The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope, Vol 3 (Seminars in Psychological Astrology) (Volume 3)

Liz Greene is a consumate astrologer, psychologist and humanist. She is clear, precise, warm and insightful, and gives many examples of the function of these fundamental archetypes in the make up of our personalities. I read this book many years ago, and it is still a basic reference for me when approaching a chart reading. Far from simply a cook book of traits, Ms. Greene offers the underlying "hero's journey" of the psyche as it confronts the challenges of life and strives for the mastery of an integrated and successful living experience. The Center for Psychological Astrology, based in England, has contributed invaluable insight into astrology as a diagnostic and treatment tool for psychologists in the modern age. This is one of many excellent books from their seminars.

astrology books i have ever read, not just psychological astrology.it gives deep insight into meaning of moon and sun, both as representative of consciousness and insctinct / body / emotions and of archetype of "mother" and "father" in a birth chart.it is difficult to read at times, especially when it comes to interpreting example chart - you really need to have your basics in chart interpretation + composites, transits and aspects nailed down in order to get everything.but if you are reading this book, as i did, for the purpose of learning about yourself, you will be just fine as long as you understand nature of signs, houses and planets.

I bought Liz Greene's other books on Saturn (a new look at an old devil) and Neptune (the astrological neptune...) and found them both to be so comprehensive...detailed background mythology as well as contemporary references, plus detailed information on positions, aspects, the whole works...I couldn't put them down and they helped me to understand the influences of these planets. I was really hoping this book would do the same but I guess I should have known that wouldn't be the case since it is in the Seminars format. Every time it came to something I really wanted to know they said...well, you all already know all about that so we don't need to go into detail...yes, please! That's why I bought the book. I got some helpful information out of it but not what I was hoping for.

I am a lifetime student of Astrology and anything by Liz Greene and Howard Sasporatas I like to include in my library. This is just another of their fine books for the student of Astrology. I find their work very valuable. Wish Howard was still alive, he's someone I would have loved to meet in the flesh. An amazing, insightful, and brilliant man, wish I could have attended one of his lectures. Anything by them is worth the read in my view.

I marvel at Liz Greene's blend of astrology and Jungian psychology. This book is quite instructive and illuminating. I hope to acquire and read all of her books since she is a truly gifted astrologer/psychologist. Check this other book by her called "The astrology of fate".

Reading this book, I felt like I was there. Well written.

If you are into psychological astrology this book is fundamental. In fact most of the books by Liz Green and Howard Sasportas are exceptional. The only drawback is that many of them are transcripts of lectures and so lack an index, so if you are reading them to learn, take notes. Excellent stuff.

I've been into astrology most of my life and love Liz Greene's Jungian perspective. I thought this was going to be a "back to basics" read but it is very illuminating, especially regarding the relationship of the sun and moon and the dynamics they produce together.

In this book, Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas describe the Moon first (interestingly) and the Sun next. The Moon is first because of the importance of the Mother-newborn relationship in establishing life-long pyscholog patterns, instinctive behaviors. Often, when the relationship to the mother is flawed in some way, this can lead to excessive preoccupation with matters related to feelings, compulsions, survival matters, to the detriment of solar expression. So while the Moon is about nourishment, both of the body and of the emotions, the Sun is about self-expression and about man's desire for eternity.Even though I'd been studying astrology for over 30 years, this book was very enlightening and full of surprises. It also says a lot about the Moon and Sun in elements, signs, aspects, but not so much in a cookbook way. Rather it teaches you to understand how the principles at stake relate to one another, which is the proper, intuitive way to learn astrology. A mandatory read for would-be astrologers!

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A great book for a beginner like me, easy to read and not bogged down in to much technical stuff , loved it

One more unique book by these authors. Liz Greene's profound thinking never ceases to impress.

One of the best books I've read so far.Greene and Sasportas mix a great deal of psychology aspects with astrology to let us better understand the personality behind a chart. The main purpose of the book is to explore the vast meaning of both Sun and Moon, so easily overlooked or misunderstood in modern astrology. The seminar might seem out of the reach of beginners but in reality it's very well structured and accompanies the reader through myth and aspects so to encompass any previous knowledge or to introduce the Moon and Sun to any newbie.At first I wasn't quite sure it would be that helpful since I'm navigating through quite experienced waters - couldn't be more wrong. I had a lot of latent questions answered here and overall gained a handful of interesting aspects to delve deeper into.For the beginners - there's really no better way to get started. Probably the information here is a lot more in depth than you can store (especially in with one read only) but it gives solid bases for your future work. I'd definitely buy this book as a foundation to go back to whenever I need to.Can't recommend it enough.