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Astrology Through a Psychic's Eyes

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Unfortunately, Ms Browne puts her biases toward astrology making those of us who work hard to use astrology for self awareness work a little harder. It's not that the book is all that harmful, anyone with an ounce of commone sense can see her prejudices oozing through, it's that the book is not helpful. There is no real understanding of the motivations of the signs and the tone is really self-indulgent and clearly a marketing sell-out. I'm sure Ms Browne is a nice person (libra sun) with good intentions (Aquarius rising) but her Sagittarius moon has definitely made her mouth big enough to put her foot in it.

I found that this book was quite inaccurate, as well as conflicting, in its assessments of the sun signs. For example, I am a Libra so of course I read my sign first. At the end of the chapter it gave a short rundown of physical characteristics for Libra. One of them was that "true" Libras have light eyes. However, in the beginning of her book, she listed *twice* that Libras are known for their dark eyes. This really grated on my nerves. Also, I found that her information conflicted with not only what I have read previously, but also with what I have observed myself to be true about the particular signs. To make matters worse, reading the book gave me a headache.....not a good sign.
In summary, I would not recommend reading this book because I feel it is inaccurate and will confuse the beginning astrologer. I would heartily recommend Linda Goodman's Sun Signs instead for her humor, sensitivity, and insight.

I have been following Sylvia Browne's highly successful career as a spiritualist, psychic, channeller, and author, and when I first read this book I was mystified why she might venture into new territory. She writes from her very subjective viewpoint, and frankly says you will not read any of this information in any other book. Very true. Browne seems to feel that conventional astrologers do not study individuals closely enough and that only a face-to-face encounter is significant. Perhaps. It would be interesting to have a panel show with Silvia Browne, Noel Tyl, Jan Spiller, Alan Oken, Doris Doane, Julia Parker, Marcia Starck, Frances Sakoian, Dane Rudhyar and Marc Jones.

My principal hurdle to overcome is Browne's demographics. True, she is talking with people, but only those who have come to her who believe in psychics, spiritualism and the ability to channel the dead. I hardly think that is a wide spectrum of society. I came away with a dark view of astrology, which Browne says she does not use in her work because it does not contribute anything. She also states that people tend to look upon astrology as a directive, as if it were set in stone. I agree with her there, but I also notice that the singular major statement of astrologers I have read have said, "the stars incline, they do not compel." I do not wish to oversimplify her work by trying to condense her comments about each of the signs. A few years ago, a book of humor was published listing only the negative statements people make about the Sun signs. Browne has not gone so far as that because I am definitely under the impression she likes Capricorns. I can only give this book three stars, because if I am going to study astrology, I think I will choose the professionals.

As a practicing astrologer for 30 years I was appalled at Ms. Browne's latest book. Her theories and thoughts not only eliminate a good deal of valid information available in the world it also brings back a notion that we are not creatures of free will...but ones who have so thoroughly chosen our paths that we are unable to change them. Don't waste your money....buy a subscription to a local paper that carries Joyce Jillson's horoscopes....you'll learn more and come away far more enlightened.

I am a big Sylvia fan but she should stick to writing about subjects that she has knowledge of. There is so much more to astrology than this and this book certainly will do nothing to educate people about a very complex science. If this book was written to amuse, I am not laughing. But then again, what would I know? I am a Taurus, so therefore I am stupid, boring and I stalk my former lovers. Save your money on this one!

I have never given a negative review about a book but I have to say I am very disappointed with this one. I found her descriptions of each sign rather prejudiced and not really fact based. Some of her comments about one sign were repeated for another... a lucky guess maybe? Miss Browne should stick to things she knows as opposed to writing about things she perhaps has amibiguous feelings about. A waste of paper and time for those who want to learn more about astrology as opposed to reading an author's scathing personal opinions.

This is also the first time I took the time to review a book. I was not impressed at all. Studying astrology part time for years, I was downright disturbed by some of her statements. She seems to contradict many things through the years I have read over and over again, and found to be true. She should have called this book "How she see other signs", period. It seems to be her personal opinion mainly. Humor I honestly can say I never laugh out loud once. Want a funny book on astrology that also is accurate, "Born on a rotten day" by Hazel Dixon-Cooper. In my opinion, Sylvia is on an extreme prolific writing kick where she will publish just about anything to make more money. This is the last book I will buy from hers for a long time.

I have to say that Sylvia Browne is a great author and a blessing to the literary community. But, her work "Astrology Through a Psychic's Eyes" fails to do justice to her writing abilities. The book is interesting, but I wouldn't say that it's a must-have. It's extremely short, offering an overview on the personalities of the different sun signs. Browne's sense of humor gives energy to the book, but even that isn't enough to pull it through. I read it in about an hour (probably less) and never looked at it again. I'd say that her assessment of an Aries (my sign) is only partially true to my personality, and I was disappointed that Sylvia couldn't come any closer to the truth than the sun sign profiles I've found on the internet. My recommendation: borrow the book from a friend or from the library; buying it definitely isn't worthwhile.

If I could have I wouldn't have given this book any stars. I looked through this book in a bookstore and the only thing I could gather from her descriptions of people of the different signs is that Sylvia must have gotten seriously burned by a Taurus. I looked through a few of the different signs and she obviously holds quite a bit of resentment towards Taureans. Furthermore, the "valid" or "well-known" descriptions that she offers for the various signs are the same descriptions you could find in ANY OTHER ASTROLOGY book. I wouldn't waste your time or money for there is NOTHING PROFOUND OR ENLIGHTENING about her book. I also think Sylvia needs to seek guidance from her spirit guides on releasing her anger and resentment towards Taureans.

She may be a psychic, but she misses on some basic fundamentals of astrology, like knowing the elements of each Sun Sign. . . Not for serious students of astrology.