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as I see it, is to afford people seeking self-knowledge another perspective of their character and a light into their souls. Astrology has this capacity because the unfolding of any life or cycle can be read in its seed or beginning, and because human souls and celestial bodies are embedded in the same energy matrix. Over millennia mankind has come to see relationships between personality and planetary positions, and that it is their synchronicity -- not causation -- that causes planetary configurations to be descriptive of character, karma, and the resonant energies through which we move.

It is natural to want to know the future before it happens. Fortunately for the development of spiritual muscle and whatever wisdom we hope to obtain, however, this is impossible via astrology. There may indeed be gifted psychics capable of foreseeing events, Edgar Cayce and Nostradamus being notable examples; but again, this is not the province of astrology. After 34 years in this business I have come to the firm belief that using astrology to predict specific events or timings is, at least as practiced in the west, a vexation of the spirit and the pursuit of fools.

So what’s the difference between reading the "unfolding" of someone’s life in their natal horoscope and predicting their future? A basic tenet of astrology, at least the brand I practice, is that we are immortal beings who incarnate at a moment in time and space descriptive of two things: our choices and actions in previous incarnations, and consequently, our proclivities this time around. And just as previous actions determine character, strengths and weaknesses, their signatures in a natal horoscope can be found and interpreted by a skilled reader. To say that someone has "come in" with a propensity to command, teach, travel, gamble, or deceive, and that these traits will be stressed, enhanced or opposed during a certain interval of time, is altogether different than to say that a specific event will transpire at a certain time. By knowing who we are and what we have made of ourselves -- by knowing our character -- we can surmise with which of the many forthcoming energies we are most likely to resonate, and to which we will respond.