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Astrology: What is it,
how does it work, and why does it work
A THREE PART ARTICLE
Ann Cortese , BS. , MPS
Anne Cortese has been a Professional
Astrologer and Counselor for 40 years, Member of NCGR, ISAR and
past member of AFAN and AFA served as Board Member of the NCGR
Fairfield Connecticut Chapter of NCGR and studied under Charles
and Vivia Jayne, Donald Yott and Meria Epstein of New York City.
Taught Astrology and a five year course in Tibetan Buddhism for
the MCNJ, teaches astrology classes and gives private
instructions, lectures, holds group readings. Private practice
includes personalized taped readings for clients. Available for
Natal Chart, Solar Return, Present Transits, Sec. Progressions
and Solar Arc, and Compatibility readings. Gift certificates
available. All readings include a Meditation CD. For
information on chart readings or spiritual counseling please
call ..610-765-1112.
Are you Curious about the secrets of the
STARS? Would you like to learn how the Zodiac can come alive and
aid you in achieving your goals, lead you to a path of personal
growth and spiritual development?
Would you like to know how conflicting
energies can be transmuted into positive action and change your
relationship into the relationship of your dreams? Would you
like to explore the Universe within?
Come along then, walk with me as we learn
the language of the stars, find out how you and a “significant
other” can dance to the music of the spheres. Come along and
learn what Astrology is, how it works, why it works. Come join
with me in achieving your personal goals, stimulate your
creativity, and open up new vistas of life thereby leading to
the fulfillment of your dreams!!!
What is Astrology?
Astrology is a combination of
two disciplines: it is a science and an art.
It is a spiritual science, a
blueprint for our Spiritual Growth, denoting the
relationship between the
personal universe within and the larger universe outside of
oneself: the Cosmic Universe.
It is in the construction of the individual Astrological chart
that we recognize that Astrology is a tightly knit, logical,
precise mathematical science. The astrological chart is
constructed by the use of specific coordinates of the Longitude
and Latitude of the individual’s geographic place of birth, the
individual’s time of birth, the time difference between
Greenwich, England and the place of birth, and other
mathematical coordinates.
In interpreting the horoscope,
the mathematical aspects of the relationship of the planets to
one another is used. The main aspects are planets squaring one
another by of 90 degrees, trines of 120 degrees, sextiles of 60
degrees inconjuctions of 150 degrees and oppositions of 180
degrees. In addition to the main aspects other degree aspects
are also considered. In certain types of readings, namely the
directed solar arc, the arc of the sun is calculated in relation
to the planet placements and the angles of horoscope.
Once the chart is established mathematically, the interpretive
art of the reading comes into play. Interpretation is not only
an art but it requires sensitivity and skill to present the
reading in such a way that allows the client to come to their
own realization of the work that needs to be done to develop
their personal, spiritual, emotional and intellectual growth.
The Astrologer is, in effect, a catalyst to assist the client to
achieve that end. The Natal Chart can be likened to a road map.
It is a living breathing entity, identifying areas where we can,
by use of free will, transform our lives.
The Natal Chart shows us our
life’s trends, our weaknesses and strengths, and where
conflicting, or negative energies may manifest. The
Professional Astrologer, through years of study and research,
can make certain deductions regarding upcoming trends. By
determining the position of the planets within specific houses,
signs the planets are in, and the mathematical relationship of
one planet to another, he/she can make certain deductions and
recommendations regarding the possible use of these energies.
We must be cognizant of the fact that the planets only cast
energy. It is we who, by virtue of the choices we make in the
use of those energies, allow them to manifest in a positive or
negative manner. Through the casting of the chart and studying
it, and interpreting it the Astrologer is able to grasp where
the client stands on their path of evolution. A working
definition of Astrology could well be, “It is a unique system of
the interpretation of planetary action and the resulting
interaction it produces in the human experience.” For everything
there is a season. A time to love and a time to hate. A time to
live and a time to die. Life is cyclical. Planetary movement
is cyclical. The secret of an astrological reading is the
secret of time: a given moment in time. Carl Jung said,
“Whatever
is born in this moment of time has the quality of this moment in
time.”
Are
these aspect of Astrology open to question?
Yes, of course, The theories of
some of the great Psychologists such as Freud, Jung, Maslow and
others are still being debated, questioned, interpreted and
reinterpreted…and ….as in the science of Astronomy, the
mysteries of our very existence in the Universe are still being
pondered and questioned. While there has been much progress made
to enlighten us with regard to planets in our galaxy,
many remain that may never
be solved.
PART II
Ann Cortese , BS. , MPS
Anne Cortese has been a Professional
Astrologer and Counselor for 40 years, Member of NCGR, ISAR
and past member of AFAN and AFA served as Board Member of
the NCGR Fairfield Connecticut Chapter of NCGR and studied
under Charles and Vivia Jayne, Donald Yott and Meria Epstein
of New York City. Taught Astrology and a five year course in
Tibetan Buddhism for the MCNJ, teaches astrology classes and
gives private instructions, lectures, holds group readings.
Private practice includes personalized taped readings for
clients. Available for Natal Chart, Solar Return, Present
Transits, Sec. Progressions and Solar Arc, and Compatibility
readings. Gift certificates available. All readings
include a Meditation CD. For information on chart
readings or spiritual counseling please call
..610-765-1112.
HOW DOES ASTROLOGY WORK?
Astrology has a language of its own. It is a language of
symbols that represent the planets, the signs of the Zodiac
and the mathematical aspects between the planets. The
Horoscope, or the Natal Chart, can be likened to a road map.
It delineates how you can get from point to another, from
one level of growth to the next. Some of the roads are
clearly marked, smooth and easy to travel over, Other roads
may be in poor condition, needing repair, while still others
may be insurmountable and may need complete
restructuring-or- may call for a complete change of
direction. The Horoscope is a blue print of our
character and our potential for both spiritual and personal
growth. It can help us identify where we can transform our
lives. The chart shows what CAN happen NOT what will
happen. We must keep in mind that Man has free will in
making choices.
The
Horoscope is a blue print of our character and our potential
for both spiritual and personal growth. It can help us
identify where we can transform our lives. The chart shows
what CAN happen NOT what will happen. We must keep in mind
that Man has free will in making choices.
The Horoscope shows:
Life trends, Points of Strengths, Weakness, Conflicting
energies, (two energies at cross purposes) areas of the
ability to succeed.
What can you learn from a Horoscope reading?
1..You
can learn about your character, your personality,
how to make changes in your character and learn how by
changing your character you can change your destiny.
2.
You can become aware of up coming trends in your
life and prepare for the challenging ones and cash in on the
beneficial ones.
3.
You will learn about the use of Yin and Yang energies,
every planet and aspect has a positive and negative
energy….the Yin and the Yang.
4.
You will learn to listen to your inner voice and
thereby raise the level of your consciousness.
5.
By raising your level of consciousness you will
view the people and the world around you in a different
light.
As a bookkeeping system,
Astrology has 3 ledgers:
- A Debit Ledger: The result of a
depleted spiritual bankbook, better known as Karma.
- A Credit Ledger: The result of
cumulative good works, the conformity to the essential
nature of ones own character: to thine own self be true.
- General Ledger: in which we find
the Capital Gains the Spiritual Bank Book that has
earned income from past lives.
Part III
Ann Cortese , BS. , MPS
Anne Cortese has been a Professional
Astrologer and Counselor for 40 years, Member of NCGR, ISAR
and past member of AFAN and AFA served as Board Member of
the NCGR Fairfield Connecticut Chapter of NCGR and studied
under Charles and Vivia Jayne, Donald Yott and Meria Epstein
of New York City. Taught Astrology and a five year course in
Tibetan Buddhism for the MCNJ, teaches astrology classes and
gives private instructions, lectures, holds group readings.
Private practice includes personalized taped readings for
clients. Available for Natal Chart, Solar Return, Present
Transits, Sec. Progressions and Solar Arc, and Compatibility
readings. Gift certificates available. All readings
include a Meditation CD. For information on chart
readings or spiritual counseling please call
..610-765-1112.
WHY DOES ASTROLOGY WORK?
In the immortal words of Carl Sagan ( a distinguished
Cornell University Astronomer, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and
author) “we are star stuff”. In his book entitled “Cosmos”
( which appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List for
70 weeks) he devoted a whole 27 page chapter to “ The Lives
of the Stars”’ he says and I quote, “The Nitrogen in our
DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood and the
carbon in our apple pies are all made of the interiors of
collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff. We are a
carbon-based life form. We are, in the most profound sense,
children of the cosmos.” Since the time of Johannes
Kepler and Isaac Newton scientists have sought to deduce a
connection between terrestrial magnetic phenomena and
celestial phenomena. It has since been found that there is
indeed a scientific correlation between planting crops with
the lunar phases of the moon and the more bountiful yields
of crops. There is no seed or plant that will not respond to
a magnetic field by remendous acceleration in growth.
The Earth’s magnetism activates an enzyme system in fruits
and vegetables that can trigger a loss or gain of protons
which speed up the enzyme process and causes ripening.
In 1962, DR. Robert O. Becker of the V.A. Hospital in
Syracuse, N.Y., claimed that the Astronauts who invade the
magnetic force field of other planets between the Earth’s
atmosphere will exhibit aberrations. This proved true with
both the American and Russian Astronauts. Dr. Becker
found that the electromagnetic field in our environment has
a profound effect on behavior and biological cycles. He has
shown concrete evidence that psychotic breakdowns correlate
with variations in the Earth’s magnetic field and have a
direct effect on the admissions to mental hospitals. In the
esoteric field we call this electromagnetic field “an aura.”
It has also been found that electro magnetic therapy has
been used in the treatment of advanced cancer, on third
degree burns over the entire human body, and when a human
organism is exposed to two lines of powerful magnetic forces
intersecting at right angles the effects can be disastrous.
There is a sense of structure and order in the Universe and
there is a structure and order in Astrology. So, where
then is the dividing line between the scientific and the
esoteric? Is there one at all?
I would be remiss if I did not mention that for
centuries Astrology fell into disrepute because like so many
things on Earth it fell into the wrong hands and was used as
a fortune telling gimmick. People were exploited by the
Astrologers-or- Seers who were seeking to gain from it
instead of to give through it. The Spiritual
Astrologer is one who aspires to Higher Law. The spiritual
Astrologer knows that he/she is only a channel through which
the Higher Power flows: a mere catalyst in assisting to
raise the level of consciousness of those who are seeking to
evolve in their personal and spiritual development. The
Spiritual Astrologer knows that the ALL is in all…..All the
answers to all our questions, our dilemmas are all inside.
The Spiritual Astrologer knows that everything is created
inwardly and then projected into the world of
manifestation. The Spiritual Astrologer becomes the Healing
Agent in the process of assisting the individual in
accessing the answers from within. In conclusion, we
can postulate-or-claim that the movement of all things in
the Universe is correlated: everything is in a systematic
relationship to everything else –or- to each other.. This is
the reason Astrology is what it is, how it works and why it
works.
©AnnCortese,
BS, MPS Apr.1, 2007All rights reserved.
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