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Summary: How to think like an astrologer
Review: Donna Cunningham has written a brief and thoughful book about how astrologers think. She set out to avoid the typical "cookbook" approach and instead focuses on how astrologers combine key factors to interpret a chart. She has succeeded at her task. Donna gives step by step examples of how she arrives at a delineation so that the reader can follow her example when confronting a new chart. This text reminds me of a book I once read about how to learn a new language. It does not teach the language but rather gives helpful advice on how to structure your studies for maximal effect. My only regret is that Donna did not include more examples so that we could see more of her method in action. I would highly recommend this book to astrologers at any level of expertise.
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Summary: How to think like an astrologer
Review: Donna Cunningham has written a brief and thoughful book about how astrologers think. She set out to avoid the typical "cookbook" approach and instead focuses on how astrologers combine key factors to interpret a chart. She has succeeded at her task. Donna gives step by step examples of how she arrives at a delineation so that the reader can follow her example when confronting a new chart. This text reminds me of a book I once read about how to learn a new language. It does not teach the language but rather gives helpful advice on how to structure your studies for maximal effect. My only regret is that Donna did not include more examples so that we could see more of her method in action. I would highly recommend this book to astrologers at any level of expertise.
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Summary: Exactly what I was looking for...
Review: I have only been reading charts for a couple of years now, but I always knew I was missing something the astrological "cookbooks" couldn't teach me. Ever since I read Ms. Cunningham's book, I realized that what I was missing out on was not technical expertise but the ability to get a feel for the chart just by looking at it, rather than immediately having to resort to a book for explanations of planets in signs, houses, etc. The creative presentation of the material along with the author's straightforward writing style really helped me to begin thinking astrologically. I can now approach a new chart with confidence (instead of flat-out terror!) and start to interpret on my own. I can't recommend this book enough to people like me who have a firm grasp of the basics and want to move up to the next level.
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Summary: A brilliant book when you're ready to integrate
Review: I was reluctant to buy Donna's book. My bookshelves are already overflowing with astrology books - many of them unread. But I was captured by her premise. "If you have been practicing for a year and don't feel comfortable reading an actual horoscope, then this is the book you need!" I still get the stunned deer look when confronting a chart for the first time. I start trying to dig through remembrances of past cookbooks I have read. Donna's anti-cookbook approach teaches you how to reason astrologically so you can deduce the delineations yourself. It is not a primer. You need to have the basics firmly in hand that you learned in the cookbooks. What she does is show you how to cut through the clutter, find and read the essential themes in the chart. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has studied astrology for a while and is ready to consolidate their book learning into more easy, flowing interpretations.
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Summary: The best How-To Book on Reading Charts
Review: I've been reading charts since the 1960s and still found much to savor in this book. Cunningham is a master of sorting out the important from the background noise.The more we learn and the more astrological factors we know about, the more complex it can become to read a chart. Cunningham takes us back to the basics in a way that brings new richness to every chart you will read. Thanks Donna!
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Summary: The best How-To Book on Reading Charts
Review: I've been reading charts since the 1960s and still found much to savor in this book. Cunningham is a master of sorting out the important from the background noise. The more we learn and the more astrological factors we know about, the more complex it can become to read a chart. Cunningham takes us back to the basics in a way that brings new richness to every chart you will read. Thanks Donna!
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Summary: best on astrology
Review: Very glad i have this book! Helped me very much to learn more about astrology! Thanks Donna!
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Summary: best on astrology
Review: Very glad i have this book! Helped me very much to learn more about astrology! Thanks Donna!
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