Now you can understand how astrologers comprehend environmental issues of the 21st century. In this ground-breaking work, traditional astrological methods for assessing outer planet cycles, then the full integration of the meanings of the upcoming Neptune and Pluto cycles through 2065, are studied in depth. A full history is presented with over seventy complete examples of how the Aries Ingress charts and the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction series were developed to appreciate both short-term and long-term trends. This work does not require prior knowledge of either classical or mundane astrology (however, experience in these areas would be helpful). Discover how the astrological events of 2012 are not as important as future configurations, although it is so important that the configurations are understood now. This book speaks to my own heart, and to what I believe will be among the most important issues of the first half of the 21st century. How do you speak to large societal events using astrology? There is a history of that, using the Jupiter-Saturn cycle, and other outer planet cycles - and these are addressed in the book. There is the shorter term method of the Aries Ingress chart, and that is covered as well in the book. However, as human population has become so large, and our resource utilization so extensive, I believe that we are coming into an era in which the environment will impinge on our lives, in ways that our fossil fuel driven lifestyles have managed to obscure for over a century. We are pushing resource use to the maximum, and whether we are talking about oil, water, food, rare earths, or gold, we cannot sustain even our current population in the lifestyle that most people would choose. Furthermore, toxic by-products of our lifestyle are catching up and killing us. I believe these issues will become totally evident during this current pass of Pluto in Capricorn, so much of the book is a survey of Pluto through the signs and elements, to help provide a baseline for the kinds of problems and the issues that they suggest for life on this planet over the next few decades. If you find my arguments compelling, then these are some of the things this book may lead you to consider: You may want to consider where is the best place to live, given rainfall and irrigation patterns, not to mention the geopolitics of water. - You may want to consider making changes in the foods you eat, the clothes you wear, and the things you buy. - You may change how you do retirement planning. This work will give you food for thought about what astrology can say in the larger context of our voyage on our blue planet. Lee has a Ph.D. in Botany from Rutgers University. She is author of The Ultimate Asteroid Book (1988), Essential Dignities (1989), The Book of Rulerships (1992), Classical Astrology for Modern Living (1996), The Martial Art of Horary Astrology (2002), Astrology of Sustainability (2011), Traditional Medical Astrology (2011), Classical Solar Return s (2012) and a translation from the French of Papus' Astrology for Initiates . Her correspondence courses, Classical Studies (horary, natal, electional, medical, gaming, mundane and advanced horary), bring classical astrology to the forefront as an astrological system. Dr. Lehman was a Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kepler College. She served the astrological community as Research Director for NCGR from 1987-1999, as UAC Board Treasurer from 1990 -1999, and as UAC Program Chair for UACs 1995 and 1998. She is a Life Member of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR), the International Society for Astrological Reasearch (ISAR), and the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA). Lee was the recipient of the 1995 Marc Edmund Jones Award, and the recipient of the 2008 Regulus Award for Education. Along with Esoteric Technologies, Lee has created two software report writer programs written specifically for the classical astrologer: Solar Writer/Medicus, for medical questions and decumbitures; and Solar Writer/Classical, for natal delineation in the matter-of-fact style of the Renaissance astrologer. She has developed the innovative add-on to Cosmic Pattern's Sirius: Who Wins, which captures the rules of Bonatti for warfare for use in researching the outcome of sporting events. Her Perennial Herbal takes ancient astrological herbalism onto the web. Used Book in Good Condition