The Mountain Astrologer June/July 2014

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The Mountain Astrologer is recognized as the best astrology magazine in the world.

Each issue has a student section, articles by and for professional astrologers, a forecast section, daily aspects, the astrology of world events, astrological data and more.

See the table of contents for the June/July issue

Highlights of this issue:

    • The Complete and Totally All-Inclusive Guide to Horticultural Astrology
    • The Many Faces of Mercury Retrograde
    • Mercury Retrograde: A Slow Dance with the Trickster
    • Moving Planets, Living Symbols: Towards a Participatory Astrology
    • Enriching Our Days: Astrology’s Gods as Rulers of the Seven-Day Week
    • Queer Astrology: Not for Queers Only
    • Four under Forty: The Future of Astrology…..and much more

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