Arc netgalley review

Such a fun read, and the first where the author walks you through steps, shows examples and give you a sense of actually understanding how to work your way through the book. Something I find authors of this genre lack. This author hold her own, and the book was so beautiful created.

Fascinating introductory book into astrology. It covers the Sun, Moon, Planets, Houses… it was challenging to read as an ebook. I felt as though it would be better to be able to quickly flip around during the exercises with a physical copy. There is mentions of a second book coming out to engage further in these topics. I look forward to that!

This is a very interesting book. I enjoyed the exercises to help me remember the planets and their interactions. I'm still attempting to work through the material. It is good for someone who needs to write things to remember them.

This book was super interesting. I don't know much about astrology but feel better educated after reading this. My son found this interesting as well! Highly recommend it if you're curious about this topic!

I love astrology, but a lot of astrology books are overwhelming for a novice like me. I really enjoyed this book though and found it fun and easy to follow along, which was great for a beginner like me. I would have much rather read a physical copy of this book though because it was hard bouncing between the toolkit in the back of the book and my spot while reading on my kindle. I ended up just reading on my kindle and my phone at the same time so I didn't have to bounce back and forth. I will be adding this book to my collection in the future and would love to read more books by this author. Also, I really appreciated the author having a website where we could get a free birth chart!

This book is great! It is so in depth!
I wish I had a hard copy instead of the electronic copy as I wanted to write all over it.
The book really made me want to get stuck in and get reading of my own astrology as well as the given examples.
Its pretty full on, and can be a bit overwhelming at times - with the sheer amount of info in the book, but it certainly leaves you feeling you've accomplished something after reading!
Definitely recommend for experienced astrologers or newbies alike!

This is definitely NOT the right book for me! This might be a great book for someone who is much newer to astrology. I picked this up on a whim because I thought that I would learn some new things and also build on the foundation of knowledge that I already have. Creating fill-in-the-blank sentences from word clouds was absolutely not what I was expecting - and incredibly disappointing - and incredibly disappointing. Most especially not choosing a single word or two for each planet + sign + house. Ugh.

I'll be honest, the first time I tried to use this book, my brain wasn't switched on and I didn't understand what was happening. But thankfully, I gave it another shot and I'm so glad I did!

I definitely think you need this book in print form - as it's been designed to be used. I think being digital is why I struggled to grasp the concept at first.

I like how this book is interactive and anyone can do it. I also really enjoyed the writing activities and questions along the way.

Astrology to me is always a fun diversion- I know that my personality and actions aren't guided by the solar system, but I find myself saying 'That's so Aries!' anyway! With that in mind, I was looking for this book to be irreverent, interesting and enjoyable...for me, it didn't quite get there.

My main issue is that the 'interactive' part of this book is really that it's a book-long journaling exercise. You bring your star chart with you, and then start answering questions about what you think about the results. I might have found this interesting in an article, or even a website, but as a book I got tired of it quickly.

Ultimately, your enjoyment of this book will depend on how you feel about journaling. If you enjoy it and enjoy astrology, I think you'll really like this. But if your idea of interactive is something else, it may not be your cup of tea.

I really enjoyed this more in depth understanding of astrology as it's always been an interest of mine.

I will be buying this book when published to refer to.

Thankyou for the arc appreciated

This looks to be part of a coming series, as this is titled the first volume. It covers the luminaries, Sun and Moon, the planets, the Angles, Ascendant and Descendant, MC/IC, and the nodal axis. Chiron and asteroid bodies don't get a mention, neither to any Kuiper Belt bodies and beyond, other than Pluto. Aspects will be covered on the next volume, according to the author.

This is probably, more than enough for a beginner to be getting on with when starting out.

Burbeck emphasises that only a professional should be entrusted with a full interpretation of your Birth Chart, paradoxically this book is full of photocopiable material on how to interpret experientially your own chart, using keywords for each planet, angle, mathematical point, within its house and sign.

One thing he does slightly differently is to group the three inner planets with the three outer ones. This, Uranus becomrs the higher octave of Mercury, Neptune of Venus, and Pluto of Mars. This idea of the transpersonal as being higher octaves is scarcely a new idea either, of course.

This is the 'modern' approach to astrology: the idea that by becoming aware of the planets and how they play out on your chart, the less likely it is that you will be enslaved by them, the more positive sides of each planet becoming more manifest. It is an approach that was very much in vogue in the eighties and nineties. Hopefully, this method of experiencing the main players on your horoscope will be as fresh and exciting an experience for the budding astrologer as might be hoped for. Others since have argued that whilst this approach to astrology seems to favour destiny, it can sometimes reveal itself to show up Fate in a velvet glove.

The thing about keywords too is that they may work as great guides to begin with, as long as they don't end up becoming clichés, a rusted mirror, reflecting nothing. But hopefully there, Uranus will prevail over Mercury.

Possibly too, some of the sample birthcharts used in this volume could have been updated: it's possible a new generation of astrologers won't be massively au fair with Thatcher, there may be more recent colourful figures they might be more worried about.

It might be better to get the hard copy as unfortunately, the handouts for writing on and accompanying comments got somewhat mangled on my Kindle.

Ultimately the proof is in the pudding, and this book invites each reader to try it out for themselves. The author includes a link to his website where birthcharts may be obtained for free, and the addres of his Facebook page is also given, should there be the desire to share insights, feedback, etc.