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The astrologer, who read
horoscope of
king knew that
fate of
king “was”
fate of
nation. They were one and
same. He also stood outside
power circle and was expected to tell
pure truth, though often it was not with impunity. Some astrologers who gave bad news were dispatched(!) Emperor Tiberius, for example, used to hurl his astrologers off
top of a cliff.
In what way is
“truth” of
astrologer pure, like that of
Fool? Information derived from an astrology chart isn’t “psychic” or “intuitive”. It isn’t a personal impression or a counseling skill. It is based on a set of rules and a bunch of numbers and angles. It is mathematical. William Tiller, Stanford professor of physics, is quoted on astrologer Dr. Glenn Perry’s website as saying, “Mathematics has been and will continue to be
quantitative language of science, but astrology will become
qualitative language of
human condition.” Dr. Perry has a doctorate in clinical psychology as well as being an astrologer. You can visit his website at www.aaperry.com.
Thus we see that astrology is a “pure” or abstract experience like mathematics where
truth is being told sometimes from a great emotional distance and in terms of symbols. The heyday of court astrologers was probably from
15th to 17th centuries in Europe. Tycho Brahe served
Danish court. Johannes Kepler served
House of Habsburg (Austria) and Galileo Galilei served
de Medici family in Italy. As you know, these men were also pursuing interests in alchemy/chemistry and in astronomy. The subjects were not separated into right and left brain as they are today.
Slightly later,
skilled English astrologer William Lilley advised both Oliver Cromwell and King Charles 1 during
British Civil War, as well as predicting
Great Fire of London in 1666.
In more recent times, President Reagan was suspected of consulting astrologers such as Sydney Omar, Jeanne Dixon and Joan Quigley, through his wife, Pat. When Dixon refused to predict that Reagan would be elected in an earlier campaign for
presidency, she was replaced. You can see that one of
reasons astrologers remain outside
establishment is to render greater service by detachment. They “oppose”
king, president and establishment in
sense that they are not under
direct power or authority of these entities and are expected to give a detached “outside” comment that can be really valuable because of its purity. Now, let’s look at
second reason.
Conferences, groups, referendums and other activities taking place today that address global issues are operating under Piscean Age protocols. (In
next paragraph, I will review
evolution of
“Ages” briefly.) At some level I think astrologers know these Piscean Age methods are antiquated and ineffective and at
same time they are not yet “called” to
fore as
priests and leaders of their own age,
Aquarian Age. As great as
Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Nelson Mandela and Deepok Chopra are, they are in some sense relics of
Piscean Age and its spiritual rather than mathematical approach to worldview and they represent waning or cadent powers. Aquarian values are succedent, on
upsurge, very soon to become angular, cardinal, dynamic and directive.
The “ages” such as
Age of Aquarius and
Age of Pisces are based on an astronomical phenomenon called
“precession of
equinoxes”. Because of this heavenly condition (!),
constellation in which
vernal equinox takes place changes roughly every 2,160 year. It is part of a 25,920 year cycle, sometimes called an “eon”. The signs move backward from
perspective of earth and so
Age of Pisces precedes
Age of Aquarius. At
moment we are in a transitional period. By most reckonings
Age of Aquarius will not “really” begin until around 2060 but we are seeing signs of it everywhere. For more information about this, please visit my website for an article entitled, “The Age of Aquarius”.
In
Aquarian Age, astrologers and physicists may become “king” and
mythical heroic concept of
king may become
complimentary or opposing force. The subjective, feeling-based spiritual values of
Piscean Age may be replaced by
detached objective mathematical principles of harmony inherent in a paradigm such as astrology or in
known physical and metaphysical laws of
universe.
Boy! Party, party, party. Our phones will be ringing off
hook then!

Nancy R. Fenn has a fulltime astrological practice in the San Diego area and maintains a website full of resources for the beginning and professional astrologer. Visit Nancy on the web at www.bemyastrologer.com