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An intro into Astrology

We are all born connected to the stars.

Let me make it clear from the outset, Astrology isn’t an art of soothsaying or in any way tied to fatalism. It’s about energy and vibration and patterns. Astrology can be used as a tool to estimate the general direction of an individual’s life, through an assessment of the interplay of his/her energies. It is also a mechanism for understanding his/her natural impulses and inclinations, and thus assisting in gently coaxing towards greatest potential.

Carl Jung, known as the Father of Modern Analytical Psychology would often use Astrology as an aid to his psychotherapy and counseling sessions.

Astrology has no means to determine your success, financial or otherwise and any astrologer worth his salt would never promise you such things. Instead, he could talk about your potential, blind spots, challenge areas, etc and how various aspects of your life blend, making it easier or more difficult for you to attain the desired objective.

Again, the purpose of understanding astrology and your own Birth-chart is not to blame the planets. There’s an element of ‘Karma’ in the astrological equation. Your existence is not the result of a game of roulette played by the planets. Instead, you were born at the precise date, time and place whence the planetary orientation with respect to you reflected the exact life journey your soul needs to grow holistically.

We are born at a given moment in a given place and like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season in which we are born.
-Carl Gustav Jung

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