Predictive Astrology: A Practical Guide

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Product Description What happens next? That's what everybody wants to know, and astrology has been providing answers to that question for centuries. But astrologers are only as good as their methods, and incomplete methods give an incomplete picture. That's where progressions come in. When used in conjunction with the other predictive tools in the astrologer's kit, progressions provide a fresh set of insights into future trends and help complete the picture of the coming days, months, and years. Predictive Astrology is your complete, no-frills guide to using progressions. It is jammed full of immediately relevant instructions, designed to get you on the fast track to accurate astrological predictions. Methods of progression: secondary, solar arc, and converse Complete analysis of progressed planetary aspects and contacts Combining the interpretation of transits and progessions Analysis of progressed contacts to natal planets and cusps The relevance of retrogrades and stations Tips on counseling clients about the future Avoiding common pitfalls Using progressions, you will open a new window onto the vista of the future. About the Author (Australia) obtained her first astrological diploma in 1975. Beginning in 1982, under the name of Christine James, she operated her own astrology school for several years. She has published and lectured in Australia and New Zealand on a variety of subjects. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. In the Beginning . . . How does astrology work? Astrology is more widely known and practiced now than ever before, and it is also just as controversial. As American astrologer Grant Lewi wrote in 1940 in his book Astrology for the Millions, "It [astrology] is 'believed' by a lot of people who know practically nothing about it; and it is 'disbelieved' by even more who know absolutely nothing about it."1 Lewi quotes Richard Garnett, a one-time curator of the British Museum who decided to study astrology to see if there was anything in it. "For his findings," said Lewi, "I turned to Dr. Morris Jastrow's article on astrology in the eleventh edition of The Encyclopedia Britannica." Jastrow said, "Dr. Garnett insisted that it was a mistake to confuse astrology with fortunetelling and maintained that it was a 'physical science just as much as geology' depending like them on ascertained facts and grossly misrepresented by being connected with magic."2 In the 1970s, a hundred scientists in the United States issued a public statement condemning astrology out of hand. None of them admitted having studied it; it just sounded ridiculous to them to have "the stars decide your fate." This statement, often made, sounds ridiculous to astrologers, too. Isaac Newton studied astrology in-depth and accepted it. When he arrived at Cambridge University, he was asked by an acquaintance what he intended to study and replied, "Mathematics, because I wish to test judicial astrology." When Newton was much older, he was challenged by Halley, of Halley's comet fame, because of his study of astrology. His reply was classic: "Evidently you have not looked into astrology; I have." Let's shoot down the first myth about astrology. Star sign columns in the newspapers were first introduced by an American journalist in the 1930s. Although it is rationally impossible for every Sun-in-Aries person to lose their grandmother on the same day or for all Cancer Sun people to have a collective nervous breakdown, astrology columns have successfully helped sell newspapers and magazines ever since. An astrological birth chart set for the correct moment of birth is unique. People with Venus in Cancer will have a similar approach when expressing their feelings of love and affection; but whether they succeed in the same way will depend upon the geometric angles, which astrologers call aspects, made to other planets. These angles are unique to the individual's birth time. In order to prove astrology is valid, it would ha