If you list this program, you'll find a plea not to copy it as the author is trying to earn a living from it. I'm afraid on the basis of this piece of his work he's likely to starve to death.

It's a long program, not because it's complex, merely because it contains lots of text in print statements.

All it does is ask for your name, birthday and sex, then print the appropriate star sign text. Thus there are only 24 different outputs, any of which you could find in the cheapest books on horoscopes.

The only features I can think of worth mentioning are that it does validate the date you give - try June 32 and you get the response "Twit".

It does have the option of a printed output; mind you, the program hangs if you select it when there's no printer.

I don't often find a program to whch I'm prepared to give either a five star or a one star rating. However, in this case I've no hesitation.

It is a prime example of the type of program to which the computer sceptic points and says: "Why on earth do you need a computer to do that?"

B.J.