Do it Yourself Astrology [Paperback]

Lyn Birkbeck (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 1997

At last, understanding the specific celestial influences at work at the time of your birth and how they affect your life couldn't be simpler. This is the first book to bring together inone comprehensive source all the information you need dwith virtually no calculations to be made.

Product Details

• Paperback: 379 pages
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd. (January 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852308923
• ISBN-13: 978-1852308926
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good tool for beginners, August 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Do it Yourself Astrology (Paperback)

This book presents a relatively simple approach to the compilation of an astrological chart of some accuracy. In addition to the detailed text found accompanying the position of each planet within a house (described as the Essence), there is a fantastic tool called the Transformer. This assesses the negative traits, identifies the problems they cause and suggests behavioural changes which in turn lead to a solution in which the negative traits are transformed into positive ones.

The accuracy of the material, for a book of this level, is quite startling, and there are several levels of complexity which you can progress to if you are inclined. Instructions are pretty easy to follow, and I was able to quickly compile quite detailed charts for the four members of my family over a weekend. Certainly the level of customisation for individuals is far above that for generic sun sign/star sign books.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where planets are at a glance, January 6, 2005

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Sarakani (Harrow United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do it yourself astrology: A user-friendly guide to your personality (Hardcover)

These days doing a chart using a PC is not difficult, but suppose you know some approximate information about someone and you want to find out their likely tendencies based on planetary positions in an instant? This book enables just that. Complicated ephemeris books are a hassle, expensive and difficult to get hold of, especially if you are not an astrologer. About a half of this book is taken up as a very simple ephemeris which shows where all the important planets are from around 1900 to 2000. The layout is simple and huge amounts of data are compressed into user friendly pages. The book provides a basic overview of what planetary positions mean, and then it does personality assessments of all the planets through all the signs - especially the important planets from the Sun to Saturn. It does not go into detail about houses and the ascendant because it is a rough guide to a rough chart. This is often all you may want to know, and at this level very useful. Just to find someone's moon sign is a revealation. The personality profiles for each planet in each sign of an essay on one page and a chart on the other showing negative and positive traits of the placement and how they can be interchanged is once again reader friendly and the book has interesting diagrams and icons (these are not in-depth for generational extra Saturn planets). Altogether a simple, vibrant and very informative book that is like a magnifying glass into the first few stages of astrological analysis based on planets in signs.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Do it Yourself Astrology (Paperback)

I have never read such an accurate book on this subject. I would really rate this highly and recommned it to absolutely anyone, with even the slightest interest iln Astrology. Not only does it give you a step by step guide to your solar chart. It gives you a comprehensive insight to ones, personality and triats. It really helps you to understand yourself better. Even the most cynical of people would be left wondering, I recommend this to anyone:- BUY THIS BOOK!!! Well done Lyn!