The Astrology Sourcebook: A Guide to the Symbolic Language of the Stars - Softcover

Soffer, Shirley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565658833 ISBN 13: 9781565658837

Publisher: Lowell House, 1998

Synopsis

An introduction to astrology describes its history and explains the signs of the zodiac, their elements, and the planetary symbols

About this title

About the Author

Shirley Soffer is a consulting astrologer and teacher with an active practice in New York City. She is certified as a consulting astrologer with the National Council for Geocosmic Research-Professional Astrologers Alliance (NCGR-PAA), and is the Education Director for the organization. In her work, she draws from the teachings of Carl G. Jung by integrating psychology, mythology, and dreams with astrology's rich symbolism. To amplify and enhance her work, she participated for five years in the Jung Foundation's Professional Training Seminars, an interactive series of lectures, readings, discussions, and study geared to people working in the helping professions.

Review

If you're looking for an engaging, readable book for your next beginners' class or a gift for a client or friend, look no further. Here's a book that will enlighten without overwhelming and cover all the bases of basics. The author starts with a little bit of history -- just enough to put things in perspective. She then goes on to cover planets, signs, elements, qualities, houses, house systems, and more.....I would not hesitate to add this book to any beginners' course curriculum. Nor would I hesitate to recommend it to a client. What is here is both solid and readable. Give it a look! --National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR) Memberletter, January/February 2011. Excerpt from Review by Donna Van Toen.

Some book titles tell you exactly what the book is about, though others may bore you or mystify you. Shirley Soffer's The Astrology Sourcebook is of the first type as it tells you exactly what this book is, a sourcebook that gives you the basic information you will need during the process of studying and learning astrology, and which can serve as a useful reference once you have mastered the subject to some degree. This edition is very welcome because the book's original edition, published in 1998, had gone out of print.... For this reissue, some corrections and additions have been made... The Astrology Sourcebook is readable, informative, and it covers all of the necessary bases for anyone who wants to gain an understanding of the basics of astrology....The expression here is both spiritual and practical...The Astrology Sourcebook is well worth buying, reading, and studying. --Horoscope Guide, May 2011. Except from Review by Kenneth Irving.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lowell House
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565658833
• ISBN 13: 9781565658837
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234