Inside Degrees: Developing Your Soul Biography Using the Chandra Symbols (Inside Astrology , No 2) (Paperback)

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In much the same way in which he characterized planets and asteroids as powerful, gendered beings in Inside Planets, Ellias Lonsdale gives new depth and nuance to degree analysis, an area often seen as technical or reduced to cliche. The degree symbols are most useful in elaborating a personal birth chart. One can learn about personal cycles from studying the place of a transiting or progressed planet by degree at a given time, revealing collective as well as personal timings.

The Zodiac degrees also act as an oracle. One can open the collection anywhere for a given day, or in response to a question. The degrees will reveal what is happening now and, if we are attentive and responsive to the cues, what is required of us. By comparing charts of friends and famous people who are known for certain qualities, one can gradually discriminate among the degrees. These beautifully written and fully imagined readings of the Chandra degree symbols speak to a deep level of personal change and authenticity.

About the Author

Ellias Lonsdale is the author of Star Rhythms, The Book of Theanna, and Inside Planets. He lectures widely on astrology and is an astrological counselor in Santa Cruz, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books (July 8, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556432410
• ISBN-13: 978-1556432415
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #197,763 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful!, August 25, 2005

By	R. Newman "'giftguru" (Auburn, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There's quite a mystery surrounding how this book came about which is explained in Lonsdale's journal/contacts with his deceased wife presented in the book, THEANNA. I have read exerpts from that book and feel the information is genuine, as is the information in INSIDE DEGREES, channeled from the same source. I don't always get enthusiastic over channeled info, but the readings in INSIDE DEGREES move me -- and the many with whom I've shared it -- very deeply almost always. So I give it 5 stars.

Not for the unimaginative, however.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired..., April 1, 2008

By	David Nathanson "daudinath" (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Favorite degree-book but not for those afraid of the multi-dimensional. The best of Lonsdale's series of astrological books; truly a jouney into the Now. I've used it for years and had to buy a second copy as the original was so dog-eared. The language, symbolism and messages suberbly relevant to this period of Earth-healing.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No rapport with author, August 17, 2005

By	LF "Keep your feedback to yourself, these are... (USA) - See all my reviews

I have a number of books that give symbols and explanations for each degree of the zodiac. I don't think at all like this author. I don't get anything from his symbols and explanations. I looked up some of the degrees that mean something in my chart, and I found no value in his readings.

Another thing I noticed, confirming my negative rapport with this author, is that he obviously is familiar with the Charubel and Sepharial degree readings and he prefers Charubel and ignores Sepharial. I believe that Sepharial provides the best set of degree symbols I've ever seen, and I would place Charubel lower on the list.

This author turns the zodiac upside down, ignoring the traditional order of the signs. He is extremely individualistic. That isn't necessarily a drawback, but it isn't necessarily a positive either. Since I don't identify with anything he does, I don't consider it a strength that he is so far out on his own limb here. It would be different if he knocked me out with his readings. I was hoping he would, which is why I bought the book.