How to Judge a Nativity

by Alan Leo

Book Overview

""How To Judge a Nativity"" by Alan Leo is a guidebook for astrologers and enthusiasts who want to learn how to interpret and analyze a person's birth chart or horoscope. The book provides a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892811773
• ISBN13: 9780892811779
• Release Date: January 1877
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The best of Jazz Era Astrology

IMHO, many of Leo's classic explanations of the planets, houses, and signs are timeless and stand up well to the research of today's writers. The only drawback is that Leo distilled his knowledge before Neptune, Uranus, Pluto and Chiron were scientifically discovered and astrologically codified. Oh well. Two out of three ain't bad, but goshhhhhhhhh...the timing of it all!!! (FUN ANECDOTE: It was rumored that Gustav Holst was reading the works of Leo when he wrote the music to THE PLANETS. Imagine if both Holst and Leo lived 30 years later to write "Pluto.")Hopefully, someone (who understands Leo's mysticism and his way with words) would update this precious collection, esp. How to Judge a Nativity. Modern updates are common these days, as was done to the classic works of Isabel Hickey, Dane Rudyhar, and Llewellen George. Perhaps the Leo collection will be also granted the same courtesy.Now thinking about it: the Progressions book (The Progressed Horoscope)could still be used today because the outer planets hardly progress through a 20th century birth chart. It's a thought. But AS IS, Alan Leo's library of astrological study would have to be supplemented by more recent tomes (i.e, Marion/Mcevers, Burk, Arroyo, Tyl, etc.).