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.

Integrates the Egyptian pantheon, the ancient language of astrology, and shamanic practices
- Links each of the planets and signs in Western astrology with its Egyptian counterpart, such as Leo with Anubis
- Includes sacred invocations and shamanic rituals to invite the wisdom of each Egyptian deity into your life
- Offers a shamanic way to interpret natal horoscopes
"Shamanic Egyptian Astrology" integrates the Egyptian pantheon, the ancient language of astrology, and shamanic practices to promote a new way to interpret and work with natal charts. Revealing the cross-cultural mythology and astrological significance of the individual Egyptian gods and goddesses, the authors link each of the 12 zodiac signs and 11 celestial bodies of Western astrology with its Egyptian ancestor, introducing new significance to their positions and interactions in a horoscope. For example, Leo is linked with Anubis and Taurus with Hathor. Venus is associated with the goddess Isis and Jupiter with Horus.
Each chapter includes sacred invocations and shamanic rituals to invite the wisdom of each Egyptian deity into your life--such as calling on Sekhmet for action or Thoth for clarity. With sample interpretations of the charts of Barack Obama and Gloria Steinem, this book provides a practical framework for accessing the wisdom of ancient Egypt and offers astrological and shamanic tools for spiritual guidance and the coming shift in planetary consciousness.

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.

Everything you need to get started with astrology, including how to read your birth chart and use astrological insights to plan and predict your life. Astrology is a divination method that studies the position of the Sun, Moon and planets at the time and place of your birth. Their placements are interpreted to give insights into your personality and major events in your life. Yasmin Boland is an award-winning astrologer and bestselling astrology writer whose articles and columns are read by millions of people around the world each week. She has written this comprehensive yet accessible guide to astrology to help you understand past events, present challenges and future possibilities for your life. Discover: - the many ways that astrology can help you - how to read and understand your chart, with a free personalized chart provided online for every reader - the talents and challenges you were born with - how to make simple predictions for yourself and others - how to be a better parent, friend and colleague through knowing your loved ones' charts This book was previously published under the title Astrology (Hay House Basics series).

Build a unique, multi-faceted personality profile based on your birth date to help fuel your personal growth through every stage of life. Am I on the right path? That is the question internationally recognized tarot expert Kerry Ward faces daily from thousands of private clients and readers of her popular Cosmopolitan tarot column. In Power, Purpose, Practice, she shows you how to answer it for yourself using a simple system based on an insightful blend of astrology, numerology, and tarot and perfected by 25 years of tarot reading.   Your birth date holds the key to the system. From there, astrology guides you to your ruling planet and your ruling element, while tarot reveals your personality archetype. These three items—planet, element, archetype—represent your power. To discover your purpose, we turn to numerology, which provides a guided map for your life journey via your Life Path number. Finally, Kerry provides a series of meditations and rituals for you to practice in your daily life, to help you amplify your power and direct it toward your purpose.   Are you ruled by the fiery ambition of Mars or the beautiful energy of Venus? Are you an emotional, shape-shifting water sprite or a grounded, healing earth mama? Is your tarot archetype the wise, solitary Hermit or the magical visionary of the Star? Or the gentle hero of Strength? Is your purpose to build new worlds from the ground up, to create and communicate stories, or to seek deeper meaning in service to others? Written in a casual, intimate voice and bursting with bold, inclusive artwork, this spiritual guide helps you understand each of these cosmic connections and more as you explore every facet of your personality and discover your true self.   Are you on the right path? Power, Purpose, Practice will help you find out, so you can find your way.

This book shows how the discovery of the asteroids Ceres, Pallas Athena, Juno, and Vesta coincided with the shift of a woman. The creating, supporting, nurturing aspect held by the goddess Ceres, the universal mother, brings us to how we feel nurtured and how we function with our roles of mother-child. She embodies the principle of unconditional love. Pallas Athena is our Warrior Goddess, a woman in a man's world, carrying the principle of creative intelligence. Vesta, our goddess of Focus and Commitment, is our High Priestess. Juno, the Queen of Heaven and Divine Consort, is our capacity for meaningful relationships. Understanding the themes that each goddess holds enriches our understanding of that function and expression in our lives.

This is the first-ever mainstream guide to working with the astrological cycles of the Universe. It will allow you to plan ahead and achieve more success in your projects, by taking risks at certain times and avoiding them at others, and also enable you to live more fully and joyfully, flowing with the natural rhythms of life. Accessible to complete beginners as well as offering more complex insights to those who already practise astrology, Planetology is packed full of hands-on projects to help readers work with Mercury, Venus, Mars and the sun and moon, each project with three levels of increasingly complex tasks that are designed to draw readers up to mastery level. At the book's core is Annie Botticelli's ASTRO system, which enables readers to align with each planet's motion through: Awareness (projects to work with each planet); Strategy (how to plan ahead for each cycle); Techniques (exercises that range from tapping to mineral soaks and detoxes to mantras); Remedies (such as crystals and homeopathy, all tuned into the planet under discussion); and Openness to unexpected, perhaps unwanted outcomes brought to you by Divine plan. These techniques, such as prayer and meditation, allow you to be receptive to the great universal flow that supersedes any one planetary cycle.

Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge scientific tool. In this ingenious work of history, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines a treasure trove of esoteric classical sources to expose the deep imaginative framework by which - for millennia - we made sense of our fates. Astrology, he argues, was the ancient world's most ambitious applied mathematics problem, a grand data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler. A Scheme of Heaven explores the wonderful subtleties of astrological ideas. Telling the stories of their inventors and most influential exponents, Boxer puts them through their paces using modern data sets - finding that the methods of today's scientists are often uncomfortably close to those of astrology's ancient sages.

What can the starry skies tell you about yourself and others? More than you might imagine. For over four thousand years, people have watched the skies, correlating the movements of the Sun, the Moon, and the planets with human affairs. Astrology for Dummies shows the reader how to use that accumulated wisdom to identify strengths and weaknesses, discover creative abilities, understand relationships, and make the most of the times in which we live. Using an abundance of real-life examples, author Rae Orion offers an incisive account of each sign and planet, taking the reader far beyond the daily horoscope and illuminating the birth chart in all its individuality and complexity. Astrology for Dummies examines the time-honored ways astrology helps us understand ourselves and others. From how to map and interpret individual horoscopes to building and reading birth charts, Astrology For Dummies provides you with the tools to apply the art of astrology to your everyday life. Explore the long, multi-cultural, occasionally bloody history of astrology Discover useful advice about romance, career, and wellness Find the creative potential to be found in every sign and every birth chart Unravel the mysteries behind Mercury retrograde and other celestial phenomena Delve into the horoscopes of dozens of famous (and infamous) people, both past and present Investigate different ways to align yourself with the cosmos. Astrology hasn't been around for millennia for nothing. It's a practical tool, a symbolic language, a way to expand awareness, a means to increase empathy, and an exploration that touches the soul. Whether you want to learn about yourself, understand others, or glimpse the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, the answers are here -- and in the stars!

In recent years astrology has seen a resurgence of growth and change that is transforming this ancient subject into an exciting, profound and entirely contemporary discipline. Catalysed by Carl Gustav Jung's pioneering work, psychology's effects on astrology - and astrology's effects on psychology - have been revolutionary. Here, in one remarkable volume, master astrologer Peter Malsin brings uniquely clear vision to these two subjects as he provides the reader with new tools for transformation, understanding and growth.

A beautiful and practical journal to healing using the stars and planets as your guide. Astrology has long guided humanity and told stories about our futures, pasts, and potential in life. In Planetary Alignment for Mental Bliss, Alice Sparkly Kat's six years of client work in guiding people to feeling safe in their bodies, relationships, and world form the basis for a beautiful and accessible journal. The journal is divided into different planetary alignments that will guide readers through: * How to say no * Social anxiety and shyness * Accepting compliments and accountability * Finding physical and sexual safety * Standing up for yourself * Following your genius * Supporting your integrity * And more. . . Take a step into yourself and let the planets and stars guide you to truly prioritize your healing and aspirations with this gorgeously designed journal.

"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.

Sextrology draws insight from modern astrology to help people find their perfect sexual matches. This book takes an original, smart and sexy approach to evaluating astrological identities, and will again have people asking, 'What's your sign?'.In sophisticated, uninhibited language, Sextrology accomplishes what no existing astrology book has ever achieved: it candidly explores sexual relationships from an astrological perspective without insulting the reader with new-age mumbo jumbo or sugary advice for capturing a mate. Sextrology uncovers the naked truth of all possible cosmic couplings with candour, imaginations, and a wry sense of humour. It focuses on the 24 sex signs, pointing out the difference between men and women of each sign, their particular sexual psychology and behaviour, secret desires, and even physical attributes. Both straight and gay sex are explored for each sex sign, while desires, turn-offs, fantasies, and foibles are investigated in titillating detail. No stone is left unturned in this provocative, highly entertaining look at the sexes and sexual relationships.

Illustrates how aspects can offer a profound depiction of an individual and his or her destiny.

- Contains comprehensive sections full of interpretations for every planetary combination.

- Concepts are explained through the use of actual birth charts and diagrams.

- A core textbook at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London.

Aspects are an essential piece of the astrological puzzle when it comes to interpreting and using the information that astrology can give us. It is not enough to know the placement of the planets on the horoscope. It is the "relationships" between the stars and planets that let us grasp the destiny of the individual. Aspects describe the drama of our lives--the complex configurations that influence what will happen to us over time.

Sue Tompkins, a fellow of the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London, shows how to interpret aspects when doing daily astrological readings. She uses the lives of real people to plot the aspects and offers examples of every possible planetary combination. Detailing the influence of oppositions, trines and elemental trines, and cardinal, mutable, and fixed crosses, Tompkins shows how aspects provide the energy in the chart that transforms the horoscope into something symbolizing an alive and vital human being. With "Aspects in Astrology," Tompkins provides both the novice and the experienced astrologer the evidence and concrete methods needed to grasp the vast knowledge offered to us by our horoscope.

Have you ever reached the end of a film and thought, "Wow! That actor really nailed it. How did they do that?" Synastry, that's how, and this is the perfect way to learn it. Think Julia Roberts and Erin Brockovich; Leonardo DiCaprio and Howard Hughes; Daniel Day Lewis and Abraham Lincoln; Taron Egerton and Elton John. In this true labour of love, for which Alex Trenoweth sat through many, many hours of films, the astrological links between a wide range of famous characters and the actors who portrayed them are revealed in all their glory. 'Mirror Mirror' contains over 100 case studies, is suitable for all levels of astrologer, and will literally keep you entertained for hours as well as changing the way you watch films forever.

Witchcraft meets astrology in this comprehensive guide to the power of the planets tailored specifically for witches so you can incorporate the celestial study into your spellcasting and magical rituals. This guide to astrology was written just for witches, with information to help you understand how the positions of the celestial bodies can affect your magic and spellcraft-and how you can use that understanding to strengthen your magic by becoming in tune with the planets. The Modern Witchcraft Book of Astrology includes expert information on the magical energies and correspondences for the astrological seasons, the planets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies, and the houses so you can understand how you can time your magick to be as powerful and effective as possible. This book also contains tons of spells to try, organized by the astrological season so you have powerful magick to choose from at every point in the wheel of the year.

Explore the ancient art of astrology to fill your every day with magic. The stars have a language all of their own and when understood, they become a timeless and powerful tool. Celestial bodies affect each of us, and understanding their influences and transits can illuminate your challenges, deepen your strengths, and enrich your relationships with yourself and others. This book is an easy-to-understand beginner's guide to the zodiac signs, planets and astrological houses. Learn how they each affect you and find out what crystals and essential oils can give you a boost. Everything is interconnected, and with A Beginner's Guide to Astrology, you can explore how the stars influence who you are while shining a light on who you can be.

Presented for the first time, full interpretations of the astrological quintiles and the sesquiquintiles using the ten traditional planets and the Ascendant. In this groundbreaking book, astrologer Dusty Bunker reveals the importance of the 72 Degrees quintile and the 108 Degrees sesquiquintile, two previously ignored astrological aspects, which the Egyptians called the "sacred golden bowls." With information gathered over thirty years through studying esoteric numbers, sacred geometry, Masonic manuscripts, religious texts, Egyptian symbols, and much more, Dusty shows why these aspects should be considered among the most important in the lexicon of astrologers because they reveal your hidden talents and your legacy, your path to fame! With a dusty map in hand, travel from the cosmic birth of the quintiles and the sesquiquintiles to the sand-covered site where these golden-bowl aspects have remained hidden all these years. This important reference book should be part of every astrologer's library.

As interest in astrology grows, so too have the sales of this accurate working tool.Every astrologer preparing accurate birth charts needs the information in this book. It is widely recognised in its classic livery as a proven record of reliability and accuracy. Raphael's "Ephemeris" should be displayed in every astrology outlet, general bookshop and mind, body, spirit outlet for maximum sales.It contains daily longitudes of all the planets, tables of houses for London, Liverpool and New York, plus a complete lunar and planetary aspectarian.