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PART I - OBSERVATIONS
1 Our physical place in the cosmos
Our planet and its rotation. Stars. Our sun. The
magnetic field and magnetosphere. Our orbit. Obliquity. Timezones and noon.
Precession. Our moon. Nodes and the Moon’s changing orbit.
The planets. Other members of the system. Beyond. Human cycles.
2 Overview of astrology
Stars in Mind. The zodiac. Astrological planets and relationships.
The purpose of traditional astrology. Analysis of the
geocentric system. Accuracy and complexity.
3 The watchers
Historical setting. Sumerian whispers. What watching?
What we know. Attitudes and response. Evolving or just
revolving? Split with the past. Ancient talent. Old men and the sea.
Prehistoric organs of perception. In the realm of the
sensors. Flower power. Divine flesh and vines of the
soul. Let’s put a pyramid here. A proviso.
4 Myths about gods
Divine influences. Idol in the extreme. Dreaming with
open eyes. Ditties and deities. The location of Heaven.
The Mysteries. Gods jostling. Stars and the astral realm.
Spirit(s) of place.
5 The celestial events
Remembering past astrologers. Early celestial
mechanics in a geocentric system. Aligning Moon and Sun.
Solar quarters. A star is visible tonight.
6 Introduction to the Moon
The Sun is great but the Moon is prettier. Lunar significances.
Old numbers in action I. Old numbers in action II.
Darkening of Moon and Sun. Other signs in the sky.
Hints from the history of calendars and star-maps. Powers of twelve.
Skywheel. Starting from horns. Curve and circle.
7 Lunar stories
Sky terrain, with water. The Heroes and the Pain.
Mirrors of the gods. Looking around at the action. Around
the sky in about a month. Moons of ancient India and the
far-off Pacific. Reading by moonlight.
8 A primaeval calendar
An older sky. A little older still. Affairs in Sumer.
Spreading the story. The biggest story in the world.
The story in its raw form. Galactic offspring. A good time for sky-stories.
Even further back? Lunar to solar. Divorcing the Moon and dethroning the Sun.
Active and passive, Heaven and Earth.
9 Myths about myths
Mythology and word of mouth. We know them, but not by
name. Music sources of authority. Starlight from before
the Flood. Another lofty document. Dividing the kingdom
between a king and a god. How universal is the star-map?
Some star points from the New World. Some star points
from India. A star point from Sumer.
10 Children of the Moon
Mensuration and how women count. Women together under
the Moon. Blessing life and death. In warm blood.
Contracts written in blood, sweat and tears. The
goddess-like Moon. Eclipses are private. Reflecting on
real magic. Superstition, just for good measure.
11 Plants growing up under Sun & Moon
Lunar gardens. The Moon and water. Lunar mechanisms.
What plants know. The glory of trees.
12 Boding a future
Omens. Where to find the future. Divine is in the
details. Dealing with fore-knowlege. Dealing with
shadows. Thinking about thoughts. Sleeping on it.
Superstition and desire for the ultra-mundane. Finding
the bones of Schizoid Man.
13 Boding a past
The old ones. Evolution. Fast-tracking the present.
Environmental catalysts. The persuasion of stone. Kissing
cousins. State of the species. Blips in the timeline. And then?
PART II - SYSTEMS
14 Looking into the sky again
In the fifth watch. Old space, present time. Old
signs, new signs. Meaning in astrophysical data. The Moon.
Lunar faces. Good and bad moons. Lunar festivities.
15 Seven days that rule the world
The week. The shrines. Weekly assembly. The
world’s first official week? Lucky seven. A week of
luck. Grasping ancient objects. More than just a week.
The premises of ‘picture’ astronomy. Astral authorities.
16 Our solar neighbourhood
The planets as personae. The planets as neighbouring
worlds. Planets good for billions of weeks. Latecomers.
Comets, the genuine wanderers. The aspects. Timing.
Rhythm among orbits. Nice orbits. Niggly orbits. Longer cycles.
17 The cosmic ambience
Constellations. What the ecliptic looks like. The
signs/sectors. The Chinese zoo. The sixty year cycle.
Another jovian system. The zodiacal body. Those who rule the sky.
18 A prehistory of astrology
Quartering the sky. The Mulapin almanack.
Wheels and maps. The first 4 quarters. The oldest living
constellations? A tour of houses on high. Putting gods on
the map. What makes a sky meaningful?
19 Down to Earth
A day in the life. Telling the time with watches.
Where the Chinese zodiac animals live. Hours and houses
for the stars. Lines and ways. The energy of where we
are. Concerning the Great Pyramid. Even older alignments
at Giza. The Underworld. On celestial magic. Electric
globe. The ball as a bell.
PART III - ASTRAL MECHANISMS
20 Introducing our Sun
The Sun’s position. Starring the Sun. The shapely
ball. The solar wind. The feel of interplanetary space.
Sons and daughters of our Sun. The nest.
21 Cosmic quantities
The cosmoscope. Drawn to scale. The big league. The
circus ride. Progress by numbers. Miscellany of relations.
22 Cosmic qualities
Getting a feel for things. Symbol, even without
metaphor. King of kingdoms? The sixth kingdom. Movers and
shakers. Rhythm and caprice. The greatest information
highway. All the king’s horses. More than just dust.
Newton’s third law and the other us.
23 Thoughts for today
Cogito ergo something. The shape of thinking.
A mascot. Words for every occasion. Familiarity breeds.
Pictures and attendance. The paradox of mind-body
dichotomy. The picture-goer. What about me? Implications
of the idea idea. The petition went out:
consciousness for all. Touching remembrance. Knock on wood.
24 How shall I put this?
Proposal for revision of pronouns. Space is more than
a gap. Of no fixed abode? The glue of time. Invitation to
the dance. Looking for things that matter. Mine host.
Close encounters. Elements of architecture. Dominions of matter.
25 Star-nest
Preamble. The Sun’s space. Jewels in suspension.
Rock-angels. Judgements written in stone. Morality on a
large scale. A star’s charisma. The mechanics of
starlight. The solar alignments. Stones in the zodiacal
light. Parent of gods. Masters of the universe?
26 Epilogue
Implications of being small in a big cosmos. Last words. (An invitation).
APPENDIX
Sumerian sources. Sourcebooks in Thai. Music of the Spheres. Babylonian
constellations from the Mulapin almanack. Another Mesopotamian zodiac.
Galactic faithfuls. How to write some strange numbers. Pali source. Meteor streams.
Tools and resources in the public domain. Acknowledgments.
SUPPLEMENT: INTRODUCTION TO THE ALMANACK
The Astro-Logical Almanack. Years, points in time. Time and accuracy. Lunar
geocentric information. Aspects. Lunar aspect resonances. The Sun’s planets. The
Earth/Sun. Planetary weight. Unseen planets and moons. Meteor streams. Adjustments to
the coordinate system. The helio-zodiac. Beyond an almanack.
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