A magazine has asked its reader for their views on astrology. write to the magazine expressing your opinions
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- I used to think astrology was complete bull, and I would tell anyone who listened. But as I grew older, there were a few things that changed my mind and I have been actively interested in learning about it since I was about 18.
- On the surface, it’s fatalist, narcissistic and very thinly veiled personality tests with loose associations to psychological conditions. It screams of pseudoscience and glossy magazines.
- Deeper though, and when studied with methodology and diligence, it brings into question your place in the universe, the condition of freewill, and an understanding of humanity; it makes me believe that physics does have an influence on my constitution. After all, if the moon can move the surface of the ocean, what other gravities are we experiencing? Does the solar system act as a grand piece of hardware, subtly shifting our momentary forces on earth? Are our blooded bodies the software it pushes on?
- I can see ages and eras in time, ideas shift, and a gradual model of life and death over time through the signs. I feel influences by naming them, and I push back against those that would bring out my malefics. Nearly every culture on earth has a practice of studying the stars; many modern movements[1] or campaigns in war were guided with them. The French government has an astrologer to consult today[2] . After thousands of years, we threw out astrology when it began to be published by Westerners in the backs of magazines, but I see no reason to discount it just because of the vague writing of some people in the last century. After all, so many things are proven in time when there are instruments to measure them; perhaps something will definitively show astrology to be in this category in the future.
- Until then, trust your gut. Consult an astrologer, not just a book or magazine or search with zillions of ads in the way. I guarantee you will find a pragmatic individual to work with. Astrology is about seeing the map you were born with, and being your own guide.
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