Recommended Reading

Recommended Astrology Books

Soul Sick Nation - An Astrologer's View on America

Jessica Murray


The Everything Astrology Book
Trish MacGregor
 

Secrets of a Stargazer's Notebook
Debbi Kempton-Smith


Parker's Astrology
Julia and Derek Parker

 

Planets in Transit
Planets in Youth
Robert Hand

 

The Astrologer's Handbook
Frances Sakoian & Louis

 

Buddhist Astrology
Jhampa Shaneman & Jan V. Angel


Astrologik
Antero Alli

 

Astrology of the Soul
Jan Spiller

 

Spiritual Astrology
Spiller and McCoy

 

The Changing Sky
The Inner Sky
 both by Steven Forrest

 

Sun Signs
Relationship Signs

Linda Goodman

 

Skymates
Steven and Jodie Forrest

 

The Eagle and the Lark
Bernadette Brady

 

Saturn in Transit
Erin Sullivan

 

Chiron: Rainbow Bridge between Inner and Outer Planets
Barbara Hand Clow

 

Chiron and the Healing Journey
Melanie Reinhart

 

Pluto the Evolutionary Journey of the Soul
Jeffrey Wolf Green

 

Astrology, Karma and Transformation
Stephen Arroyo

 

The Solar Return Book of Prediction
Ray Merriman

 

Astrology of Fate
Liz Greene

 


A Book Review

Soul Sick Nation cover Soul Sick Nation cover

Have you ever wondered why you were born in a particular country and what bearing that has on the life you lead? What do the challenges and gifts of a ‘nation’ of souls have to do with you as an individual? How can someone living a normal life have any power to change the devastating effects of poverty, war and global climate change?

 

I am not a political person, just your average suburbanite who would like to do the something to help, yet when faced with the enormity of the world’s problems, does not know where to start.

 

Jessica Murray’s brilliant insights in Soul-Sick Nation, An Astrologer’s View of America gave me answers to some of these questions in an unexpected way.

 

"Can the quality of our individual consciousness really make a difference?" She asks in the opening pages. "Every one of us with a social conscience and an affection for this small, green planet has been casting about for a way to address the insanity of our times, and the unique role the USA plays in them."

 

I have rarely read an author whose precision and craft with words creates concepts that are so instantly and stunningly eye opening. Her analysis of the birth chart of the nation of the US is done with wisdom and insight, and helps to bring an understanding of current events as they affect us all, even those of us who do not live there. And with greater understanding, we stand a chance of helping bring about the needed changes for a healthier planet.

 

This book has changed my life because I can no longer watch news events from the point of view that "it’s nothing to do with me". This is not a dry, academic book for astrologers but rather a must read for anyone with the slightest social conscience. Jessica has also provided hope, with the concept that each and every one of us can make a difference by gaining more understanding of ourselves, our lives and therefore our place in humanity as a whole.

 

Sue Thompson

 

To purchase this book go to Jessica's website - Mother Sky

 

 

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Jessica Murray has practiced humanistic astrology in San Francisco for thirty years. A widely published essayist and a graduate of Brown University where she studied traditional psychology, Jessica offers a full range of astrological readings by phone or in person, in a professional, comfortable setting complete with a pot of fine tea.