Contents at a Glance
Part J Mapping Your Place in the Cosmos 7 Chapter 1 An Astrological Overview The Horoscope in Chapter 2 Getting Your Precise Horoscope The Old Way versus the Easy Way 21 Chapter 3 Estimating Your Horoscope Using the Tables in This Book 29 Part JJ Here Comes the Chapter 4 Fire Signs Aries, Leo, and Chapter 5 Earth Signs Taurus, Virgo, and Chapter 6 Air Signs Gemini, Libra, and Chapter 7 Water Signs Cancer, Scorpio, and Part JJJ Everything Else in the Cosmic Cookbook 89 Chapter 8 Moon Signs The...
Fire Signs Aries Leo and Sagittarius
Introducing Aries Looking at Leo Getting to know Sagittarius rhe first of the four traditional elements is fire, and you don't need to be an astrologer to guess what it means. Ancient astrologers linked fire with the vital force of creation. Think of the original fireball the Big Bang. This association stands. Fire generates heat in the form of excitement, activity, and desire. People born under these dynamic, extroverted signs are vigorous and volatile, enterprising and courageous. They're...
Air Signs Gemini Libra and Aquarius
Mulling over Gemini Thinking about Libra Assessing Aquarius ZM ir represents intelligence and reason. It's the element of the intellect, and those born under its influence are known for their ability to connect the dots. Air signs are bright, curious, versatile, and intellectually restless. Their minds are always active, always searching for understanding. Crazy as it may sound, natives of those signs actually think about things, and they try to do it objectively and in depth. They value ideas...
dedication
Two Capricorns deserve extravagant praise my husband, George, and my editor, Chrissy Guthrie. Both are thoughtful, serious, organized, kind, and a lot more fun than is generally advertised for that sign. I also want to thank Tracy Boggier, who reintroduced me to the For Dummies way of life Ethel Winslow, who is a fine astrologer as well as an editor and others at Wiley, including Jessica Smith, David Lutton, the people in Composition Services, and Christy Beck, whose behind-the-scenes presence...
Mapping Your Place in the Cosmos
I vras loom under the Marking' sign. lAy mother never made it from tine car to the hospital.'' Wk now thyself, the Delphic Oracle said. It's still W good advice. But suggestions like that are never easy to implement . . . unless you know astrology. An ancient and evolving system, astrology illuminates the secret corners of the psyche and points the way to self-knowledge. Astrology enables you to recognize your strengths, to acknowledge your weaknesses, to accept your needs, and to understand...
Investing in DIY Software
Nothing in the astrological world is more fun than being able to cast accurate charts for anyone at a moment's notice. Astrological do-it-yourself software is endlessly diverting. It enables you to calculate natal charts, compare charts, determine how the planets may affect you in the future, and, in short, entertain yourself for hours. Software isn't cheap, but if you decide it's worth the expense, the following sections give you a few recommendations. If you use a Macintosh as I do, and I'm...
Getting Your Precise Horoscope The Old Way versus the Easy Way
Creating your chart with piles of paper, tables, and dusty old books Surfing the Internet to get your chart Probing your psyche and glimpsing the future with astrological software hat could be more fabulously arcane than an astrological chart Well, lots of things Alchemical sigils, kabalistic diagrams, magic spells you name it. But this book isn't about them. It's about astrology, which only seems strange. That's because an astrological chart, with all its mysterious-looking symbols, has...