About the Black Moon Lilith Astrology Deck

The Black Moon Lilith Astrology deck is the most comprehensive astrology card oracle to date. Unlike other astrology decks based primarily on the Major Arcana of tarot decks, the Black Lilith Astrology cards focuses entirely on the horoscope. Western Astrology is a system based upon interpreting the movement of the stars, determining traits and talents in the natal chart and predicting an outcome based upon the planet’s transits. Astrology was (and is) used to read a natal birth chart, to understand present circumstances and to make predictions.

This western form of astrology, originating in the area of Mesopotamia (now Iran and Iraq) is easily 4,000 years old. But evidence shows that markings in caves that appear to be following the lunar phases suggests some form of astrology may be as much 25,000 years old. Predictions made by ancient astrologers were done by tracking the gradual movement of lights in the sky and connecting their progressions or changes to life on earth.

The Hermetic idea of "that which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracle of the One Thing,” was and still is applied directly to astrology. As a science, astrology is steeped in superstitious language, but that doesn’t mean astrology isn’t valid. Many scientists and academicians, who set out to disprove astrology once and for all, came away believing there might be something to it. Sigmund Freud said he believed there was some validity to astrology, but it would take too many years to devote to it in order to draw any educated conclusion.

Now these ancient discoveries are captured and explained in this new astrological oracle created by astrologer and Phoenix Card author Susan Sheppard. There are divination decks that include astrological components in their designs but they are primarily tarot decks and astrology predates tarot cards by 3,500 years. The Black Moon Lilith Astrology deck is based entirely upon the accepted principles of modern astrology. There has been no attempt to attach these ideas to a tarot deck. Modern tarot decks do base some of their meanings on astrological influences but this is rather recent. The earliest tarot decks, that surfaced in Milan, Italy in the 1440s do not appear to have been heavily influenced by astrology, if at all.

Black Moon Lilith Star Deck covers chart-based astrology, beyond the regular Sun and Moon signs and the cards are not related to birthdays. The deck is founded upon astrological ideas that give insight into the nature of the question being asked, much like a horary chart. Such ideas include the meanings behind the planets, the houses, the lunar nodes, Mercury retrograde, Void-of-course Moon, the meanings of the elements, solar and lunar eclipses and much more. The artwork selected for this deck are either ancient works that have to do with the planets, signs or gods and goddesses related to the signs or are images which expresses the meanings and energies of the signs, planets, houses and much more.

Some images are as old as 1,800 B.C. up to the 18^th Century through the works of poet and artist William Blake. Among all of the ideas considered “new age,” (which is really old age, of course) there is no divination system more accurate than astrology. And now with Susan Sheppard’s Black Lilith Astrology Card deck (whose Phoenix Cards were voted as the #1 Most Unique Oracle on Amazon.com) are sure to move to the front as one of the most accurate divination systems on the market to date.