Believe Nothing, Entertain Possibilities!

Making the Gods Work for You presents internationally renowned author Caroline W. Casey's remarkable doctrine of Visionary Activist Astrology. In this reverently irreverent mystery school disguised as a book (in which each of the planetary gods is a professor), we are invited to think of our lives as a spiritual detective novel. For example, Venus teaches us that our affinities and quirks are clues to our unique mission and contribution to the world. The astrological language of the psyche is a tool for deciphering and revitalizing this sense of mission. Casey teaches you how to expand your range of intimacy with the ten parts of yourself represented by the planets, here called gods. You will learn how to use this language to reverence and feed the forces of your psyche that connect you to very real external forces. This book intends to catalyze a movement to engage the imagination of all people with a sense of humor and a desire to do collaborative good in the world.
        Expanding on the ideas first presented in her popular audiotape series, Inner and Outer Space, Casey explores the archetypes at the heart of human relationships, aspirations, and spiritual quests. In an engaging narrative enlivened by stories, fables, exercises, and meditations developed through her work as an astrological counselor, she provides a practical system of personal and collective liberation. Making the Gods Work for You provides us with innovative principles to live by and rituals inviting us to become active, dynamic participants in the dance of life. We can then become increasingly conscious players on the team of creation, capable of sharing our gifts with the world at this crucial historical time. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Like Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth" and Clarissa Pinkola Estes' "Women Who Run with the Wolves", Casey's book reveals a new way of using myth and symbols for self-understanding and to change life for the better. "Caroline Casey is brilliant, charismatic, and hysterically funny, and she has a way with words and ideas that will take your breath away".--"

Suitable for beginners but good for any level astrologer, August 25, 2002

This book is a delight. Caroline Casey has a degree in semiotics and a marvelous wit, describing planetary energies through anecdotes, myths, and sacred wisdom, all with a light heart, and a reverent irreverence.

Perhaps it's best to share a quote. I take this from the section on Uranus:

"To grow shiitake mushrooms, one plants the spores in a stick and lets it sit for a year. Then you must strenuously pound the stick to awaken the dormant life within. For the same reason, during midlife and Uranus transits, we get pounded. Like the spores, we are comfortably snoozing when suddenly, "What the...?!" Thump! Thump! Thump!

We invoke Uranus by posing the question, "If I feel agitated, restless, or on the brink of a discovery, where in my life do I want lightning to strike?...."

If you've got your basics down and want to know more about the planets, or about your transits, this book is such a good choice. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition

A new way to look at living and your chart, February 2, 2002

With Saturn as my ruling planet and in a placement in my natal chart that I find rather uncomfortable, I always have found myself living with Saturn as my weakness.
"My Saturn's in my __ th house, sorry I just can't do that task".
Ms. Casey's book offers a new manner of looking at your planets, seeing them not as weaknesses but as opportunities and gives the reader hints on how to find their positive aspects.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who has felt controlled by any part of their chart or boxed in to a corner...or worst yet...forever stuck with what you were given natally.