This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to Celtic astrology, an ancient form of divination based on the cycles of the moon. Helena Paterson, world-renowned expert on the subject, shows how the Celtic astrological calendar can give additional insight to traditional Western readings and how the two systems can be made to work in harmony.

According to Druid teaching, which is thought to reach back to 500 BCE, each tree contains a dryad, or magical tree spirit. Celtic Astrology, based on the mystical tree calendar in which the tree dryads represent the spiritual nature in human beings, will help you gain a new understanding of yourself and of others. All you need is the day and month of birth to find the corresponding tree sign to enhance the dynamics of your inner world: emotions, feelings, spirituality, and the subconscious mind.

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to Celtic astrology, Celtic Moon Signs shows how this ancient form of divination is based on the cycles of the moon.

Celtic astrology relates the thirteen lunar months to specific trees, plants and gemstones, and complements rather than negates the solar zodiac, to give a more rounded model of the human personality. This book provides insights into Celtic mythology, herbal law, and the Druidic tradition.

Our understanding of Celtic astrology is based mainly on the speculations of modern authors--mostly drawn from classical Greek and Roman writings--and suffers from many misconceptions. European astrology uses the Greek model, containing many Babylonian and Egyptian elements. But Celtic astrology (and other Indo-European astrologies) developed earlier, with relationships to Middle Eastern systems, as well as their own independent forms. This well documented study takes a fresh look at the development of Celtic astrology and the Druids' systems of cosmology, astronomy and astrology. The author analyzes commentaries found in manuscript sources from antiquity to the Middle Ages, comparing them with cosmological and astronomical lore found in Celtic cultures. Ancient constellations, calendars, deities and rituals reveal a rich worldview.