About the author
Maressa Brown is a journalist and astrologer, and the author of Mercury Magic: How to Thrive During Retrogrades and Tap Into the Power of the Messenger Planet All Year Long and Raising Baby by the Stars: A New Parent's Guide to Astrology. Mercury Magic focuses on the planet most associated with communication in astrology, covering both its retrograde periods and its broader role in thought and connection across the year. Raising Baby by the Stars applies astrology to early parenting, working from a baby's sun sign into a fuller birth chart reading as a way of understanding an infant's emerging personality and temperament. Both books, from Workman Publishing and Artisan Publishers respectively, are written for a general audience already comfortable with astrology as an everyday reference tool, translating chart-based concepts into practical, accessible guidance rather than technical instruction.
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“This book serves as a refreshing corrective to the doom-laden narratives often associated with planetary retrogrades, offering a constructive framework instead. It succeeds in demystifying Mercury’s influence on communication and…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Mercury Magic: How to Thrive During Retrogrades and Tap Into the Power of the Messenger Planet All Year Long
“Brown provides a refreshing alternative to generic parenting manuals by focusing on the complete birth chart as a blueprint for individuality. The book successfully bridges the gap between esoteric astrology and practical daily…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Raising Baby by the Stars: A New Parent's Guide to Astrology
