A Celebration of Symbols

A Celebration of Symbols: Astrology Through Personal Growth and Word Events.

Astrology is timeless. So are these thought-provoking articles written by renowned New York City astrologer John Marchesella for various publications between 2000 and 2025. This collection represents a plethora of techniques that John has used successfully in his work as a counselor and educator, and will thoroughly engage those reading these pieces for the first time. They will remind others who perused them when first published just how much these pearls of wisdom stand the test of time.

The book's title, A Celebration of Symbols, comes from the lead article, which sets the tone for the rest of the essays. John looks at the characteristics of a birth chart as a set of symbols that, once understood, reveal how our lives unfold through time. He takes us on a journey through the lives of well-known people using his mastery of horoscope analysis and acute understanding of predictive techniques. John uses this same methodology to explain event-oriented mundane astrology, with a series of pieces about the rise of the Gay Movement and marriage equality. He uses the Stonewall uprising as the "birth chart" and forecasting tools to cite the movement's evolution. The book concludes with John's article on counseling, the culmination of a decades-long career as a professional astrologer. Here he gives pointers and discusses the ethical considerations necessary if astrology is to be your vocation, or even avocation.

After reading these articles, you'll have a greater understanding of how astrology works, and how John communicates this symbolic language to help his clients, students, and colleagues make sense of themselves and the world around us. This book is indeed a celebration of the symbols that are inherent in the horoscope, but mostly it is a celebration of the work of John Marchesella.

Ronnie Gale Dreyer

Author of Vedic Astrology and Venus