{"id":19982,"date":"2009-12-06T10:51:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T15:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/2009\/12\/06\/19982\/"},"modified":"2009-12-06T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T16:30:13","slug":"19982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/19982\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

For centuries, traditional theology and philosophy have struggled with with the fate versus free will discussion. Neither that I have seen has taken up astrology as a real question or even as an observed phenomenon.<\/p>\n

One could profess a belief in one or the other. Astrology brings us to the place where \u2018fate\u2019 and \u2018free will\u2019 encounter one another, and engage in a relationship within consciousness. The fate piece is a reminder that the movements of the planets are predestined. We know that Saturn will make a conjunction with Chiron on a certain day. That presents us with a definite juncture but not with definite meaning. We know that when we get there, we bring some or all of the meaning, the power of decision and the ability to respond to environmental factors. We bring a decision about who we are, as influenced and as apart from what we know about the planets.<\/p>\n

This is why astrology is controversial. It denies absolute adherence to God-concept or religion or science or logic or mysticism. The astrological perspective exists in a cosmos of its own, or you might say a holos that includes all possibilities. It requires allegiance to no perspective other than awareness of the moment and the factors that are influencing our awareness and our ability to choose; and when we\u2019re confronted with astrology, no matter how \u2018fate\u2019 based, we always arrive at a point of decision. Astrology is the demonstration, not the proof, that free will and fate are in a long relationship, and we are the mediators of that relationship within our own lives.<\/p>\n

It implies both autonomy and also participation in the larger dance of life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For centuries, traditional theology and philosophy have struggled with with the fate versus free will discussion. Neither that I have seen has taken up astrology as a real question or even as an observed phenomenon. One could profess a belief in one or the other. Astrology brings us to the place where \u2018fate\u2019 and \u2018free … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}