Matrix Software and Michael Erlewine

[Michael Erlewine]

Matrix Software is the oldest software company on the Internet, aside from Microsoft. Established in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Michael Erlewine, Matrix Astrological Software is still operating today in Big Rapids, Michigan. Here are the contact details:

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You can reach Michael Erlewine personally at Michael@Erlewine.net
22 astrological books in paperback by Michael Erlewine on Amazon.com

[Michael Erlewine]

Astrology of the Heart

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Astrology of the Heart: Astro-Shamanism
By Michael Erlewine

352 Pages, paperback, available on Amazon.com

From the forward by astrologer Steven Forest:

“As Castaneda’s don Juan would put it, Erlewine “moves fluidly between the worlds.” But not just between the mental, intellectual constructs of those worlds. Michael, like a Druid’s apprentice or a Buddhist monk, has submitted to the spiritual direction of men and women he was humble enough to realize were wiser than himself. He has received initiations. He has gone down into the Dark, into the Great Silence, into the Luminous Void. He has, in other words, done something not enough astrologers do: mind-training. He has visited the worlds to which the astrological symbols refer. He speaks of them not with the authority of erudite footnotes, but with the authority of direct experience.

"Walking his talk, Erlewine has placed a stepping stone between two very different worlds. He stands on that middle stone, with white water roaring all around him. And his finger is pointing at the moon... I find myself filled with gratitude toward Michael, and also with a sense of encouragement... This is beautiful stuff."

Astrology of the Heart will be of interest to the counseling astrologer who wants to understand the shamanic nature of astrology at a deeper level. This book is about life paths, rites of passage, climacteric years, turning points in the life, and how to find and understand them in your horoscope.

Not abstract theory, but a practical manual to understanding what out-of-the-body experience, the chakras, initiation, and other esoteric topics are really about. As Erlewine says, "The esoteric is hidden in, of all places, plain sight!; What is missing is our being able to grasp these experiences. This book shows you how."

[Michael Erlewine]

The Astrology of Space

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The Astrology of Space
504 Pages, Illustrated, Available in paperback at Amazon.com

By Michael Erlewine

Astrologer Michael Erlewine pioneered deep-space astrology back in 1976 when he published "Astrophysical Directions." This updated version of that classic work contains all new illustrations and thousands of key stellar and deep-space points described and converted into easy-to-use astrological zodiac format. Read about any celestial object, see how to interpret it, and plug it into your own natal chart to see how it affects you.

This book takes the reader from the surface of the earth itself and explains the basic astronomy of modern astrology. Erlewine then ventures beyond the earth to the near stars, the Local System of stars, and out to our Galaxy, local Supergalaxy, and beyond showing readers first how to understand and then interpret the vast number of celestial objects beyond Earth.

A revolution in astronomy has taken place in our lifetimes, as astronomers and physicists venture beyond the visual spectrum and began to see the actual shape and form of the universe. Erlewine explains and catalogs these deep space points, objects like radio, infrared, and X-ray stars, Pulsars, Quasars, and Black Holes not to mention the fixed stars.

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Tibetan Astrology

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Tibetan Astrology
641 pages, 400 illustrations
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

By Michael Erlewine

Tibet, often called the spiritual and physical "roof of the world" has been the source of great inspiration to Westerners for over two centuries. Is Tibetan astrology as profound as its spiritual teachings? Well-known astrologer Michael Erlewine has spent the last thirty years finding out, including two trips to Tibet and China, learning to read Tibetan along the way.

Erlewine introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of Tibetan astrology, topics like the Five Elements, Twelve Animals, the 60-year Cycle, the 9 Magic Square, and the Eight Trigrams are covered. But there are dozens of other topics, including the Tibetan Calendar, Lunar Months and, Dharma Practice Days, 11 Karanas, 27 Lunar Mansions, 8 Directions, 8 Portents, 27 Yogas, Weekday Combinations, Travel Days, Bad Years, Lo-Khak, Shi-Shey, Thus-Sun, Tomb Signs, 24 Sectors, 28 Conjunctions, 15 Conjunctures, Ten Combinations, Vital Forces, 12 Nidanas, Geomancy... More. Chart interpretations.

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Local Space - Relocation Astrology

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Local Space - Relocation Astrology
By Michael Erlewine

207-pages. 140 illustrations.
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

Local Space is a relocation technique developed by astrologer Michael Erlewine, who writes:

"Local Space is no "subtle plane," but a personal landscape painted in bold and clear strokes and tailor-made to fit the psyche of each individual. Here is a world where the modern man or woman is learning to move across the face of this earth in an endless dance of adjustment and tuning of his radix -- of his or her self. Individuals driven in particular directions on a checkerboard world, unable to resist travelling toward a goal that is no particular place on earth so much as it is a direction imprinted within them, the direction of a force or planet, "There! Where Power hovers", to use Don Juan's expression. In a word, here is perhaps the must direct astrological system, where the obvious is enthroned and the subtle unnecessary."

Both the astronomy and the astrology are included, along with step-by-step examples on how to interpret Local Space charts.

[Michael Erlewine]

Mother Moon: Astrology of the Lights

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Mother Moon: Astrology of the Lights
By Michael Erlewine

462 Pages, 304 illustrations
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

In the tradition of astrology the Sun and Moon are called "The Lights," and this Sun-Earth-Moon relationship is a topic seldom covered in much detail, much less in any real depth. "Mother Moon" not only covers both the exoteric nature of the Sun and Moon (what science and tradition knows about it), but also the esoteric significance, what the inner meaning of the Sun and Moon mean to each of us astrologically.

More than just theory, this book also provides hands-on interpretations for each of the 144 Sun-Moon combinations, including individual Astro*Image cards plus solunar phase, natal, and transit interpretations.

The Sun and Moon are examined in the astrology of the East as well as the West.

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Burn Rate: Retrogrades in Astrology
By Michael Erlewine
188-page book contains 153 illustrations.
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

Perhaps no astrological factor has more different opinions and less agreement among astrologers than the phenomenon of retrograde motion, the fact that from the earth's view all planets appear to move backward in reverse motion through the zodiac, one or more times a year. Expert's opinions range from there being no perceived effect whatsoever when a planet is retrograde, to their being a very dramatic effect. But then, even if an effect is indicated, there is a wide range of declarations as to what that effect might be.

Here is a single book, expert astrologer Michael Erlewine lays out the phenomenon of retrograde motion in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. More than just abstract theory, here is a hands-on way to interpret retrograde planets in your natal chart. Included are 96 Astro*Images and matching interpretive text that makes looking up the meaning of your retrograde (or direct) planets are breeze.

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StarTypes: Life Path Partners
By Michael Erlewine
753 pages, 230 illustrations.
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

StarTypes is life-path astrology, interpreting large-scale planetary patterns in the sky above and charting the dharma or life path of an individual and their primary relationship role down here on earth. You don't have to be an astrologer to understand this book. The astrology used here is graphic, an open window into who we are, why we are here, and what on earth we might be good for - our life purpose.

This book is about finding your tribe, the particular group of individuals in this world that you belong to (and have always been) a part of. You have been looking for them and they have been looking to find you.

This more true when it comes to finding your life partner, the one person you are meant to be closest to in this life. Finding just the right chemistry with another person is perhaps the main focus in StarTypes astrology, finding who you are and where on earth you might fit in and belong. It is not about learning a lot of astrology jargon.

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Interface: Planetary NodesBy Michael Erlewine
288 pages, Illustrated.
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

Astrology is all about nodes. The planetary orbits also create a system of nodes, a system of inclinations and disinclinations.

Each pair of planets (any two) orbital planes intersect to create sensitive points, more like power points for that matter. As the planets travel around their orbits through time, they reach these power points or nodes two times in a complete orbit or cycle. At that point, the planet is not only in the plane of its own orbit, but simultaneously in the plane of the second planet, and this is a point of power or emphasis. This book is about the system of planetary nodes, a system of inclinations/disinclinations, and how to interpret them in your own natal chart.

The book not only covers the theory and history of this technique, but also includes Astro*Image cards and written text that interprets each planet in the plane of every other planet, both at the Interface Points and the Square Points.

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Full-Phase Aspects: Astrology’s Mirror
By Michael Erlewine
192 pages, 145 illustrations..
Available in paperback on Amazon.com

The heart of modern astrology is all about aspect between the Sun, Moon, and planets, a technique passed down from the ancient Greeks. All astrologers use aspects. What is not so well understood is the importance of looking at both right and left-handed aspects, what are called full-phase or mirror aspects. A right-handed or separating Square aspect is not the same as a left-handed or applying Square aspect, just as we discriminate between a First Quarter and Fourth Quarter Moon and should be interpreted differently.

Championed by astrologers like Dane Rudhyar and L. Edward Johndro, mirror aspects have until now never been fully utilized by counseling astrologers. Here is this powerful counseling technique made easy and fully illustrated (145 color illustrations), complete with detailed interpretations written by Michael Erlewine.