{"id":141632,"date":"2025-06-28T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinnerwheel.com\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2025-06-28T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:18:07","slug":"the-first-review-is-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=141632","title":{"rendered":"The First Review is in"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/figure>\n

T&Q<\/p>\n

5.0 out of 5 stars<\/em><\/p>\n

Verified Purchase<\/strong><\/p>\n

A deep, nuanced, accessible, fundamental, core astrology book<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2025<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been awaiting Dawn\u2019s foundations book ever since I discovered her work in 2020 & 5 years on (or 6 years since the beginning of my informal astrological studies \u2013 largely based around Molly McCord & Pam Gregory\u2019s generous YT offerings and my internet searches) I can say it\u2019s been worth the wait. It has filled gaps in my chart interpretation (chart synthesis) & bought much new nuanced insight. My understanding of the many types of dispositors and rulers within the chart has skyrocketed – especially regarding the AC-DC axis, MC-IC axis (aswell as the axis\u2019 themselves)\u2013 think these chart dynamics can often be the hardest thing to fully grasp in depth when self-taught\/ pre-dominantly relying on internet searches\/YT vids. As she says on p.100, the rulers \u2018carry the detail\u2019. Dawn\u2019s understanding of \u2018the lights\u2019 (sun\/moon) and their specific link to the nodes is again deeper material not easily found \u2013 another level I\u2019ve only fully realised through Dawn\u2019s work, aswell as the importance of phasal relationship between the sun and moon within a chart (or any other couple of planets for that matter). The section on the nodes is mind-blowing and calls out the astrological dualistic clich\u00e9 of \u2018north node good, south node bad\u2019 which I intuitively felt but so few clearly speak of (we still head north, but the south node pros and cons are fully elucidated), not to forget the specific impacts of the transiting nodes, which I was aware of, but now understand on a more synthesised, maybe even ’embodied’ level. I’ve finished the book with a more fully rounded approach to chart understanding, learning new techniques\/approaches and received confirmation of intuitive approaches I’d already began taking. Dawn makes the very complex accessible, for example, briefly touching upon sacred geometry when discussing the aspects, giving them a whole new perspective \u2013 especially trines and sextiles – some very unique original observations. I can\u2019t help but feel that whether you are a complete beginner or a ‘6 year old astro middling\u2019, capable of intermediate\/ some advanced study \u2013 that there is new information in abundance in here! This book will serve all levels well, beginners will certainly grow into it & it gives some extra helpful signposts too. So many ah-ha moments \u2013 I finally understand why the conjunction is often referred to as a soft or hard aspect\u2013 how in sign and outer sign ones will be different, the acute differences between squares and oppositions & which one you\u2019re more likely to love with age! (so often they are just lumped under \u2018challenging aspects\u2019), the key difference between old rulers and new rulers (for the dual ruled signs), mercury and Jupiter\u2019s special connection (yep, you read that right, I\u2019m not mis-referencing mercury and Uranus here- but don\u2019t worry, that still applies!), the Taurus-Scorpio axis described with a whole new layer of meaning I\u2019ve not heard anywhere else \u2013 yet makes complete sense, why everyone isn\u2019t rocked by a Pluto transit (stated in the intro alone!), the nitty gritty of a planet conjunct the AC from the 12H and 1H perspective (and I\u2019ve googled this plenty!), the Aries \u2018I\u2019 and the Cancer \u2018I\u2019 , the Aries leader and the Leo leader, a description of the 12th house I’ve heard nowhere else\u2026 I could go on \u2026 NUANCE, NUANCE, NUANCE!!! You\u2019re getting my drift \"\ud83d\ude42\" I have heard that Dawn was a pioneer with regards to the progressed chart, her \u2018Progressions One Class\u2019 is mentioned in the book, any chance that will be out next?! With much gratitude for enabling Dawn\u2019s foundation course to be in print \u2013 she was clearly a true teacher that not only \u2018taught\u2019 but stretched her students to grow.<\/p>\n

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T&Q 5.0 out of 5 stars Verified Purchase A deep, nuanced, accessible, fundamental, core astrology book Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2025 [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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