waybread
Well-known member
We've all seen the questions on both the horary and natal boards where the querent asks:
"When am I going to get married?" or
"When will my money work out?" or a similar question.
I don't know about you, but I find such questions to be a bit grating. It seems to me that the question should be worded:
"Will I get married?" (With the possible addition of "And if so, when is a good or likely time for it to happen?")
"Will my money work out?" (With the possible additions of "If so, how or when"?)
When are you going to get married? Maybe never.
Maybe your money will never work out unless/until you learn better personal finance strategies.
A question worded as a "when" when the hoped-for event may never happen seems to me to be either impractical or like trying to trick or force the oracle.
Maybe I'm imagining things, but I also am seeing more OPs from younger people who seem to view their lives as a sort of film over which they have no control, and can only watch as a viewer trapped within a 3D story. In which case, the only purpose of a horoscope reading seems to be to forecast how the particular movie of one's life is going to play out. Is this the upshot of too many "helicopter moms" scripting their kids' every move? Or a new interpretation of human agency?
For example,
"What will be my future career?"
Astrologers vary in terms of whether they take a highly deterministic, fatalistic view of astrology, vs. a choice-centered approach. (I personally feel that the old "fate vs. free will" debate is truly unhelpful, as nobody is 100% based in one or the other.) My position is that each planet, sign, house, and sensitive point has several legitimate interpretations, regardless of whether one does modern or traditional astrology. The chart will express itself in some fashion consistent with its placements, but people have some choice as to whether they enact empowering or disempowering interpretations.
Your thoughts on these matters?
"When am I going to get married?" or
"When will my money work out?" or a similar question.
I don't know about you, but I find such questions to be a bit grating. It seems to me that the question should be worded:
"Will I get married?" (With the possible addition of "And if so, when is a good or likely time for it to happen?")
"Will my money work out?" (With the possible additions of "If so, how or when"?)
When are you going to get married? Maybe never.
Maybe your money will never work out unless/until you learn better personal finance strategies.
A question worded as a "when" when the hoped-for event may never happen seems to me to be either impractical or like trying to trick or force the oracle.
Maybe I'm imagining things, but I also am seeing more OPs from younger people who seem to view their lives as a sort of film over which they have no control, and can only watch as a viewer trapped within a 3D story. In which case, the only purpose of a horoscope reading seems to be to forecast how the particular movie of one's life is going to play out. Is this the upshot of too many "helicopter moms" scripting their kids' every move? Or a new interpretation of human agency?
For example,
"What will be my future career?"
Astrologers vary in terms of whether they take a highly deterministic, fatalistic view of astrology, vs. a choice-centered approach. (I personally feel that the old "fate vs. free will" debate is truly unhelpful, as nobody is 100% based in one or the other.) My position is that each planet, sign, house, and sensitive point has several legitimate interpretations, regardless of whether one does modern or traditional astrology. The chart will express itself in some fashion consistent with its placements, but people have some choice as to whether they enact empowering or disempowering interpretations.
Your thoughts on these matters?