The process of understanding astrology has been a long road for
me...
As a kid I rarely enjoyed reading. I experienced great difficulty slipping
into a space where reading stops being a process of identifying words and
becomes a flowing stream of coherent information. Too much of my time was
spent returning to the beginning of paragraphs after realizing I had read each
word, but retained absolutely none of their meaning. Due to this little problem
my astrological education was primarily experiential instead of literary. I
feel this lead to a complex and unconventional perspective of the subject.
I experience each facet of astrology the way a chef might
experience seasoning and temperature. A good chef (I imagine) can visualize the
flavor of their dish before its creation. When a pan is set to a specific
level of heat or specific amounts of salt are added to a pot I imagine they are
not just thinking, "This much salt is the amount tongues tend to find pleasing." I imagine they would also think, "This much salt
feels right, in order to make the dish taste the way I envision it." When
we first look at astrology we see each part as just generally salty, or just
generally sweet, but it takes time and practice to comprehend the emotional
chemistry potential in the skillful union of those parts. For me astrology is like cooking. A
certain level of one facet, mixed with a certain level of another, results in
certain flavors of reality or personality. Most of my grasp is therefore based
on difficult to describe existential flavors.
Throughout my travels I have found theories and philosophies with which I resonate deeply, but nothing I adhere to 100%. Because my
experience of astrology is based on what feels right more than what is
traditional, I jokingly refer to it as back alley astrology. I hope reading
about it is as enjoyable for you as it was for me to piece together.
