The Aim of my Videos

I thought I would have look at what my videos are aiming to achieve. Essentially, I am using a tool I created to help examine horoscopes in a way that makes it relatively easy to learn and assess basic astrology. (I am refining it at this time and will soon make it available for purchase).

I chose the astrological methods I use for two reasons; they are the simplest and they are effective (in my experience). This approach also serves to make astrology more accessible to people interested in the subject but don’t have the time to learn it in depth. I must also mention that I do not agree with some of the traditional concepts that are generally applied to astrology and this is reflected in the interface I use.

Why Famous People

Looking at the horoscopes of famous people serves a valuable purpose in terms of learning about astrology. Because the lives of famous people are so well known it is easier to see how accurately their horoscopes match up with them and their lives.

A lot of relevant factors can be hidden in a person’s life; Bernie Madoff is an excellent example of how significant ‘what was hidden’ can be. An astrologer would have been in an invidious situation to say there was a serious risk of losing money investing with him. Up until his fraud was exposed, most of his investors would have regarded the idea as laughable - big black mark for astrology. This is a good example of some of the rockier issues astrology has to negotiate. Time can reveal things that astrology identitifies, but that can take a while to come through.

I did a horoscope for a lady and mentioned “books” as featuring in her life. I met her by accident 12 years later. She recognized me in a shop I was browsing in; it was her shop, it was a book shop. She remembered my session with her quite well; although she found our session to be a good, she remembered how wrong I was about “books” being in her life - there were none. We had a good laugh at the turn around. Although a trait may be pointed out accurately by astrology, it can take time for it to emerge in one’s life.

Ultimately astrology can be pointing to a specific trait in a person and it may be denied to exist or it may not have developed yet in their life. Furthermore, their circumstances may not allow it much scope.

I looked at the horoscope of a child born to a friend of mine. After mentioning a few points about the horoscope I said the child had tremendous creative potential; he could even become a director of an arts centre. We lost touch for a few years and when we met again I asked about her boy and how he was progressing towards becoming an “arts centre director” (at this stage he was 5 years old). She said, “Quite well.” Puzzled, I asked for the rest of the story. She said, “We had to buy him a grand piano.” She went on to say that her child was apparently a musical prodigy and could play classical music on the piano.

The important point here is, that child has excellent prospects for fulfilling the potentials indicated by his horoscope as his parents are quite well-off. However, even when a child does not have an ideal level of support, it is surprising how many still find their way to fulfilling much of their potential; Elvis Presley and Oprah Winfrey are great examples of this.

Still Not Easy

There are a number of problems astrology has that make it easy to dismiss and hard to fathom. In spite of this I have found for many years a consistency that is hard to avoid. Overall I think it takes time to understand astrology well-enough to evaluate it dispassionately. However, once understood astrology has a lot to say that can yield real value. I hope my efforts will make that value more apparent to those of you interested in learning more.

In my next article I will be talking about the language of astrology and after that I’ll take a closer look at more of the problems for astrologers and critics.

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