1) First of its kind, this book studies astrology in India from sociological parameters. 2) Rich in ethnographic case studies, it not only looks at the industry of astrology but also role of class, caste, gender and religion. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of sociology and South Asian Studies.

1) First of its kind, this book studies astrology in India from sociological parameters. 2) Rich in ethnographic case studies, it not only looks at the industry of astrology but also role of class, caste, gender and religion. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of sociology and South Asian Studies.

Recipes for ROMANCE Press/media: Femail, Woman & Home, The List SENSUOUS CELESTIAL COOKING? Yup. Could serving the right food capture a heart? Yes, according to passionate cook Penny Thornton (author of Suns and Lovers) who believes matching meals to personality types can open the route to happy seduction. Want to cook to win a heart? Penny's advice: spread your love over a perfectly laid table and then serve sensual starters, mouth-watering mains and puddings to provoke passion. Not easy? Yes, could be, with a little help from Zodiac Cooks, a book packed with recipes targeted for love with the right person for you. What some people relish could be 'poison' to others so, before that special dinner at yours, check out a potential new partner's taste. Plain food, or titillating choices? Would s/he warm to a hearty French cassoulet, or might a delicate sea bass prove more tempting. Cleverly linking likes and dislikes from trends in star signs, ardent home-based cook Thornton has produced a unique book which includes a fine selection of tried and tested recipes for informed seduction - a novel idea for this fun, delicious book: Zodiac Cooks, by Penny Thornton.

Drawing on their enchanted psychic abilities, renowned psychics Amy Zerner and Monte Farber present a fun and easy way to use birth dates to gain insight into our true selves. For each birthday, Zerner and Farber have included five perceptive entries: PERSONALITY identifies, evaluates, and helps you understand the true nature of a person through the patterns revealed in their birth date. DESTINY is like a castle being built, stone by stone-it is where the person is heading in this life. LIFE PATH is how one achieves destiny, including the lessons they must learn so they can then help and teach others. KARMIC LESSONS are what are encountered on the journey along one's life path. SECRETS offer insights designed to help readers discover hidden talents and character traits based on the day they were born. Each birthday includes a profound quote with special meaning for those born on that day, as well as a list of famous people who share the birthday and space to add significant people in the your own life who have that birthday. This engaging and interactive guide will prove enjoyable, informative, and useful as you navigate your relationships and tune into your true self. The Karmic Birthday Book will unlock the secret of your birth date and guide you along your true life path, teaching you a karmic lesson and opening the door to your destiny.

Astrology & Past Lives is the first book to examine birth charts for previous incarnations. Author Mary Devlin shows you how to interpret past-life charts and compare them to your present one. By studying astrological patterns that repeat in chart after chart, lifetime after lifetime, you'll discover that many of your current experiences, relationships and behaviors are rooted in past existences. This unique and original book is the result of ten years of painstaking research and hundreds of case studies. More than sixty charts and corresponding case histories are included here as examples. Some are of ordinary people, others are famous personalities from the past and present.

For centuries, the Chinese Almanac or Tong Shu has been consulted for everything from forecasting the individual's luck for the day, to assisting in Feng Shui and Chinese Astrological calculations for the year. Even today, it is used for the selection of appropriate and auspicious days for almost every important activity, including groundbreaking ceremonies, marriage, product launches, office openings, and house renovations and move-ins. Now, all this information has been translated and incorporated into a yearly planner that is the only organising companion you will need for 2013. The Weekly Tong Shu Diary is perfect for the modern-day person on the move, with all the necessary information now at your fingertips. The Weekly Tong Shu Diary is a compilation of Joey Yap's extensive knowledge of Feng Shui and Bazi (Four Pillars), with incorporated references for professional practitioners of Chinese metaphysics. The information in the Diary is calculated using the 28 Constellations and the Heavenly Stars method, which is one of the time-tested systems used in writing the traditional annual Tong Shu. Joey Yap's Weekly Tong Shu Diary comes in a handy size - and high quality cover.

Master the language of astrology with this 45-card deck by Ruby Warrington, a popular spirituality writer and founder of The Numinous. Becoming fluent in the language of astrology can be a life's work, and 'The Numinous Astro Deck' is a colourful, user-friendly tool for every student. It's comprised of 45 cards (12 signs, 12 houses, 14 planets, 7 aspects), and each one provides an overview of the traits associated with its sign, house, planet, and more, along with a custom illustration that brings the teachings to life. A companion book features popular spiritual speaker and author Ruby Warrington, founder of The Numinous, explaining how to use the cards to interpret birth charts and as an oracle deck for divination.

In this beautifully illustrated astrology handbook, author and artist Carlota Santos guides readers on an astral journey through the constellations. Included are expansive zodiac sign profiles that cover the important details--personality summaries, compatibility charts, and the structure and story behind each sign--as well as representative tarot cards, amulets to balance each sign's qualities, and rituals to nurture positive traits. For those looking to dig deeper and explore their full astrological chart, Santos shares her celestial knowledge on everything from the relationships between planets and their rulers to the phases of the moon, from ascendents and descendants to the twelve houses. With this valuable material at their disposal, readers are guided to create their own birth charts as a closing ritual, using beautifully illustrated fill-in pages.

From Space debris to asteroid strikes to anti-satellite weapons, humanity's rapid expansion into Space raises major environmental, safety, and security challenges. In this book, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, an international lawyer and an astrophysicist, identify and interrogate these challenges and propose actionable solutions. They explore essential questions from, 'How do we ensure all of humanity benefits from the development of Space, and not just the world's richest people?' to 'Is it possible to avoid war in Space?' Byers and Boley explain the essential aspects of Space science, international law, and global governance in a fully transdisciplinary and highly accessible way. Addressing the latest and emerging developments in Space, they equip readers with the knowledge and tools to engage in current and critically important legal, policy, and scientific debates concerning the future development of Space. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The perfect Valentine's Day gift! AS FEATURED IN THE SUN Everything you need to know to have the best sex according to your star sign. Next time you have sex, you'll be seeing stars... Harness the power of the zodiac to guide you to pleasure that's out of this world. From what sex positions will have you ascending, to the turn-ons that'll make more than just the moon rise, as well sex toys, masturbation tips and more - this little book has big astrology energy. A cheeky hardback with foil on the cover corresponding to your sign's element (earth, water, air or fire) and illustrations throughout - this is the perfect guide for out-of-this-world fun. It's time to let your ruling planet show you how to rule the bedroom.

Dynamic Interactive Astrology uses a comprehensive and sophisticated set of keywords, and subsequent key phrases created by the user, that provide immediate access to the meanings in one's birth chart of the Planets, Signs, Houses and Aspects - the stuff of astrology. Specific questions that are addressed to the key phrases that the reader/seeker has created initiate a process of dynamic interaction and are based on the idea that the reader/seeker already has the answers to these questions inside them. This idea is akin to the basic psychotherapeutic premise that the practitioner never tells their client what they are like or what to do, but asks questions that elicit the client's innate self-awareness. This is known as 'clean' psychology as it avoids the practitioner's own personal agenda getting in the way. Having utilised these two methods the user can then apply them, safely, to other individuals and their birth charts.

"This book came about as the result of a vision that I had long ago...." So writes Chippewa medicine man, seer, and Indian leader Sun Bear. In The Medicine Wheel he and his medicine helper, Wabun, share his vision, setting forth a whole new system of earth astrology to help guide people not only in their daily living but in their life path as well. A beautiful and inspiring new approach to astrology, The Medicine Wheel will help people of all earth signs "walk in balance on our Earth Mother."

Who are you going to fall in love with next? What job should you really be in? When are you finally going to come into that big money? Why does everyone freak out when Mercury is in retrograde? In our increasingly turbulent world, many of us are looking to the sky to find guidance in the ancient art of astrology. This series tells you everything you need to know about being a child of the stars - teaching you how to open your mind to what the universe can bring you in ways you never would have imagined. Whether you're a spiky Scorpio, a sassy Leo or a curious Gemini - this is your handbook to a very starry future. A fresh, poppy package with full-colour illustrations, these bright gifty Zodiac books are a no-brainer self-buy or gift for any of your nearest and dearest. Don't forget to get one for your rising sign too!

Find harmony between your self and the cosmos. In Decoding the Stars, examine the details of your birth chart and discover your soul's true purpose through astrology. Astrological archetypes are highly fluid and subjective in nature and your personal relationship with them can change over time. While we may look to our zodiac signs to help us navigate our relationships, career, finances, and family matters, astrology can also help us align the personality and the soul. You may have already learned how to interpret the external influences through astrology-the paths your life may take, who you will make friends with and love. Now's the time to find what's inside you. This guide will help you understand your desires, skills, and unique talents and guide you toward identifying your purpose and motivation. With this book, you will awaken self-knowledge and awareness of your larger spiritual planetary influences. The more self-aware you become, the greater your possibility of finding inner peace and happiness. With a walk through your birth chart, reflective questions, and writing prompts, Decoding the Stars will help you to better understand your creative spirit and bring your life's purpose to light. Decoding the Stars is part of the Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia series, elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated books that offer comprehensive, display-worthy references on a range of intriguing topics, including dream interpretation, techniques for harnessing the power of dreams, flower meanings, and the stories behind signs and symbols. Also available in the series: The Complete Book of Birthdays, The Complete Language of Flowers, The Complete Book of Dreams, and The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care.

How far would you go to discover your destiny? It's the cusp of Natasha Sizlo's forty-fourth birthday. Still reeling from her disastrous divorce, she's navigating life as a single mum alongside a cutthroat career in LA real estate. In the meantime, her ex-husband is dating a Hollywood star and she's just broken it off with her handsome but non-committal French boyfriend. Just when it seems things can't get worse, her beloved father is given months to live. So when she's gifted a session with an astrologist, Natasha - though a sceptic - figures she has nothing to lose. The reading is so eerily accurate that Natasha asks about her ex-boyfriend, the Frenchman she can't get over. To her surprise, the astrologist tells her that he is perfect for her. His birthday and birthplace - 2 November 1968 in Paris - line up with her astrological point of destiny. Natasha is distraught. Panicked, even. Is he really The One? Then she has a lightning bolt of an idea: her ex isn't the only man born on 2 November 1968 in Paris. Natasha's soulmate is still out there - she just has to find him. Unforgettable, inspiring and with a dusting of astrological magic, Natasha's journey reveals what can happen when you ask the universe for what you want and open your heart when the answer finally comes.

Using methods developed by ancient Astrologers, Lee Lehman works to strengthen techniques used by Astrologers today. The task of Classical Astrology today is twofold: to recover these techniques and to evaluate and understand them within a modern context. She presents both techniques and the logic behind them to radically improve all Astrology, regardless of whether the practitioner chooses to adopt a Classical or Neo-Classical approach. She analyzes the charts of several famous people and events to demonstrate the techniques and their effectiveness.

Most of what has been written in the name of astrology refers to personality and prediction. Divine Astrology presents Astrology in its true sense as a spiritual rather than predictive system. It sees personality as being an expression of Spirit, and life as being a journey of Spirit driven by cosmic forces and governed by definite laws. Seen in this way the user is no longer simply a hapless puppet of the astrological influences prevailing at birth and through life. He or she is seen as an entity who can become en rapport with the very energies that are the stuff of astrology, the Planetary Powers. It relates these to the nature of God, to other religions and to modern cosmology and physics. We are co-creators with God, and by communing with the Hands of God, the Planetary Powers, we can change our destiny for the better. To this end, Divine Astrology first equips the reader with the "Scriptures", the planets, Signs and Houses that tell what forces we are all subject to. But we are direct expressions of these Powers and Conditions, and so are able to commune with them. This paves the way for the esoteric teaching that we are able to become as Gods. It leads onto the "Rituals" that are the Practice of Astrology, the Cosmic Religion. Like any religion, this involves prayer and ceremony, but more precisely "Invocation". The "equipment" of these Rituals are the 40 Cards that come with the book. The seeker is shown ways to resolve problems, have questions answered, attain support and security, receive enlightenment, become empowered. The book closes with "God's Skywriting" which demonstrates in simple tabular form how all the major events of the 20th and early 21st Century are correlated to the Cycles of various Planetary Pairs. It shows us how we are all caught up in something far greater and more universal than we usually believe.

"Geocentricity might well be egocentricity". The phenomenon of retrograde motion is based on our Earth-centered view of the solar system, but the movement and cycles of retrograde planets are based entirely on the apparent motion of the Sun through the zodiac. This book organizes and explains retrograde motion from a systems-viewpoint -- the system of the Sun and planets -- and interprets retrograde planets natally, by progression, and in transit.

Unique and dangerously drinkable cocktail recipes for every astrological sign, so the stars can guide your imbibing as much as they do the rest of your lifeThe movements of the heavens have the power to rule our lives-from who we date or how we express ourselves to when we make career moves or whether we make that big purchase. Why shouldn't we let them rule how we drink as well?Featuring everything from chili-infused tequila for the adventurous Aquarius to an espresso-based cocktail for the unstoppable Virgo, these recipes will give you the tools you need to pay tribute to the sign of your choice, whether you love that sign, hate that sign, or are that sign. With names such as Sorry I Ghosted You, What's My Age Again?, and Pillow Talk, and featuring ingredients ranging from gummy bears and CBD drops to star anise and oat milk, these tempting cocktails have been expertly tailored to every sector of the zodiac, with four recipes dedicated to each sun sign plus more for the moon signs, the rising signs, and various cosmic events. Witty, wise, and welcoming to cocktail makers of all levels, Margarita in Retrograde is a loving tribute and essential resource for every enlightened mixologist.