CRITIQUING ASTROLOGY
like OPA or any other Astrological organization...it appears they back off and have no interest in belonging to an organization. I feel there's more people than we can imagine who are interested in Astrology but not interested in
joining an organization. How do we find and how do we reach people like that?
June Morrow
Victoria (Peltz) Smoot
There is nothing wrong with Astrology. Each of us has limitations in comparison and we are
all on a curve of learning which has no end. The Cosmos is set up that way, for endless discovery, inspiration, understanding and joy. To use these greater laws in conjunction with the laws
of earth-bound life, it sometimes has to be and can be adjusted. And so it has been, as
demonstrated by the many kinds of astrology that have been created. To study and use astrology carries some responsibility, I feel, to keep growing and learning, while we remain open to
being amazed over and over again. No, if there is any "fault," it would be that our own faults
are reflected right back to us.
Vicky
Tim Rubald
In 1960 a girl I flirted with asked me, "What's your Sign?" The only Sign I'd ever read anything about was my Sign. What I'd read was very complementary. I told her and she replied,
"Oh, we don't get along then." Within a few days I was at the library where I emptied the
shelves of any book with information about astrology (there weren't all that many in those
days). I was determined to learn enough so that I could explain to that girl why she shouldn't
pay attention to that old lady stuff.
I learned there actually was something to astrology but that there was also a sort of "astrology" that was stirred in with silliness along the lines of Johnny Carson's Karnak the Magnificent (too far back?
How about Miss Cleo?) My critical thinking (used to be taught in classrooms) balanced with skepticism continues to
this day. I learned there was much to astrology but also that some people would swallow things (like the current
Mayan date) without checking and confirming.
My criticism is about a lack of criticism among some who accept and pass on inaccuracies without checking
them. Astrologers need to be researchers. We need to be able to see and correlate astrology as a way of viewing
and reflecting upon "everything under the Sun." Astrology always works. We need to humble ourselves before its
Divine Reflection rather than squeeze it to fit preconceived notions.
Tim Rubald
Bob Mulligan
Is it Astrology or the astrologer?
“Astrology is the perfect science; out of a million astrologers one understands it.” –
Meher Baba.
Practicing astrologers occasionally have experiences with clients that turn out differently
than they expected. This is the premise behind the first day of our OPA peer work, admitting
personal fallibility is the beginning of our certification process. We agree that what we are
looking for in this work is our own shortcomings. We don’t get together to talk about the limitations of astrology but rather, our own limitations as astrologers. So, when we stumble on a
limitation of astrology, we are really discovering a limitation in ourselves as astrologers. Astrology is infinite, without limitation; the consciousness of every astrologer I have personally met is finite….and here
in lies the difficulty.
Knowledgeable astrologers take advantage of unexpected consequences as opportunities to learn. Correctly
handled, these interruptions to our flow of consciousness are the perfect opportunities for personal growth. To determine that our best understanding leaves us short of information is to open the door to possible learning.
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