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Aspects in Astrology: A Guide to Understanding Planetary Relationships in the Horoscope |  | Author: Sue Tompkins
Publisher: Destiny Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 38234
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0892819650
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.53044
EAN: 9780892819652
ASIN: 0892819650
Publication Date: December 30, 2002
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Illustrates how aspects can offer a profound depiction of an individual and his or her destiny. *Contains comprehensive sections full of interpretations for every planetary combination. *Concepts are explained through the use of actual birth charts and diagrams. *A core textbook at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London. Aspects are an essential piece of the astrological puzzle when it comes to interpreting and using the information that astrology can give us. It is not enough to know the placement of the planets on the horoscope. It is the relationships between the stars and planets that let us grasp the destiny of the individual. Aspects describe the drama of our lives-the complex configurations that influence what will happen to us over time. Sue Tompkins, a fellow of the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London, shows how to interpret aspects when doing daily astrological readings. She uses the lives of real people to plot the aspects and offers examples of every possible planetary combination. Detailing the influence of oppositions, trines and elemental trines, and cardinal, mutable, and fixed crosses, Tompkins shows how aspects provide the energy in the chart that transforms the horoscope into something symbolizing an alive and vital human being. With Aspects in Astrology, Tompkins provides both the novice and the experienced astrologer the evidence and concrete methods needed to grasp the vast knowledge offered to us by our horoscope.
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incredibly insightful! September 7, 2010
koko's mom (Louisiana, USA)
i have studied astrology for about 13 years and just recently got this book. boy i was missing out, all i have to say is this book is amazing. i love sue tompkins' way of writing and explaining these aspects. it hits home and sheds so much light on lifetime issues! she goes into great depth, and yet you never feel alienated by assumptions that seem way off base. on the contrary, they are scarily accurate. things you could never quite put your finger on become clear at last. this book is crucial for any student of astrology or expert.
Detailed and Accurate October 31, 2009
Coyote
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
While I'm a new recruit to astrology, and cannot speak from long experience, I must say that this book was amazingly accurate in describing the aspects in the charts of the four people I studied with it, including myself. The planetary aspects are given the depth of description and insight I usually only find in describing sun sign types. Every single aspect is like a personality profile unto itself, lasting several pages and giving me a much deeper understanding than I expected.
Get it, you won't regret it... August 10, 2009
Azazel
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I checked this book out of the library, thinking I would "just make notes"--well, it became clear very quickly that I would have to copy just about everything in the book! I have read a lot of so-so astrology books, and I can say that as a student of astrology, I have not found another book to best this one for sheer information and insight. It is essential for the beginner or advanced to read this book. If you are serious about astrology, get this at once!
Wonderful April 17, 2009
Carol Hunt
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great book written for astrologers with serious minds. It lacks the silliness that so many other astrology books contain, and she does not over state aspects or make sweeping solutions. There are no fairy- godmother passages were readers are told if they do this or that they will have a wonderful life afterward. She doesn't waste your time mother bashing or give long passages that are claimed to be written by this or that client explaining their experience; this book does not suffer from a creditability problem.
A treasure in the canon of astrology March 25, 2009
Roy Kirkland
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have had my copy of this book since the 1st printing in 1990. I'm here to purchase one for a friend and colleague in the craft who has not had the good fortune to read it yet. I've moved several times (across the country), and bought and sold what must amount to several astrological libraries, yet this one seems to stick with me. It is one of the best you can buy, period. I'd place it among my favorite 5 astrology books ever written.
I have taught and written on many different astrological methods, and am a professional practitioner, so take my word for it - this is one of the clearest, universally applicable and insightful books on the subject I have ever seen. Ms. Tompkins has keen understanding of human nature and how to explain it through astrological symbolism. Although I personally do not ascribe to the modernist approach to the craft, you can jump into any other school of astrology and take the insights from 'Aspects' with you. These ideas are easily adaptable and they stick in the memory quite easily - because of how "spot on" they are about things we all experience in ourselves and others, and the precise way that she describes the planetary "face" of these experiences.
If you are a beginning student, please do no read another book before you read this one. If you have been through several of the modernist tomes, please read this marvel, and when you are done, start throwing out everything that you find you don't need to understand charts. You may end up ditching half your library.
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