As a longtime student of astrology, I found it very interesting to read the Dec. 10 article, “Study finds a complex mix of spiritual beliefs.” Astrology is not a belief, unless of course you believe in the direction it can give one from the beginning of life until the end.
It is a science, a road map, to aid a human being along the road of life. Therefore, one can have a religious belief, and also use this as an aid.
Those who don’t understand astrology will argue that they have their belief to sustain them and astrology is nothing more than occult. The word occult means a science that cannot be proven. Take it from me, it works. Of course, it takes some living experience to understand how, and why. It is an aid to understand your fellow human being, it is an aid to help you understand that everyone is special and all the gifts we have received from our Creator at birth.
It also helps you to understand that everything is in perfect balance, such as, if there is a positive, there has to be a negative, if only for the fact to teach us that we don’t want a human being who does harm against another human being. It also helps us to understand why those who commit crime do so. Among other things, it works as an aid in child development, helps corporations hire the right person for the right job — too many things to write about in this amount of space.
Astrology is more than the daily horoscopes you read in the newspaper. If that was true, it would mean we only have 12 kind of different personalities, although they are fun to read. It has taught me to believe in a higher power (higher power used here as a respect for all different religions). After all, everything is in “Divine” order. To all, happy holidays and a happy new year.
Johanna Howard
Camano Island
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