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I don't really know anything about astrology other than what some of the signs are. As someone who has zero prior knowledge this was an interesting read.

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Found the book okay but once you’ve looked up the birthday of yourself and your family - what do you do with it then? I have buoyed it but it’s not a keeper for me.

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This title begins with a deep explanation of the principles of astrology. I suspect that many readers will, however, quickly turn to their own birth date or to those of the significant people in their lives. Readers will, undoubtedly, look to see how the descriptions accord with their own senses of self or others. It can be an interesting pursuit and one that could lead to great popularity for this book.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for this title. All opinions are my own.

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This is such a fun book and would make a great gift for an astrology lover! I found the information shared for the birthdays of myself and loved ones to be pretty accurate as well!

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Interesting at the beginning, reading the astrology history and facts. Colour was pretty.

But that's it.

I didn't find the personal descriptions to describe anyone I knew with that birthday, and some it seemed to be the exact opposite of everything else I've read about that person.

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This book was very informative and I enjoyed looking at the different birthdates, especially those of people in my family,

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This was such a fun book and would be great for a birthday gift. My family had so much fun reading through the different sections for our birthdays. So many things were spot on. I really liked how it was organized and it had some very interesting facts. This will definitely a book I will be gifting in the future!

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The Complete Book of Birthdays - Gift Edition" by Clare Gibson is a reference book that offers personality predictions for each day of the year.

This book contains detailed personality profiles for every day, which can be combined with your astrological sign to obtain accurate results. It is based on the unique blend of astrology and psychology, and it aims to assist readers in uncovering the secrets of their true selves.

Moreover, this book serves as a comprehensive and accessible guide, providing insights into your birthday profile and empowering you to maximize your potential. With its thorough coverage of personality predictions based on astrology and psychology, it proves to be an excellent resource for individuals seeking to delve deeper into astrology and expand their knowledge.

As someone who has always recognized the significance of their birthday and sun sign, I found this book to be immensely captivating. Its inclusion of historical information on astrology adds depth to the content, making it an ideal gift for anyone interested in this fascinating field.

Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as it satisfies my curiosity about my birth date and astrological signs.

Therefore, I highly recommend it to others who share a similar interest.

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I've always been slightly obsessed with astrology, numerology, and the like so when I saw this book was available as a READ NOW option, I jumped at it. The level of insight and accuracy into the personalities of my closest friends and family was amazing. When I went to my own birthday entry, my mind was truly blown away. It's like the author peeked into my life and then wrote this entry - even my chosen career field is correct!

If you're a fan of astrology, this book is definitely for you!

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If you are interested in the stars and astrology and enjoy sharing that knowledge to many people I can see this as something one would seek as a beginner. However, as one person it only shows very little insight to your own birthday

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I have always loved astrology and learning more about my sign placements! This even had bit of Shakespeare background having to do with astrology and the history in general in west and east of astrology! I believe we have most of not all of our sign traits and it's insane how we match up with them!

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Thisi is a fun and fascinating book that combines astrology and psychology to give you insights into your personality, relationships, and health. It's easy to use and accessible, and would make a great gift for anyone who is into this sort of thing and wants to learn more about themselves or their loved ones.

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This is a comprehensive book with so much information about birthdates and astrology. I found out so much new information and enjoyed reading about myself and my loved ones on their birthdates.

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I am not really an astrology person, but I thought this book sounded interesting and I was curious to see if it was accurate when it comes to me and then also my close family and friends.

Obviously I didn't read every single page, but the ones I did read, the dates that were relevant to me, I did find the information fascinating. My daughter for example....is most compatible with somebody born on MY BIRTH DATE! My daughter and I are crazy close, so I thought that was quite fun to read.

I think if you have a friend who loves astrology and horoscopes, they'd love this book to just whip out as a party trick! And they'd probably be analysing every person that they meet!

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Hmmmmm…. It’s always fun to pick up these books and read all the profiles of everyone you know but I found that the profiles were not really close for the vast majority of the people I know. The one exception is that it was spot on for one of my kids but considering I looked up about 10 loved ones, that’s a 10% accuracy rate and I feel like you’re likely to just get lucky that often.

A lot of the profiles seemed somewhat accurate but rather vague and to say things that would apply to lots of people. As an experiment, I turned to two random dates far from my birthday and in two signs different from mine and from each other and pretended they were my profiles. Each of those actually described me better than my own birthday. I did that again with a few other people I know, just randomly assigning them a birthday and seeing how accurate it was. Those were also just as descriptive of those people as their real birthdays. I think whatever profile we get for a person, we’re likely to try to make it fit.

For those who believe in astrology, this is likely to be a good gift. There’s a lot of information and I enjoyed the extras like other people born on that date.

I read a temporary digital copy of this book for review.

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I very much enjoyed going through and reading the profiles for all of my friends and family based on their birthdays. There were a large majority that I felt really hit the nail on the head and only a small few that didn’t feel very accurate. Mine was spot on in both my opinion as well as my friends opinions. We took turns reading ours aloud and the. Discussed what parts we connected with for each other and what parts didn’t seem accurate. There weren’t any changes that I would have made but due to the inaccuracies I came across I have to rate this 4 stars. I loved the concept, and the delivery and the writing flowed beautifully. This book will make an excellent birthday gift!

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group Wellfleet Press for the Advanced Readers Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Average. Reminds me of the original book Birthday Book published decades ago. I think it could have been useful to provide more explanation about a particular date (e.g., the negative polarity element indicated at the top of each birthday profile). While interesting, I am also confused as to why there were Chinese horoscopes and their elements in the first chapter. The book does not touch upon these further.

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Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press for an advanced copy of this book.

The book is organized in the order of the zodiac instead of the calendar year, therefore, the book starts on March 21 and ends on March 20. For some reason, I did like that decision to order the dates like that. The reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that I went to four different dates and felt that the info given on those dates did not match the people I know were born on those specific dates. The information given is general, and I expected that the book was not going to be very specific for each person, yet it was so generic I just did not feel it met my expectations.

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Obviously I did not read all 366 days, but I read many.

Never before have I read such spot on descriptions. I loved learning more about friends and family by their date of birth.

The writing flows and is easy to understand. The history section is extremely informative, and the side notes made it even more interesting.

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I love this. This had descriptions specifically for each date of the year, categorized by zodiac sign, starting with the first zodiac, Aries. It gives the dates for each zodiac sign and explains the various planets and how they correspond with astrology. Very informative for more than just the birthdays

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