Full Description
The easiest way to learn astrology is to start with yourself. Your astrological birth chart is a powerful tool for gaining a deeper understanding of your unique gifts, talents, challenges, and life's purpose. As you begin to decipher the wealth of information in your own birth chart, you'll experience astrology in a personally meaningful way—which makes it easier to understand and remember. Once you learn the basics of astrology, you'll be able to read the birth charts of yourself and others.
This friendly guidebook is the most complete introduction to astrology available. Popular astrologer Kris Brandt Riske presents the essentials of astrology in a clear, step-by-step way, paying special attention to three areas of popular interest: relationships, career, and money. She explains the meaning of the planets, zodiac signs, houses, and aspects, and how to interpret their significance in your chart. Over 30 illustrations, including the birth charts of several famous people—Al Gore, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, and Tiger Woods, to name just a few—add a helpful visual dimension to your learning experience.
Practical and positive, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Astrology offers techniques for using astrology to identify the qualities you seek in an ideal mate, realize your career and financial potential, calculate your luck, and discover your inner strength.
Contents
Table of Contents
Charts and Figures / xv
Birth Charts / xvii
Introduction / 1
Chapter One: The Basics of Astrology / 5
Chapter Two: The Signs / 27
Chapter Three: The Planets / 93
Chapter Four: The Houses / 141
Chapter Five: The Aspects / 217
Chapter Six: Astrology in Action / 279
Appendix I: Chiron, Asteroids, Fixed Stars, Moon's Nodes, Vertex, Part of Fortune / 297
Appendix II: The Branches of Astrology / 301
Appendix III: Astrological Organizations and Websites / 305
Suggested Reading / 307
Glossary / 313
