Empowering Astrology

Just sharing some blurbs from a site I like,
empoweringastrology.com

"Please, please, don’t disown parts of your chart. When you do, you tie a big energetic knot that becomes harder and harder to work out..

Empowering Astrology is all about consciousness. How do you bring consciousness to the parts of your chart that are complicated? Messy? Still hurt when you press on it?

..Please don’t think your planets are bad or the reason for x, y, and z in your life. Every planet — even planets strongly placed — has a high side and a low side. We have to bring the highest consciousness to every planet in our chart regardless of placement, strength, elevation, and detriment. Some of the hardest working, most talented, and high achieving people have complicated, messy charts. Why? Because they took the resistance and transmuted it into something better."

-Katie Sweetman

http://empoweringastrology.com/why-empowering-astrology

I really prefer her type of astrology view versus the doomsy sort or obviously the sites that should really just be labeled Unevolved Astrology. UA is easy to spot.. always seems to be an angelfire site with ancient myspace-style graphics, sparkling stars, etc, and they only focus on the negative, unevolved aspects of sun signs. lol

Posted by duchesslibro
Just sharing some blurbs from a site I like,
empoweringastrology.com

"Please, please, don’t disown parts of your chart. When you do, you tie a big energetic knot that becomes harder and harder to work out..

Empowering Astrology is all about consciousness. How do you bring consciousness to the parts of your chart that are complicated? Messy? Still hurt when you press on it?

..Please don’t think your planets are bad or the reason for x, y, and z in your life. Every planet — even planets strongly placed — has a high side and a low side. We have to bring the highest consciousness to every planet in our chart regardless of placement, strength, elevation, and detriment. Some of the hardest working, most talented, and high achieving people have complicated, messy charts. Why? Because they took the resistance and transmuted it into something better."

-Katie Sweetman

http://empoweringastrology.com/why-empowering-astrology

I like that! 🙂

Posted by supreme
^^That's 99.9% of astrology sites. They make you see the worst in yourself and other's. Fill your mind with "dark" matter.

99.9% huh? I hadn't thought it was so prevalent. I just ignore the crap mostly and bounce around maybe ࿤5-6 sites mostly gathering themes and ideas that relate to whatever I'm interested in and then kind of form my own summary of what I. found.

So tiz, you prefer the oldies huh? Sounds like your Asc.. I think? Am I way off?

Posted by tiziani

I just don't like political correctness or astrologers that shoehorn conformism.

Do you mean for example.. how some completely deny the mixed energy of cusps? As if each planet comes to a halt before any bit of it crosses the "line" of the next sign and then hops 100% over into the next the moment it changes? No mixed energies!! No no! Impossible! lol. The black and white dogmatism of that particular concept seems silly to me.

Posted by tiziani

For example, a lot of modern astrologers are incredibly vague about the 12th house because it really does involve thinking outside the box. I think that's been a good yardstick measure for me in just how head-on an astrologer is willing to go.

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Do you prefer they be vague regarding the 12th?

This is a nice reminder. Most of my placements don't have a good rep or are looked down upon and it's hard to accept all of that. I'm still struggling to accept them, but I'll try to look at the positives more often. It's good to see a positive thread around these parts!

Posted by Scenic
This is a nice reminder. Most of my placements don't have a good rep or are looked down upon and it's hard to accept all of that. I'm still struggling to accept them, but I'll try to look at the positives more often. It's good to see a positive thread around these parts!

I also have several "unpopular" placements. If we choose to make it positive I think it van really help us grow. Because they are considered unlucky we have to look deeper and work harder to accentuate the positive aspects!

I like that metaphor Tiz! I imagine it as if the sun bumps into a giant sign-change-wall and then leaps over it the moment it changes signs. 😆 So silly. Of course I realize that they are saying it changes sign as the mid line crosses over..

I have not even began to delve into Vedic yet. Can one have Vedic chart drawn but still reference Western interpretation? Do they gel at all?