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ASTROLOGY
Using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life ASTROLOGY
Using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life
Senior Editors Bob Bridle, Emma Hill US Editor Kayla Dugger US Executive Editor Lori Hand Art Editor Alison Gardner Editor Alice Kewellhampton CONTENTS
Senior Jacket Creative Nicola Powling
Jackets Coordinator Lucy Philpott
Senior Producer (Pre-production) Luca Frassinetti Senior Producer Ché Creasey THE STORY OF ASTROLOGY 10
Creative Technical Support Sonia Charbonnier
Managing Editor Dawn Henderson What Is Astrology? 12
Managing Art Editor Marianne Markham Astrology Through the Ages 14 Art Director Maxine Pedliham
Publishing Director Mary-Clare Jerram Astrology Today 16 Astrology and Psychology 18 Illustrated by Keith Hagan The Astrological Mindset 20 First American Edition, 2018
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Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 SpecialSales@dk.com Printed and bound in China A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com 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 THE ZODIAC SIGNS 24 Neptune Imagination and transcendence 80 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 Ac 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 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 168Parenting 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 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 Foreword 9
The personal horoscope encompasses every conceivable a
life, from birth to death and all stages in between. It reveal
motivations and needs—what drives you to do what you d
where you go, and seek what you seek. of the hidden patterns that
drives you to do what you do, go knowledge. It opens up underlie each human life, and
where you go, and seek what you
psychological awareness, shows
indeed life itself. From this place
seek. It describes both the literal
you the talents and skills at your
of self-knowledge, we can begin
and the psychological and gathers disposal, and shows how you
to understand better the world
up past, present, and future into
might become the best version of
around us—our relationships with one integrated model.
yourself. But it also allows you to
other people and the experiences
In short, we might say that your
devise helpful strategies and ways we encounter.
chart is a map of your soul’s intent
forward in times of crisis, difficulty, The personal horoscope
and how you manifest this in the and doubt. encompasses every conceivable
world through being the person
In this book, you will find all these
area of life, from birth to death that you are.
layers—a guide to the richness and
and all stages in between. It reveals At the same time, astrology
depth of your own inner world, as
your motivations and needs—what
is also a very practical form of
well as a practical guide to life. CAROLE TAYLOR C 1HAPTER THE STORY OF ASTROLOGY 12 The Story of Astrology WHAT IS ASTROLOGY?
AN ANCIENT PRACTICE FOR MODERN TIMES
The kind of astrology practiced today,
Astrology can be defined as the practice of reading the
based on the concept of the birth chart
or “horoscope,” has its roots in the
movements and patterns of the planets and other celestial ancient world of Babylon and Greece.
bodies and correlating them with life on earth. It rests on a To the Babylonians, we can credit the
invention of the zodiac and the practice
view of the cosmos as holistic and interconnected. of attributing meaning to the
movements of the planets as conveyors
of divine will. These ideas were
subsequently taken up by the Greeks Astrology past and present
after the conquests of Alexander in
Many people today view astrology as
the 4th century BCE and, shaped
archaic and irrelevant, belonging to a
by Greek cosmology and beliefs, they
bygone era. Yet the practice of astrology
eventually gave rise to the horoscope
has persisted and, indeed, has found we are familiar with today.
new relevance in the 20th and 21st
centuries. In the heart of the scientific What is a horoscope?
age, there is perhaps more than ever
A horoscope is a stylized picture of
a need for an alternative view that
the heavens, drawn for a particular
addresses our human desire for
time and place. It is a geocentric or
meaning and spiritual connection.
Earth-centered model—a view of the