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A review by sidtheekid
Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac by Dorothea Lasky, Alex Dimitrov
2.0
Found this book at the library and I have to say, as someone who loves astrology it was a bit disappointing. I will say it was pretty easy to follow and overall an engaging writing style. It reminded me a lot of their Twitter page, which gets retweeted onto my timeline occasionally, and it was fun to see that medium being translated into a book form. There was a lot of humor throughout the book, which made it easy to follow as someone who isn't big on non-fiction writing. There are a lot of really cool components of the books, such as the signs as lovers, friends, other famous people of the sign, and really beautiful poems.
With this being said, I went into the book thinking that the authors would go beyond sun signs and more into the planetary aspects and basic chart reading. Their decision to focus on sun signs was something I decided to overlook, as I'd hoped that maybe I could gain more insight into signs that I'm a bit less compatible with. I also acknowledge that focusing mostly on sun signs, or even characteristics of the signs themselves, would have been great for beginners (even though it would have been nice to maybe include how the signs may show up in other planets or houses). Upon reading the book, I feel that while some of the accurate parts were VERY accurate, I was very disappointed to find that the rest of the descriptions felt very much like stereotypes of the signs (most specifically referring to the Aquarius chapter, which read like none of the Aquarians I've met in real life) with the exception of the authors' actual signs. To an extent, I feel that Dorothea's chapters relied on stereotypes a bit less than Alex's but overall I wish the authors had spent a bit more time collaborating with other astrologers and putting in more care and effort into the explanations of the signs.
In conclusion, this book is overall a fun read that may be great for those with a passive interest in astrology. But for those who are a bit farther along in their astrology journey, I would definitely say to take this book as a bit of fun and not a serious guide that will deepen your understanding.
With this being said, I went into the book thinking that the authors would go beyond sun signs and more into the planetary aspects and basic chart reading. Their decision to focus on sun signs was something I decided to overlook, as I'd hoped that maybe I could gain more insight into signs that I'm a bit less compatible with. I also acknowledge that focusing mostly on sun signs, or even characteristics of the signs themselves, would have been great for beginners (even though it would have been nice to maybe include how the signs may show up in other planets or houses). Upon reading the book, I feel that while some of the accurate parts were VERY accurate, I was very disappointed to find that the rest of the descriptions felt very much like stereotypes of the signs (most specifically referring to the Aquarius chapter, which read like none of the Aquarians I've met in real life) with the exception of the authors' actual signs. To an extent, I feel that Dorothea's chapters relied on stereotypes a bit less than Alex's but overall I wish the authors had spent a bit more time collaborating with other astrologers and putting in more care and effort into the explanations of the signs.
In conclusion, this book is overall a fun read that may be great for those with a passive interest in astrology. But for those who are a bit farther along in their astrology journey, I would definitely say to take this book as a bit of fun and not a serious guide that will deepen your understanding.