The Changing Sky

In this sequel to his award-winning and critically acclaimed book on basic astrology, The Inner Sky, Steven Forrest presents a dynamic text on predictive astrology. Readers will learn transits, progressions and chart synthesis as tools for understanding astrological timing.

"The Changing Sky" features a brief review of the astrological basics and then, the meat of the book: Transits, the current positions of the plants in the sky compared to one's birth chart, Progressions, a day symbolically equated to a year in one's life, and the Art of Synthesis, how to put it all together.

The Ever-Changing Sky provides a comprehensive and non-mathematical guide to spherical astronomy. The reader is guided through terrestrial and celestial co-ordinate systems, time measurement and celestial navigation, to the prediction of the rising and setting of the stars, Sun and Moon. It focuses on the geometrical aspects of the night sky without using complex trigonometry. The book progresses to a general study of the Earth and sky, including the stars and constellations (with useful star maps provided), the motions and appearance of the Moon, tides and eclipses, the orbits of the planets and the smaller bodies of the Solar System (asteroids, meteors, meteorites and comets). Finally, there is a brief overview of atmospheric phenomena (including rainbows and haloes). This text will be invaluable to students taking courses in naked-eye astronomy, amateur and professional astronomers, as well as more general readers wanting to know how the night sky changes.

According to professional astrologr Steven Forrest, behind your familiar astrological chart lies another chart entirely, one whose existence you may never have suspected. This chart tells the tale of who you were in a prior lifetime. It speaks of what wounded you then and what work you left undone.

Changing Sky is a magical tale of love and adventure with intricately interwoven stories about Julia, an artist; Andrew, her son; and Maggie, Julia's agent. Julia, a landscape painter in her late forties, is at an impasse with her art: it has become like painting by numbers for her. She longs to produce a different kind of art. Her son, Andrew, is eighteen. Discontentment envelops him. What is the point of being lonely among other people, he wonders? It's worse than being lonely by yourself. That summer, Andrew embarks on a voyage through which he meets unusual people in a mystical land. He is told he will be part of a coming change and will plant the seeds of new ideas. Julia does not yet realize he is gone and begins to paint scenes from his excursions-scenes that are different from anything she has ever created before. Thirtysomething Maggie who is recently divorced, is adjusting to her new single life. When she shows Julia's paintings to others, then the real magic begins, drawing Julia, Andrew, and Maggie into fascinating journeys of self-discovery.

In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can't decide what to be: A boy or a girl? A bird or a fish? A flower or a shooting star? At school, though, they must endure inquisitive looks and difficult questions from the other children, and they have trouble finding friends who will accept them for who they are. But they find comfort in the loving arms of their mother, who always offers them the same loving refrain: "whatever you dream of / i believe you can be / from the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea." In this captivating, beautifully imagined picture book about gender, identity, and the acceptance of the differences between us, Miu Lan faces many questions about who they are and who they may be. But one thing's for sure: no matter what this child becomes, their mother will love them just the same. Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and psychotherapist in Toronto. Her first poetry book, a Place Called No Homeland, was published in 2017. Kai Yun Ching is a community-based organizer, educator, and illustrator in Montreal. Wai-Yant Li is a ceramics artist and illustrator in Montreal.

A professional astrologer explains how individuals can use astrology to create a more productive future, without allowing the stars to control destiny

In this companion to the bestselling Picture a Tree, Barbara Reid has us look up . . . way up Wherever we may be, we share the same sky. But every hour, every day, every season, whether in the city or the forest, it is different. The sky tells many stories: in the weather, in the clouds, in the stars, in the imagination. Renowned artist Barbara Reid brings her unique vision to a new topic - the sky around us. In brilliant Plasticine illustrations, she envisions the sky above and around us in all its moods. Picture the sky. How do you feel?