Welcome to the website of Charlie Obert, student of astrology. I have an occasional blog here, along with other writing, information about my books, my classes, and some learning resources from my study groups.
This note is added July 2024. After taking a two year hiatus from the practice of astrology, I have now returned to working on it. I have some new blog pieces recently written, and more coming soon – see the side menu for that. I have also resumed scheduling client sessions, and you can see my Readings page for more details about that.
About My Books and Other Work
My most recent publication is my sixth book, The Classical Seven Planets: Source Texts and Meaning.
This book has original texts describing the meanings of the classical seven planets of traditional astrology. It includes planet descriptions from five major traditional astrology authors.
With a Foreword by Nina Gryphon.
Special Offer: You can Purchase both the Planets and Saturn pdf ebooks for a special discount price.
In the category of Slightly Older New Books is my personal favorite of the books I have written – my book on Saturn.
I am pleased to announce the release of my fifth book, Saturn Through the Ages: Between Time and Eternity.
This book explores and recovers the full tradition of the planet Saturn throughout astrology’s history. It also provides a philosophical context to make sense of the full traditional meaning of Saturn in the modern world.
Here you can download a free sample file with the Table of Contents, Introduction and sample chapters.
(Note that this book does not include my writing on the topic of Saturn as feminine. I do not plan any further work on that topic.)
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I have astrology related videos on Vimeo. These include a Tutorial on Janus 5.1 for Traditional Astrologers and a Tutorial on Morinus. All of the videos I create will be listed on my Videos Page, which is on on the menu above, under Resources. The videos will include recordings of free webinars I presented for Kepler College.
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My first book on traditional astrology was published in Spring 2015. It has been well received, and has gotten good reviews, including in Mountain Astrologer and Dell Horoscope. Please see the page for more information about my book, An Introduction to Traditional Natal Astrology.
My second book is titled Using Dignities in Astrology. This is the textbook for the course I that I taught for several years at Kepler College on Using Dignity and Debility. You can click the link for more information and to purchase.
- My third book, The Cycle of the Year: Traditional Predictive Astrology, is the textbook for another course I taught at Kepler College on Traditional Predictive Astrology. It includes a Foreword by Dr. Benjamin N. Dykes, Ph. D. You can click the link for more information and to purchase.
All of my books are available in both print and PDF download formats – the PDF versions are available from this site only. You can buy the series of 3 books together at a discount of almost 30%.
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In May 2018 I had the pleasure of talking with Chris Brennan on his Astrology Podcast Episode on Essential Dignities.
I have an occasional blog, aka journal. In my writing I explore what it is like to practice astrology in a world where there is no single accepted system of astrology – what the issues are, and how different schools of astrology can communicate and learn from each other. I also explore where astrology intersects with philosophy, ethics, linguistics, psychology, and other disciplines that look at how we humans use symbol systems to make sense of the world we inhabit.
The following sections are available under the Resources Menu.
Under Traditional you will find handouts that are used in my ongoing Traditional astrology study group..
Under Modern are resources that are useful if you are studying for NCGR certification. This includes chart calculation instructions, and instructions for finding the Adjusted Calculation Date (ACD) for secondary progressions.
Under Uranian you can find 90 degree and 360 degree dials, and other related material.
I have a page dedicated to my writing on the planet Saturn, as I that has been a special area of interest of mine.
You can contact me at, charlie at studentofastrology dot com .