Philip – Astrolearn

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology Library Inventory Shelf Count by Type of Materials, 23-9-2020 4 months ago

To accommodate the recent integration of the AA Archive into the same building as the astrological library I already managed here in South Wales, UK, I’ve done quite a bit of reshelving of other items in the l […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrological Association Archive now on site 4 months ago

Within the past month, an additional resource of printed astrological literature has joined the astrology library I developed on site here in South Wales, UK.

This is known as the AA Archive, and is owned by […]

Philip wrote a new post, History of Modern Astrology video interview by Helena Avelar and Luis Ribeiro 4 months ago

Last month, I was interviewed by Helena Avelar and Luis Ribeiro, authors of two books in the astrology library here, towards their recently launched series of video podcasts collectively entitled ‘Ad Astra: […]

Philip wrote a new post, Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Library 10 months ago

Owing to the current government guidelines on restricting gatherings to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19, the Astrolearn astrology library is temporarily closed to all visitors until further notice. At […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology Books and Papers by 374 authors acquired in 2020 11 months ago

First entry, February 21st, 2020: 2020 has got off to a flying start in terms of acquisitions, chiefly as a result of a continued focus on catching up with new paperback books of the 2010s, while filling in gaps […]

Philip wrote a new post, Contact form working again 1 year, 6 months ago

If you have tried to use the contact form in the past three months since a Windows Update problem trashed my Windows 10 installation, unfortunately I did not receive your message because the email forwarding […]

Philip wrote a new post, Delay caused by Windows 10 update disaster 1 year, 8 months ago

I’m sorry to report that an automatic update to Windows 10 completely corrupted my Windows installation a couple of weeks ago – after working perfectly the last time I used it, the computer failed to restart the […]

Philip wrote a new post, Magazines and Gauquelin documents donated by Geoffrey Dean added to library catalogue 1 year, 9 months ago

In 2016, Geoffrey Dean of Western Australia kindly donated a large collection of books and journals pertinent to astrology that he had gathered since 1978, the year after the publication of the landmark survey of […]

Philip commented on the post, Astrology books and papers by 225 authors acquired in 2019 1 year, 10 months ago

Hello Marion, thank you for your thoughtful and generous comments! The sheer number of books published each year, many of them self-published, and in multiple languages, precludes completeness, but I’m certainly […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrological aspects calculation program in BBC BASIC improved 1 year, 10 months ago

Today I have improved the program I wrote in early 2002 in BBC BASIC that automatically calculates all major and many minor aspects found for a chart whose planetary positions are entered by the user.

This is […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology books and papers by 225 authors acquired in 2019 2 years ago

First entry, January 19th: 2019 has got off to a slow start in terms of acquisitions, but the second and third were picked up today, so it feels like a good time to get the 2019 acquisitions log guide page up and […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology books and papers by 132 authors acquired in 2018 2 years, 3 months ago

2018 is now over, but our humble astrological library has had a surprisingly busy year while awaiting and since undergoing its transition to new premises. It has cumulatively acquired books and papers by a total […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrolearn https:// certificate security upgrade complete 3 years ago

Astrolearn now runs exclusively on https://
As most reading this will know, https:// is a secure web browsing protocol that uses encryption to process all data requests sent to and from websites, virtually […]

Philip wrote a new post, July sales (Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CDs and used books) 4 years, 6 months ago

July sales (Astrolearn CDs and used books);

History article in the Astrological Journal

I’m pleased to announce that for the rest of July 2016, there is a special offer on Astrolearn Vintage Astrology CDs […]

Philip wrote a new post, 404 Error? Read this Announcement 4 years, 7 months ago

Announcement: Closure of Older Part of Astrolearn
The older part of Astrolearn, based on Content Management System infrastructure dating from (and installed in) 2009, was shut down permanently on Friday, 10th […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrolearn Progress Report – May 28th, 2016 4 years, 8 months ago

Astrolearn Progress Report:

German-language Astrological Journals and Almanacs;
Presentational Enhancements to Astrolearn
– May 28th, 2016

Greetings, friends, scholars and astrology enthusiasts!

I […]

Philip wrote a new post, Hiatus; about the new Links page 4 years, 9 months ago

Hiatus; about the new Links page

– 23rd April, 2016

For reasons I am not in a position presently further to explain, there will be no further updates of the “Astrology Library Progress Report” series of p […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology Library Progress Report 26th March 2016 4 years, 10 months ago

Astrology library progress report

– No. 31: 26th March, 2016

As anticipated, no further books have been received in the past week.

However, I have completed and posted a long-awaited article on the f […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology library progress report, 19th March 2016 4 years, 10 months ago

Astrology library progress report

– No. 30: 19th March, 2016

There are several new arrivals to report this week, a surprising and largely chance confluence of different items ordered at different t […]

Philip wrote a new post, Astrology library progress report, 13th March 2016 4 years, 10 months ago

Astrology library progress report

– No. 29: 13th March, 2016