當代占星研究

by Sue Tompkins, 蘇·湯普金, 胡因夢 (Translator)

本書為你開啟神秘的星象密碼，像一面宇宙的鏡子，讓我們看清楚自己的存在。
在價值觀混亂、人心浮動的世代，你需要學會一種可以解釋經驗、克服困境、找到人生方向的專業技能，那就是——占星學。

近幾十年來在英美，占星這門學科體系日漸完善也漸趨專業，但一直以來國內坊間的占星書籍多著重在以十二星座的特質為主，作命理占卜或心理測驗式的解讀，在通俗趣味的背後，卻也因為論述不夠嚴謹、似是而非，加上往往將十二星座的原型類型化，造成許多學習者對占星產生刻板印象，多數人遂無法進入專業占星領域一窺堂奧。

這本書是倫敦占星學院的指定教材，由倫敦占星學院的創辦人蘇‧湯普金女士撰述而成，從占星學的歷史背景談起，內容包括占星基礎理論、占星學歷史、專有名詞、個人星盤繪製、黃道十二宮的意義、黃道十二星座的特質、行星相位及相位圖型、星盤解讀分析技巧等，全書條理分明、詮釋精微。最難能可貴的是，本書文筆優美流暢，觀念的說明淺顯易懂，絕不會讓你在深奧的專業術語中迷路困惑，是有志於占星學習者的入門必備手冊，也是理解占星精髓的專業參考。

Genres: Astrology, Nonfiction, Reference, Unfinished, Self Help

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book suffers from a lack of focus and could do with some tighter editing. Since the author goes through the basic introductory material, the book would seem to be meant for beginning astrology students. But I think those same beginners will be confused when Tompkins presents material out of order. She talks about planets being dignified or in fall before she explains what the planetary dignities are, refers to midpoints before explaining what midpoints are, and so on. She also attempts to cover more astrological topics than I think an introductory text can successfully manage. Tompkins herself says that the centaurs and the asteroids are "non-essential bodies," but she includes them anyway, not in much depth. Indeed, she slips in introductory material on homeopathy which seemed to me like it should be in another book altogether.

The other aspect to Tompkins' writing that I found annoying was her fascination with mundane astrological correspondences. She writes about them at some length, and while that could be useful in a horary astrology book, in a book on natal astrology, it's astrological trivia. The correspondences were presented more as stuff that had caught her interest than in any systematic way that might help beginners work with them. At times, the author tosses out blanket statements that just set my teeth on edge, especially when they touched on racial issues.

Parts of the book worked particularly well. Tompkins starts out strong with good descriptions of the elements and modes, especially of elemental lacks. One of her sample chart interpretations ("Amanda") specifically addresses how to synthesize strongly contrasting themes in a chart, which I think is helpful for beginning and more experienced students alike. Overall, however, I think the book is caught in a difficult place: meant for beginners, but at an intermediate student's level of understanding—and there are much better beginning texts out there.

[Nimue · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars was due to the redundancy of the sections involving the planets in the different houses. This is a fantastic and thoughtful book on astrology, good for both beginners and intermediate students!

[Arune · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is definitely the book for all astrology enthusiasts to have!
It’s very well written and organized, which makes it easy to read and understand.
I’d say it’s beginner friendly, but I’ve been into astrology for over 10 years (mostly learning through online blogs and posts) and am only now trying to dive deeper and learn it more thoroughly. Even though I already knew what many of the concepts meant, I still think this book is a must-have for anyone learning astrology!

[Mariya Shiderova · Rating 5 out of 5]

The must have book for every astrologer!!!!

[雨 刘 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basic and laconic