New Book Release: Managing your Health & Wellness

Title: Managing Your Health & Wellness
Author: Diane L. Cramer, M.S.

Are you trying to lose weight, get control of a bad habit, alleviate a chronic condition, geel more energized or improve some area of your health? Diane Cramer has the insight you need to accomplish this!

The Astrology Made Easy Series by Llewellyn Worldwide is one of the most fantastic ideas I have ever seen in astrolgy. With each new book it has succeeded in tackling an area of life and providing informaiton for beginners and intermediate lovers of astrology. As with the other books in the series, this one contains a CD-ROM. This particular one offers an astrological framework for understanding and improving your health.

Using your birth date, time and place you can get a report that analyzes exercise and behavior patterns, mental outlook, resistance to disease, activity level, ability to handle stress and more. You can use the system to create a personalized health profile that will contain specific suggestions for you (both lifestyle and dietary).

There is also a comprehensive herbal remedy section for those who prefer alternative medicine - and most who are interested in astrology are open to such things.

Highly Recommended!

New Book Release: Vocations

Title: Vocations (The New Midheaven Extension Process)
Author: Noel Tyl

We spend more than one third of our day involved with work. When we meet someone, one of the first questions we ask is "What do you do?"

But what we do for a living is not just about earning money. It is about personal fulfillment. Not many are fulfilled - they only have "a job". This new book by noted astrologer Noel Tyl is about vocation, or calling.

Choosing the right vocation means having the ability to support yourself financially as well as being able to enjoy the life you have on this planet.

Using a process he calls Midheaven Extension Process, Tyl shows how to use a natal (birth) chart to discern a person's vocational profile. This highly innovative approach is elegant in its simplicity but admittedly is not something a novice would be able to jump into doing. It takes more than a passing knowledge of astrology and is intended for professional or advanced astrologers.

In our modern career culture and in a time when people are demanding work that has purpose, this is a breakthrough in vocational astrology. It offer astrologers a streamlined and highly reliable process for the challenging task of vocational and career guidance for their clients. Tyl gives 61 astrological charts as examples - many of them famous people - to provide practical examples of the Midheaven Extension Process.

New Book Release: Love After Sex

Title: Love After Sex
Author: Olivia

Having happy and healthy romantic (intimate relationships is important and this book by Olivia tackles the subject astrological sign by astrological sign.

Love After Sex opens doors to exploring how one can fan the flames of seduction and grat lovemaking after the initial sparks turn to embers. Quite a bit of the information is standard information familiar to those who read a lot fo astrology books and know the basic signs well. But it is her examples in the book that give new life to this subject and make it a fun read.

Olivia brings into the love equation the factors of sex, money and power dynamics to show how they play out in the everyday love relationships.

Written in a hip and witty style, it is suitable for beginner; no computeres or exact birth times are needed. It is also gender and sexual orientation-neutral.

Book Review: Cycles of Life

Title: Cycles of Life: Understanding the Principles of Predictive Astrology
Author: Ron Suskin

There are some books that take extra effort to read and this is one of them. Is it worth it? That you will need ot guage for yourself, however I found it very challenging.

Suskin is offering a detailed explanation of the cycles we all go thorugh in our lives, each flavored by one of the planets. The place where it bogs down, which he admits, is in using the chart he gives to figure out your cycles. This however, is really not complicated. He explains it in a very comprehensible manner. He uses Madonna as an example. But the problem may come in the interpretation.

An accomplished professional astrologer, I took the time to fill out the chart, but when I was done I could not make any of his interpretations jibe with what had taken place in my life at the times his system indicated. There was one noticeably large gap of several years where I knew significant things had occurred but according to this system, there was nothing. It seemed to say I had no significant events from 1990 to 2004 and thenplaced all significant potential event times between 2008-2016.

While this may be fine for some, I think readers will be be quite disturbed if they buy the book and experience the same. It would be good to be able to track back form one's birth the sinificant events and times and note that which planets gave energy to the transformation.

Book Review: Mapping Your Travels & Relocation

Mapping Your Travels & Relocation
Maritha Pottenger

Do you like to travel? Have you ever wondered what life will be like for you in a new place? In this book by astrologer Maritha Pottenger you can gain great insight as to why and how a certain place seems to affect your certain ways. You will learn you best vacation spots, and the most successful places for you to live. You will be able to understand what it will take to adjust in a certain area and why you experience certain events.

One of the most important decisions you can ever make involves choosing a new place to live. Whether you are launching a fresh career or entrepreneurial pursuit, planning retirements, or seeking a soul mate, the "WHERE" is very important.

The seventh volume in the Astrology Made Easy Series, this also features astrological charts and cases studies that illustrate how a new location affected different individuals. It also contains, as do the other books, a CD-ROM which promises to make it a breeze for beginners to calculate the ideal place to meet their needs. Although I am not a beginner, I decided to put this to the test as I am relocating several thousand miles.


A Real Life Example

After calculating my relocated chart, I learned, as my intuition had already told me, that it will be a very good place for me to use my intuitive, spiritual, artistic, healing and caring abilities in a professional manner. With a relocated Saturn in the 5th house and relocated Neptune trine Midheaven it will be a very positive place for me. Relocated Pluto in my 11th house opens the door for tight friendship bonds and I already have many good friends and professional acquaintances in that place.

Mars will be relocated to my 9th house, giving me extra energy in foreign cultures (and it is in another country!) , higher education (I will be working on a doctorate!), and religion/spirituality. According to my relocated chart I will also find myself more extroverted about these issues once I have moved. Uranus will shift to my 11th house, highlighting and strengthening friendships as well as serving my need to be independent. Uranus rules also rules astrology! Jupiter - the planet of increase and blessings, will shift into my 8th house. That house covers the metaphysical, psychotherapy, in-depth research, and expansion of sexuality, intimacy and money gained from others/money attained without earning it.

Venus will join Mars in my 9th house giving further support and blessings to my finances and love relationships in this new and foreign/international culture. Mercury and the Sun will be relocated to my 11th house, giving a another boost to friendships, groups and associations. I already have a network of people there so this bears out and I have not yet moved!

The relocated Moon in my 6th house speaks to my heart and soul really being invested in serving others in my work after I relocate.

I will gain a Libra Ascendant in this new place - increasing my attractiveness in the eyes of others and taking my social life, articistic pursuits and diplomatic skills to the next level. That is always a plus and again, from the times I have stayed in this place on long vacations, this seems to be quite true!!

I will gain a Cancer Midheaven, which speaks to being a professional nurturer, the home, caring for others, food and restaurants or working with women, the sea, the land, or real estate.

The only two chart aspects not interpreted in this report were Chiron and the North/South Nodes. For me, Chiron would shift to my 5th house with Saturn - which could signal a need to be healed and secure within myself about my creative abilities or I will falter and 2) the North Node relocated to my 9th house tells me that my destiny (North Node) is in being in a foreign culture, undertaking higher education, teaching and learning and working with spirituality and religion. My South Node would then be in my 3rd house so I must keep my mind focused on the "big picture". To stay mired in picayune details is past life karma from which I must evolve. Remember - always view North and South Node as the indications where you need to take a BIG leap and swim across the lake to growth and maturity.


Conclusion

Other than the absence of Chiron and North Node information in the relocation, this is a great addition to the Astrology Made Easy series and one which readers wil find easy to use and understand. I recommend experimenting with places to see where YOUR best location is - and then making plans to get there, even if only for a vacation. For business poeple, it cna be used to determine where to move and be successful in business. Whatever your purpose, try it, you'll like it!

Highly recommended!

Book Review: Llewellyn's 2006 Tarot Reader

What began as an elite Renaissance card game for Italian aristocrats has become a popular divination took for millions of modern Tarot lovers. The cards fascinate us with their uncanny predictions, but they also serve as powerful tools for meditation, magiv, and spiritual growth. ~~ from the back cover

This annual guide features, once again, some of the best news, reviews, tips, techniques and readings one can get on the Tarot. What a way to start the new year!

There are many articles for those in professional practice: One article, "Psychic Fairs, Public Readings" by Corrine Kenner, gives professional Tarot readers guidance in doing readings at psychic fairs - including how to set up a tent if you do shows on the road quite a bit! The focus is on providing ethical, sound readings and enjoying it. James Wells writes on "Going Pro" and gives detailed suggestions on creating your own business as a Tarot Reader. The article on teaching the Tarot carefully lays out ways of getting yourself established as a teacher of this ancient art.

Arnbell Ando, a wonderfully gifted Tarot artist who I met at a meeting of the American Tarot Association a few years ago, writes on "Following the Fool". This meditative journey is a walk with the "God card" of the deck - the one that most challenges people in their efforts to understand the spiritual insight of the Tarot. She takes you through a process that helps to expand your knowledge of the Tarot, one card at a time.

Some very humorous and yet gripping articles catch your eye - "Zapped: When Clients Explode" by Elizabeth Hazel, is great! Who has not had a client who did not like the answer they were given in response to their question?

If you need insight about the use of the tarot as a spiritual tool, "Seventy-Eight Faces of Divinity" by Nine Lee Braden does a fine job. She notes the need to pray or meditate and to take time to study the Tarot before using, rather than only shuffling and flipping a card. The remembrance that Tarot readers are doing a spiritual work is clear.

The deck reviews include "The Guilde Tarot" which was reviewed earlier here on Healing Universe, The Tarot of the Dead, The Pagan Tarot, and The Baroque Bohemian Cats Tarot.

A great buy!

Highly Recommended!

Book Review: Llewellyn's 2006 Sun Sign Book & Moon Sign Book

Llewellyn's 2006 Sun Sign Book

Two of this renowned metaphysical publisher's annual offerings, these small paperbacks hold a wealth of information useful for everyday.




The 2006 Sun Sign book contains general horoscopes, a guide to health and career success, monthly horoscopes by astrologer terry Lamb (who is a great contributer to The Mountain Astrologer) and something many will want - "You Best Love Matches".

Articles by Anne Windsor ("Your Soul's Purpose: Karma and Your Sign"), and Bernie Ashman ("Solar Inspiration: Tapping the creative Force") are well written and informative. Written for the novice "everyday" reader and the advanced astrologer, it also includes a glossary and Ascendant table so that it is easy to understand the contents of the book.


Llewellyn's 2006 Moon Sign Book




The 2006 Moon Sign Book is subtitled "Timing Is Your Key To Success". The Moon affects us all emotionally, and sometimes quite subliminally. This book empowers the reader to know when such times may personally occur by proiding infomration on gardening and farming by the Moon, a meteorological and economic growth guide, and the best dates for romance, travel, buying and selling, work and play. Novice readers will enjoy rading David Pond's article "Emotional Grwoth", those wanting to make changes in their lives will find insight in Terry Lamb's article "Doing Your Life Laundry" and those seeking to lose weight nad maintain a healthy lifestyle will find superb astrological guidence in Alice DeVille's article "Food, Fads, and & Nutrition".

Highly Recommended!

Llewellyn's 2006 Daily Planetary Guide

Llewellyn's 2006 Daily Planetary Guide


Here is a great gift for yourself or someone else. Each year Lewellyn Worldwide publishes this astrology datebook and it is a treasure!

Filled with information on Moon phases and signs, general weekly forecasts, planetary hours, retrogrades and direct stations, a daily aspectarian, a place for you to fill in a blank chart and information about the planets, it will take you through the year in good stead. This year it includes "your best opportunity periods" by noted astrologer Jim Shawvan. The weekly forecasts are by noted astrologer Anne Windsor.

If you are a businessperson you will appreciate the business guide. It always helps to know if Mercury is retrograde or the Moon is Void-of-Course when you are trying to communicate with someone, arrange a meeting, or sending out a mailing.

Highly recommended!

The Astrology of Love & Sex

HOT! HOT! HOT! and direct - if that is how you approach your sexual relationships, you may have Mars in Aries. If you approach it with more subtlety and charming words, you may have Mars in Libra...Gain insight about the different approaches to love and sex through an exploration of the 12 Venus and Mars signs. more...

Book Review: MythAstrology

Since ancient times people have used stories - especially anecdotes and mythology - to communicate morals, values, life lessons and other messages. MythAstrology author Raven Kaldera has intetgrated the mythology of ancients goddesses and gods with their corresponding relationship to the planets and zodiac signs to produce a fine work. more...