Bibliography of Black Moon Lilith, Dark Moon Lilith, Vulcan, Transpluto and Lulu in Astrology
This select bibliography combines books on Black Moon Lilith with those on Dark Moon Lilith, Vulcan and other hypothetical planets used outside the Hamburg School of astrology. For sources covering the eight hypothetical planets used by Uranian astrologers, see the separate selected bibliography of Hamburg School astrology.
While it would be preferable to have separate booklists for the very different concepts that are Black Moon Lilith and Dark Moon Lilith, in practice enough sources consider both for it to be more convenient to combine them under a single bibliography. The student is advised to check which of the Liliths each title refers to. In general, the French tradition around Lune Noire and English books using the expression Black Moon refer to the point in the Moon’s cyclical orbit of the Earth at which it is at its greatest distance from the Earth, while English books using the expression Dark Moon are referring to the hypothetical planet; but books referring just to Lilith may be referring to either of these or both, although those in English are much more likely to be referring to the hypothetical planet whereas those in German and French are much more likely to be referring to the lunar apogee.
At the end are citations of two important historical French articles to which I refer in my published essay Lilith in Astrology: Second Moon, Asteroid, or Lunar Apogee? The essay in question was first published in Infinity Astrological Magazine but is now part of my book Technical and Planetary Developments in Astrology (Revelore Press, 2025). It gives a full account of the history of the Lilith concept since the late 19th century.
In this booklist, binding format and pagination information has been retained only for booklets shorter than 100 pages. From all longer books, it has been stripped out for ease of reading and navigation.
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Thank you,
Philip Graves, May 16th, 2025
Books on Black Moon Lilith, Dark Moon Lilith, Vulcan, Transpluto and Lulu
Aimé, Jacqueline ‘La Lune Noire: Un Monde Interdit’ Editions du Rocher, 1995
Anonymous (63) ‘Influence in the Houses’ bound with Heacock, Edna Kummer, MAFA ‘Pluto In The Houses’ bound with Williams, Grace Ellery[1] ‘Lilith’ – No publisher or place stated, undated. Large-format thin clear plastic covers, bound by thick plastic spine crimped around inner margins. Contents printed in photocopied typescript on single-sided leaves throughout. ‘Influence’: [leaves 1-5]. ‘Pluto’: [8 leaves]. ‘Lilith’: [4 leaves]
Astrology Vixen, The ’Lilith in Astrology and the Shadow Self: the Essential Lilith Handbook’ Sade aka The Astrology Vixen, London, 2020
Bériault, Marc ’La Lune Noire: Vers l’autonomie de l’être’ Éditions du Rocher / Jean-Paul Bertrand, 28 rue Comte-Félix-Gastaldi, Monaco, mars 2000
Blue, Mary; intr. Walsh, Patricia L. ’ [Jeffrey Wolf Green Evolutionary Astrology:] Lilith: Keepers of the Flame’ Jeffrey Wolf Green School of Evolutionary Astrology, 2015
Borden, Frank ‘The Power of Lilith’ (Extract from Everyday Astrology, June, year unstated)[2]. Custom card covers with textured cloth-tape spine and rounded outer corners. [1 leaf] + [pp. 39-42] + [pp. 43-54 of tables] + [pp. 55-62]
[Collectif]; ed. de Mailly-Nesle, Solange ‘Les Congrès d’Hermès: Points fictifs, astéroïdes et nouveaux corps célestes – Théorie et Application – Les 1er et 2 décembre 2001’ Solange de Mailly-Nesle, 7, avenue Emile Deschanel, Paris, presumed 2001
Coutela, Jacques ‘La Lune Noire: Interprétation Complète de Lilith’ Guy Tredaniel, 1986
Daton, Lois ’Lilith: the Planet of the Doodler – Including an Ephemeris’ Rod’s Composing Service, Inc., 1936 South Lynhurst Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1977
De Gravelaine, Joëlle; tr. Schmidt, Peter ‘Lilith – Der Schwarze Mond: Die Grosse Göttin im Horoskop’ Edition Astrodata, Wettswil, 1990[3]
De Gravelaine, Joëlle ‘Le Retour de Lilith: La Lune Noire’ L’Espace Blue, Paris, 1985
Des Longchamps, Marie-Thérèse ‘Les Noeuds Lunaires et la Lune Noire en Astrologie’ Editions Fernand Lanore, 1 rue Palatine, Paris, 1989
Desmoulins, J.; Ambelain, R. ’[Éléments d’Astrologie Scientifique:] Lilith – le Second Satellite de la Terre – (Éphémerides de 1870 à 1937)’ Éditions Niclaus, 34, Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, undated[4]. Original medium-format marbled card covers (moderate wear to top of spine; small stain to front cover). (Small chips lost from upper outer corners of first few internal leaves. Short tear to outer edge of leaf comprising pp. 9-10. Crudely glue-repaired 4 cm tears to bottom edges of leaves comprising pp. 27-30, with equivalent 2 cm tear to bottom edge of leaf comprising pp. 25-6, all far from pritned portion of page.) [4] + [pp. 5-24] + [1] + [pp. 26-31 of tables] + [1] + [rear cover backed with advertisements]
Escobar, Thyrza & Jones, J. Allen, Jr. ‘The 144 ‘Doors’ of the Zodiac: the Dwad Technique by Thyrza Escobar – with True Nodes of Moon & Planets; Ephemeris 1900-1980; Lilith & Lulu; Ephemeris 1900-2000 by J. Allen Jones Jr.’ Golden Seal Research Headquarters, Hollywood, California, 1974. Large-format textured card covers. Bound by plastic comb threaded through holes punched in inner margins. Contents printed in deep blue ink throughout. Contents other than title pages in typescript. [2] + [1 leaf on orange paper] + [1 leaf] + [leaf i on orange paper] + [pp. 1-56 on orange paper] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 1-5 on orange paper] + [pp. 6-16 of tables on orange paper] + [pp. 16-A – 16-B of tables on orange paper] + [pp.17-27 of tables on orange paper] + [p. 27-A of tables on orange paper] + [pp. 28-34 of tables on orange paper] + [p. 34-A of tables on orange paper] + [pp. 35-39 of tables on orange paper] + [pp. 40-43 on orange paper] + [pp. 44-55 of tables on orange paper]
Fitzwalter, Bernard and Henry, Raymond ‘Dark Stars: an Astrological Guide to the Unseen Foci in the Horoscope’ The Aquarian Press, Thorsons Publishing Group, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, 1988
George, Demetra ‘Finding our Way Through the Dark: the Astrology of the Dark Goddess Mysteries’ Second Printing – ACS Publications, San Diego, CA, 1995
George, Demetra ‘Mysteries of the Dark Moon: the Healing Power of the Dark Goddess’ HarperSanFrancisco, HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 1992
George, Ted and Parker, Barbara ‘Sinister Ladies of Mystery: the Dark Asteroids of Earth’ Revised Edition – Arthur Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, 1987
Goldstein-Jacobson, Ivy M., Member of American Federation of Astrologers and First Temple & College of Astrology at Los Angeles ‘The Dark Moon Lilith in Astrology, including her Ephemeris’ Frank Severy Publishing, Alhambra, California, copyrighted 1961[5]. Cloth (moderate wear to extremities of spine hinges; light wear to outer corners of boards). [3] + [1 leaf] + 7 + [pp. 9-19] + [pp. 21-5] + [1 leaf] + [p. 29 of tables] + [p. 31 of tables] + [p. 33 of tables] + [p. 35 of tables] + [p. 37 of tables] + [p. 39 of tables] + [p. 41 of tables] + [p. 43 of tables] + [p. 45 of tables] + [p. 47 of tables] + [p. 49 of tables] + [p. 51 of tables] + [p. 53 of tables] + [p. 55 of tables]
Goldstein-Jacobson, Ivy M., Member of American Federation of Astrologers and First Temple & College of Astrology at Los Angeles ‘The Dark Moon Lilith in Astrology, including her Ephemeris’ Reprinted – [Self Published], Printed by Pasadena Lithographers, Pasadena, California, unclearly dated[6]. Cloth. Contents printed in reproduced typescript throughout. [3] + [1 leaf] + 1 + [pp. 3-7] + [pp. 9-19] + [pp. 21-5] + [1 leaf] + [p. 29 of tables] + [p. 31 of tables] + [p. 33 of tables] + [p. 35 of tables] + [p. 37 of tables] + [p. 39 of tables] + [p. 41 of tables] + [p. 43 of tables] + [p. 45 of tables] + [p. 47 of tables] + [p. 49 of tables] + [p. 51 of tables] + [p. 53 of tables] + [p. 55 of tables]
Granger, Philippe ‘La Lune noire et les destins de Vénus: Astrologie Psychanalytique Séminaires 2 et 3’ Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, 1998
Greenwood, Elizabeth ‘Freudian Astrology: Lilith the Libido’ Stated First Printing – American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 6535 South Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona, 1990. Large-format card covers. Bound by plastic comb threaded through holes punched in inner margins. [2] + [p. iii] + [illustration] + [pp. v-vii] + [pp. ix-xii] + 3 + [1] + [pp. 6-13] + [1] + [pp. 16-43] + [1] + [pp. 46-56] + [chart] + [pp. 59-76] + [1] + [pp. 78-9] + [pp. 81-3]
Greenwood, Elizabeth ‘Freudian Astrology Workbook – Pluto the Superego[;] Uranus the Ego[;] Neptune the ID[;] Lilith the Libido’ Stated First Printing – American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 6535 South Rural Road, Tempe, Arizona, 1990. Large-format card covers (moderate delayering to upper inner corners). Bound by plastic comb threaded through holes punched in inner margins. [2] + [1 leaf] + [p. v] + [pp. vii-ix] + 46 + [blank pp. 47-50 headed ‘Comments’]
Hadès ‘Soleil et Lune Noire, ou les États Angéliques et les Lieux Infernaux’ III’ 3e Édition – Éditions Niclaus, N. Bussière Succ, 34, rue Saint-Jacques, Paris Ve, avril 1984[7]
Hadès ‘Soleil et Lune Noire’ Editions Francois de Villac, 1994
Hawkins, John Robert ‘Transpluto or should we call him Bacchus the Ruler of Taurus’ Hawkins Enterprising Publications, Dallas, Texas, 1976
Hunter, M. Kelley ‘Black Moon Lilith’ ACS Publications, San Diego, CA, 2000
Hunter, M. Kelley ’Black Moon Lilith’ American Federation of Astrologers Inc., 6535 S. Rural Road, Tempe, AZ, 2010
Hunter, M. Kelley ‘Living Lilith: Four Dimensions of the Cosmic Feminine’ The Wessex Astrologer Ltd. Bournemouth, 2009
Jacobs, Tom ‘Lilith: Healing the Wild’ No publisher or place stated, 2012.
Jay, Delphine; intr. Munkasey, Michael P. ’Interpreting Lilith’ Stated First Printing – Astro-Analytics Publications, 16440 Haynes Street, Van Nuys, California, February 1981
Jay, Delphine Gloria ‘Interpreting Lilith’ 4th Printing – American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., Tempe, AZ, 1993[8]
Jayne, Charles ‘The Unknown Planets with Ephemerides [: Arcane Series]’ Second Edition, Enlarged – the Astrological Bureau, 5 Old Quaker Hill Road, Monroe, N.Y., unclearly dated[9]. Large-format card covers. Bound by plastic comb threaded through holes punched in inner margins. [1] + 31 + [pp. 32-61 of tables]
Klinghammer, Alexandra & Weiss, Claude ‘Die Lilith-Fibel: Dere Schwarze Mond im Horoskop’ Edition Astrodata, Wettswil, 2008
Koch, Dieter; Rindgen, Bernhard ’Lilith und Priapus – die »Schalen« des Menschen – Mit Ephemeriden er neuen interpolierten Lilith und Priapus, 1900 – 2010, berechnet auf 0 Uhr Weltzeit’ Verlag der Häretischen Blätter, Frankfurt am Main, 2000. Twice-folded double-sided publisher’s advertising sheet on blue paper for Hans-Jörg Walter’s Divina Commedia Astrologica laid in, together with separate twice-folded double-sided flyer for 7. Astrologie-Weltkongress in Luzern[10], single-panel, single-sided narrow flyer on blue paper for the present work, and publisher’s printed bookmark on red card
Koltuv, Barbara Black, Ph. D. ‘The Book of Lilith’ [Seventh Impression] – Nicolas-Hays, Inc., Berwick, Maine, unclearly dated[11]
Landscheidt, Theodor / Hausmann[12]; tr. Meltz, Joel ‘Transpluto: Graphical Ephemeris of its Tropical Zodiacal Position 1878-1987, geocentric and heliocentric[13]’ published under the auspices of the Kosmobiological Academy Aalen by the Ebertin-Verlag, Aalen, 1972. Card covers. Staplebound pamphlet. [3] + [pp. 5-6] + [1] + [19 pages of graphs] + [pp. 27-32]
Larzul, Laurence ‘Comprendre la Lune Noire: Vous et Votre Inconscient’ Éditions Grancher, 2002
Laun, Lianella Livaldi; tr. Ableidiger-Günther, Christine ‘Lilith: Die Begegung mit dem Schmerz: Die Astrologie des Schwarzen Mondes’ 4. Auflage – Chiron Verlag, Tübingen, 2007
Laun, Lianella Livaldi ‘Lilith im Transit: der Schwarze Mond im Alltag’ 2. Auflage – Chiron Verlag, Tübingen, 2004
Laun, Lianella Livaldi ‘Lilith in der Partnerschaft: Selbstverwirklichung durch den Schwarzen Mond’ Chiron Verlag, Tübingen, 2002
Lebeuf, Renée ‘La Lune Noire, interprète du noeud originel’ Éditions Dervy, Paris 2005
Livaldi-Laun, Lianella; tr. Ableidiger-Günther, Christine ’Lilith: Die Begegnung mi dem Schmerz – Die Astrologie des schwarzen Mondes’[14] Deutsche Erstausgabe – Chiron Verlag, Mössingen, 1994. This copy hand-signed in black ink to ffep by the author in presentation to Heinz Specht
Maaz, Hans-Joachim ‘Der Lilith Komplex: die dunklen Seiten der Mütterlichkeit’ 5. Auflage – Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag Gm bH & Co. KG, München, 2008
Michelsen, Neil F.; rev. Pottenger, Rique; intr. Dobyns, Zipporah ‘The Asteroid Ephemeris 1900 to 2050, including Chiron and the Black Moon Lilith’ Stated First Printing – ACS Publications, 5521 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA, April 1999[15]
Millat, Louis; Dautremont, R.; Duval, Max ‘Lune Noire’ Éditions Traditionnelles, Paris Ve, 1998
Néroman, D., Ingénieur Civil des Mines ‘[Collège Astrologique de France:] Les Présages à la Lumière des Lois de l’Évolution – Ce livre ne s’addresse pas spécialement aux Astrologues. Il expose, pour un large public, la condition humaine, telle que l’astrologie la révèle à ceux qui la pratiquent’ Éditions “Sous-Le-Ciel”, 108, Rue du Ranelagh, Paris 16e, 1937
Néroman, D., Ingénieur Civil des Mines ‘Traité d’Astrologie Rationnelle: des Premiers Rudiments à la Cosmogonie Platonicienne: Toute l’Interprétation avec Application Continue à la Vie Passionnante de Verlaine; Les Grands Problèmes Généraux; L’Astrologie Mondiale; La Synthèse du Symbolisme; L’Art de l’Astrologue’ Éditions “Sous-le-Ciel”, 11, rue Bois-le-Vent, Paris-16e, 1943
Santoni, Francis ‘Ephemerides de la Lune Noire Verte 1910-2010’ Editions St. Michel S.A., St. Michel de Boulogne / Aureas, 15 rue Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, 1993
Schmid, Siegfried ‘Lilith: die Urmutter Aller Instinkte Genannt der Schwarze Mond’ Astro-Sesam Verlag Zürich, 1998
Schmid, Siegfried ‘Radix-Katalog zu Lilith: die Urmutter der Instinkte Genannt der Schwarze Mond’ Astro-Sesam Verlag, Zurich, 1996[16]. Cloth with paper front cover protected by electrostatic transparent plastic sheath. 87pp
“Sepharial” ‘The Science of Foreknowledge: Being a Compendium of Astrological Research, Philosophy, and Practice, In the East and West; Containing Material Now Otherwise Inaccessible to the Student, and The Radix System or Method of Directing for Future Events and Tendencies As Used by the Author and Hitherto Unpublished. With Diagrams and Maps’ W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., Sixty-One, Fleet Street, E. C. 4, London, 1918
“Sepharial” ‘The Science of Foreknowledge: Being a Compendium of Astrological Research, Philosophy, and Practice, In the East and West; Containing Material Now Otherwise Inaccessible to the Student, and The Radix System or Method of Directing for Future Events and Tendencies As Used by the Author and Hitherto Unpublished. With Diagrams and Maps’ W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., 10 & 11 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, E.C. 4, London, undated[17]
Stahl, Carl W. ‘Vulcan, the Intra-Mercurial Planet’ Carl W. Stahl, 1968. Large-format, wider-than-A4 oversized textured card covers. Pamphlet bound by staples through inner margins, at the front through flaps of card cut out on three sides from the remainder of the front cover to allow it to open fully. Contents printed in typescript throughout, on differently coloured papers. [1 leaf of illustration on yellow paper] + [2 pages on yellow paper] + [p. 3 on yellow paper] + [p. 5 on yellow paper] + [pp. 7-26 on yellow paper] + [pp. 27-42 of tables on orange paper] + [pp. 43-53 of tables on turquoise paper] + [pp. 54-60 on turquoise paper]
Traugott, Hannelore ‘Lilith: Eros des Schwarzen Mondes’ 4. Auflage – Edition Astrodata, Wettswil, 2002[18]
Von Stuckrad, Kocku ‘Lilith: Im Licht des schwarzen Mondes zur Kraft der Göttin’ 4. Auflage – Aurum, in J. Kamphausen Verlag & Distribution GmbH, Biedefeld, 2009[19]
Wemyss, Maurice ‘The Wheel of Life, or Scientific Astrology Volume III’[19a] Published by L. N. Fowler & Co., 7 Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C.4, undated[19b].
Wenner, Charlotte, MEd ‘Structural Noetic Astrology Part 1: A New Paradigm of Consciousness and Matter’ No publisher stated, foreword dated 2023
Weston, L. H. ‘The Planet Vulcan: History, Nature, Tables’ No Publisher Stated[20], undated[21]. Original paper covers. Bound by staples through inner margins. 22 + [3 pages of tables] + [pp. 26-33] + [pp. 34-5 of tables] + [24 pages of advertisements]
Wilson-Ludlam, Mae R., Professional member of American Federation of Astrologers; Founder of South Jersey Astrology Workshop ‘Lilith Insight’ Macoy Publishing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1979
Wilson-Ludlam, Mae R., Professional member of American Federation of Astrologers; Founder of South Jersey Astrology Workshop ‘Lilith Insight’ Current Printing – American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., 6535 S. Rural Road, Tempe, AZ, 1997[22]
Important historical articles on Lilith in Astrology (selection)
Gama, Marcel ‘”Lilith” – La Lune Noire’ in L’Astrosophie Vol. III, No. 3 (21 mai 1930), pp. 105-113
Genty, P. ‘Les Planètes Hypothétiques’ in Le Voile d’Isis, 31e Année, No. 73, Second Numéro Spécial consacré à l’Astrologie (1926), pp. 72-73
[1] No authorship is stated at the beginning of this text, but the end is labelled in print ‘Notes from Grace Ellery Williams’, indicating that it may be a transcript of notes taken by a student from a lecture delivered by Williams
[2] Only pp. 39-54 belong to the article in question, the last eight pages being miscellaneous extraneous material from the same issue
[3] Translated from the original 1985 French edition published by L’Espace Bleu, entitled ‘Le Retour de Lilith’, q. v.
[4] The advertising on the inside of the rear cover suggests a date late in 1937, as one work is advertised as scheduled for publication in January 1938 but the rest are indicated as already being available
[5] There is no indication of a later printing date on this copy, which appears to be the original printing, although this is hard to determine in view of Frank Severy Publishing presiding over publications with a wide variety of dates
[6] The last printing date stated is 1969, but this copy seems likely to be a much later printing. The original copyright date is given as 1961.
[7] The date of this printing. The booklist at the front dates the previous, second edition to 1981, and the first to 1978, but mysteriously this printing has retained a printed copyright date of 1980
[8] After original printing of 1981, q. v. above
[9] Copyrighted 1974; but this second edition is from 1978 or later, as evidenced by internal references in the Introduction to the second edition.
[10] This seems to have been reprinted from Astrologie Heute Nr. 86, August / September 2000, pp. 22-3
[11] Dated 1986; but this is presumed to be the date of the original printing, of which this is a much later reprint
[12] Presumed Hans Hausmann
[13] The original title and publication data also appears in German on the following page
[14] Translated from the original Italian manuscript
[15] The first printing thus; but the work is expressly stated to have been previously published by TIA Publications in 1977. That edition, however, covered a substantively different range of dates (1883-1999), and was credited primilary to Eleanor Bach and Zipporah Dobyns, together with Michelsen (see under Bach, Eleanor, above). The present 1999 edition was evidently revised to change the range of dates covered by Rique Pottenger after Neil Michelsen’s death in 1990, although Pottenger had already been involved with the original 1977 edition too
[16] Also held, another copy, undated, publisher not specified, misbound in terms of page order
[17] This undated edition may be the third printing, because there is another after the 1918 first edition, q. v. above, that appears to have been dated 1922. The present edition is shown by the publisher address to have been published in the period from 1922 to 1939
[18] After the original edition of 1995
[19] The publication history is not declared, but library records show the original edition to have been published in 1997, with the second in 2000 and a third in 2004
[19a] This is relevant on account of its Appendix VII: Sign Rulership, and the Positions of the Hypothetical Planets Postulated by the Author (pp. 144-156). This gives details of the hypotheticals Jason, Dido, Hercules and Pluto that the author, whose real name was Duncan Macnaughton, proposed, before the discovery of the real Pluto, which he would disown as not conforming to the orbital characteristics or position of the Pluto he had proposed, with the result that he would continue to refer to his Pluto as Wemyss-Pluto.
[19b] 1929 or early 1930. It was reviewed in the issue of “Modern Astrology” magazine for February 1930
[20] The typeface, binding style and advertising matter indicate Llewellyn
[21] The second part of this work, “The Heliocentric Tables of Vulcan”, is dated 1920; but this copy was evidently bound up no earlier than the summer of 1928, because the inside of the rear cover carries a change of address notice to 8921 National Blvd., Palms, an address that became current starting with the July-September issue of the Astrological Bulletina. The internal advertising bears the older 1507 S. Ardmore Avenue address, but includes an advertisement for the first edition of Astro-Analysis, which was published in 1927. Taken together, this evidence clearly indicates that the present copy of Weston’s pamphlet was printed in 1927 or the first half of 1928, and bound in the second half of 1928 or slightly after. According to Worldcat records, there was an earlier edition of just 17 pages published in 1909
[22] After the original printing of 1979