Recommended Books for the Student Astrologer
Students will receive a handful of PDFs each year but here is a list of titles that we recommend for further study. Further down is an extensive list of five-star books, but first, we have a list of required/suggested reading for each term/course (e.g. Course 101 = Year 1, Term 1):
101: The Contemporary Astrologer’s Handbook by Sue Tompkins
102: The Twelve Houses by Howard Sasportas
103: Getting to the Heart of Your Chart by Frank Clifford
201: Astrological Time by Brian Clark
202: The Solar Arc Handbook by Frank Clifford
203: The Family Legacy by Brian Clark; From the Moment We Met by Brian Clark; Mundane Astrology by Baigent, Campion, Harvey
301: Vocational Astrology: Finding the Right Career Direction by Faye Blake; Vocation: The Astrology of Career, Creativity and Calling by Brian Clark
302: The Horary Process by Richard Swatton
303: Soul, Symbol and Imagination: The Artistry of Astrology by Brian Clark; Between Astrologers & Clients by Bob Mulligan
You can purchase any of the LSA-published volumes by visiting this pageIntroductory Books
Ideal books for those starting their astrological journey:
Second Steps: Going Beyond Sun Signs
Introducing the building blocks of interpretation (signs, planets, aspects, angles and houses):
__ Key Words for Astrology (Banzhaf & Haebler)
__ Horoscope Symbols (Robert Hand)
__ Making the Gods Work for You (Caroline Casey)
__ The Knot of Time (River & Gillespie)
__ Astrology Decoded (Sue Farebrother)
__ Secrets from a Stargazer’s Notebook (Debbi Kempton-Smith)
__ Astrology Step by Step (Linda Reid)
__ The Twelve Houses (Howard Sasportas)
__ The Midheaven: Spotlight on Success (Frank Clifford)
Putting it Together: Chart Delineation
Leading the student through stages of chart interpretation and mix-and-match combinations:
__ The Contemporary Astrologer’s Handbook (Sue Tompkins)
__ Aspects in Astrology (Sue Tompkins)
__ Getting to the Heart of Your Chart (Frank Clifford)
__ How to Read Your Astrological Chart (Donna Cunningham)
__ The Combination of Stellar Influences (Reinhold Ebertin)
__ Midpoints (Michael Munkasey)
__ Planetary Aspects, formerly How To Handle Your T-square (Tracy Marks)
__ All Around the Zodiac (Bil Tierney)
__ Birth Charts (Frank Clifford, due 2020)
History/Philosophy/Tradition/ Astrology Today
Focusing on the history and development of astrology, as well as its run-ins with science:
__ A History of Western Astrology vols 1 and 2 (Nicholas Campion)
__ Spheres of Destiny, and Neo-Astrology (both by Michel Gauquelin)
__ The Houses: Temples of the Sky (Deborah Houlding)
__ Hellenistic Astrology (Chris Brennan)
__ True as the Stars Above (Neil Spencer)
__ Astrology in the Year Zero (Garry Phillipson)
Leading Lights
Books by Stephen Arroyo, Brian Clark, Darby Costello, Steven Forrest, Liz Greene, Karen Hamaker-Zondag, Robert Hand, Tracy Marks, Melanie Reinhart and Dane Rudhyar are excellent additions to your library.
Reference Books/Data Collections/Biographies
From ephemerides and planetary tables to data books of notable people for research:
__ The American Ephemeris 2001 to 2050 (or 1950 to 2050) at Midnight (Neil Michelsen)
__ The Book of World Horoscopes (Nicholas Campion)
__ Tables of Planetary Phenomena (Neil Michelsen)
__ AstroData I-V (Lois Rodden) now available on www.astrodatabank.com
__ The Astrologer’s Book of Charts (Frank Clifford)
__ A Multitude of Lives (Paul Wright)
__ Astrology in Action (Paul Wright)
__ British Entertainers: The Astrological Profiles (Frank Clifford)
__ The Book of Music Horoscopes (various)
__ American Histrology, formerly A Chronology of American Charts (Ronald Howland)
Relationship Astrology
Working with chart comparison and other methods of synastry:
__ Relating (Liz Greene)
__ Astrology for Lovers (Liz Greene)
__ Through the Looking Glass (Richard Idemon)
__ From the Moment We Met (Brian Clark)
__ The Family Legacy (Brian Clark)
__ Synastry (Ronald Davison)
__ Love Planets (Abadie & Bader)
__ Synastry (Penny Thornton)
__ Person-to-Person Astrology (Stephen Arroyo)
__ Do You Love Me? (John Green)
Psychological and Evolutionary Astrology, Fixed Stars, Centaurs and New Discoveries
Exploring the psyche, plus fixed stars and recently discovered planetary bodies:
__ Images of the Psyche (Christine Valentine)
__ The Astrology of Fate (Liz Greene)
__ New Insights in Modern Astrology (Arroyo & Greene)
__ The Luminaries (Greene & Sasportas)
__ The Inner Planets (Greene & Sasportas)
__ Astrology, Karma & Transformation (Stephen Arroyo)
__ Astrology and Psychology (Niemann & Cooper)
__ The Inner Sky (Steven Forrest)
__ From Symbol to Substance (Richard Swatton)
__ Understanding Karmic Complexes (Patricia Walsh)
__ Chiron and the Healing Journey (Melanie Reinhart)
__ The Magic of the Stars (Roderick Kidston)
__ The Future in the Stars, formerly Starry Messengers (Alison Chester-Lambert)
World: Mundane and Locational Astrology
Researching planetary cycles and world events, and books on locational methods:
__ Mundane Astrology (Baigent, Campion & Harvey)
__ Working with Astrology (Harding & Harvey)
__ Cosmic Trends (Philip Brown)
__ Signs of the Times (Ray Grasse)
__ What Does Joan Say? (Joan Quigley)
__ The Psychology of Astro*Carto*Graphy (Jim Lewis with Kenneth Irving)
__ Astrolocality Astrology (Martin Davis)
__ From Here to There (various)
Professional, Therapeutic and Vocational Astrology
Preparing for client work, and books on using astrology for vocational guidance:
__ Between Astrologers & Clients (Bob Mulligan)
__ Astrology: Transformation & Empowerment (Adrian Ross Duncan)
__ Soul, Symbol and Imagination (Brian Clark)
__ Doing Time on Planet Earth (Adrian Ross Duncan)
__ The Professional Astrologer (various)
__ Communicating the Horoscope (various)
__ Planets in Therapy (Greg Bogart)
__ Dialogues: Tools for the Working Astrologer (Clifford & Jones)
__ The Consulting Astrologer’s Guidebook (Donna Cunningham)
__ Synthesis and Counselling in Astrology (Noel Tyl)
__ The Soul Speaks (Mark Jones)
__ Consulting with Astrology (Wendy Stacey)
__ Money: How To Find It with Astrology (Lois Rodden)
__ Vocation (Brian Clark)
__ Vocational Astrology, formerly Using Astrology to Create a Vocational Profile by Faye Cossar (Faye Blake)
__ In Search of a Fulfilling Career (Joanne Wickenburg)
Forecasting
Presenting insights into methods of forecasting, from transits and progressions to directions and lunar phases:
__ Planets in Transit (Robert Hand)
__ The Changing Sky (Steven Forrest)
__ The Gods of Change (Howard Sasportas)
__ The Solar Arc Handbook (Frank Clifford)
__ Lunar Shadows III (Dietrech Pessin)
__ Modern Transits (Lois Rodden)
__ Astrology for the Light Side of the Future (Kim Rogers-Gallagher)
__ Predictive Astrology, formerly The Eagle and the Lark (Bernadette Brady)
__ Prediction in Astrology (Noel Tyl)
Astrology and Philosophy
Discussing astrological and philosophical concepts:
__ Cosmic Loom (Dennis Elwell)
__ The Moment of Astrology (Geoffrey Cornelius)
__ Cosmos and Psyche (Richard Tarnas)
__ The Passion of the Western Mind (Richard Tarnas)
__ The Soul’s Code (James Hillman)
__ Conversing with the Planets (Anthony Aveni)
__ Hymns to the Ancient Gods (Michael Harding)
Palmistry/Modern Hand Analysis
A range of popular books for our palmistry/hand analysis courses:
__ Hand Psychology (Andrew Fitzherbert)
__ Palmistry 4 Today (Frank Clifford)
__ The Spellbinding Power of Palmistry (Johnny Fincham)
__ The Art of Hand Reading, The Complete Book of the Hand, and Health in Your Hands (all by Lori Reid)
__ Your Career in Your Hands, formerly Career, Success and Self-Fulfilment (Altman & Fitzherbert)
__ Modern Palmistry, formerly Living Palmistry and The Living Hand (Fenton & Wright)
__ The Palm Reading Guide (Frank Clifford)
__ Universal Hand Analysis (Madga van Dijk-Rijneke)
__ Palmistry: The Universal Guide (Nathaniel Altman)
__ The Encyclopedia of Palmistry (Ed Campbell)
Astrology Magazines in English
__ The Mountain Astrologer (USA, six issues a year)
__ The Astrological Journal (AA, UK, six issues a year)
__ Astrology Quarterly (ALL, UK, sporadically)
__ The Career Astrologer (OPA, US, quarterly)
__ Dell Horoscope (US, monthly) – ceased production in 2020
__ ISAR International Astrologer (US, quarterly)
__ IAM: Infinity Astrology Magazine (six issues a year)
__ Celestial Vibes (India, six issues a year)
__ FAA Journal (Australia, quarterly)
__ Wellbeing Astrology (Australia, annually)
Software
__ Solar Fire (PC)
__ Astro Gold (Mac, mini version of Solar Fire)
__ Astro Gold (App)
__ Winstar from Matrix Software (PC)
__ World of Wisdom (PC)
__ TimePassages (PC and Mac)
__ Sirius, Kepler and Pegasus from Cosmic Patterns (PC)
__ Janus (PC)
For a list of recommended apps, please email the LSA.