"This beginning to intermediate-level book is based on a course taught to prepare students for the NCGR Level I Astrological Certification exam. More than an astrological phrase book or "cookbook," it aims to help students understand the language of astrology-concepts, not keywords. Only then does it shift to teaching how to work with these basics to interpret a birth chart. Finally all the interpretive factors are brought together in a full interpretation of several famous charts."