I am looking for feedback on the following astrology business idea.

If you are astrologer that wants to get involved in following opportunity, please contact me at signshow@gmail.com.

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A personal horoscope would be a great gift for almost any major life event (birthday, wedding, new baby, graduation)!

I believe the majority of women in the United States have an interest in astrology! While, I don’t have formal statistics, I do know that astrology websites do over 500,000,000 pageviews per month! If there is one person behind reading every 10 pages of content – that is 50 million people interested in astrology. However, only a very, very small portion of those interested – my guess is far less than 1%- get readings by astrologers.

The natural question is why?

1) Cost

With an individual astrology session being priced between $60 to $250, I am sure that sticker shock prevents many people from the first visit.

2) Trust

Do I really want to trust someone that I don’t know with my most personal thoughts? How do I know the person is a quality astrologer? In-person or over the phone readings may seem to intimate at first.

3) Packaging

In gift giving, packaging is important. If the packaging is not nice, no matter how nice the gift – most peoples will not buy the gift for a friend. Right now, astrology readings are not packaged in a way that makes them presentable for gifts.

To overcome these obstacles, I am launching “Sign Show Gifts”

What is a “Sign Show Gift”? Its an eight minute personalized video horoscope. The client can provide information about the receiver – date of birthday, names of family members/pets, interests. This information can be woven into the reading.

What is the cost? The cost is $36 for a video or $100 for a video and follow-up phone session with the astrologer. The astrologer receives 1/3 of the price. However, the receiver and the giver will be provided with the astrologer’s contact information. The astrologer does not have to pay any referral fees for any subsequent business. For the astrologer, the reason to do video horoscopes is a source of highly qualified exposure.

What is involved for the astrologer? For astrologers in NY area, you just need to prepare for the reading and go on camera. We will tape it, edit and handle all of the logistics. If you are outside of New York, you may have tape the videos on your own.

Astrodienst / Astro.com

Part 4 of 5 – Ann Clark’s Favorite Astrology Websites

Astrodienst, also often referred to as astro.com, is a website of thousands of pages, and available in a choice of eight languages, at a click of the mouse. It’s an all-encompassing astrology website, invaluable to any who love astrology, at whatever level and style. Astrodienst, translated from the German means Astro-Service, and this site certainly gives excellent service to its readers. Link: http://www.astro.com/

Star act of the site for many is the facility to enter birth data – your own, or of friends and relatives, and instantly have the natal chart appear on screen. It doesn’t stop there though – you can customize the charts in many ways, include extra items such as rare and not so rare asteroids, Black Moon Lilith, some Arabian Parts, and much more. There’s a choice of chart styles, options to include progressions and transits – it’s almost as good as having your own astrology software to play with. As part of the Extended Chart Selection you can obtain a detailed reading of your own or others’ charts from your collection by going to “Pullen/Astrolog” and scrolling down the menu to simple chart delineation by Walter Pullen. This delineation is described as “simple” but there is a wealth of information not available elsewhere, to be gleaned from it. It’s impossible to do this area justice in a few lines, but time spent experimenting will convince any visitor of the value of Astrodienst.

There’s much else of interest: daily horoscope forecasts based on your exact date, place and time of birth, a personal astro portrait of you and any others from your collection of data. Areas of special interest to lovers include Astro-Click Partner, Astro-Click Love, and Liz Greene’s Astrology for Lovers.

A section called “VIP Astro-Twins” offers, under each birthdate, a list of well-known people born on that day, in various years. In some cases, a note of the rising sign is included. The list is more extensive than many other, similar lists commonly found on astrology websites. I found an almost exact astro-twin here!

A useful collection of articles, written by renowned astrologers, appears in the section called “Understanding Astrology”. Astrodienst also makes available to its users an on-line 6,000 year ephemeris – this alone is worth a visit to the site if you happen to be without an ephemeris at home.

The website also hosts an astrology forum where views are exchanged on all manner of astrology-related issues, from general & psychological astrology, to horary, mundane and political matters. There’s also a section where inexperienced readers can place a request for more advanced members to present an interpretation of a natal chart, and/or answer questions on it.

Astrodienst is well-organized and clearly mapped – it’s difficult to get lost, and easy to find anything you’re seeking.

When I reviewed Astrotheme and Skyscript a few weeks ago, I wrote that Astrotheme reflects a Gemini-like image, while Skyscript has a more serious, Virgo/Capricorn flavor. Following that train of thought then, Astrodienst seems to fall somewhere between the two: lighter than Skyscript but more serious than Astrotheme (though lacking that handy collation facility at Astrotheme). Astrodienst has so much to offer for free that I’d say it resembles Sagittarius in its expansive generosity! As well as all the free information, there is opportunity to purchase personal forecasts and reports from a variety on offer at the Astrodienst Shop.

Finally, the newest feature offered by Astrodienst is Astro Wiki – a complete A to Z enclyclopedia of astrology. An introduction to the new feature, written by the CEO of Astrodienst, can be read at http://wiki.astro.com/astrowiki/en/Astrowiki-en:About. This will definitely be something to be saved in Favorites Files!

Amber Gooding

Sign Show would like to thank Amber Gooding for writing the following review. Amber is the creator of the Facebook Group “Proud To Be A Scorpio”.

Video Review: Barbara Goldsmith

Barbara was very knowledgable about predictions, and she explained everything very well. The sound quality wasn’t so good, but I kept watching because I was drawn to her words and her confidence. It was slightly distracting that there was so much space above her head in the video, but at least the background looks nice and comfortable.

I also thought it was wonderful how energetic she was about Scorpio predictions. It made me smile. She touched so many areas of 2009 that I feel confident in her words, and wouldn’t mind watching her forecasts again.

- Amber Gooding

Video Horoscopes Review By Stacy Miccaela Bent: KT The Astrologer

KT the Astrologer has a lovely Australian accent that just brightens the day. I enjoyed this video channel because she is not like any other astrologer; her horoscope is currently annual instead of monthly or weekly. I would recommend this video channel because she gives wonderful insight on relationships and shes on the money for 2009. The background is intriging, which kept your eyes focused on what she is discussing about astrology.

KT The Astrologer’s Youtube Channel

Sample Video Of KT The Astrologer

Website Review: Sasstrology.com

Editor Note: Stacy Micaella Bent, the writer of this review, is a Facebook friend. I have have never had the pleasure of meeting here in person. However, I recently had drinks with Jeffrey Kishner, the astrologer behind Sasstrology.com at a great bar called The Dram Shop in Brooklyn.  Jeffrey, Stacy, and I live in New York City.

The Sasstrology website is my favorite site for astrology. It gives the audience insight on relationships, sex, and celebrities, which is superb for a young audience. It has great relationship stories that relates to the readers. It has everything you need to read about a new love interest, their personality traits can be found by using their zidgo sign. I enjoy this site because it gives great tips on the bases of how to turn on a particular zodiac sign, and what to wear for that particular zidgo sign on a date. I think everyone who is not into astrology could be drawn to this chic website. I would recommend this site to everyone because it helps to know more about a person’s interest as well as their dislikes before going on date.

Visit: Sasstrology.com

Amber Gooding

This video was pretty good. I liked how Terence focused a little on the backround of Scorpios. This backround knowledge helped me understand a little more about how I will be reacting this year, and what I should expect. His knowledge of planets changing in the zodiac is amazing, and his calm collected tone wasn’t boring, but comforting in the sense that he knew much about Scorpio’s and that we are not all the same.

I also enjoyed that he brought current issues to attention and predicted improvements in those areas, giving hope. It was also great that he touched on other signs and how they were effecting Scopios and the outcome of those situations. The end of the video stopped quite abbruptly, but I liked that he didn’t give much information about himself, therefore if I was interested in him, I wouldn’t mind doing some research.

He spoke well and was very knowledgable about Scorpio’s and the planet’s alignment, but he seemed to get a little antsy at the end. Overall a wonderful video.

Amber Gooding

This video was quite good. David seems to be quite knowledgable about seeing through to the year and connecting with Scorpios and what we’re looking for. A little confusing when he was talking about the houses, but I’m sure it would have made more sense if I had a little more knowledge about it. I also thought it to be a bit strange that this plant was sitting right in front of him, it was slightly distracting but I suppose that it made the video a little more interesting to look at.

I also noticed that he would keep saying “it will happen generally speaking”, but I know that many of his predictions are generally speaking, but that could have been left out. So overall this was a good informative video with great information, and I’m interested in more of his predictions.

Amber Gooding

Video Review: Nadiya Shah

This is a pretty good video. I’ve seen some of Nadiya’s videos on the Sign Show and I love how she looks at the camera, like she’s talking to me. She seemed very confident with her predictions, more so than David Cammegh who seemed a little unsure of himself and a bit quirky. I also liked that she phrased responses as thinking like a scorpio and helping us to understand that “everything will be ok”. She’s a wonderful speaker.

I noticed that she focused a lot with the home and making yourself better, where David was touching many aspects throughout. I also liked that her website wasn’t posted on the video, making it a cleaner video and less distracting to watch. I don’t mean to keep comparing her to David, but I did honestly enjoy listening to her predictions more.

Amber Gooding

This video wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. I also wasn’t expecting an animated character to give me my prediction, but it was kind of interesting. The prediction was short, and not very positive. In some parts the backround music overshadowed what she was saying, but it was helpful to have text highlighting the main point. I didn’t really enjoy this prediction, and wouldn’t really rely on it.

Amber Gooding

Video Review: Psychic Junkie

I didn’t really enjoy this video. It was presented PowerPoint style and was very short. It did cover quite a bit of information, but it was boring to watch and read along with the narrator. I don’t really have much else to say about this video besides that I would have rather liked to see someone telling me these things instead of reading along.