posted May 15, 2009 06:25 PM
"Sean Kane in his book Wisdom of the Mythtellers[6] talks of the tendency of humanity only to read myths and literature in relation to ourselves. He calls this attitude anthropocentric (human centred). He suggests that this approach of human-centred literature blinds us to the greater meanings of some mythologies which he indicates may well be written with humans only as secondary characters. Transposing this argument into astrology one can suggest that the practice of astrologers to only consider a celestial object if it is measured on the ecliptic is an ecliptocentric attitude.This ecliptocentric astrology only permits a celestial object a voice in humanity's dialogue with the heavens if through mathematics it is made to walk the single line of the sun. Or another way of seeing this is to realise that we have adjusted our sacred and personal relationship between earth and sky to encompass only the sun's point of view.
As a result, the astrology we have developed is what can more aptly be called planetology or solarsystemology, as it is really about the relationship we have with the planets and the seasons on earth and very little to do with the dome of the starry sky. Indeed the only star that is represented in the map is Helios our sun and the planets in a horoscope are measured in one dimension in relationship to Helios' journey. Therefore, the prefix of astro which means "of the stars" should not really be used. However, do not misunderstand my sentiments here. I regard planetology as a very powerful technique; nothing is more revealing than a horoscope with its circle of the ecliptic and the sun and planets located on this band, falling into houses, zodiac signs and geometrical relationships with each other."
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I share Bernadette Brady's view aboutmainstream Astrology
Raymond
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posted May 15, 2009 06:25 PM