As a budding astrologer, I always wanted to learn how to calculate a chart by hand. I'm a math guy, and it just feels right. This book provides the house cusps for both Placidus and Koch, along with auxillary tables for adjusting their positions and other helpful things (like an atlas of major cities). I'm using it with a course called "Chart Calculations for the Apocolypse" as it was recommended by the instructor, and I've found it to be easy to use once you get the hang of it.
Note that, if you want to cast charts by hand, you'll need an ephemeris to give you both the positions of the planets and the sidereal time. I use Michelson's Ephemeris from 1950 - 20250, Midnight Edition, which the teacher uses. If you are doing self-study without a course, just be sure to know whether your ephemeris is based on midnight or noon.
You'll also need an atlas if you want to look up the latitude and longitude of cities other than the major ones. I've found a physical (i.e. book) atlas with the required coverage is pretty expensive, but NASA actually publishes a CD and accompanying book that covers everything.
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