AstroGraph's Select Astrology Books are recommended reading as another tool to enhance your study, knowledge, and practice of astrology. Additional reading coupled with TimePassages Astrology Software facilitates a much deeper understanding of astrology.
The books are categorized as:
Classics | Advanced | Transiting Planets |
Specifically Recommended | Chiron and Centaurs | Outer Planets |
Overview | Lilith | Political Astrology |
General | Progressions |
Classics |
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Astrology: A Cosmic Science by Isabel Hickey. The classic text on the art of Astrology. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Making the Gods Work for You by Caroline W. Casey. A great new work by the pioneering "Visionary Astrologer" Caroline Casey. Level: Beginning |
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Heaven Knows What by Grant Lewi. Grant Lewi interprets the influence of the Sun and Moon positions at birth and describes the effects of every possible planetary aspect in language designed for the modern readers. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Astrology for the Millions by Grant Lewi. A classic. Grant Lewi was the inspiration for a practical astrology. Nowhere is this more clear than in his work on transits -- the keys to astrological prediction -- as covered in this masterwork. He explains lifetime phenomena in terms of growth, development, and the process of becoming. His insights about the transit of Saturn literally transformed astrological understanding, teaching, and implementation everywhere. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Astrology, Karma & Transformation: The Inner Dimensions of the Birthchart by Stephen Arroyo. A terrific book, full of clarity and insight. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas. I'm very impressed by this book. Rick has done what no one has done before - created an astrology book for the layman. In scholarly terms he has laid out a basis for looking at astrological synchronicity that makes compelling sense to anyone who reads it closely. It is a daring and beautifully executed achievement. Level: Beginning to Advanced |
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Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil by Liz Greene. A great classic work by the well-known psychological and mythological astrologer. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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The Art of Chart Interpretation by Tracy Marks. Good basic text. A Step-By-Step Method of Analyzing, Synthesizing and Understanding the Birth Chart. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Chart Interpretation Handbook: Guidelines for Understanding the Essentials of the Birth Chart by Stephen Arroyo. A good basic textbook. He shows how to develop reliable, in-depth interpretations for any birth chart. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Horoscope Symbols by Robert Hand. Excellent and philosophical take on the planets, signs and houses by an acknowledged master of the field. Level : Beginning to Advanced |
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How to Be a Great Astrologer: The Planetary Aspects Explained by James Braha. A hard hitting, plain spoken guide to interpreting the planetary aspects in Western astrology. It is a comprehensive work on the subject and includes 23 descriptive pages on the Moon's nodes in the signs & houses. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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The Inner Sky: The Dynamic New Astrology for Everyone by Steven Forrest. A well-written and witty explanation of natal Astrology. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Aspects and Personality by Karen Hammaker-Zondag. A great beginning text on natal aspects. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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The Rising Sign: Your Astrological Mask by Jeanne Avery. By a well-known psychic and astrologer, a revealing psychological/astrological exploration of the masks we wear and the many ways our rising signs affect our personalities. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet by Liz Greene. An excellent book on humanistic / mythological astrology and relationship dynamics. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Moon Tides, Soul Passages by Maria Kay Simms An extended meditation on the astrological Moon and her phases and their use in daily life. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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How to Handle Your Human Relations by Lois Sargent. An excellent slim volume on synastry aspects and relationship astrology. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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The Astrological Houses: The Spectrum of Individual Experiences by Dane Rudhyar. One of the only books devoted to the deeper meaning of the twelve houses in astrology. Rudhyar explains their meaning as "fields of experience." Level: Advanced |
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Asteroid Goddesses by Demetra George & Douglas Bloch. A classic study of the four feminine asteroids discovered in the early 1800’s. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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The Dynamics of the Unconscious by Liz Greene. Studies in the astrological Sun and Moon, from lectures. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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The Luminaries by Liz Greene. Studies in psychological astrology, from lectures, by two modern masters. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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The Inner Planets by Liz Greene. Studies in the astrological impact of Mercury, Venus and Mars, from lectures. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Mars Quartet by Liz Greene. Studies on Mars, from lectures, includes an early description of the astrology of 9/11. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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The Magic Thread: Astrological Chart Interpretation Using Depth Psychology by Richard Idemon. A good discussion of analyzing the chart as a whole. Level: Advanced |
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Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul - Vol. 1 by Jeff Green. A great and unique work exploring the nature of Pluto, as well as other factors in the natal chart. Level: Advanced |
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Pluto: The Soul's Evolution Through Relationships - Vol. 2 by Jeff Green. A further exploration of evolutionary astrology. This book explores the astrological/Pluto model that embraces the evolutionary development and progression of the Soul from life to life. Level: Advanced |
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Soul-Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self by Alan Oken. A seminal work on esoteric astrology. Oken guides the reader to the next step in the progression of astrology, incorporating spiritual, new age and global community ideologies. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Inside Degrees - Developing Your Soul Biography Using the Chandra Symbols by Ellias Lonsdale. Lonsdale explores the symbols and images of the degrees of the zodiac signs with his introduction of the Chandra symbols. Lonsdale's approach to astrology encourages personal growth Inside Degrees emphasizes restoring memory, rekindling imaginative experiences, and fostering appreciation for personal challenges, capacities, and struggles. Level: Intermediate |
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The Sabian Symbols in Astrology |
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The Sabian Symbols as an Oracle |
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Chiron and Centaurs |
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Chiron and the Healing Journey: An Astrological and Pychological Perspective by Melanie Reinhart. An excellent work on the planet Chiron, both natally and in transit. Rich in mythological anecdotes, literary allusions, and historical perspective, this comprehensive study of the significance of the planet Chiron in each of the twelve astrological houses. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Chiron: Rainbow Bridge Between the Inner and Outer Planets by Barbara Hand. Explore Chiron's mythological background and history and analyze its effect in each sign and house. Learn how Chiron rules Virgo and the 6th house and much more. Level: Intermediate |
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Saturn, Chiron and the Centaurs by Melanie Reinhart. An excellent discussion of the Centaurs. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Chiron: New Planet in the Horoscope by Richard Nolle. An early work on Chiron. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Lilith |
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The Black Moon Book |
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Black Moon Lilith |
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Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess |
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Progressions |
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Secondary Progressions: Time To Remember by Nancy Ann Hastings. A good basic textbook on progressions. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark by Bernadette Brady. Both transits and progressions are covered. Covers techniques and methods necessary for making accurate astrological predictions. Learn to reveal the future and put various aspects of life into perspective. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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The Astrology of Personality by Dane Rudhyar. The classic explication of Humanistic Astrology. Level: Advanced |
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The Changing Sky: A Practical Guide to Predictive Astrology by Steven Forrest. Begins with a brief review of basics, followed by in-depth explanations of transits and progressions. Forrest leads the reader past the fatalism of traditional astrological prediction into the realm of choice-centered personal analysis with clarity, ease, and humor. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Saturn in Transit: Boundaries of Mind, Body, and Soul by Erin Sullivan. Drawing on classical myth, and the work of C. G. Jung and Joseph Campbell, the author examines Saturn's useful and developmental influence in our lives and the manifestation of the astrological symbols in the individual and collective unconscious. Level: Advanced |
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Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape by Erin Sullivan. Penetrates the veil of myths, mystery, and false assumptions which surrounds the phenomenon of retrogression as applies to both astrological natal charts and transiting cycles. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living by Robert Hand. Classic cookbook format. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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Transits of the West, Dasas of the East: How to Predict Your Future by James Braha. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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The Outer Planets & Their Cycles: The Astrology of the Collective by Liz Greene. Level: Advanced |
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The Gods of Change: Pain, Crisis, and the Transits of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto by Howard Sasportas. Through the use of revealing case studies, this work examines the psychological effects of Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus as they pass though different houses. Level: Advanced |
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Phoenix Rising: Exploring the Astrological Pluto by Haydn Paul. Level: Intermediate |
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Visionary Dreamer: Exploring the Astrological Neptune by Haydn Paul. Level: Intermediate |
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Revolutionary Spirit: Exploring the Astrological Uranus by Haydn Paul. Level: Intermediate |
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Prometheus the Awakener by Richard Tarnas. A thoughtful essay on the archetypal meaning of Uranus in astrology. Level: Beginning to Intermediate |
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The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption by Liz Greene. The definitive work on Neptune in astrology. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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Political Astrology |
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The Astrology of America’s Destiny by Dane Rudhyar. A great discussion of the character of America as revealed in the 1776 chart, which he rectified to a 13 Sagittarius Ascendant. Level: Advanced |
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Soul-sick Nation: an Astrologer's View of America by Jessica Murray. A quintessential discussion along the lines of Rudhyar, using the same chart, from a left political perspective. Level: Intermediate to Advanced |
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General |
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The Astrology Encyclopedia by James R. Lewis. A good reference work on Astrology. Level: Beginner |
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology by Jean-Louis Brau. Another excellent reference work. Level: Beginner |
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