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Eliminate TV?

Jerry Mander’s 1978 book, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television is a counter-culture classic that analyzes the negative effects of television and advises against its use.  Mander spent many years handling TV ads for huge corporations, became disillusioned with the “establishment,” and turned to helping promote non-profits and those he considered more worthy.  But he ultimately felt their voices couldn’t be effectively communicated through the medium. 

Mass media is limited in many ways, as anyone can see from how astrology has been conveyed to a wider audience for more than 100 years.

Mander believed that human-created environments had already replaced real experience, and that television in particular narrowed perceptions (reminding me of Plato’s allegory of the cave).  TV limits the use of our senses, as well as instinct, intuition, feeling and thought, and replaces them with a hypnotic, addictive experience.  People and the environment are “dimmed out,” and we’re separated from others, the community and ourselves.  Knowledge that’s not based on direct experience becomes the norm, and aided by TV, is replaced by the influence of science, technology and industrial proof.

On the other hand, television is best at being an “advertising delivery system” since the confining experience of TV can easily implant simple, clear ideas. Programming choices are in the hands of the techno-scientific and corporate elite, whose power is enhanced by their technology, resulting in the “loss of virtually everything that qualifies as meaningful.”

Those interested in history and cycles would tend to agree with some of his arguments.  The needs of the market are contrary to human needs since “unlimited economic growth is a planetary impossibility.  It could only have been conceived by minds out of touch with natural limits.  It is dependent on a suicidal over use of resources and an impossible rate of commodity consumption.”

Artificial light obscures natural rhythms.  Like food, living things need natural light for nourishment and growth.  We’ve learned much more about how ultraviolet light is essential for synthesis of Vitamin D, and how blue light from screens can interfere with our circadian rhythms, but Mander wrote about these topics over 45 years ago.  He believed that new technology should be considered “guilty until proven innocent.”  Television was rapidly adopted, with little review or testing, and not much study of it was ever done.  Over a 7-year period, the author found only 20 articles that critically looked at the effects of television, some of which included epilepsy, eye damage, heart rate changes and exposure to X-rays (electromagnetic radiation).

Television is only able to present us with “drastically reduced versions” and distortions of nature, the arts, religion and non-western or non-materialist cultures, since they demand the interplay of the mind and senses to understand fully.  Instead, TV causes us to lose a sense of grounding in time and place.

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television doesn’t touch on astrology, but while astrology proliferates on mass media today, much continues to be superficial.  Like other uncommon subjects in the western world, one needs time to study, experience and understand astrology.

These days, television is very different, and we’re dominated by the Internet.  But our social media platforms have become updated “advertising delivery systems.”  Jerry Mander died in April of 2023 at the age of 85, and would have seen the popularity and power of the Internet as the next stage for advertisers.  He was very prescient, if not prophetic.  But in 1977, even he admitted he didn’t know how to eliminate TV.

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television is available second-hand on Amazon and elsewhere.

All the Beauty in the World

The 12th house is one of the most difficult to understand.  But when we experience 12th house issues, we can connect with them directly.  Patrick Bringley’s book All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me seems to share such a 12th house journey in a compelling way.

Horary practitioners relate the 12th house to disappointments, sorrow, affliction, even imprisonment.  Planets here may show a focus on the wounded, hospitalized or withdrawn.  Al H. Morrison related the 12th to people who retreat from society to meditate, who turn inward or connect with inner guidance.

Patrick Bringley’s book chronicles his experiences following the death of his brother.  He could no longer tolerate a somewhat superficial job that required him to spend his days in front of a computer.  He had found meaning in art and instead became a security guard at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.  At this 12th house institution, his co-workers joked they had “nothing to do and all day to do it.”  Bringley added that “Guards are nothing but secret selves in dark blue suits.”   He worked at the museum for 10 years, recovering from the loss of his brother and becoming a husband and father along the way.

The experience of loss, his low profile position and his escape from the achievement-oriented world are all 12th house affairs.  So is suffering, which many of the artists experienced as well.  Their works capture the sublime and ineffable, and transcend time and place.  They celebrate “the making of anything worthwhile in a world that so often resists our efforts.”  The author shares that, “Artists create records of transitory moments, appearing to stop their clocks.”  “Such moments provide solace; they are heartwarming; they are pure.”  “They help us believe that some things aren’t transitory at all but rather remain beautiful, true, majestic, sad and joyful over many lifetimes – and here is the proof.”

Bringley shares his impressions of a Michelangelo sketch, done while painting the Sistine Chapel, with a note saying, “I am not in a good place and I am no painter.”  The artist begged to be released but the Pope refused him.  In his 70s he was similarly assigned as the architect to complete St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, “to his intense dismay and completely against his will.”

Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion “reminds us again of the obvious:  that we’re mortal, that we suffer, that bravery in suffering is beautiful, that loss inspires love and lamentation.”  The best art puts us “in touch with something we know intimately yet remains beyond our comprehension.”  All 12th house.

Bringley shares his musings on many other works, old and new, from around the globe.  We learn of his experiences with his warm co-workers and the patrons of the museum.  Like the artists he’s come to know, Patrick Bringley connects us with something transcendental and metaphysical.  I am definitely not a fine arts person, but I loved this book.  It illuminates the 12th house, not as a long, dark journey of the soul but a celebration of the cycles of life.  I found the print and audiobook are equally well done.

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What Evangeline Adams Knew Review

I was very pleased to read Sara Rose Diamond‘s review of my update of What Evangeline Adams Knew: a Book of Astrological Charts and Techniques:
Christino has done the world of astrology a major service by compiling, and presenting in such a lively way, a lot of valuable information that would otherwise fall by the wayside… vital scholarship for the safeguarding of astrological history.

The Milky Way

To start her new book, The Milky Way: an Autobiography of our Galaxy, Moiya McTier reminisces about her relationship with her “celestial mom and dad” – the Sun and Moon.  As a girl in rural Pennsylvania, she felt they watched over her, and she’d speak with them regularly, sharing her news and feelings:  “I sought comfort from the Moon well into my adolescence.” 

And no, she’s not an astrologer.  She considers herself both an astrophysicist and folklorist (which is probably about as close as you can get) who found “science and myth weren’t as contradictory as they seemed on the surface.  Both are tools that we humans use to understand how we fit in with the rest of the universe.”  I suspect that McTier represents a new generation of astronomers who don’t find astrology quite as threatening, offensive or absurd as those who came before them.  In fact, she goes so far as to have the Milky Way say that “You might think they [astrologers] would annoy me but I like them; they remind me of my sufficiently awestruck ancestors.”

The marvelously organic conceit of the book is that it’s dictated by the Milky Way galaxy itself, who’s charming and pompous at the same time, as well as all-knowing, even admitting that, “consciousness is an inherent quality of the universe.”  I loved the idea that a galaxy’s black hole holds their angst and negativity.  This is a far cry from the typically materialistic astronomers we’ve come to know.

Dr. McTier mentions lots of sky myths from around the world, as the Milky Way waxes nostalgic for a time when humanity was more connected with the cosmos.  Much of the astronomical information is accessible and even entertaining due to the Milky Way’s compelling persona; but some of it was still a bit too technically involved for this astrologer’s taste (reminding me that we, too, have the same problem communicating more detailed astrological analyses to the inexperienced).

They still don’t know exactly what dark matter is, though it comprises over a third of the universe.  And there are only about 10,000 astronomers and 1,000 radio astronomers in the world.  We exponentially outnumber them, interestingly enough.  The Milky Way admits that measuring galactic distances is very derived and indirect, a thought that’s often struck me, too.  A defense of astrophysics is that “some sciences are observational in nature, not experimental,” and related critiques have regularly been leveled at astrologers by skeptics.

Often accessible, The Milky Way is a refreshing and informative journey through the history of the cosmos.  On her website, McTier says she was born in 1995, giving her the Uranus-Neptune conjunction in Capricorn signature of the times, which perhaps explains her gentler, more inclusive astronomical point of view.  It’s notable that Dr. Percy Seymour’s The Scientific Basis of Astrology and Dr. Anthony Aveni’s Conversing with the Planets were both published in 1992, when the Uranus-Neptune conjunction was already nearly exact; both seemed to open the door to broadening views of astrology.

As Moiya McTier has not yet reached her first Saturn return, I’m eager to see where the coming years take her and what other topics she’ll address in the future.

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Dematerialized

A glance at the cover of the recent Marcia Moore biography and crime story tells us much about the publisher and authors’ bias.  The astrologer and yoga teacher is presented as a disturbed, evil child, looking like Madonna playing Baby Jane.  Apparently it’s still difficult to overcome the centuries-old feeling that occult and metaphysical practices are inherently immoral, and that practitioners are often unscrupulous con-artists or unstable drifters.

In Dematerialized: the Mysterious Disappearance of Marcia Moore, spouses Joseph and Marina DiSomma have capitalized on the current vogue for astrology and interest in the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs.  While they do not overtly disparage Moore’s practice of astrology, yoga or past-life regression, they nevertheless seem to present a morality tale about the dangers of involvement in the metaphysical sphere.  Marcia’s disappearance and death in Washington state in 1979 at the age of 50 drives the book, which skews our understanding of Moore, her life and work.

Marcia Moore had natal Neptune squaring her Sun and Venus, and Neptune was closely trine her 10th house Jupiter.  So it’s not surprising that Neptune would figure prominently in both her life story and the mystery of her death.  When she disappeared, her progressed Midheaven was sextile her Ascendant and square natal Neptune, while transiting Neptune conjoined her singleton Saturn and opposed natal Mercury, ruler of her 3rd and 12th houses.  It must have been a challenging and confusing time.  Moore suffered from arthritis in a hip for several months before her death, and the previous year brought her experiential work with her husband on the dissociative drug ketamine, which has some hallucinogenic effects.  (More on her chart here.)

The DiSommas did an enormous amount of research, had the full cooperation of the investigating detective and access to sheriff’s case files, a close friend’s diary and Moore’s letters.  Marcia’s daughter, second husband Louis S. Acker and many other friends and family members also assisted the amateur sleuths with documents and information.

However the authors remain outsiders to the world of astrology, and, perhaps also due to their inexperience as writers, do not convey much empathy for their subject or understanding of her studies and expertise.  While they acknowledge Marcia’s generosity and idealism, she’s often portrayed as a willful New Age zealot without a center.  The true crime genre is dependent on its villains, and sometimes black-and-white judgments are also made on others in Moore’s life.  While her horoscope shows she might expect notable relationship issues, her first husband is depicted as an alcoholic failure; her third as a sycophantic sponge, abuser and embezzler; and her fourth as a sexual abuse survivor turned drug addict who manipulated his wife and others for his own ends.  As an M.D. he probably should have taken more responsibility for Marcia’s health while injecting her with the anesthetic ketamine regularly for six months while they worked on their book about it together.

And indeed, in August of 2022, a Moore family member said in an Amazon review that “descriptions of some individuals borders on libel,” and that the writers “filled their knowledge gaps with unfounded assumptions.”  The fact that all of the principals are now dead may have added to the impulse to judge or fictionalize.  As first-time authors, their prose is not the slickest.  Much testimony is quoted verbatim, and the decision to leave misspellings “as is” often makes for an annoying read.  The book is excessively annotated but there is unfortunately no index.

Astrologers and psychics who offered tips to the sheriff’s office are shown as complicating their efforts.  Someone suggested Moore’s death was an assisted suicide, another that she simply dematerialized into another plane (hence the title).  Some may have come close to indicating where the astrologer’s remains would later be found, but we still don’t know exactly what happened.  The book suggests a solution to the crime and the authors make a somewhat plausible case for it, but their final witness and certain details are not the most compelling.

However the DiSommas fill in the background on Marcia’s family in Concord, Massachusetts, and their long-standing interest in Theosophy, astrology and meditation.  They share the alleged perpetrator’s chart and provide some information on the horary asked of Seattle astrologer Dorothy B. Hughes as to Marcia’s disappearance (though the exact time is only given on Astrodatabank).  There are lots of photos and we get a look at the New Age wave of the 1960s and 1970s.  So if you can swallow the undercurrent of disapproval of Marcia Moore’s ideas and lifestyle, Dematerialized has something to offer.

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Astro-Genealogy: Reclamation

Why do we connect with particular ancestors?  Of course it’s astrological.  Gayle Jessup White’s oral history assured her that she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.  White’s book, Reclamation, chronicles her lifelong journey to trace her roots, and astrology shows an extraordinary connection between the ancestor and his descendant, with eleven conjunctions between the two charts.

The author gives us her birth date, and with at least five planets in Leo, White writes candidly and with love and pride.  Her Moon may be in Cancer or Leo (if she was born after 6:15 p.m.).  Cancer seems more likely since her writing also shows warmth and sensitivity.

At thirteen she overheard her older sister mention that the family was descended from the president.  After some research, they also believed they were descended from Sally Hemings, the enslaved half-sister of Jefferson’s wife Martha, who had six of the president’s children.  But their father had lost his mother at five to tuberculosis, so knew little about her life.  Though he identified as black, he remembered uncles who had “shed their black identities.”

Gayle Jessup White’s Leo Sun disposits all the planets in her horoscope (except for the Moon if it’s in Cancer), making it quite influential.  The Sun conjunct Uranus and trine Saturn shows her connection with her father and their unique heritage, as well as her interest in the past (Saturn).  It was many years before Gayle was able to piece together more of her family history.

As an adult, White regularly visited Monticello, Jefferson’s estate, always sharing her story with the tour guides when they mentioned Hemings, but got no response.  Finally, in May of 2010, with transiting Saturn conjoining her natal Jupiter and transiting Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces opposing her Jupiter, she visited again with her son, and her story found an audience.  They received a private tour and a referral to a researcher interested in their history.

In late July, as Jupiter and Uranus, now in early Aries, both stationed closely in trine to her Sun, Gayle made contact with the researcher, who quickly found her grandmother in the 1900 Census, living as the servant of a white great-granddaughter of Jefferson (a remnant from the days of enslavement).  After getting the news, Gayle had a psychic experience, hearing the voice of her grandmother saying, “It’s all I have, tell my story.”

She then continued her search with “relentless determination” (as we might imagine with Mercury, Mars and Pluto all conjunct in Leo), and was eventually able, through genealogy records and DNA testing, to confirm that she was indeed a direct descendant of Jefferson and that Sally Hemings was her four-times great-aunt.

Gayle’s astrological connections with her ancestor are remarkable.  Isaac Starkman’s rectified chart for Jefferson and the noon chart for White both share a late Cancer Moon.  Their Mars are conjunct in Leo, and Jefferson’s Saturn and Jupiter in late Leo and early Virgo conjoin White’s Mercury, Pluto and Venus.  If this were not enough to motivate a search through the centuries, their Nodes are closely conjunct in opposing signs, with Jefferson’s Pluto falling exactly on White’s North Node.  Their Saturn-Pluto conjunction is also near exact; both Pluto connections suggest their genetic bond.

What Gayle knew for so long was proved.  She had received a research grant from the Jefferson foundation and became the PR and Community Engagement Officer at Monticello.  She describes herself as “A woman who after a lifelong journey found her family, her home, her purpose.”  A strong Leo Sun trine Saturn often promises success, even if Uranus made for many twists and turns before she got there.

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Cornerstones of Astrology

Cornerstones of Astrology is an unusual book with a curious history that was inspired by the work of Jean-Baptiste Morin de Villefranche (1583-1656).

Morin’s magnum opus, Astrologia Gallica was published in Latin in 1661, five years after his death, and not many took notice.  The book was rescued from obscurity by French astrologer Henri Selva (b. 1861), who translated its most important section (Book 21) on synthesizing the horoscope in 1897, and wrote a commentary a few years later, making turn of the century French readers aware of the depth of Morin’s thinking.

Viennese astrologers Friedrich “Sinbad” Schwickert (1837-1930 – a frigate captain) and Adolf Weiss, M.D. (1888-1956) digested Selva’s books and together wrote a 5-volume work, Bausteine der Astrologie (Leipzig 1925-1927) based on Morin’s techniques.  Weiss later relocated to Argentina (a wise move since at least one of Sinbad’s other astrology students was killed by the Nazis), and published a Spanish version of the work in 1945.

Cornerstones of Astrology is a 1972 English translation by an unidentified astrologer based on the Schwickert and Weiss Spanish translation.  It seems to me that it covers only the first two original German volumes, on the elements and synthesis (the latter once again following Morin’s crucial Book 21).

Quotes from Selva’s work are some of the most compelling parts of the text, along with those from Morin himself.  The authors nevertheless state that Selva was “not very successful on his enterprise.”  Were they more familiar with Morin’s original work?  Only somewhat, it appears, as they admit it was written in “an almost incomprehensible Latin.”  Nevertheless, Cornerstones effectively communicates Morin’s techniques and shows how charts can be judged using it.

The first half of the book describes the Primary Characteristics (hot, cold, wet, dry and fire, earth, air and water) and Essential Nature of the planets, signs and houses.  These include lists with more modern esoteric discussions that reference Ptolemy and 19th to early 20th texts as sources, with much having little to do with traditional astrology.  Uranus and Neptune are addressed, and Pluto mentioned but not included, due to a lack of research.  I don’t feel the first part of the book works particularly well.

With the chapter on Cosmic State and Local Determination, we finally begin to get into Morin’s techniques.  Cosmic State relates to each planet’s strength from its sign, malefic or benefic nature and aspects.  Local (or Accidental) Determination or Terrestrial State takes a planet’s house placement and rulerships into consideration; in other words, where the planets fall, come from and lead to at a particular time and place.  Do they have analogous meanings with the houses they’re in and planets they combine with?  Do they facilitate or hinder the affairs of the houses they’re involved with, and how?  All of these considerations will inform our judgment.

The book goes on to describe how the techniques work in example horoscopes.  While at times the astrologers digress, their analysis is thorough and focused ( I sensed a Virgo approach and indeed, both were Virgo).  Schwickert and Weiss communicate Morin’s ideas and show how the facets of the horoscope are inter-related in charts.  I don’t know of another text that goes into such great depth of systematic analysis.  (Patti Tobin Brittain’s Planetary Powers presents isolated elements of similar considerations without real chart examples.)

The criteria used range in importance from planetary position and essential dignity to house associations and rulerships, then finally aspects.  General significators (the Moon for the mother, Saturn for the father) are too general, but may be helpful when they coincide with more specific determinations found in the birth chart (like Saturn in the 4th or the Sun ruling the 10th house).

The steps are challenging enough in themselves, but there are additional hurdles.  Schwickert and Weiss use abbreviations:  “M” represents malefics and “m” accidental malefics, for example, and houses are given in Roman numerals, both of which I found unwieldly.  In addition, aspect symbols are used but sometimes the characters aren’t printed completely.  (The authors share Saturn in detriment in the 7th house – perhaps creating a barrier to access?)  There are typos in some of the charts (one has no date listed and there are other errors and omissions).  The three charts from Morin don’t include the modern planets, while the others do, and most of the authors’ collection of charts give times to the second, with no indication of how they were rectified.  The 1972 English translation is not the best overall, and has made no attempt to update original comments on sexuality and lifestyle, which some today may find objectionable.

Finally, Schwickert and Weiss only present the steps of their judgment that are necessary to see how the combinations of planets, houses and aspects work together.  But all charts are in the appendix, so the reader must continually flip back and forth between charts and text, often with little reminder of who the people are.  No charts are completely delineated in one place.

Despite its limitations, Cornerstones of Astrology is written by expert astrologers, covers an amazing amount of ground and provides worked examples of how Morin may have looked at horoscopes.  As a result, this book is unique and valuable.

Check out my blog post on Morin and his Astrologia Gallica, which has additional links.

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Neptune and Transcendentalism

The Transcendentalist literary and philosophical movement from mid-19th century New England stressed intuition, self-reliance and human godliness. Since the unseen and eternal were valued, Transcendentalists supported metaphysical thinking, which underlies an astrological world view. I believe that Evangeline Adams’ teacher, Dr. J. Heber Smith (1842-1898) and Adams herself were influenced by this movement, which was often allied with Unitarianism and reform.

Expect Great Things, Kevin Dann’s biography of Henry David Thoreau, explores his connections with the transcendent world. Thoreau captured personal insights and ecstatic experiences in his poetry and journals, many of which are shared in this book. He revered the power of nature and learned about Indigenous cultures.

We don’t have a definitive birth time for Thoreau, but his Sun and Mercury closely contraparallel Uranus and Neptune show his insightful and intuitive focus. He wrote, “Every mortal sent into this world has a star in the heavens appointed to guide him. It has sent its beam to him, either through clouds and mists faintly or through a serene heaven.” And he believed that, “in eternity there is indeed something true and sublime.”

Thoreau read widely on classical hermeticism, the daimon, the ether and the immortality of the soul. He was a student of mythology, and while Thoreau was not an astrologer himself, his biographer considers seven-year cycles, Martian energies and the long-term influence of Neptune. Dann places the Transcendentalist movement near the planet’s discovery, word of which came to U.S. shores on October 20, 1846, nearly a month after its announcement (before transcontinental telegraph communications).

Before the name Neptune was settled on, Atlas was preferred for the planet (referencing the Titan obliged to hold up the heavens after their revolt against the Olympian gods). The first use of ether for anesthesia in the U.S. was on October 19 of that year, and it replaced mesmeric anesthesia (without the side effect of clairvoyance!). Dann sees this time as representing a turning point from a spiritual understanding of myth to its study as a purely academic subject, and the subsequent embrace of a mechanistic and materialistic view, when, in Thoreau’s words, “shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths.” The cycle of Neptune in Pisces from 1848-1862 spanned much of Thoreau’s career.

In addition to tracing Thoreau’s life of ideals and later support of John Brown, Dann also looks at Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller’s interest in mesmerism and spiritualism, and Ralph Waldo Emerson and Bronson Alcott’s efforts to convey Transcendental ideas to a wider audience.

A wonderful book for students of U.S. history, philosophy and metaphysical thinking. Kevin Dann has done a tremendous amount of research to capture not only the history, but also the soul and spirit of a man and his times.

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The Light Ages

Since the Enlightenment, the word medieval has had negative connotations, as does the even more derogatory phrase Dark Ages. Seb Falk dispels this negativity with a deep look at the life of John Westwyk, a medieval scholar, monk, astronomer, astrologer and author. Westwyk’s anonymous text sparks our journey into this fascinating period of time in The Light Ages.

Medieval philosophy and religion went hand-in-hand with earthly research, since belief provoked an exploration of the natural world. The planets and cosmos were an awe-inspiring expression of God’s grandeur. Long before the word science existed, this time gave us important investigations into our relationship with the Universe. Vast translation efforts of Islamic, Greek and Hebrew texts resurrected understanding in the west, part of which was our astrological tradition.

Hindu-Arabic numerals were introduced in this period, as were glass lenses and the university system of liberal arts education. Books had great value; studious monks would share their thoughts on manuscript margins and worked hard to transcribe and improve on notable works.

The later Middle Ages gave us mechanical clocks, including one of the most advanced at John Westwyk’s own abbey, a remarkable invention reminiscent of the Greek antikythera mechanism. The medieval history of calculating and calendrics is equally absorbing (quite different from our own) and remnants of them still exist. The astrolabe and similar mechanical instruments were developed in part to aid astrologers’ calculations. The stars were used to time prayers after dark, and the poet Chaucer actually wrote a well-known treatise on the astrolabe. Falk conveys the dedication and care necessary to create astrological tables before the age of printing, as Westwyk did in a remote outpost in northern England.

There’s a nice overview of astrology, unusually accurate for a non-practitioner. Sketches of Ptolemy, Plato, al-Kindi, Mash’allah, Abu Mashar, Regiomontanus and many other familiar names show how Greek and Islamic astronomers eventually paved the way for Copernicus’ heliocentric view.

The Light Ages is a rich feast of history, science and culture. While the non-mechanically or mathematically inclined may find some parts dense or a bit dry, those interested in the history of ideas, medieval astrology, ancient instruments or simply a more holistic world view are sure to find something to surprise and delight them. Seb Falk has gifted us with a top-notch piece of research that brings an oft-dismissed period of time to vibrant life: comfort food for the mind and spirit in a time of uncertainty.

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Mountain Astrologer Review

I was delighted to read Mary Plumb’s review of my new book Tecumseh’s Curse on The Mountain Astrologer blog:

“Christino’s book is a nuanced and wide-ranging weaving of this history… an exceptional work from a seasoned astrologer who weaves techniques and historical details into an engaging, evocative and substantive book. Highly recommended.”

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Read the book’s introduction and more reviews here.