Astrology for Yourself By Douglas Bloch and Demetra George

DescriptionAstrology for yourself: A Workbook for personal transformation. How to understand and interpret your Own birth chart By Douglas Bloch and Demetra GeorgeAbsolute novices who have discovered this book rave about its clarity, comprehensiveness, and, above all, effectiveness. Astrology for Yourself introduces you to the language and science of astrology by investigating the subject you know best–you. This book contains a unique, programmed–learning text that walks you through a step-by-step series of simple exercises and journal entries so that by the time you are done with the book, you’ll have your own, complete interpretation of your birth chart, and you’ll understand why the astrological symbolism means what it means. Aside from providing a wealth of knowledge about your birth chart (and therefore yourself), Astrology for Yourself promotes personal growth and change in your life. By filling out the workbook, you will gain one or more of the following benefits:A basic understanding of your talents, abilities, and strengths, and how you can best express them in your life; An overall understanding of your life’s meaning and purpose; Insight into your life’s challenges – and how you can transform them into opportunities; A deeper and more comprehensive understanding of a variety of important dimensions of your life, such as: career and vocational needs; relationship needs; health; finances; child rearing; Your major life cycles when they will occur, and what they mean.No matter what your level of astrological interest or experiences, astrology for yourself offers an innovative approach to personal growth that promises to transform the quality of your life.Douglas Bloch and Demetra George are professional astrologers and teachers living in Portland and Eugene, Oregon. In addition to also writing Asteroid Goddess with Demetra, Douglas has written several books on psychology, healing, and spirituality, including Healing from Depression and Words that Heal the Blues. Demetra George is also the author of Mysteries of the Dark Moon and Finding Our Way Through the Dark. She is a professor at Kepler College.Table of ContentsFigures in this book Tables in this book Exercises in this book Acknowledgements N Introduction: getting startedPart One: Learning the Basics Chapter 1: Introducing the Zodiac Astrology as a language of energy The building blocks of the Zodiac: Element, Polarity, Modality, Orientation A final synthesis: writing your sun sign interpretationChapter 2: The Structure of Your Birth Chart How to Read Your Birth Chart Reading your planets by sign and house position An overview of the alphabet: keywords for the planets, signs and houses Summary of the astrological alphabetChapter 3: Writing Your Personal Profile The sun, moon and ascendant The four angles in the birth chart The planets in the birth chart The sun The moon Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn The trans Saturn planets: ambassadors of the Galaxy Uranus Neptune Pluto The Asteroids and Chiron Chiron Cerus Palace Vista Juno The New Asteroids in the Birth Chart Psyche Eros Lilith Toro Sappho Amor Pandora Icarus Diana Hidalgo UraniumChapter 4: Work Signs and Love Signs Astrology and your vocation Sun sign careers The workhouses Astrology and your relationships My birth chart’s love potential Compatibility and connectednessPart Two: Digging deeper Chapter 5: The Birth Chart as a Whole Hemisphere emphasis The moon’s nodes The part of fortune and moon phases Retrograde planets and intercepted signsChapter 6: Planetary Patterns The Planetary Aspects How to locate the aspects in the birth chart Interpreting Planetary Aspects Astrological Timing Astrological Transits Looking at Transits in a Birth Chart Interpreting the Transits in the Birth ChartChapter 7: The Applications of astrology Astrology – Psychology Vocational astrology Synastry- the Astrology of Relationships Medical astrology Astrology and child Rearing Electional Astrology – The Art of Timing Events Mundane Astrology Astro-Economics Historical Astrology Horary AstrologyChapter 8 Looking Inward Discovering What I’ve LearnedAppendices Appendix A: Keywords for the signs Appendix B: Keywords for the houses Appendix C: Keywords for the planets Appendix D: How to Obtain a computer printout of your birth chart Appendix E: Martin Luther King Junior Birth Chart Appendix F: A Planetary Ephemeris – Mars-Pluto: 1932 – 2000 Appendix G: Progressions BibliographyText copyright Ibis Press