Hmmm ... sometimes I think my mind's a touch too critical to truly enjoy a radical theory. Currently trying to wade my way through Slave Species of god by Michael Tellinger (ISBN 1-920070-13-3). Given that I tend to zip through a standard five hundred page book in about 24 hours, 'wade' is appropriate because I've been reading this for the last 3 weeks and I'm just not getting through it.

Card on which to meditate: The Empress

Card on which to meditate: The Lovers

Solar Returns as we know give us a personal (the Sun in the Chart is at the birth degree) insight into trends for our forthcoming year until the next birthday.

By analyzing the qualities or Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable strengths in a natal chart we can, says the author, pick out personal characteristics at a glance, so giving us a greater understanding and insight into the various personality types.

Card on which to meditate: 10 of Cups.

Here is a book after my own heart - electional astrology uses rules from and complements horary astrology (my own interest), the author is a well-established astrologer and the book is clearly and excellently presented from the users' point of view.