Sexual Astrology - Linda Goodman's Star Signs

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Rating: - Serious readers, please avoid this book
To all students/seekers of any of the occult sciences...please avoid this book. The crap written in this book doesn't stand up to the established facts. I'm a Indian and Hindu and I've been studying some of the ancient Vedic texts on the matter. So please note: [1] She's got Sign-Planetary assignments wrong.. e.g. Scorpion is ruled by Pluto, wrong both Mars and Pluto comes into picture. [2] Numbering systems ... Does she has any idea where 0 (zero) was invented ? Not by some god forsaken cavemen as she tries to say...but by scholars in India around 2-5 A.D., read some of the Albert Einsteins quote on the matter. Furthermore, the Chaldean system is much younger than Egyptian and Vedic ones. [3] Avatars...Another piece of crap...Avatar in Sanskrit means Supreme Lord incarnate, they live like normal mortals and die...there are 10 in Hindu mythology...9 have appeared ( last one being Buddha )...10th awaited., she tries to tell she met one. [4] Immortality...Is there any religion or sect on this face of earth which preches immortality ? Cycle of Life and Death is an universal theme.

Finally, for practitioners...Western astrology is very accurate in character analysis but fails in event prediction. Things are opposite in Indian astrology, my horoscope(Indian/Vedic) is bang accurate about the events I've faced in my life but it falters when describing personality type.
The reason is Western system is based on Sun signs, but does not take into account the axial displacement of the earth over thousands of years, so resultant calculations gets inaccurate, whereas the Indian system uses Moon sign and planetery positions in the birth chart is very accurate.

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Rating: - Interesting but partly inaccurate
Unlike her previous books (Sun Signs, Love Signs) where she spoke merely of sun signs and the relations between signs, in Star Signs, Goodman deals with topics as diverse as Astrological career guide to numerology, as well as color therapy to lose or gain weight. In addition to this she talks about north south polarity, karma, ghosts, gurus etc. Interestingly, she also talks about Physical Immortality and has listed 11 steps towards becoming physically immortal. She has also included some interesting snippets of information such as the fact that it was Nikola Tesla who discovered AC, which is used in every home. Edison had only discovered DC. In addition to all this New Age (if you want to call it that) wisdom, she has also given a list of books you can buy if you are interested in Astrology in particular or the Occult in general. One glaring error in this book is that Goodman equates Avatar with Guru. This is absolutely untrue. An avatar means reincarnation A guru is a teacher. Also some of the things she says such as English being the language spoken in Eden might be hard to digest. In spite of these little glitches I d still recommend this book highly

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Rating: - down right awful
If you like fluffy bunny new age crap,then this book is for you. However if you like reality then overlook this book. The part that made me the angriest was when she said that it was okay to kill plants for food,but not animals,and that we didnt need protein in our diet. If you want to eat,you have to kill something to eat,unless you want to destroy your body by putting artificial substances in it. This book was so awful that I couldnt even finish it.

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Rating: - Essential Knowledge for the Esoteric Student
Approximately ten years ago, I checked this book out from the library and when I browsed the contents I was spooked and couldn't read it. I now know that "spooked" feeling comes when I am not ready to inherit such knowledge. In other words, I was not ready for this book. About six years ago, I read Star Signs in it's entirety and refer to it often when encountering life's mysteries. It is deep for the most part - one should not begin his or her spiritual journey with this book. Some prior knowledge of astrology and numerology is helpful. Goodman will educate you on your personal colors, herbs and foods that are good for your body, careers that you would be happy with, karma, past lives, and lexigrams. This book explains why some people can see ghosts and others cannot. Linda also touched on a quirky town in Colorado, Cripple Creek, that matched her eccentric personality (I had to visit this place after reading the book). There is so much information here - you will be able to refer back to it for your entire life! The bottom line is, Star Signs - written in 1987 - was way before it's time, however, Linda died five years ago so the knowledge had to be transmitted prematurely. I hope there is a resurgence of this book in the near future.

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Rating: - yes what did happen to Sally
I am currently reading Star signs - I am heavyly into numerology at the moment and find it very interesting what Linda has to say about that. It is a heavy book and it will take a long time to digest it so I am reading bits by bits - and really enjoying it. I am also curious to know what did happen to her daughter Sally...that is the only problem about this interesting book - LG sometimes leaves out a bit of information or wanders off, where it is sometimes difficult to follow her.. But a great book