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Are you looking to learn more about astrology? Keen to delve into the star signs or broaden your horizons with a better understanding of the zodiac? Astrology has guided and fascinated humanity for thousands of years and continues to have a profound influence on people’s everyday lives today. Join us at What We Reading as we celebrate the power of the stars with the best astrology books for newcomers and experts alike!
You Were Born For This: Astrology For Radical Self-Acceptance And Living Your Purpose – Chani Nicholas
One of the best astrology books for any Astro initiate, Chani Nicholas’ You Were Born for This is a guide into how astrology can be used as a powerful tool of self-discovery, success and self-care.
Drawing on the charts of Frida Kahlo and Maya Angelou, Nicholas explains how modern astrology isn’t about passively accepting your fate, but rather actively going out and confronting your desires and goals. With her trademark cool-girl feminist writing style, Nicholas helps readers utilise the zodiac to find purpose, and fulfilment and define what it is they want from life.
Body Astrology: A Cosmic Guide To Health, Healing, And Harnessing The Power Of The Planets – Claire Gallagher
Claire Gallagher’s 2022 astrology book Body Astrology is an in-depth guide to trusting your own body and inner wisdom. Because astrology, life and your body are ever-changing, Gallagher goes beyond the basics of the subject, teaching readers how to interpret their birth chart and create daily and seasonal practices to match.
A nutritionist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, as well as a bestselling astrologist, Claire Gallagher imparts her knowledge on how recognising cosmic patterns and utilising food, movement and lifestyle can help realign and empower. For astrology enthusiasts at every level, Body Astrology is not to be missed.
The Complete Guide To Astrology: Understanding Yourself, Your Signs, And Your Birth Chart – Louise Edington
One of the best astrology books for both beginners and advanced practitioners, Louise Edington’s The Complete Guide to Astrology is designed to help understand the powers of the stars. Beginning with the basics of signs, modalities, and houses, the book helps readers understand how to structure and interpret their birth charts.
From there, the book gives readers all the tools they need to work at their relationships and live up to their full potential. Astrology has been guiding humanity for thousands of years, and The Complete Guide to Astrology acts as the complete breakdown of how this has come to be!
The Stars Within You: A Modern Guide To Astrology – Juliana McCarthy
Juliana McCarthy provides a fresh perspective on astrology in The Stars Within You, offering a contemporary view of an age-old practice. It is one of the best astrology books for the fundamentals of astrology, making sense of the stars and reading our birth charts. Written in an accessible manner, it breaks down astrological signs and helps readers unlock the power of astrology as a tool for self-awareness, empowerment and fulfilment.
Geared towards serving as an entry point for those seeking to understand what astrology is and how it can be beneficial, few resources are better at covering the basics than this one.
The Astrology Of You And Me: How to Understand And Improve Every Relationship In Your Life – Gary Goldschneider
Gary Goldschneider, in his book Astrology of You and Me, instructs readers on utilizing the power of the stars to enhance their relationships with friends, family, and all acquaintances.
Crafted to provide insights and guidance for various issues that may arise in our daily lives, this book organizes its chapters based on different astrological signs. The aim is to guide readers in navigating situations with everyone, from partners and coworkers to bosses.
The Twelve Houses: Introduction To The Houses In Astrological Interpretation – Howard Sasportas
Another one of the best astrology books for newcomers looking to learn more about birth charts, The Twelve Houses is an acclaimed 1985 book from Howard Sasportas. In it, Sasportas explains how everyone born on a given day will have the same planets in the same signs.
However, where The Twelve Houses becomes such a compelling insight is in his assessment of how the exact time and place of one’s birth can dramatically alter things. A must-read book for anyone looking to learn more about houses, Sasportas’ work remains one of the classics.
This Is Your Destiny: Using Astrology To Manifest Your Best Life – Aliza Kelly
If you seek a book that elucidates the effectiveness of astrology and demonstrates how it can function as a tool for transformation, Aliza Kelly’s This Is Your Destiny is the perfect choice for you. One of the rising stars in the world of spirituality, Kelly imparts all of her wisdom as a private practitioner.
Incorporating years of intimate one-on-one sessions and her personal stories, the author of This Is Your Destiny has crafted an empowering and inspiring self-help book. This book introduces groundbreaking insights, hands-on exercises, and radical techniques that will guarantee to transform how readers perceive the stars.
Part-time reader, part-time rambler, and full-time Horror enthusiast, James has been writing for What We Reading since 2022. His earliest reading memories involved Historical Fiction, Fantasy and Horror tales, which he has continued to take with him to this day. James’ favourite books include The Last (Hanna Jameson), The Troop (Nick Cutter) and Chasing The Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar).
