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Erin Sullivan is Canadian-born and has been a consultant astrologer and teacher since the late 1960s. She has lectured worldwide, and led workshops and symposia on many aspects of human development, using mythology, psychology and the rich language of astrology. In 1989 her work took her to London, England where she was a tutor for the Centre for Psychological Astrology, and the Series Editor for Penguin's Arkana Contemporary Astrology Series. Her other books are:Where in the World: AstroCartoGraphy and Relocation, Saturn in Transit: Boundaries of Mind, Body and Soul,Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, and Dynasty: The Astrology of Family Dynamics. Erin is nowbased in New Mexico, USA.

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Back by popular demand! This is the reprint of the original version of Venus and Jupiter: Bridging the Ideal and the Real which was published by the CPA Press in 1998. It was produced in a seminar format, which enables the reader to feel part of the lectures, and so relate to the questions coming from the audience. Bringing to reality our dreams and fantasies of the ideal is not always easy nor even possible. Coming to terms with this natural split in the human psyche is also difficult, but in this book, Erin Sullivan goes deeply into the character, mythological origins and astrological relationship of the two planets most closely associated with ideals, creativity, romance, ethics and social relationships. In Venus we find the inherent duality of the experience, and this lies in the goddess Aphrodite's own duality. In Jupiter she brings the larger, global perspective into the picture, showing how the sky-god Zeus can act as a tyrannical component within our own psyche, and also, how his wisdom is the result of internalizing the more feminine aspects of our archetypal story. Both sections have a delineation of Venus and Jupiter to the other planets. Good for all levels of knowledge from beginner to professional in astrology.