Hi folks,
I'm a 70 year old woman who has been a serious student of astrology since my 20s, though I was aware of it even as a young child. I started out reading Isobel Hickey, and over the years I have read many of the classics, often numerous times. There is always something new that comes out of each reading. The authors who have most influenced my thinking are Donna Cunningham, Stephen Arroyo, Steven Forrest, Jan Spiller, and for a much needed dose of solid traditional astrology, Anthony Louis.
I have a Pisces Moon and learned early on only to read for other people when I had a strong impression that I should do it. I'm pretty good at it, when it is right for me to read. When it comes to reading my own chart, like so many of us, it amazes me how blind I can be to what is really there.
Over the years I've had some memorable encounters with some very good and, occasionally, well-known astrologers, most of them were very informative. One, which was accurate, was also an apt demonstration of how astrological knowledge shared in a spirit of pride without compassion can be very harmful. If you see very difficult transits in someone's future, do what you can to hep them understand what positive lessons they can learn from them.
I find that after all these years of steeping my consciousness in astrological imagery and insight it greatly helps me make sense of the world, and keeps me aware that everyone I meet is here living out a different set of challenges.
As I go through my later years, like many of us, I am coming to appreciate the extent to which the Lunar Nodes describe the life journey, though like the person who wrote the essay on this site, I had also come to the realization that it is the challenge of finding the balance between the two nodes, not the journey from one to the other, that may be what is going on. If I were given just one chart point to analyze, when meeting a stranger, I would ask to read the house and sign placement of the South Node.
I look forward to reading more of the posts here. What I have already read has been impressive.
I'm a 70 year old woman who has been a serious student of astrology since my 20s, though I was aware of it even as a young child. I started out reading Isobel Hickey, and over the years I have read many of the classics, often numerous times. There is always something new that comes out of each reading. The authors who have most influenced my thinking are Donna Cunningham, Stephen Arroyo, Steven Forrest, Jan Spiller, and for a much needed dose of solid traditional astrology, Anthony Louis.
I have a Pisces Moon and learned early on only to read for other people when I had a strong impression that I should do it. I'm pretty good at it, when it is right for me to read. When it comes to reading my own chart, like so many of us, it amazes me how blind I can be to what is really there.
Over the years I've had some memorable encounters with some very good and, occasionally, well-known astrologers, most of them were very informative. One, which was accurate, was also an apt demonstration of how astrological knowledge shared in a spirit of pride without compassion can be very harmful. If you see very difficult transits in someone's future, do what you can to hep them understand what positive lessons they can learn from them.
I find that after all these years of steeping my consciousness in astrological imagery and insight it greatly helps me make sense of the world, and keeps me aware that everyone I meet is here living out a different set of challenges.
As I go through my later years, like many of us, I am coming to appreciate the extent to which the Lunar Nodes describe the life journey, though like the person who wrote the essay on this site, I had also come to the realization that it is the challenge of finding the balance between the two nodes, not the journey from one to the other, that may be what is going on. If I were given just one chart point to analyze, when meeting a stranger, I would ask to read the house and sign placement of the South Node.
I look forward to reading more of the posts here. What I have already read has been impressive.
