Horary Astrology Rediscovered: A Study in Classical Astrology

If you want to learn how to predict and cust horoscops, nothing is beter than to studie traditional horary astrology. This book is a very acute, smart and hignly researched book on, practical and pragmatic astrology. The old masters astrologuers were employed by kings, in each consultation they were playing their lives, their jugment were thus pragmatic, trusty, and crucial for the good layout of empire affairs. The informations are based on fundamental keys known by old masters and now mostly lost in the vast ocean of astro-psychology verbiage. Page 92 she wrote :"One consequence of astrology having been adapted to psychology during this century is the loss of an understanding of time passing in the chart, and withthat of course, an inability to make predictions".

Fantastic

This is a book on traditional Horary astrology. Its author is responsible for reviving traditional (or classical - as she calls it) - astrology and relies heavily on the work of William Lilly. Traditional astrology does not take into account the outer planets, is based upon the work of Hellenistic, arabic and medieval astrologers and focuses more to factual answers than psychological explanations. Horary astrology in particular, is the Art of answering exact questions (will I marry X? Should I buy this house?, etc). The book is written in a discourse and personal style, containing tables, strictures, explanations of essential terms (like antiscia, collection and translation of light) and many delineated charts. Equally important for novice and experienced astrologers, Barclay's Horary Astrology Rediscovered is a fundamental textbook taking the reader through all the fundamentals of delineating a chart, in compact, full of information chapters. Equally good for introducing general astrology to the novice as it is for delving deeper into Horary, she does not waste much time in idle talk. Practically every paragraph contains important astrological rules and aphorisms. Includes a short - but excellent - introduction to Mundane Astrology and several historical chapters of ancient and medieval astrologers along with examples of their work. A must have book for astrologers.

I've tried really hard for several days to extract something useful from this book, but I officially give up. It's just not woven together very well; instead of a coherent presentation, it reads more like a stream-of-consciousness memory dump. To show you what I mean, I'll quote a few sentences from page 117 in Chapter 8, "Divisions of the Ecliptic". I stress that I have omitted nothing: ================= "If the Ascendant or its ruler is in a fixed sign, it shows continuity of purpose, and a person who is true to his word. "The water signs are considered fruitful, and thus are useful in pregnancy questions. Barren signs are Gemini, Leo, Virgo, and Aquarius. "Gemini, Virgo, Libra, and Aquarius are known further as human signs. In the case of a lost animal, those signs show it is where humans inhabit. Animal signs are Aries, Taurus, Leo, the last part of Sagittarius, the first part of Capricorn. For some reason Leo and Sagittarius are called ferral. Mute signs are the water signs, especially if Mercury, the planet ruling voice, is in them. "Three signs are called running. They are Aries, Sagittarius, and Leo (do they walk fastest?) [sic]. Standing signs are Gemini, Virgo, and Aquarius; sitting signs are Taurus, Libra, and Capricorn, and lying down signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, "Signs commanding and obeying are those equally distanced from the solstice points. The ancients invented many more." "The virtue of this information is that it makes you look carefully at the sign in which your chief significator is positioned, and to deduce as much information as possible from it within the context of the question. It is a detective game." ================= Try to imagine 300+ pages, most of them rambling on like this. Much too disjoint for my taste.

Es un buen libro, con enfoque tradicional, muy nesario para quien quiere aprender astrología horaria en serio. Aunque está temáticamente ordenado, no lo está en cuanto a dar una metodología clara para quien se inicia. Algunos temas habría que explicarlos mejor, como el de las recepciones. Pero es un buen libro, hay que tenerlo y leerlo. Vale la pena. Pero no quedarse solamente con él, hay que entudiar en otros libros y fuentes.

I am kind of dissappointed with the the book. Had great expectations from Olivia Barclay after having read lot of her articles. May be because I follow John Frawley and hence didn't agree with some of the things she said e.g. Considerations before a judgement. The book is not worth the price because it contains mundane astrology also. I have attached screenshots of the content since the ebook format is not available.

Great book

Best book ever

バークレイ女史の弟子はイギリスで活躍しているジョン・フローリー氏、QHPの後継者バーバラ・ダン女史を筆頭に数多くいます。リリーだけではなく、マニリウス、トレミー（プトレマイオス）、アブ・マシャール、アル・ビルーニやボナッティからの引用、参照と共にホラリー占星術を読み解いていく内容です。 各項目の情報量はそれほど多くはなく、現在出版されている他のホラリー解説書と比較すれば概略程度の分量です。それでも、シンプルにまとめられた説明はこれからホラリーを学ぼうとする初学者には有り難く、理解の始めとしては十分な内容だと思います。なぜなら、この本は近代占星術を学んだ人向けに書かれており、古典の知識がアレルギーを引き起こすことが織り込まれているためです。 英文としては、占星術の専門用語を除き、ペンギンリーダーズ・レベル5の読解力で理解できると思います。

'90年の作品で、いまや当時のHorary Astrology復興ム−ヴメントに於いて重要な役 割を演じた歴史的一冊といえる。この西洋占星術の技法の一つである、Horary Astrologyは、わが日本でもいけだ笑み『ホラリー占星術』（説話社、'09年）の刊行 に拠り、にわかに注目度が上がっているが、勿論本著作は上記いけだ氏本にも参考文 献リストに入っている。尚著者Barclay氏から直接指導を受けた、わが日本人の先達 として"Warrior Of Astrology"國分秀星Q.H.P.氏がいる。 タイトルの"Rediscovered"の一語から推察できるように、ホラリーと云う、永きに 渡り伝授が繰り返されながらも、20世紀に至り、伝授が途絶えたかにみえた手法の、 現代に於ける必要性を再確認そして読者に対し再認識を促す、というのが本書の目的 である。 常に西洋占星術の最先端に居る、Robert Handに拠る序文がまずある。そしてPart 2 はホラリーのケース・スタディすなわち、Barclay氏のホラリー実践例の提示、検証 にあてられている。この章での、著者の実践チャートとそれらの占断及び実際の結果 とが照応しているのを読むのは圧巻であり、ホラリーを修得した者のみが得られる喜 びがあるだろうと僭越ながら著者を称えたくなる位だ。ぜひみなさんも一読してほし い。これを読んだ時いけだ氏が上記『ホラリー…』の14頁で、慎重に立てたホラリー・ チャートが出生図にひけをとらぬ程、「宝物のように見える」事がある、と書いてい たのを思い出したのだが、例えば出生図に永くまじめに向き合えばそれなりの、リー ディングと実人生での出来事とが照応しているのを確認出来るのと一緒なのであろう。 勿論Barclay氏のレヴェルに達するには、そうとうの経験及びPart 1の技術修練の繰 り返しを要するのは申す迄もあるまい。