From the Back Cover Why We Are The Way We Are "Astrology is such a useful tool for creating a healthy life. Breakthrough Astrology provides the reader with a practical, insightful guide to uncover their innate strengths and weaknesses." —Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom Tired of complex, obscure astrological systems or empty, fortune cookie horoscope wisdom? All those looking for a relevant, real world take on astrology for modern life need look no further. Breakthrough Astrology teaches you to see astrology, and yourself, from a psychological perspective, a process that offers tools for self-empowerment and self-improvement. In this groundbreaking book, Joyce Levine offers the gift of self-understanding through the lens of astrology. Learn how your love life can be vastly improved by knowing your Venus placement, how your Mars sign drives your career choices and working life, and how you can mark your moods by the Moon. Levine offers a comprehensive overview and then gets down to the nitty-gritty information we all need to begin building on their strengths and weaknesses. Breakthrough Astrology offers step-by-step guidance on how you can obtain a chart and how you can glean information useful to your everyday life from each of the twelve houses. There are parts of the psyche that usually don't change much over time, such as our level of introversion and extroversion. Then there are the exciting parts of us—the ones that we can mold and develop and transform. And it's often difficult to find astrology books that even mention those evolutionary possibilities. Joyce Levine’s Breakthrough Astrology covers both bases in a sharp, telegraphic style. It leaves you encouraged, challenged and inspired—not just "described." I recommend it wholeheartedly." —Steven Forrest, author of The Inner Sky and The Book of Pluto "An exceptionally lucid guide in clear accessible language for understanding the dynamics of personality based upon the principles of modern psychological astrology. An excellent entry book for those who appreciate insights "straight -up." –Demetra George, author of Asteroid Goddesses "An excellent gateway into the real astrology that lies beyond the sun-sign columns of magazines and newspapers. This is an opportunity for every reader to find what an astrological chart might have to say, and, in doing so, discover that astrology is not mere entertainment. It is a revealer of the true self that lies within each of us." –Rob Hand, author of Planet in Transit