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Dynamics of Aspect Analysis: New Perspections in Astrology

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This is not a new publication but I feel it deserves to be reviewed simply because of the quality and quantify of information found within it. For the serious astrology student or enthusiast, this book is a well written, in-depth exploration of not only major aspects, but also the minor aspects.

When I first bought this book for my own library of reference books, I must admit that I wasn't expecting such a wealth of information to be packed into less than 280 pages (A5 size)! This is not a book designed for light reading, so turn the TV and radio off.

Bil Tierney has been involved with astrology for more than thirty-five years. He has lectured and given workshops at major astrological conferences throughout the United States and Canada since the mid-1970s. The author has been a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Astrological Society (MAAS) for many years, and has served as its newsletter/journal editor several times. Bil's work has been published in astrological publications such as Aspects and The Mercury Hour.

While looking through this book, I must say that I was impressed by the collection of references that would be particularly helpful for those of you wanting to explore certain topics in more depth. There is no index, although I'm not sure it would have made a difference having one since the information is so well set out.

My personal favourite part of this book is Chapter 10, Retrograde Planets. I liked the exploration of stationary planets within a natal and progressed chart and, of course, the individual planets within the birth chart that are retrograde, stationary retrograde and stationary direct. These themes are also explored in terms of transits and progressions as well.

All in all, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis is a book I recommend for the serious astrologer or astrology student to include as part of their personal reference library. Definitely worth having!

This is not a book that will tell you, for instance, what a square between Mars and Mercury might mean; if you want that kind of specificity, you should buy a book like Karen Hamaker-Zondag's "Aspects and Personality" instead. That said, there's quite a bit of interest here: The discussions of aspect configurations are more detailed than I've seen elsewhere, dealing in depth with different sorts of T-squares and grand trines while also treating some rarer combinations. The chapters on unaspected and retrograde planets are also very helpful. Perhaps the best thing about this book is its discussion of dissociate (out-of-sign) aspects; these are a problem that many treatments gloss over, but Tierney deals with them at length in a plausible way. I have a few gripes: Tierney seems to derive the basic meaning of an aspect from the degree that forms that aspect with the beginning of the sign of Aries; that seems like an unhelpful and in some cases misleading way of looking at it. He gives quite a bit of space to discussions of "upper" and "lower" aspects, which doesn't seem to me to be a useful distinction. If Amazon.Com let me, I would give this book three and half stars. It's not the first book on aspects I would recommend, but it is useful and I'm glad I bought it.

Tierney deals with T-Squares, Yods, Kites, Grand Trines, Grand Crosses, Mystic Rectangles, Mystic Hexagrams, and even unaspected planets. Nowhere else have I found anything to compare to his intelligent analyses. Wish he had put pictures in and the typesetters understood what footnotes, headings, and callouts looked like. Small gripe. Buy this book!

This is one of those books that every professional astrologer should have in their library for reference.

Bil Tierney has succeeded in contributing a very broad in scope and in depth look at the "Dynamics of Aspect Analysis" that is as understandable as it is rich in content. Highly recommended...a wonderful resource!

This book is an incredibly rich source of clear and concise information on aspects, patterns, even retrogrades. Bil Tierney's astrology and his writing are incredibly solid. This book is a must for any astrology student's library

This book is highly recommended and I have asked that it be made available on Kindle. The author is a former engineer. The title pretty well describes the content. He starts with the basic aspects and includes the sesqui-square and quincunx and on to more rare aspects. He covers dissociate aspects which can be confusing for beginners in interpretation. All these are well done, but his greater contribution is in discussing aspect patterns. He dissects the T-squares, Grand Trines and Grand Crosses, but goes beyond into more arcane aspect patterns such as the Kite, Mystic Rectangle, Yod and others. His discussion of retrograde planets is quite thorough, going into natal, progressed and transiting retrogrades for each of the planets. Finally, he looks at hemisphere and quadrant patterns.

This is a great book for people who are familiar with the basics and are looking for additional knowledge. It is also one of my reference books for chart interpretation. I've had it since shortly after it was published in 1980 and still find it relevant today.

There are plenty of books out there that will tell you what your Sun sign means. There are some books that will describe certain aspects, such as Sun square Mars (like the excellent James Braha title.)

Tierney's book, however, is one of the few (if not the only one) that will explain in depth what an aspect itself (e.g. a sextile, a square, an inconjunct) means, how waxing and waning aspects are different, how aspects relate to signs and the more complex configurations that build on aspects, as well as other topics such as retrogrades.

While the material is rather abstract, in my opinion it is virtually impossible to have a mastery of astrology without understanding the contents of this volume. It is that profound and important.

If you were to have only five books on astrology this is one of them!Tierney's insights into the traits aspects sponsor, his logial assessment of the meaning of their postitons in the cycle of becoming, and the inclusion of the most unique aspects make this book essential reading.

paid fast delivery fee, disappointed in shipping AND in delivery dates - shipping did not occur until 3 weeks after order, had option to cancel order but needed the book and had no alternate choice - still not received after 5 weeks - was not in stock and have no alternate choice - looking back buying used could have been quicker but then how do you know? Amazon not usually this bad.
Dynamics of Aspect Analysis: New Perceptions in Astrology