Moon Signs

by Sybil Leek

Your sun sign tells a lot about you, but far from everything there is to know. Renowned astrologer Sybil Leek shows you how to obtain a much more insightful and accurate self-portrait in Moon Signs. By providing you with a meaningful map of your emotional needs, lunar self-knowledge can enhance your life on every level.

Genres: Astrology, Occult

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Dubbed "Britain’s most famous witch" by the BBC.

Because she rose to media fame in the 1950s after the repeal of the 1735 Witchcraft Act in 1951, she had an effect upon the formation of neopagan witchcraft, namely the religion of Wicca. Strong in defense of her beliefs, Sybil sometimes differed and even quarrelled with other witches. She disapproved of nudity in rituals and was against the use of drugs, but she was at odds with most other witches in that she did believe in cursing. She was one of the first of the modern day witches to take up environmental causes.

Reviews

[Gwen · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Sun-sign astrology goes well with instant coffee, pre-digested foodstuffs, plastic flowers, pablum, the instant divorce syndrome, and TV dinners."

So, the author doesn't really like the focus on Sun signs, and the whole first chapter on "Celestial Equal Rights" compares the Sun and Moon and their various forms of worship throughout history to the unequal treatment of men and women. It's a bit much to take the treatment of the Sun and the Moon so seriously because, while people have ascribed general masculine or feminine qualities to the Sun and the Moon, the Sun and the Moon aren't people and don't have anatomical sexes or genders.

Meh. A lot of the author's viewpoints didn't mesh well with my own. It was a bit weird and off-putting. Very preachy at times and with a blunt political agenda. Unfortunately, the author does not include any references to support a lot of their factual claims.

I did find some interesting tidbits about the Moon in the natal chart, however, it would've been a better and shorter book without the author trying to argue that astrology is fact while denigrating those who don't accept it as fact.

[Veronica Fitch · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought it was going to get a good feeling for astrology. What I got was a man bashing, feminist movement written by a clearly angry woman. I got to page 5 before I had to sit and decide if I wanted to go any further with this nastiness. I still haven't decided if I'll finish, but I'm glad I only paid $2 at Goodwill for it. I hate to not finish books, but this one gives me a sick feeling in my gut. "Weekend Liberation Movement", "Patriarchy" and my personal fave, "raping mother nature". "The moon, with all her feminine qualities, shivered as more space vehicles landed on her surface and men left their footprints on her aged face". Just angry women's lib here.......