The Astrologer's Handbook (HarperResource Book)

This is not a new book. It has been out for a couple of decades... or more! But, it is still valid, still easy to use, and still a great astrology book for the beginner or the more advanced user who wants to know what information is contained in the chart. Offering well laid out and easily referenced information, this book will assist in interpreting everything from the overlay to the planets in their houses to how they all aspect each other, and more. Highly recommended for anyone interested in Astrology.

Popular astrology, as most people think of it, deals exclusively with sun signs -- the astrological sign in which the sun was located at your date of birth. But the moon and each of the planets were also in a sign when you were born -- and each might be in a different sign. Serious astrology takes into consideration your moon sign and the signs in which each planet was located at your birth time, as well as your sun sign. This collection of the positions of the "lights" (sun and moon) and planets in the zodiac of signs makes up your personal horoscope. Also important are the angles (called "aspects") which the lights and planets make with respect to each other. All of these factors -- plus the astrological "houses" -- are explained both simply and clearly in this excellent introduction to serious astrology. If you want to go beyond "newspaper astrology" this is the best book to start with.

The Astrologer's Handbook is a virtual encyclopedia of Astrology, Charting, and Interpretation. This wonderful comprehensive guide is valuable for beginners and experienced alike. The intriguing and detailed writing style will keep readers engaged. All this knowledge and quality at such a low price makes this book a great gift for the serious learner.

For quick fun sessions of showing friends, family a peek at their chart, quick and easy, this is my favorite resource, and I've tried MANY over the years. Concise. Or, to casually reflect on your own chart from time to time, a good book for that.

Annotated neatly by world famous astrologer so have improved my knowledge

this is a very useful book, even though nowadays there are also a lot of computer programmes available, too, which can do an equally good job (at times perhaps even out-doing this book). This book discusses the planets, their position in signs and houses, the traditional "major" aspects in the natal chart (conjunction, sextile, square, trine, opposition), and other subjects (exhaltations, dispositors). The language in this book is quite clear, but descriptions at times seem too extreme, presenting the qualities described either as very negative or, conversely, extraordinarily fantastic (like, e.g., clairvoyancy). I normally use this book in connection with other books or computer programs; yet, as a whole, the book is well worth the money,

I am taking a class in astrology and have used this book as a reference. It is a wonderful asset to my class. I like the way things are explained and then looked at in an integrated way. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning about astrology.

I read this book 20 years ago. I love her knowledge of astrology. Great book!!