How to Handle Your Human Relations [Paperback]

Lois Haines Sargent (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1995

Our connections with other people are perhaps the most basic fact of life, and yet they can be very complicated. The astrology of relationships, including such links as love and marriage, friendship, family ties and business associations, is the subject of this most thorough and detailed guide. It covers attraction, endurability and mental agreement as well as the position of Saturn. From interchart aspects to cross-chart house connections, all the major tricks of the synastry trade are explained in this book. Lois Haines Sargent's well written, well read volume has been a best sellar ever since its first printing in 1958.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: American Federation of Astrologers (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0866901531
• ISBN-13: 978-0866901536
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful synastry astrology reference book, April 2, 2002

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Tim Burness (Brighton, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Handle Your Human Relations (Paperback)

This book is worth buying for chapter 8, "Comparison Of Aspects" alone. All the possible planetary combinations are worked through one by one, giving clear guidelines as to the corresponding kind of interactions between the two individuals concerned. I have often found it very handy to pull out an occasional quote from this chapter when presenting a chart comparison. I have not seen such concise, top quality, synastry information anywhere else.

Otherwise, great astrology but not so sure about all the relationship advice! Written in 1958, some of the attitudes towards relationships and partnerships inevitably seem a bit out of date and rather limited e.g. many comments about the leadership of the man and the domesticity of the woman in marriage. There is still much good common sense here, even though much of it seems rather obvious at the beginning of the 21st century.

Another criticism is the notable absence of ascendants and midheavens in the comparison of aspects, especially as the author states quite early on, "most important in judging attraction is the aspect between the ascendant of one chart and the planets of the other".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars one of the better books, February 6, 1999

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Luc De Jaeger (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Handle Your Human Relations (Paperback)

According to a lot of astrologers this book is one of the better ones. Indeed it is. In this small book Lois Sargent takes a look at how to look for compatibility (attraction, endurability etc..) in horoscopes. In the second part of the book you can find a comparison of aspects. It's a pity that nothing is said about the aspects to the ascendant or midheaven (the most important points in a horoscope!). I do not always agree with the descriptions and this made me think that comparing different horoscopes to compatibility is one of the most difficult and empirical unresearched fields in astrology.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I have ever bought for Astrology, January 22, 2002

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Cadet Mom (Duluth, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Handle Your Human Relations (Paperback)

I bought this book in the 1970's in Sacramento, California. This is by far the best book I have ever bought for Astrology. It emphasizes self-understanding & speaks in real English for any type of Astrologer. It shows you how one person ineracts with another person. Age has nothing to do with relationships. Astrology chart comparisons do. Parent-Child, Family Relationship, Friendships, Bussiness, & Love and Marriage.