About the Book
Astrocartographer Dan Furst's latest book, Maps of Power, is about people he never met, but almost every astrologer wishes he or she could have read for. It's subtitled The Astrocartography of the Great, the Beautiful and the Terrible because it uses maps created by Astrocartography (ACG) to tell the stories of 28 famous political and military leaders, spiritual figures, writers, movie actors and directors, athletes, saints and workers of horrific misery in the world. It is this second book in Dan's Astrocartography series, he uses the lives of famous people to show how the planet lines on the ACG maps tell uncanny stories - how in gaining triumph and suffering defeat, they win their most brilliant goals and run in vain after bizarre illusions. The book shows: How Abraham Lincoln's star rose irresistibly from Illinois, and why Washington, DC was as dangerous for him as Dallas, Texas was for John F. Kennedy. How Stalin had - and Vladimir Putin has now - a sixth sense about the places where he'd gain the upper hand over allies and enemies alike. How the two places that defeated Adolf Hitler were Russia and, of all places, Detroit, Michigan. And all the rest. Charlie Chaplin and Richard Pryor, Princess Diana and St. Teresa of Calcutta. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Bill and Hilary Clinton, Martin Scorsese, Muhammad Ali and a dozen more, all of whom lived and flourished, fought and were tested in the fires of risk and danger that show clearly on their planet lines for power and wealth, trial and temptation, glory and mortality. Maps of Power is much more than a book about famous people, astrocartography and spiritual astrology. It's a work of history and mythology too. It focuses on the deepest core questions of how these extraordinary lives could have chosen their sacred contracts - and followed them to love and glory, or to the darkest horrors. This book shows how astrocartography can be used to illuminate any life, however great or seemingly ordinary, and track the thread and aim of its soul mission. The first book in the series, Finding Your Best Places: Using Astrocartography to Navigate Your Life (2015), covers the basics of astrocartography and tells the stories of 23 of Dan's clients, who have used astrocartography to find their best locations for living and working, and for building relationships with backers and markets, teachers and healers, creative colleagues and love partners. Most of the stories are about people who changed their lives for the better by moving to places that favored them for jobs and money, health and learning, creative and spiritual paths, community, family and love relationships, whatever goals mattered most to each one. Other stories are about those who have stayed where they love to be, but have gained new successes by building relationships with people in their "life line" zones.
About the Author :
Dan Furst, a professional astrologer for 39 years, has helped thousands of people find their undiscovered talents, unlock their love, activate their creativity and go with confidence and courage toward their goals. And now, thanks to the new locational art of Astrocartography (ACG), he brings his accurate, insightful readings for each unique individual's understanding of the best conditions of timing and navigating of life maps toward best spots on planet Earth. Born in New York, Dan has worked as an award-winning actor, astrologer and ceremonial artist in New York, Japan, Hawaii, India, Egypt and Peru. He travels extensively, and his public speeches and festival performances in the Americas, Europe, the Mideast and Asia have made him one of the world's most respected authorities on the astrology of our awakening into Aquarian spiritual consciousness. Since specializing in astrocartography in 2005, Dan's life has been an ongoing experiment in living, building relationships and traveling under his best planet lines, and the tough ones too, to test firsthand which pieces of ACG lore ring true, and which still need work. No one knows, teaches and employs astrocartography better or more personally than Dan. Beginning with his "Universal Festival Calendar" in 1998 - which is still updated monthly on his website - Dan has been writing about astrology. He is author of five books: Dance of the Moon (Llewellyn, 2009), Surfing Aquarius (Red Wheel Weiser, 2011) - in Spanish as Navegando por Acuario (Ediciones Obelisco, 2014) - and two so far in his Astrocartography series: Finding Your Best Places (Amazon, 2015) and Maps of Power (Amazon, 2016). In addition to astrocartology readings by Skype or in person, Dan is available to guide Moon Ceremonies, Ritual Theatre as a ceremonial artist and festival clown, and perform "An Evening with Rumi." As the first actor to play the beloved Sufi poet Jelal-ud-din Rumi on stage, this performance has enchanted audiences in the USA, Egypt and Peru. After seven years in the town of Pisac, in the Sacred Valley near Cusco, Peru, Dan is headed to a new home base in Guatemala. He is at work on new books in his Astrocartography series: Double Harmonies, about the sound science and sacred music of ancient Egypt, and From Hathor to Asklepius, about the birth of holistic medicine in the temple sites of Egypt, Turkey and Greece. Dan can be reached via his website, www.DanFurst.com
