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	THE ASTROLOGER'S FORECASTING WORKBOOK - Lloyd Cope, $33.00 Recent AFA reprint of 1982 book. The basic rules for working with transits, & extensive notes on progressions: How to calculate the Adjusted Calculation Date (ACD) & the likely impact of progressed inner planets & angles to the rest of the chart. Includes section on numerology & forecasting. The author's goal is to free the serious astrologer from dependency on canned predictive interpretation, enabling her/him to see clearly with her/his own mind. AFA, oversize paper, 152 pages including tests and answers, glossary.

	THE GODS OF CHANGE: Pain, crisis & the transits of Uranus, Neptune & Pluto - Howard Sasportas, $38.00 Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: The collaboration with the inevitable: 1. The search for meaning 2. Breaking down to break through 3. Interpreting transits: some practical guidelines Part 2: Uranus transits: 4. Uranian crisis 5. The transits of Uranus to the planets & through the houses Part 3: Neptune transits: 6. Neptunian crisis 7. The transits of Neptune to the planets & through the houses Part 4: Pluto transits: 8. Plutonian crisis 9. The transits of Pluto to the planets & through the houses Part 5: The light at the end of the tunnel: 10. Three case histories Suggested reading Comment: This book was initially published by Penguin in 1989 & I confess that although I stocked it until it went out of print in 2004, I never seriously looked at it. So the book has now been reprinted by Margaret Cahill at the Wessex Astrologer & it's time to take a good look at it. When I do, when I review the various Uranus/Neptune/Pluto transits in my own life, when I read Sasportas's text, I thought to compare to Rob Hand's Planets In Transit. Reading Hand & Sasportas, side by side, Hand wins, "hands down" as it were. Hand is better organized & has a better grasp of his materials. Despite the title, The Gods of Change, this is, essentially, a book about the transits of Uranus, Neptune & Pluto to the natal chart & as such can be compared to any other transit book. Here is an example. Uranus transiting Venus: The conjunction, square, or opposition of transiting Uranus to Venus can be just as exciting as the trine or sextile, but they also tend to be more disruptive, jarring or challenging. If we have been sitting on feelings of restlessness & frustration within an existing relationship, and have done little or nothing to improve the situation, the difficult transits could signify a separation or parting of the ways [the opposition?]. As the transit takes effect, pressure builds up to such a point that we finally voice or act on our growing frustration. If we don't do something to change the situation, external circumstances probably will do the job for us,and it may be our partner who disrupts or ends the relationship. (page 51) Let's take a moment to analyze. Uranus = disruption, Venus = relationship. Uranus has other meanings (new associations? New ideas?), Venus has many other meanings. Of transiting Uranus conjunct natal Venus, Hand says, Make no permanent plans in such a relationship until after this transit is over. (Planet in Transit, pg. 392) Of course, it doesn't help that Sasportas quotes Hand whenever it suits. What's surprising - or maybe not - is how undeveloped Sasportas's ideas are. He is essentially writing boilerplate. If you've never seen that, if astrology is new to you, then you may find this helpful. Boilerplate has its uses, after all. If you want more than a statement of the obvious, you must look further. A PS: Howard Sasportas lived from 1948 to 1992. I regret the book has no biographical notes about the author. Wessex Astrologer, 321 pages.

	PREDICTIVE ASTROLOGY, A Practical Guide - Christine Shaw, $14.95 From the back cover, "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." Includes: secondary, solar arc & converse progressions, progressed planetary aspects & contacts, transits with progressions, progressed house cusps (includes ascendant & MC), retrogrades & stations, how to avoid common pitfalls. Includes an interesting case study. Llewellyn, 224 pages, paper.

	CYCLES OF BECOMING: The Planetary Pattern of Growth - Alexander Ruperti, $21.95 Contents: Introduction. 1. The Humanistic Approach 2. The Age Factor: The waxing hemicycle; The waning hemicycle; The individual years; Applying the age factor 3. The Sun-Moon Cycles: The cycles of the moon's nodes; The eclipse cycles; Solar & lunar cycles 4. The Personal Planets: Mercury, Venus & Mars: The Venus-Mars cycle; The sun-Venus cycle; The sun-Mars cycle; The Mercury cycle 5. The Jupiter Cycle 6. The Saturn Cycle: The generic cycle; The individual cycle 7. The Jupiter-Saturn Cycle: The development of a social destiny 8. The Uranus Cycle: The Saturn-Uranus cycle; The Jupiter-Uranus cycle 9. The Neptune Cycle: The Neptune generations; The personal cycle of Neptune; The Uranus-Neptune cycle; The Saturn-Neptune cycle; The Jupiter-Neptune cycle 10. The Pluto Cycle: The Pluto generations; The personal cycle of Pluto 11. The Retrograde Movement of the Outer Planets Conclusion. Comment: The classic book on cycles, back in print due to the fine efforts of Robert Blaschke, who promises more such reprints in future. I find Ruperti highly theoretical, and, in chapter 2, The Age Factor, strongly masculine, for better or worse. Influenced by Rudhyar & others, one can learn a many surprising things from this book. Earthwalk School of Astrology, 272 pages.

	FORECASTING WITH NEW, FULL & QUARTER MOONS - Sophia Mason, $14.00 Contents: Lunations & eclipses; Orb & length of influence; Transits; Progressions; Quarter moons; Inceptions; For each of the twelve houses, Mason delineates the new moon in the house, the houses it sextiles (for the first house, sextiles are 11 & 3), also the houses square, trine, inconjunct & opposed. She then does full moon & quarter moon in the house. Comment: Lunations are the monthly new moon. When it conjuncts or makes a close aspect to a sensitive point in a chart, the effects can be pronounced. Mason's writing is brief & to the point. As with her classic book on Progressions, the delineations can be a bit larger than life, but on the other hand, you wouldn't want them sugarcoated. For example, the delineation for a ninth house lunation squaring the 12th house cusp include: Possible interruptions in higher education, whether a student or instructor, due to a hospital stay or convalescence from an illness. Hidden problems with in-laws, family members or others, the same people may enter the hospital. Trouble through travel due to confusing elements. Directions may be misunderstood, or the native may become lost because of a road detour. Not a month for making major decisions. Judgement may be faulty or careless, or there may be unsound advice from others, who turn out to be secret enemies. (pg. 84) The full delineation for ninth house square twelfth house is twice this long. December, 2006: This book has sat on my shelves for years. I thought I had it on-line, but was mistaken. It is a useful book. AFA, 125 pages.

	THOSE INCONJUNCT QUINCUNX TRANSITS - Sakoian & Acker, $7.50 A guide to a transit rarely covered in other books on transiting planets. The authors view aspects in terms of houses. Approaching inconjunct transits are viewed in a Scorpio/8th house light, while departing inconjunct transits are seen as inherently Virgo/6th house. 75 pages. No publisher listed, paper.

	TRANSIT OF SATURN: Critical Ages in Adult Life - Marc Robertson, $14.00 Contents: What a transit is, Saturn in the signs, Growth set by quadrant, Saturn in the quadrants, Your growth in cyclic pattern, Saturn in its main cycle, more. 72 pages. AFA, paper.

	HOW TO PREDICT YOUR FUTURE: Secrets of Eastern & Western Astrology - James Braha, $22.00 (Formerly Transits of the West, Dasas of the East) Contents: Introduction; Part 1: Predicting your future with western transits: How to use this book; Three misunderstood houses; Transits & dasas; Jupiter transits through the houses; Saturn transits through the houses; Uranus transits through the houses; Neptune transits through the houses; Pluto transits through the houses; Jupiter transits; Saturn transits; Uranus transits; Neptune transits; Pluto transits. Part 2: Predicting your future with Hindu dasas: The purpose of part 2; Dasas & bhuktis; The two zodiacs; The chakra - the birthchart; Dasa - bhukti fundamentals; Rulerships; Benefics or malefics by virtue of house rulerships; Planetary aspects; Exhaltations & falls; Gemstones, mantras & yagyas; Example horoscopes: Jodie Foster, Marlon Brando, Al Gore, John Denver; A lifetime of dasas; Special Hindu astrology considerations; Appendix; Reading list. Combines Western & Hindu predictive methods: Western transits are the primary focus of this book, comprising 2/3rds of it. Hindu dasas are explained, though not given in any detail (wish there was more). The other Hindu chapters are informative & well-written. Hermetician, oversize paper, 354 pages.

	TRANSITS: What Days Favor You? - Reinhold Ebertin, $15.00 A classic on the transiting planets, back in print. Interpretations are short and to the point. Also includes basic info about Cosmograms, how to read an ephemeris, mundane transits, monthly prognostication, sensitive points, half-sums & more. 106 pages. AFA, paper.

	PROGRESSIONS & DIRECTIONS - Charles Jayne, $11.00 Contents : Progressions; New directions in astrology; primary directions; Symbolic directions; Examples. Appendices: Single, double and triple interpolations; Use of right ascension tables; To find the ascensional difference; From the oblique ascension or descension to find to ecliptic longitude. 55 pages including tables. Astrological Bureau, oversize paper, spiral bound.

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