An intro to astrology

This is a taboo subject for many people. My hope is to clear the way a little bit before I go too deep into the matter, which I will be doing in upcoming posts.  I am one of those people who can be quite judgmental about certain things. For instance, if someone quotes Bible verses to me when I am trying to solve a problem I immediately put that person in a certain category. I only do this because the information regarding the authenticity of the Bible is overwhelmingly on the side of, "that shit is made up." So if a person quotes the Bible this means the person does not understand that they are quoting something made up. I think that most people see astrology the same way, if I say something about astrology, I am immediately seen as someone quoting made up information.

When I was taking philosophy courses in college I saw this phenomenon happen many times. I was quite alarmed at being so quickly placed in the category of "doesn't know what he is talking about." I have studied this subject at great length. I am not like the person quoting out of the Bible without ever having really looked into the making of the Bible. While having discussions regarding the nature and meaning of life I would bring up astrology and I could see the change in their eyes regarding their opinion of my own intellect immediately. Astrology is just like religion in this sense; people already have their minds made up before the conversation begins. This makes it terribly difficult to communicate.

To be clear, it is the same phenomenon, but totally different subjects. It is well documented that the Bible is horse shit, but that is not the case with astrology. Astrology and religion share one thing in common and that is an absurd amount of people claiming they understand it when they really do not. Even though we all have our own opinions about these subjects, there is still a truth regarding them. Let's weigh those out a little shall we.

Are there spiritual people who know the meaning of life? I think that there are. Are there people who claim to know the meaning of life but do not? I think there are those types too. Now, because there are people who talk about spirituality and do not know what they are talking about, does this mean that all spirituality is bullshit? I do not think it does.

There are bad doctors, yes? Does this mean we should not listen to any information regarding medicine? There are bad scientists too; does this mean all science is wrong? I mean even Sir Isaac Newton has had many of his findings refuted, does that make all science bullshit? We still do not understand gravity fully, but yet we all believe in gravity, but suddenly because there are horrible astrologists, does that mean all astrology is bullshit?

Let’s be clear then about what I mean by astrology. Astrology is the study of the effects of massive objects in space that emit energy that has an effect on human consciousness. Daily horoscopes are not astrology. Those are like the evangelic preacher making a living off the donations of ignorant people. Neither of those have nothing to do with the reality of the situation.

I remember taking chemistry in college and we were made to buy a small, 35 pages maybe, explanation of science and the scientific method. In that small book it stated quite clearly that astrology is not a science. We are quickly running into yet another reason why public schools are such a harmful enterprise for children. They flat out teach lies. They flat out hide the truth. Science after all is the same as religion. Both are attempting to explain the meaning and nature of existence. And just like religion lies to uphold its previously believed doctrines, so does science.

I'll show you the contradiction that science creates in very simple terms.

Scientists can prove that electromagnetic waves, i.e. light, changes how one thinks and feels. Scientists can prove that electromagnetic waves can change DNA. Scientist can prove that the brain emits and receives electromagnetic waves. Scientist can prove that large masses emit their own energy, i.e. light. Scientist can prove that the earth has its own magnetic field and it also emits its own energy.

Scientists say that the universe is expanding because everything in the universe, that they can see anyways, is moving away from the Milky Way. They know this because the light appears differently when the object is moving away, than if it was approaching. Have you ever stood near the train tracks when a train is coming? Did you notice that when the train was approaching it sounds one way, but once it passes you and is moving away, the sound is different? Light is the same way. The wavelength of light and sound is different if they are moving away or approaching.

You see, this is why our consciousness changes whenever a planet goes into retrograde. When it is moving away from us, we feel/think one way, when it is moving towards us, we think/feel another way. It is that simple. Just because these differences are subtle and are not fully understood by scientists does not mean they do not exist.

The plain truth is; there is much more going on in reality than the typical public educated person could ever even dream of. Because simple physics is so obviously ignored, most live their lives not ever grasping the truth. For instance, if one completely rules out astrology because a science teacher said it was bullshit, then that individual is going to have a tough time ever discovering their true Self. The planets and stars are a major contributor to exactly who we are. We are made out of star stuff. The sun, a star, is the very thing that gives us life.

Scientifically, studying how the sun gives us life is astrology, but you will probably never hear a scientist call it that. Even the moon affects us every single day, and not just us, but everything living thing on the planet, just like sun, just like all the other planets and stars. Has this not been studied by scientists? So now you can see, when they want to study it, they call it something other than astrology, but it is still astrology. They are merely ignoring the affects those energies have on our consciousness. It is merely a trick of labeling and deceiving.

Just like the scientist who has spent all their life studying some one thing, like Darwin studied evolution. Like the spiritual being who studied the meaning of life all of their life; Buddha. There are astrologists who have spent most of their lives studying the effects of energy on human consciousness and through their hard work, just like the work of scientists and spiritual teachers one can use their information to navigate life.

I think the reason so many disregard astrology is because it is the most complicated of sciences. Being so complicated there is bound to be more than a few exceptions to the rule and this makes it all very difficult to grasp. This is what I find most interesting about the way in which science disregards astrology, ask any physicist about the rules of matter and they will have to tell you there are no rules; that is the first rule. So are astrologists correct 100% of the time? No. Does this mean it is completely bunk and invalid? No. It just means because science has so thoroughly ignored it, it is not yet understood fully. There are ancient cultures that had a much greater understanding of it than we do now and this is because it has been almost completely ignored.

The dogmatic attitude of religion is still extremely prevalent in our culture even among those who do not believe in god. A perfect example of this is a married atheist. Or an atheist who believes humans are flawed in nature; that is a teaching of the church and has nothing to do with reality.