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.

What profession we enter into or what job we do is one of the most important decisions in life for most people. Some people do not or cannot follow their instinct for what they want to do, because of parental pressure or simply because they have no choice. Here is a very compact and neat volume on where our aptitude lies according to our charts.

Can one ever successfully describe the infinite with such finite tools as words? In his new book, The Blade of Grass and the Footprint of the Calf: The Mind and Heart of God, South African author, Raymond Reichman-Israelsohn, shares his transformatory experiences, epiphanies and insights. Raymond's dharmic path is through the intuitive glimpses of jnana yoga - the yoga of the intellect - and leads the attentive reader along a spiritual denouement ...

From the first few pages and the last few (which offer courses, tapes and other services provided by the author), the first impression is that Blaschke is a very serious practitioner of the Art of Astrology and from what he offers, is willing to share his knowledge. As well as telephone consultations and possibilities of invitations to lecture, he also offers a contact address. The obvious American drive to marketing oneself is perhaps a little brash for some tastes.