It described my relationship with accuracy

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	• Linda Goodman's Relationship Signs Linda Goodman, Carolyn Reynolds Bantam, 1999 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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Insightful, but a little disappointing

I've loved Linda's work for so many years. But to me, in this book the writing is strained, while the humor is often flippant during passages that could have been otherwise profound. Also, the jocular, light tone repeatedly used while discussing difficult aspects struck me as excessive.

Way too much energy was spent on trying to make this book accessible to an audience completely unversed in astrology. For a book focusing on the definition of aspects, that is asking a lot of a novice reader. Many will likely be dismayed by the first 50 pages that are required knowledge for understanding the rest of the book. And afterwards, turned off by the last 200 pages dedicated to erroneous ephemeris detail.

If you don't know astrology, save yourself a lot of trouble and get your natal chart computed for free on the many internet sites that exist beforehand. This book's valiant, but useless, effort at trying to provide for everyone with rounded figures won't get you anything reliably accurate. It's nice to learn to how do your own chart, but this is the wrong book to start with.

Furthermore, no data in this book will tell what degree your planets are in - and you can't know any aspects without knowing degrees. So why 200+ pages were wasted on this section is beyond me.

As for the aspect definitions (pages 55-255) -- the only part of the book I think, actually written by Linda Goodman -- it is very good in parts. I definitely gained interesting insights there, and consider it to be worth the purchase just for those. Not her best work though. In addition, the section on rising signs was superficial and stereotyped. I can't even believe she wrote it.

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Amazing

Pure, simply and plain amazingly, freakingly accurate and true. A good tool to understand (and manage) relationships.

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It described my relationship with accuracy

I bought this book a few years ago when I was seeing a particular Taurus, and I wanted to find out our compatibility. At the time, I was not as well versed in Astrology as I am now, but I did have both of our charts printed from an online source, and I just matched up the details and looked them up in this book.

I found some things to be accurate which I would never have wished to be so! But the book "told it like it was" and I soon found that some of the Saturn aspects could not be avoided, and I was quite shocked to discover that Linda was totally right about a Moon-Uranus transit which spelled disaster! She talks about how a Moon square Uranus will cause breakups and separations galore and that you've got to have some heavy aspects to counter-act this one. Even to this day, that particular excerpt stands out in my mind because it proved to be so true.

I will say that it can be a little difficult to navigate through this book because you are constantly flipping back and forth. Linda also has a section in the front of the book called "Love Aspects" which are also covered later in the book, so you'll end up reading those twice (though the information is slightly different for the same aspect). A little bit of patience and discernment is required. I only wish that there was something in the book to indicate the weight of a given aspect. You'll get a wide range of interpretations which could contradict one another because there are so many potential aspects in a synastry analysis.

If you are determined and you have your chart done before-hand, you can get benefit out of this book. I would still get a professional synastry interpretation done so that you can get a better sense of what issues are likely to effect you the most because some aspects will only come into play during extreme circumstances and aren't likely to be present in your day to day experience.

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Available in paperback for the very first time, here's everything you need to make your own astrological readings of your most precious relationships

Why do you feel you've known someone for years when you've just met?
Why are you attracted to someone who seems like your complete opposite?
Why do you and your loved one argue the way you argue?
How can you make your relationships last in spite of your differences?

The answers to these questions can be found within your birth chart and that of your loved one. Linda Goodman's Relationship Signs is the first astrology book to provide a totally individual, detailed analysis of how compatible you and your partner really are. Whether you are familiar with astrology or a complete novice, this comprehensive reference shows you step-by-step how to find the keys to harmony and the areas of potential trouble--all you need is each person's birth date and time. Individually tailored to you and your loved one, here is your guide to the relationships that mean the most to you.

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