Sunday, September 25, 2011

Astrology Online - Things to Expect


Are you bored and unhappy? Do you want to have some fun online? Why don't you try Googling Indian astrology online? Why don't you try reading up your personality traits in Indian astrology and compare these with what Western astrology is saying about who you are?

This might drive away your boredom, bring back your lost sense of fun and adventure, or provide you with useful information. The astrology predictions or readings might not all together be true or accurate but you could take it as a guide to improve your mood, make better your current sad disposition, or bring back the sound of laughter into your life. You need not take it seriously. You need not take it as it is word-for-word either. Take in stride and find out why a lot of people enjoy Indian astrology online. Here are a few more reasons, too:

Unique Predictions. The top reason people visit sites with free astrology readings is because of its unique horoscopes and astrology readings. Because Indian astrology differs from the more popular Western astrology specifically the characters found in the zodiac, the various predictions for a particular zodiac sign become different too. It is a most interesting and unique experience reading your Indian astrology readings and comparing these with Western astrology predictions whether it's a daily horoscope or your zodiac's personality traits.

Interesting Anecdotes. The second reason bored people visit astrology websites is because of the interesting notes and anecdotes it presents right after every zodiac personality reading you conduct with the site. The anecdotes are funny and interesting. In addition, these footnotes are sometimes able to predict with accuracy your current predicament at the time you were reading the daily prediction or your mood at the time you finished reading the horoscope. This might creep out some people but bored people such as yourself will find this absolutely and positively intriguing you'll probably be begging for more.

Mysterious Astrologers. The third reason behind the popularity of Indian astrology online is due to its mysterious astrologers. Who are these websites hiring to come up with such unique predictions and interesting anecdotes? Are these mysterious astrologers for real or are they ordinary people who only know how to weave such beautiful predictions and daily horoscope readings? What do these mysterious astrologers use in coming up with these readings published on these Indian astrology websites? No matter how much people who visit these astrology websites want to know the people behind the site, they resist doing so because they know that once they get to know these so-called mysterious astrologers are it'll drive away the mystery, the fun, and the wacky information the site spews out regularly.

Convinced? Want to visit a site now? Indian astrology online has never been this popular. Go with the trend then and click on a site now.




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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Is Astrology a True Science? Part I


Learning your horoscope can have a tendency to freeze or weaken your willpower and paralyze you with its inaccurate messages. Karma rules the brainless stars and your fate. We are not made in the image of astrology; we are made in the image of God.

Is astrology a true science? Yes it is, but there are few scientists who understand it. You have to be a pretty highly advanced being to be able to tell the karma of a person and his future. And you can make tremendous karma when you influence a person to believe things that you believe to be true, for if you are an astrologer, for every mistake you have made in your astrological chart you are going to take that karma of the individual.

This subject is much too vast to be grasped philosophically and mathematically except by wise men with profound understanding. When ignoramuses misinterpret the stars and see a scribble in place of a script, that can be predictable in such an imperfect world.

This is not a simple business, so if you consider yourself to be an astrologer, start considering what you are saying as one astrologer told a friend, "you will be dead in ten years." Can you imagine a mistake like that? If you tell people that all kinds of terrible things are going to happen to them, it will happen because none of us are positive enough or fearless enough to reject negative ideas or suggestions. We are afraid of the unknown and when someone begins talking about the unknown cautioning us, we are afraid.

You must understand that our whole galaxy or present universe is moving at incredible speeds. Therefore, how are you going to find out the exact planetary conjunctions of a child at birth? Only a master can through his intuition. You see if you are off more than a few seconds you can not have an absolute exact condition. Masters use their intuition and wisdom to recapture the moment. The true master does not depend upon the testimony of clocks and calendars; for him there is a deeper astrology. Not with one-dimensional sensory eyes, but like a bolt of light on a photosensitive film, the master shoots an intuitive photograph of the persons soul and is able to intuitively film his whole life. The physical form is seen by the human eye but the third eye penetrates even more profoundly down to the universal pattern where all men have an individual and integral part wherein the birthday and hour are not necessary for an astrological analysis.

Here is a deeper explanation of the above. The true spiritual masters bypass the unresolved messages of the stars and go directly to the guidance of the Divine Intelligence that rules the set of laws that controls the heavens, the stars and all human actions and their lives.

With today's science a doctor may predict by careful examination whether a small child will grow up to be vigorous and healthy or will grow to be vulnerable to disease by the age of thirty and so by their inner Christ-like vision, masters can determine the precise consequences from the results already carried out by actions performed by men through many of their past lives.

Certain circumstances are conditional and by the power of yoga concentration and free will it is possible to change karmic outcomes subjected to the strong influences of the stars. The Christ-like master has the power to scan the inner nature of the individual through his omniscient knowledge and give the individual a chance to change his malicious karmic pattern and avoid the predictable outcome thus outwitting the stars that were charted at his birth.

Now our greatest minds of the day can still not understand what the masters are telling us, when is a human being a human being. At one second the moment the spermatozoon fuses with the ovum of the mother there is a huge flash of light in the astral world and the soul goes into that vehicle of light and enters at the base of the spine into the body of the mother. And it is only because the soul is there that the body can develop. It is the intelligence of the soul that develops the body. If only people would listen to the masters and remove their pride there would be less confusion.

Spiritualizing astrology is a very complex subject. If your body is very strong and your mind is powerful, and certain destructive vibrations radiate from the stars due to past karmic blueprints in your subconscious mind, and they begin to shed their rays upon you, there will be no reaction at all because you will be impervious to their rays, your shield is strong. How do you develop this shield? Suppose your body and mind are weak at that particular moment and your biorhythms are low and your immunity is weak due to certain transgressions such as wrong eating, lack of exercise and sexual abuse. What will happen? The cosmic rays will have great power to affect you.

There are certain outward protections, such as astrological bangles that have a specific weight, consisting of three metals combined in a pure form of silver, gold and copper. Certain sizes of diamonds can also be effective. Unfortunately, if you are not spiritually strong the radiation will start affecting you in a destructive way when using large stones as a shield. If you are spiritual, you will absorb the radiation and the magnetic shield will protect you. If you want proof see chapter 16, "Outwitting the Stars" in the book "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda, a spiritual classic, which explains this in detail.

An airplane or a house can be fitted with a lightning rod to attract the stun of the lightning and be protected. Just the same way a human temple can be protected from ceaseless magnetic and electrical radiations emanating from the heavens. It was discovered by the sages that when metals are pure in form they transmit an astral light which is a powerful counter measure against the negative pull of the stars and planets.

When the planets decide to take an unfriendly interest in you, worry not as you can protect yourself with an astrological armlet.The whole idea is that if you do not protect yourself constantly when you are healthy those karmic laws begin to come to collect bills. Children should learn these laws to be able to take care of themselves. You must reprogram the computer of your subconscious mind with strong positive affirmations.

Astrology is a scientific study of the astronomical influences which comes at certain periods of your life according to the planetary conjunctions of certain planets and time specific magnetic fields, attraction and repulsion. And you are born at the very specific time where specific conjunctions are there and which guide your entire life if you do not control your destiny by willpower.

How can you control your destiny? Take Nostradamus, who with great accuracy could see four hundred years into the future happenings of the world. He predicted the colossal drought which is happening in parts of the world today and all the starvation in Africa. You see, the future is already made, the movie is finished. It is all there on the big screen of this cosmic drama. But you can change your destiny. Fate means that you make absolutely no effort to stop all kinds of things from happening to you. You let yourself sink into the misery of the experiences of life because the moment you suffer physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, you start fighting like a wild animal; then you begin to remember who you are. The soul does not evolve, it must be reawakened. The quicker you learn how to control your destiny the less suffering you will have.

When looking within your inner mirror through meditation you attain intuition. Then it will not be necessary to depend upon the limited knowledge of predictive sciences like astrology. You will then have your decoding machine through which you will be able to see the future not from astrological, palm readings or the tarot. You are going to see directly everything concerning you what is coming in the future and therefore you can begin to change. The calm neutralized mind sees all events of the future that appears vividly.

All the prophecies of the happenings on earth as well as human earthy affairs are not necessarily predestined. Previous events that have taken place in a earlier time period have left vibratory images in the ether. There are some who posses a slight amount of psychic ability or power who have a sensitivity and may occasionally tune in and see visual images or mental visions but not as a science or art that can be reliably practiced. Likewise, according to the heavenly ordinance of karmic law of cause and effect vibratory potentials are thrust into the ether of future events and have a likely consequence of causes or effects that were previously initiated. However causes that were originated from human actions and forming as future events are not necessarily inevitable, they change and can evolve drastically according to the actions of man's free choice by transmuting energy and integrating into those cause and effect vibrations. Those who have the ability to link the future and past according to existing conditions can predict a certain outcome. Alter those conditions and the result may cancel out the prediction. By misreading the heavenly scriptural signs and duped by their mind's eye they find themselves embarrassed as doomsday prophets. Very rare and in tune with the divine will, only a real prophet can make accurate and true predictions. When the prophets make known some fortuitous divine plan, years ahead at times, it is a definitive testimony.

Once in a while, veiled in complete mystery definite prophecies are hidden in complex languages and are offered to mankind to reawaken faith and hope of the subtle presence of the hand of God in creation. The same as the movie-director plans out the various scenes in his filming to be projected at the correct and proper time likewise God with His angelic helpers arrange the moment in time for the projection and manifestation of certain magnificent events in the universe. As there is a proper time for all things, the universe runs like a clock mathematically adjusted by the fingers of God and His angelical assistants. When the minds of mundane people are encircled with the inky-mist of ignorance, God sends his prophets and saviors at certain periods in time to redeem the souls that are sunken in darkness. Even the unbelievers are convinced when enlightened seers make prophecies of fourth coming events.

Let me tell you the essence of this article. There are several ways of divining the future with variable dependability. You may foretell a persons future by astrology, by observing his character, the tarot, palm readings, or by retracing his past lives, however doing this would require the power of omniscience used mostly by prophets in telling future events. Individuals with ordinary insight may only partly foretell the actions of a person by using the inferential and observational abilities of the intellect. But by using this method there are many inherent defects for if there is the slightest error in discerning the individuals motives or behavior the conclusion could be completely wrong.

This is the reason astrological analysis when practiced by astrologers with unawakened intuition is inexact. The predictive science of astrology when derived through the all-knowing attunement of God's divine consciousness becomes eternally true. Therefore these illuminated seers can perceive directly the mathematical effects from a person's past-life actions and the accompanying details of forthcoming events.

There are vibratory pictures of distant or future events that are now passing through the ether. The vibratory thought patterns of an event that is to occur in the upcoming future is there in the ether now according to the laws and action of cause and effect. You can develop the power of protecting your family from future accidents which are waiting for you according to cosmic laws as the solar system moves, we are moving in to space time continuum where everything is waiting for you as the solar system moves into the news of tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. Everything is already written about your ego, but you are not the ego, you are not made in the image of the stars. Therefore in the degree you change your status as a spiritual being you can change the future; that is, you can change what is going to happen to you. When the future is there waiting for you, you won't be there.

How can you start right now protecting yourself from future accidents? Here is the key. When you get into your car say these words, "my Lord I have not forgotten you." Just one word of God may save your life, remember that. Just by saying these words you may be saved from a fatal car accident waiting to happen to you.

As long as you question whether or not you will win or lose your battles in life, you will keep on losing. Don't stand still and don't go backward. Most people are engaged in a tug of war or are stationary. Your will power will determine what you are going to do, not your karma, not your horoscope, not your bad habits.




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Tips For Finding The Best Astrology Book


Most people love to purchase astrology books in order to understand the mysterious science that influences their lives. The reason is that people are curious to know more about the science that has the potential to predict future and analyze the personality and other traits of a person. Visit a book shop and you would find astrology books in abundance. In earlier days, the sacred scriptures of this science were available to only some experts and learned ones in this field. These days, books on astrology can be easily bought from a local bookstore, found in public libraries and on the internet.

However, there are certain important things you need to understand when it comes to purchasing astrology book.

Astrology is a vast topic and the features of the topic cannot be covered in a single book. There are different types of Astrology and each type of astrology can be explained in several books together.

Here are certain tips for purchasing the best astrology book for yourself.

a) Understand your interest:

Spending money on any book related to astrology can be a waste of time. You need to understand that there are several types of astrology. You need to understand the essence of each type of astrology and the one you would be most interested in, prior to purchasing a book.

For instance, psychological astrology uses symbolic language to determine personality elements, astro-meteorology predicts the weather, Synastry compares natal charts to find relations, medical astrology predicts potential health problems, mundane astrology makes horoscopes, esoteric astrology is the astrology of soul and Horary astrology looks for an answer to any question asked according to the date and time of birth. Now, you require analyzing the type of astrology you are most interested in and then start searching for a book under the category.

b) Research:

You need to make a lot of research before you purchase a book on astrology. Visit as many book stores as you can and compare books according to your interests and specification mentioned on it.

c) Internet:

Internet is the best option for purchasing a book on astrology. You can find endless options online and even look for the ratings of each book before purchasing one.

d) Recommendations and rating:

This is really important when purchasing a book on astrology. Always look for lists of recommended books and books referenced in bibliographies. Don't forget to have a look on ratings given to different books on astrology by the readers. This will help you choose the best book available for learners.

e) Author:

Make sure that the author of the astrology book you are purchasing is reputed and recognized widely for his/her work.

Learning astrology is not difficult. Many people have gained expertise in this art via reading good books and spending quality time to learn the essence of astrology. The key is to find a good book on astrology and the one that holds your interest. You must also find out whether there is a book on the lines you are studying that you have enjoyed reading in the past.




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The Study of History and Astrology


The history of astrology is actually quite interesting. Astrology has been a major part of many cultures going back to pre-historic times. Some of the history of astrology is masked in controversy and mystery, because astrology was used before tools were developed to see planets that cannot be seen without the naked eye.

Astrology made its first appearance in pre-historic times. Maps of the heavens were found on cave walls, much the same as other cave drawings. These are the most controversial and mysterious of all evidences of the history of astrology. These cave dwellers could not possibly have had the tools necessary to see the planets. How did they know where they were?

The next appearance of astrology was in ancient Mesopotamia and other ancient cultures. These cultures also had extensive astrology charts that cannot be explained. However, the study of astrology was likely passed to Greece through trade with these ancient civilizations.

Astrology in Greece expanded to the form that we recognize in the western world today. Astrology was a daily part of life in Greece, and the Roman Empire to follow. The names of the planets, the constellations, and the sun and moon signs are all named for Roman deities and other names.

Greek and Roman scholars were often guaranteed positions in the court of the current king or emperor. Their knowledge of the stars was regarded as a necessary part of royal decisions, battle planning, and other aspects of royal life. However, astrology experts of these times often found their lives ending abruptly when the current government did not like what they had to say.

For these and other reasons the art of astrology was lost. However, it made a nice come back in Western Europe during the time of the Renaissance. Astrology was once more a revered art form, and those who studied astrology were thought to be some of the greatest minds of the period. However, when the age of enlightenment ended, astrology once more became an obscure and little discussed topic.

In the late eighteen hundreds astrology once more came to light. A few brave souls formed a foundation for the study of astrology. The interest in the study of the stars became wide spread throughout Western Europe, and spread to America in the early nineteen hundreds.

In the 1930's, the art of astrology became very common place. In the middle of that decade, Gerald Gardner formed the religion now known as Gardnerian Wicca. Wicca, like pagan religions before it, focused on astrology for the use of divination. Astrology was also brought to popularity in America through the publication of American Astrology, a magazine credited for the first horoscopes.

Astrology became a form of entertainment for many in America as horoscopes became commonly found in major newspapers and other popular print media. However, astrology as an art has once again begun to fade in the Western world. Christian groups still rile against the study of the stars, and many "reasonable" people refuse to see any truth in the astrological predictions. Still, astrology remains a popular study in many cultures today.




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Friday, September 23, 2011

Charting the Basics of Astrology


Do you know the basics of astrology? Astrology is one of those ancient 'sciences' that a lot of people are still fascinated with, and yet they don't really know much more about it than what page of the local newspaper their horoscope will show up on. So what are the basics of astrology?

In this article we're going to have a look at some of the things you should know about astrology. First, we're going to look at what it is, and where it is believed to have come from. Next we'll take a look at what forms the astrological chart. Finally, we will look at astrology and the zodiac.

Basics of astrology: in the beginning...

Astrology is said to go back as far as the Babylonians in the second millennium BC, making it one of the oldest 'sciences' by far. The word "astrology" has the same Latin root (astrologia) as "astronomy", although both are now seen as being completely different in terms of their scientific validity. However, in the early days it would have been seen as being very much the other way around, with astrology having a strong link with religion.

What makes up an astrological chart?

An astrological chart is a way of following the planets, and includes the Sun and the Moon, but doesn't include the Earth as this is the point from which we view the other planets.

The chart is split into twelve 'houses' with each house representing an aspect of life. The houses are (in Latin and with their translation): Vita (Life), Lucrum (Wealth), Fratres (Brothers), Genitor (Parent), Nati (Children), Valetudo (Health), Uxor (Spouse), Mors (Death), Iter (Journeys), Regnum (Kingdom), Benefacta (Friendship), and Carcer (Prison).

The eagle-eyed of you out there may have noticed that ten planets, and twelve houses, leave two houses empty, but fear not, the two empty houses are considered to be areas of your life that have been mastered - in a different life.

The first thing studied on an astrology chart is the Sun sign, which is determined by the position that the Sun is in. The positions of the planets are studied based on the influence they have on the Sun sign. The Moon sign is last to be studied based on how it relates to the other planets on the astrological chart.

The most common astrological chart (in the early days) was the birth chart. The birth chart was used to show what the personality of the person was going to be like. A birth chart can be drawn up for someone later on in their life, but may appear not to resemble the person - this is said to be down to the fact that other events will alter a person's personality over time.

Where does the astrology and horoscope link come into all of this?

To start with the twelve signs of the zodiac have been linked with the twelve astrological houses: Aries (Vita), Taurus (Lucrum), Gemini (Fratres), Cancer (Genitor), Leo (Nati), Virgo (Valetudo), Libra (Uxor), Scorpio (Mors), Sagittarius (Iter), Capricorn (Regnum), Aquarius (Benefacta), and Pisces (Carcer).

This mixture of astrology and the horoscope (horoscopic astrology) is thought to have started in the Mediterranean in the late second or early first century BC. The horoscope is a visual illustration of the heavens and is used to interpret the meaning of the planets alignment at that moment in time.

What makes this different from other forms of astrology is the fact that it is more complex and includes other factors like the 'ascendant' which is the degree of the Eastern Horizon as it rises against the backdrop of the elliptic. However, that's taking this beyond the definition of 'basics of astrology'.

Simply put a horoscope is more of an up to the minute version of an astrological birth chart and allows for the current positions of the celestial bodies, whereas the astrological birth chart is routed in the positions at the time of birth.

There we have it, the basics of astrology. Obviously we could have got far more in depth about the whole subject and started covering interpretations etc, but you should know where you've come from to have a good understanding of where you're going.

We saw that astrology predates the horoscope; we discovered that astrology is primarily based on the birth of someone (or even something) and is used to show how they will develop in the future; however, a birth chart done on an older person may not match up with the person due to other influences on their personality. Then finally, we saw that a horoscope is essentially a way of adapting the birth chart, by incorporating other factors, to give an up to date version of their astrological chart.

That's an over view of the slightly complicated basics of astrology.




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Frontiers of Information Technology & Super Science of Astrology - Where Do They Match?


Frontiers of Information Technology& Super Science of Astrology-Where do they match? We all know how much IT (Information Technology) has helped in doing calculations for astrology in a few seconds as compared to hours taken in the past. This it has lead to spread of astrology- at least the calculations are there without much effort! Now have you wondered how astrology could still be a science - despite some one looking at the chart based on lagna, or looking on your chart based on moon sign or even sun sign?

This is the very reason "scientists" declare it as a fraud and a pseudo science. Which it is NOT. It is based on chance/probability estimate of an event to happen- like would marriage happen in 2009, what is the chance of the same? Is it 30%, 60% to more- there is no YES/NO answer as we generally give in sciences.

But we do the same in quantum physics; in market prediction/economics software- we talk in terms of probabilities and chance-don't we? The why is it that astrology is an outcaste? Let us analyze this based on two case studies.

A) Judgment from various Ascendants- How correct is it?: How can it be true that astrologers prefer lagna fro predictions, and some prefer moon sign for predictions and some Navamsa-but still mostly astrology could be treated in the purview of science. One of the simple ways to resolve this enigma is- that to give weight age to each way of looking at the chart: Lagna = 50%, Moon = 30%, Navamsa = x% Etc. So even if an astrologer sees marital conflict due to difference in opinion (Saturn being there) based on Lagna only- still he is fairly safe if Moon sign chart/rasi chart give neutral indications. So essentially what an astrologer is doing is assigning different weights to different charts and then drawing a judgment. This is very much done in sciences as well- the most of the intelligent systems take into account for this, so we can see how modern IT does connect to astrology. Fuzziness means- one cannot say that YES or NO, where YES=1 and NO= 0 . You could have in-between value like 0.4. So if lagan says fights on the marital front, but rasi says no- one could say the chance of fights is 50%. That is most of the time you are friendly but there could be occasions of intense fights. The intensity time frame would be predicted based on dasha or transits.

B) Concept of Good and Bad Astrologer? Have you ever wondered why there is a concept of good, bad or better astrologer? Let us explore the same? Let us analyze the above kundli, where mars maha dasha is ON, active, and let us see how astrologers of different insights might view it.

Case 1= Average Astrologer: Now an average astrologer would say - Your Mars is averagely placed in Virgo and mars being a natural malefic/bad planet, so fights in general could be there, as it is in 2nd house so problems in profession(2nd house has an indirect bearing on profession).

Case 2 = Medium astrologer If and astrologer goes deeper, say a better astrologer, he would further add value and say Rahu is in rashi of mars, hence it would give its energy as well: So the reading could get modified to , fights would be there and would be of sudden nature(due to rahu),problems in profession- much more problems in profession and obstacles- that would be of a sudden nature(Rahu effects taken up)

Case 3: Better astrologer: Now a still better astrologer would say, that since Rahu gets energy from Saturn in 7th house(3rd full aspect), so expect fights, resulting in coldness, general problems/coldness in profession- much more problems/delay in profession and obstacles and that also suddenly( so this way we have incorporated the effects of Saturn as well). One could go on adding more and more value to the readings depending on the astrologer's knowledge/skill base. In any of the above cases- is any astrologer lying or not telling the truth? No not really- all are fine and could be accommodated, with conclusions given below.

C) Conclusion: So we notice as we add more and more information/knowledge is added to the prediction the better the predictions become. Also you can see that none of the above astrologer case 1 to case 3 is WRONG. But the some one is relatively better than others. Just like an economist is better than other- no one can accurately predict the markets. Also at the same time - we can conclude the more right knowledge an astrologer has better the prediction. So in astrology one cannot make YES or NO assertion, one can only predict the chances, which matches with the law of karma.

So frontier of IT- the fuzzy systems/quantum computing. Also there is No YES or NO, they are some where in-between say yes= 1.0 and No = 0, but any fuzzy system9Like economy, astrology, sociology) could be 0.5 or 0.75 etc.

As we discussed Astrology is much more complex than economic systems looking at it prime facie with very complex and non linear elements in it. So it needs much higher methods like IT to solve the mystery, than saying it is defunct or makes not "scientific sense". So may be a doctors may say after examining a patient tone type of medicine, but when systems very complex like astrology are concerned - there is bound to be subjectivity.

So may be on astrologer would try to strengthen the lord of marriage the other world try to do something different. Also the judgment of the house of marriage would vary some what depending on astrologer's experience (compare it closely with economic systems) So does subjectivity mean it is unscientific? NO.

Good Luck and don't be afraid of any pseudo scientist telling you...




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Thursday, September 22, 2011

What Is I Ching Astrology?


This is an introduction to the most ancient astrological system in use today. I also compare it to the more commonly used 12 Animal Chinese System, and explain its advantages.

I Ching Astrology is the most ancient astrological system. Over 5,000 years old, it shares the same heritage and philosophy as the I Ching, the world's oldest book.

As ancient as it is, it is simple to use. You can easily find out:

• About yourself and the others in your life

• How best to spend your time and direct your energy in any given month or year

• The most advantageous places to be in

Deeply rooted in nature, I Ching Astrology was once known as the farmers' almanac.

Its signs are named after the elements, the seasons and other imagery from the natural world. Scientists are convinced the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching anticipated the genetic code.

It's amazing influence further extends into the digital age, the father of computer code Gotfried Leibnitz developed the binary system from his study of the I Ching.

Without it, almost unbelievably, you would not be reading this on your computer screen today.

Now with I Ching Astrology, you can start to decode the significance of your Birth Star and your life as it unfolds. To discover what your Birth Star is and more about this amazing system, please visit the website below.

I Ching Astrology predates the more populist Chinese Astrology by some 1,000 years.

I Ching Astrology takes into account the 8 Trigrams of the I Ching and the central position around which they all rotate - known as the T'ai Chi.

This gives a total of 9 Stars.

These Trigrams relate to the compass directions of North, South, East, West, and of the intercardinal directions of North-East, South-East, South-West and North-West.

They also incorporate the symbolism from each of the Trigrams, for example, Mountain, or Wind, or Thunder.

They also include the archetypal family members for each Trigram which include the Father, the Mother, and the six children.

All of these Stars rotate in 9-year cycles, 9-month cycles, and also 9-day cycles.

I Ching Astrology is very good therefore for understanding where we are at any given time and vital for understanding timing. For me, it is very similar to traditional navigation.

I Ching Astrology uses the first day of spring as the beginning of the year, which in most cases is 4 February annually.

Chinese Astrology uses a very different system.

To begin with, the year begins on the new moon, after the winter solstice, and therefore the date is a somewhat moveable feast.

Instead of a cycle of 9, it uses a cycle of 12.

These 12 birth signs are associated with Animals or Branches, as they are known in Chinese Astrology. These include the Rat, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, etc.

On top of that, these 12 Animals can rule not only a year, but also a month, a day, and even an hour.

There are also five different versions of each of these Animals, drawn from the Five Elements. Therefore, there is an Earth Snake, a Metal Snake, a Water Snake, a Wood Snake and a Fire Snake. You then include all the other 11 animals as well.

Chinese Astrology, rather like I Ching Astrology, has potential for real depth.

In I Ching Astrology there are three Stars, which I call the Birth Star, the Inner Star and the Outer Star, all drawn from the year, month and day of birth.

In Chinese Astrology there are four stars, known as the Four Pillars. These are born out of the year, month, day and hour of birth.

Both systems look at timing.

It is best not to confuse the two systems or to try and use them together in the same calculations.

Both systems of astrology have their merit and indeed their uses.

My passion for I Ching Astrology is because it is much older, it's simpler and it's far easier to understand and use quickly.

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Published eight books on and around the subjects of Acupressure, Feng Shui Astrology, The 10 Day Re-Balance Programme, Piatkus Guide to Feng Shui, Feng Shui Journey, Macrobiotics for Beginners, Zen and the Art of Cooking, The Authentic I Ching and I Ching Astrology.

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