Books by Noel Tyl

Noel Tyl is one of the leading astrologers of our time. He has written over 20 books (including an early 12 volume series that's been out of print for years), and edited many others. He is tall and handsome, with a booming voice and silver hair. He was at one time an operatic baritone. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, all his books have been published by Llewellyn, also of St. Paul. He is a Harvard graduate and runs a Certification Correspondence Course for astrologers.

At the present time Mr. Tyl lives in Arizona. He is a frequent lecturer at conferences around the world. For the last several years Mr. Tyl has written or edited one or more books per year, a busy man. Here are his current books in print:

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	SYNTHESIS & COUNSELING IN ASTROLOGY, The Professional Manual - Noel Tyl, $34.95 Contents: Preface; What to expect from our astrology; Section 1: Measurments of initial conditions: A. Hemisphere groupings, stellia & singletons; B. The occurence of Saturn (Saturn retrograde); C. The lunar nodal axis; D. The sun-moon blend; E. Dominant aspects & perigrination (Idealism; Realism; Modality interaction chart; Saturn in aspect with Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto; Peregrination); F. Time measures (Pluto as perspective; Pluto as background transit; Solar arcs: theory & approximations; Consultation moment; Measurment review) Section 2: Synthesis of the horoscope: A. Houses & rulership networks (Spill-over effect; Body weakness; Derivative houses); B. Aspect structures (The t-square, the grand cross, the grand trine); C. Midpoint structures (The Aries point; transits & midpoints; solar arcs & midpoints; time orb); D. Life patterns for behavior (Anxiety & its structure; Specific types of fear; Guidelines for the consideration of anxiety); E. Synthsis in time (Timing aids, rectification, synastry) Section 3: Counseling: A. Vocational guidance (The sun & moon; The moon in the houses; The midheaven, 6th house & key aspects; Education; Reward cycle; The oriental planet; Seeing strategy; The profile of prominence; Guidelines for vocational analysis); B. Sexuality (Sexual involvement; Sexuality & the houses; Special planetary considerations; Abstinence; Sexual response; Guidelines for sexual analysis); C. Client interaction (The human condition; Observing the client; Defense mechanisms; Jargon; Self-depreciation; Denial; Repression; Suppression; Projection; Identification; Intellectualization; Reaction formation; Rationalization, sublimation; Fantasy); D. Making creative connections (Being creative in analysis, Guidelines to making creative connections); E. Counseling specific concerns (Counseling idealism; Counseling Saturn retrograde; Objectification; Depression; Anger; Self-worth); F. Guidelines to concerns that still remain. Quick glance transit tables; Natal midpoint & solar arc analysis directory; Bibliography; Index. Comment: Tyl's massive analysis of natal consultation is back in print. Llewellyn, 873 pages.

	NOEL TYL'S GUIDE TO ASTROLOGICAL CONSULTATION - Noel Tyl, $24.95 Contents: Introduction 1. Establishing measurment essentials - anchoring the computer process 2. Humanizing the data - bringing measurments to life 3. Pre-consultation image-making - what can be accomplished 4. Case study: "Alice" 5. Case study: "Brett" 6. Case study: "Joan" 7. Case study: "Marion" 8. Case study: "Carol" 9. Therapy ideas: Aphorisms; The last five minutes of the consultation; Ten helpful insights Appendix: Astro plans for selling a home - from listing to sale Bibliography Index Comment: The main feature of this book are verbatim, unedited transcripts of the five case studies listed above. You will note that four of them are female, only one male. These are all recent consultations. Tyl never used to use the word, "peregrine," (pg. 67), which I found in his reading with "Alice." "Alice": Around January 29, 1963. Consultation: January 3, 2006. "Brett": January 1, 1981. Consultation: January 6, 2006. "Joan": June 4, 1949. Consultation: February 12, 2006. "Marion": June 15, 1964. Consultation: July 22, 2004. "Carol": October 8, 1947. Date of consultation not given, would seem to be February-March 2006. So what we have here are two women, "Alice" and "Marion" who are facing mid-life crisis, aka the Uranus opposition or its aftermath, two women, "Joan" and "Carol" who are looking at pre-retirement issues, aka their second Saturn returns, and one confused young man, hovering between the final Saturn square to itself, and the first Saturn return. Is this a useful guide to who actually consults astrologers? Well, yes, it is. An astrologer's clients are primarily female & often in their 40's, or late 50's, with the occassional young male thrown in for amusement. Women do not come to astrologers from mere curiosity. Women in their 40's come because their children have suddenly left home, resulting in the first of three tectonic shifts that face women in their later lives. Women seek astrologers (well, some women do, at any rate) in their late 50's when their husbands retire, or are about to. These men all too often end up as couch potatos, ie, miserable lumps cluttering up the TV room. The final great change in an older woman's life is when these men pass away. This final loss seems too great for women to share. These are, by definition, women who have been married 40 years or more to the same man. They process their loss internally. I have never met an exception, nor do I know of any support groups for widows. Notice these events are unique to women, not men. Notice also that for married women with children, these passages are unavoidable. A casual reading of Tyl's introductory remarks (chapters 1-3) indicates he is unaware of the social context that drive clients into an astrologer's studio, or perhaps does not consider them important. I make these remarks as I know that Tyl learns as he gets older. In this he is exceptional, and worthy of note. While I was typing these notes an old customer called & said he had a reading from Noel Tyl a few years ago. At that time Tyl charged $190 for a 45 minute reading. So with that in mind, I thought I should look at one of the five transcripts in detail. For the sake of it, let's look at the first one, for "Alice": Alice's reading starts with Tyl's preparation. Tyl looks at transits & solar arcs to determine Alice's background & guess at the reason for her call (this was done over the phone). Once the consultation is underway, Tyl asks the first question, What do you do for a living? Tyl takes this into an examination of employment background. He then leads her into what he has previously determined her problem to be, which is something to do with her mother. He then goes into her childhood, her parents, her college education. Along the way he raises various issues, each of which Alice responds to. He then goes on to survey Alice's relationships. Working through the dates of the various transits & solar arcs which he has previously noted, he gradually brings himself to the present, in the process uncovering one of Alice's casual affairs. He winds up the 45 minutes giving a general sketch of upcoming possibilities. Note this well: At no time does Tyl ask Alice why she wants to consult him. It does not seem to have occurred to him, which I find astonishing, frankly. Most people are in awe of astrologers & have no idea what to expect from us. It is common that clients refrain from volunteering their business, either from timidity or from misplaced politeness. It is essential the astrologer establish why the client wants his time. It is possible the client has not thought her situation through clearly, that she merely hopes the astrologer will throw her the life-line she desperately seeks. A general survey of one's life is not what most people expect of an astrological consultation. If this is what Noel Tyl has been up to all these years, it's no wonder he wrote a book entitled, The Creative Astrologer: Effective Single-Session Counseling, since unhappy customers cannot be expected to return. A successful consultation must rapidly identify the cause that brought the client to the astrologer's door, and then remain focused on it. Ideally the client should make her intentions clear from the outset, but if she does not, the astrologer should be unafraid to make use of his mouth and ask her. Tyl's question to Alice should not have been, "What do you do for a living?" (pg. 71), but, Why are you here? Better still, there is an astrological technique that will give him this information without words having to be exchanged. It has been known for centuries: To draw a chart for the moment the consultation starts, or the client physically arrives. Wanda Sellar and Evangeline Adams both used it, to great success. If the astrologer then exhorts his client to clearly state his business, the resulting astrology is so powerful that many astrologers dispense with the natal chart entirely. So it seems there are still horizons for Mr. Tyl to peer over. So far as verbatim transcripits go, well, yes, you will learn a lot about astrological technique, as well as astrologer-to-client give & take by close study of these five cases. But, as with Liz Greene's numerous lecture transcripts, I think this a lazy approach, and one that cheats the reader, and, for that matter, the client as well. Donna Cunningham studied her client transcripts & then wrote a penetrating analysis of the astrologer - client relationship. The resulting book, The Consulting Astrologer's Guidebook, covers much the same territory as this one, and much better. Alas, Donna's book is out of print & no longer available to us. Llewellyn, 248 pages.

	ASTROLOGY OF INTIMACY, SEXUALITY & RELATIONSHIP, Insights to Wholeness - Noel Tyl, $17.95 Contents: Appreciation; Horoscope charts; Chapter 1: Intimacy - Elusive grace, common fear; Chapter 2: Intimacy - Needs in relationships; Chapter 3: Fear & disillusionment - Expressions of Animus & Anima; Chapter 4: Intimacy therapy - Getting past the fears; Chapter 5: Sexuality - Dealing with self-confirmation; Chapter 6: Relationships - The patterns that show difficulty; Bibliography; Index. Comment: For the most part, an analysis of relationship needs based on individual natal charts, along with a few celebrity pairings (Hitler & Braun among them). Llewellyn, 203 pages.

	SOLAR ARCS, Astrology's Most Successful Predictive System - Noel Tyl, $19.95 Not a cookbook. Tyl talks frankly about how solar arcs were developed & how to make practical use of them in counseling sessions. Transcripts of sessions are given in detail, as well as many notated charts, transit hit lists (Time-Lines), midpoint sorts & much more. Of great interest are his findings on Tertiary Progressions & how these can announce key dates in life. Contents: Timing the circle, Training the eye (reading times past & future), Indirect arcs (creative work with midpoint pictures), Practical management of predictive measurements, Timing in consultations, Tertiary Progressions, Rectification. Appendices: Quick glance transit tables (1940-2040), Midpoint analysis directory (eg, Planetary Pictures). Will be a classic. Llewellyn, 460 pagegs.

	THE CREATIVE ASTROLOGER: Effective Single Session Counseling - Noel Tyl, $17.95 Contents: Preface 1. The State of Our Art: Astrology's humanistic development; Astrology in pace with the times; Astrology's modern technique: Hemisphere emphasis, Aspects to angles, Saturn retrograde phenomenon, Lunar nodal axis, Needs, Defense mechanisms; Seeing the scenario of development 2. Measurements & Emotional Content: Feelings/emotion: Case study: male; Coping mechanisms; Anger: Case study: David; Depression: Case studies: Bill, Jane, Jonah; Self-image & public image: Case study: Jack, The self-worth profile, case studies: Marilyn Monroe, Paul 3. Approaching Therapy: Making Creative Connections: Single session therapy; Preparation for consultation: Case study: Henry; Making creative connections; Questioning techniques: Direct & open-ended questions, Assumptive questioning, The radical probe, The focus question, Case study: Gayle; Essential techniques: Disclosure & objectification, The grave farewell, Time-target technique, Self-talk, The consultation process; The thinking astrologer: Presentation skills, On creativity, On perception 4. Prediction: Timing, Common Sense, and Powers of Suggestion: Time structures: Prediction & projection, Management of change, Expecting relationship, Prediction technique; Circumstance & strategy: Case studies: Miriam & Linda; New discovery: Case study: Robert, Illness potential, Case studies: Bonnie, Lilly, Doris; Remediation & growth: The double-bind, Building anticipation/impact, Sex problem case, Going with the flow, Indirection, Case study: Laurie; Image persuasion; Why predictions may fail 5. Analytical Guidelines & Creative Connections: Studying creative connections: The 12th house, The ascendant, The 2nd house, The 3rd house, The 4th house, The 5th house, The 6th house, Case study: Cliff, The 7th house, The 8th house, The 9th house, The 10th house, The 11th house 6. Knowing what's important Bibliography Index Comment: After introductory chapters where Tyl carefully sets out his case for serious astrological life counseling, he states his purpose in writing this book: Single-Session Therapy A new therapy has gradually been developed, called Single-Session Therapy (SST). Dr. Moshe Talmon is a leader of SST; he says that SST goes back for its roots to Freud & his occasional single-session client successes. Similar case records can be traced throughout American psychotheraputic history over the last 50 years, full in the face of the idea of the long-term requirements. SST has emerged; it has been discovered, not designed or innovated. It seems that people who drop out of therapy after one session have gotten what they want. It is not that they are disappointed with the therapist or the therapy. Many tests have revealed astounding results that corraborate this. For example, Talmon telephoned all of the patients whom he had seen for a single session (often even an unplanned one). He found that 78% of the 200 patients he called said that they had got what they wanted out of the single session & felt "better" or "much better" about the problem that had led them to seek therapy in the first place. Other researchers studied the dropouts in a community mental health center & concluded that "The notion that dropouts represent failure by the client or the intervention system is clearly untenable. Almost 80% of the clients interviewed reported that their problem(s) had been solved, 70% reported satisfaction with the services rendered, and the majority of client expectations of the center were met." Talmon points out that just making the telephone call for an appointment starts a process of self-study & healing within the patient. Tests show that those people who had to wait a longer period of time - say, a month - for an appointment were more likely to show improvment than those who did not have to wait! [emphasis in original] (pgs. 62-3) Tyl is an advocate of theraputic, holistic consultation, rather than mere chart description. Tyl & I both have Leo Moons, but he has more confidence in the Big Play than I do. Llewellyn, 247 pages.

	VOCATIONS: The new midheaven extension process - Noel Tyl, $17.95 Contents: Preface; Background & the Modern Era: Sociological framework; A modern view: the Midheaven Extension Process; Observations: The analytical considerations: The sign & planet ruling the midheaven; Double-bodied signs; Dispositor dynamics; Powerful planetary placement in the midheaven; Aspects with the midheaven itself; Mutual reception; Stellium; The oriental planet; Outstanding key measurments; Perigrination; The sun/moon midpoint & other key midpoint pictures; The moon establishing the importance of a house; Interpretative orientation of the planets; Some simple exercises; Awareness of level; Chanels The Midheaven Extension Process in practice: Practicing & gaining confidence; Difficulties in the learning process; Our objectives with vocational profiling; The communication channel; Four people in the same vocation; The performing channel; Review; The creative (aesthetics) chanel; The helping/healing channel; The administrative channel The Art in Judgment: Fitness through experience; Deeper technical understanding; Stalled networking; Common sense; Underachievement; Fancy measuring; The timing for employment. Data appendix; Identified cases; Support horoscope data; Vocation index; Text index. Comment: Tyl explains this book as: When we extend the Midheaven & its symbolism throughout the horoscope system, we involve all or most of the planetary symbols within the horoscope. (pg. 5) He then proceeds in a fairly straight-forward fashion: The Midheaven Extension Process includes the sign on the midheaven; its ruling planet & its dispositor; planets in the 10th, especially near the MC itself; aspects to the midheaven, as well as aspects to its ruler & dispositor; mutual reception, if it is related somehow to the MC; stelliums in any house; the oriental planet ("oriental" being the last planet to rise before the sun, however far away in degrees it may be); two minor aspects: quintile (72) & quindecile (165 degrees); peregrination (said of a planet lacking any dignity in the degree it is in); the Aries point; the sun/moon midpoint. All of this thrown together will work fairly well, and it will encourage you to look more intensely at the horoscope as a whole. Tyl uses the modern rulerships (Aquarius: Uranus, Pisces: Neptune, Scorpio: Pluto) which I, for one, no longer think work, but tracing rulership around a chart is one of the most important of all techniques. Tyl's book is excellent for running the reader round the chart, again & again. It's one of the most useful habits to have. However, I was surprised that Tyl makes no use of the signs & houses the dispositor trail turns up. I've been using them for years, they provide many useful details. Tyl says such details clutter the analysis (pg. 149), but this would seem to depend on the astrologer's own ability to sort & manage them. It may be that Tyl's selection & emphasis is based on a shrewd judgement of what typical readers can absorb & understand. When you've written 34 books, you learn to appreciate things like that. Tyl uses his technique to arrive at general descriptions of jobs & careers. I would have wished for more. So far as what specific job you should go for, Judith Hill's book is better. William Lilly's vocational techniques, in Christian Astrology book 3 (pgs. 624-634), while different, are as good as Tyl's. Like Tyl, Lilly made an extensive study of careers & the midheaven. Llewellyn, 188 pages.

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