Wanted: vintage astrology journals (various)

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Wants list last updated here: August 15, 2021

I am on the lookout for vintage astrology magazines and journals to enrich the astrological literature archive I've been steadily building up for the past 16 years. Previously my focus was mostly on books, but since the mid-2000s I have become increasingly interested in journals.

If anyone has or knows of any issues of the following titles in the specified time-periods that might be available for sale or donation to a good home, I'd welcome hearing from you. This list is not exhaustive by any means but covers many of my key ongoing interests. I suspect it will take decades of patient collecting to come close to filling these wants; but I hope it will not hurt to file a notice on the record in the meantime.

The Astrological Journal of the Astrological Association of Great Britain: Vol. 3 No. 2, March 1961; Vol. 3 No. 3, June 1961;

The Astrological Magazine (ed. Rao / Raman, India), most volumes and issues wanted - please ask

Correlation: Journal of Research into Astrology: Vol. 18 No. 1, Northern Summer 1999 wanted

Les Cahiers du RAMS: No. 4, and all from 13 onwards wanted

Destin: Revue Internationale pour Servir l'Astrologie, Les Sciences Conjecturales et d'Observation (ed. Werner Hirsig etc.): all from 1er Année No. 1 (décembre 1938?) to No. 7 (juin 1939?), and from No. 10 (15 september 1939?) to 11e Année No. 119 (15 novembre 1948?); and: Destin (ed. Ch. Corthésy etc.): all from 19e Année No. 203 (fevrier 1956?) onwards, wanted

Destins: L'Occultisme dans l'Art et dans la Nature (dir Jayme, Louise): No. 21 (Nov. 1947); all from No. 38 (Juin 1939?) to No. 58 (Avril 1951?); all from No. 60 (Juin 1951?) to No. 68 (Mars 1952?); Nos. 77-78 (Jan-Fev 1953); No. 81 (Mars 1953); and all from No. 92 (Juin 1954?) onwards, wanted

American Astrology Magazine (ed. Paul Clancy / Joanne Clancy): March - April 1933; December 1938; August 1941; May 1948; December 1950; January 1953 - February 1953; June 1953; August 1954; September 1955; April 1963 - May 1963; September 1963; December 1963; May 1968; January 1976; March 1978 - May 1978; July 1978; December 1978; February 1979; June 1979; September 1979; December 1979; February 1980 - April 1980; June 1980; July 1981; September 1981 - June 1982; August 1982 - December 1982; May 1983; January 1985; March 1985 - December 1985; May 1986; July 1986 - October 1986; December 1986 - February 1987; June 1987; January 1988; August 1988; November 1989; January 1990; August 1990 - August 1993; October 1993 - November 1993; February 1994; April 1994 - February 1996; May 1996; August 1996; August 1998 - September 1998; October 1999 - November 1999; December 2000 - January 2001; February 2002 - March 2002

The American Journal of Astrology (ed. Paul Clancy): all issues except Vol. 1 No. 2 Winter 1937 wanted. (Believed to have been a very short-lived journal, lasting possibly less than a year)

World Astrology Magazine: June 1937 - December 1937; August 1938; August 1940; February 1941 - April 1941; June 1941 - August 1942; September 1942 - October 1942; December 1942 - June 1943; July 1944; February 1945 - April 1945; June 1945 - October 1945; January 1946 - April 1946; June 1946 - August 1946; October 1946 - March 1949; June 1949 - September 1949; October 1950 - July 1952; October 1952 - March 1953; June - July 1953; October 1953 - January 1954; all from April 1954 onwards

The Adept (ed. Fredrick White / Frederick White): All before December 1898; January 1900 - June 1901; January 1902 - December 1904; January 1906 - January 1907; March 1907 - April 1907; June 1907 - July 1907; October 1907 - December 1907; March 1908 - April 1908; July 1908; September 1908 - October 1908; January 1910 - June 1910; August 1910 - September 1910; November 1910 - February 1911; May 1911 - November 1911; January 1912; April 1912 - May 1912; June 1912 - October 1912; January 1913 - February 1913; June 1913; October 1913 - November 1913; February 1914; April 1914 - February 1915; April 1915 - November 1915; January 1916 - February 1916; April 1916; June 1916; August 1916; October 1916 - May 1917; July 1917; September 1917 - December 1917; November 1918; April 1919; October 1919; March 1920 - May 1920; July 1920 - May 1921; any after June 1921

The American Astrological Student (ed. Macaulay): all issues from the sole year of publication, 1915, except Vol. 1 No. 4, August 1915 (already held)

The American Astrological Student-Adept (ed. Macaulay): all issues from Vol. 7 No. 4 (April 1927) to Vol. 8 No. 1 (January 1928); all from Vol. 8 No. 4 (April 1928) onwards

Horoscope (ed. Grant Lewi etc.): many scattered issues up to and including May 1954; all from June 1997 to March 2001; May 2009 - August 2009; October 2009 - February 2010; January 2011; July 2011; November 2012; February 2013; July 2013; April 2016 - August 2016; March-April 2019; September - December 2019

Wynn's Astrology Magazine (ed. Wynn a.k.a. Sidney Bennett): most issues from the 1930s and some from the 1940s wanted - please ask

The Astrological Review of the Astrologers' Guild of America: nearly all issues before Vol. 42 No. 4, Winter 1970, and any after Vol. 47 No. 1, 1978

The AFA Bulletin of the American Federation of Astrologers: most original printings before Volume 30 Number 8, August 23, 1968, plus Volume 31 Number 3, March 1969, Volume 31 Number 12, December 1969, Volume 32 Number 4, April 1970, and Volume 32 Number 7, July 1970

Coming Events: an Astrological Monthly: Volume 1, October 1896 - September 1897 (all); and all from Volume 5 No. 1, October 1900, onwards

The Sphinx: a Monthly Magazine / an Astrological Magazine (ed. Catharine H. Thompson): Vol. 1 No. 1, July 1899; Vol. 1 No. 2, August 1899; Vol. 2 No. 1, Jan. or Feb. 1900; Vol. II No. 3, April 1900? - Vol. III No. 6?, December 1900; Vol. IV No. 3?, March 1901? - Vol. 5 No. 12, date unknown; Vol. 6 No. 2, November 1907; all from January 1908 onwards

The 20th Century Astrologer / the XXth Century Astrologer (ed. J. D. Astor): all issues except the six from August 1898 - January 1899 inclusive wanted. The journal ran from 1897 to 1899 only

Raphael's Prophetic Messenger / Raphael's Almanac: many from 1855 onwards wanted - please ask

Zadkiel's Almanac: many wanted - please ask

The Astrological Bulletina (ed. Llewellyn George): nearly all before Vol. 10 No. 111, January 1918; plus Nos. 114-116, 135-6, 138-9, 147, 150-160, 164, 166, 170, 174, 177, 184-6, 193-6, 198, 204, 207, 211, 214, 226-7, 257,262, 264-5, and any after No. 266 (Summer 1959)

British Journal of Astrology (ed. E. H. Bailey etc.): April 1921; October 1926 - November 1926; January 1928 - December 1928; January 1930; December 1930; December 1932 - January 1933; March 1937; June 1937

Modern Astrology (London) (ed. Duncan Macnaughton, though anonymously): Nov-Dec 1938; Jan-Feb 1939; March-April 1939; July-August 1939; Nov-Dec 1939; Jan-Feb 1940; and all from May 1940 onwards wanted

Modern Astrology (ed. Margaret Morrell, Chicago, 1950): all issues from May 1950 onwards wanted

Kosmos / The International Astrologer (journal of the International Society for Astrological Research / ISAR): various scattered issues wanted, including nearly all from 2000 to 2003, some from 2004 to 2006, and nearly all from 2012 to present - please ask

Practical Astrology (ed. Howard V. Herndon, San Francisco): all issues from January- July 1926; from November 1926 to February 1927; from April 1927 to May 1928; from July 1928-December 1928; from May 1929 to September 1929; and all from December 1929 onwards

Starlore (ed. Alec Stuart): nearly all issues wanted

Science and Astrology (ed. Charles Logan and Eleanor Jennings, Seattle, Washington): Vol. I (1926), all issues; Vol. III (1928) Nos. 1-5 and Nos. 8-12; Vol. IV (1929), all issues; and any later issues

Astrology: the Astrologers' Quarterly, official publication of the Astrological Lodge of London (ed. CEO Carter / Ronald Davison): Vol. I No. 1 (Winter 1926?); Vol. I No. 4 (Autumn 1927); Vol. 10 No. 1 (March - May 1936); Vol. 42 No. 4 (December 1968 - February 1969); Vol. 79 No. 2 (Spring 2010) - Vol. 79 No. 3 (Summer 2010); Vol. 81 No. 1 (Winter 2012?) - Vol. 84 No. 1 (Spring 2019?); Vol. 85 No. 2 (Summer 2020) - Vol. 85 No. 4 (Winter 2020)

Spica: a Review of Sidereal Astrology (ed. Roy Firebrace): Vol. I No. 1 (October 1961); Vol. IX No. 1 (October 1969?); Vol. X No. 4 (July 1971?); Vol. XI No. 3 (April 1972?); Vol. XII No. 2 (January 1973?); Vol. XIII No. 2 (January 1974); Vol. XIII No. 4 (July 1974?)

Thank you,

Philip (solger75@gmail.com)
Last edited by Philip Graves on Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:26 am, edited 4 times in total.

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Unfortunately I don't have any of these Phillip. If I did I would love to help you complete your collection since I can't think of anyone who is a better custodian for literature of this kind.

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Thank you for the kind thought, Deb!

My hope is that even if no currently active Skyscript members can help, this strand will become searchable through search engines and if at some stage in the future someone in possession of some such journal opts to conduct a search for it on the Internet, it will become apparent that there is a potential buyer waiting and willing to incorporate it into a large collection for long-term preservation.

I suppose also that it would be fair to say that the fact that I have not yet been able to obtain many of the journals on this list during the time periods specified is testimony to how scarce they are on the free market, although in some cases it is also simply that my collecting priorities lay elsewhere until recently, and my interest in certain titles is therefore relatively new.

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Hello Phillip

I have copies of the Astrological Journal as follows:

Summer 1965
Autumn 1965
Autumn 1966
Autumn 1966
Spring 1968
Summer 1968
Autumn 1968

All in excellent condition.

I also have many issues of Astrology: The Astrologers' Quarterly from the 1930's and 1940's. Unfortunately, not the ones you require.

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Hello, Drhodes!

Thank you for taking the time to get in contact with me about these journals.

Of the Astrological Journal issues you list, I lack:

Summer 1965;
Autumn 1966;
Spring 1968.

I notice you list two copies of Autumn 1966. Was this intentional, or is one of them in fact a different issue?

Are you interested in selling these issues? If you'd like to discuss this further privately, I'd appreciate hearing from you on solger@comhem.se.

Thanks again,

Philip