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- You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance. For some birth chart 101, You Were Born for This is a great place to start. It details how your birth chart (especially your sun, moon, and rising signs) influences your talents, challenges, and opportunities, so you can live your destiny.
- The Complete Guide to Astrology: Understanding Yourself, Your Signs, and Your Birth Chart. In The Complete Guide to Astrology, you'll learn all the basics of astrology, like its history, the different signs, houses, and planets, and how to interpret your own birth chart.
- The Stars Within You: A Modern Guide to Astrology. Looking for a no-fuss guide to astrology that's easy to understand? That's the aim of The Stars Within You.
- Seeing Stars: Harness the Power of the Zodiac. While your sun sign isn't the only piece of your astrological puzzle, it's a pretty big chunk of it, so it's always a good idea to know what yours is all about.
Mar 6, 2020 · The Beginner’s Guide to Astrology: The 3-Part Puzzle. When we put together an astrology chart, we focus on three areas that may help you understand how astrology works. 1. Planets: The Parts of Your Nature/The Actors. In the “movie of your life,” the planets are the actors: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
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There’s a reason we say something’s “written in the stars.” Astrology is an ancient system of philosophy and wisdom that’s also a super popular cultural phenomenon. You probably know your sun sign, and maybe you know a little about the zodiac. Zodiac signs often correspond to things like colors you like most, the kinds of people you feel most drawn...
1.Astrology: Using the Wisdom of the Stars in Your Everyday Life by Carole Taylor
via amazon.com An illustrated overview of astrology This is Brennan’s favorite astrology book to recommend to beginners. He describes it as a “brilliant, comprehensive intro-to-astrology book that’s extremely well-illustrated.” If you’re just getting interested in astrology, this is a non-intimidating book that’s user-friendly and fun to read. This is one of the best astrology books for beginners because of its accessible infographics that make complicated topics easy to grasp. This inviting...
2.You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas
via amazon.com Introduction to your “big three:” your sun, moon, and rising sign Brennan recommends this recently released best seller because it focuses on a crucial part of the natal chart: the sun, moon, and rising sign. The book organizes around these “big three” placements as “keys” to understanding your birth or natal chart as a whole. Brennan finds this book speaks to “this emerging realization in the public consciousness that astrology is more than just one sign or one zodiac sign, [b...
3.The Astrology Journal: A Celestial Guide to Recording your Cosmic Journey by Mecca Woods
via amazon.com Tracking astrology in your daily life Once you learn the basics of your natal chart, one of the next steps is considering how astrology works in action. Astrologer Mecca Woods gives a brief overview of astrological tools and components in this zodiac signs book that’s also for record-keeping. The bulk of this book is a journal where you can record daily events. Each day has a two-page spread that makes it easy to record the astrological “weather”: things like the lunar cycle, r...
4.On the Heavenly Spheres: A Treatise on Traditional Astrology by Helena Avelar and Luis Ribeiro
via amazon.com An introduction to traditional astrology Brennan describes this book as a longtime favorite to recommend because it offers a comprehensive overview of what’s known as traditional, or Western, astrology. Brennan advises that though it’s an intro, he finds it at an intermediate level because it focuses on much more complicated and in-depth topics such as different types of astrology like horary (casting charts to answer questions), mundane (looking at broad cultural events), and...
5.Astrology and the Authentic Self: Integrating Traditional and Modern Astrology to Uncover the Essence of the Birth Chart by Demetra George
via amazon.com An accessible synthesis of traditional and modern astrology This is a great book to read once you’re hungry for more knowledge. Brennan finds this book “truly successful in taking some of the ancient concepts and fusing them with the modern concepts in a way that’s compelling and ma[kes] sense both conceptually as well as practically.” Demetra George is a major figure in the larger astrological discipline. She has a background as a translator of ancient astrology texts and her...
6. Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice: A Manual of Traditional Techniques, Volume 1: Assessing Planetary Condition by Demetra George
via amazon.com A book to solidify your foundation in astrology Ancient Astrology strikes drammeh as a great companion book to Astrology and the Authentic Self and a true intermediate text in that it builds on and adds to a foundation. “It gets into the nitty-gritty specifics of how things work and whythey work,” drammeh says. Though it includes mathematical and scientific content, it has a way of making complex aspects of astrology digestible and straightforward. Don’t be intimidated if this...
9. Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnas
via amazon.com A philosophy of astrology as a legitimate phenomenon “Cosmos and Psyche is perfectly fine as a beginner astrologer text,” says drammeh, who finds this book to be a beautiful text that’s “also very heady and philosophical.” Read this for an overview of how planetary archetypes play out on the global stage. Brennan describes this book as a pitch for “astrology as a legitimate phenomenon.” It’s for both an academic and general audience and it demonstrates the ways astrological con...
10.Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune by Chris Brennan
via amazon.com A foundational introduction to ancient texts and techniques “Hellenistic Astrology was my personal introductory text,” says drammeh about this nearly 700-page masterwork that’s an essential read for advanced astrologers and anyone else with a passion for the topic. drammeh recommends jumping around in this book and “not being overwhelmed by the overall page count.” The book is dense and intense, but you can still get into it as an advanced beginner if you have the basics down....
11.A History of Horoscopic Astrology by James Herschel Holden
via amazon.com An essential masterwork in the discipline Brennan calls this his favorite book on the history of astrology. He describes it as a masterwork that gives “an overview of the past three or four thousand years of Western astrology in a relatively concise 350 pages.” You’ll find short biographies of the major astrologers throughout history. And since Holden was a scholar who knew multiple languages, he could read ancient texts in their original forms. This astrology tome includes det...
12.The American Ephemeris 1950-2050 at Noon by Neil F. Michelsen and Rique Pottenger
via amazon.com Tables of planetary movements Brennan advises that this is one of those astrology books that should be on the shelves of serious astrologers and enthusiasts. It’s basically a book of tables that show the planetary positions on any given day across 100 years. While you can access the planetary transits with apps or astrology software, Brennan offers that there’s something valuable in holding an ephemeris in your hands. Modern software allows you to skip the calculations that mos...
Mar 17, 2024 · Introduction. Uncover the mystical world of astrology and discover how the positions of celestial bodies can influence our lives. Astrology has been practiced for centuries, captivating people around the world with its ability to provide insights into our personalities, relationships, and even our future.
Table of Contents. How to Study Astrology: A Beginner’s Guide. The Benefits of Studying Astrology. Understanding the Basics. A. Zodiac Signs and Their Meanings. B. Planets and Their Meanings. C. Houses and Their Meanings. D. Aspects and Their Meanings. Reading Astrological Charts.
Jun 16, 2023 · In this article, we will explore the basics of astrology, including its foundations, key components, and how it can be used to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves. The Foundations of Astrology: At its core, astrology is based on the premise that there is a meaningful relationship between celestial bodies and human existence.
Mar 16, 2022 · Updated. These are the best astrology books to read in 2022, according to experts. They can teach you about birth charts, compatibility, transits, Mercury Retrograde, and more. Amazon; Alyssa...
