Leo, Alan, Editor of “Modern Astrology” ‘The Horoscope and How to Read It’ (inner title) / ‘[Astrological Manuals. No. 2.] The Horoscope and How to Read It’ (front board) – L. N. Fowler & Co., 7 Imperial Arcade, E. C. / “Modern Astrology” Office, 9 Lyncroft Gardens, N. W., London / America: The Occult Publishing Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A., 1902.

Original outwardly cloth-covered boards (1 cm tear to top of front hinge; adhesive stain to bottom 2 inches of spine and of inner margin of front board; cloth worn at parts of outer and upper edges of boards; heavy separation down front and inner paper hinges, with covers and outer spine collectively detached from most of length of inner spine, but holding at tops for now). (Former library label adhered to front paste-down; chipping to inner margin of front paste-down; former library stamps to blank part of title page and black verso of same.) [1 leaf] + [pp. 3-68] + [pp. i-xii of advertisements]

About this Book Scan

The Horoscope and How to Read It by Alan Leo (1902) was the second volume to appear in the original line-up of the series of Astrological Manuals that he collectively edited.

It was designed as an educational introduction to the principles of horoscope-reading aimed at the beginning student.

This book was largely rewritten and also renamed by the time of the 1905 edition, which bears the title What Is A Horoscope and How Is It Cast? Our scan of that edition is also separately available as a download.