Imagine for a moment that you have just watched the greatest DVD ever: the story of you. You think you've learned everything, but then you notice that there are extras on the disk that give more information, scenes that were cut, and alternate endings. Suddenly, aspects of the story that were hazy become crystal clear, as if someone had cleaned the lens.
It is this extra information that can be discovered by finding midpoints in an astrological chart. The midpoint is halfway between two or more other planets or points. As Noel Tyl points out in the introduction to Midpoints, this would seem to indicate that you would have to memorize descriptions of more than 850 points. Luckily, that's not true. In fact, the process is much easier, and author Don McBroom explains the technique in an easy way so that you can use it. If you're interpreting your chart you'll find depths of information you never realized existed. If you're a professional it will turn your readings into masterpieces.
Step-by-Step
Any technique is useless unless it can be made practical, and Midpoints does exactly that. It takes you easily through all of the methods needed to work with midpoints.
Step One: Identification and Organization. Here you will learn how to identify what the midpoint is (listing the two planets or points and the midpoint) and how to organize the midpoints on a chart. That organization allows you to see the relationships at a glance.
Step Two: Interpretation and Analysis. In this step you'll discover the keywords for the two points and how to use a simple expression to show the picture that is the midpoint. This is the heart of the system and you'll be surprised at how easy it really is. You'll also discover some of the most important midpoints to use. For example, the Sun/Moon midpoint reveals a person's core values.
Step Three: Integration and Synthesis. This is where it is all brought together with the rest of the reading into a single, cohesive whole. It not only shows you how to reveal the potential of these points, but how that potential can be manifested.
To make learning easy, examples are illustrated with the charts and descriptions of dozens of famous people such as Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, and Mae West.
Midpoints is the latest in the Special Topics in Astrology series of books intended for intermediate to advanced students and professionals. Like the others, it will bring you all of the information you need to use this powerful technique to enhance your interpretations to a new level of perfection.
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