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Using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life
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ASTROLOGY
Using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life
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Senior Editors Bob Bridle, Emma Hill
US Editor Kayla Dugger CONTENTS
US Executive Editor Lori Hand
Art Editor Alison Gardner
Editor Alice Kewellhampton
Senior Jacket Creative Nicola Powling
Jackets Coordinator Lucy Philpott
Senior Producer (Pre-production) Luca Frassinetti
THE STORY OF ASTROLOGY 10
Senior Producer Ché Creasey
Creative Technical Support Sonia Charbonnier
What Is Astrology? 12
Managing Editor Dawn Henderson
Managing Art Editor Marianne Markham Astrology Through the Ages 14
Art Director Maxine Pedliham
Astrology Today 16
Publishing Director Mary-Clare Jerram
Astrology and Psychology 18
Illustrated by Keith Hagan
The Astrological Mindset 20
First American Edition, 2018
It’s More Than Just Your Sun Sign 22
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CONTENTS
THE PLANETS 58
An Overview 60
The Sun Identity and life purpose 62
The Moon Instinct and protection 64
Mercury Communication and learning 66
Venus Love and pleasure 68
Mars Assertion and action 70
Jupiter Growth and opportunity 74
Saturn Authority and maturity 76
Uranus Change and liberation 78
Neptune Imagination and transcendence 80
THE ZODIAC SIGNS 24
Pluto Power and transformation 82
An Overview 26
Chiron Healing and compassion 84
Polarity, Elements, and Modes 28
Aries March 21–April 20 32
Taurus April 21–May 21 34
Gemini May 22–June 21 36
Cancer June 22–July 22 38
Leo July 23–August 22 40
Virgo August 23–September 22 42
Libra September 23–October 22 46
Scorpio October 23–November 21 48
Sagittarius November 22–December 21 50
Capricorn December 22–January 19 52
Aquarius January 20–February 18 54
Pisces February 19–March 20 56
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THE HOUSES 86
An Overview 88
1st House Self and personality 90
2nd House Possessions, money, and finance 92
3rd House Communication 94
4th House Home and family 96
5th House Creativity and children 98
6th House Health and well-being 100
7th House Relationships 104
8th House Intimacy and shared possessions 106
9th House Quest and adventure 108
10th House Career and vocation 110
11th House Friendship and community 112
12th House Service and sacrifice 114 YOUR BIRTH CHART 116
An Overview 118
The Ascendant-Descendant 120
The MC-IC 122
The Moon’s Nodes 124
The Wheel of Rulership 126
The Aspects 130
Aspect Patterns 132
Casting a Birth Chart 136
Reading the Whole Birth Chart 138
Case Study 1: Amanda 144
Case Study 2: Jack 148
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UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF 152 LIFE EVENTS 196
An Overview 154 An Overview 198
Identity 156 Meeting New People 200
Change 158 Planning Celebrations 202
Uncertainty 160 Taking a Risk 204
Troubled Times 162 Key Moments in Relationships 208
Habit 164 Starting a Family 210
Health & Well-being 168 Parenting Decisions 212
Leisure 170 Competing 214
Personal Projects 172 Handling Disagreements 218
Relationships 174 Fights and Tension 220
Relatives 176 Separation—Should I Stay or Go? 222
Friendship 178 Saying Sorry 224
Romance & Sex 180 Changing Careers 226
Marriage 182 Relocating 230
Professional 186 Taking Time Off 232
Career 188 Finances 234
Money 190 Health Issues 236
Motivation 192 Facing Retirement 238
Beliefs 194 Bereavement 240
Resources 244
Glossary 246
Index 248
Acknowledgments 256
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8 Foreword
FOREWORD
AN INWARD ART
For many centuries, astrology centuries, it has been part of that life is a biological accident,
held an honored position the great flow of thought that with no inherent meaning or
as a source of wisdom, constitutes the Western esoteric purpose. The birth chart is thus
self-knowledge, and connection or mystery tradition, alongside both your individual map, showing
to a magical world beyond or alchemy, Kabbalah, and magic. personal character and calling, as
behind the mundane and material It is the product of a philosophy well as reflecting something
sphere of life. that places us inside an ensouled bigger—your unique place in the
Astrology was first formed cosmos in which everything is ever-turning wheel.
in ancient societies in which interconnected and everything Esoteric simply means “inner”
humankind viewed itself as has meaning. or “hidden,” so astrology is,
intrinsic to the living whole—not As such, it stands in contrast to essentially, an inward art that
detached observers, but participants the contemporary view that we are places the focus on interior
in the drama of the skies. Over the isolated within the universe and experience and the exploration
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