Carrying on from Part ONE...
An understanding of astrology can indeed bestow a great deal of awareness upon a person, granting access to complex pattern recognition capabilities with which sense is made of many aspects of themselves and others.
Life, people, and the world can all seem rather complicated, chaotic, and overwhelming at times. Entering the mystery school of astrology can provide powerful insight into the nature of universal forces, laws, and cycles of which we are a part and work through us.
Astrology is part science, part art, and part alchemy.
Superficial approaches to interpreting the stars and predicting their impacts on human life through basic sun signs, as most conventional stuff in the mainstream has been, barely scratch the surface. Digging deeper and deeper, one discovers entirely new worlds providing clarity, structure, meaning, and order where we once were blind, confused, and at the mercy of waves, tides, currents, and swells in this sea of life.
Of course, that might sound pretty cool. But I'm not gonna try make it sound like it's quick or easy to sink one's teeth into.
Ten planets, each representing and reflecting certain aspects of life and mind.
Twelve signs, each providing distinct frameworks for understanding unique angles of approach.
Twelve houses, each signifiying segments of the human experience through which we move through and operate in throughout our lifetimes.
Multitudes of combinations of elements.
Mathematical angles - aspects, transits - producing varying alchemical outcomes as forces meet, collide, and/or harmonize with eachother at different points in the cycles of time.
No, understanding these invisible dimensions of frequency underlying the physical realities we move through each day is no small endeavor. Astrology is its own language. Part mathematical, part archetypal, these are not realms easily interpretable through the traditional thinking types of auditory, visual, or kinesthetic - referencing from an outlook articulated well by @paps - but lend themselves much more suited to those with the capacity for patterns thinking.
While some attempt to use astrology for predictive purposes, the stars aren't exactly a crystal ball.
However, there can potentially be some degree of predictability deduced through the art - not because a horoscope can tell the future, but rather because the frameworks which are established through an accurate snapshot of the mathematical assessment of planetary forces - note this is not some airy-fairy, woo, fluff, new-age conception of "planetary forces," but rather actual scientific, gravitational, electromagnetic, tangible forces adhering to laws of mathematics and physics - provide a precise blueprint of patterns and measurable conditions in effect, from which likelihoods of possible outcomes may be reasonably deduced based on knowledge of how the forces at play shall continue to evolve through repeating cycles of times.
Think of it kind of like a weather report, or map.
No forecast could ever account for every possible event that might occur on a given journey. However, knowing when & where it's about to rain and what type of terrain one will be traveling through if heading in a certain direction equips one to prepare adequately with an umbrella or four-wheel drive vehicle if they're likely to encounter rain or may be venturing up rocky mountainsides.
Of course, this is just one dimension.
As we covered more in Part ONE, the details contained in one's birthchart can provide exceptional insight into the psychological nature & makeup of an individual - reflecting a snapshot of dimensions of our genetic code as our soul was imprinted upon its first breath in this body. Whether to understand ourselves or others better, exploration into how the planets in their combinations of signs, houses, and aspects continues to reveal hidden secrets of why the way we are, how we think and see the world, what we're kinda pre-wired to excel in and struggle with, who we are and aren't likely to vibe well with, etc.
And, there is this aspect of where we find ourselves now in time - moving through time's cycles, as the mathematics of this sea of planetary pushes and pulls shifts to produce subtle - and sometimes not-so-subtle - variations in the alchemical output of consciousness' projection of our holographic reality as the external vibrational coding inputs transition.
That paragraph might be worth re-reading a couple more times.
And then, there is the dimension of synastry...
"The meeting of two people is like the meeting of two chemical substances. If anything happens, both are changed." ~ C. G. Jung
Why we "click" with some people, yet clash with others... the infinite subtleties in the distinctions of how a dynamic between two (or more) people play out within that spectrum... most of us are really at a loss to understand or explain. Astrology provides a framework and language for identifying, understanding, and working consciously within the realms of these dynamics.
Why one dynamic between two lovers might be dangerously, passionately explosive - likely attestable to a Pluto or Mars opposition in their synastry charts. Positive Venus aspects on the other hand, a different story. The more aspects between them, the deeper and richer the complexity of their connection - and the greater the wealth of lessons awaiting extraction as their interactions unfold, reflecting the alchemical patterns composing the battlefield/playground of the relationship.
The types of insights that come through grasping the foundational principles of the astrological language and seeing how they play out in our inner and outer lives... I wish there was a way to accurate describe. But there's not. Why?
These are personal journeys of exploration.
I could go on and on trying to explain the amazing "ah-ha's" I get when diving deeper into the subject in general and my own & others' charts. But it'd be pointless.
And while I could look into your chart to gain a better understanding of who you are and the dynamics at play unfolding through the course of your life journey, none of the insights I could gain could even begin comparing to how you would be able to interpret your readings through the lens of your personal experience.
It is truly an absolutely fascinating process of self-discovery - unveiling the hidden secrets of the universe, the order and structure within the cycles of time and nature, and how they all play our through the intimate experience of our personal & collective consciousness as progressing through life. Yet, only a tiny fraction can be shared with others.
The language of astrology isn't one with which we are necessarily intended to communicate with others in - although such is possible. Moreso, it may be one through which we can foster a direct line of communication with hidden aspects of nature & ourselves - the dialogue getting continually deeper, richer, complex, and captivating as our fluency in the language expands through further immersion in its study and practice.
And well... there's perhaps not too much more I can say on that for now, without inappropriately blowing way too far open into dimensions of the subject well-beyond the scope of this story.
The moral?
There are many aspects to our existence we can't see, hear, taste, or touch - many forces of nature at play which evade our conscious awareness, yet whose influences we are subject to...
While there are several different schools of esoteric and metaphysical knowledge accessible for the curious to explore the dynamics of these hidden aspects and forces, astrology is one in particular that is well worth getting into if one is fascinated to learn of such deeper dimensions to the alchemical coding of our realities.
It's not a light subject. Nor one that is likely to be learnt in depth quickly and easily. Nor is it a subject learnt through conventional methods - more than memorizing facts, the journey itself is one of skill development in patterns recognition & thinking and attuning the (non-five) senses to subtleties and distinctions in qualities of states & being that have often failed to receive acknowledge and proper articulation in conventional language.
Yet, it's one fucking amazingly rewarding journey.
Not everyone might be enthusiastic about pursuing the path of self-discovery and the esoteric. However for those who are, no other avenue may provide an accurate blueprint of the soul as astrology does.
Proceed curiously, and the wonders awaiting shall not fail to please...
