Esoteric Astrology: The Theory, Interpretation and Practice

Douglas Baker taught Esoteric Astrology for 50 years and is considered an authority in its practical application. His technique for deriving the ‘Soul’s purpose’ is revolutionary, allowing the novice in astrology to derive existential meaning from a horoscope using ‘Esoteric’ planetary rulers. The reader need not know much more than the basic rudiments of astrology in order to gain considerable and advanced knowledge about himself, his limitations and his potential.
In this book, first published in in 1974, the reader is given specific instructions as to how to derive knowledge of his Soul's purpose. Writing in the language of the day, Douglas Baker gives guidelines and many examples—such as the Soul’s purpose of John F. Kennedy—making observations as close to practical application as possible.
This book is a very good introduction to Esoteric Astrology, and if read with Douglas Baker’s later series of instructional books on Esoteric Astrology, the novice will rapidly master the techniques necessary for the successful interpretation of any chart.
The topics covered include: The Nature of Esoteric Astrology; The Twelve Signs; The Esoteric Planetary Rulers; The Twelve Houses; Interpretation; and a section on Esoteric Astrology and Psychology.