great books to learn astrology

Minderwiz

Isthmus,

Thanks for this excellent link!
 

Astraea

Minderwiz said:
... in order to understand the present, we must first understand the past.
I so agree with you, Minderwiz. A firm foundation is the best thrust-block to leaps of understanding. Rob Hand is a real hero, in my book. He has almost single-handedly retrieved the classical astrological opus from oblivion; on many occasions, he has found serious errors in volumes which were previously translated by people who were not astrologers, with no contextual background. What a guy!
 

Astraea

There is a wealth of information by and about Rudhyar here: http://www.khaldea.com/. The site is maintained by one of Rudhyar's earliest students, and a very fine astrologer in his own right, Michael Meyer.
 

Minderwiz

Astraea,

Thanks for the link - it's a great way of allowing people to contrast the masters of two different approaches to Astrology.
 

Dragons_Wing

astrology for beginners

i just bought astrology for beginners by william hewitt. has anyone read this book ?

it pretty much deals w/ natal astrology for beginners and then recomeneds books for people who want to branch out into others or go more indepth w/ natal. it was printed in '92 i think. is it possible for these to become out of date?

so far i like it. :) it has me eyeballing a chart for the auther and in the next chapter is showing how to do the math for the more accurate chart

it also talks of a program for the computer that does all of the charting for you, it was $900 in '82. Does anyone know of a newer one that isn't quite so expensive?
 

Minderwiz

I'm not familiar with Bill Hewitt's book, though I am aware that he is first and foremost a writer on self hypnosis and psychic development. However any book that whets your appetitite and gets you interested in developing your understanding is good.

There are a number of freeware and shareware programs that will calculate a chart for you. One of the best is 'Astrology For Windows' produced by Halloran software:

you can download this from:

http://www.halloran.com/

and it costs $26.50 to register.

Although you can get freebies, the above is tried and tested and is extremely accurate.
 

Lee

You can also get free charts calculated here:

http://www.astro.com

Astrology software programs in general are much cheaper now than they were in the '80s.

-- Lee