Morin's Book 21

<p>With this publication of Book 21 we at last have a definitive English-language translation of the crown jewel of <em>Astrologia Gallica</em> Jean-Baptiste Morin de Villefranche's 26-volume <em>magnum opus</em>. In this one slim volume Morin a 17<sup>th</sup> c. French astrologer physician and mathematician sets out the rules for a rational approach to horoscope interpretation that he summarizes in two compact phrases that encapsulate his entire tradition: Of the Active Determination of the Celestial Bodies & the Passive Determination of Sublunary Things.</p><p>Beginning in 1950 Zoltan Mason made Morin's approach available to English-speaking students for many years through the classes he held in his New York City bookstore. Three abridged English-language paraphrases of Book 21 were published in the early to mid-1970s. But not until this translation from Penelope Sitter has a full and reliable rendering of the centrally important volume of Morin's masterwork been available in English. This translation of Book 21 brings Morin's voice to life and provides comprehensive endnotes a detailed subject index and an index of persons. It will be the authoritative and complete text in English for contemporary students and a foundation for future university level programs on our perennial art. </p>