Language – Student of Astrology

Tips On Astrology Interpretation

This essay was inspired by a question posed by one of my students, who asked for advice on interpretation in astrology. Aside from the technical question of knowing the range of meanings of the planets, houses and signs – which I will address later in this essay – there is the wider question of what constitutes clear and useful interpretation. I want to spend most of this essay on that point.

Here is some advice for learning to do clear and useful interpretation in astrology. In a larger sense these are all useful rules for ANY human communication.

It was a useful exercise for me to write this, as it helped me clarify my own thinking on the subject.

Avoid Jargon

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Astrology and Politics: Drawing the Line

“In matters of truth the fact that you don’t want to publish something is – nine times out of ten – proof that you ought to publish it.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

This post is inevitable, and I have seen it coming for a long time. I’d really rather not publish this, but I think it important that I do.

I need to make clear where I stand on the issue of mixing astrology and politics – or, to be more precise, of astrology being taken over and forced to follow a political and social agenda. I think this will corrupt and ultimately destroy traditional astrology, and I won’t let that happen.

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