athenian200
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I know that there are good Astrologers out there, because I've seen some incredibly insightful analyses of charts. But I can't seem to find them easily.
I've found that every time I try to pay for a chart reading of some kind, I don't get anything out of it except a lighter wallet. What keeps happening is that I pay for a reading, and then the Astrologer gives me very vague hints about what they think is important.
They also have a tendency to act as though reading the chart is mentally draining for them, and takes them a long time. They always want to stretch the readings out as long as possible in order to get me to pay for multiple hours and sessions. It feels like they are deliberately giving me as little for my money as possible in some cases.
I find that between sessions, putting in the effort to do research on the chart myself and asking around tends to produce clearer results and is more helpful in the long run than the service I paid for.
If I ask them their opinion about chart factors like planets being in sect, fixed stars, dodecatemoria, sabian symbols, or Arabic parts, they tend to dismiss those things as unimportant and say they only use the 9 planets. Worse, I've actually gotten into arguments with them about the house system they use, how they interpret the houses, and in some cases even what they think the planets symbolize (which in some cases has actually been somewhat personally offensive as well as incorrect). This, of course, ends up costing me more money because they count it against my time.
Ultimately, it just seems like I get more out of asking about Astrology online and spending a few hours researching concepts than I do out of paying someone to read my chart. I've spent over $300 of my money going to various Astrologers over the past few years, and I've never found one that seemed to help me or tell me anything I didn't already know.
So, what I'm really asking is... what am I missing? I look for positive/negative reviews and such of the Astrologer, and I make sure they have at least a couple years of experience. Is it my communication? Am I making my requests unclear to them?
I think I must be a bad judge of skill or character. :/ How can I determine whether I should purchase a reading from a given Astrologer? Reputation seems unreliable, as does their stated amount of experience. It seems like finding a good one is purely luck.
I should note, this isn't just a problem with Astrologers. I seem to have similar issues when hiring anyone who does a service for me. They always have more limited skills than advertised, and want to charge me a premium for those skills regardless. For instance, one time I had an electrician out to replace a ceiling light fixture. While they were out here doing that, I asked them if they could bypass the ballast in order to allow the replacement of a T8 fluorescent light with an T8-shaped LED bulb. They shrugged and said they didn't know how to do that, and thus couldn't help me.
Again, I don't have a low opinion of Astrology as a profession, not at all. I'm specifically wondering why I keep hiring the wrong ones. I know that I must be doing something wrong, I just don't know what.
I've found that every time I try to pay for a chart reading of some kind, I don't get anything out of it except a lighter wallet. What keeps happening is that I pay for a reading, and then the Astrologer gives me very vague hints about what they think is important.
They also have a tendency to act as though reading the chart is mentally draining for them, and takes them a long time. They always want to stretch the readings out as long as possible in order to get me to pay for multiple hours and sessions. It feels like they are deliberately giving me as little for my money as possible in some cases.
I find that between sessions, putting in the effort to do research on the chart myself and asking around tends to produce clearer results and is more helpful in the long run than the service I paid for.
If I ask them their opinion about chart factors like planets being in sect, fixed stars, dodecatemoria, sabian symbols, or Arabic parts, they tend to dismiss those things as unimportant and say they only use the 9 planets. Worse, I've actually gotten into arguments with them about the house system they use, how they interpret the houses, and in some cases even what they think the planets symbolize (which in some cases has actually been somewhat personally offensive as well as incorrect). This, of course, ends up costing me more money because they count it against my time.
Ultimately, it just seems like I get more out of asking about Astrology online and spending a few hours researching concepts than I do out of paying someone to read my chart. I've spent over $300 of my money going to various Astrologers over the past few years, and I've never found one that seemed to help me or tell me anything I didn't already know.
So, what I'm really asking is... what am I missing? I look for positive/negative reviews and such of the Astrologer, and I make sure they have at least a couple years of experience. Is it my communication? Am I making my requests unclear to them?
I think I must be a bad judge of skill or character. :/ How can I determine whether I should purchase a reading from a given Astrologer? Reputation seems unreliable, as does their stated amount of experience. It seems like finding a good one is purely luck.
I should note, this isn't just a problem with Astrologers. I seem to have similar issues when hiring anyone who does a service for me. They always have more limited skills than advertised, and want to charge me a premium for those skills regardless. For instance, one time I had an electrician out to replace a ceiling light fixture. While they were out here doing that, I asked them if they could bypass the ballast in order to allow the replacement of a T8 fluorescent light with an T8-shaped LED bulb. They shrugged and said they didn't know how to do that, and thus couldn't help me.
Again, I don't have a low opinion of Astrology as a profession, not at all. I'm specifically wondering why I keep hiring the wrong ones. I know that I must be doing something wrong, I just don't know what.
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