) astrology, even monthly aboriginal astrology.

Your Birthday Sign Through Time -A Chronicle of Forces That Shape Your Destiny edited by Richelle Gordon and Nadia Stieglitz - looks at the general personalities for each sun sign for every year from 1900 to 2001. Also contains Venus, Mars and Jupiter interpretations by sign, as well as Chinese Astrology AND a section on Mystical Cards which I had forgotten about until now eg. Ace - embodies the idea of Independence, Two - embodies the idea of Union etc. plus personality interpretations of the cards.

My favourite books are a bit outdated, but I still love them I just recently started a book about Synastry which has been a good read so far.

Oh and Linda Goodman Star Signs of course!

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posted December 23, 2009 11:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for winter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In no particular order of preference though the few listed at the bottom are not my must-haves, I just can't bring myself to toss them out.

The Astrologer’s Handbook – Francis Sakoian & Louis Acker
Astrology for the Soul – Jan Spiller
The Round Art – AT Mann
A New Vision of Astrology – AT Mann
Planets in Aspect – Robert Pelletier
Be Your Own Astrologer – Robert Pelletier & Leonard Cataldo
Solar Arcs – Noel Tyl
Planets in Transit – Robert Hand
Planets in Composite – Robert Hand
Astrology for the Millions – Grant Lewi
Heaven Knows What – Grant Lewi
The Eagle and the Lark – Bernadette Brady
The Twelve Faces of Saturn – Bill Tierney
Pluto – Jeff Green
Astrology, Karma & Transformation – Stephen Arroyo
Astrology of the Famed – Noel Tyl
The Only Way to Learn about Tomorrow – March & McEvers
The Only Way to Learn about Relationships – March & McEvers
The Art of Predictive Astrology – Carol Rushman
Horary Astrology Plain & Simple – Anthony Lois
Star Signs for Lovers – Liz Greene
Star Signs – Linda Goodman
Sun Signs – Linda Goodman
Planets in Solar Returns – Mary Fortier Shea
The Twelve Houses – Howard Sasportas
The Changing Sky – Steven Forrest
Saturn A New Look at an Old Devil – Liz Greene
Skymates – Steven and Jodie Forrest
The Astrology of Self Discovery – Tracy Marks
Chart Interpretation Handbook – Stephen Arroyo
Moon Signs – Sasha Fenton
Relating – Liz Greene
The Astrology Kit 3 – The Horoscope Readings
Astrological Insights into the Personality – Betty Lundsted


Do It Yourself Relationship Astrology – Lyn Birbeck
How to be a Great Astrologer – James Braha
Mystic Megs Astro Life
Transpersonal Astrology – Errol Weiner
The Future Now – Derek and Julia Parker
The A to Z Horoscope Maker – Llewellyn George

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posted December 23, 2009 12:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Coffee     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Only ones I've read that can recommend:

The Twelve House - Howard Sasportas

1st book you should buy. One or two little confusing bits regarding astrological dictionary (both the same thing ruled by Scorpio eh?) but a great starter and/or ongoing book from anyone to the novice through to advanced. Gives a great basis for reading astrology through the houses, giving what each house represents. With the interpretations given for each sign on house, you can use this over and over, for your chart and charts of friends/family.


Astrology for the Soul - Jan Spiller

While only seeming useful for the Nodes, which is often ignored when doing natal astrology, this can be applied to most signs, including anything other than nodes.


Astrology: A Place in chaos - BB (I think)

Moving away from the technical side, onto a more....philosophical bent. More for the medium to advanced astrological person or even for a student with a more scientific outlook. Enjoyable, challenging, and lots went over my head.

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Raphaels ephemeris and Llewellyn's astrological pocket planner, every year.

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posted December 23, 2009 02:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Coffee     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just buy a ten or hundred year one.

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posted December 23, 2009 04:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Belage     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
LLelewyn's astrological planner is said to have innacuracies. Maynard's astrological planner is supposed to be better. I buy one every year.

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posted December 23, 2009 04:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Belage     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Planets in Transit - Robert Hand

Astrology, a Cosmic Science - Isabel Hickey

Love and Money - Magi astrology

The American Ephemeris for the 20th Century - Neil F. Michelsen

Pocket Astrologer (yearly)- Jim Maynard

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posted December 23, 2009 05:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nine     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Book of Lovers - Carolyn Reynolds

Planets in Transit - Robert Hand

Sun Signs - Linda Goodman

Love & Sexuality: An Exploration of Venus & Mars - Babs Kirby & Janey Stubbs

When Stars Collide - Paul Westran*

*too much book, but top notch information. Highly recommended. I'm fascinated by the "Australian School".

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posted December 24, 2009 12:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for venus in gemini     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anyone have "Secret's from a Stargazer's Notebook" by Debbie Kempton Smith? Is it worth getting?

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posted December 24, 2009 01:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
kempton-smith is a great read, like linda's stuff...very entertaining. her stuff on the void moon is good, and a lot of descriptions. a bit of a "cookbook" though...

i am surprised (tho maybe it just indicates generational diffs) no one has mentioned

DANE RUDHYAR - pretty much anything, but especially the Sabian Symbols and the Lunation Cycle and Houses of the Zodiac books

ALAN OKEN - the complete astrology - a fabulous book though the actual astrological info is kind of for beginners. the first section talks about the historical and philosophical background of astrology and really gives a great PERSPECTIVE on the whole subject!

THE AMERICAN EPHEMERIS by centuries or half centuries - but make sure you check the moon times as sometimes they are reversed, ie midnight will actually be noon and vice versa!!

lewi, spiller, liz greene, linda's sun and love signs, charles carter (a real oldie!) and alan leo are also essential in my view...as was the KOCH book of houses which teaches you how to erect a chart as well as giving the placements. you need to be willing to do some math though!

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posted December 25, 2009 12:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for iQ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
1. Anything by Dane Rudhyar

2. The complete Linda Goodman Collection

3. "The Astrology of Inner Space" by Carl Payne Tobey

1 and 2 will transform the ordinary mind into a mystical, evolutionary mind, into one that can appreciate and utilize astrology.

Number 3 will show the experienced Astrologer this: Truth.

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posted December 30, 2009 01:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lola     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
looks like my collection is severely lacking.

i like the Born on a Rotten day series.

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posted December 30, 2009 04:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lonake     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I love Rex E. Bills - The Rulership Book, for when you want to know what rules what, everything organized into 3 sections: by house, by planet, by sign.

for aspects as a beginner it's 'Aspects in Astrology' all the way to the bank. Absolute goldmine to get started. Sue Tompkins

Charles e.o. Carter's Encyclopaedia of Psychological Astrology, so what if some of the definitions are a bit aged, he was great when he began and I like the insight. But watch for the cover and all of it to fall apart, it's not being bound very well across the board.

And I love Liz Greene like many others, mostly because of her strength in Jungian psychology and the talent she has in fusing the 2 dynamics, one of my favorites of hers is - The Astrology of Fate, and a can't miss is also the series she has of her lectures discussing specific astro dynamics called 'Seminars in Psychological Astrology' -- Yes I love Jungian psychology and I often read Liz in conjunction with a great non-astrological series by Princeton University Press called the Bollingen series, one of their famous titles being of course Joseph Campbell's 'The Hero with a thousand faces' - I gorge on all those books they're so fun..just like a good lil Scorpio Jupiter should

The House Book by Camilleri - is just a basic but the more you learn the more you can run with it and make it your own.

One I really love is Astrological Voids by Janis Huntley, it also covers the ruler's placements of every single house, so you get a good paragraph combining 2 houses into one. so valuable just for that section as a good basic.

Synastry,
Neville, Planets in synastry, good because it gives you aspects, houses, both natal to natal and composite. It's a two-fer! and very detailed sections, lots of info.

The most recent that I love is 'All around the zodiac' by Bil Tierney - a great synthesis of 2 signs, any 2 signs in combination, so great for working with natals where you're looking to see, OK how do all of his Sagittarius planets combine with the angular H1 Scorpio Moon. So easy to read and a great deal of info, seems simplistic if youre more advanced but will help you understand and put on paper what the dynamic is of this sign vs. another and how exactly are they the same how do they differ. It's easy to have an idea of how signs relate and a lot harder to put it into words, this books helps enormously - great for every level, written for natals but can be easily applied to synastry as well.

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posted January 01, 2010 07:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for PeaceAngel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Astrology For The Soul & Spiritual Astrology, both by Jan Spiller.

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posted May 11, 2012 04:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neptunicity     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has anyone read "Darkside Zodiac" by Stella Hyde? Is it a good book?

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posted May 11, 2012 04:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neptunicity     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has anyone read the book "Darkside Zodiac" by Stella Hyde? Is it a good book?

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posted May 11, 2012 04:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for amowls**     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Darkside Zodiac is what actually got me into astrology in the first place lol (before it I had no idea bout Rising Signs or Moon Signs), but I wouldn't say that it's GREAT in terms of actual astrological knowledge. It's just a fun book.

The Rulership Book by Rex E Bills is very useful. It's basically just an index of what each sign, planet and house rules. Good for interpretations such as what career the native should go into or horary and electional astrology.

Planets in Composite and Planets in Transit by Robert Hand are also very educational.

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posted May 11, 2012 04:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ariesdragon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by neptunicity:
Has anyone read the book "Darkside Zodiac" by Stella Hyde? Is it a good book?

I have so many including this 1
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posted May 11, 2012 04:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for phoenixxx12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For now:

- Surviving Saturn's Return: Overcoming the Most Tumultuous Time of Your Life by Sherene Schostak and Stefanie Iris - book that got me into astrology

- Saturn in Transit: Boundaries of Mind, Body, and Soul by Erin Sullivan - not an easy read

- Astrology Uncut: A Street Smart Guide to the Stars ...funny as hell

- The Only Way to Learn Astrology, Volume 3, Second Edition by Marion D. March and Joan McEvers - classic

- Sun Sign, Moon Sign, 2nd Edition: Discover the Personality Secrets of the 144 Sun-Moon Combinations by Charles Harvey

- Parker's Astrology Julia Parker, Derek Parker

- Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes

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posted May 11, 2012 06:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neptunicity     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well seems like i have no choice but to look for it in a bookstore, the e-book version of "Darkside Zodiac" is hard to find! I've been searching for hours now!

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posted May 11, 2012 06:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ariesdragon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Well seems like i have no choice but to look for it in a bookstore, the e-book version of "Darkside Zodiac" is hard to find! I've been searching for hours now!

U can have mine I'll mail it to ya if u want

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posted May 11, 2012 06:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ariesdragon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I won't give away my Linda ones though

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posted May 11, 2012 06:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lonake     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can't believe I listed so few. I have more that I LOVE.

These are useful to browse if in the market for this kind of thing,
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posted May 11, 2012 07:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neptunicity     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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U can have mine I'll mail it to ya if u want

Are you serious? lol that's so nice of you to do that.. But i'm not from the US, so i'm afraid it would cost you more if you mail it.. Oh i already have Linda Goodman's Sun Signs and Love Signs, so it's all good. Linda's books are quite popular in digital form.

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