I have seen so many irresponsible
readings where they'll tell you about a
curse that's been placed on you a dark
cloud of energy that you were born into
a disagreeable alignment in the Stars
when we think about astrology, I think that
what we think about is the cheesiness of
it the jazz hands-ness of it which
tends to come from the like predictive
hocus pocus yeah I think predictions are
cheap that's not to say that astrology
can't be a valuable tool for looking
ahead but I think that when you focus
too much on the what you lose the why
and also the very second you tell
someone that something's going to happen
it changes the trajectory of things
there's a lot of suggestion involved you
end up too tied into the outcome versus
what it actually means astrology is
beneficial because it gives you an idea
of the themes that are coming up for you
I think if you are predicting an event
it's a lucky guess you're looking at the
lessons and you're looking at the
energies and sometimes it is very easy
to hone in on the kinds of events that
will bring about those lessons say a
Saturn transit Saturn representing
structures history family masculinity
fatherhood if you have Saturn crossing
over your ascendant some astrologers
will tell you this is the year your
father is going to die
the reason they're gonna tell you that
is because this is a year where the idea
of fatherhood changes for you perhaps it
does mean that your father's going to
die but that could also mean that you
have a child and now suddenly you're
forced to reconsider the role of
fatherhood in your life it could mean
that you know a mentor of yours comes
into or out of your life it could mean a
thousand different things if your father
does die it kind of amounts to a lucky
guess
because that astrologer would be just as
correct if they said this is a year
where you have to reevaluate all of
these things and their role in your life
honestly I think
that's more correct you are on a
trajectory you're on a path where you
are meant to learn certain things but
that is where free will does happen the
future is not something that you can
look into I don't really think it's set
in stone like that it doesn't do you any
good to predict the future because that
future if it becomes true honestly it's
probably because you have now projected
this future for yourself
look the astrologers the tarot readers
the psychics that are predicting the
future are being wildly irresponsible
it's much better to explain the themes
of the lesson to Prime someone for their
greatest possible outcome if something
good is predicted and happens to you if
you now think that has only happened
because it was part of your future and
it has been predicted set in the stars
that doesn't give you the tools to reaccess
that it is also to be perfectly honest
kind of a trick to keep you coming back
I can't mince words with that because if
I tell you you're gonna get a promotion
in six months and you do you're
absolutely gonna come back and say
what's next what's the next six months
look like I really think that's cheap
first of all there's something called
the Jeane Dixon Effect: people tend to
focus on the correct predictions so if I
give you six or seven predictions for
the year ahead
you're only gonna remember the one that
happens that's what's going to like keep
you stuck in this cycle of you know
coming back and re-patronizing and
being like "okay whats next what's next?" and I think that it is
very irresponsible and honestly like
icky in my experience the people who
internalize the lessons value the
lessons and I think that that's the most
helpful application for astrology at the
heart of astrology it's about helping
you understand what kind of person you
are is much more of the archetypal
psychological tool where you fit into
the world around you your chart
is not a map of your destiny so much as
a blueprint of a kind of person that
you're meant to evolve into you know I
can I can talk this very scientific
quote/unquote psychological game here
I still talk about magic and witchcraft
and things that most people would think
are solidly superstitious those are also
tools to marry you to your own
psychological intentions I can give you
any spell in the universe but unless you
genuinely believe that you can get there
that you are capable of being that
person nothing I say to you is gonna
matter the people that I work with
aren't paying me to tell them hey in six
months you're getting a promotion
because it's unhelpful what I do for
people is give them the tools to empower
themselves into a better place it helps
you remove the blockages get through the
shadow energy this is why I listen to
TED talks psychology whatever it is and
go wait why don't people accept occult
theory why don't people look at magic it
has value it has application this is a
valuable way to understand yourself and
understand what you want out of life and
how to get there you have the the
science devotees the people who worship
at the altar of science it's it's the
same it's ideology of science they're
looking at the people who exploit it
they're looking at the jazz hands and
smoke and scarves and saying this is
ridiculous the people who were saying
there's no scientific basis here don't
actually know what astrology is they
don't know what magic actually means to
people like me and the people who
dismiss it and the people who exploit it
are the same and that's the destruction
of it I know in my heart that this works
for people I know in my heart that this
can change people's lives I've seen it
happen it's changed my life and it's not
just through power of belief there is
something to the archetypal energy that
this helps work through in the first
chapter
of Sydney Omarr's book we can credit
him for the acceptability of astrology
in our modern lives he talks about how
he was introduced to astrology he
specifically mentions being in class
probably in front of a science teacher
who talked about astronomy and wanted to
differentiate it from astrology he
doesn't even really remember what she
said because he remembers hearing this
word and he remembers the gravity of it
an understanding all at once that this
was something that he needed to look
into this was the thing that he was
going to fight for this was the thing
that he knew he had to dive into and
explore I don't know if I've ever
related to anything so much in my life
because I remember being that kid and I
remember I remember hearing words that
sparked this passion in me that I knew
that no matter what I needed them in my
life you know I remember being in recess
at like first grade second grade and
checking out books from the library on
astrology on witchcraft on superstitions
and folklore and reading it and I
remember hearing words like magic and
astrology and things like this and every
cell in my body vibrating to try to
create some sort of match to this energy
that I felt from these words and knowing
that no matter what this was going to be
my life something really rare and really
magical you know in the truest sense of
the word in the sense of aligning to a
change in deciding that you're going to
embody it but if I identify with it then
clearly other people must identify with
it if that was you I think it's
important not to dismiss it I think it's
important not to push it away as like
childhood fantasy because it's real it's
something that you can absolutely tap
into it's something you need to I want
to help find
I want to be that person for you this is
something valuable and if you feel like
you need to access it here are the tools
here's how to make it happen I believe
in this enough to do it however I need
to do it so you know what if you want to
spike that like and subscribe I will
keep doing this because I think it's
valuable and I know that it has
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