Drawing on his 80 years research and writing; Andre Barbault considers the historical records of socio-economic change going back to the pre-Christian era, and then focuses in great detail on the last two to three hundred years; to show how history connects and develops in accordance with the cycles of the outer-planets, triggered by the faster-moving ones. He then goes on to make some interesting observations for the future.

The first book available in English by Andre Barbault, the great French master astrologer; The Value of Astrology offers incisive, captivating insights into the origins, classical tradition and modern uses of astrology. These include: Rigorous understanding of mundane astrology. An incisive outline of its historical and philosophical importance. Beautiful insight into its relationship with psychology and painting, Clear summaries of attempts to assess astrology statistically.

Questo libro ha da poco compiuto i 35 anni d'eta, essendo stato pubblicato per la prima volta in lingua originale nel 1981. Tuttavia costituisce, insieme a pochi altri testi specialistici, un valido strumento di avvicinamento a un'importante branca del sapere astrologico: la pratica dell'orientamento professionale, ovvero la determinazione di un lavoro fatto a misura della persona, e in cui essa possa realizzarsi creativamente. Compito non facile, perche l'astrologo - oltre a padroneggiare la propria arte - deve sapersi muovere in un campo - quello dell'orientamento professionale - dove...