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"This universe of ours, what is it really? Here we are, centres of consciousness, surrounded by a buzzing confusion which we must try to understand. But we are of the selfsame stuff of the universe -- perhaps ultimately a cloud of energy interacting with other clouds of energy -- and on that account we are in the role more of participants than observers. We cannot distance ourselves from our ambient, hold it at arm's length for impartial scrutiny. This fact has been heavily underlined by modern physics since it sets limits to our knowledge. What we experience is not external reality per se but our interaction with it, so that in a very real sense we are constructing our universe from ourselves."
"Astrology is an art, rather than a science or a system of religious beliefs. But what, then, is art? The artist mediates between different dimensions of life. The images, sounds, words and forms which the artist utilises are languages which can communicate the meaningful patterns of levels of reality which would otherwise be incomprehensible or incommunicable to the rational mind. When we are affected by art, it is because the work speaks to us on many levels: intellectual, intuitive, emotional, visceral."
"People who dismiss astrology do so out of either ignorance or rationalism. Rationalists have their place, but their limited assumptions and methods must be kept out of the arts. Interpretation of poem, dream or person requires intuition and divination, not science."
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Astro Inquiry is published in Washington State -- beaming out from Vashon Island. When I was 14 years-old, I made the dogged effort to write to as many astrologers in California as I could, seeing which, if any would take me on as a student. I lucked out with my teachers Ivy Goldstein Jacobson and Margaret Latvala, and studied with them through my high school years. A year later I became a member of Llewellyn George’s Educational Astrology organization in Los Angeles. I helped write, edit and publish the group’s quarterly newsletters... continues
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The Search For Meaningful Astrology
I’d like your assistance, please. But first a little backstory.
I clicked into an astrology website recently that touted the astrologer as an “intuitive counselor and Reiki Master” (why is there always some form of Reiki in the mix?)
The astrologer’s experience included a “life long [sic] interest in astrology” and “…several years of studying YouTube videos.” (I suppose the videos were about astrology?) I booked a session with this person instantly.
Uhm…no.
Recently I appeared on Tesher Cohen‘s podcast All Things Interesting and in the middle of our discussion (which will debut early next month), he asked me what I would recommend for folks who are interested in astrology but don’t know where to find vetted material; be it blogs, videos, or any other media.
Taking his question to heart my brain furiously shifted gears, searching for a meaty recommendation. Instead, I fell into a neti neti sinkhole.
Neti neti is a Vedic method of analysis that means: “Not this, not this, not this…” You keep considering what things aren’t until you faint. If you’re lucky you’ll wake up and have an answer or solution. Neti neti is also associated with via negitiva–a way of describing something by saying what it is not
Anyway, I finally said to Tesher, “Uhm, just have your listeners contact me.” Read more
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Illustration by Ilonka Karasz from William Maxwell’s The Heavenly Tenants (Harpers) 1946
Saturn & Pluto Conjunct: And Here We Are
• “Thank you for such an inspirational and perceptive piece of work!” –David. C.
• “I want to call this thorough, but what you’ve compiled is something else entirely. A complete overhaul of Saturn and Pluto. Much to digest. Thank you! –Kathyrn R.
• “Man, you can fucking write. What a wonderful piece.” –Timmy. B.
• “If you like high-end writing and you want a truly original view of this conjunction, order this now.” —Elsa Panizzon
• “Where will this extestential conundrum send us? Frederick Woodruff offers suggestions for each sign.”–Day Keeper Journal
• “One of my favorite astrologers, Woodruff astutely describes how strange and dissonant reality feels right now. By far the best writing on the subject that I have come across.”–Rachel from Aeolian Heart
• “A brilliant essay on the upcoming Saturn-Pluto conjunction, a must-read for serious students.” –Jessica Murray
When people talk to me about their anxiety and anger regarding our current cultural moment, what I hear them say and what I sense beneath their words are two distinctly different things. What creates the disparity?
When we lack the language to describe an experience that is baffling and unprecedented we often defer to the opinion of experts (and blowhards) to mark our way forward. Mistake.
By taking this approach we disconnect from our innate wisdom, a type of inner guidance that is not dependent on generalized observations. A response that is grounded in our immediate experience. A response that arises from our instinctive understanding, independent of outside influence.
Astrology can assist with this process. Astrology offers us a more encompassing view; a view that takes us out of the heated moment and allows us to consider events from within the context of epic-stretching cosmic cycles.
And it is this perspective that I’ve attempted to outline in my new private report on the upcoming Saturn Pluto conjunction; an astrological event that will ricochet through the new year and deep into the new decade. You can order your copy now.