The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need

Everyone's favorite astrology book, having sold over 500,000 copies, includes an interactive CD-ROM and a new redesign for 2008! This edition of The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need still includes detailed information about how to cast your own chart the old-fashioned way and more importantly, how to interpret it once you're finished. Find your place is the cosmos and determine the strengths and weaknesses of each Zodiac sign, and use the CD-ROM to cast your chart in minutes. Once your personalized astrological report is created, you will be directed to the corresponding pages in the book to read further about moon and sun signs, ascending signs, placement of the planets in their houses, and more.

I always believe that anyone who is undertaking a subject intensely may need more than one resource...however, I can certainly say that this should be one of the main ones to use for beginners.

Astrology, to me was always a complicated subject and creating a chart for a beginner like myself has always been hell. Learning the some of the different ways that charts are created and the meanings of houses, decanates, etc can confuse a person who is studying alone. I can honestly say that I learned a great deal. Of course, there is more...PLENTY more. But, for the newbie, this can be a great start.

The author informs you of what page to refer to in order to find your ascending sign, and basically to what degree, how to find your moon sign, and other things that one wonders about often. I have not used the CD yet, but, the foreward will also explain that the CD will refer you back to the page number that gives further explanation of what a certain area in your chart means, which is very important.

While I understand that the more experienced persons who rendered their critique say that there is much more involved, please know that your beginnings on any subject should not overwhelm you, but should be used as a building block for the next stage, which there are other books that can assist with that. It is well worth the purchase, and I will be using this as a reference very often. I also have to note that this was purchased on my birthday...I believe it was meant for me to see a book that finally simplified astrology for my needs.

I am a kind of an amateur in astrology, so I purchased this book as starters and found it useful personally because it explains basics of astrology. I feel I would need to go forward to buy more advanced book later but at this moment I am satisfied with this book.

I love this book. It was cheap and almost new. Very detailed, but don't let it get to your head. Lol.

This is really a very helpful book. The one I bought even had some nifty software with it! Joanna really walks you through it step by step which is very nice. The only thing i could ask for is more information on the nodes and extra stuff. And more about how the sextiles and whatnot mean. I believe this is a very good place to start but not necessarily " the ONLY" one you'll ever need. I very much recommend this to anyone who, like myself is looking for a good reference for charting.

I am a professional Astrologer who has studied astrology for 16 years now. This was my first Astrology book at 15 and it was a very dim general introduction.To advise you before buying: It is very dumbed down for the novice to understand. There are better books to get a better understanding about astrology. The art of chart interpretation is complex and cannot be that simplified. If you want to accurately learn astrology then I suggest authors like Stephen Arroyo,Steven Forrest,Kevin Burke, ,Noel Tyl. I teach basic astrology and I would never recommend this book to my students. In an effort to be fair I will say if you do not want to cast charts and know some slight details on houses ,signs etc then this is a decent introduction but by no means is this a great book for the beginning astrology student. I will say although it was (((my first book)))) It never took me to that next level I was seeking. If I would have relied on it as my only book I would not be a good astrologer today.