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- Bills, Rex E. The Rulership Book: A Directory of Astrological
Correspondences (Richmond Virginia, McCoy, 1971).
This is an amazingly complete compendium of thousands of
suggested rulerships and correspondences of people, places,
and things with the signs of the zodiac, and the planets
and houses. It is diminished in value only by being almost
completly undocumented, that is we are not sure whether
a suggested "rulership" is attested to by centuries of tradition,
or only some sun-sign column on a dull rainy thursday in
the old Boston Transcript.
- Brau, Jean Louis, Weaver, Helen, and Edmands, Allan eds.
Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology Trans. Helen Weaver,(New
York, N.Y, McGraw Hill, 1980).
This is an English version, not quite a translation really,
of the french Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology. The french
version was heavily french, this is heavily english, with
some american input. Like all of the Larousse reference
works it sets a high standard for scholarship, is thoroughly
contemporary, and is presented in an attractive "encyclopedia"
format, short alphebetical articles, many pictures and diagrams
etc. You can't do contemporary astrological research without
it, and Dean, Recent Advances.
- Bytheriver, Marylee A Short Dictionary of Astrology (New
York, N.Y. Harper, 1978).
A short concise and practical true dictionary with brief
clear and reasonably accurate definitions of frequently
used astrological terms. There are two of these Dictionaries,
this is the best, partly because of the superior graphics,
and because a brief bibliography is included.
- Carter, Charles E.O. An Encyclopedia of Psychological
Astrology (London, Theosophical Publishing House,1963).
A basic advanced work on interpretive traditions by a modern
master. It is in this book, which is in essence a condensed
casebook, that Carter expands the tradition of "signatures"
for illnesses, note more illnesses than psychology as the
title would seem to suggest. From a condensed casebook to
proper statistical methods a la Michel Gauquelin is only
a hop, skip and a jump.
- Davis, T.Patrick Pronunciation Guide for Astrologers
and Astronomers (Washington, D.C. A.F.A. 1973).
This is a fairly good guide to the pronunciation of the
many words not of English origin in use in Astrology and
Astronomy. Very limited in its scope, it is excellent for
the purpose of improving public presentation of these terms
and for that purpose only. Its definitions are too brief
to be particularly useful as a work of substantive reference.
It has only 16 pages.
- de Vore, Nicholas Encyclopedia of Astrology (New York,
N.Y. Philisophical Library, 1947).
This is one of the two most valuable nearly contemporary
Astrological Reference books. The other is Sepharial's.
It would be hard to contemplate serious historical research
without it. De Vore is of the generation of Frederic Van
Nostrand and Grant Lewi, essentially "between the wars",
and had indeed a considerable knowledge of the subject,
though he can be a bit uncritical now and then.
- Dean, Geoffrey and Mather, Arthur eds. Recent Advances
in Natal Astrology (Bromley, Kent, England, The Astrological
Association, 1977).
This is billed as a "critical review" and it really is.
Many many articles on every concievable contemporary application
and research project on astrology. It has numerous formulas
and algorithms printed nowhere else, for example. Essential
for serious research programs, particularly scientific,
and statistical. It is already slightly dated, and it is
to be hoped that another edition is in the making.
- Dee, John (Dr.) The Private Diary of, and the Catalogue
of his Library of MSS, from the orignial MSS. in the Ashmolean
Museum at Oxford and Trinity College Library, Cambridge.
ed. J.O.Halliwell (London, England, 1842).
This Diary contains much fascinating material on the life,
views and methods of Queen Elizabeth the great's leading
astrologer, John Dee. The Appendix, which is a list of his
Astrological, and other occult MSS is NOT aimed at works
in English, for Dee was the master of many languages, but
it constitutes the first attempt at a Bibliography of astrological
books in the English speaking world. Dee is perhaps most
famous for his attempts to contact the spirit world using
a crystal, and his recording of the "Enochean" language
and alphabet, but he was a serious historian, astrologer
and mathamatician in addition to his addiction to a primitive
form of seance.
- Fleming-Mitchell, Leslie Running Press Glossary of Astrological
Terms (Philadelphia, Penn. 1977).
This is a brief, conscise, and generally clear dictionary
of astrological terms, intended for quick reference only.
There are two such, both quite good; this is the longer,
with slightly more elaborate entries, and with more entries
in "cognate" subjects, such as parapsychology. The Bythriver
Dictionary is probably slightly preferable both because
it is slightly more concentrated, and because of it's superior
graphics. Fleming-Mitchell has no Bibliography.
- Gardner, F. Leigh Bibliotheca Astrologica, A Catalogue
of Astrological Publications of the 15th through the 19th
Centuries. with a History of Astrology which serves as an
Introduction by William Wynn Westcott (North Hollywood CA,
Symbols and Signs, 1977).
This valuable work, which is the only reasonably full attempt
at a Bibliography in the English language on this subject,
was first published in 1911 under the title, A Catalogue
Raisonne of works on the Occult Sciences, Vol II, Astrological
Books. The only other valuable book for this purpose is
the Catalogue of Dr. John Dee's Library, for which see the
seperate entry. Gardner's Bibliography is not up to date,
and it mostly deals with books to be found in England, and
within these limits it is excellent.
- George, Llewellyn Perpetual Planetary Hour Book (St.
Paul, MINN, 1967).
Every practicing astrologer needs an hour book, this is
a good one.
- Gettings, Fred The Arkana Dictionary of Astrology (London,
England, Arkana, 1990).
Another modern encyclopedic dictionary of astrological lore.
Good research, and fairly sound articles. Competitive with
the LaRousse Encyclopedia, which is perhaps less individualist
in its point of view. The Arkana Dictionary is very much
an english school project. The greatest strength of the
Gettings book seems to be in its better use of sources like
Tester, and other classical/science history sources, in
the articles on ancient astrology.
- Hall, Manly Palmer Astrological Keywords (Los Angeles
CA, 1958).
A handy manual or compendium of short phrases as a key to
interpretation drawn from traditional sources.
- Lee, Dal Dictionary of Astrology ( New York, N.Y. Coronet,
1968).
This "Dictionary" fits into the same time space filled more
adequately by the de Vore Encyclopedia. Lee's book is basically
part autobiography, part astrological textbook, and part
dictionary. He is a long time astrological publicist, and
editor, who did function as an astrological consultant at
one point in his life. The book is very personal,and anecdotal,
displaying his own system or synthesis of astrology as it
was commonly practiced, basically in the late 30's and 40's
of this century in the U.S.A. It is interesting to browse
through, occasionally records something rather poorly documented
elsewhere, but is actually inferior as a dictionary in every
respect to the de Vore volume.
- Leo, Alan ed Vivian E. Robson, Alan Leo's Dictionary
of Astrology (London, England, 1929).
This is also an essential tool in understanding the turn
of the century English school. These are those who maintained
and restored England's traditional astological teaching,
by reinterpreting it in the light of Theosophical teaching.
Previous astrologers, such as Pearce and Wilson, were occultists
but of a highly individual sort, each with his own set of
convictions drawn from this or that occult source, either
classical, ie the Taylor translations of Plato and the neo-Platonists,
or some Reniassance teacher such as Henry Cornelius Agrippa.
With Alan Leo we get into the kind of synthesis of previous
occult strands with world mythology which is represented
by H.P.Blavatsky and Annie Besant, and indeed Leo was a
close associate of Blavatsky's and Sepharial (Walter Gorn-Old)
was close to Annie Besant. This dictionary, along with Sepharial's
similar work, should be taken as a record of that transition.
It has value. Many of the standard formulas for things like
House Cusps, and positions and aspects of fixed stars, or
the formulas for primary directions are preserved in this
book.
We also see here the beginning of the influence of, and
mixture of western astrology with, Indian Astrology, and
astrological theories. The Hindu article in this book is
identical with Sepharial's writings on that subject and
should therefore be attributed to him, as the Editor's note
correctly points out. The Editor Robson is perhaps the most
sober and serious minded of this generation, and is also
a most valuable source of information about traditional
classical/reniassance teaching.
- Sepharial, (Walter Gorn-Old) New Dictionary of Astrology,
(New York, N.Y. Arco, 1964).
This valuable book has alas all the flaws of Sepharial's
other works, A very great knowledge, but a slap-it-together
quality which makes it much less complete than either Wilson's
or De Vore's similar publications. However on the other
hand, Sepharial's greater knowledge of mathamatics, astronomy,
and historical methodology gives his work a special importance,
and makes this an essential work. Some important information
can be found conveniently only here, ie the periods of the
planets as the Ancients knew them, or how to do Primary
Directions in other than the Placidian House system.
- Wilson, James A Complete Dictionary of Astrology (New
York, Wiser, 1969).
Originally published in the very earliest years of the 19th
century, this is at one time the most complete and essential
astrological reference available, and at the same time very
much a document of its time. Wilson is opinionated and quirky,
but at the same time thorough and encyclopedically aquainted
with his subject. Wilson has a high opinion of Placidus,
but an even higher one of Ptolemy. He resists the emphasis
on "rulerships" to interpret charts, and relies on aspects,
which he views as a "scientific" tool. However, even where
he disapproves, he reports all, reasonably if not always
completly fairly. He does understand the mathamatics of
"Spherical" Astrology.
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