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RE: Why Take Astrology Seriously? -- Oh, the things Astrology can do for you!
Agreed... dismissing it as superstition is quite limited... I found my star chart can give very valuable insight and guidance... It IS actually a type of physics, just a higher caliber than most humans can grasp at the moment...
Like with most things, it can be taken too dogmatically also... Moderation and discernment must still be applied :)
Interesting that you say "it IS actually a type of physics." I hadn't thought of it that way -- or in exactly those words before, but I think you're right. There is something going on with Astrology and other mystical arts that even those who practice them don't understand clearly. Even among ourselves we can't define why these things work in ways that are sensible and defensible, we just know they do! Because we can apply them to our lives and see them in action. We can work with the accumulated wisdom and gain something that has value in how we perceive and manage our experiences.
On the frontiers of science, in many different fields, biologists, chemists and physicists, etc., make discoveries of things we as a species didn't know and couldn't explain before. In theoretical physics especially, different thinkers are proving that "reality" isn't at all what we have assumed it was -- for centuries.
I have believed for years that eventually the ideas of scientists and mystics will meet "coming around the corner" ... and they will realize they have all been studying and trying to explain and understand the same things -- just using different means to explore it and different language to describe it. (I hope I'm making sense myself in writing this reply!!) I see more and more evidence of that as time goes by.
Right now "science" has the upper hand in terms of formal education, cultural respect, research opportunities and financial rewards because it is so "left brain" in its orientation -- and those qualities of rationality, logic, objectivity and dealing in "cold hard facts" are considered superior to anything the very different talents of the right brain can offer.
But that is changing ... because as scientists get more and more "out there" in their pursuit of knowledge, they find themselves in the same baffling situations and "weirdness" mystics have know about ... practically forever. And the more we are able to work together to understand the totality of what's really going on -- rather than dismissing some attempts as backward, silly, superstitious and not worth considering, the quicker we may all make progress ... and comprehend more completely the many and miraculous components of the human experience.
(Sorry to make this so long. For me, thinking and writing are often two sides of the same process ... and when I pick up my keyboard, things get out of hand!!)
I wrote an essay years ago talking about how studying the mystical arts will change the way you think about everything. It will change you. It will change how you approach your entire life. If I can dig it out, I may post it here -- so you and I and others can declare "we are not crazy ... and we are not alone." It starts with a willingness (and ability) to think differently.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I enjoyed this. (I get a kick out of my own writing. You may learn -- as my husband has -- don't get me started!!)