This attitude towards experience, of intense curiosity and trying to figure out how things work, is very beautiful to me, almost sacred. I love it. And there seem to be zero good answers for astrology when I try to figure out how it would work.
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Like - why is the system the way it is? Who came up with it? *somebody* came up with it somewhere. And there's different astrological systems depending on the culture, so it's not like it's universal. So why do you trust the one you're adhering to now?
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I think the creation of it is rooted in such a different time that it is truly hard, if not impossible, to fathom with the lens we possess just by virtue of being born into this time. It is an elusive system and yet it holds deep resonance, that resonance is only found in
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Receptivity. These sorts of things, they connect more to how we receive them rather than what they are actually saying. It is a lot like tarot. The truth of it is in our response, as built upon that strange archetypal system that was somehow created
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Astrology contains and shapes the chaos of the world through a clearly defined system that penetrates into what it means to live within a -living- cosmic environment. Not necessarily all sentient, but all interacting regardless. this would explain the multitude of forms, all ..
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Valid not because of the cut and dry truth they are revealing but the way in which they shape that cosmic environment into a web of something that makes sense archetypally to that culture. Which is why western astrology is so heavily influenced by Greco Roman symbology of thegods
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.. it is a complex and multifaceted realm to explore but it has its rewards with the depths it imparts. That sort of sacred fascination you find in asking why, I find it in asking where will this take me within myself. I would suggest the book ‘Cosmos & Psyche’ -Richard Tarnas
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You're talkin pretty magical here but honestly if I can't tell the difference between the sort of reasoning my old fundie religious cult used and this then I'm not very excited by it. None of what you said is something I can test, or falsify, or use.
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It sounds magical because there is no other method of grasping at it to ground it into what you are seeking which is purely rational explanation. It is not a ‘rational’ (by 21st cen def of rational) system. There are things in life that are bigger than our minds and it takes..
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humility to explore the truths contained therein. If you choose not to embrace that realm of thought, by all means. But reducing it to a condescending stream of what you deem nonsense because there are not methods in place to prove it to your system of thought is unnecessary and
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How do you explore the truth while being sure you're not just believing a narrative that feels good for you or one that is appealing to common human biases like the Barnum Effect?
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All things in life are essentially narrative. This idea of truth you possess is narrative based on the developments of enlightenment concepts of truth. It is truth to be sure, but it is a narrative based on a singular truth which keeps you contained within a place that actively..
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