{"id":291,"date":"2007-01-30T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/01\/astrology-is-a-language.html"},"modified":"2007-01-30T05:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T05:47:00","slug":"astrology-is-a-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/01\/astrology-is-a-language.html","title":{"rendered":"Astrology is a Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I really like this article by Suzanne White<\/a> which says, among other things:<\/p>\n

Astrology is not superstition. Not even close. Astrology is a language. It exists. Like Estonian or French. It just plain exists. Like hard boiled eggs or chutney. Now, for some, languages that they do not know and are unable to read or converse in, constitute a sort of threat. When we hear friends chatting in a language that we don\u2019t know and we are present, we almost automatically imagine that they are talking about us. This is a kind of natural paranoia. We cannot understand. So we feel threatened or left out and perhaps even targeted as a victim.<\/p>\n

Astrology, like any language, does have to be learned in order to be used. That\u2019s why some people are astrologers and others have other learned professions such as doctors. An astrologer might tell you that your Sun in Leo means that you tend to want to be in the spotlight, but if your rising sign is Pisces, that Leo need for the spotlight might be mitigated.<\/p>\n

This sort of \u201cdiagnosis\u201d is not unsimilar to when a Dr. tells you that the lump on your arm looks like a cyst, but if the tests come out positive, it might be something more serious. He looks at the cystic physical evidence, but he also digs further to find out if it might be something more threatening.<\/p>\n

Now the language of Astrology has been much squelched and derided by a sector of the population we refer to as \u201cscientists\u201d or , in any case, people who believe that science (another language) is the pathway to understanding every human ill – including mental, emotional and physical ailments – and to conquering and refining and owning whatever commodity is available to man. (Space flight for example or improved hard boiled eggs)<\/p>\n

But squelching a language doesn\u2019t always put it out of existence. And Astrology has survived the giant squelch of science and remains a means of communication between peoples and a method of both diagnosing and better understanding the human condition. Astrology is not in competition with science. It\u2019s just there alongside it the way that TV is there alongside the Internet. The two media must co-exist. They cannot afford to be at war. The Internet will win. It\u2019s bigger. And younger. TV knows that the way that Astrology knows that it must coexist with science because if there was a war between them Science would win. It\u2019s bigger. And younger.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, there is wisdom in what is ancient. So Astrology continues to exist. Some people study it and are able to use it in their work and daily lives. Other people don\u2019t study it sufficiently to become astrologers. But they dabble and they enjoy dabbling. Other people (most people) consult astrologers. They are the clients or the patients or the consultees who come to people like me for advice and information about their astrological charts: Who am I? What should I do about my mother-in-law\u2019s interfering in my marriage? How can I get a divorce and keep my children? Why do I not have self-confidence? Where am I making my mistakes and why do I keep making them over and over again?<\/p>\n

What some skeptical people (the Science-blinded or prejudiced) don\u2019t know is that the answers to all of those questions are sitting right there in peoples\u2019 astrological charts. Moreover, just because most people don\u2019t know how to read their charts and don\u2019t speak the language or know how to interpret the letters (symbols), doesn\u2019t mean the answers are not there. They are. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exactly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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