“This charming book records a conversation that takes place on a train trip in Italy between Milan and Rome. The narrator of the tale is a 1000-year-old monkey, Bhakta, who can identify the stars and constellations and who regales a passenger, Vaya – a much younger female dragon – with a discourse on the history of astrology…. Ness is a skilled writer; it is an interesting feat to have substantive content, that is, astrological history records (with some philosophical background) told casually in a tale full of vignettes and interludes from the many traditions being investigated…. The author evokes a reverence and respect for astrology in this recounting of its many guises and forms, told as a lighthearted tale that also speaks to our modern dilemma…”
– Excerpt from a review by Mary Plumb for The Mountain Astrologer magazine
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