Horary Astrology Re-examined is a detailed and highly informative book,
demonstrating clearly and unambiguously that traditional methods are
applicable to all astrology. There is no division between different
'branches'. Barbara Dunn examines the methods by which astrologers of
the past evaluated planetary strengths in order to make a judgement on a
Question, Nativity, Election or any other type of chart. These
evaluations provide a platform for judgement today, in just the same way
as they did over a thousand years ago. For all charts, the process of
evaluation is broadly the same, what Coley calls the "short
comprehensive and approved rules of Art". The focus of this work is
Questions and the aim practical rather than philosophical. Horary
Astrology Re-examined is a comprehensive reference work, as well as a
casebook, giving judgement on over fifty Questions. Ptolemy, Al Biruni,
Masha'allah, Abu Ma'shar, Abu 'Ali Al Khayyat, Bonatti, Dariot and
William Lilly are just some of the authors referred to. Where there are
doubts arising through a poor translation, an unsympathetic translator
or other factors, Ms Dunn provides clarification. Instead of seeking to
change or modify the tools and techniques handed down by our ancestors,
or denying that astrology is about prediction, Horary Astrology
Re-examined offers confirmation that astrologers need to "come to grips
with their history, complex as it is.. like an isolated ethnic group,
they need the courage of their identity in a hostile world."[Kitson]
