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| List of Figures | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction and History of Astrology | |
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| What Astrology Is--And What It Isn't | |
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| History of Astrology | |
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| Branches of Modern Astrology | |
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| Mundane Astrology | |
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| Interrogatory Astrology | |
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| Natal Astrology | |
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| Modern Natal Astrology and the Battle Between Fate and Free Will | |
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| How and Why Astrology Works | |
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| A Word about Astrology and Behavior | |
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| The Planets | |
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| Categories and Classifications of the Planets | |
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| Inner Planets versus Outer Planets | |
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| Personal Planets, Social Planets, and Transpersonal Planets | |
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| Straight Talk About Sect | |
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| The Sun | |
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| The Moon | |
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| Backing Up to Look at Retrograde Planets | |
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| Mercury | |
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| Venus | |
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| Mars | |
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| Jupiter | |
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| Saturn | |
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| Chiron | |
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| Uranus | |
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| Neptune | |
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| Pluto | |
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| The Signs | |
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| The Elements | |
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| Fire | |
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| Earth | |
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| Air | |
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| Water | |
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| The Modalities | |
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| Cardinal | |
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| Fixed | |
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| Mutable | |
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| Aries | |
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| Taurus | |
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| Gemini | |
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| Cancer | |
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| Leo | |
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| Virgo | |
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| Libra | |
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| Scorpio | |
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| Sagittarius | |
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| Capricorn | |
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| Aquarius | |
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| Pisces | |
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| Essential Dignities | |
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| Introduction to Essential Dignities | |
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| Rulership | |
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| Exaltation | |
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| Triplicity | |
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| Term | |
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| Face | |
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| Detriment | |
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| Fall | |
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| Peregrine | |
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| A Word About Classical Interpretations | |
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| How the Outer Planets Fit In | |
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| Dispositor Trees | |
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| Interpreting Planets in Signs | |
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| The Sun | |
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| The Sun in Fire Signs | |
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| The Sun in Air Signs | |
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| The Sun in Earth Signs | |
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| The Sun in Water Signs | |
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| The Moon | |
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| The Moon in Water Signs | |
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| The Moon in Earth Signs | |
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| The Moon in Fire Signs | |
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| The Moon in Air Signs | |
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| Mercury | |
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| Mercury in Air Signs | |
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| Mercury in Earth Signs | |
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| Mercury in Fire Signs | |
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| Mercury in Water Signs | |
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| Venus | |
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| Venus in Earth Signs | |
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| Venus in Water Signs | |
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| Venus in Air Signs | |
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| Venus in Fire Signs | |
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| Mars | |
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| Mars in Fire Signs | |
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| Mars in Water Signs | |
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| Mars in Earth Signs | |
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| Mars in Air Signs | |
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| Jupiter | |
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| Jupiter in Fire Signs | |
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| Jupiter in Water Signs | |
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| Jupiter in Air Signs | |
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| Jupiter in Earth Signs | |
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| Saturn | |
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| Saturn in Air Signs | |
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| Saturn in Earth Signs | |
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| Saturn in Fire Signs | |
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| Saturn in Water Signs | |
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| The Outer Planets Through the Signs | |
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| Chiron Through the Signs | |
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| Uranus Through the Signs | |
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| Neptune Through the Signs | |
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| Pluto Through the Signs | |
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| The Angles, the Houses, and the Part of Fortune | |
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| A Brief Overview of House Systems | |
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| Equal House Systems | |
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| Quadrant Systems | |
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| Time Systems | |
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| Space Systems | |
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| Quadrants and Hemispheres | |
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| The Southern Hemisphere | |
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| The Northern Hemisphere | |
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| The Eastern Hemisphere | |
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| The Western Hemisphere | |
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| The Quadrants | |
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| Understanding the Houses | |
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| Understanding the Angles | |
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| The Three Types of Houses: Angular, Succedent, and Cadent | |
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| A Tour of the Houses and Angles | |
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| The Ascendant | |
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| The First House | |
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| The Second House | |
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| The Third House | |
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| The Imum Coeli | |
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| The Fourth House | |
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| The Fifth House | |
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| The Sixth House | |
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| The Descendant | |
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| The Seventh House | |
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| The Eighth House | |
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| The Ninth House | |
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| The Midheaven | |
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| The Tenth House | |
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| The Eleventh House | |
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| The Twelfth House | |
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| The Part of Fortune (and the Part of Spirit) | |
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| Basic Interpretation | |
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| Sylvester Stallone | |
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| Meryl Streep | |
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| The Aspects | |
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| Whole Sign versus Harmonic Aspects | |
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| The Difficult Question of Orbs | |
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| Moiety | |
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| Interpreting Out-of-Sign Aspects | |
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| Waxing and Waning Aspects | |
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| Applying, Partile, and Separating Aspects | |
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| The Aspects Defined | |
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| The First-Harmonic Aspect: The Conjunction ([characters not reproducible]) (Major) | |
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| The Second-Harmonic Aspect: The Opposition ([characters not reproducible]) (Major) | |
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| The Third-Harmonic Aspect: The Trine ([characters not reproducible]) (Major) | |
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| The Fourth-Harmonic Aspect: The Square ([characters not reproducible]) (Major) | |
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| The Fifth-Harmonic Aspects: The Quintile (Q) and Biquintile (Q[superscript 2]) (Minor) | |
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| The Sixth-Harmonic Aspect: The Sextile (*) (Major) | |
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| The Seventh-Harmonic Aspects: The Septile (S), Biseptile (S[superscript 2]), and Triseptile (S[superscript 3]) (Minor) | |
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| The Eighth-Harmonic Aspects: The Semisquare ([characters not reproducible]) and Sesquiquadrate ([characters not reproducible]) (Minor, but Important) | |
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| The Ninth-Harmonic Aspects: The Novile, Binovile, and Quadnovile (Minor) | |
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| The Tenth-Harmonic Aspects: The Decile and Tredecile (Minor) | |
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| The Twelfth-Harmonic Aspects: The Semisextile ([characters not reproducible]) (Minor) and Quincunx ([characters not reproducible]) (Major) | |
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| Other Types of "Aspects" | |
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| Receptions | |
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| Antiscia and Contra-Antiscia | |
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| Aspects in Latitude: Parallels and Contraparallels | |
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| A Brief Look at Natal Retrograde Planets | |
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| Growth versus Evolution | |
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| The Precession of the Equinoxes (and Why We're Not in the Age of Aquarius) | |
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| Progression and Precession Cycles Through the Zodiac | |
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| The Progression Cycle | |
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| The Precession Cycle | |
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| And Precession Relates to Retrograde Planets How, Exactly? | |
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| Interpreting Natal Retrograde Planets | |
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| Mercury Retrograde in the Natal Chart | |
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| Venus Retrograde in the Natal Chart | |
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| Mars Retrograde in the Natal Chart | |
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| Outer Planets Changing Direction in the Natal Chart | |
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| Secondary Progressions and Retrograde Planets | |
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| Eclipses, Lunations, and the Moon's Nodes | |
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| Eclipses and the Moon's Nodes | |
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| Interpreting and Understanding the Moon's Nodes | |
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| The Nodes Are Mathematical Points--They Are Not Physical Bodies | |
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| The Nodes Are Related to the Moon, the Sun, and the Ecliptic | |
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| The Nodes Are Always in Perfect Opposition | |
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| Putting It Together | |
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| The South Node | |
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| The North Node | |
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| Interpreting the Nodes | |
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| The Aries/Libra Nodal Axis | |
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| The Taurus/Scorpio Nodal Axis | |
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| The Gemini/Sagittarius Nodal Axis | |
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| The Cancer/Capricorn Nodal Axis | |
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| The Leo/Aquarius Nodal Axis | |
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| The Virgo/Pisces Nodal Axis | |
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| Aspect Patterns | |
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| Aspect Patterns Can Only Be Formed by Physical Bodies | |
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| Aspect Patterns Require Very Small Orbs | |
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| Aspect Patterns Must Be in the Correct Signs | |
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| Interpreting the Aspect Patterns | |
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| Stellium | |
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| Grand Trine | |
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| Fire | |
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| Earth | |
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| Air | |
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| Water | |
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| Kite | |
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| Mystic Rectangle | |
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| Grand Sextile | |
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| Grand Cross | |
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| Cardinal | |
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| Fixed | |
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| Mutable | |
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| T-Square | |
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| Mutable | |
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| Yod | |
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| Boomerang | |
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| Grand Quintile | |
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| Synthesized Chart Interpretation | |
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| Sylvester Stallone, Continued | |
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| Meryl Streep, Continued | |
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| Interpretation Example 3: Evita Peron | |
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| Interpretation Example 4: Woody Allen | |
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| Some Last Words of Advice and Encouragement | |
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| Natal Chart Interpretation Worksheet | |
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| Astrology Organizations, Resources, and Web Pages | |
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| Astrology Organizations | |
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| Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences | |
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| National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR) | |
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| American Federation of Astrologers (AFA) | |
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| Astrological Association of Great Britain (AA) | |
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| International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR) | |
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| Centre for Psychological Astrology | |
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| Astrology on the World Wide Web | |
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| Astrological Horoscopes and Forecasts | |
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| Astrodienst Atlas | |
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| Astrology Organizations | |
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| Classical Astrology Links and Resources | |
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| Astrology Software | |
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| Astrology Software for the Macintosh | |
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| Time Cycles Research: IO Edition, IO Horoscope, IO Forecast, IO Relationship, Star*Sprite, Others | |
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| Macintosh Software Recommendations | |
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| Astrology Software for Windows | |
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| Astrolabe: Solar Fire 5 | |
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| Matrix Software: Win*Star | |
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| Other Software Options | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Inferior Planets in Direct and Retrograde Motion | |
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| Superior Planets in Direct and Retrograde Motion | |
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| Ptolemy's Table of Essential Dignities and Debilities as shown in Essential Dignities by J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D. | |
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| Peregrine Degrees for Traditional Dignities | |
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| Liza Minelli's Dispositor Tree | |
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| Meryl Streep's Dispositor Tree | |
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| Sylvester Stallone's Dispositor Tree | |
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| Quadrants and Hemispheres | |
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| The Houses and Angles | |
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| Calculating the Part of Fortune | |
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| Sylvester Stallone's Natal Chart | |
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| Meryl Streep's Natal Chart | |
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| Calculating Antiscia and Contra-Antiscia (Solstice Points) | |
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| The Moon's Nodes | |
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| Solar and Lunar Eclipses | |
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| Stellium | |
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| Grand Trine | |
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| Kite | |
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| Mystic Rectangle | |
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| Grand Sextile | |
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| Grand Cross | |
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| T-Square | |
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| Yod | |
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| Boomerang | |
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| Grand Quintile | |
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| Evita Peron's Natal Chart | |
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| Woody Allen's Natal Chart | |