Reviews of New Astrology Books
The following are short reviews of some recently published
astrology books.
Mapping Your Money - Understanding Your Financial Potential
Author: Kris Brandt Riske, M.A.
This book is part of the Astrology Made Easy CD-ROM Series by
Llewellyn. It's a complete book with an included CD-ROM that
allows users to input birth data and generate personalized
reports that detail money skills, challenges, and possible
strategies for better management of one's finances. The
interpretations are pulled from the book itself.
The author discusses the "money planets" and "money houses", aspects
involving the second and eighth houses, and discusses specific money topics,
such as inheritance and speculation. The book is appropriate for those
relatively new to astrology, as it offers some astrology basics. There are ample
examples, and they are intriguing. The interpretations of individual positions,
to me, are a little too generalized and often suggest consulting financial
advisors. Intermediate students of astrology may not find the interpretations
especially valuable, although they are likely to enjoy the case examples. As
such, I recommend borrowing this book from the library for intermediate students
of astrology as it is unlikely to be especially useful as a reference. However,
for newer students of astrology, this book helps point them in the right
direction in terms of how to approach chart analysis with money and finances in
mind.
More information or to buy: Mapping Your Money: Understanding Your Financial Potential (Astrology Made Easy)
Electional Astrology - The Art of Timing
Author: Joann Hampar
Electional astrology books are few and far between, so I was excited to get
my hands on this new book by Joann Hampar. It's a fresh and modern treatment of
the subject of "electing" a favorable day and time for an undertaking. General
rules are offered, including discussions of such things as occultations,
combustion, eclipses, house rulerships, and more. The bulk of the book is
devoted to illustration of different electional subject matter (such as
"purchase a car", "acquire a pet", and "marriage") largely through example
charts. The appendices include "Principal Horary Rulerships", which is a list of
question matter linked to the houses, planets, and signs, an "Alphabetical List
of Electional House Rulerships" (so that readers can, for example, look up a
word like "wallet" and find the associated house - the second house), and
"Sample Election Charts" that are the author's actual election charts for
clients. Highly recommended.
More information or to buy: Electional Astrology: The Art Of Timing
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