Maya del Mar's Daykeeper Journal: Books Reviewed - Don McBroom, Midpoints/title> <meta name="keywords" content="midpoints astrology divine science planets aspects signs houses transits synastry astrological textbook"> <meta name="description" content="Learn How to Use Midpoints in Astrological Chart Analysis | Daykeeper Journal Astrologer's Bookshelf Reviews> <meta http-equiv="content-language> <meta name="author" content="Sue Taylor"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright 2000-2008, Maya del Mar, Sue Taylor, Daykeeper Journal, All Rights Reserved."> <meta name="robots" content="follow,index"> <link rel=stylesheet href="global.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" link="#006666" vlink="#006666" alink="#999900" > <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="700"> <tr> <td colspan="3" width="879"> <center> <a name="top"></a><img src="../../images/0202masthead.gif" alt="Maya del Mar's Daykeeper Journal: Astrology, Consciousness and Transformation"></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" colspan="3" width="879"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="103" valign="top" align="center"><img height="1" width="1" src="../../images/1x1.gif"><img height="1" width="72" src="../../images/1x1.gif"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width="425" valign="top" align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="98%" valign="top"> <p class="feature"><font size="-2" color="#ff4500">FEBRUARY 2008 <br> THE ASTROLOGER'S BOOKSHELF</font><p><font size="-1"><img alt="Bil Tierney, Alive and Well with Neptune" height="22" width="122" src="../../images/tbkastrofeb08.gif" vspace="10"></font><br> <font size="-1" color="#3333cc">by Sue Taylor<br> </font></p> <p> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=daykeeperjour-20&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0738709832/daykeeperjour-20/ref=ac_bb5_,_amazon')><img src=../../images/b-midpoints.jpg border=0 alt='Buy from Amazon.com' align='right'></a>"); document.close(); </script> </p> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0738709832"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0738709832" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="daykeeperjour-20"> <input type="image" name="submit_add_to_cart3" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="../../images/b-midpoints.jpg" align="right"> </form> </noscript> <p align="left"><font color="#3333cc" size="-1"><strong>Midpoints: Identify & Integrate Midpoints Into Horoscope Synthesis (Special Topics in Astrology), </strong>by Don McBroom. Llewellyn Publications, 211pp, June 2007. </font></p> <p><font size="-1">Don McBroom has written a scholarly tome on a subject that all serious astrology students must consider in any chart analysis to get the full picture of what the person or entity is all about. A midpoint is a point between two planets or two angles in the chart and can add depth and layers of meaning to the astrologer’s interpretation of the relationship between the two.</font></p> <p><font size="-1">In this textbook, Mr. McBroom goes over different ways identifying and integrating midpoints. He shows us how to set up midpoint sorts or trees to more easily identify the less easily seen midpoints. He suggests orbs of influence that work in his analyses and he explains in detail how to interpret the midpoint.</font></p> <p><font size="-1">Mr. McBroom uses equations and keywords to establish a direct, quick picture of the relationship and form a skeleton for the reading that can then be expanded on. He uses many examples of famous people and explains in detail how the midpoint meaning is integrated into this person’s life using their work, quotes from them, and examples of events in their lives.</font></p> <p><font size="-1">He debates how the Aries Point, the Focal Point, and unaspected planets fit into the analysis. He discusses Transits, Progressions, and Solar Arcs to midpoints as well as special aspect structures and their midpoint pictures. He provides guidelines and worksheets for unknown birth times as well as for the midpoints themselves. </font></p> <font size="-1">This book is a well thought out, thorough introduction to a very important tool in chart analysis and will be useful to serious and more advanced students of astrology. </font> <p> </p> <p></p> </td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="141" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center" width="879"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>