Predicting the future with astrology
The title of this post is misleading. As my readers know, I do not believe that we can predict the future with astrology. We can predict stormy weather; we can predict good fortune of some kind. We cannot predict with any degree of accuracy when specific things will happen, the effort of many astrologers to do so notwithstanding.
An example of this is the question “when will I meet my soulmate.” This is probably the Number One question asked of astrologers, and second is “when will I be successful.” Both of these questions depend not on astrology, but on our own ability to resolve the inner issues of our personality that are keeping us from landing the job or the mate of our dreams.
I did what I like to call a “repair reading” not too long ago after a woman was told by an astrologer that at a certain time she would meet a man in a once in a lifetime planetary cycle, and that this was her last chance to find love. I can’t remember the exact planetary event but it had something to do with Jupiter and perhaps progressed Venus. She was recently divorced and not really ready for a new relationship, so when she met a man at the prescribed time she was unable to make it work. She was in extreme distress, worried that she had indeed ruined her last opportunity for happiness.
I recently did a yearly consult with a client, and in our previous reading I had told her that a period was coming up that would be very fertile for relationships of all kinds and which could bring an important relationship her way. As it turned out, during that period she […]