Ancient Astrology
By Tamsyn Barton
Routledge, 2005, 245 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9780415110297
R320 from Bookshelf

A History Of Horoscopic Astrology – From The Babylonian Period to the Modern Age (2nd Ed)
By James Herschel Holden
AFA, 2006, 378 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9780866904636
R300

The Astrology of Death
By Richard Houck
Groundswell Press, 1994, 390 pages, Paperbackbr> ISBN: 9780964161252
R250

Angela Gibson truly is the angel of books incarnate. In between searching for another gem for my book collection at her table of delectables, and chatting to her about my inability to shed weight and get rid of the persistent eczema hound that gatecrashed my skin at puberty, she recommended this Astro-research book.

Just skimming through this book with its sure hand and easy going style it is obvious that Townley is a seasoned Astrologer as well as writer. In fact he is a past president of the Astrologer's Guild of Aerica and his published writings are on mainly love and relationships as seen in Astrology and Astrological cycles.

Ever doubted Astrology? Or are you almost fanatically defensive of our art/science, claiming that Astrology is the Alpha and Omega of life? Garry Phillipson takes a look at both sides of the coin and presents the reader with the third forgotten side.

Hmmm ... sometimes I think my mind's a touch too critical to truly enjoy a radical theory. Currently trying to wade my way through Slave Species of god by Michael Tellinger (ISBN 1-920070-13-3). Given that I tend to zip through a standard five hundred page book in about 24 hours, 'wade' is appropriate because I've been reading this for the last 3 weeks and I'm just not getting through it.

Solar Returns as we know give us a personal (the Sun in the Chart is at the birth degree) insight into trends for our forthcoming year until the next birthday.

By analyzing the qualities or Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable strengths in a natal chart we can, says the author, pick out personal characteristics at a glance, so giving us a greater understanding and insight into the various personality types.

Here is a book after my own heart - electional astrology uses rules from and complements horary astrology (my own interest), the author is a well-established astrologer and the book is clearly and excellently presented from the users' point of view.