Prove to me that astrology makes sense

Nothing special that I know of. The date you are referring to would be mid-1963. He was in a relationship with a woman whom he married in 1965. In 1964 he joined the Taganka theatre where he would later become a famous actor. He wrote some pretty good songs around that time, but not as good as the ones he wrote in the early 70's.

 

What IS unlikely is that a bunch of mysticists can predict exactly HOW they will affect us. And furthermore, astrology is based on your birth time and place...a completely arbitrary value to use, even if the other planets did somehow affect ours.

Astrology is ridiculous.

 

Syntax, Chinese astrology might say a little bit too. He'd be a Tiger. This book I read, Chinese Power Animals (I think that's what it's called), the birth hour and minute (and day) reveal more than just the year. For example, I was born March 1, 1983, which was the year of the Pig (or Boar). My birth month was the cat (or rabbit) I think, birthday was dragon I think (I don't remember most of it). In my opinion, there isn't one specific thing that is "true" but small parts of many "beliefs". I think it's important to look into all kinds of different religions and scientific "evidence" to get as much info as possible to find out what is "true" or whatever else you want to know.

 

I thought I was a rat.I wonder if that is why I am an omni.There would be no veg*ns born in the year of the rat.

 

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Esoteric Astrology - Appendix - Suggestions for Students

APPENDIX
Suggestions for Students

Astrology in the Secret Doctrine - (Third Edition)

Mythology relates to astronomical, theogonical and human struggles; to the adjustment of orbs and the supremacy of nations and tribes. The "struggle for existence" and the "survival of the fittest" reigned supreme from the moment that Kosmos manifested into being... Hence:
The incessant fights of the Gods in all the Old Scriptures.
The war in Heaven of the ancient mythologies. (S.D. Vol. I, 223)
Behind this veil... of astrological symbols, there were the occult mysteries of anthropography and the primeval genesis of man. (S.D. Vol. I, 250)
Astrology existed before astronomy. (S.D. Vol. III, 325)
Astrolatry or the adoration of the Heavenly Host is the natural result of only half-revealed astrology... Hence, divine Astrology for the Initiates; superstitious astrolatry for the profane. (S.D. Vol. III, 337)
Primitive astrology is as far above modern astrology as the Guides (the planets and the Zodiacal signs) are above the lamp posts. (S.D. Vol. III, 341) [636]
Astrology has left its eternal imprint upon the world. (S.D. Vol. III, 342)
Astrology is built upon the mystic and intimate connection between the heavenly bodies and mankind and is one of the great secrets of Initiation and the occult mysteries. (S.D. Vol. II, 525)
Stars and constellations have an occult and mysterious influence on, and connection with individuals. And if with the tatter, why not with nations, races and mankind as a whole? This again is a claim made on the authority of the Zodiacal records. (S.D. Vol. I, 709)
There are records preserved through the Zodiac for incalculable ages.
(S.D. Vol. I, 709.)
Astronomy, astrology and so on are all on the physical and not on the spiritual plane. (S.D. Vol. II, 667)
Those philosophers alone who studied astrology... knew that the last word of those sciences was to be sought in and expected from the occult forces emanating from the constellations. (S.D. Vol. III, 214)
"...In the presence of the Eternal conformity of the divisions of the Zodiac and of the names of the Planets applied in the same order everywhere and always and in the presence of the impossibility of attributing it all to chance and coincidence... a very great antiquity indeed must be allowed for the Zodiac. (S.D. Vol. I, 711)
High ceremonial astrology... depends upon the knowledge of the Initiate of those immaterial Forces and spiritual Entities that affect matter and guide it.
(S.D. Vol. III, 337)
"...our Earth was created or fashioned by terrestrial [637] spirits, the Regents (the Spirits of the seven planets. A.A.B.) being simply the supervisors. This is the first germ of that which grew later into the Tree of Astrology and Astrolatry." (S.D. Vol. II, 26)
"There are seven chief groups of such Dhyan Chohans. They are the primeval seven Rays... Hence there are seven chief planets, the spheres of the indwelling seven Spirits, under each of which is born one of the human groups."
(S.D. Vol. I, 626)
"There are only seven planets specially connected with the Earth and twelve houses, but the possible combination of their aspects are countless. As each planet can stand to each of the others in twelve different aspects their combinations must be almost infinite." (S.D. Vol. I, 626)
That which is the surviving Entity in us is partly the direct emanation from and partly those celestial entities themselves. (S.D. Vol. I, 251)
The descent and reascent of the monad or soul cannot be disconnected from Zodiacal signs... (S.D. Vol. I, 730)
The following five statements are basic
Each of the Primordial Seven, the first seven rays, forming the manifesting logos, is again sevenfold.
As the seven colors of the solar spectrum correspond to the seven rays or Hierarchies so each of these is subdivided into seven.
Each of these Hierarchies furnishes the essence (the soul) and is the builder of one of the seven kingdoms in nature - the three elemental kingdoms, the mineral, vegetable, animal and kingdom of spiritual man. [638]
Each Hierarchy furnishes the aura of one of the seven principles in man with its specific color.
Each of these Hierarchies is the ruler of one of the sacred planets.
Thus astrology came into existence and has a strictly scientific basis. (S.D. Vol. III, 482)
All the great astrologers have admitted that man could react against the stars. (S.D. Vol. III, 339)
This system (or cycles) cannot be comprehended if the spiritual action of these periods - preordained so to say by karmic law - is separated from their physical course. The calculations of the best astrologers would fail, or at any rate remain imperfect, unless this dual action is thoroughly taken into consideration and mastered upon these lines. This mastery can be achieved only-through initiation. (S.D. Vol. I, 703)
Modern astrologers do not give the correspondences of the days and planets and colors correctly.
There is white and black astrology... the good or bad results obtained do not depend upon the principles which are the same in both kinds, but upon the astrologer himself. (S.D. Vol. III, 339)
NOTE: S.D. Vol. I, Section XVI and S.D. Vol. III, Section XXXVIII deal with the Zodiac, with Biblical references to the Zodiac and with astrology and the mysteries of Initiation.


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traditionally, it would be the moment that the baby takes its first breath independent from mommy's womb. that moment the baby takes in the outside world for the first time.

the arbitrariness of using this moment for the calculation is debatable, but here is my take on it. if we take relativity into account, then we accept that there is no purely outside perspective, and therefore i move on to accept that we are all one universal web of energy experiencing itself subjectively. the sun happens to be a concentration of a kind of energy, i will call it solar energy, and i will say that each of us are able to express that energy in our own way depending on a lot of factors such as the environment we were raised in and genetics and whatnot. each of the other planets are then also concentrations of pure energy arranged in a balanced way (balance in this case meaning the condition necessary for us to be here talking about it). the premise of astrology would be to analyze the patterns of these energies and translate our intuitions and logical deductions and whatnot into something comprehensible to our perspectives as humans.

so, when the baby is born and takes in the universe for the first time as an independent entity, an astrologer would look at the condition of the planets and combine that analysis with his understanding of what has come before and what will come in the future (lunation cycles are just one of many forms of cycles between planets, and analytical tools developed over millenia are often completely misunderstood by modern astrologers, but in the hands of a master still make for amazing divining).

you see, from the moment we are born we are experiencing the universe subjectively, and literally everything we know is a product of the energies we are embodying. if you can add succesfully, then it wont take much meditation on this to realize why astrology has a sound basis but is often terribly mis-represented.

astrologers are just those people who watch the solar system as though it were a clock and attempt to share their feeble understandings with their fellow humans. i ,on the other hand, just like to observe my surroundings, so i find endless inspiration in the musings of ancient and modern astrologers.