- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD; 1st Collier Books Ed edition (1 Feb 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0020819404
- ISBN-13: 978-0020819400
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,540,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Shows how to plot and interpret birth charts, offers a brief history of astrology, and offers documentation of astrology's effectiveness in mapping personality.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I highly recommend this book, written by a distinguished literary critic and resolutely practical astrologer. It includes a history of the art; a summary of recent scientific evidence; poetic and compelling aspect descriptions and analyses of 14 famous charts, amongst other things. Seymour-Smith rehabilitates the powerful quintile aspect from obscurity, demonstrating how it explains much of Hitler's oratorical power, as well as furnishing illustrations of synastry and predictive techniques. Midpoints and harmonics are also covered, and he demonstrates in considerable depth how they can reinforce existing aspects. This is an honest and acute guide to the subject for intermediate level students and a trusty companion for the more experienced.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Excellent celestial mechanics, but what does it mean...?
13 Aug 2002
Format:Paperback
This was one of the first astrology books I read, and it remains one of the best. But let me qualify that statement: This book is excellent on the mechanics of astrology. For example, it has a fine beginning section on astronomy of the Solar System that is very relevant to astrological calculations. It also has the best (and about the only) discussion of alternate House systems I have ever read. And it gives a thorough (if brief) overview of various aspects and their interpretation, taking a harmonics approach (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/7 etc). It is also excellent on new trends in astrology, having discussions of Ebertin's system of midpoints, Gauqeulin's statistical studies, and Addey's system of Harmonic Astrology. The downside is that it is absolutely awful on chart interpretation. First, the author is British and, as an American, I did not know most of the English persons were that the author discussed. Secondly, they are almost all, without exception, extremely unsavory characters: mass-murderers, duplicitious spies, crooked politicians, and various criminals and other scum-bags from the lowest levels of the human condition. One can only marvel at the negativity of his choice of personages. He also trashed Jung, which did not offend me but it did clue me in right away to his very different approach to the meaning of astrology. He is very mechanical/statistical, not psychological/intuitive. If you bear this in mind, you can learn a great deal about the construction and analysis of natal charts. For interpretation, however, you'll need to look elsewhere.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Classic Textbook of Astrology
10 Dec 2003
Format:Paperback
I give _The New Astrologer_ five stars not because it is flawless but because it is so important to the literature of astrology. The author is quirky, and the book suffers slightly from his occasional quirks, but it fills in missing insights into the study of astrology better than most books ever written on the topic. His insights are keen and deeply thoughtful. His explanations of the rudiments of the craft are among the very best.
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