Re: For Students
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:32 am
Lilith, thanks for the praise but astrology is not always prescriptive like reading a list of personality traits. These should not be taken as entirely descriptive of any sign, planet or house. All professional astrologers recognise the moving average of these lists according to the placement and dominance of any sign, house, element or planet.
I am not really going to give you anything that any other astrologer will give you, it will just become another list and you know them already. I don't use lists in my readings. I have my own traits in my head which subscribe to planets, houses and signs, but then they blur and form into certain possible personality characteristics.
You will note that my readings include the comment: "this conjunction (or set of planets in houses, etc) suggests that...". What I am saying is that there is a degree of plasticity in astrology which conforms to the same plasticity in human personality. We are state - trait people. We display or take on certain personality traits according to the person we are with or the situation we are in (state).
Sometimes you will exhibit strong Pisces traits, but at other times you will exhibit Taurus, or Gemini or Scorpio traits. That clearly demonstrates why astrology needs to be flexible in its interpretation. More lists from me is useless unless you can interpret the interconnectedness and diversity of planetary aspects and their network of elements, signs and houses. This is why I always suggest to those interested in learning about astrology to study it formally and learn how to read the whole chart rather than get caught up in lists of single aspects of the planets, signs, elements and houses.
I know that this is not the answer you are after but I think you can take something from what I have said now and in the past and to put it into action and formalise your study to become an astrologer of repute yourself.
I am not really going to give you anything that any other astrologer will give you, it will just become another list and you know them already. I don't use lists in my readings. I have my own traits in my head which subscribe to planets, houses and signs, but then they blur and form into certain possible personality characteristics.
You will note that my readings include the comment: "this conjunction (or set of planets in houses, etc) suggests that...". What I am saying is that there is a degree of plasticity in astrology which conforms to the same plasticity in human personality. We are state - trait people. We display or take on certain personality traits according to the person we are with or the situation we are in (state).
Sometimes you will exhibit strong Pisces traits, but at other times you will exhibit Taurus, or Gemini or Scorpio traits. That clearly demonstrates why astrology needs to be flexible in its interpretation. More lists from me is useless unless you can interpret the interconnectedness and diversity of planetary aspects and their network of elements, signs and houses. This is why I always suggest to those interested in learning about astrology to study it formally and learn how to read the whole chart rather than get caught up in lists of single aspects of the planets, signs, elements and houses.
I know that this is not the answer you are after but I think you can take something from what I have said now and in the past and to put it into action and formalise your study to become an astrologer of repute yourself.