Books by Bernadette Brady

This work radically rethinks astrology's place in society. Emerging when cultures were embedded in chaotic creation mythology, astrology has persisted into modern society. Reasons for this longevity are an enigma, yet the answer may lie in chaos theory and complexity. These theories reveal that the themes of coincidence and cycles, constitutive of chaotic creation mythologies, are in fact the common features of a lived life experience. Brady argues that astrology is actually a vernacular expression of chaos and complexity, and it thus offers insights into the efficacy of the synchronicities of life. Brady thereby offers us a profound reassessment of astrology and its cultural contexts.

Astrology as a way of thinking and seeing the world is an idea which has been vilified, damned, belittled, slandered and at times banned - yet still it runs like a river through twenty-first century western culture. This work shows how astrology can help us to understand the role of chaos in our lives.