The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life

This, then, is the real purpose of astrology: to hold a mirror before the evolving self, to tell us what we already know deep within ourselves.

Planets are the third dimension of astrological symbolism. They represent the actual structure of the mind. Each one symbolizes a particular psychological function: intellect; emotions, self-imagery, the impulse toward intimacy.

There is a helpful trick that can assist us in further simplifying and crystallizing our insights into the primal triad. Applicable to any birthchart, it provides an instant thumbnail sketch of the personality, based on the sun, moon, and ascendant. The trick depends on the archetypes we introduced for each of the signs back in chapter 5. You’ll fi

Five Steps – Analysis of the Primal Triad STEP ONE Look at the sun. It’s what is the formation of identity. Consider the sign it occupies. Why is that person alive? What is his evolutionary goal? How can he most effectively realize it? What risks does he face? Now add the sun’s house. Where is he confronted with the clearest expression of those sol

A planet asks the question what? A sign takes that what and develops it with a how and a why.

The point is not personality; hemisphere emphasis describes the shape of the life, not the tones and textures that make up the fabric of the person’s nature. It reveals the rules of the game, not the personality of the player.

Seven fundamental ideas form the backbone of any growth oriented vision of astrology. Any individual or text that diverges very far from them is probably more a part of astrology’s bad karma than part of its future. Astrological symbols are neutral. There are no good ones, no bad ones. Individuals are responsible for the way they embody their birth

The ascendant is the wrapping placed over the interactions of the sun and moon. It symbolizes two closely interrelated psychological principles: first, that each of us must necessarily create a simplified version of ourselves to use as a vehicle in our daily lives. And second, that such a vehicle had better be an effective one, allowing a streamlin

Isolating essential themes – that is the key to successful interpretation.