Planetary Threads:
Patterns of Relating Among Family and Friends
Lynn Bell

Part One: Planetary Threads. Lynn's innovative exploration of the patterns of thinking, feeling and behaviour which run back through generations is enhanced by her unique adaptation of the genogram (a map utilised in family therapy) to highlighting particular planetary placements and aspects that recur in families. Her often dramatic case material, presented in fascinating detail, is rich and revealing, and we are gradually offered a profound vision of the intricately woven tapestry of the family matrix from which we spring, and the ways in which we repeat - or transform - the astrological and psychological inheritance which each of us carries.

Part Two: Siblings and Friends. The 3rd and 11th as relationship houses are often ignored or trivialised in astrological texts, but this seminar reveals the depth and importance of these two houses. An exploration of the enormous power of sibling relationships is enhanced by historical and contemporary case material as well as audience contributions, and the ancient but innovative idea of the 11th house as the bonus daimon, and of friends as the carriers of or catalysts for individual destiny, is presented with revealing insight.

Together, these two seminars present a new perspective on relationships within the family and amongst friends - those "nonromantic" bonds which are so often either overlooked or overloaded with too much emphasis on pathology. This volume offers refreshing and exciting new perspectives and new practical tools for the astrological student and practitioner.
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