Right, I've been working on this uber-colourful planisphere for ages and ages and ages. It doesn't help that I have a fairly turbulent relationship with Photoshop either (if you've seen the episode of Fawlty Towers where John Cleese is repeatedly hitting his car with a branch for not starting then you'll have an idea of what I mean).

If you're not familiar with the concept of a planisphere then this is basically a kind of manual computer for finding the stars and constellations at any given time of year and time of night. Simply print this and part 2 [link] out, cut out all the bits in white and you can align the date (using part 1) with the time (using part 2) and view a map of the heavens through the oval window (part 2). Glueing it to some card might also be an idea. Hope you enjoy it

Many thanks to the following deviants for providing stock images- aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces

I also used the following reference sources;
Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California) [link]
Washington and Jefferson College [link]
The Oberver's Book of Astronomy, Patrick Moore (Frederick Warne and Co.) 1962- yes, really, lol, I have no idea where this came from, maybe I could sell it as an antique...

Update
Just to let you know, I've edited this slightly as people found it a bit small when printed so it's now bigger! Incidentally, if you do download this then feel free to fave it also as it currently has 43 downloads but only 7 faves, lol, anyway, I'll stop nagging now

Oh, and if you don't like the colour scheme, it's worth switching it to a negative in Photoshop or somewhere. Gives an entirely different effect...