Vivian Robson, scholar

Vivian Erwood Robson, a man, lived from 1890 to 1942. By trade he was a librarian. Like many librarians he had a natural bent for research, and, in his particular case, astrology. He studied ancient astrologers closely, including Ptolemy & William Lilly. His books on electional astrology, fixed stars, and relationships are among the finest ever written on these subjects. Among other things, he was an advocate of derived houses, where, to take a simple case, your brother's wife is shown by your ninth house (your brother is your third house, his wife is seven houses from that, or your 9th). Pity there aren't better books on houses, pity Robson didn't live to write one!

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	ASTROLOGY & SEX - Vivian Robson, $19.95 Contents: Foreword; Introduction; The sex of the astrological factors; The sex of the native; The sex outlook of the signs; The houses & marriage; The seventh house; The influence of planets in the seventh house; Sexual abnormalities; Homosexuality; Sadism; Masochism & other abnormalities; Marriage; Irregular & illegal unions; Marriage or celebacy; Determining the date of marriage; The marriage partner; How to read details; How to compare horoscopes; The effect of aspects between horoscopes; Mundane comparison; Directional comparison; The Hindu method of comparison; Choosing the wedding day; The consummation of marriage; Classified rules & aphorisms. Appendix: For the beginner. Index. Comment: From 1941. Even better than Sargent's How to Handle Your Human Relations, this is the finest book ever written on astrology & relationships. Robson goes far beyond the usual "his planets vs: her planets". Here is a treasury of practical advice, culled from many sources. In addition to the above, topics include: How to forecast when someone will marry (different rules for men & women), how your chart indicates your marriage partner, how to use derivative houses, house to house comparison, progressions & chart comparison, sexual abnormalities (which quotes a lengthy passage from Ptolemy), and 266 classified rules & aphorisms from various sources. That's a lot in 250 pages. Sometimes known as, Astrology Guide to Your Sex Life. Click here for a PDF extract. Astrology Classics, paper.

	ELECTIONAL ASTROLOGY - Vivian Robson, $19.95 Contents: Introduction; General Principles; The Moon in Electional Astrology; The Lunar Mansions & Aspects; Planetary Hours; Personal Elections; Domestic Elections; Commerce & Finance; Business & Occupation; Friendship & Favor; Medical Elections; Marriage & Children; Houses & Property; Journeys & Messages; Games & Sports; Wars, Fights & Lawsuits; Agriculture & Gardening; Animals; Prisoners & Criminals; Public Affairs; Glossary; Index. Comment: Ever wished you had picked a better time to start that new project? Let Electional Astrology help. In this book are the classic rules for choosing the best times to start all manner of things, from the trivial (bathing, cutting hair), to the important (marriage, starting a business) and pretty much everything in-between: travel, joining the army, planting & sowing & much more. Includes a complete discussion of lunar mansions & planetary hours, timing factors often overlooked. This remains the best modern book ever written on elections. It has long been a classic. Click here for a pdf extract. Astrology Classics, paper.

	THE FIXED STARS & CONSTELLATIONS IN ASTROLOGY - Vivian Robson, $19.95 Contents: 1. The fixed stars in astronomy; 2. The influence of the constellations; 3. The lunar mansions; 4. The fixed stars in natal astrology; 5. The influence of fixed stars, nebulae & clusters; 6. The fixed stars in mundane astrology; 7. Stars & constellations in medieval magic; 8. The fixed stars in astro-meteorology. Appendix: Mathematical formulae. Index Comment: In Astrology, stars are known as "fixed" to distinguish them from planets, which were once known as wandering stars. This is mute testimony to the great antiquity of astrological star-study. This book is the distillation of practically everything published on fixed stars since the Middle Ages, the gist of some 200 books. Among the many authors cited are Ptolemy, Wilson, Simmonite, Pearce, Bullinger, Alvidas & R.H. Allen. The heart of the book is a comprehensive treatment of fixed stars in natal astrology, their value, their effect when combined with angles & planets. Convenient tables & a comprehensive index make this volume easy to use. This book includes some 110 named stars, as well as 48 ancient constellations & 60 modern ones. Arabic, Hindu & Chinese lunar mansions are discussed, as well as fixed stars in mundane astrology, stars & constellations in medieval magic & fixed stars in astrometeorology. The classic book on fixed stars. Of the few books available on fixed stars, this is by far the best. It's also the one some of the others cribbed from & to which everyone since refers. So get the original. Click for a PDF excerpt. 264 pages. Astrology Classics, paper.

	THE RADIX SYSTEM - Vivian Robson, $10.00 The radix system, first suggested by Sepharial in 1918, uses angles & house cusps directed by solar arcs, with secondary & minor progressions for the lights & planets. This book includes cuspal directions, minor directional charts, parallels & midpoints, converse directions, tables of major & minor arcs, an example reading, etc. This book was not intended to be a revolutionary advance in astrological forecasting. Rather, Robson & Sepharial were attempting to supply a simpler forecasting method to primaries, which had become too complicated for novices to calculate. Nowadays even the methods taught in this book are too complicated for our poor brains. Since Robson thinks his new system is inferior to Primaries, the still more inferior transit based system we use now just might be why forecasting fell out of favor in the west. Clara M. Darr, publisher, paper.

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