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Over the three decades of his practice as a professional astrologer,
Gary has found certain astrology books to be either very interesting
or very helpful. As he has shifted to using the techniques of a
traditional astrologer, his interest in astrology books by traditional
astrologers has increased while his interest in modern astrology books
has waned. Modern astrology books are those written after
1800. At the end of the citation for traditional astrology books
that have been translated from Greek, Latin, or Arabic, there are two
dates separated by a slash. The first is the date (or circa) of
completion or initial publication and the second is the publication
date of the later translation. As you can see from the
example on the right, traditional astrology books published during
the European Renaissance have very long titles and only enough of the
first part of the title to convey the primary content is listed here.
Also, these Renaissance astrology books were published in the
days when printers functioned in the role of modern publishers;
therefore, their title page typically states for whom or by whom they
were printed instead of a publisher. Gary realizes that most
visitors to this page will not have access to some of the traditional
astrology books he recommends but, as he locates them, he will add
links to sites where his visitors could purchase or access some of the
books by traditional astrologers that are listed here.
Gary’s favorite modern astrology ephemerides, reference books
and books for beginners:
Books for Beginners:
- Astrology for Yourself by Douglas Bloch & Demetra George,
Wingbow Press: Berkeley, CA (1991)
- The Astrology of Human Relationships by Frances Sakoian &
Louis S. Acker, Harper & Row: New York (1976)
- The Compleat Astrologer by Derek and Julia Parker, Greenwich
House: New York (1982)
- The Cosmic Clocks by Michel Gauquelin, Astro Computing
Services: San Diego, CA (1982)
- Houses of the Horoscope by Bill Herbst, ACS Publications:
San Diego, CA (1990)
- Planets in Signs by Skye Alexander, Whitford Press: West
Chester, PA (1988)
- Planets in Transit, Life Cycles for Living by Robert Hand,
Para Research: Gloucester, MA (1977)
- Planets in Youth, Patterns of Early Development by Robert
Hand, Whitford Press: West Chester, PA (1977)
- Sex Signs by Judith Bennett, St. Martin's Press: New York
(1980)
Ephemerides and Reference Books:
- The American Ephemeris for the 20th Century, 1900 to 2000 at
Midnight by Neil F. Michelsen, ACS Publications: San Diego, CA
(rev. ed., 1990)
- The American Ephemeris for the 21st Century, 2000 to 2050 at
Midnight by Neil F. Michelsen, ACS Publications: San Diego, CA
(2nd ed., 1997)
- The Astrological Thesaurus, Book 1: House Keywords by Michael
Munkasey, Llewellyn Worldwide: St. Paul, MN (1992)
- The Encyclopedia of Astrology by Nicholas deVore,
Littlefield, Adams & Co.: Totowa, NJ (1980)
- Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology by Jean-Louis Brau,
Helen Weaver and Allan Edmands, New American Library: New York
(1982)
- The New American Ephemeris 2007-2020, Longitude, Declination,
Latitude and Daily Aspectarian by Rique Pottenger, Starcrafts
Publishing: Exeter, NH (2007)
- The Rulership Book by Rex Bills, Macoy Publishing &
Masonic Supply: Richmond, VA (1976)
Gary’s favorite modern astrology books for intermediate and
advanced study or research:
Intermediate Modern Astrology Books:
- The Art of Chart Interpretation by Tracy Marks, CRCS
Publications: Sebastopol, CA (1986)
- Aspects in Astrology: A Comprehensive Guide to Interpretation
by Sue Tompkins, Element Books Ltd.: Longmead, U.K. (1989)
- The Astrologer's Astronomical Handbook by Jeff Mayo, L. N.
Fowler: Romford, U.K. (1976)
- The Astrological Chart of the United States from 1776 to 2141
by Gar Osten, Stein & Day: New York (1976)
- Davidson's Medical Astrology by Dr. William M. Davidson,
edited by Vivia Jayne, Astrological Bureau: Monroe, NY (1979)
- Dynamics of Aspect Analysis, New Perceptions in Astrology
by Bil Tierney, CRCS Publications: Sebastopol, CA (1983)
- Horary Astrology: The History and Practice of
Astro-Divination by Anthony Louis, Llewellyn Publications: St.
Paul, MN (1991)
- How to Handle Your T-Square by Tracy Marks, Sagittarius
Rising: Arlington, MA (1983)
- An Introduction to Political Astrology by Charles E. O.
Carter, L. N. Fowler: London (1973)
- Planetary Cycles, Astrological Indicators of Crises &
Change by Betty Lundsted, Samuel Weiser: York Beach, ME (1984)
- Psychology of the Planets by Francoise Gauquelin, Astro
Computing Services: San Diego, CA (1982)
- Saturn, a New Look at an Old Devil by Liz Greene, Samuel
Weiser: York Beach, ME (1982)
- Weather Predicting by C. C. Zain, Church of Light: Los
Angeles (1949)
Gary’s favorite traditional astrology books and books about
traditional astrology concepts or history:
Introductory, Intermediate, or Historical Books:
- The Abbreviation of the Introduction to Astrology, together with
the Medieval Latin Translation of Adelard of Bath by Abu Ma'Shar,
edited and translated by Charles Burnett, Keiji Yamamoto and Michio
Yano, E.J. Brill: New York (850 AD/1994)
- All About Astrology - History of the Houses by Robert Powell,
ACS Publications: San Diego, CA (1996)
- Christian Astrology, Modestly Treated of in three Books...
by William Lilly, printed by Tho. Brudenell: London (1647)
- Chronology of the Astrology of the Middle East and the West by
Period, 2nd ed., by Robert Hand, ARHAT: Reston, VA (year
unknown)
- Collectio Geniturarum, or A collection of nativities, in
genitures, viz. princely, prelatical, causidical, physical,
mercatorial, mathematical, of short life, of twins, &c.: with many
useful observations on them, both historical and astrological, being
of practical concernment unto philosophers, physicians, astronomers,
astrologers, and others that are friends unto Urania by John
Gadbury, printed by James Cottrel: London (1662)
- de Fundamentis Astrologiæ Certioribus: The More Certain
Fundamentals of Astrology, A New Brief Dissertation Looking Towards
a Cosmotheory together with a physical prognosis for the year 1602...
by Johannes Kepler, translator unknown, Clancy Publications:
New York (1601/1942)
- Late Classical Astrology: Paulus Alexandrinus and Olympiodorus
with the Scholia from Later Commentators translated by Dorian
G. Greenbaum, ARHAT: Reston, VA (late 4th century - mid 6th century
A.D./2001)
- Liber Astronomiæ, Parts I & II by Guido Bonatti,
translated by Robert Zoller, edited by Robert Hand, Golden Hind Press:
Berkeley Springs, WV (c. 1282/1994)
- Liber Astronomiæ, Part III by Guido Bonatti,
translated by Robert Hand, edited by Robert Schmidt, Golden Hind
Press: Berkeley Springs, WV (c. 1282/1995)
- Liber Astronomiæ, Part IV on Horary, First Part by
Guido Bonatti, translated by Robert Hand, edited by Robert Schmidt,
Golden Hind Press: Berkeley Springs, WV (c. 1282/1996)
- Night & Day, Planetary Sect in Astrology by Robert Hand,
ARHAT: Reston, VA (1995)
- Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos or Quadripartite, Being Four Books of the
Influence of the Stars, Newly Translated from the Greek Paraphrase of
Proclus with a Preface, Explanatory Notes and an Appendix Containing
Extracts from the Almagest of Ptolemy and the whole of his
Centiloquy... by Claudius Ptolemy, translated by J.M. Asmand,
Symbols & Signs: North Hollywood, CA (c. 150 A.D./1976)
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Title page of William Lilly's book about the 1642/3 Jupiter-Saturn
Conjunction and its effects on Europe and London, published in 1644
(listed below left under Topical Traditional Astrology Books). |
Portrait of Johannes Schoener in 1546 at age 69, from his book Opera
Mathematica..., published in 1561 (he is also author of Opusculum
Astrologicum, listed below left under Traditional Astrology
Reference Books). This book was printed on thin paper so there is
some bleed-through of ink from the other side of the page. |
Portrait of Joseph Moxon, from the frontispiece of his book
Mathematicks Made Easie: or a Mathematical Dictionary...,
published in 1692 (listed below left under Traditional Astrology
Reference Books). |
Portrait of John Gadbury, from the frontispiece of his book The
Doctrine of Nativities, published in 1661. He also authored
"Collectio Geniturarum, or A collection of nativities...,"
listed on the left under traditional astrology books that are
"Introductory, Intermediate, or Historical." |
Portraits of English astrologers in the center of their birth charts.
From A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences... by
Ebenezer Sibly, published in 1784-1791 (p. 882). |
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