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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 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 MoreSimone Weil (1909-1943): Sublimity and Affliction
Depictions of this women have ranged from the hagiographic to the clinical: to some she was saintly and brilliant and prophetic, to others she was emotionally tortured, self-destructive and made life difficult for those around her. In fact, she possessed all these qualities.
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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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Read MoreJoseph 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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Welcome to the New Website!
Our original Astrology Institute website was constructed in 2005 by Debra...
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Bernie Sanders: Politician on a Mission
Now that a chart with a birth time has surfaced for Bernie Sanders we can consider his natal indicators and a probable course for 2016 for his Presidential candidacy and for him.
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Calling and the Soul’s Transformations
Soul as calling recognizes the deep connection between our individual lives and the larger world in which we live. Course at Kepler College begins Thursday January 26 2017 at 7 PM/ED and 4 PM/PT
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The Winter Solstice Season and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Gawain poem, a meditation on the possibilities and limitations on the extent of human goodness and on the relationship between outer disposition (and reputation) and inner character, uses as its background the tribulations and renewal of the winter solstice holiday season.
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Donald Trump: Impresario and Politician
I hesitated to update my previous astrological profile on Trump from four...
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Book Review of Under the Sacred Sky by Ray Grasse
Many of us know Ray Grasse’s work: he’s written two books on astrology and his...
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.” 