Luke Broughton was born in 1828, in Leeds, England. He was from a long line of English astrologers, who were taught as children by their fathers. He emigrated to America. His fortunes in life, his struggles to promote astrology, mirrored the North-South struggle over slavery. He fought proposed anti-astrology legislation in Pennsylvania, but his efforts were unsuccessful. In New York, Broughton was libeled, his mail stolen, his lectures disrupted, his family assaulted. Yet he persevered. His book, The Elements of Astrology, was the first serious astrology book published in America. It is both a text-book of the astrology of his day, as well as a history of Broughton's life and times. He died in 1898, shortly after his book was published. In this book are charts for both Lincoln's and Garfield's assassinations, as well as for the murders which for which Lizzie Borden was accused, and also the natal charts of Queen Victoria, Presidents George Washington, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, William Henry Harrison and Ulysses Simpson Grant. There are extensive delineations of physical appearance, as well as notes on rectification by means of appearance. Luke Broughton established astrology in America, when no one else could. He was the pioneer of astrology in America.

Minor aspects add a special flair to understanding any natal chart, and this book describes them all in detail. Vigintiles, semisextiles, noviles, semisquares, quintiles, and sesquiquadrates are all explained clearly and simply, making it easy to master this fascinating and little explored dimension of the cosmic craft. All the minor aspects between the Sun, Moon, planets, and asteroids are included, along with substantive delineation of planetary aspects and extensive keyword lists. Introductory matter features a special section on the astrological/planetary age cycles and their link to the various stages of life from birth to death. An appendix features a detailed, handy, and useful keyword list for major and minor aspects and their significance in approaching and departing aspect.

This book first appeared in 1911. Alan Leo himself described it as the most remarkablebook ever published. In his previous books Leo told us how to calculate and interpretcharts, with a distinctly Theosophical slant.In this book, Leo (1860-1917), gives the prize secrets of the astrologer's craft. Among them, delineations for the Ruler of the Ascendant (aka chart ruler), including by sign and house. More broadly, he delineates each of the planets through the twelve houses in order to turn it about and delineate the rulers of those houses, based on the nature of the houses themselves: Finance (2), Travel (3), Environment (5), Enterprise (5), Sickness (6), Marriage and marriage prospects (7), Legacies (8), Philosophy (9), Profession (10), Friends (11), and the Occult (12). What do these houses in your chart say about you? Peek inside and find out Based on his lifetime's study, Leo gives succinct chart summaries. What life will be like if the majority of planets in your chart were in the East or West, above or below thehorizon, or the majority in fire, or air, or water, or earth signs, as well as cardinal, fixed or mutable. He gives special emphasis to the luminaries (Sun and Moon), delineating the pair of them both by element, as well as in all 144 possible combinationsof signs (polarities).In every chart there is a rising planet. Leo delineates it. The Moon's sign at birth gives a distinct color to the aura. Leo will tell you what yours is. What will the future bring? Leo gives delineations for progressed planets, including the progressedMoon by both sign and house. He concludes the book with a delineation for the King of England, George V.In his life, Alan Leo reintroduced astrology to the western world, a phenomenal achievement.

Retrograde planets are often among the most misunderstood factors in the horoscope, and thus so is their interpretation. And while many people are familiar with the traits associated with retrograde Mercury, the importance of the other planets when retrograde deserves at least as much if not more attention.In this book, Helen Adams Garrett takes a more in-depth look at retrogrades, including their cycles, and their meaning in the signs and when in major or minor aspect to the Sun. She also discusses the differences and similarities of heliocentric and geocentric retrograde planets.Included are chapters devoted to the meaning of retrograde planets as they relate to health, and the significance of progressed and transiting retrograde planets.

From the recognized authority comes the long-awaited revision of a pioneering masterwork. The Draconic chart is an extremely important element in a lucid multi-layered system, in which each zodiac expresses a distinctly different facet of human experience. This book focuses on the interaction between the familiar Tropical chart - describing the conditions of your current life - and the Draconic with its deep insights into your life's meaning: your driving principles, your spiritual purpose, your vocation, your karma. Twenty chapters and two appendices cover the history of Draconic and its meaning in the natal chart, in synastry, forecasting, rectification and even horary, with a host of examples. It also chronicles its author's own impassioned journey from her first apprenticeship to the discovery of Christ's Nativity.

The use of dwads is amazingly effective in chart interpretation, providing the specifics and particulars that are otherwise out of reach. These divisions of the zodiac provide subtle but powerful details that enable a fine-tuning of the chart and interpretation of the most insightful aspects of personality. Author Thyrza Escobar takes this one step further as she discusses and explains the Faces of the signs, the positive and negative areas of the zodiac and the decans, while incorporating what she learned from well-known German astrologer Carl Leipert. The most important and insightful sections of The 144 Doors of the Zodiac, however, are those that focus on the 144 duodenary divisions of the zodiac, which reveal a zodiac within each sign, and the dwad-houses, a technique that gives fresh meaning to each of the houses. The book includes a section devoted to each sign, with details about the dwad-sign and dwad-house, including quality, element, sub-ruler, and the correspondence of each house for that particular sign to element, quality, and planet. Dwad-houses and dwad-signs within each sign are also explained in terms of their influence in personal interests, achievements, relationships, feelings, actions, emotions, and thinking, all of which can add new depth to chart interpretation. Also included is information regarding interpretation of the number of planets in a dwad-house. The author provides similar information about the planets in the dwad-signs and specific aspects.

Finally, a useful handbook on eclipse effects through the zodiac signs for everyone Eclipses create "surges" and "outages" of solar-lunar tides with numerous influences described for the reader's personal sign, (and globally too). Award-winning and popular astrological author Judith Hill details: health influences through twelve signs; global influences; personal strategies for harmonizing eclipse effects; traditional strategies; and the four types of "astrological" eclipses. Includes a brief technical astronomical section and a useful eclipse calendar through 2023. Strategies and traditional techniques are included for making the best use of eclipse "waves." Also includes eclipse conjunctions for all planets, and a useful advanced section for readers in the back. This book is perfect for both lay and advanced readers. This volume brings the secret knowledge of the past alive with Hill's modern, pragmatic twist. This is the most thorough book ever written on the subject

In Contest Charts, Doris Chase Doane shares the secrets of determining winners and losers in a variety of championship contests, including: football and baseball games; political elections; boxing, golf and tennis matches; individual sports; and awards competitions. The author explains, through the use of extensive examples, how to read the chart for the time a question is asked regarding the outcome of the event. In addition, the importance of the timing and wording of the question are explained in detail.

Modern Horary Astrology is a formidable compilation of 60 years of observation and research. Based on approximately 10,000 horary charts erected by the author, more than 125 clearly defined and diverse horoscopes are shown and explained in detail.The first five chapters focus on the rules for reading a horary chart. Subsequent chapters feature queries pertaining to matters reflecting each of 12 houses, with additional chapters devoted to specific house-related events such as marriage, divorce, lost articles, health and missing persons.A particularly fascinating horary example is included in one chapter. After a year of marriage, a woman asked if she would have any children, having been told by her physician that she was barren. Here, the author demonstrates how to view the horary chart from a long-term perspective and coordinate it with the natal and progressed chart. The horary chart also was progressed, and the author accurately predicted the outcome.Another interesting concept in this book that deviates from traditional horary methods is the question of non-radical charts. Even though a chart might appear unreadable because the Ascendant is less than three degrees or more than 27 degrees or the Moon void-of-course, there are times when it can be read.Modern Horary Astrology takes the complexity out of horary chart mechanics and clearly exemplifies how this valuable branch of astrology can be of assistance in answering an extensive range of questions.

1933. Astrology for All, Part 2. A concise exposition of the method of casting a horoscope, with a detailed explanation of all technical terms likely to be met with in course of reading; including also a table of ascendants for all latitudes from 1 degree to 70 degrees and a condensed ephemeris for the years 1870 to 1933, inclusive, with simple instructions for using the same in calculating a nativity; together with tables of logarithms, etc. altogether a vade-medcum indispensable alike for the advanced student and for the beginner.

These daily forecast guides offer the skill and expertise of Old Moore, widely recognised as Britain's No. 1 astrologer and still the market leader. These horoscopes are renowned for their accuracy, forward-looking advice and emphasis on planning. They show readers how to improve their daily life by tuning into the prevailing astrological influences. Focusing not only on the 12 zodiac signs but also on how to define the influence of the Moon and Venus, the diaries give uncannily accurate personality analyses and enable readers to understand themselves and others better. Every year, word-of-mouth and repeat purchase expands Old Moore's market share.

These daily forecast guides offer the skill and expertise of Old Moore, widely recognised as Britain's No. 1 astrologer and still the market leader. These horoscopes are renowned for their accuracy, forward-looking advice and emphasis on planning. They show readers how to improve their daily life by tuning into the prevailing astrological influences. Focusing not only on the 12 zodiac signs but also on how to define the influence of the Moon and Venus, the diaries give uncannily accurate personality analyses and enable readers to understand themselves and others better. Every year, word-of-mouth and repeat purchase expands Old Moore's market share.

These daily forecast guides offer the skill and expertise of Old Moore, widely recognised as Britain's No. 1 astrologer and still the market leader. These horoscopes are renowned for their accuracy, forward-looking advice and emphasis on planning. They show readers how to improve their daily life by tuning into the prevailing astrological influences. Focusing not only on the 12 zodiac signs but also on how to define the influence of the Moon and Venus, the diaries give uncannily accurate personality analyses and enable readers to understand themselves and others better. Every year, word-of-mouth and repeat purchase expands Old Moore's market share.

Cosmic astrology, as known and lived by the ancients, pointed the way of man's journey in life through the ages of time. If it were correctly understood and used today it would also point the way for man's regeneration and return to Pure Source, the Godhead from which humanity, and all life comes. This ancient knowledge lives; it can never be destroyed. Words of truth live forever, but humanity in the endless striving for wealth and power pushes them into the background to be seemingly lost, to lie forgotten, except by a very few of the truly advanced sages who will keep them alive until mankind wearies of warring with his brother and exploiting for gain against those weaker than himself. These old teachings of wisdom can be found if one cares to seek. They are in the Bible, the Kabala, the Chaldean Book of Numbers, the Stanzas of Dzyan, and in mythology. The meanings are always obscured and difficult to understand, but they are there. In this context, you will learn about what astrology is and is not, the spiritual nature of astrology, the secondary suns, the nature of the planets and the principles they express, the nature and function of the signs, the houses and aspects from a cosmic perspective, human beings as the ultimate creation, and the history of astrology.

This exceptional and unique volume is the culmination of thirty years of research conducted by the Church of Light. The research involved the study of thousands of timed birth charts and their associated signs, aspects, house placements, and progressions. It revealed the constants that indicate many health conditions, life events, careers, earning potential, longevity, and relationships. Each of these is listed in a tabular format with discussion about what the research revealed. In addition to the extensive sections that list and analyze the research data is a chapter that focuses on case studies of twins and how their lives paralleled and differed over time. One case study examines fraternal twins and another looks at the lives of astrological twins. The research information presented is valuable both in its usefulness as proof of astrology's validity and as an aid to the astrologer and student in identifying potential events and tendencies indicated in the birth chart and through transits and progressions.

THIS 154 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems, by William Thomas. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564594610.

1923. A sequel to the Art of Synthesis wherein the progression of the horoscope is exhaustively considered, both in principle and in practice including also a full delineation of every possible progressed aspect, with its influence on character and destiny, the effect of transits, etc. to which is added a complete treatise on primary directions.

1919. A Complete Textbook on the Art of Erecting a Horoscope with Philosophic Encyclopedia and Tables of Planetary Hours.

1933. Astrology for All, Part 2. A concise exposition of the method of casting a horoscope, with a detailed explanation of all technical terms likely to be met with in course of reading; including also a table of ascendants for all latitudes from 1 degree to 70 degrees and a condensed ephemeris for the years 1870 to 1933, inclusive, with simple instructions for using the same in calculating a nativity; together with tables of logarithms, etc. altogether a vade-medcum indispensable alike for the advanced student and for the beginner.

This book contains a translation of the Introduction to Astrology by the 4th century astrologer Paul of Alexandria, with the Medieval Scholia, an excerpt from the Commentary by Heliodorus (or Olympiodorus) and some Notes on the Astronomical matters mentioned by Paul.

1932. A book divided into two parts. Part 1 is entitled the relation of the mineral salts of the body to the signs of the zodiac, while Part 2 is an esoteric analysis and synthesis of the zodiacal signs and their physiochemical allocations. With the renewed interest in homeopathy, increased study of astrology and the entrance of the Aquarian Age, this book has gained more importance. It is an attempt to answer all the questions regarding the cell salts. Part 1 is a brief and concise outline of the 12 signs of the zodiac, their symbology and the salts to be used to overcome any disease. Part 2 enlarges on Part 1 by discussing the physiochemical analysis, symbolism and actual use of each mineral salt.

1943. One of a series of books on astrology by American occultist and astrologer, Elbert Benjamine (a.k.a. C.C. Zain), and the founder of The Church of Light. Elbert Benjamine was known as a natural seer. One can see in his early training the logical progression and preparation for his role in assisting the evolution of The Religion of the Stars, which claims that True Religion and True Science are One. Contents: Diagram of correspondence of signs to houses and table of symbols of planets, signs and aspects; We Make an Easy Start: Significance of the Sun in Each Zodiacal Sign; We Consider Each Planet in Each Sign; We Consider Aspects Between Each Two Planets; We Consider Each Planet in Each House: Diagram of the House of the Horoscope; and Judging Personal Appearance, Temperament, Character, Length of Life, Health, Mental Ability, Vocation, Finances, Legal Matters, Love and Marriage. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

The power of the Zodiac has influenced the destinies of woman and man, since the first starlight twinkle shone down upon a stilled and silent Earth. Artist and author, Roberto Mendoza proudly presents his own series of original Zodiac designs along with a little gentle guidance to help illuminate the way for all those seeking wisdom from the heavens.

In 2013, Old Moore's Almanack will be 317 years old and deserves its world record-beating inclusion in the Guinness Book of Records. With accurate predictions, including the 2001 terrorist attacks, everyone agrees that Old Moore is the No. 1 seer, with the best prediction record. Accurate, fascinating and appropriate, Old Moore's Almanack plots the future of the world's ups and downs for the year ahead. It puts the spotlight on UK and world affairs and also highlights gardening and fishing by the moon, winning periods for jockeys and trainers, celebrity astro-profiles, lighting-up times plus high and low water times. A year full of interests.

From the Introduction: You have economic hard times to thank for this book. I am by profession a bookseller. In 2007, a friend suggested a newsletter as a way of enhancing book sales. I think she had monthly specials, promo sheets and upcoming new titles in mind, but I was too dense for that. Instead I wrote on topics of my own fancy. The first two years, 2007-9, when the newsletter appeared monthly were, well, dreadful. The week that Venus went retrograde in March, 2009, with the stock market stabilizing after months of plunging, I shifted from a monthly single-page newsletter, to a weekly three-pager. I followed a three-page format for a couple of years. Most of the worth-while essays were compiled in my first book, Skeet Shooting for Astrologers. Two years later in March, 2011, with the economy ever more bleak and myself running out of ideas, I started writing celebrity delineations and in the process broke out of a rigid format. The delineation of Jon Stewart, of the Daily Show, was the first of these. Retrograde Venus has turned up in a surprising number of the charts I've written about, given its rarity, among them, the chart for the Republican Party, as well as the charts for Rep. Ron Paul, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Jon Stewart, and some others. No, my Venus is not retrograde. Essays are in order of publication, in part as I think organizing by topic makes for a boring block of reading. The book starts with the last of the 2-column essays from the original 3-page weekly. Meanwhile the economy is now in the fifth year of straight decline. I do wish the people in charge of the country would just send us all envelopes stuffed with cash. I can live on barter just as well as money, but when that happens there will be no authors, there will be no books, there will be no commerce. Money has its uses.