Synopses & Reviews
Book Description (annotation): The Light of Venus offers a complete system of tracking with and understanding the cycle of Venus in our skies. It demonstrates how to embrace more of your inner feminine nature so that you can better contribute to an improved world. The dynamic phases of Venus are an untapped gem for those wishing to shift out of a me-centric life and into a we-empowered life. The day you were born reveals which of Venus 13 phases is yours. It describes how your innate Feminine Self unfolds into a unique and co-creative Feminine Dharma. Rooted in the most ancient skywatching practices and explained for modern readers, The Light of Venus is less astrology book and more a sky compass for empowering our femininity. It shows you how to connect what you see in the sky with how you best participate in the world. Extensive explanations, look-up tables, and attractive sky graphics make it easy to understand both the astronomy and the actual human experience of Venus in our skies at every phase. The Light of Venus features an easy, powerful method for aligning body, heart and mind to the monthly meeting of Venus and our Moon. The Light of Venus unlocks the ancient art of delineating observable planetary events and grounds them in contemporary, forward-leaning understandings. Adam Gainsburg 's work is an alchemy of intelligence and imagination that opens a brilliant pathway to take astrology from a cerebral, psychological study, more deeply into the full art of being human. As an astrologer, discovering Adam Gainsburg 's work was a bit like discovering a new wing in my well-loved house. I believe he has created a new mythology of Venus. - Mary Plumb, Book Editor, The Mountain Astrologer Adam Gainsburg listened to the sky and the sky did something it very rarely does: it revealed to him a new secret. Read The Light of Venus and you will know the secret too. - Steven Forrest, author of The Inner Sky I am blown away by the depth and soulfulness of what you have done. - Jessica Murray, author of At the Crossroads: An Astrologer Looks at These Turbulent Times The Light of Venus explores in great detail the phases occurring in the cycle of Venus and] reveals the importance of seeing each specific placement in the horoscope as embedded in a network of interplanet cycles and holographic connections. - Melanie Reinhart, author of Chiron and the Healing Journey Sky observer Adam Gainsburg provides a visual guide to the Queen of Heaven 's journey across the morning and evening skies sky in all her glorious phases as she alternately displays and conceals her mysteries.... The Light of Venus is essential reading, a rediscovery of the ancient wisdom of the sky goddesses brought down to earth, so that we too may reach for the stars. - Demetra George, author of Asteroid Goddesses and Astrology and the Authentic Self Adam Gainsburg has completely deconstructed Venus to probe it's earthly and spiritual influence from many sides. This book is not a page turner. Rather, it is a seriously deep, and admittedly challenging cubist examination of the heart and soul of our sister planet. So, when reading it, put on your 3D glasses. - Michael Lutin, author and astrologer The Light of Venus brings a depth of wisdom and insight to astrology, focusing on the cycle of Venus in relationship to the Sun, a cycle that has been observed since ancient times, but which is not emphasized in most modern astrology.... For me the reading is accurate and informative. Even more importantly, however, is that this book catapults the reader from thinking of astrology as a simple set of as above - so below correspondences to a perception of the solar system as a dynamic system with clearly defined cycles, with each one of us participating in these cycles in our unique individual way.... David Cochrane, astrologer-mystic, programmer-researcher, teacher-author