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House Book

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I wholeheartedly recommend this book for both amateur and professsional astrologers. It is very well written and the insights are bountiful. Before the influence of a planet is described in the houses, there is a preface containing an excellent (and sometimes poetic) description of the function and meaning of that particular planet. The action of Venus, for instance, is brought to life by the image of the handmaiden "arranging, soothing, tidying, perfecting, and making the environment comfortable and beautiful." Once into the houses, the descriptions are vivid and insightful, and the author will occasionally use a well-chosen archetype to illuminate the mentality of a certain position, e.g. Peter Pan for Neptune in the Third House. The spectrum of concerns is broad, from the practical to the spiritual, but the emphasis - thankfully - is on character traits rather than psychological complexes. Hence there is a surefootedness to the text which is lacking in other books on the same theme. Finally, there are two very useful sections at the end on Rectification and Basic Principles for Beginners. This book is a must for everyone interested in astrology. Congratulations to the author!

What a sweet, sweet addition to our astrological libraries! Stephanie Camilleri has achieved a deceptively simple guide to the houses and an elegant dynamic picture of the flow of relationships with dispositors. It is the rare astrology book that you find yourself reading through from start to finish; both beginners and masters will find what they want here! Bravo, Stephanie!

This book has just recently been published and the author does a great job! Refreshingly and rather uniquely, Camilleri took over 1500 charts and evaluated similarities and peculiarities of each placing of the nine planets in all 12 houses of the zodiac. I was TRULY amazed at the phenomenal accuracy of detail which I discovered while looking up placements in charts of myself and loved ones; I've read hundreds of astrology books: this of one of the most simplex and one of the best!

I have been tinkering around with astrology for about 10 years and have always come up against brick walls when it came to getting clear answers to my astrological questions, until I found The House Book. Stephanie's down-to-earth, linear thinking is exactly what the majority of "lay-astrologers" have needed for a very long time. My copy of The House Book has been read and re-read so many times that before long, I'll need a new copy.
If you don't already own a copy of this book, please hit the "add to cart" button. You'll be very happy that you did.

This is one of the best astrology books I've yet to read. I got an early copy of it and read it cover to cover. I'd never given houses the full respect that they deserve in my studies of astrology. Thank you, Stephanie Camilleri!

This is the first time I have ever submitted a book review. Thank you so much for your book. I have been reading astrology books for the past 16 years and have aquired a fairly decent reference library. I consider your book to be the best, most accurate, helpful book I own. It was a joy to explore, over and over your observations were right on the mark. Once again, thank you for your contribution to astrology and those of us that study it.

Ms. Camilleri's book is one of my top five most-used astrology books, and has been for years. Her spot-on descriptions of planets in houses beats almost anything else I own--I rank it right up there with Robert Hand, Sue Tompkins, John Frawley and Karen Hamaker-Zondag, to name a few of my astrology gods. I keep waiting for more books to arrive from the desk of this writer. I couldn't disagree more with the other reviewers who dismissed this book as old-fashioned and lacking depth--what it is, is smart, practical, totally accurate, astonishingly insightful, specific (so many books are so VAGUE) and extremely helpful both to the student or professional astrologer. Unlike some other astrology writers, her language is immediate, direct, easy to grasp, and the content of the book is simply brilliant. It's a real shame that we don't have more books by this talented writer, when the market is so flooded with second-rate work on the subject. Buy the book, you'll always be glad you did. I agree with another reviewer who called this book a classic. You'll keep it long after you've sold or given away most of the others.

I would like to gently correct the person who described The House Book as "hideous". The descriptions that this person found offensive are simply points of human behavior that the astrologer should be on the lookout for when doing a chart. Obviously there are many things that must be present in the chart in order for a person to be "homosexual", "sexually frustrated" etc., and I believe that Stephanie explains this plainly in the book.

If you want honest, easy to understand astrological guidance, and want to benefit from Stephanie Camilleri's extensive research of astrology, please arm yourself this book. I don't have enough space here to explain how much I have learned from The House Book, but suffice it to say that I am on my second copy as my first one has been worn to shreds!

This rotten review only serves to demonstrate that there are some people who really shouldn't dabble in astrology and should leave it to those who know what they're doing.

Stephanie Camilleri has researched a lot of natal charts (some 1500) to write this book. That's a lot of data, but I think that it could be better. With Lois M. Rodden's AstroDatabank (containing 20000 horoscopes) one should be able to look for more indepth interpretations. Stephanie's book is interesting, but I miss some sparkling new and innovate delineations.I miss the rulerships too. It certainly is a good book for beginners.

This is the first time I actually write a review. I've been studying astrology for the past eight years, and recently have collected quite a few astrology books. I was so excited when I ordered this book, since I truly believe that there are VERY few books out there that truly focus on the placements of planets in the houses, and I had been looking for something like this forever it seemed like! However, I was truly dissappointed when I read this book, I found it bizarre that she is almost fixated with the idea that so many placements are a "partial testimony to homosexuality"! This is a common theme throughout this book!
I have nothing against homosexuality, but it is shocking to read it over and over again! Its rediculous!