June/July 2000
Features
Hot Web Sites for Astrologers
by Mary Plumb
After viewing more than 200 astrology web sites, Mary Plumb offers TMA readers a fascinating range of choices, from more substantive sites to the fun and fancy stuff. You can find tips for building an astrology practice, information on the Transneptunians, a site that offers a "3D map of your life," and much, much more. So get a cup of your favorite brew, log on to the Net, and explore the rapidly expanding astrological universe online.
Love Handles: Practical Synastry in Action
by Steven Forrest
How does your chart measure up with those of the people in your life? Are you compatible? Comparing two astrological charts (synastry) is essential for "getting a handle" on those elusive enigmas known as human relationships. Author Steven Forrest draws on his considerable experience to offer us fresh new perspectives on how we relate to each other.
A View of the Presidential Candidates through Hindu and Western Astrology
by James Braha
Who will be elected the first U.S. president in the new millennium, and what kind of presidency can we expect? Will the winner finish his term? For the voter who wants to be completely informed, here are the birth charts of the presidential hopefuls.
Gemini: Searching for the Missing Twin
by Brian Clark
Whatever snap judgments or superficial images Gemini may call to mind, it is important to recognize, beneath its legendary restlessness, Gemini’s consciousness of painful separation from a primordial connection to an Other. Brian Clark journeys from ancient myth through modern case study to cast light on the hidden heart of the sign of the Twins.
Siblings, Saturn, and the 3rd House
by Lynn Bell
Excerpted from Lynn Bell’s exciting new book, Planetary Threads, this segment of the author’s seminar takes her audience – and her readers – deeper into the meanings of the 3rd house, exploring the ways a Saturn involvement with that house can influence relationships with brothers and sisters and, ultimately, with the self.
Zodiac Tales: Pisces
by Dana Gerhardt
We all have Pisces somewhere in our charts (and in our lives). In Part 8 of Zodiac Tales, Dana Gerhardt explores this mysterious sign – the home of spirit, dream intelligence, imagination, and mysticism – through a discussion of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of "The Little Mermaid."
Additional Features
Local Apparent Time: The Key to Horoscope Calculation before the 19th Century
by Kenneth Bowser
Many astrologers take modern clocks and time zones for granted when they cast charts. Timekeeping, however, was a very different proposition two hundred or more years ago, and understanding how time was reckoned during the period for which a chart is set lends greater accuracy not only to calculating but also to rectifying the horoscopes of historical figures.
Chiron: The Poison and the Medicine of Essence
by Pierz Newton-John
The poison can become the medicine. Australian astrologer Pierz Newton-John uses the myth of Chiron to help us understand "the mythological necessity" of our own particular wounds and see them in a new light.
Also in this Issue
Article Particle: Looking Forward by Jenni Stone
Book Reviews by Mary Plumb
SPECIAL TRIBUTES
Buz Myers
Charles Harvey
The astrological community mourns the passing of two bright stars. Here is a collection of personal tributes to two remarkable men.
PLANETARY CURRENTS
June/July Forecast Calendar
by Stephanie Austin
Where’s That Moon?
Astro-Highlights for June/July
New and Full Moon Reports by Mary Plumb
• Gemini New Moon
• Sagittarius Full Moon
• Cancer Solar Eclipse
• Capricorn Lunar Eclipse
• Leo Solar Eclipse
Daily Sunspot Record
Planet Tracks
by Ray Grasse
Mercury Retrograde
Jupiter in Gemini
by Tem Tarriktar
Jyotish Currents: Vedic Astrology Forecast
by Kenneth Johnson
Heliocentric Data
A*C*G Solstice and Eclipse Maps
TMA DEPARTMENTS
Letters to the Editor
TMA Professional Directory
Astrology News by Gloria Star
Poem: Synastry I: Leo-Libra by Kéllia Ramares
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