Astrology
Dear Isabelle~
Sometimes I think you can make astrology prove anything. Isn?t it like the Bible?the way you can just pick the right verse and chapter, and prove anything?! I can imagine you can make a case for God?s approval or disapproval, or for Destiny?s "Astrological" approval or disapproval, on almost anything in the chart??
Look at the choices we have?look at what astrology has in its toolbox: mid-points, solar return charts, transits, fixed Stars, progressions?just pick the question, choose your attitude and response, and you can back up anything you want to say with some aspect?why not? We can use Vedic, Sidereal, Placidus, or Koch systems, and then add an evolutionary, predictive, or psychological bias....and...does it really come out the same then... is it really all ?under one sky?? And if so, how do I know what?s the best approach to use? Sorry if I sound like the great skeptic, but even you have called yourself the ?reluctant astrologer.? What do you mean?
Warmly,
Kendra
PS Why are you going to Zurich? Is it to see Carl Jung?s house? Or are you going to meet Alistair at the Krishnamurti center near there? I hope Sophie can be open to all this?.!
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Dear Kendra~ I wish I could be like mythogical Merlin here, magically bestowing answers and comfort, but instead, you have me, your friend and mentor, who is more humbly "a reluctant astrologer." If I were him, I would be sharing with you how the Soul...
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- Lindisfarne To Whitby
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- The Private Papers Of A Reluctant Astrologer
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Astrology
You Can Make Astrology Prove Anything!
Dear Isabelle~
Sometimes I think you can make astrology prove anything. Isn?t it like the Bible?the way you can just pick the right verse and chapter, and prove anything?! I can imagine you can make a case for God?s approval or disapproval, or for Destiny?s "Astrological" approval or disapproval, on almost anything in the chart??
Look at the choices we have?look at what astrology has in its toolbox: mid-points, solar return charts, transits, fixed Stars, progressions?just pick the question, choose your attitude and response, and you can back up anything you want to say with some aspect?why not? We can use Vedic, Sidereal, Placidus, or Koch systems, and then add an evolutionary, predictive, or psychological bias....and...does it really come out the same then... is it really all ?under one sky?? And if so, how do I know what?s the best approach to use? Sorry if I sound like the great skeptic, but even you have called yourself the ?reluctant astrologer.? What do you mean?
Warmly,
Kendra
PS Why are you going to Zurich? Is it to see Carl Jung?s house? Or are you going to meet Alistair at the Krishnamurti center near there? I hope Sophie can be open to all this?.!
- Astrological Symbols And The Greek Inscription On Jung's Bollingen Stone
Dear Kendra~ Knowing that I?d have to leave Sophie and Zurich the next morning, we spent a few hours wandering the old city in search of the perfect ?parting? gift for me to give Sophie. What I found was a little framed photograph of the ?forgotten...
- Mirroring: That Which Is Above To That Which Is Below
Dear Kendra~ I wish I could be like mythogical Merlin here, magically bestowing answers and comfort, but instead, you have me, your friend and mentor, who is more humbly "a reluctant astrologer." If I were him, I would be sharing with you how the Soul...
- Yearning To Reconcile: Christian Fundamentalism, Celtic Spirituality And Jungian Astrology
Dear Isabelle~ I was touched by your willingness to get over the mask of the teacher--the ?persona mask? and so poignantly tell me the story about meeting up again with Alistair and Sophie?and your yearning to heal the splits among you. This photo of...
- Lindisfarne To Whitby
Dear Kendra~ I?m so sorry I dropped our writing correspondence when all this happened with Sophie. I suspect with your Moon in Cancer, squaring Pluto, you might be sensitive to anything that feels like abandonment or neglect. If I hadn?t finally...
- The Private Papers Of A Reluctant Astrologer
To Readers of North Node Astrology~ I've started a new astrological "book in a blog" set up as letters between an older astrologer, Isabelle, who is mentoring a younger women, Kendra. Isabelle has taken on Kendra as a student and she will be privately...