Your Secret Self: Illuminating the Mysteries of the Twelfth House

The Twelfth House in astrology is home to creative inspiration, spirituality, and compassion. It is also where we will find our demons: self-defeating patterns, escapism and the most hidden parts of our shadow self. Renowned astrologer Tracy Marks brings her rare combination of astrological expertise, depth psychology, and literary skill to provide penetrating insights into the inner workings of both the hidden weaknesses and strengths of the Twelfth House, and provides practical and easy-to-use worksheets to provide us with a path toward deepening our personal awareness.

Part 1: The Twelfth House: Your Hidden Wisdom: An introduction to the meanings of the twelfth house, with specific examples relating different twelfth house functions to various planet and sign placements.

Part 2: The Twelfth House Planets and Signs: Study the meanings of twelfth house planets which are important to you-planets positioned in your twelfth house, or which rule your twelfth house signs.

Part 3: The Psychodynamics of Twelfth House Conflicts: A psychological exploration of the conflicts which may occur when twelfth house energies manifest in self-defeating ways, such as shame, fear, guilt, and dissociation.

Part 4: The Process of Integration: Twelfth House Liberation: How psychological change occurs and how to become more adept at facilitating your own growth process.

Part 5: Self Transformation Through Dreamwork: Through a series of case studies drawn from the author's own practice in psychological counseling, learn the value of working with your dreams, the process of recalling dreams, dream symbology, and hints for interpretation.

Part 6: The Collective Shadow: The astrology of the collective, focusing upon the collective unconscious, and twelfth house dilemmas in the astrology charts of pre-unification Germany and the United States.

Through confronting and transforming your twelfth house energies you may face the darkest, most distorted, or wounded facets of yourself. But you are also likely to discover hidden talents and sources of fulfillment which lie buried within those shadow selves, as well as new dimensions of your own wisdom, love, and spirituality.