mK , alle aoe Fe HEWN 4) aS RUS RN AOther Robert Hand books published by Para Research Planets in Composite Planets in Transit Planets in Youth Horoscope Symbols Essays. on Astiolo Robert Hand A division of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 77 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310 USAPublished by Whitford Press A Division of Schiffer Publishing Ltd 77 Lower Valley Road Atglen, PA 19310 Please write for a free catalog. This book may be purchased from the publisher. Please include $2.95 postage. Try your bookstore first. Essays on Astrology by Robert Hand Copyright © 1982 Robert Hand Cover illustration and design copyright © 1982 Para Research, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any forms or by any means— graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or information storage and retrieval systems—without written permission from the copyright holder. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 82-60410 ISBN: 0-914918-42-7 Typeset in 10 pt. Paladium on Compugraphic 7500 Edited by Marah Ren and Shaun Levesque Cover art by Stephen Garner Cover Design by Ralph Poness Typeset by Anne Drueding Graphics by Robert Killam Manufactured in the United States of America eC eOUNoan kw NH 11 12 13 Contents Introduction The Moon, the Four Phases of the Feminine The Wave Theory of Astrology Mercury, the Modulator Handling the Malefics Geocentric Latitude: Some Second Thoughts On Creating a Science of Astrology A New Approach to Transits Crises of Human Growth Astrology’s Second Dimension: Declination and Latitude Symbols of the Father Complex Dodekatemoria: An Ancient Technique Reexamined The Ascendant, Midheaven and Vertex in Extreme Latitudes The Age and Constellation of Pisces Acknowledgements 13 19 5 39 49 55 63 79 89 103 115 131 147 165