Another year, another Moon Power Starguide. Is it any better than previous editions?
The answer is a firm no. The book begins with a long, rambling monologue, followed by a summary of last years supposed 'hits'. The 'hits' could more accurately be called shoehorned postdictions and some concerning SARS and 9/11 are just plain embarrassing. The claimed 9/11 prediction said to: "expect some surprising developments to take place in the near future. Pisces rules the Middle East, religions, drugs, alcohol, deception, the difficult abortion dilemma, the Pope, the church, oil, etc.". Perhaps we're meant to believe that "etc." meant "terrorists are going to crash planes into buildings" since little else seems applicable.
After all this preamble, the guide starts proper. After a reading a few pages of predictions it becomes obvious how those 'hits' for previous years came about. Predictions are made in the form of long shopping lists of generic events to watch out for in some large span of time. For example it might say to look out for events concerning law enforcement, terrorism, quakes, celebrities, the Pope etc. for a particular two week window in the year. And yes "etc." is used in the predictions! This is not astrology - it is shooting fish in a barrel. Tell me a week where anywhere in the world where some generic event such as terrorism does not happen. No doubt the the "best" events will be padding the front of next year's edition.
Meaningless buzzwords like "dragon's head" and "dragon's tail" pepper the text with no discernible knowledge of astrology. An interesting narrative or useful insight might make up for that, but there is none of that either. Worse is the streak of narcissism that runs through the book. For example, the author writes: "Sadly enough 99% of the people on this earth can not relate to me or my vision. But ultimately when the world grows up to my wisdom and looks back on my work they will acknowledge the true essence of my work.". Weirder things have happened but I know where my money would lie.
Interestingly, the author also states that: "I use the name 'Dr.' because I am a healer. I am not a physician nor do I have a doctorate from an accredited medical school. I got my metaphysical Mill Doctorate from the Light Church Institute In Sacramenton [sic], CA. My good friends called me Dr. Turi because of my powerful healing gifts and it stuck. I use that as my professional Stage Name.". The "Light Church Institute" is actually a well known diploma mill selling doctorates for a few hundred dollars.
On a final note, the neutral and negative reviews for this book have the mysterious habit of disappearing. I wonder why that may be? I think a certain someone is a little bit sensitive to criticism that he attracts here and in other places such as Usenet.
In summary, avoid this book. It is simply a bunch of vague catch-all predictions that could be arranged in any order and be as valid. In this regard it is no different to past efforts in this series. There are literally dozens of better books to choose from so don't waste your time with this one.