Most owned astrology books as listed at LibraryThing.com, updated
– 9 April 2014
It’s been 2½ years since I conducted my survey of the most owned astrology books listed at LibraryThing.com. While I do not have time to comprehensively redo that survey, I have brought the Top 125 up to date by rechecking the original Top 268.
Here is the current rank order, showing change in position from the time of the full survey in August 2011. Some of the changes are due to genuine sales increases; others due to better cross-checking of multiple editions of the same title; and still others due to random fluctuations in the rate of listings.
(1) 1. Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs 778
(2) 2. Joanna Woolfolk ‘The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need’ 648
(3) 3. Gary Goldschneider ‘The Secret Language of Birthdays’ 609
(4) 4. Linda Goodman’s Love Signs 562
(6) 5. Parkers’ Astrology by Julia and Derek Parker 275
(7=) 6. Richard Hinckley Allen ‘Star Names: their Lore and Meaning’ (as retitled): 248
(5) 7. Gary Goldschneider ‘The Secret Language of Relationships’ 237
(7=) 8. Linda Goodman’s Star Signs 236
(9) 9. Robert Hand ‘Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living’ 222
(13) 10. Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker ‘The Astrologer’s Handbook’ 206
(10) 11. Richard Tarnas ‘Cosmos & Psyche: Intimations of a New World View’ 199
(11) 12. Theodora Lau ‘Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes’ 198
(14) 13. Stella Hyde ‘Darkside Zodiac’ 182
(12) 14= Raphael Simons ‘Feng Shui Step by Step: Arranging Your Home for Health and Happiness – with Personalized Astrological Charts’ 174
(15) 14= Liz Greene ‘Saturn: a New Look at an Old Devil’ 174
(16=) 16 Stephen Arroyo ‘Astrology, Karma & Transformation’ 166
(18) 17. Hazel Dixon-Cooper ‘Born on a Rotten Day: Illuminating and Coping with the Dark Side of the Zodiac’ 154
(16=) 18. Starsky and Cox ‘Sextrology’ 151
(19) 19. Suzanne White ‘The New Astrology’ 150
(20) 20. Sun Bear ‘Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology’ 140
(21) 21. Jan Spiller ‘Astrology for the Soul’ 138
(27) 22. Otto Neugebauer ‘The Exact Sciences in Antiquity’ 130
(24) 23. Isabel M. Hickey ‘Astrology: A Cosmic Science’ 123
(25=) 24 Stephen Arroyo ‘Astrology, Psychology and the Four Elements’ 121
(28) 25. Stephen Arroyo ‘Chart Interpretation Handbook’ 119
(29) 26. E. A. Wallis Budge ‘Amulets and Superstitions’ 118
(22) 27= Martine ‘Sexual Astrology’ 113
(30) 27= Robert Hand ‘Planets in Composite: Analyzing Human Relationships’ 113
(25=) 29 Llewellyn George ‘The New A to Z Horoscope Maker & Delineator’ (Revised and Enlarged Edition) 112
(23) 30. Judith M. Bennett ‘Sex Signs: Every Woman’s Astrological and Psychological Guide to Love, Men, Sex, Anger and Personal Power’ 111
(34) 31. Benson Bobrik ‘The Fated Sky: Astrology in History’ 106
(31) 32. Linda Goodman’s Relationship Signs 100
(38) 33. Madeline Gerwick-Brodeur ‘The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Astrology’ 99
(33) 34= Joost Elffers ‘The Secret Language of Destiny’ 98
(42=) 34= Peter Marshall ‘The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague’ 98
(32) 36= Dion Fortune ‘The Cosmic Doctrine’ 97
(36=) 36= Liz Greene ‘Relating: an Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet’ 97
(35) 38= Jeff Green ‘Pluto: the Evolutionary Journey of the Soul Volume I’ 95
(36=) 38= Dane Rudhyar ‘An Astrological Mandala’ 95
(65=) 40. Ptolemy ‘Tetrabiblos’ 94
(40) 41= Liz Greene ‘Astrology of Fate’ 93
(47=) 41= Robert Pelletier ‘Planets in Aspect: Understanding Your Inner Dynamics’ 93
(49) 41= Grant Lewi ‘Heaven Knows What’ 93
(45=) 44. Marion March and Joan McEvers ‘The Only Way to Learn Astrology Volume I’ 92
(42=) 45= Ethelbert W. Bullinger ‘The Witness of the Stars’ 91
(41) 45= Martin Schulman ‘The Moon’s Nodes and Reincarnation’ 91
(39) 47= Dane Rudhyar ‘Astrology of Personality’ 89
(42=) 47= Steven Forrest ‘The Inner Sky’ 89
(54) 49= Anthony Aveni ‘Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos’ 88
(55=) 49= Jan Spiller & Karen McCoy ‘Spiritual Astrology’ 88
(45=) 51. Robert Hand ‘Horoscope Symbols’ 87
(59) 52. Howard Sasportas ‘The Twelve Houses’ 86
(51=) 53. Derek and Julia Parker ‘The Compleat Astrologer’ 84
(53) 54. Stephen Arroyo ‘Relationships & Life Cycles’ 83
(55=) 55 Barbara Hand Clow ‘Chiron’ 82
(55=) 56= Alan Oken ‘Alan Oken’s Complete Astrology’ 79
(61=) 56= Jeanne Avery ‘The Rising Sign: Your Astrological Mask’ 79
(65=) 58 Rae Orion ‘Astrology for Dummies’ 78
(47=) 59= Sue Tompkins ‘Aspects in Astrology’ 76
(72=) 59= Maslamati ibn Ahmad al-Majriti ‘The Picatrix: the Goal of the Wise’ 76 (for complete edition or Vol. 1 only)
(51=) 61= Hazel Dixon-Cooper ‘Love on a Rotten Day: an Astrological Survival Guide to Romance’ 75
(60) 61= Joseph F. Goodavage ‘Write Your Own Horoscope’ 75
(71) 61= Manilius ‘Astronomica’ 75
(67=) 64. Liz Greene ‘Astrology for Lovers’ 74
(50) 65. Neil F. Michelsen ‘American Ephemeris for the 20th Century: 1900 to 2000 at Midnight’ 71
(61=) 66. Marion March & Joan McEvers ‘The Only Way to Learn Astrology Vol. II: Math & Interpretation Techniques’ 70
(76=) 67. Aleister Crowley ‘The General Principles of Astrology’ 68
(61=) 68= Howard Sasportas ‘The Gods of Change: Pain, Crisis, and the Transits of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto’ 67
(67=) 68= Suzanne White ‘The New Chinese Astrology’ 67
(55=) 68= Helena Paterson ‘Celtic Lunar Zodiac: How to Interpret Your Moon Sign’ 67
(61=) 71= Sylvia Browne ‘Astrology Through a Psychic’s Eyes’ 66
(76=) 71= Neil F. Michelsen ‘American Ephemeris for the 21st Century: 2000 to 2050 at Midnight’ 66
(76=) 73= Martin Schulman ‘Retrogrades and Reincarnation’ 65
(85=) 73= Matilde Battistini ‘Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art’ 65
(85=) 73= Michael Jay ‘Gay Love Signs’ 65
(85=) 73= Dane Rudhyar ‘The Astrological Houses’ 65
(132=) 77. Joseph Seiss ‘The Gospel in the Stars’ 64
(79=) 78= Donna Cunningham ‘Healing Pluto Problems’ 63
(90=) 78= Fraces Sakoian and Louis Acker ‘The Astrology of Human Relationships’ 63
(100=) 78= Dane Rudhyar ‘The Lunation Cycle’ 63
(85=) 81= Caroline Casey ‘Making the Gods Work for You: the Astrological Language of the Psyche’ 62
(67=) 81= Marion D. March ‘The Only Way to Learn Astrology Vol. 3: Horoscope Analysis’ 62
(72=) 81= Reinhold Ebertin ‘The Combination of Stellar Influences’ 62
(72=) 84. Osborne Phillips ‘Planetary Magick’ 61
(82=) 85= Kathleen A. Burt ‘Archetypes of the Zodiac’ 60
(102=) 85= Bernadette Brady ‘Predictive Astrology: the Eagle and the Lark’ 60
(107=) 85= Demetra George & Douglas Bloch ‘Astrology For Yourself’ 60
(79=) 88= Thomas Moore ‘The Planets Within: the Astrological Psychology of Marilio Ficino’ 59
(93=) 88= Liz Greene ‘The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption’ 59
(96=) 90= Robert Pelletier ‘Planets in Houses: Experiencing Your Environment’ 58
(75 / 191=) 90= Caitlin Johnstone ‘The Complete Book of Astrology’ 58
(121=) 90= Anthony Grafton ‘Cardano’s Cosmos: Worlds and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer’ 58
(85=) 93= James R. Lewis ‘The Astrology Encyclopedia’ 57
(82=) 93= Grant Lewi ‘Astrology for the Millions’ 57
(100=) 95= Jim Tester ‘A History of Western Astrology’ 56
(98=) 95= Susan Miller ‘Planets and Possibilities: Explore the World of the Zodiac Beyond Just Your Sign’ 56
(107=) 95= Franz Cumont ‘Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans’ 56
(114=) 95= Derek Walters ‘The Secrets of Chinese Astrology’ 56
(67=) 99= William W. Hewitt ‘Astrology for Beginners’ 55
(107=) 99= Demetra George ‘Asteroid Goddesses’ 55
(121=) 99= Michael R. Meyer ‘A Handbook for the Humanistic Astrologer’ 55
(82=) 102. Lyn Birkbeck ‘Do It Yourself Astrology’ 54
(90=) 103= Sabrina Liao ‘Chinese Astrology: Ancient Secrets for Modern Life’ 53
(96=) 103= Gary Goldschneider ‘Personology’ 53
(107=) 103= Steven Forrest ‘The Changing Sky’ 53
(114=) 103= Derek Parker ‘KISS Guide to Astrology’ 53
(114=) 103= Tracy Marks ‘The Art of Chart Interpretation’ 53
(79=) 108= Helena Paterson ‘Handbook of Celtic Astrology: the 13-Sign Lunar Zodiac of the Ancient Druids’ 52
(93=) 108= Debbi Kempton Smith ‘Secrets from a Stargazer’s Notebook’ 52
(93=) 108= Alice A. Bailey ‘Esoteric Astrology’ 52
(98=) 108= Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas ‘The Inner Planets’ 52
(107=) 108= Ronald Davison ‘Astrology’ 52
(107=) 113= Melanie Reinhart ‘Chiron and the Healing Journey’ 51
(121=) 113= Christopher Renstrom ‘Ruling Planets: Your Astrological Guide to Life’s Ups and Downs’ 51
(90=) 114= Bil Tierney ‘Dynamics of Aspect Analysis: New Perceptions in Astrology’ 50
(102=) 114= Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas ‘The Luminaries’ 50
(102=) 114= Nicholas DeVore ‘Encyclopedia of Astrology’ 50
(117=) 114= John Anthony West ‘The Case for Astrology’ 50
(102=) 118= Louis MacNiece ‘Astrology’ 49
(102=) 118= Rex E Bills ‘The Rulership Book: a Directory of Astrological Correspondences’ 49
(147=) 118= Margaret E. Hone ‘The Modern Text-Book of Astrology’ 49
(117=) 121= Martin Schulman ‘Joy and the Part of Fortune’ 48
(121=) 121= Derek and Julia Parker ‘Sun and Moon Signs’ 48
(138=) 121= Max Heindel ‘The Message of the Stars’ 48
(147=) 121= Max Heindel ‘Simplified Scientific Astrology’ 48
(147=) 121= Rodney Collin ‘The Theory of Celestial Influence’ 48
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