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Obtaining books
Over the last decade-plus, the number of specialty book stores has decined in most areas except for major urban centers and a few "new age" or "occult" stores. I have found it necessary, for the most part, to order from Internet sources.
The Internet sources are not only places like Amazon but include publishers such as Barnes and Noble as well as astrological book sellers --- including "used" book sellers. Some astro organizations such as AFA also offer books, as well as some astrological software producers.
If you like the Lunation Cycle you might want to hunt down Marc Robertson's book, The Engine of Destiny." He not only covers the eight-phase Sun-Moon relationships in very practical ways, but he also covers other planet pairings in a similar manner, such as Saturn-Moon, Jupiter-Mercury, Mars-Venus, Saturn-Jupiter, and Uranus-Saturn. These pairings become a short-hand for quickly assessing a chart in terms of character, thinking, family, sexuality, life management and social-adaptation.
A recent purchase of mine was Vivian Robson's "A Student's Text-Book of Astrology" which I acquired for several reasons: First, Robson was a notable researcher of astrological methods used prior to and during his time of practice. Like Carter, he was very diligent in his study, research and very clear in his writing. Second, he discusses, chapter by chapter, the subjects of Infant Mortality and Length of Life, Personal Appearance and Physical Peculiarities, Charcter and Mind, Health and Accidents, Finance, Occupation and Position, Parents-relatives-and Home, Friends and Enemies, Love and Marriage, Children, Travel, Death. Most such books are not organized along these lines of topical interest.
Dave
Over the last decade-plus, the number of specialty book stores has decined in most areas except for major urban centers and a few "new age" or "occult" stores. I have found it necessary, for the most part, to order from Internet sources.
The Internet sources are not only places like Amazon but include publishers such as Barnes and Noble as well as astrological book sellers --- including "used" book sellers. Some astro organizations such as AFA also offer books, as well as some astrological software producers.
If you like the Lunation Cycle you might want to hunt down Marc Robertson's book, The Engine of Destiny." He not only covers the eight-phase Sun-Moon relationships in very practical ways, but he also covers other planet pairings in a similar manner, such as Saturn-Moon, Jupiter-Mercury, Mars-Venus, Saturn-Jupiter, and Uranus-Saturn. These pairings become a short-hand for quickly assessing a chart in terms of character, thinking, family, sexuality, life management and social-adaptation.
A recent purchase of mine was Vivian Robson's "A Student's Text-Book of Astrology" which I acquired for several reasons: First, Robson was a notable researcher of astrological methods used prior to and during his time of practice. Like Carter, he was very diligent in his study, research and very clear in his writing. Second, he discusses, chapter by chapter, the subjects of Infant Mortality and Length of Life, Personal Appearance and Physical Peculiarities, Charcter and Mind, Health and Accidents, Finance, Occupation and Position, Parents-relatives-and Home, Friends and Enemies, Love and Marriage, Children, Travel, Death. Most such books are not organized along these lines of topical interest.
Dave
. I must admit I find that sort of format to be easy to deal with, as the reader can 'dip in' to whichever topic they wish to 'gen up' on. I'm surprised that more books don't follow that type of structure. 
