waybread
Well-known member
Rockfish, my own personal belief is that some astrologers are psychic, and that the glyphs and degrees of astrology are merely devices that help them get in touch with their clairvoyant abilities. Other psychics might use crystal balls, tarot cards, or tea leaves. The ones who are known simply as "psychics" don't rely on such props. Everyone has intuitive abilities to some degree, and I think astrology can help astrologers develop this capacity.
In cases like the one you describe, however, I don't think it is the horoscope per se that gives that information.
I realize that traditional astrologers would disagree with me, because traditional astrology does have a very long history of predicting death. Also, some astrologers are far more skillful and knowledgeable than I will ever become, so just possibly if I knew what they know, I might change my mind.
And then again, how often do the astrology articles make a big issue out of incorrect predictions? I think these just slink away. Like Britain's foremost pre-war mundane astrologer, Charles Carter, failing to predict World War II.
But to take Lilly's very thoughtful and intriguing post (by a traditional astrologer), I don't dispute that quincunxes might be prominent at the time of some deaths. But I don't see them as reliable predictors of death. Right now on the planet a child is born every 2-3 seconds, so quincunxes don't always have a death-dealing effect.
In terms of medical astrology, there are many different causes of death and decumbiture. So it makes sense to me to think that death horoscopes should equally be highly individualistic.
In cases like the one you describe, however, I don't think it is the horoscope per se that gives that information.
I realize that traditional astrologers would disagree with me, because traditional astrology does have a very long history of predicting death. Also, some astrologers are far more skillful and knowledgeable than I will ever become, so just possibly if I knew what they know, I might change my mind.
And then again, how often do the astrology articles make a big issue out of incorrect predictions? I think these just slink away. Like Britain's foremost pre-war mundane astrologer, Charles Carter, failing to predict World War II.
But to take Lilly's very thoughtful and intriguing post (by a traditional astrologer), I don't dispute that quincunxes might be prominent at the time of some deaths. But I don't see them as reliable predictors of death. Right now on the planet a child is born every 2-3 seconds, so quincunxes don't always have a death-dealing effect.
In terms of medical astrology, there are many different causes of death and decumbiture. So it makes sense to me to think that death horoscopes should equally be highly individualistic.