Planets in the Signs & Houses: Vedic Astrology Handbook II (Vedic Astrologer's Handbook)

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Summary: My Copy is Now In the Trash
Review: Overall this is flawed book. If I could go back and reduce the number of stars I gave, it I would. I am editing my review on Jan 1, 2005. My original review was on Dec 31, 2004. It deserves one or two stars only. This book is not for the faint of heart. It does not give the reader both a positive and negative attribute for each placement. In 70 percent of the cases, the interpretation is either a negative one or a positive one. It would be nice if the world were that black and white.

The best thing this did for me is to recognize my negative traits and try to improve them. No overt recommendations were made.This is baloney. I'm sure that a vedic astrologer doing any chart would either make appropriate suggestions and/or give both positive and negative traits to each placement. Otherwise, his or her clients would either jump off a bridge or dance in the streets. Business needs to be steadier than that.

Bloomfield's Intro to Vedic Astrology gives recommendations for strengthening houses as well as more balanced interpretations.

I could also reccommend Jan Spiller's astrology for the soul(tremendous) and Spiller's Spritual Astrology (tremendous). I also have Several Linda Goodman books. I suggest that you either get Bloomfield's Intro to vedic astrology or some of the aforementioned western astrology books before buying this book.

Or better for you, don't buy this book at all.