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kaitlynstoneheart's review
informative
medium-paced
5.0
If you are interested in learning more about how you can use Astrology to self reflect and manifest a life more attuned with your inner sense of self/purpose, I recommend you read this. Aliza provides easy to follow manifestation tips and tools to change your reality.
radtastictaylor's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
saldragski's review
3.0
Received from the publisher, St Martin's Press, from a goodreads giveaway. "Using Astrology To Manifest Your Best Life". This book is not for the novice reader of the zodiac or astrology. Goes into birth charts and manifestations of different aspects in your chart. Has individual "lessons" to understand your self and become a better person.
toastgrl's review
2.0
I only got to page 80 and tbh I couldn’t finish it. I thought this was a self help book not a biography about the authors incredibly boring life. She makes some good points and I agree with most of them but it was the delivery I had the problem with. If it wasn’t the excessive storytelling, the childlike puns and metaphors used in every other sentence would have gotten me to put it down.
Title is misleading in my opinion, it’s not a completely horrible book and again she does make good points about manifestation but there is hardly any educational information about astrology that is helpful to newer Astro students and it just seems more like a biographical novel than anything.
Title is misleading in my opinion, it’s not a completely horrible book and again she does make good points about manifestation but there is hardly any educational information about astrology that is helpful to newer Astro students and it just seems more like a biographical novel than anything.
rebbyreads's review
3.0
This is Your Destiny by Aliza Kelly strives to link the science of astrology with manifestation so the reader can use the tools to cultivate their most abundant life. While I was very excited about this premise, I was disappointed with the delivery. There were no specifics that I could use to really connect my personal astrological signs to the various areas of life that the author covered.
The book begins with an autobiographical account where Aliza Kelly details her life experiences and how she used astrology to manifest the life she has today. The book itself focuses on a handful of different areas in life where one can use astrology and manifestation, including money, relationships, jobs, trauma, healing, and psychic abilities. Each chapter includes an anecdote about a particular person who was struggling in that particular area. The author gives that person's birth stats (but unless you happen to have the exact same birth chart, that is really of little use) and explains how they were able to overcome their obstacles. The chapters end with two manifestations, one for the astral (internal) plane and one for the physical (external) plane. These manifestations are the best part of the book, in my opinion. In all honesty, a reader could just skip through each chapter and only read these exercises and still get as much out of the book as they would have had they read every single word.
Perhaps my disappointment lies with misunderstanding what this book was offering, but I did not feel like I learned anything new about astrology or how I can implement it into my life. Most of the information I found valuable can be found in almost any article about intuition and manifestation. In fact, if you already practice manifesting on a regular basis, you might not find anything new here. Had there been more specifics that allowed me to apply astrological information to my own personal life, I would have rated this much higher.
*Thanks to the author, St. Martin's Press, and Netgalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review!
The book begins with an autobiographical account where Aliza Kelly details her life experiences and how she used astrology to manifest the life she has today. The book itself focuses on a handful of different areas in life where one can use astrology and manifestation, including money, relationships, jobs, trauma, healing, and psychic abilities. Each chapter includes an anecdote about a particular person who was struggling in that particular area. The author gives that person's birth stats (but unless you happen to have the exact same birth chart, that is really of little use) and explains how they were able to overcome their obstacles. The chapters end with two manifestations, one for the astral (internal) plane and one for the physical (external) plane. These manifestations are the best part of the book, in my opinion. In all honesty, a reader could just skip through each chapter and only read these exercises and still get as much out of the book as they would have had they read every single word.
Perhaps my disappointment lies with misunderstanding what this book was offering, but I did not feel like I learned anything new about astrology or how I can implement it into my life. Most of the information I found valuable can be found in almost any article about intuition and manifestation. In fact, if you already practice manifesting on a regular basis, you might not find anything new here. Had there been more specifics that allowed me to apply astrological information to my own personal life, I would have rated this much higher.
*Thanks to the author, St. Martin's Press, and Netgalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review!
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