Author · Poet · Astrologer · Artist
John Sandbach
Creator of the Chandra Symbols and author of thirty-nine published works. Reading charts and writing on astrology, tarot and the inner life since 1966.
Author of Soul Journey Through the Tarot (Destiny Books, an imprint of Inner Traditions; distributed by Simon & Schuster)
Seen on Gaia’s Open Minds with Regina Meredith
Readings & Consultations
Sixty years of charts.
“These readings help you to understand what is most unique about you… tailored to your personal needs — if, for instance, you are having financial difficulties, I will focus on the area of prosperity.”
Therapeutic Astrology
from $175Ongoing work: the chart as an instrument of healing, session by session.
Astrology Tools
The Circular Temple Oracle
Ask a question and draw one of the 360 degrees. Each degree carries four symbols and two oracles.
Free to everyone: draw a degree, as often as you like, and read its Chandra Symbol and what it means.
The 28 Lunar Phases
The phase you were born under, the one your life has reached, and the one the sky is in tonight.
Free to everyone: the current moon phase, and your natal phase and progressed phase.
Midpoint Analyses
The halfway point between any two planets, and what happens when something touches it. All ninety-one pairs, in John’s words.
Free to everyone: all ninety-one pairs.
Your Chart’s Degree Symbols
Enter a birth date, time and place. Every planet, angle and house cusp of the chart, drawn on a wheel, each with its Chandra Symbol.
Free to everyone: every placement, your houses, and the Chandra Symbol and its interpretation for each degree.
The Chandra Symbols & Their Companions
Each of the 360 degrees has its own image. Find yours.
Each of the 360 degrees has a Chandra, an Omega, a Pleiadian and an Azoth symbol, John’s interpretation of each, and two oracles. The Chandra Symbol and its interpretation are free for every degree. Look one up, or start with the degree the Sun is in today.
The Library
Essays on astrology, tarot, colour and Kabbalah, 2007 to 2026.
137 essays in 7 rooms, free to read.
Books
Thirty-nine works.
Astrology and tarot beside haiku, novels, and scholarly editions of Ovid, Beddoes, Morris and Aubrey. Most recently: Soul Journey Through the Tarot (Destiny Books, an imprint of Inner Traditions, 2023).
Now Writing
Twinkle Twice
John’s Substack. New writing as he publishes it.
A paid subscription opens the other three symbols, for all 360 degrees and for your own chart.
The Omega, Pleiadian and Azoth symbols and what they mean, for every degree and for the degrees of your own chart; the Omega and Azoth Oracles; John’s readings of each degree’s seed and fulfillment degrees; Ellias Lonsdale’s readings of the 28 phases; and the printable chart. Subscribe on Substack, then sign in here with the same email.