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I actually got Noel Tyl’s book on Solar Arc since I wanted to further myself in progression techniques. This book certainly does that, though, I’m rather unsure if I will ever incorporate Indirect Arcs (based on Midpoints) and Tertiary Progressions as part of my analysis. Perhaps I will only come to use them if I have pinpointed a timeslot which I want to investigate with prudency.
I was only taught to use Primary Directions and Secundary Progressions, which are the main types of progression. When it comes to Primary Directions I use the Ascendant Arc and disregarded any planetary positions the chart gave me. If you’re looking for a book that will add great value to your analysis it’s best to leave this one on the shelf. If you’re looking for a way to get down to the last pin in a time period, I’m pretty sure Noel Tyl’s book will be of assistance.
Be prepared to put in some study time! The book’s examples are pretty complicated and you really have to focus to follow it. This is definitely not a recipe style type book and it’s not divided in a way that it can serve for looking up examples. No hard work, no glory.
I actually had some serious doubts about the practical use of this book when I read it. It was only when I started to look up eclipses in contact with some of my own natal positions that I’ve come to value Celeste Teal’s book on eclipses. I have discovered that in accordance with Celeste’s findings, I have had a great deal of activity in the area of relationships when it coincided with a cluster of eclipses on the Ascendant. Moreover eclipses seem ‘not all bad’ as I thought beforehand. I’ve discovered that they act as the engine behind the success of well known people.
I have yet to see the refining effect of whether it’s a dragons tail or dragon’s head eclipse or if there’s really any noticeable difference between solar and lunar eclipses. Eclipses have certainly caught my eye now. I had hoped the book would establish some more examples so it would be easier for me to imagine what the effects are of a certain eclipse (cluster), but the examples given provide just enough studying material.
The appendix is really valuable.
