Astrology: using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life PDF
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ASTROLOGY Using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life US_001_half_Title.indd 1 30/04/2018 15:52 US_002_003_Title.indd 2 30/04/2018 15:21 ASTROLOGY Using the wisdom of the stars in your everyday life US_002_003_Title.indd 3 30/04/2018 15:21 Senior Editors Bob Bridle, Emma Hill US Editor Kayla Dugger CONTENTS US Executive Editor Lori Hand Art Editor Alison Gardner Editor Alice Kewellhampton Senior Jacket Creative Nicola Powling Jackets Coordinator Lucy Philpott Senior Producer (Pre-production) Luca Frassinetti THE STORY OF ASTROLOGY 10 Senior Producer Ché Creasey Creative Technical Support Sonia Charbonnier What Is Astrology? 12 Managing Editor Dawn Henderson Managing Art Editor Marianne Markham Astrology Through the Ages 14 Art Director Maxine Pedliham Astrology Today 16 Publishing Director Mary-Clare Jerram Astrology and Psychology 18 Illustrated by Keith Hagan The Astrological Mindset 20 First American Edition, 2018 It’s More Than Just Your Sun Sign 22 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 2018 Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 18 19 20 21 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–310781–Sep/2018 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4654-6413-2 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 [email protected] Printed and bound in China A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com US_004-007_contents.indd 4 15/05/2018 16:39 CONTENTS 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 Neptune Imagination and transcendence 80 THE ZODIAC SIGNS 24 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 US_004-007_contents.indd 5 15/05/2018 16:37 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 US_004-007_contents.indd 6 15/05/2018 16:37 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 168 Parenting 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 US_004-007_contents.indd 7 09/05/2018 16:47 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 US_008-009_foreword.indd 8 17/04/2018 17:27
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