Jan Spiller - Spiritual Astrology: Your Personal Path to Self-Fulfillment

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Part I copyright 1985, 1988 by Jan Spiller

Part II copyright 1988 by Karen McCoy and Jan Spiller

Part III copyright 1988 by Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy

Originally published in 2010 by Fireside, an imprint of Simon & Schuster

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My work on this book is dedicated to those spiritual forces available in the world today that gave us the insights we needed, and to the people everywhere whose inner beauty inspired our love and created the space for this book to be written.

Jan Spiller

I want to dedicate my work on Part II of this book to my son, John McCoy, for all the nights he fixed himself soup and tuna fish, screened telephone calls, and ran interference for Jan and me while we used our time together to work on the book. Thanks, John, for all your support, encouragement, and patience. You are truly my greatest blessing. I love you.

Mom (Karen McCoy)

T HIS volume has been divided into three parts, designed to offer the layperson a complete introductory text on how to use astrology as a tool for gaining in-depth self-understanding and self-mastery.

Each part has a separate introduction and section on how to use it. Using this volume is easy. The only astrological knowledge needed is your birth date.

Simply use the tables in Part III to locate the signs in which your planets and prenatal eclipses are located. To interpret the meaning of your planets, see Part I. To interpret the meaning of your prenatal eclipses, see Part II.

T HIS book is designed as a guide to self-unfoldment through basic astrological analyses. The form of analyses utilized is in-depth interpretation of the signs and houses for each of the natal planets. Though the determination of these placements is a relatively easy process (that is, simply look them up in the back of this volume), the power and significance behind them cannot be underscored. These placements are, in a sense, the crux of an individuals personality, the map of a persons potential strengths and weaknesses. In this respect it is hoped that this work will be a truly valuable guide to both beginning astrologers as well as individuals seeking greater self-understanding on their own.

As the beginning student advances in his or her studies of astrology, much more complex and detailed modifications of these analyses will be seen. For instance, the student will discover the mathematical relationships existing between planets, known as aspects. Another area of important study will be the comparison of planetary positions today to those present at birth, known as transits (which describe the transitory dynamics in effect at any given point in a persons life).

The beauty about astrology is that it can accurately describe psychological dynamics, or qualities, in effect at any given time (for instance, at ones birth) and in any given situation (for example, ones life). If one knows the basic principles of the planets, signs, and houses, then the rest of astrology is simply a matter of art: applying the manifold possibility of combinations involving these principles into meaningful expression. In this regard Spiritual Astrology represents one of the best primers available to starting ones journey toward astrological mastery.

R AYMOND A. MERRIMAN

P ART I of this volume would have been impossible without the loving support and encouragement of my ex-husband, Steven Spiller. I would also like to acknowledge the late Kerry Tinney for his participation in the early formation of Part I. As the initial coauthor he helped to supply the traditional information regarding the planets and their effects. Kerry was also the creator of the planetary artwork contained in this volume.

My heartfelt thanks go to Ray and Debby Merriman of Seek-It Publications in Birmingham, Michigan, for believing in me and for being willing to release publication rights on Part I so that it could reach a wider public with a larger publishing company. I would also like to acknowledge Debra Burrell and Henry Weingarten of the New York School of Astrology in Manhattan for prodding me to reach greater horizons.

Much appreciation to editor Judith Horton for her painstaking work on Part II and her ability to clarify the meaning while keeping the integrity of the material intact. The difference a talented editor can make in bridging the gap between writer and reader is enormous.

I want especially to recognize my coauthor on Part II, Karen McCoy. Her pioneering research into the effect of the eclipses on individual destiny has given an added dimension to the field of astrology.

JAN SPILLER

There are some very special people I want to thank whose influence and assistance have been instrumental to the success of this project.

My original astrology teacher, Suzie Carrson, taught me more than astrology; she taught me to listen to my inner voice first and then to investigate.

I want to acknowledge my indebtedness to one of the finest astrologers and metaphysicians Ive had the pleasure to know, Mr. Robert (Buz) Myers, who introduced me to the theory of the eclipses. When I shared my research findings with Buz and thanked him for the spark, he said to pass the thanks on to the sparks originator, the late Robert Jansky.

I would also like to thank Julia Wright, Mimi Donner Levine, and Diane and Jerry Church, special friends without whose love, support, and time this book could never have been written.

Finally, a very special thanks to my partner and friend Jan Spiller for her faith and determination.

KAREN P. MCCOY

PART I

The PLANETS, SIGNS, and HOUSES

by Jan Spiller

Y OU are totally unique.

A birthchart cannot be duplicated within a period of less than twenty-five thousand years. All the planets are traveling at different speeds around the Sun, and it takes more than twenty-five thousand years for all of them to line up the same way twice. Consequently, in terms of the astrology chart, each individual is totally unique. Astrology is not a study of general truth but rather a key to specific knowledge that can unlock the power of ones inner self.