In Astral Worship, Dr. Hill explores the foundations of astrology and explores its influence on religions, rituals and holidays that are commonly practiced today. Astral worship or Astrolatry is the worship of stars and other heavenly bodies as deities, or the association of deities with heavenly bodies. The most common instances of this are sun gods and moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Also notable is the association of the planets with deities in Babylonian, and hence in Greco-Roman religion, viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. In studying the primitive forms of religion it will be found that none of them taught anything relative to a future life, for the simple reason that their founders had no conceptions of such a state. Hence it follows that the laws they enacted were intended solely for the regulation of their social relations, and, to secure their observance, they were embodied into their sacred records and made part of their religion. One form of that most ancient worship was known as Sabaism, or Sabism. Another form of the same religion was the Ancient Judaism, as portrayed in the Old Testament.

This is a guide to the big moments in your life - which astrologically are governed by when the planets come back to the same place in the sky they were in when you were born. Have you ever wondered why people so often have rebellions in their teens, big changes at the end of their twenties or mid-life crises in their forties? Rose Elliot describes how the motions of the planets coincide with major life events from birth to over 100 with many real life examples and shows*The 'cycle of luck' which worked for Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, popstar fundraiser Bob Geldof and Bodyshop founder Anita Roddick - and how you can tap into it too*How critical points in their cycles brought Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston together-and tore them apart*The cycle which made Princess Diana unable to 'live a lie' any more - and made Victoria and David Beckham change direction*Why the Iraq War need never have happened, whatever you may think about it - and why Tony Blair's and George W Bush's cycles meant they were in no fit state to take decisionsDiscover which planets are affecting you now and how you can harness and make the most of their energies. Empowering as well as insightful, Life Cycles makes this ancient science accessible to all...

Journal for Star Wisdom 2017 includes articles of interest concerning star wisdom (astrosophy), as well as a guide to the correspondences between stellar configurations during the life of Christ and those of today. This guide comprises a complete sidereal ephemeris and aspectarian, geocentric and heliocentric, for each day throughout the year. Published annually, new editions are available in November for the coming new year. According to Rudolf Steiner, every step taken by Christ during his ministry between the baptism in the Jordan and the resurrection was in harmony with -- and an expression of -- the cosmos. The Journal for Star Wisdom is concerned with these heavenly correspondences during the life of Christ. It is intended to help provide a foundation for cosmic Christianity, the cosmic dimension of Christianity. It is this dimension that has been missing from Christianity in its two-thousand-year history. Readers can begin on this path by contemplating the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets against the background of the zodiacal constellations (sidereal signs) today in relation to corresponding stellar events during the life of Christ. In this way, the possibility is opened for attuning, in a living way, to the life of Christ in the etheric cosmos. The monthly commentaries for the year 2017 by Claudia McLaren Lainson are supported by monthly astronomical previews provided by Sally Nurney that offer opportunities to physically observe and experience the stellar configurations during the year of 2017. This direct interaction between the human being on earth and the heavenly beings of the stars develops the capacity to receive their wisdom-filled teachings.

I hope English speaking fans of Astrology will like this new volume of mine. It is not a technical book, but I am sure it will prove handy also for those who are not exactly beginners in astrological studies. Since the 1970s I have had a column titled "Estri & Astri" (Flairs & Asters) in widely circulated magazines (with one million readers), and later in a second column titled "Arti & Astri" (Arts & Stars.) In the present volume I wish to offer you a selection of my writings from these columns that, in my opinion, can be particularly enjoyable for simple reading and, at the same time, can also teach many astrological rules. It is mainly a book of astrological portraits of famous people, but it also includes film, book, and play reviews in which Astrology is always in the background - either explicitly or implicitly - leaving the reader to uncover it. Enjoy it