Cover image of Taschen's Library of Esoterica, Astrology book - pocket size addition.

Inside page of Taschen's Library of Esoterica Book speaking to Sagittarius.

Inside page of Taschen's Library of Esoterica Book speaking to the history of Astrology.

ASTROLOGY : Library of Esoterica (Pocket Sized)

Name: ASTROLOGY : Library of Esoterica (Pocket Sized)
Brand: Taschen
SKU: TASCHEN-ASTRO-POCKET
Price: 20.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Looking to the sky, this pocket-sized volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. The story of this ancient practice is told through hundreds of images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art.

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Andrea Richards, Jessica Hundley, Susan Miller, Thunderwing

Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 0.91 lb, 192 pages
Edition: English

While modern-day horoscopes may be the most familiar form of astrological knowledge, their lineage reaches back to ancient Mesopotamia. As author Andrea Richards recounts in Astrology, the second volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series, astronomy and astrology were once sister sciences: the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid at Giza was built to align with constellations, Persian scholars oversaw some of the first observatories, and even Galileo cast horoscopes for the Medicis. But with the Enlightenment and the birth of exact science, the practice moved to places where mystery was still permitted, inspiring literature, art, and psychology, and influenced artists and thinkers such as Goethe, Byron, and Blake. Later movements like the Theosophists and the New Agers, would thrust the practice into the mainstream.