Book Review, 2025 Astrology Diary by Patsy Bennett
Book Review

2025 Astrology Diary
by Patsy Bennett
Publisher: Rockpool Publishing
140 page paperback
Release date: July 17th, 2024
What I like best about this handy little tome is it doesn’t presuppose the reader has detailed familiarity with astrological interpretations. So there’s an eight page “How to Use This Diary” section in the front, immediately followed by a two page chart of Northern Hemisphere (natch) moon phases for 2025. Every astrological sign is acknowledged and explained as it arrives on the calendar. There are sun sign forecasts, eclipse and supermoon tips and even mercury retrograde suggestions. The black and white illustrations and page edgings throughout the book are quite handsome without being distracting. (They remind me of seafaring maps used by old-time sailors. Quaint touch.) The print is just the right size and easy to read, and the language is comprehensible. Jargon is kept to a minimum and is always explained ahead of time. All of this greatly reduces the odds of bewilderment–what I think of as the “WTF?” Effect–while trying to plan ahead.
I’m putting this book to work in 2025. From the “Intentions for the Year” page to the notes section at the end, I plan to have all the pages in between perused and extremely well thumbed by next December 31st, and although the week at a glance section doesn’t leave much room for extensive notes, they’ll do just fine for me. (Think scribbles.) Sounds like a planner!
My rating: 5 broomsticks out of 5.
About the author:
Patsy Bennett is an astrologer and psychic medium. Her horoscopes are published in Australian magazines and newspapers, and internationally. She has appeared on several daytime radio and TV shows and her books (Astrology, Secrets of the Moon, Sun Sign Secrets, the Astrology Diaries, Zodiac Moon Reading Cards and 2024 Horoscopes) are put out by Rockpool Publishing. She has a Master of Arts in Romance Languages and Literature from the University of London and has taught at the University of California in Berkely.
About the Reviewer
Weyland Smith is an eclectic solitaire wytch from New Jersey. His column, Weyland’s Whey, can be found at paganpages.com. He himself can be reached at [email protected]