Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice: A Manual of Traditional Techniques, Volume II: Delineating Planetary Meaning Paperback – Illustrated, 20 April 2022

DEVELOPED UNDER THE SHADOWS of the Egyptian temples, Hellenistic astrology is an ancient type of divination inherited from Mesopotamian wisdom traditions. Distilled in Græco-Roman antiquity, and refined in the fires of philosophy and astronomy, it forms the bedrock of traditional western astrology (at the same time as also bearing profound similarities to Jyotish or Vedic astrology). Drawing on a body of Greek texts that have remained in large part untranslated for nearly two-thousand years, Demetra George brings the recent practice of astrology back to its ancient roots. Scholar, translator, and practitioner, her work reveals the potent cosmological veins that bear the lifeblood of traditional astrology. Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice is, in essence, a training manual for the study and practice of Hellenistic astrology. In two volumes, it provides the complete foundations and detailed dynamics of ancient chart-reading techniques. Each and every volume and Each and every technique is richly illustrated with diagrams, example charts, and practical exercises.

Volume 2: Delineating Planetary Meaning

If the planets are the very important forces ruling life in the sublunary world, the houses are the principles that bring them down to earth and ground them in our on a regular basis reality. Volume two begins by exploring the ancient house system-the twelve topics or places of life-with a purpose to provide a synthesis of planet-based and house-based approaches to distilling meaning from a chart. It then explores the different systems for delineating the rulers and lords of the nativity as a whole. Like the helmsman’s rudder that steers the vessel through the waters of existence, the masters and lords of the nativity give you the overarching principles that guide the native’s path through life.