Astrology of the Soul

These days the science of Astrology has been debased in some methods by the want for a fast and easy sound bite of info and a basic concentrate discovered in numerous magazines, on Astrology that only requires into account the position of the sun and not the complete natal chart.

A birth chart is not duplicated for 25,000 years simply because all the planets are traveling at various speeds about the sun. A complete birth chart appears at the sign positions of all the planets, the axis that was active while the person was born, the nodes, the eclipses and so on. The paradox is that whilst we reside in an era of vast quantities of superficial media friendly info flowing continuously; it is Today feasible to rapidly and effortlessly calculate the most complicated mathematical astrological material.

The heavens have constantly captivated the human imagination and focus. The presence of its patterns and cycles revealed a reality to our forbears that implied the existence of a designer and for this cause the heavens have been observed and studied by all the ancient cultures. They looked to the sky to understand how to reside in harmony with the cycles of nature and to uncover a sensible method which could give kind to the philosophy "as above so under".

As far as we know, Astrology, mankind's 1st religion, was created by the ancient Babylonians thousands of years ago while they observed that events on earth could be correlated to celestial phenomena. This expertise was passed on to the Persians, the Egyptians and then on to India and the Americas, building and mutating itself by means of each and every stage of history.

It is only relatively not too long ago that the challenging science of Astronomy which is the find out of the observable universe and the discover of Astrology which is the interpretation of that universe on human affairs, have gone their separate methods.

In Astrology, your life is intimately connected to the celestial activities that distinguish the heavens at the time of your birth. A horoscope is a distinct map, setting out the positions of the sun, moon and planets as effectively as the sign that hovered on the horizon at your birth to reveal intricate mathematical relationships that portray your private blueprint and prospective for improvement. This map can reveal your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual gifts and challenges. Often bearing in thoughts of course, your personal cost-free will to decide on to workout these gifts or take up these challenges.

Specially noteworthy and portion of the new Astrology of our era is a concentrate on nodal points which reveal what numerous astrologers take into account our soul urges or these deeper underlying drives that can sit beneath the level of the far more clear character. Nodal points are the areas exactly where the direction of the earth and the moon intersect forming the north and south nodes. The north and south nodes are often referred to as the head and tail of the sky dragon and the place of the sky dragon in your chart is of the utmost value simply because it reveals the path in which you are heading as nicely as the location that you are emerging from.

One of the proponents of this strategy is Jan Spiller, an Astrologist, and a New York Instances ideal promoting author of the book "Astrology of the Soul" which distills 20 years of her work.

In her words;
"Astrology, if explored from a psychological or scientific level, has nothing at all to do with belief.. It has to do with gaining information and carrying out experiments"

What ever your individual views, those new directions in Astrology make fascinating and thought provoking reading.

Kristen Jones