{"id":16128,"date":"2018-04-01T01:10:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T06:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=17557"},"modified":"2018-03-24T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T17:36:23","slug":"book-review-how-to-read-your-horoscope-in-5-easy-steps-by-chrissie-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/04\/01\/book-review-how-to-read-your-horoscope-in-5-easy-steps-by-chrissie-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: How to Read Your Horoscope in 5 Easy Steps by Chrissie Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOOK REVIEW<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

HOW TO READ YOUR HOROSCOPE IN 5 EASY STEPS \u2013
\nStop Reading Books (Except This One\u2026) and Start Reading Charts<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By Chrissie Blaze<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chrissie Blaze has created a deceptively simple \u201cintroduction\u201d to astrological chart reading. Yes, the book covers the basics of chart interpretation and how to work with each factor as an entry point into chart analysis. But Blaze takes us into advanced \u201cseeing\u201d by moving past these individual factors into what I call \u201cthe blend\u201d \u2013 she teaches us to weave the parts into a greater whole that reflects the creation story written in each birth chart. If you have ever looked at your birth chart and wondered how to make sense of your Venus in Aries AND your Mars in Libra opposing each other, Blaze\u2019s book will help you sort it out! As she points out, all of the elements of the chart combine as if they are playing in a symphony. Parts are harmonious, parts are discordant \u2013 and you can teach yourself to make a whole out of all the parts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blaze\u2019s \u201cfive easy steps\u201d are not simple! Each step contains many baby steps that culminate in leap forward. I have studied astrological charts for many years and found her process outline to be clear and quite useful, with each step building to a sense of competence. Suggestions for weaving the many parts together are excellent. Blaze tells us that working with what seem like a bunch of disconnected pieces is like learning a language. We have to learn the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Once we practice putting them together, we speak effortlessly! And like getting the \u201cgist\u201d of a language we don\u2019t yet understand, we can work with our first impressions to find a way into the chart. In fact, Blaze starts out in Step 1 by taking us into deep waters \u2013 chart shapes! We look at the overall pattern the planets make in the astrological wheel \u2013 are they \u201csplashed\u201d all over or in a \u201cbucket\u201d in one part of the chart? The shape tells us something about the overall energetic design of this person\u2019s lifetime. Identifying chart shapes can be tricky, but Blaze wades right in and use our intuition to feel into the chart as life\u2019s destiny blueprint. She asks us to see and to trust what we are seeing. So, in Step 1, we begin reading the chart without any feeling of overwhelm!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(<\/i><\/span>Photo by <\/i><\/span>Diego<\/i><\/span> on Unsplash<\/a><\/i><\/span>)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blaze is correct \u2013 you can stop reading other books and use the great technical information in this one to dig deep into your chart. She addresses all of the key factors – chart shapes, planets, signs, houses, chart angles, elements, modalities, nodes \u2013 and more. And you can add to the technical information the ability to weave the multiple factors together into a creation story. There are short descriptions of the signs and the qualities of the Sun and Moon in each sign that you can use as references and an excellent discussion of using the Sun, Moon and Ascendant to identify themes and characteristics in a person\u2019s inner and outer selves. But this is no ordinary cookbook of canned interpretations. Blaze shows us her process of analysis in discussing examples of each factor, which I found invaluable. These discussions are a great reference as reading and re-reading them will teach you to think in \u201castrological language.\u201d And as with learning a language, you will begin to recognize the energies and metaphor that the symbols convey. Blaze emphasizes fluency, rather than rote memorization, and offers practices that will help you achieve it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> At the end of each of the five steps are a \u201cjargon\u201d list and a set of exercises that almost trick you into chart reading without a sense of overwhelm. At the end of Step 1, you are already identifying chart shapes, looking for empty and \u201cfull\u201d houses and listing \u201cmissing\u201d and predominant elements. Blaze asks you simply to sense how these factors might affect you. You are encouraged to study Sun signs, but not to memorize a list of meanings. She also encourages you to be curious, wide-eyed, to explore and to trust your instincts. It\u2019s a shamanic approach – ask the living energies of the planets how they are working through the houses and signs they occupy! By Step 5, you will know enough to look for themes, using Blaze\u2019s list of interpretation guidelines and working with your findings in the very useful interpretation outline. The outline is a fantastic starting point for looking at your life as a whole through the lens of the chart. Do you want to know about your character and leadership potential? Blaze suggests that you look at placement of the Sun, Saturn, Mars, the Ascendant, what sign and planets are in the first house and how these relate to each other. Blaze will tell you that this is not a hard and fast \u201crule,\u201d but a good place to start. You will evolve your own way of seeing into these destiny patterns, but these guidelines are a fantastic place to start. I printed them out to use! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Learn the \u201cjargon,\u201d use your intuition and work with \u201cthe blend,\u201d and you will be reading a chart by the time you finish this book! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Click Image for Amazon Information<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Susan Rossi<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> is a Practitioner and Teacher of Shamanism. She is a long-time explorer of The Mysteries \u2013 the connections between mind, body, spirit and how to live in right relationship to all of the energies streaming through the cosmos. She works with clients as an astrologer, coach, ceremonialist and guide to the wisdom that each of us has the capacity to access. Her focus is on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>guiding clients to unblock and rediscover their inner wisdom. , exploration of the birth chart, ceremony, legacy writing, hypnotherapy, energetic healing practice and creation of sacred tools are integral pieces of her practice.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Susan trained in Soul Level Astrology with master astrologer Mark Borax. She delights in exploring with individuals the planetary pattern under which their soul choose to incarnate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flying to the Heart\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>www.flyingtotheheart.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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BOOK REVIEW HOW TO READ YOUR HOROSCOPE IN 5 EASY STEPS \u2013 Stop Reading Books (Except This One\u2026) and Start Reading Charts By Chrissie Blaze Chrissie Blaze has created a deceptively simple \u201cintroduction\u201d to astrological chart reading. Yes, the book covers the basics of chart interpretation and how to work with each factor as an entry point into chart analysis. But Blaze takes us into advanced \u201cseeing\u201d by moving past these individual factors into what I call \u201cthe blend\u201d \u2013 she teaches us to weave the parts into a greater whole that reflects the creation story written in each birth chart. If you have ever looked at your birth chart and wondered how to make sense of your Venus in Aries AND your Mars in Libra opposing each other, Blaze\u2019s book will help you sort it out! As she points out, all of the elements of the chart combine as if they are playing in a symphony. Parts are harmonious, parts are discordant \u2013 and you can teach yourself to make a whole out of all the parts. Blaze\u2019s \u201cfive easy steps\u201d are not simple! Each step contains many baby steps that culminate in leap forward. I have studied astrological charts for many years and found her process outline to be clear and quite useful, with each step building to a sense of competence. Suggestions for weaving the many parts together are excellent. Blaze tells us that working with what seem like a bunch of disconnected pieces is like learning a language. We have to learn the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Once we practice putting them together, we speak effortlessly! And like getting the \u201cgist\u201d of a language we don\u2019t yet understand, we can work with our first impressions to find a way into the chart. In fact, Blaze starts out in Step 1 by taking us into deep waters \u2013 chart shapes! We look at the overall pattern the planets make in the astrological wheel \u2013 are they \u201csplashed\u201d all over or in a \u201cbucket\u201d in one part of the chart? The shape tells us something about the overall energetic design of this person\u2019s lifetime. Identifying chart shapes can be tricky, but Blaze wades right in and use our intuition to feel into the chart as life\u2019s destiny blueprint. She asks us to see and to trust what we are seeing. So, in Step 1, we begin reading the chart without any feeling of overwhelm! (Photo by Diego on Unsplash) Blaze is correct \u2013 you can stop reading other books and use the great technical information in this one to dig deep into your chart. She addresses all of the key factors – chart shapes, planets, signs, houses, chart angles, elements, modalities, nodes \u2013 and more. And you can add to the technical information the ability to weave the multiple factors together into a creation story. There are short descriptions of the signs and the qualities of the Sun and Moon in each sign that you can use as references and an excellent discussion of using the Sun, Moon and Ascendant to identify themes and characteristics in a person\u2019s inner and outer selves. But this is no ordinary cookbook of canned interpretations. Blaze shows us her process of analysis in discussing examples of each factor, which I found invaluable. These discussions are a great reference as reading and re-reading them will teach you to think in \u201castrological language.\u201d And as with learning a language, you will begin to recognize the energies and metaphor that the symbols convey. Blaze emphasizes fluency, rather than rote memorization, and offers practices that will help you achieve it. At the end of each of the five steps are a \u201cjargon\u201d list and a set of exercises that almost trick you into chart reading without a sense of overwhelm. At the end of Step 1, you are already identifying chart shapes, looking for empty and \u201cfull\u201d houses and listing \u201cmissing\u201d and predominant elements. Blaze asks you simply to sense how these factors might affect you. You are encouraged to study Sun signs, but not to memorize a list of meanings. She also encourages you to be curious, wide-eyed, to explore and to trust your instincts. It\u2019s a shamanic approach – ask the living energies of the planets how they are working through the houses and signs they occupy! By Step 5, you will know enough to look for themes, using Blaze\u2019s list of interpretation guidelines and working with your findings in the very useful interpretation outline. The outline is a fantastic starting point for looking at your life as a whole through the lens of the chart. Do you want to know about your character and leadership potential? Blaze suggests that you look at placement of the Sun, Saturn, Mars, the Ascendant, what sign and planets are in the first house and how these relate to each other. Blaze will tell you that this is not a hard and fast \u201crule,\u201d but a good place to start. You will evolve your own way of seeing into these destiny patterns, but these guidelines are a fantastic place to start. I printed them out to use! Learn the \u201cjargon,\u201d use your intuition and work with \u201cthe blend,\u201d and you will be reading a chart by the time you finish this book! Click Image for Amazon Information *** About the Author: Susan Rossi is a Practitioner and Teacher of Shamanism. She is a long-time explorer of The Mysteries \u2013 the connections between mind, body, spirit and how to live in right relationship to all of the energies streaming through the cosmos. She works with clients as an astrologer, coach, ceremonialist and guide to the wisdom that each of us has the capacity to access. Her focus is on\u00a0guiding clients to unblock and rediscover their inner wisdom. , exploration of the birth chart, ceremony, legacy writing, hypnotherapy, energetic healing practice and creation of sacred tools are integral pieces of her practice. Susan trained in Soul Level Astrology with master astrologer Mark Borax. She delights in exploring with individuals the planetary pattern under which their soul choose to incarnate. 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