The Uses of Astrology

What relationship is there between astrology and everyday life in the 20th century? The answer is simple: there is no area in human experiance to which astrology cannot be applied. It will also be obvious that there are certain things astrology cannot do: it is not a means of 'foretelling the future' for in the age-old phrase, 'the stars do not compel'. Many people find fear in astrology, because they think astrologers will tell them of specific accidents, disasters or the hour of death.

No serius astrologer would ever say that a client will have an accident ion a specific day. What he may say is that at the end of such-and-such time the client may tend to be more accident prone than at others. No astrological forecast may be absolutely precise, nor are the future events it may be describe absolutely inevitable; and the same is true of course, in conventional medicine, weather forecasting, or any area concerned with relatively intangible topics. Here are some indications of the areas which astrology can be of special help; of the way astrology 'works' in everyday life.

Know Thyself'

Astrology tells the truth of people. It does this because it has an empirical system of judgement relying on those factors which 'make' the personality. An asrologer who meets a client may instinctively belive him to be a realist; his birth chart may reveal him to be an incurable romantic. He may think his client to be careless and forgetful; the chart may show him to be meticulous and the possesser of a keen memory.

The reader who works out and interprets his own birth chart according to the instructions given will discover this for himself. He will be told much that he already knows to be true; and this should persuade him to look into himself, and consider wheather any unpalatable facts he may find hard to accept, may not also be true.

How he uses his self knowledge is of course a matter of him. Has self knowledge a practical value? As La Rochefoucauld says, ' Not all that know their minds know their hearts as well'.

Your Children

Many professional astrologers spend a good deal of time working on the Birth Charts of new-born children. Obviously, the Chart of a new baby is of sentimental interest to the parents. But an astrological report can be of practical help, too. It can have much to say, for instance, about the relationship which will soon begin to develop between parent and child. In some areas of a growing child's life, he will feel closer to his mother than his father; in others, the opposite is true. The astrologer can point out where each parent can best apply or discipline, and to what extent. He can tell the mother when the child will most likely succumb to childish ailments. He can suggest the kind of toys the child will prefer; the kind of games he will most enjoy; the best time to start infants' school, and the type of school best suited to a particular child.

'Progressions' are obviously of limited use early in the child's life. An indication thirty years later may hint on a marital disturbance will obviously not mean that in the life of a five-year old! But by the teens, the astrologer will already be able to point out periods when adolescent love affairs, intensive periods of study, or periods of laziness, may affect a boy or girl. And from the late teen years, full astrological analysis begins to work with accuracy.

Within the growing minds of a baby, various factors are already coming together which will evantually resolve themselves into a preference for one carrer than another. Comparisons of schools' carrer advisory reports and astrological reports have shown that astrologers are well able to give reliable advice on this subject. It is very often possible to tell a parent the kind of carrer that might attract a son or daughter, and - the equally important- the degree of success they might expect in it.

Adult Carrers

Even when a carrer has been under way for some years, a man or woman may feel a sudden need of change. A banker may instinctively feel he wants to drop banking and become a farmer; a grocer may feel the urge to become a racing yachtsman. The astrologer will be able to see whether this is a passing fancy, best channeled into a spare time interest, or whether indeed a radical change of direction in life is indicated; and whether it is likely to lead to financial happiness or psychological happiness. In every carrer astrology is of practical use in timing deals, indicating the best time for buying or selling, starting a new project or discontinuing and old one.

Compability

Statements like 'a Cancerian should not marry a Leo' are, of course, nonsense. A serius astrologer will never say that 'A shoud never marry B: that is not his job. What he can say is that there are certain areas of life in which A and B are particularly well suited, and other areas in which they would find living together something of a strain. Very rarely, the comparison of the two Birth Charts may show such disastrously irreconcilable personalities that the affair is manifestely based solely on physical attraction.

The Birth Chart reveals much about the romantic nature - and of course has a great deal to say about the relationship with other people. The comparison of the Birth Chart lovers can be very helpful, especially in the early stages of a relationship. The astrologer can invite his client to look particularly at some aspects of the relationship. Is the man perhaps over critical of the girls appearence? Is she perhaps a little to reliant on his good nature? Could they be completely swept away by extravagance?Lovers who are discovering each other will find astrology a valuble short cut, revealing instantly some facets of each others' personalities which otherwise might take years to emerge.

An astrologer might choose a suitable day for marriage. But in marriage, there is no denying that the astrologer is at his most helpful at times of crisis. He has to be tactful and helpful marriage counsellor, and has the advantage that, given the correct information, neither partner can keep secrets from him! Time and time again, it has been shown that a wife complaining of her husbands behavior is herself going through a particularly difficult and tense period which contributes to the unhappy states of affairs. But the astrologer can see this. He can also tell when if at all, the situation is going to ease.He can say to the deserted wife , 'Your husbands affair seems to me to be only temporarily. The progression which is drawing him closely to another women eases in a week or so, and if you want a reconcilation, you will find that it may be possible at that time.'

Again the astrologer will not tell a client what to do. He can only attempt to clarify the situation, and offer a choice. Every person must make his/her own decision in life. No astrologer should ever make a decision for anyone.

Business

Business astrology is an extremely complex area; but specialist astrologers can advice on the proper time to sign contracts; whether a merger with another firm would be profitable, and how executives would be likely to react to each other ; at what time a new deal would be most likely to go smoothly through. This is really no area for amateur, but is for an astrologer who has good grounding in business and finance, acquired perhaps in a stock exchange or a bank. Nevertheless, even the beginner will discover that astrology has its application within his/her business life.

Financial advice is best left to the experts: anyone relying on a non-specialist astrologer to indicate profitable shares in which to invest might be expected to have financial recklessness on his Birth Chart! But the astrologer can indicate the type of investments he might venture into. The astrology will be able to indicate spendthrift periods, or times when it would be particularly ill-advised to make investments.

Health
Weather
Travel
Safety
Retirement
and Fun to be explained later.

According to a certain survey (not conducted by me), people in a certain sun signs is likely to get married earlier then other sun signs. The following is the results from the most likely to the least likely.

Male Female
Libra Pisces
Sagittarius Leo
Leo Aquarius
Aries Gemini
Pisces Cancer
Aquarius Sagittarius
Scorpio Libra
Gemini Capricorn
Virgo Taurus
Cancer Virgo
Taurus Scorpio
Capricorn Aries

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