I was introduced to the world of
Astropoetics with Joe Landwehr’s book The Seven Gates of the Soul. This book opened my eyes
to a whole new world. Before that point, like most people, I saw astrology as an interesting source of entertainment. The systems seemed so very rigid, complex, and impersonal that I couldn’t see how the stars could help me personally. The Seven Gates of the Soul and
astropoetics changed my view. I saw this methodology mirroring much of what I had been taught in archaeology in regards to dichotomous views of the world. Through the author’s patient tutelage in this first book, I soon saw that astrology could be used in another way to create very personal interpretations of birth star positions. Tracking the Soul takes that beginning foundation and really gets to the heart of matters. Now I truly see astropoetics as a method of spiritual quest, basically interpreting my birth chart in a completely different and extremely personalized way. The methodology included in Tracking the Soul is not simplistic. I highly recommend
understanding the basics set out in The Seven Gates of the Soul before working through this second book. Still, as with the first title, the author very patiently leads the reader through the process. The later chapters of the book even include practice charts so that the reader can do the work described to better understand the steps and the results. After doing these examples, I also went though with the same process with my own birth chart. This not only gave me some basic understanding of myself but also has urged me to look deeper.