The Secret Language of Birthdays is a fascinating book that contains personality profiles for every day of the year. It’s uncanny; everything from character traits to strengths and weaknesses are given and what you read will amaze you with its accuracy. It tells you which famous people share your birthday and this information alone can give you an insight into the types of people that have the same characteristics as you, be it leaders, innovators, actors or academics.

The first chapter covers all the astrological signs in detail, including birthstones, colours, plants, trees and musical keys along with an overview of the sun sign. There’s an astonishing amount of information in this book and the authors researched the exact planet co-ordinates for each day going right back to the early 1900s. Information for each day of the year is presented in a two-page spread so you can see everything that happened on your day of birth.

Brilliant fun, it’s interesting to analyze and understand family, friends and work-mates – anyone whose birthday you know. This huge, hardcover book by Gary Goldschneider and Joost Elffers gives us over 800 pages of spookily accurate details on our friends and loved ones based on their unique date of birth. Dutch Goldschneider has researched astrology for over 40 years and this book is one of his ‘Secret Language’ trilogy along with ‘The Secret Language of Relationships’ and ‘The Secret Language of Destiny’.

This book is sadly now out of print, but you can easily get copies on the Internet. It’s one of those books you’ll want to keep forever and keep referring to when you meet new people. It makes a perfect gift for anyone with an interest in astrology, tarot or numerology – just make sure you get your own copy first!