Good topic MM, but tricky questions at the end of the post, eh
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I think, being into Astrology, you can hardly resist the temptation of wanting to know what suddenness this Uranus transit is going to catch me unawares with, or how that much-feared Pluto is going to transform my life during its stay in house 'x', or what I will soon be rejoicing about with Jupiter entering house 'Y'...
Sure, the difficult transits (or even natal-chart aspects) are a bit harder to swallow for obvious reasons. I, personally, like to know about both, the easy and the more difficult transits. In fact, if I am honest, I, when it comes to my own chart, tend to concentrate more on the difficult ones, and want to know about them clearly, thinking (at times falsely) that, in this way, I might be able to prepare and sort of brace myself up for them :13
at least when it comes to certain things). But, the important thing is always to keep in mind that there is absolutely no guarantee whatsoever that all or even part of what is predicted, even by the best of and most-experienced astrologers, will really materialise - even astrology has its limitations. Also, I believe that there is a different 'power' having exclusive copyrights when it comes to such things
I have to say though that, much as I am interested in getting to know before hand how pleasant or unpleasant the times ahead are going to be for me, there are exceptions even there. I wouldn't necessarily pin-point it out myself, and don't think, would like to be told (blatantly) either that, as an e.g., your sister should live her life to the fullest the next 6 months.., so death is one thing, which for me at least is a no-go area. It can be called an ethical issue, or even be refuted that death can be seen that clearly at all astrologically.
Also, I feel it is crucially important that an astrologer is at least 150% sure about what he lets out of his mouth, and still there is hardly any *guarantee* that even an iota of the forecasted will actually materialise. However, with a non-serious, or loosely-made prediction one can ruin a person's life to quite an extent, witout the 'predicted ruin' perhaps actually ever occuring. And that's the main tricky part.
Just my thoughts there
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