The Moon’s Handmaiden

I figure the longer title should explain it all, The Moon’s Handmaiden: astrolgoical transits explained and delinated, and I’m still not convinced. The original working title was Dramatic Irony, but I’m unsure the message conveys.

There are three basic texts that formed the foundation of part of my career, and in one form or another, these texts still repersent my “go-to” source when I’m stuck with looking for some answer with thorny astrological problems. One of the three will point me in the correct direction.

The first was Robert Hand’s Planets in Transit, and it was an early text that dealt with the scope of astrology transits in a more human fashion, oftentimes dealing with the psycholgical, but not afraid to veer into karmic implications, as well. The good, the bad, and after all, there really are no really “bad” transits, just pathways to illumination. Planets in Transit with its subtitle, “Life cycles for living.”

The next, really, the first one I stumbled into, was the companion to the universal, at one time, the Astrologer’s Handbook, and its bookend, Predictive Astrology with a subtitle, “Understanding Transits as the Key to the Future.” Never really liked it but as a stand alone reference manual, it hasn’t left my immediate space for many years, and I’ve been at this some time now.

The final piece was Ebertin’s AFA text, Transits with its subtitle, “What day is favorable for me?” That text, I’ve carried it around, it is small in stature, especially compared to the exhaustive Planets in Transit, so I’ve tossed the diminuative text in my travel bag, more than once.

It was that little text that I liked so much, in its concise nature, a small book, almost just a booklet with more keyword phrases and fewer, “If it means this, then it’s bad,” type of material.

These three books, in book form, have been the basis for much of my work over the last two decades, longer, really, but let’s just call it that, for now. During that time, I’ve amassed plenty of my own observations, material that – for me – more properly covers the explanations of the energies present.

With Saturn in Sagittarius looming on my horizon, I’ve revisited the original texts I rewrote, in a cold-water bedsit, in old East Austin, back in the day. Oddly enough, I still have the original laptop I authored much of that on, weird affectation of mine.

Twenty or more years in the making. That’s a lot road miles, too.

One of the better pieces in the current collection is the treatment of Saturn and Saturn Returns, wherein a lifetime of karmic crap can be encapsulated in a few short lines. I was proud of that one, and I’ll revisit the text again.

Part of my job is less than authority figure and more like the title implies, “Guide.” I’m not an ultimate know-it-all on any of this stuff, but as seasoned practitioner, having been around a bit, and having observed for years, I know a few tricks. Less of an authority and more of facilitator –

That’s what this next text will be about. The working title was Dramatic Irony, with a subtitle, “Planets and prognostications for your future.”

The working title is back in place, as Dramatic Irony, with a website started, Dramatic Irony – just points to my “published” page, so far.

Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living Predictive Astrology: Understanding Transits as the Key to the Future

Transits What day is good for me?

There’s an odd quote, buried in my own Pink Cake quote collection, “First worship the old gods as custom decrees.” My Greek is a little rusty, and my memory is porous. Still, the three basic books about transits are listed.

Running through each text, there is a symbolism and underpinning that knits together a cogent and single-minded approach to delineating the transits. To me, that means I can pick among three schools although, to be brutally honest, there’s a coherent style in each one.

As I’m rewriting the texts, I’m finding my own voice, plus several decades of hands-on observation and analysis, that helps to add my own inflection to the texts. Basically, all new.

Dramatic Irony: Planets as keys to future trends (that sounds about right.)

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