{"id":1570,"date":"2009-06-22T07:22:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T07:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/06\/rick-levine-on-fate-vs-free-wi.html"},"modified":"2009-06-22T07:22:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T07:22:11","slug":"rick-levine-on-fate-vs-free-wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/06\/rick-levine-on-fate-vs-free-wi.html","title":{"rendered":"Rick Levine on Fate vs. Free Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Al for this link to a great video of Rick Levine, one of the founders of the great StarIQ site, who writes the sun sign column for Tarot.com and BeliefNet. &nbsp;One thing I really like about Rick&#8217;s &#8220;horoscopes&#8221; is that he doesn&#8217;t pretend to make predictions for each Sun sign; instead he is looking at the planetary weather through the lens of each sign.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In this video Rick describes the relationship between astrology and particle wave theory in a way that makes it easy to understand. &nbsp;He also discusses the fallacy of predictive astrology. &nbsp;&nbsp;He reminds us that modern life is very different than life in earlier centuries, and that we have more free will because we have more &#8220;metaphysical mobility&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In this video, Rick completely and eloquently expresses my own view of the alchemical nature of the astrological consultation in helping us to transform our reality. &nbsp;Rick makes a very logical case for the way in which we use the conscious mind to help to determine our fate, just as a sailor can use the force of the winds to direct a ship. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The video can&#8217;t be embedded, so f<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consciousmedianetwork.com\/members\/rlevine.htm\">ollow this link to see it.&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Al for this link to a great video of Rick Levine, one of the founders of the great StarIQ site, who writes the sun sign column for Tarot.com and BeliefNet. &nbsp;One thing I really like about Rick&#8217;s &#8220;horoscopes&#8221; 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