Chart Your Life’s Course with the Sun and Moon as Your Guides Find where you belong using this groundbreaking book on astrological houses and see how the placement of the Sun and Moon within them reveals your life’s story. Learning the location of these celestial characters in your birth chart helps you protect your emotions, trust your instincts, and make your mark on the world. Featuring a wide … Featuring a wide variety of examples using three of the most popular house systems–Placidus, Koch, and Equal–Behind the Horoscopepresents a unique and simple approach to chart reading. Discover how the Sun’s placement shines a light on your identity, vitality, and mission in life. Explore how the Moon’s placement illuminates your intuition, emotional depths, and where you feel most secure. Whether you’re a newcomer or experienced astrologer, this practical book offers new and exciting ways to know yourself and the incredible wisdom of the cosmos.
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Of course as a qualified astrologer myself, I had to snap up this book. I thank NetGalley and the author for my free review copy. I am so glad I found it, I have bought a paperback. It really is wonderful, whether you are someone well versed in the science of astrology, or have no real knowledge at all.
Whether you’re well versed in astrology or not, I found this book to be well written for the masses. So even if you don’t have a qualification, or done any formal training it’s written in simple terms that everyone can relate to. The book does cover and focus only on the importance of where a person’s sun and moon are placed, within the houses of life, in their own birth chart. All twelve houses are covered and how this energy can resonate in a person’s life. Keep this in mind, this is not a general book on astrology as there are eight other planets to consider, however the importance of the sun and moon in astrology is significant. So it’s very clear why the author has placed her focus here.
The interpretation is detailed and I liked the fact that the author (who is an experienced astrologer), has based her book on research and her own work as an astrologer, from interpreting a high amount of individual birth charts of real people. This was a major selling point to me, this is not ‘theory’ this book is full of tried and tested interpretations, based on what she found with ‘the masses’ of people she worked with.
What also was really lovely is that I read the information on the placements for my own sun and moon, in my birth chart, my son’s sun and moon. Was it accurate? Yes for me it was and made a lot of sense. The information I read on my son’s chart I had already kind of concluded from studying his chart before myself, but not in as much detail as the author was able to offer. It was a beautiful reading experience! Overall I recommend this book as a book for anyone who has an interest in astrology, there are things to learn and consider here as you practice, when it comes to the importance of the sun and moon in a birth chart. For those who just have an interest in the topic, because of the ease of ability to read the subject matter, and as it’s not over technical or ‘sciencey’ I recommend it. I can’t wait for my copy to arrive, it will sit very proud on my bookshelf. Note that to gain the full benefit of the book, you will need a copy of your own birth chart or the charts of people you wish to understand, to locate areas in the individual charts. But you can always get your birth chart done for free from many online resources, if you don’t pay an astrologer.
Interesting Take on Sun/Moon House Placement
Having been a student of astrology for over 40 years, whenever I see a book on the subject at one of my favorite book review sites, especially one that promises a new slant, I snap it up. The concept of this book, which takes a close look at the Sun and Moon in their houses, certainly intrigued me. It’s clear that the author believes house placement is important. In the introduction, he states that the Sun is our sense of self and the source of our vitality, and its house is where we shine. The Moon’s house, he states, is our refuge, where emotions, instincts, and intuition reside. Having done charts for my family and ex-husband, I looked at their Sun and Moon house placement sections in the book. I found the author’s couple-of-pages description of the Sun placements to be mostly accurate and gave good insights concerning the missions. Certainly, my own was food for thought. I found the couple-of-paragraphs sections on Moon placement less helpful. The brief description didn’t give me much insight or food for thought. The author writes in a friendly, easygoing, and at times humorous style. He stated in the introduction that he not only looked at traditional correspondences between houses and luminary placement, but he also studied the lives of people with these placements. It was fun to see that people as different as Alan Turing, Chris Evert, and Elvis Presley shared my solar house placement. I wish the section on the moon was better, but I appreciated a fresh look at the importance of houses for the luminaries.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.