A review from
DELL HOROSCOPE
(featured in the December 2010 issue)

"Professional and students of astrology are often asked to prove what they know by guessing someone's Sun-Sign. The Ascendant, ruling planet or any cluster of planets in a sign can provide dominate characteristics that disguise the Sun-Sign. Still, there are astrologers who have an uncanny knack for knowing someone's Sun-Sign.

Astrologer, writer and illustrator William Schreib has chronicled the tell-tale traits that reveal the dominant sign in his second book, Dance of the Zodiac. We're not talking only about physical traits, but also that subtle current of energy that resides within the individual. Following some introductory material about the influence of light on shaping humans and explanations of the structure of the horoscope, Schreib begins his illustrated guide to the signs and personal planets. The drawings emphasize the recognizable traits of each sign, such as the shape of the head and eyes and the essential demeanor. One sections focuses on the twelve Sun-Signs and after studying these, you'll get an intuitive sense for what makes each sign tick.

Each sign is accompanied by a collage of celebrity photos that help shape your understanding of that sign. Another section looks at the Moon signs, while the section on Ascendants completes the main three components of the recognizable traits.

The poetic writing adds flare to the charming illustrations. Later chapters allow one to fine-tune the qualities that permeate the personality. Schreib is a monthly contributor to Dell HOROCOPE magazine and if you can't get enough of his column, then you'll love this booklet and all its celebrity snapshots. And for those who really get into the essence of what's offered here, you'll be able to dramatically increase your success rate when pushed to identify someone's Sun-Sign.
Chris Lorenz, Book Reviewer,
DELL HOROSCOPE Magazine

A review from the 12/2011 issue of
The Mountain Astrologer
William Schreib is an astrologer, illustrator and writer whose column, “Celebrity Snapshots,” has appeared in Dell Horoscope for 15 years.  (Long-time readers of TMA may remember his cartoon contributions to the magazine in the early 1990s.)  Dance of the Zodiac is a lavishly illustrated book (it has hundreds of drawing and photographs), with many insights into how the signs of the zodiac are displayed in the physiognomy-- but it is even more than that.  Schreib is interested in how astrology affects our personality and appearance.
   His book begins with the section, The Theory of Everything Seen and Unseen, in which he discusses current ideas from science and other fields (quantum physics, The Resonance Project, and the Event Horizon, etc.) as signs that are are perhaps becoming “capable of seeing how everything is just a coloring of One primary source of Light.”  The view that “all physicality is a product of the angles between energy sources (light beams) and objects in space” leads naturally into sections on the basics of astrology.  After the introductory material, the rest of the book is designated as Astrological Guidelines to the Visible World.   The author covers the elements, modes, houses, and planets and then gives a detailed consideration of each of the signs, with an emphasis on the physical traits.  There are lots and lots of photographs of celebrities, along with Schreib’s commentaries on the sign-specific distinguishing characteristics of their faces, gesture, and movements.
   Schreib is a close watcher of human behaviors, and he walks the reader through his careful observations of hundreds of people in the entertainment world.  He also describes the appearance and behaviors for each of the decans (the 10 degree divisions) of the signs, and offers pages of examples of celebrities who share Moon signs and notables with the same Ascendant sign.  The final chapter is a sampling of the “Celebrity Snapshots" columns that have appeared in Dell.  These are succinct and specific essays describing how the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant signs (some with additional planets or configurations) are on display in various public lives.  These reports are entertaining to read (given our cultural fascination with the seemingly glamorous lives of other people) but also insightful.  The author captures many sides and nuances of how the planetary energies are expressed visibly in the human being.
   I don’t think there’s another book like William Schreib’s Dance of the Zodiac.  It is a unique, informative, and very enjoyable treatise on recognizing “the elemental differences and the ‘universal patterns’ that created all physical form.”  Those features of the signs are illustrated in the author’s extensively researched collection of celebrity faces.  This book will help us to recognize these features in the faces and manner of those near and dear to us as well.
reviewed by Mary Plumb, The Mountain Astrologer