Meet Your Planets: Fun with Astrology [Paperback]

Roy Alexander (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 8, 1997

A humourous astrology title with serious intentions on your understanding of the stars in your life. Images translate the conventional interpretations of the planets in signs, houses, and aspects so that the reader will always remember their meanings. Beginners will see their natal chart turned into a colourful, dramatic reflection of their own inner drama.

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I'd always thought of astrology the way I think of calculus, until I read Meet Your Planets. Roy Alexander views the relationships between the planets, signs, and houses in an entertaining way that facilitates an understanding of the archetypal make-up of our personalities. At the same time, he shows how astrology can be a useful tool in the psychotherapeutic process of personal development, rather than merely providing a road map of a person's destiny.

About the Author

Roy Alexander, an astrologer since 1970, has a degree in physics and is trained as a psychotherapist, mainly in the system of psychosynthesis, where much use is made of visual imagery.  He was convinced early that astrology worked, but believed it didn't really help people to change.  For twenty-five years, he has been concerned with making astrology more effective.  Roy has published two previous books and a number of articles in astrological magazines, and has spoken at various astrological events.  He lives in London, where he had an astrological practice for ten years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1st edition (July 8, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567180175
• ISBN-13: 978-1567180176
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #451,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A cute idea... ultimately not that helpful, November 26, 1998

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This review is from: Meet Your Planets: Fun with Astrology (Paperback)

It seems like it would be a good way to introduce people to astrology: Alexander makes each planet into a stock character (Venus is the Temple Dancer, Mars is the Tennis Pro...), and then he makes each sign and house into a job. The book mostly consists of descriptions of how each character fares in each house, and what that means for you astrologically. But there's problems with the book, some of which are inherent in the concept. First of all, there's too much emphasis on planets being good in some signs and bad in others--that's kind of an archaic mode of astrology and it just makes people more neurotic, in my opinion. By turning the planets into characters, it makes them seem like something separate from yourself--giving people the opportunity to say, "That's my Mars in Scorpio doing that, not me." And Alexander totally equates the signs and houses, as if they had no separate function at all--which makes astrology both less interesting and less useful. I'm afraid this book would be too misleading to get as a beginner's introduction to astrology. As a more advanced student, I found there were some interesting ideas in the introduction that I wished had been more fully developed. This may be a case of astrology-made-too-simple.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun light read., October 25, 2002

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This review is from: Meet Your Planets: Fun with Astrology (Paperback)

Given the complexities of astrology I applaud anyone who can make a very basic text like this both informative and interesting. Mr. Alexander manages to take a unique idea, the planets as personalities and the signs as occupations, and provide just a bit of insight into the basics of astrology.

This is not a book for the serious astrologer. This is an adequate book for those seeking some insight into their own chart without having to engage in math or try to interpret some massive ephemeris.