This book received a very enthusiastic review from Mary Plumb in the February/March issue of The Mountain Astrologer. Here is an excerpt: "I enjoyed this book very much - the author adds lots of biographical material to the astrological delineations, which include natal charts, transits, progressions, midpoints, fixed stars, and decumbiture .... The book's layout and design are also very good ... the often intricately detailed material of the subject at hand is well organized (and footnoted), allowing the reader to easily follow MichelAngelo's eclectic and creative lines of thought. Musical enthusiasts and those interested in medical/healing issues within their astrological studies will love this book."The former Advisor on Astrological Medicine and Musical Studies to the Acutonics(R) Institute of Integral Medicine, LLC, and a co-author of their seminal textbook, From Galaxies to Cells: Planetary Science, Harmony and Medicine (Devachan, 2010), the author is a self-taught astrologer, who has come to his embrace of this ancient art somewhat later in life, following an earlier career in the performing arts. He has had articles on his system of Planetary Vibrational Medicine published in Oriental Medicine Journal, and two different articles -- one on tenor astro-twins, and an astrological dream analysis -- published in Dell Horoscope. A recent piece on a case of temporary blindness, appeared in Infinity Astrological Magazine, and a second, on the vocal and respiratory difficulties of lead singer, Ian Anderson, of legendary prog rock band, Jethro Tull, will be published next month.These essays are on a variety of topics that have piqued his interest in recent years, with a primary emphasis on medical and forensic investigations of noteworthy occurrences, including medical crises, and accidents, fatal and otherwise, in the lives of various celebrities, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Elvis Presley, Prince, Christopher Reeve, JFK Jr., and others. MichelAngelo seeks to illuminate the clandestine mechanisms of fate in these high-profile lives, as delineated in the natal configurations of the individual horoscopes, triggered by ongoing planetary motion, as it has played out in these seemingly random mundane occurrences.MichelAngelo also explores the connection between artistic inspiration and astrological transits, in essays on notable creative artists such as Gustav Holst, Thomas Hardy, Ray Bradbury, Herman Melville, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Harry Houdini, et. al. Detailed analysis of both natal and event charts is provided, and the author draws upon a wide variety of interpretive and prognosticative techniques derived from both ancient and contemporary astrological sources, as well as his own theories. Color images of the relevant horoscope wheels, created in the author's Sirius 3.0 astrological software, with additional graphics indicating important chart configurations, are included. All these essays are in-depth character studies.
