The Instant Astrologer: Everything You Need to Cast and Read Your Own Birth Chart [Hardcover]

Felix Lyle (Author), Bryan Aspland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999

With this book's unique CD-ROM, students of astrology can find out everything they need to cast and read their own birth chart. Full color.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; Pap/Cdr edition (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312194277
• ISBN-13: 978-0312194277
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,780,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author's statement, October 19, 2000

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This review is from: The Instant Astrologer: Everything You Need to Cast and Read Your Own Birth Chart (Hardcover)

As the author of the book, I am responding to the review that the CD is 'buggy'. This was true of version 1, which was released only in the UK and Australia, but not of version 2 (the international version), which is bug free. Anyone who has bought version 1 can replace it free of charge by returning the CD to the publisher, whose address will be found in the accompanying book.

On a more general note the package was designed as a 'first-steps' course for beginners, and therefore avoids the more (highly) complex issues such as House systems. The program calculates planetary movements to within 1 minute of accuracy, which from most astrologers' point of view, is as accurate as you could want it!

As a course, we feel the package is unique: beginners' books offer guidelines for individual charts only. This one deals with relationships as well. I strongly recommend it... but then I would, wouldn't I!

Felix Lyle

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So clear and condensed., February 9, 2004

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durgueil (France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Instant Astrologer: Everything You Need to Cast and Read Your Own Birth Chart (Hardcover)

sad thing is that there is no upgrade to something more advanced as far as I know, that would grant access to a forum where one can ask questions, like "your system calculates a square but the stars in aspect are in two signs that are in trine". Is it a trine or is it a square? Anoying to have to do that by snailmail.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, August 30, 2000

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Mal Orr (perth, australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Instant Astrologer: Everything You Need to Cast and Read Your Own Birth Chart (Hardcover)

good but appears to be calculation errors in the software ie planetary positions are sometimes 1 minute inaccurate for faster moving planets.also the software only calculates equal house system. Otherwise Ok for beginners.