The Complete Idiot's Guide To Astrology [Paperback]

Madeline; Lenard, Lisa Gerwick-brodeur (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 383 pages
• Publisher: Alpha Books (1997)
• ISBN-10: 002861951X
• ISBN-13: 978-0028619514
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT for beginners, January 2, 2005

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Alyssa Stratic (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astrology, 3E (Paperback)

This book is completely off-base when it says that it is for complete idiots. Take a look at this book and you will find that nothing is clearly explained. They jump around a lot when writing. In order to be capable of understanding this book, you have to be well adjusted in the world of astrology, probably even a certified astrologer, and I do not exaggerate when I say this. I am pretty well-educated in astrology and thought this book would explain things I didn't know a little clearer, but it doesn't. Sorry, yet another failure from the line of Idiot's books. Instead of this book, I might recommend the one for Dummies instead as that one is a bit easier to understand.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent overview of astrology., September 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide To Astrology (Paperback)

This book takes a complicated subject and breaks it down into bite-sized pieces. While not a detailed technical manual, it exposes the reader to the components of astrology, and encourages further study.

In addition, the author presents several techniques I have not found in other books on astrology such as determining the astrological signature of a chart, and determining reaping or sowing lifetimes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for newbies that have brains, May 27, 2005

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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astrology, 3E (Paperback)

This book is an excellent introduction into astrology for newcomers. Parts of it may become confusing without a birth chart in hand, but sites like astrolabe.com can help anyone get their birth chart. If you don't know anything about astrology except your sign, but you want to know more, I suggest you go out and get this book.