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Astrodienst ("Astroservice"): German site that is an amazing collection of resources for astrologers. Have charts done for free. Take lessons. Read articles from top astrologers. Search Lois Rodden's AstroDataBank (which used to cost $250 as a stand-alone program) for charts of famous people with certain astrological configurations. On and on. Those who think astrology is no more than newspaper "Sun Signs" will quickly realize that these are just the tip of the iceberg for a vast and challenging system of correspondences and their accompanying worldview. You can get lost here, and in a good way. Spend hours exploring. An amazing gift to the astrological community from Alois Treindl. Thank you!
http://www.astro.com/
The Mountain Astrologer is the #1 astrology magazine in the world. If you are an astrologer and don't have a subscription, join your fellows here.
http://mountainastrologer.com/tma/
Cafe Astrology is a good place for the beginner to start, as it gives nice "deliniations" (interpretations) of all the astrological factors that may appear in a horoscope: Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus, Sun trine Moon, etc. Of course the synthesis of these various factors (being able to see the chart as a whole) is what makes astrology so challenging, often requiring an enjoyable lifetime of study!
https://cafeastrology.com/
ANS (Astrology News Service) and Edward Snow (not Edward Snowden) with Armand Diaz are trying their hardest to bring astrology back to respectability in the modern world with insightful and well-written articles on the subject. Here's a good source for things to show your non-astrological friends.
http://astrologynewsservice.com/
http://www.astro.com/
The Mountain Astrologer is the #1 astrology magazine in the world. If you are an astrologer and don't have a subscription, join your fellows here.
http://mountainastrologer.com/tma/
Cafe Astrology is a good place for the beginner to start, as it gives nice "deliniations" (interpretations) of all the astrological factors that may appear in a horoscope: Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus, Sun trine Moon, etc. Of course the synthesis of these various factors (being able to see the chart as a whole) is what makes astrology so challenging, often requiring an enjoyable lifetime of study!
https://cafeastrology.com/
ANS (Astrology News Service) and Edward Snow (not Edward Snowden) with Armand Diaz are trying their hardest to bring astrology back to respectability in the modern world with insightful and well-written articles on the subject. Here's a good source for things to show your non-astrological friends.
http://astrologynewsservice.com/
Astrological Organizations:
ISAR is one of several premier organizations for astrologers. They are very active and progressive, and host many conferences as well as publishing both paper and web-based articles.
http://www.isarastrology.org/
NCGR is similar to ISAR: it also hosts conferences and publishes articles. Neither is "better." These are the top two.
https://geocosmic.org/
The American Federation of Astrologers is the Grand Dame of American organizations, although in recent years it has been trying to upgrade its somewhat "fusty" image. They have also published many, many books over the years. It is less active at this time than the organizations listed above. Catharine Grant, one of the original founders, took a look at my own horoscope many years ago!
https://www.astrologers.com/
There are astrological organizations all over the world. A well-known one is the Astrological Association in Great Britain, which splintered off from the Astrological Lodge, which is older and also still around. India, of course, still has an extremely vibrant astrological tradition.
http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/
New blood in the field is good! Here's the Association For Young Astrologers:
http://youngastrologers.org/
You're on your own now. Here's a link which lists a number of other astrological organizations, as well as individual astrologers:
http://www.findastrologer.com/astrology-organizations/international-astrology-organizations/
http://www.isarastrology.org/
NCGR is similar to ISAR: it also hosts conferences and publishes articles. Neither is "better." These are the top two.
https://geocosmic.org/
The American Federation of Astrologers is the Grand Dame of American organizations, although in recent years it has been trying to upgrade its somewhat "fusty" image. They have also published many, many books over the years. It is less active at this time than the organizations listed above. Catharine Grant, one of the original founders, took a look at my own horoscope many years ago!
https://www.astrologers.com/
There are astrological organizations all over the world. A well-known one is the Astrological Association in Great Britain, which splintered off from the Astrological Lodge, which is older and also still around. India, of course, still has an extremely vibrant astrological tradition.
http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/
New blood in the field is good! Here's the Association For Young Astrologers:
http://youngastrologers.org/
You're on your own now. Here's a link which lists a number of other astrological organizations, as well as individual astrologers:
http://www.findastrologer.com/astrology-organizations/international-astrology-organizations/
Other Portals:
Besides education, Kepler college has a large variety of scholarly articles and other interesting items:
http://www.kepler.edu/home/
A proud graduate of Kepler, astrologer Chris Brennan maintains a number of astrologically-oriented websites, which may be found on the lower right of the page below:
http://www.chrisbrennanastrologer.com/newsletter/
A particularly interesting one is his podcast site, where he interviews many well-known names in the astrology world. Chris is very active in keeping astrology alive and fresh for younger people who are "rising" in the field, as is his girlfriend, Leisa Schaim.
http://theastrologypodcast.com/
As an avid traveler, I'm a big fan of the late Jim Lewis' AstoCartoGraphy system. It is one of the very few "modern" techniques that really seems to have a lot of meat and value to it. There are nice individual reports for sale, but some personal computer astrology programs (see below) have added their own version of the calculations also to experiment with.
http://www.astrocartography.co.uk/
Listed below are some other portal type of sites with links to explore. Most of these were found by Google search, and have not been researched. They may range from more "entertainment" type of sites to the more serious. They are simply more possibilities. There's a LOT out there!
http://www.astrologyhub.com/
http://www.astrologicalinvesting.com/html/links-2.htm
http://www.astrotheme.com/
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/essays/hscope.html
http://www.theastrologyportal.com/
http://techglamour.com/astrology-horoscope-zodiac-best-astro-web-sites/
http://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Online-Horoscopes-Written-by-Real-True-Astrologers
http://www.insightastrology.net/astrology-sites-enjoy-reading/
http://renaissanceastrology.com/
http://astromatrix.org/
http://www.astrocollege.org/campus/links.cgi
https://astrologywizard.com/links_astro_02.htm
http://www.kepler.edu/home/
A proud graduate of Kepler, astrologer Chris Brennan maintains a number of astrologically-oriented websites, which may be found on the lower right of the page below:
http://www.chrisbrennanastrologer.com/newsletter/
A particularly interesting one is his podcast site, where he interviews many well-known names in the astrology world. Chris is very active in keeping astrology alive and fresh for younger people who are "rising" in the field, as is his girlfriend, Leisa Schaim.
http://theastrologypodcast.com/
As an avid traveler, I'm a big fan of the late Jim Lewis' AstoCartoGraphy system. It is one of the very few "modern" techniques that really seems to have a lot of meat and value to it. There are nice individual reports for sale, but some personal computer astrology programs (see below) have added their own version of the calculations also to experiment with.
http://www.astrocartography.co.uk/
Listed below are some other portal type of sites with links to explore. Most of these were found by Google search, and have not been researched. They may range from more "entertainment" type of sites to the more serious. They are simply more possibilities. There's a LOT out there!
http://www.astrologyhub.com/
http://www.astrologicalinvesting.com/html/links-2.htm
http://www.astrotheme.com/
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/essays/hscope.html
http://www.theastrologyportal.com/
http://techglamour.com/astrology-horoscope-zodiac-best-astro-web-sites/
http://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Online-Horoscopes-Written-by-Real-True-Astrologers
http://www.insightastrology.net/astrology-sites-enjoy-reading/
http://renaissanceastrology.com/
http://astromatrix.org/
http://www.astrocollege.org/campus/links.cgi
https://astrologywizard.com/links_astro_02.htm
How to Learn Astrology:
A large number of the organizations as well as their individual astrologers listed above offer classes and/or certifications of some sort. There are countless books out there that teach astrology. There are videos on the internet. Most astrologers have a varied and cobbled together history of courses, books, videos, and more. The thing about it is, learning astrology is fun and (for most people) intensely interesting. Learning a little typically makes one want to learn more. Again, it all stems from the experience. If you've never eaten ice cream, how would you know how wonderful it is? If you've never had an experience of noticing astrology in action with yourself or others, how could you appreciate it? That's why a little bit opens the door to wanting more. The first thing that you'll want, unless you just really enjoy pencil and paper and a four-function calculator, is a program to set up charts. Astro.com offers free charts, but eventually you'll want your own program. Here's the big three:
Programs:
There are several good astrology programs, but Astrolabe's Solar Fire seems to have positioned itself as the "gold standard," used by more astrologers than the others:
http://www.alabe.com/
That said, David Cochrane is a valuable part of the astrology world, and has had his own plucky software company for many years, which puts out the excellent Kepler astrology program.
http://www.astrosoftware.com/
In addition, David runs the Avalon astrology school in Florida. He also has many educational videos on Youtube (see the video section)
http://www.avalonastrology.com/
Matrix software produced the very first personal computer astrological software for the original Apple II computer back in the early 1980's. As someone who had both the Apple II and the Matrix software, I can never hope to convey to younger people just how miraculous that was. They are currently producing a program called Win*Star.
http://www.astrologysoftware.com/index.aspx
http://www.alabe.com/
That said, David Cochrane is a valuable part of the astrology world, and has had his own plucky software company for many years, which puts out the excellent Kepler astrology program.
http://www.astrosoftware.com/
In addition, David runs the Avalon astrology school in Florida. He also has many educational videos on Youtube (see the video section)
http://www.avalonastrology.com/
Matrix software produced the very first personal computer astrological software for the original Apple II computer back in the early 1980's. As someone who had both the Apple II and the Matrix software, I can never hope to convey to younger people just how miraculous that was. They are currently producing a program called Win*Star.
http://www.astrologysoftware.com/index.aspx
Apps:
My favorite app is Iphemeris, but for some reason they have never made it available for Android. It's Apple only. That said, it is an amazing pocket tool with ephemeris-like pages that is available in an instant without a lot of inputting data, etc. If you are watching a tv show and wonder about the actor's chart, or have just met someone and want a quick thumbnail reading, this is your app. Highly recommended.
https://www.iphemeris.com/
The problem with most smart-phone astrology apps is that they are cumbersome to enter and manage data and the various results of that data. Either that, or they're "toys" just meant to come up with a newspaper-style reading. Nonetheless, how amazing is it to have an astrology computer in your pocket? Pretty amazing. Here's the Solar Fire people's smartphone version, Astro Gold:
http://www.astrogold.io/
Here's another one that gets good reviews, Time Passages:
http://www.astrograph.com/mobile/
https://www.iphemeris.com/
The problem with most smart-phone astrology apps is that they are cumbersome to enter and manage data and the various results of that data. Either that, or they're "toys" just meant to come up with a newspaper-style reading. Nonetheless, how amazing is it to have an astrology computer in your pocket? Pretty amazing. Here's the Solar Fire people's smartphone version, Astro Gold:
http://www.astrogold.io/
Here's another one that gets good reviews, Time Passages:
http://www.astrograph.com/mobile/
Articles:
These articles are presented in a somewhat random fashion. Many of them have been pulled from some of the portals at the top. I've not read all of them completely, but they all look interesting. If you surf through the portals, there are many, many more!
Let's start with a definition of the topic by Chris Brennan. (More Chris momentarily.)
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2011/08/07/definition-of-astrology/
Here's a breezy take on astrology in the present gestalt including an interview with Susan Miller, and Benson Bobrick's apt observation that astrology was actually the progenitor of science itself. The author outs herself as a Capricorn with Scorpio rising, and she can't seem to decide whether to be an earth-bound skeptic or a Plutonian detective fascinated by the secret undercurrents that the discipline might point to. But isn't that just the way astrology works?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandapetrusich/is-it-time-for-us-to-take-astrology-seriously?utm_term=.tcryOddpj#.qw7wayybN
Not many astrology articles are written by former Russian nuclear physicists:
http://physicsofastrology.com/?sid=130&aid=1791&idpage=Is_Astrology_science_art_or_religion_
Resources for historical research in astrology:
http://www.smoe.org/arcana/astrol1.html
More history: an example of the many scholarly articles available at Kepler:
http://www.kepler.edu/home/index.php/articles/history-of-astrology/item/324-origins-of-astrology-the-egyptian-legacy
More history, featuring an object that has been the subject of television documentaries:
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2008/12/16/the-antikythera-mechanism-was-used-for-astrology/
OK, one more on history - the quickest history of astrology ever, again by Chris Brennan:
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2008/12/18/the-history-of-western-astrology/
Interesting article on the possibility that India actually got its astrology from the Greeks. (There is likely a reciprocal transmission as well, since it seems very possible that the Stoic philosophy may have been a reworking of ancient Indian thought.)
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2008/12/11/the-transmission-of-hellenistic-astrology-to-india/
One of the few astrologers with the clarity of thought and willingness to stand up to the knee-jerk opposition to astrology from more scientific quarters. Go, Ed! (and buy his book Astrology Considered.)
http://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/clearing-the-logjam-in-astrological-research/
There may be hope yet for more research. May. be.
http://astrologynewsservice.com/news/whats-next-for-astrological-research/
Featuring those heros of astrological research, the Gauquelins. Oh, this could go on forever. Just go to the excellent Astrology News Service website and read all of the articles. They're all good. And buy the book.
http://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/new-tests-with-gauquelin-data-confirm-astrology/
Does science treat astrology fairly when it "investigates" astrology? In the ANS book mentioned above, Ed Snow takes apart the Carlson Study, which is often touted by skeptics as a test that "disproved" astrology. Here is Kenneth McRitchie, mentioned a couple of articles above, doing the same with another test that also "disproved" astrology. Go, Ken!
http://www.astrologicalreviewletters.org/2014/06/cognitive-bias-in-mcgrew-and-mcfall.html
Here's a locked archive of an article by Penny Seator from an old ISAR journal. Even though it's grayed out after the first page, the initial quote is very apropos for astrological research. There is material on this also in The Dance of Astrology.
https://www.scribd.com/document/240975374/Capturing-Astrology-in-Statistical-Tests
Here's another astrologer disgruntled by science's lack of embrace of astrology, with tips for fighting back. (The article originally appeared in The Mountain Astrologer.
http://www.onereed.com/articles/vvf/revise.html
Switching gears, here's Liz Greene, one of the true treasures of modern astrology. Amazing and deep psychological insights flow from her like water whenever she puts pen to paper. Here she talks with equal depth about astrology in general:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_lifeview_e.htm
Here's Liz in her milieu, talking about astrology and myth and Uranus and Saturn and...
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_uranus1_e.htm
Here's another giant from that classic modern generation, Rob Hand, giving his insights. He is fascinated by historical astrology of the Helenistic period, and started Project Hindsight to research and preserve that period. There is a direct and unbroken line between Helenistic astrology and what we practice today:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_postmodern_e.htm
Astrology by Hand: more columns by Rob, including his take on astrology vs. science. This is on Rick Levine's site, who is also fascinated by astrology's place in the world of the modern scientific paradigm. No, not the clockwork one. There's hope.
http://www.stariq.com/AstrologyByHandLib.HTM
Here's another blog from Rick's site featuring the funniest astologer going (after Michael Lutin), Sagittarian Kim Rogers-Gallagher:
http://www.stariq.com/CosmicCafeLib.HTM
Want to know what books Steven Forrest likes? Here you go:
https://www.forrestastrology.com/training/reading-list
Several on the list are by one of my early heros, Steven Arroyo. However, he is very low-keyed and mysterious as to his online presence. I couldn't find any articles by him. Here's a tiny Wikipedia entry. All of his books are great, and very influential:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Arroyo
Some Astrodienst articles to peruse:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_special_e.htm
You want Dane? We've got Dane. Man! Even people who write about Dane are erudite!
http://cura.free.fr/xx/17frank4.html
Same author, Dennis Frank, who apparently has a degree in physics. Here he is talking about astrology and the new paradigms of science. Haven't read it yet, but I will!
http://cura.free.fr/xxv/23frank5.html
Quick take on the Collective Unconscious and Archetypes, two concepts very important in astrology:
http://astrologyclub.org/collective-unconscious-archetypes/
The Enchanted Cosmos by Ray Grasse:
http://starman414.wixsite.com/enchanted-cosmos
More Ray Grasse:
http://www.raygrasse.com/contact
Quantum physics and astrology:
http://www.falconastrology.com/quantum_astrology.html
More new science and astrology:
http://www.midlandsschoolofastrology.co.uk/multiverse_astrology__for_astrology_students.html
Richard Tarnas on Archetypal Astrology: (click on the essay by that title for a pdf)
https://cosmosandpsyche.com/essays/
Glenn Perry's treasure trove of articles (click the articles tab):
http://aaperry.com/
Glenn Perry answers the annoying and clueless News Flash!! put out by scientists and media every several years that there is a "13th sign," that somehow astrologers aren't aware of or haven't taken into account, thereby negating all of astrology, or showing that astrologers are idiots. Puh-leez. Scientists! Media! Please read this and shut the Frankincense up about it already.
http://aaperry.com/zodiac-13th-sign/
Why belief blinds us to alternative points of view (Ed Snow again):
http://www.rense.com/general96/beliefbinds.html
A.T. (Ted) Mann's incorporation of the true (spiral) motion of planets through time into astrology:
http://www.atmann.net/CIDAlect.htm
David Cochrane articles:
http://www.astrosoftware.com/astrologyarticle.htm
Let's start with a definition of the topic by Chris Brennan. (More Chris momentarily.)
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2011/08/07/definition-of-astrology/
Here's a breezy take on astrology in the present gestalt including an interview with Susan Miller, and Benson Bobrick's apt observation that astrology was actually the progenitor of science itself. The author outs herself as a Capricorn with Scorpio rising, and she can't seem to decide whether to be an earth-bound skeptic or a Plutonian detective fascinated by the secret undercurrents that the discipline might point to. But isn't that just the way astrology works?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandapetrusich/is-it-time-for-us-to-take-astrology-seriously?utm_term=.tcryOddpj#.qw7wayybN
Not many astrology articles are written by former Russian nuclear physicists:
http://physicsofastrology.com/?sid=130&aid=1791&idpage=Is_Astrology_science_art_or_religion_
Resources for historical research in astrology:
http://www.smoe.org/arcana/astrol1.html
More history: an example of the many scholarly articles available at Kepler:
http://www.kepler.edu/home/index.php/articles/history-of-astrology/item/324-origins-of-astrology-the-egyptian-legacy
More history, featuring an object that has been the subject of television documentaries:
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2008/12/16/the-antikythera-mechanism-was-used-for-astrology/
OK, one more on history - the quickest history of astrology ever, again by Chris Brennan:
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2008/12/18/the-history-of-western-astrology/
Interesting article on the possibility that India actually got its astrology from the Greeks. (There is likely a reciprocal transmission as well, since it seems very possible that the Stoic philosophy may have been a reworking of ancient Indian thought.)
http://horoscopicastrologyblog.com/2008/12/11/the-transmission-of-hellenistic-astrology-to-india/
One of the few astrologers with the clarity of thought and willingness to stand up to the knee-jerk opposition to astrology from more scientific quarters. Go, Ed! (and buy his book Astrology Considered.)
http://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/clearing-the-logjam-in-astrological-research/
There may be hope yet for more research. May. be.
http://astrologynewsservice.com/news/whats-next-for-astrological-research/
Featuring those heros of astrological research, the Gauquelins. Oh, this could go on forever. Just go to the excellent Astrology News Service website and read all of the articles. They're all good. And buy the book.
http://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/new-tests-with-gauquelin-data-confirm-astrology/
Does science treat astrology fairly when it "investigates" astrology? In the ANS book mentioned above, Ed Snow takes apart the Carlson Study, which is often touted by skeptics as a test that "disproved" astrology. Here is Kenneth McRitchie, mentioned a couple of articles above, doing the same with another test that also "disproved" astrology. Go, Ken!
http://www.astrologicalreviewletters.org/2014/06/cognitive-bias-in-mcgrew-and-mcfall.html
Here's a locked archive of an article by Penny Seator from an old ISAR journal. Even though it's grayed out after the first page, the initial quote is very apropos for astrological research. There is material on this also in The Dance of Astrology.
https://www.scribd.com/document/240975374/Capturing-Astrology-in-Statistical-Tests
Here's another astrologer disgruntled by science's lack of embrace of astrology, with tips for fighting back. (The article originally appeared in The Mountain Astrologer.
http://www.onereed.com/articles/vvf/revise.html
Switching gears, here's Liz Greene, one of the true treasures of modern astrology. Amazing and deep psychological insights flow from her like water whenever she puts pen to paper. Here she talks with equal depth about astrology in general:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_lifeview_e.htm
Here's Liz in her milieu, talking about astrology and myth and Uranus and Saturn and...
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_uranus1_e.htm
Here's another giant from that classic modern generation, Rob Hand, giving his insights. He is fascinated by historical astrology of the Helenistic period, and started Project Hindsight to research and preserve that period. There is a direct and unbroken line between Helenistic astrology and what we practice today:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_postmodern_e.htm
Astrology by Hand: more columns by Rob, including his take on astrology vs. science. This is on Rick Levine's site, who is also fascinated by astrology's place in the world of the modern scientific paradigm. No, not the clockwork one. There's hope.
http://www.stariq.com/AstrologyByHandLib.HTM
Here's another blog from Rick's site featuring the funniest astologer going (after Michael Lutin), Sagittarian Kim Rogers-Gallagher:
http://www.stariq.com/CosmicCafeLib.HTM
Want to know what books Steven Forrest likes? Here you go:
https://www.forrestastrology.com/training/reading-list
Several on the list are by one of my early heros, Steven Arroyo. However, he is very low-keyed and mysterious as to his online presence. I couldn't find any articles by him. Here's a tiny Wikipedia entry. All of his books are great, and very influential:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Arroyo
Some Astrodienst articles to peruse:
http://www.astro.com/astrology/in_special_e.htm
You want Dane? We've got Dane. Man! Even people who write about Dane are erudite!
http://cura.free.fr/xx/17frank4.html
Same author, Dennis Frank, who apparently has a degree in physics. Here he is talking about astrology and the new paradigms of science. Haven't read it yet, but I will!
http://cura.free.fr/xxv/23frank5.html
Quick take on the Collective Unconscious and Archetypes, two concepts very important in astrology:
http://astrologyclub.org/collective-unconscious-archetypes/
The Enchanted Cosmos by Ray Grasse:
http://starman414.wixsite.com/enchanted-cosmos
More Ray Grasse:
http://www.raygrasse.com/contact
Quantum physics and astrology:
http://www.falconastrology.com/quantum_astrology.html
More new science and astrology:
http://www.midlandsschoolofastrology.co.uk/multiverse_astrology__for_astrology_students.html
Richard Tarnas on Archetypal Astrology: (click on the essay by that title for a pdf)
https://cosmosandpsyche.com/essays/
Glenn Perry's treasure trove of articles (click the articles tab):
http://aaperry.com/
Glenn Perry answers the annoying and clueless News Flash!! put out by scientists and media every several years that there is a "13th sign," that somehow astrologers aren't aware of or haven't taken into account, thereby negating all of astrology, or showing that astrologers are idiots. Puh-leez. Scientists! Media! Please read this and shut the Frankincense up about it already.
http://aaperry.com/zodiac-13th-sign/
Why belief blinds us to alternative points of view (Ed Snow again):
http://www.rense.com/general96/beliefbinds.html
A.T. (Ted) Mann's incorporation of the true (spiral) motion of planets through time into astrology:
http://www.atmann.net/CIDAlect.htm
David Cochrane articles:
http://www.astrosoftware.com/astrologyarticle.htm
And stay tuned...
