The Astrology of Midlife and Aging

by Erin Sullivan

The first in-depth analysis of how an individual's natal horoscope reveals the unique challenges and opportunities of midlife. Between the ages of thirty-seven and forty-one, something mysterious takes place within the psyche.  Jung called this phase our "unlived life," assuming rightly that midlife did not inaugurate a time of rapid decay, loss of libido, and inevitable death—but rather ushered in a period in which one might review one's life and build upon a strong foundation toward the next phase of adulthood. Acclaimed astrologer Erin Sullivan takes us through the vast changes that astrology reveals as we reach middle age.  It is a moment in life that is characterized by the planet Uranus, one filled with opportunities to both rethink the past and move forward toward the future, "witnessing" our lives in the way Uranus connotes.  There exist no maps of the terrain—except the natal horoscope.  

Genres: Astrology

252 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2005

About the author

Erin Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, where she works on the experience of emotion in and through Shakespeare's plays. She is the author of Beyond Melancholy: Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England (2016), and the co-editor of The Renaissance of Emotion: Understanding Affect in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries (2015) and Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Performance and Festivity in the Olympic Year (2015). She is currently working on a book about digital technology and Shakespearean performance.

Reviews

[Darlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really comprehensive analysis of a life transit by transit. As Im in my 60's it was interesting to look both back, present and to the future thru the astrological lens. She's a really good, experienced and most interesting astrologer and writer and I took many notes.

[Amy Herring · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could rave and rave about this book and often do when I recommend it. Talks in depth and richly about the astrological aspects that everyone encounters as they age. The only thing that could improve it would be to be a little more crisp on the organization and examples.