The Sabian Symbols & Astrological Analysis: The Original Symbols Fully Revealed”
By Blain Bovee (Llewellyn Publications)

The Sabian Symbols are a set of 360 images corresponding to the great wheel of time known in astrology as the degrees of the zodiac. Renowned for their ability to add depth to the interpretation of natal charts, the Sabian Symbols have been used by many modern astrologers for nearly a century.

Created in 1925 by astrologer Marc Edmund Jones and medium Elsie Wheeler, the Sabian Symbols have been reinterpreted several times throughout the intervening years. The Sabian Symbols & Astrological Analysis is the first book to rely on the original words of Marc Edmund Jones from that remarkable event in 1925, revealing new insights of interpretation, both literal and of an inner esoteric sense.

Author Blain Bovee, a practicing astrology with years of experience using the Sabian Symbols in consultation, brings meticulous research and poetic sensibilities together to reveal a new level of understanding of the Sabian Symbols.

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The House Connection: How to Read the Houses in an Astrological Chart
by Karen Hamaker-Zondag

For intermediate to advanced students, The House Connection provides fertile ground for allowing your astrological talents to grow.  Moving far beyond typical basic texts, Hamaker-Zondag explains in detail the use of Houses for sophisticated chart analysis.  

Identification and application of House Rulers can dramatically enhance the overall chart interpretation, allowing generalities to be expanded and refined.

Techniques and theories are then further enhanced, with specific guidelines for application of the information to our own personal charts and those of our clients.

Once you've integrated House Rulers into your analysis, you won't want to do a chart without it.

Shorthand of the Soul: the quotable horoscope by David Hayward

An inspirational collection of over 2000 quotations is intricately linked to astrological imagery.  The format encourages the astrologer to break away from the tired, old definitions that just don't seem to work in today's world.

Ranging from profound to witty and quoted from scholars to "normal" folks, these quotations and their connections with astrological placements are simultaneously entertaining and enlightening.  

Astrology of Intimacy, Sexuality and Relationship
by Noel Tyl

Going well beyond the scope of the vast numbers astrology books on relationships, this text doesn't tell us how to find our soul-mate or what colors to wear when you're going out with a Pisces.  This is for serious readers desiring to broaden their astrological knowledge and  apply this information in order to help themselves and those around them.

Numerous actual case histories (with charts) explore a wide range of situations related to sexuality and intimacy.  Methods and techniques presented demonstrate what we need in order to feel fulfilled in our relationships and how to identify mechanisms that present challenges to intimacy -- with suggestions of how to overcome these obstacles. 

Astrological Timing of Critical Illness
by Noel Tyl

This book represents a quantum leap in astrological techniques relating to medical astrology and critical illnesses in particular.  Noel's detailed and clearly demonstrated techniques help provide insight to astrological indicators of potential illnesses.  

Actual examples use real people and their charts show the interpretive insight that can contribute potentially life-saving early warning signs into horoscope analysis and how to communicate the information to the client.

Incredibly powerful — yet deceptively simple to comprehend and use — Solar Arc theory and application is clearly explained, demonstrated, and reinforced using major events in the lives of well-known individuals. The reader is quickly compelled to examine his/her own chart and explore Solar Arcs on a more personal level.

Solar Arcs can easily be incorporated into the Astrologer's arsenal of techniques, helping to better explain past and current events, and prepare a meaningful strategy for the future. Also, individual chapters focus on the use of Solar Arcs in birth time rectification, using Solar Arcs with Midpoint pictures, and the use of Tertiary Progressions to fine-tune astrological timing.

The helpful appendices include the "100-year Quick-Glance Ephemeris", and detailed interpretive guidelines for "all 1,130 possible Natal and Solar Arc Midpoint pictures..." 

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The Quindecile: The Astrology & Psychology of Obsession by Ricki Reeves. By learning to recognize and understand this 165° aspect, we can clearly see suggestions of obsessive- compulsive tendencies in the natal chart. Frequently ignored between the opposition and the quincunx, this aspect is finally getting the attention, respect, and understanding it deserves.  Ricki Reeves has revived, expanded, and finely tuned the interpretation of the Quindecile. 

Numerous high-profile examples effectively demonstrate how the Quindecile can play out in a person's life.  The author skillfully delineates interpretations of specific Quindecile structures --  ranging from intense inner compulsion to a more positive, constructive outlet for this attention-commanding influence.

The New Way to Learn Astrology - The Noel Tyl Method by Basil Fearrington.  This text presents a concise explanation of the techniques pioneered and practiced by Noel Tyl. This is the book I have chosen for both the beginning and intermediate classes at my office.  Quizzes at the end of each chapter (with the answers in the back) encourage the reader and progressively builds confidence in astrological knowledge and skills. This book solidly and clearly presents information useful to beginners as well as seasoned astrological students -- and is a wonderful review for practicing professionals. Rather than being just another book with a "cookbook approach" where the reader looks up a planet in a specific sign or house, this text teaches the student how to understand concepts and make their own meaningful interpretations based on their acquired knowledge.  Out of print 6/02 but may be available used through amazon.com.

Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology: The Professional Manual by Noel Tyl is the text book used in his Master's Degree Certification course for astrologers. It is a heavy-duty resource, packed with example charts and explanations of concepts for the intermediate to advanced astrology student/practitioner. Tyl's unique interpretation methods are presented in a concise format, heavily cross-referenced and containing many useful extras. This book is a must for the serious astrologer. Astrological links are connected to behavioral psychology and the result is quite impressive.  I'm a highest-honors graduate of Noel's course and have the utmost respect for him as an author, teacher, and astrologer. 

Astrology of the Famed: Startling Insights Into Their Lives by Noel Tyl is a ground-breaking astrological analysis of five fascinating people.  The lives of Cleopatra, St. Francis of Assisi, Dracula, Leonardo da Vinci, and Beethoven are examined using rectification, the astrological technique of determining probable birth dates. Out of print but may be available used through amazon.com.

Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living  by Robert Hand is a timeless classic. Thorough, exhaustive, interpretive descriptions of all possible transits to natal planets and points are included along with their likely manifestations. Also complete delineations of each planet transiting each house of the natal chart.  A must-have for all levels of astrologers from beginner to professional.

Aspects and Personality  by Karen Hamaker-Zondag presents her view of how "aspects are the fundamental descriptors of relationships, both within the psyche and between the individual and the outside world".  This book thoroughly and expertly discusses the concepts of aspects and presents the anticipated manifestations of all planetary, Ascendant, and Midheaven aspect delineations.  

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