{"id":6348,"date":"2020-11-24T19:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2020-11-24T19:38:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:38:54","slug":"astrology-the-top-one-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ohmystars\/2020\/11\/astrology-the-top-one-percent.html","title":{"rendered":"Astrology: The Top One Percent!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In challenging times, it’s good to have something reliable to lean on.<\/strong> For the last seven years, one of those things for me has been this blog. And here we are, at my 1,000th entry!<\/strong> I couldn’t let the occasion go by without saying something, so here I would like to present ten of my old blog entries — the top One Percent, if you will<\/strong> — that I think are worth a second look.<\/p>\n

Mostly though, this is an opportunity for me to express my gratitude for you, Dear Reader, whether you’ve been with me from the beginning or this is your first time here.<\/strong> You guys? You rule.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Wondering what the next few months hold in store for you? Write me with your date, time, and place of birth — and I’ll send you a free sneak preview!<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s my very first entry<\/a>,<\/strong> published a little over seven years ago. As mission statements go, this is one I can still stand by.<\/p>\n

Some blog entries keep getting attention over time because they cover subjects everyone will have questions about eventually. Thus, my (over time) most popular blog entry of all, about empty Houses in the birth chart.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

One way to get clicks when you write about astrology is to do a daily or weekly or monthly horoscope.<\/strong> The only problem with that? If Shakespeare himself wrote The World’s Greatest January Horoscope, by about January 5th no one would read it or care about. Am I Shakespeare? Hell no.<\/em> But I enjoyed writing it, and you might enjoy reading it, so here goes…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The same principle applies to planetary ingresses:<\/strong> everyone wants to know what it means for them when Venus enters Aquarius, for example… but the exact same aspects to a planet never happen the same way every time Planet X enters Sign Y. That’s no reason not to have fun writing about it though. Anyway, here’s Fifty Shades Of Venus In Aquarius.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you’ve been reading my work for a while, you know I’m a huge science fiction nerd. I also love rolling up my sleeves and being a little research for my writing. Put the two together and what you get? You get the one true and accurate birth chart for Star Trek itself!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

One of the great things about astrology is that it gives us a chance to see that people both follow regular and predictable rules and yet are unique. This applies whether you are an only child, an identical twin, or a ham sandwich.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrities who are in the news are always good for some clicks… even though it sometimes leaves me feeling like an ambulance chaser. Sometimes though, one will really stick with you — like the death of Robin Williams.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, sometimes I get cranky — especially on those rare occasions where someone uses astrology to aggrandize themselves at the expense of others. Here’s that story.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Back in the good old days, one used to be able to leave comments here easily… <\/strong>and one three-parter of mine got literally hundred of them. That was when I wrote my three-part series tearing a strip off of James Randi and the James Randi educational foundation for their faulty logic when it comes to criticizing astrology. And yes, in the same way that they bend the concept of “skepticism” out of shape, I’m screwing with my own premise today by citing three blog entries as a single one: click here<\/strong><\/a> and here<\/strong><\/a> and here<\/a> for all the fun!<\/p>\n

And finally:<\/strong> the one blog entry that contains no astrology whatsoever, but still feels to me like the most important reason I was given this platform in the first place.<\/p>\n

His name was Eric Garner.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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