posted January 30, 2012 07:44 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
My Christian husband hates astrology so I deal with this, too. For better or worse I am an honest person, so I told him and have just put up with the consequences. He found my stockpile of astrology books and it vanished. But we didn't discuss it, so I actually count this as a victory- no fighting! And I am just buying more books
and hiding them in new places.

One I lucked out on was Linda Goodman's Relationship Signs (thrift shop, $.25, tiny book that's easy to hide!)

He and I have moon opposed Jupiter (his Libra moon, my Aries Jupiter) and Linda's reading for that made me laugh out loud.

Excerpt: "Look, so one of you goes to Synagogue and the other goes to daily mass, [b]or one is into astrology and the other is a born-again Christian....keep your opinions and beliefs to yourself because you are NOT, in all likelihood going to change your viewpoints- either of you. Therefore it's best to observe silence on painful subjects. Otherwise you might win the battle but lose the war."

Proof that astrology is true, RIGHT THERE.

But my condolences to you and anyone else who's dealing with this...it is SO HARD! [/B]

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Faith,

This really sounds like a challenge of whether you will be true to yourself and trust your intuition. Its not so much an astrology vs religion question as it is about being empowered.

I don't know that avoiding conflict is going to help you here. Your mate showed not only enormous disrespect to you for getting rid of your books, but actual disdain. You can understand that he is a victim of his own fears, but still stand up for yourself and refuse to allow him to do this. That would seem to be the real issue here.

posted January 31, 2012 02:08 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
Hello people,

This came up on another thread and I wanted to talk about it more in-depth.

I've been interested in astrology for as long as I can remember. Seriously, I think I was five when I learned I am a Capricorn, and I paid close attention to that all my life.

In my early twenties I converted to orthodox Christianity. I was told that astrology was off limits (divination) and went along with that...I said to my pastor, "Well if you had told me astrology is not true, I couldn't be a Christian, because I know it's true. But if you are saying, 'Just don't pay attention to it,' then okay. I won't."

Years went by and my inner conflict just intensified, because my fundamentalist friends were so condemning of "witchcraft" and astrology. This drove me crazy, because I can often guess birthdays (and with some signs, I am always right), and I just cannot believe that it's the devil planting this information in my head. To me, certain sun signs are as obvious as the nose on a person's face. And the way people of certain signs interact is more or less predictable.
I wondered, How can I be sinning by just using my perception??

The quote that probably changed my life is this one from Gandhi, "There is no God higher than the truth." I thought about that a lot and realized that I cannot honestly subscribe to Christianity, the way it's practiced today. Astrology was actually what drew me out of religion.

Even though, after much research, I do NOT believe that the Bible condemns astrology. What I've left behind is the modern conception of the Bible and Christianity. I tell Christians that I am not Christian, just friendly towards Christianity, and they think I'm a heathen, but at least I am not misleading anyone.

How do you navigate the Christianity versus astrology problem?

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posted January 31, 2012 02:42 AM            

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Originally posted by Capriquarius:
(he was probably omniscient, which Christianity does not require of its followers).

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