Question: Do you ever disagree with other astrologers’ interpretations? Astrology at its best feels like a mythic language: symbols don’t “cause” your life, but mirror it. It’s symbolic and interpretive, so there’s no single “correct” reading. But it’s not meant...
Astrology does have its vehement criticism as astronomy’s bastard sister. Richard Dawkins noted with disgust that the books promoting astrology easily outsell texts on astronomy. Dawkins reckoned people were holding on to infantile delusions of faith in a magical universe....
Question: Why and how does Astrology work? We are not detached observers, peering into a dispassionate universe from some clinical perch. No, we are embedded, entangled, enmeshed in the very fabric of this stardust planet. The same atoms formed in...
If you’re feeling like a carbon-based side character in the grand equation of life, remember: even the stars had to align to make you. You’re part of the math. “Hmm… curious little anomaly, that one.” Higher beings perceive reality in...
When you’re firmly rooted in the here and now, it’s hard to imagine ever having lived anywhere else. Yet Edgar Cayce, the renowned mystic and seer, believed that reincarnation is what gives astrology its true meaning. In his readings, he...
Astrologers do more than keep astrology alive, they deepen, evolve, and share it with the world. Without astrologers, what would become of astrology? It’d be lonely constellations without commentary, a mute universe waiting for someone to interpret it. Astrologers keep Continue reading Astrology – The Difficult Profession
Question: Why is Astrology full of stereotypes? Walter Lippmann, the sharp observer of the human condition, recognized that stereotypes—far from being merely crude distortions—are actually shortcuts, necessary for understanding a bewilderingly complex world. And if we turn that lens onto...
A birth chart details the events occurring on the date, time, and place of a person’s birth, and astrology as an art form is made up of symbols, and when they all come together in your birth chart, they produce...
In the book Signs of the Zodiac: A Reference Guide to Historical, Mythological, and Cultural Associations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, there is this poem by essayist Joseph Addison which the author found limited. Snodgrass felt that the signs were reduced...
The planets are the archetypal actors upon the great astrological stage, they lend their distinct energy to our existence. Without them, the horoscope is but a silent theatre—beautiful in nature but lacking the drama that gives it meaning. Each planet...
Astrology, our ancient and arcane art, is a puzzle. Each birth chart is a swirling mosaic of planets, signs, and houses. The astrologer’s task, noble yet maddening, is to weave it into a coherent interpretation—if you will. The frustration you...
Now, before you clutch your moonstone in protest, let’s just establish that this is all a bit of playful exploration. We astrologically inclined folk tend to enjoy a good rummage through the astrological toolbox, sampling different schools of thought. Evolutionary, Continue reading What kind of Astrologer Are You?