Moon Tides, Soul Passages - The Magick Moon

Moon Tides, Soul Passages. Your Astrological Cycles for Personal and Spiritual Development, Maria Kay Simms, with software by Rique Pottenger.

This new book/software combo, originally published November '04 by Starcrafts Publishing, covers the Moon in personal astrology by sign, house and phase (the eight phases as first defined by Dane Rudhyar).

The phases, natal, progressed and in transit, are the heart of the book. Also covered are Moon's message within prenatal eclipses, solar and lunar, and how to use her quickly changing monthly phases for timing decisions.

A final extensive chapter on experiential astrology offers many ideas for living within Moon's Tides through meditation and ritual. Details. Approx. 306 pages, color illustrations, with software CD $22.95.

The Expanded 2nd Edition Available Now
Critically acclaimed in leading astrological publications, this book tells you all about your astrological Moon and how her signs and phases reveal a seasonal flow in your life. Astrology combined with Goddess mythology, beautiful art in full color, poetry, meditation and ritual evoke your intuitive understanding. Reach new depths of insight into your past and present, and learn how you can create your future.

* Updated References
* More Art
* Atlas updated CD
* Sample Report pages
* Some additional text.

Easy-to-use software makes the personal astrological data needed to apply the book's text accessible to anyone, even if you've never before studied astrology!

The mysteries of your Moon are revealed through astrology and Goddess mythology, giving meaning to the patterns of the Moon for both current time and in 30 year life cycles. You are guided to understand your past and present, and to create your future. The thrust throughout is toward personal choice and spiritual growth.

To know your astrological Moon is to gain greater understanding of your emotions, your deep unconscious memories and your intuition. You'll learn about the meaning of your birth sign, house and phase of Moon, your prenatal solar and lunar eclipses, and the cycle of eight progressed lunar phases through a lifetime of three complete cycles. Four individuals who have lived well into their third progressed lunar cycles are profiled to show the evolutionary flow of the phases throughout a lifetime.

Reflection on your past and present progressions can guide you toward an enhanced experience of your future. Awareness of monthly lunar transits can help you determine the most appropriate times for activities. Meditation and ritual call you to internalize the concepts taught in earlier chapters, and channel your energies wisely.

While I've based my interpretations on nearly 25 years of studying lunar phases, I've also written this book from my inner spiritual understanding of living with the Moon. By adding a few of my paintings and those of my daughter, Molly Sullivan, along with stories of seasonal myths, poetry, mediation and ritual, I hope to evoke your intuitive understanding of Goddess within, and to encourage your deep, life enriching experience of living with your Moon.

Inside the back cover is a software CD custom designed for this book by Rique Pottenger, well known for his very user friendly Electronic Astrologer series from ACS Publications and his updates to the late Neil F. Michelsen's popular American Ephemeris series. Moon Tides software is very easy to install and use, enabling you to obtain all the personal astrological information needed to apply the interpretive text in the book, even if you have never before studied astrology.

The CD gives the astrological data and the book guides your experience, interpretation and understanding of:

* Your birth Moon, its sign, house and phase
* Your progressed Moon, especially the phases as they evolve through your lifetime.
* Your prenatal lunar and solar eclipses
* The lunar cycle in 'real time' and how to flow within it to your best advantage
* The yearly solar seasonal themes as they compare with lunar themes
* The timing and the corresponding meditation and ritual for intuitive experience

Approx. 306 pages, Eclipse Tables 1950-2030, index, CD

REVIEWS:
From the review by Judi Vitale in The Mountain Astrologer, Aug./Sept. 2005:
Maria Simms has a knack for weaving ancient traditions with the complexities of modern life in her writing, and this book is the finest example to date. Complete with software designed by Rique Pottenger... allows readers to follow Simms on her latest odyssey through the cosmos completely equipped with personalized information about our individual Progressed Moon journeys... we are initiated into a whole new way of studying our emotional and psychological development... magnificent art, plus the author's gripping writing, made Moon Tides, Soul Passages well worth owning and cherishing for many years to come.

From the review by Jim Barnes, Editor, Independent Publisher Online
With this powerful book, author Maria Kay Simms helps readers reconnect with their Moon astrology, explaining in great detail how our lives are influenced by the Moon, its phases and cycles, during what Simms calls our Soul Journey. As the sun is said to affect our actions, the Moon's realm is the subconscious, and astrological techniques, meditation and journaling will unlock doors to perception and increase self-awareness and faith in oneself.

From the review by Ken Irving, Horoscope Guide, June 2005
As a basic textbook for understanding the Moon in the birth chart, this book works like a charm...it is clear the author herself not only uses this technique, but is deeply involved... giving her both an intellectual understanding of the lunar phases and a passion for them, a passion that comes alive in every page...well-packaged with beautiful paintings by the author herself and her daughter... accompanying software by Rique Pottenger, which is not mere icing on the cake, but a main ingredient... The book is a joy to read, but being able to use the printout for my own chart as I read through it proved to be enlightening. I have never quite looked at the Moon in my chart in such a thorough and yes, accurate way. Simms' book is destined to become a classic.

From the review by Chris Lorenze, Dell Horoscope, June 2005
Her artistic, mythological and analytical style presents a straightforward road map to personal empowerment, whether that means enhancing spiritual growth, making smart professional choices or developing healthy relationships... accompanied by a CD that readily boots up all the astrological data you'll need to get the most out of the book...paintings and poetic prayers... awaken the reader to an inspiring, aesthetic presentation... After reading, the astrologer will have a new appreciation for the power of the Moon...gain a solid interpretive tool and forecasting technique.

From the review by Donna Van Toen, NCGR Memberletter, April/May 2005
This book is well-written and comes from a psychologically and spiritually sound perspective. The tone is upbeat and geared to personal growth... the software, which mirrors the text, is easy to install and use... And did I mention the paintings? There are a full dozen beautiful, evocative paintings by Maria herself and by her daughter Molly Sullivan. These allow you to meditate on the text as you read and to feel the various phases and positions... Consider this a must-have!

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