Spiritual Astrology

"The precise moment of birth captures the planetary pattern of that moment, which is never, ever, duplicated again.  The astrological chart showing that pattern is a picture of how the Divine soul is anchored in time and space."

 

Everything in the visible and invisible world has meaning if we only have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.  Whether it is palmistry, face-reading, body language, the geography of sacred sites on Earth, or planetary patterns in the sky, it all has meaning.  In most cases this meaning is encoded, thus it takes the more observant souls to make the connection, and then decode.  Astrology is one way to decode.  It is the fine blend of science, art, and craft.   

• Science is the left-brain basis of astrology because planets always maintain a predictable pattern throughout time and space.  

• Art is the right-brain decoding and intuitive process of planetary meaning.  

• And the craft of the astrologer--their skill, empathy, and spiritual development--put it all together.

 

Most people know something about their Sun sign, and they are probably more familiar with the positive traits than the negative.  There is no good sign and no bad sign, and no person is completely typical of their Sun sign because there are so many other factors.  It is important to be positive about life and ourselves, but it is equally important to be real and look at the whole picture without blindfold or rose-colored glasses.  If we are not being real with ourselves, we cannot possible fix the dark corners of our psyche.  Most people know they have issues, but if asked to elaborate, they are often vague or will miss a lot of them.  Those issues are the very things which cause us problems and stunt spiritual growth.  They cause us to go round and round the wheel of karma like a hamster in its cage.  To have tunnel-vision about oneself is not spiritual growth; it is denial.  Statements such as "That's just who I am; deal with it!" are the things that keep souls here forever.  So in the interest of cultivating 'awareness' and thus developing spiritual growth, the next few pages will describe Sun signs from all angles.  

The astrologer soon learns that there is a lot to absorb if they want to understand the science of the stars.  And if they choose to begin with astrology and also integrate spiritual principles, they truly have their work cut out for them.  Sun signs, Moon signs, rising signs, aspects, planets, houses, stelliums, elements, quadrants, declinations, synastry, progressions, solar arcs, solar returns, lunar returns, asteroids, planetoids.... and the synthesis of it all to create a picture of one person.  The destiny of one person.  The blueprint for their life.  Their talents and their weaknesses.  Their potential for good or bad.  Their desires and aspirations.  Their worldly ways or their spiritual progress.

The human potential is endless.  The myriad of personalities is limitless.  There are no two people born with the exact same birth chart and the same genetic makeup combined with the same environmental and familial patterns.  Even twins who are born a few minutes apart with similar chart patterns, have two different souls; two different lives with different goals and different needs.  There are no two souls the same.  The soul is not the body.  The body is the vehicle to allow the soul to experience physicality through the five senses.  

This is the study of spiritual astrology.  

 

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