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Your Hidden Powers: Intercepted Signs and Retrograde Planets

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This is not a book for the casual user of astrology who wants a quick interp. You have to at least have a wheel version of your birth chart and be able to identify a house cusp to know what she is talking about...HOWEVER...Once you do...and it doesn't take much study to get this far...This book is very interesting.

For those of you who don't know much about charts but are intrigued enough to keep reading, intercepted signs do a lot! Most astrological signs in a natal chart contain at least one house, sometimes they have two. This means that the energy of that sign colors that house along with any planet that is placed on it. For instance if Gemini contains the beginning (cusp) of the third house (representing communication and siblings) the person's actions in this area will be colored by Gemini characteristics.

When a very wide house (usually two since it has a counterpart opposite it on the chart) contains a whole sign with neither its beginning or end touching it, we have an interception. That means that the energies of that sign don't have a house to act out of. No area of life is directly represented by the sign. You then have to look to its ruler and use the house that contains it to express this energy. In short, your environment does not support direct expression of the trait or the needs of any planet placed inside of sign.

The other part of this book dealing with retrograde planets is equally valuable. I know of only two readily available book on that subject. This is a very good addition to the library of any budding astrologer!

This has taught me more about astrology than many of the beginner books ever did. It is easy to read, has good insights into interpretations of intercepts, and gives great information on the meanings of retrogrades. I highly recommend this book for intermediat level astrology students. Well worth the time to read. In my opinion it is the best on the subject.