LOVE ON A ROTTEN DAY: An Astrological Survival Guide to Romance

In this irreverent guide to intimacy, astrologer Dixon-Cooper offers a sign-by-sign breakdown of sexual mores, habits and fantasies—as determined by the astrological placement of the sun, moon, Mars and Venus at birth. As she brazenly declares in the introduction, this is not soul-mate astrology ("love may make the world go round, but lust greases the wheels that drive us to the bedroom"), but a breezy manual to romancing a sign. While the oversimplified astrological portraits (Aquarius: "This sign will boink on the first date and still respect you in the morning") and the complicated charts for determining where the celestial bodies hung at the time of your honey's birth are a slight turn-off, Dixon-Cooper offers a sassy take on why some relationships rot and others ignite. (Feb. 3 )