[.uk] Madalyn Aslan's Jupiter Signs (ISBN 0452285909)

Spirit-Affirming:
I know the author as a psychic medium so I thought this book would have more of her in the wiccan vein. It's not that, but I learned a lot I didn't know before and her amazing life-force message still comes through. Here she concentrates on positive healing through astrology and gives specifics and examples to assist. The self-empowerment is frankly amazing though she's not even reading you..!

MADALYN GETS IT RIGHT AGAIN:
I used to be somewhat cynical about the world of astrology and psychic intelligence - and Madalyn Aslan completely changed my perspective. I am a regular visitor to her website to view my horoscope each month, and I found this book fascinating (and, regarding my Jupiter sign characteristics and those of my friends, spot on!). Madalyn is a woman of tremendous perception and inspiration - I can't recommend this too highly.

Gives only Part of the Story:
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system but you can put all of the planets inside the Sun and have a great deal of space left over. Jupiter does not bring you luck if it is conjnct, square, or in opposition to Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto. When Jupiter even squares the Sun it will bring the native lots of trouble, mainly due to overdoing! For example too much house or car, a hobby that is out of hand, or too much work of an workaholic. Jupiter brings you luck ONLY when WELL ASPECTED IN THE NATAL CHART. If you want to waste your time reading the Sun signs column in the newspaper or magazine try reading your Ascendant instead of your Sun Sign. The script is determined by the position of the Moon on that day and it's aspects. If you are a Scorpio, today with the Moon in Scorpio, it will reference something about your 1st house matters while it will refer to twelfth house matters for Libra. Which is nonsense if Gemini is you ascendant. The Ascendant can only be known when you know your TIME OF BIRTH. This is a "cookbook" based on an a invalid premise. When you sprinkle it with examples of current personalities in the entertainment filed it shortens the life of any usefulness of the book. Those examples who are enjoying their 15 minutes of fame will be unknown to readers in just 5 years. The authors statements concerning history are laughable at times. Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Dr. Jonas Salk developed the polio vacine.

Mine was right on!! Another way to find out more about yourself.:
This lady knows me. "Scorpio Jupiters need to explore the deep end of every area of your life" (-I needed the permission to do that because, the deep end can be a scary place to be) oh, and this too: "This is why it's so important, Scorpio Jupiter, for you to get a lot of sleep" -Okay, So That's why I love naps so much! Oh, and some place I'm sure I read something with the word Genius in it while describing me:) Okay, seriously now, this is extremely user friendly, you find your birth date and year on the self explanatory chart, and see what sign your jupiter is in. Simple to do, and then you go thru and find that sign and start reading! I was a little skeptical at first, as I was flipping through to locate mine. Anxious to see what it said and compare to the me that I thought I knew so well....I was amazed when I started reading and I found some of the major themes of my life. I think I was so surprised because I wasn't counting on it being so in-depth. I know how our sun sign, rising sign, moon sign make up who we are, but I had never given any thought to my jupiter sign and how it affected me. It's just another aspect of who we are and why we are the way we are. The thing I like a lot about this book is that I feel like there is a good amount of information included on each sign. There is helpful advice on strengths and excesses, understanding what influences us. There are sections that outline things like lucky foods, your best environment, your best times, etc., etc. About the only thing I found that didn't fit me was the colors listed for my scorpio jupiter. Which I think is pretty insignificant among all the other accurate information. Also, in thinking about that, I have to say that we are always evolving and growing and changing, so just because something doesn't fit you right now, doesn't mean that it won't at some other point in your life.? The nice thing about books like this, is you get your own profile, and learn more about yourself, -and you can look up other people's as a way of understanding their makeup. Which could be really beneficial in relationships of all types.

Don't bother...:
Not only is there little or no useful information in this book, it is so poorly arranged it is quite difficult to find specific references.