A good book for beginners, provides u with all the necessary details and facts in the first section . the second section has all the possible planetary combinations analysed(for a single planet in various houses) for all lagnas . the third section goes into finer details of conjunction of planets and results of antardashas in mahadashas. a good book a beginner of astrology (mind u it's not for persons seeking to know how to cast a horoscope but for predictions). a beginner can make predictions based on this book. The fact that it is a translation of maharishi brighu's work makes it all the better.