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StarGates
Essays on Astrology, Symbolism, and the Synchronistic Universe
StarGates is a wide-ranging collection of essays on the art and science of astrology, exploring both the practical and philosophical aspects of the ancient discipline. Among the subjects discussed are the Great Ages, the astrology of anomalies, the United States’ “Pluto return,” relationships and the 7th house, synchronicity and astrology, fate versus free will, traditional versus modern astrology, the search for Planet X, the highest planet in the horoscope, the theory of correspondences, and many more.
Ray Grasse is an internationally-recognized astrologer, and author of books including The Waking Dream, Signs of the Times, Under a Sacred Sky, An Infinity of Gods, and Urban Mystic. He worked on the editorial staffs of Quest Magazine and Quest Books for ten years, and has been associate editor of The Mountain Astrologer for 20 years.
“A stunning collection of essays from one of astrology’s most original thinkers. A must-have for every astrologer’s collection.” —Laurence Hillman, Planets in Play and Archetypes at Work
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Table of Contents
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Musings on Music, Magic, and Astrology
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StarGates: Planetary Portals and Windows in Time
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Do the Physical Planets Hold Clues into their Meaning as Astrological Principles?
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Decoding the Most Elevated Planet in the Horoscope
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The Horoscope as a Spectrum of Possibilities
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Why Your “Bad Moon” May Actually Be Your Best Friend: Taking a Closer Look at Hard Lunar Aspects
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Degrees as Years: A Surprisingly Simple “Time Lord” Technique
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Does Astrology Deny Free Will?
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Saturn as the Key “Karmic” Challenge of the Horoscope
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The Limits of Astrology: Or, Does the Horoscope Really Show Everything?
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On the Role of Intuition in Chart Interpretation
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Relationships and the Seventh House
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Astrology’s Hard Lesson
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Future Shock: Contemplating Uranus’s Next Return to Its Discovery Degree
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The Seven Traditional Planets: Do They Correspond to Mathematical Principles?
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“It’s Nothing Personal!” On the Fine Art of Relaying Hard News to Beleaguered Clients
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Searching for Planet X: How Will Astrologer Unlock the Meaning of a New Planet?
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Astrology of the Weird: Strange Lights Over Phoenix
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Looking Beyond the Horoscope: Incorporating Synchronicity into our Interpretations
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The Cluster Effect: When Planetary Triggers Converge
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The Power of “Stationing Aspects”
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A Tale of Two Zodiacs: Interpreting 9/11 from Both the Tropical and Sidereal Perspectives
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Turning Point: The United States’ Pluto Return
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A Mystic Looks at Astrology: Conversations with Shelly Trimmer
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The Challenge of Scorpio: Anger, Power and Transformation
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Is Modern Astrology Really More “Vague”?
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Rethinking Traditional Concepts of Dignities and Debilities
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Scorpio, Pisces, and Aquarius: Old Rulerships or New?
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When Worlds Collide: The Dynamics of the Shifting Great Ages
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The Problem of the Yugas
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Astrology and the Covid-19 Pandemic
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The Crowd Within: Multiple Personality Disorder and Traditional Esoteric Psychologies
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One Small Step for Man: Astrological Reflections on the First Lunar Landing
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The Challenge of Exo-Astrology: Or, How Would We Construct Horoscopes on Other Planets?
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The Invisible Landscape: Seeing Our World through the Eyes of a Different Time
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Astrology and the Theory of Correspondences