I never really considered practicing or writing about astrology until now, because for me it was a very personal thing. As I wrote here, when my awakening first began, I found a wonderful guide and friend in astrology. By a guide, I don't mean I followed what astrologers were telling me to do, I mean it was astrology that helped me look inward and start a journey towards the endless depths of my soul. I did not consult astrologers, but I felt free to directly communicate with the planets to hear what they were telling me. This in itself helped me trust my instincts and open myself to communicating with the universe in its many forms beyond the spoken word. Having astrology as a guide was truly wonderful, because I could be absolutely sure that my guide did not follow any agenda or have any personal interests in having me as a pupil.
After about 4-5 years of living with the stars, when I would be literally waking up and going to bed with them (I mean living in constant awareness of where any of the planets are, what they are doing at any given moment, and what they are trying to tell me), I let go of this attachment after realizing what the planets are telling me is really coming from within me. It is my own voice, (my higher Self, my core essence, the god within) that was talking to me through the planets. Once I discovered this truth and incorporated it into my life, I no longer needed a mediator because I could now communicate with inner Self directly myself. The planets were still up there, still shedding their light on my way, but I no longer felt I actually had to read them to know this. I knew whatever they were doing up there, it was always the perfectly right thing for me. So I let them go...
It wasn't until I noticed the amazing patterns that were forming in the skies toward the end of 2010 that I became interested once again. I was utterly mesmerized when I saw the amazing Eclipse that was approaching on 21 December 2010 that I wrote about here. For the first time in many years, I went back to some of the famous astrologers who I used to follow, to check what they are saying about the upcoming eclipse. It was after reading some of these interpretations that I realized how my perspective on astrology and the role it plays in our lives has become so very different than that of these established old-school astrologers.
To my disappointment, I saw how most astrologers were still throwing around ill omens that stir up fear and helplessness as if the planets are out there sending difficult or outright destructive energies just for the heck of it. This understanding of astrology goes back to the times of the Greek and Roman Gods that the planets are named after, who were seen as powerful beings that can act upon very human impulses like jealousy, hatred, vengeance, or do things just out of sheer brattiness. At best, this view of astrology is infantile. At worst, it is outright abusive.
When I saw how most popular astrologers were interpreting the 21 December 2010 alignment in the same old narrow way, I decided to put my own perspective on astrology out there. I consider my view of astrology as one that focuses on empowering the person by guiding toward self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-love. I call this the Astrology of the New Earth (as I will soon write more about) because I see it as one of the tools that will be available to humanity toward further self-empowerment and self-awareness in the world of the not-so-far future when more and more humans will begin to live their lives on Earth as fully sovereign beings.
It is with these intentions that I started this blog. Here, I hope to convey the beauty and the unconditional love that I see flowing from the stars into the hearts and lives of each one of us, without an exception.
