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 Very Interesting! September 10, 2008
The Rising Sign was quite informative and interesting. Ms. Avery gave me a different perspective on how to read my rising sign. Boy was it accurate!
Good Book for study April 17, 2007
This book is good for study
and for learning a good deal
about the subject of astrology.
I do recommend it.
 A Standard January 21, 2006
I own many astrology books, and this is one of those staples of a complete library. Well written and insightful, it is a text you'll go back to again and again. A must have.
 Insightful! December 20, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I haven't seen another astrology book like this one. Ms. Avery breaks down the house wheel of each rising sign, describing each house as it falls on each sign.
For example, if you are Pisces rising, you have Pisces on the first house, Aries on the second, Taurus on the third, etc., all the way around the wheel. Ms. Avery relates what each of these mean for every sign.
The result is a more full understanding of each rising sign. For example, why might people who are Virgo rising feel constricted because of their own children? Because Capricorn (constriction) is on the fifth house (children).
The only drawback is that, understandably, the book does not deal with interceptions. I don't see how this would even be possible, with all the combinations for each sign. This minor drawback should not influence one's decision to buy the book.
Originally, I wrote a negative review of this book, but decided to change it since I found myself going back to the book again and again! So, you may have noticed the one star above; that is from the original review. Amazon won't let me change the stars now, but if I could, I'd give it four.
Astrology meets Psychology July 9, 2002
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the most thorough book on the subject of one's Ascendent I have ever found. If a skeptic who's simply read one's sun sign description and thought, "that's not me" read this book, they would have to question their skepticism! Jeanne Avery takes each ascendent through all 12 houses, so we get a thorough picture of how it influences us in all aspects of our life. This is much more fine-tuned and expansive than just the sun sign! Additionally, she uses an ego-centered psychology paradigm (the name of it escapes me at the moment, sorry!) to explain how the ascendent affects our egos. For instance, some houses speak to our adult ego state, while others represent the inner child. She also includes not only the sign on the cusp of the house, but tells you how this sign affects you more particularly based on where the planet it rules is in your natal chart. This is one of the few astrology books that I have read that made me say yes, that's me, and now I know what I have to work on so that these issues affect me constructively and positively, rather than holding me back. It is best to read this book with your natal chart already completed. The quick-and-easy guide to your ascendent is as accurate as this kind of guide can be (which is shaky at best), but it's more reassuring to come to the book with this information already at hand. Plus you'll want to know where your planets are house wise, to get the full benefit of Avery's information.
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