The Handbook is without doubt the best all-in-one text you can buy for chart erection, aspects, signs and houses, with much 'hard' detail and very little psychobabble. It assumes you believe in Karma and reincarnation, which you may or may not, but don't let this distract you: it can be a little 'wooden' in style, but you'll keep coming back to this book time and time again because it is so comprehensive- and because most of the competition isn't. Together with Ebertin, Carter and Pelletier it should be on every serious astrologer's shelf. (NR KAT. 12)