If anyone is interested in learning about the 12 signs of the Western zodiac, and what people are like in each sign, I reccomend reading Linda Goodman's Sun Sign book. It's cheap in paperback, and is a classic in Astrological literature.
It's a good place to start for a beginner. My astrology teacher started me on that book. It's not the best book, but it is popular. Isibel Hickey's "Astrology A Cosmic Science" is a good beginner book too.
I've also got it. My Mum had it before I was born and then gave it to me so I sort of grew up reading it. It's a very good book. I recently got Linda Goodman's Star Signs and love this even more. Goobers has to be her best work, it's a very long, autobiographical poem. Just magickal.