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Read MorePsyche and Soul: Foundations of Character
Online at Kepler College, presented by Enid Newberg and Joseph Crane
Begins May 4, Tuesday evenings beginning at 5:00 pm Pacific Time
We explore early dimensions of soul and find out how soul, psyche and astrological psychology are entwined. -
Read MoreDorothy Parker: At Wit’s End
Author, poet, critic, screenwriter and one of the wittiest Americans published in the twentieth century, Dorothy Parker’s many witticisms and life’s difficulties still live with us. An astrological analysis reveals much about the woman and the times in which she lived.
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Read MoreProfiles: Seventeen Exemplary Persons I’d like to meet in Heaven
“In these times when human nature seems darker and weaker than we know it to be, we should remind ourselves of qualities we admire and those people who exemplify them. It seems timely that my profiles now focus on individuals who hold us to a higher standard of decency, who may inspire us.”
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Read MoreAstrology, Deeper and Wider: Eleven Years of Book Reviews
Even astrologers have tribal tendencies, and only talk to people in their own “bubble”. Yet many astrologers have written books that have gone beyond convention into new areas of astrological possibility. I have reviewed many of them over the past decade.
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Read MoreInterview: Whole Sign Houses
Early this summer Mychal Bryan of “True Divination Podcast” and I spoke about my long-time use of Whole Sign Houses. This is the astrology house system whereby the entire sign of the Ascendant (sometimes Moon, Lot of Fortune) becomes the First House, and the others proceed in order of the signs of the zodiac.
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Read MoreAstrology and the Stoics: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Contentment
The development of astrology in the West owes a great debt to the philosophy of the Stoics. Their depictions of human bondage and freedom, their quest for serenity and their emphasis on nobility of character continues to influence astrology’s techniques and astrology’s underlying understanding of the human condition.
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Read MoreAstrologers Should Study Their History
Beginning Thursday September 17, with the International Academy of Astrology, there’s a course that takes astrology from the Bronze Age to the Islamic Golden Age.
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Psyche and Soul: Foundations of Character
Online at Kepler College, presented by Enid Newberg and Joseph Crane
Begins May 4, Tuesday evenings beginning at 5:00 pm Pacific Time
We explore early dimensions of soul and find out how soul, psyche and astrological psychology are entwined.
Dorothy Parker: At Wit’s End
Author, poet, critic, screenwriter and one of the wittiest Americans published in the twentieth century, Dorothy Parker’s many witticisms and life’s difficulties still live with us. An astrological analysis reveals much about the woman and the times in which she lived.
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Joseph Crane Astrology Consultations
I provide an array of astrological consulting services, including full natal sessions or a series of sessions that explores personal and life issues in depth. I also provide horary and electional astrology for specific situations.
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Profiles: Seventeen Exemplary Persons I’d like to meet in Heaven
“In these times when human nature seems darker and weaker than we know it to be, we should remind ourselves of qualities we admire and those people who exemplify them. It seems timely that my profiles now focus on individuals who hold us to a higher standard of decency, who may inspire us.”
Read More
Astrology, Deeper and Wider: Eleven Years of Book Reviews
Even astrologers have tribal tendencies, and only talk to people in their own “bubble”. Yet many astrologers have written books that have gone beyond convention into new areas of astrological possibility. I have reviewed many of them over the past decade.
Read MoreDefinitions and Foundations. by Robert Schmidt (2009)
(TARES), (www.projecthindsight.com) Cumberland, MD: Golden Hind Press. (2009)...
Read More“Moving Forward, Looking Back” NCGR Research Journal 2010
Reviewed by Joseph Crane January, 2011 The most recent NCGR Research Journal...
Read MoreAbout Joseph Crane
Joseph Crane is a teacher and writer of astrology and an astrological consultant with decades of experience in the field. “I teach and write about astrology with reverence for its culture and traditions and as part of the wisdom traditions of the West. As an astrological consultant, I help people understand their current life situations in context and provide paths of activity that help resolve immediate issues and forward their life purpose.” 