My Perspective on Astrology

AstroVolution: The Spiral Path of Self Discovery

AstroVolution as a title was one of those rare epiphanies that seem to come from nowhere, and at the perfect time – just as I started this blog. The prefix “Astro” is fairly obvious as this blog pertains to astrology, and the suffix “Volition”, while for many may bring to mind it’s similarity to the word “evolution”, as an adjective refers to moving in a spiral motion.

It also shares its origin as a word with Volutidae, the species of tropical marine gastropods which have shells that grow in a spiral formation as they increase in size. As such, AstroVolution is an appropriate title to express my current understanding of astrology!

Everything in the world of the manifest is truly cyclic in nature, and astrology is truly one of the most effective, and time tested tools for exploring the process by which all things move from the unmanifest to the manifest!

Still, some may find it odd that, while I profess to be an “astrologer” or one who studies and apply the cycles of the cosmos the matters of this world; I have come to the opinion that astrology itself is an illusion!

While it is a valuable tool of analysis of the matrix from which all things emerge from the one source, astrology itself is part of the part of the manifest world, and therefore, part of the illusion!

Still, whilst many well intended astrologer have wielded the vast wisdom found within the language of the cosmos to pander the egoic pursuits of those looking for some sort of external validation of who they are – astrology does, when properly understood, provide the necessary insights that lead to awakening!

It is the egoic mind – who loves to analysis, compare, and label – that turns astrology into a means to an end, whether it is further supplementing the ego’s delusion of who they are, and why they are special, when will I finally find my purpose, or find happiness!

Our Seperation for the Divine, the One is the real illusion, allbeit a necessary one to create this “space time” illusion necessary for the adventure of consciousness we’ve choose to embark on!

We all came here with an initiate “knowing” that we are divine expressions of the whole, but somehow loose this connection as we get caught up in the game! Slowly we become “conditioned” by family, society, and other game players that are also lost in the illusion of separateness.

As it was put so well by Poet and Novelist Don Williams in his often quoted words “The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”

Pure astrology, I believe, makes no judgments of who or what is better or worse, suggests no path or course; but instead is a pointer to the authentic self that flows from source, which once discovered naturally finds it’s expression in the world. It is this expression of the authentic self, flowing from the unmanifest, the source – call it what you will, that is our manifest destiny.

The loss of this connection may well be this awareness being expressed in the biblical verse “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun” Ecclesiastes 1:9.

When we become complete lost in the illusionary world “under the sun” that has become manifest around us, we become lost in the forgetfulness of who we are, and wonder lost in a dream that seems to repeat over and over again.

As astrologers, it is in understanding how the cycles and indication in the chart are being expressed consciously, or unconsciously by an individually that we can begin to moving beyond the illusion, and become the witnessing presence of how divinity is expressing itself through them.

It is when astrology permits us to provide a glimpse of who our clients are beyond the world of form that we began to find its try value as a tool for awakening. The universe is always “perfect”, and both chaos and coincidence are only illusions created out of our limited perspectives!

Every choice made, even those that may be experienced as suffering, or seem unwanted, is always moving us towards our ultimate goal, self realization!

By take them beyond the frustrations created by the circumstance and situations that they often come to understand, and help them witness the perfection that they truly are as expressions of the divine that we start to see the end of their suffering.

“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are!” – Eckhart Toll

Your Predominating Esoteric Decan: Are you a Body, Soul or Spirit Type?

Decans, More than Modifications of you Sun Sign!
I’ve been using decans, as a means of going deeper into the birth charts for a few decades. For those unfamiliar with this astrological teaching, decans are three astrological sub-ruler of each sign,each ruling 10 degrees. Most commonly they are seen as a type “modification” of the regular planetary ruler!

The first 10 degrees is always assigned to the signs traditional rulership. The second are the rulers of the next sign of the next sign of the same element! For example, in the case of Gemini, the first 10 degrees are ruled my mercury; the next 10 degrees are ruled by the planetary ruler of the next air sign, Libra, which happens to be Venus; and the last 10 degrees of the sign by ruler of the next air sign Aquarius, with is Saturn (Traditional Rulership are generally used) or Uranus.

I’ve found that to simply use decans as a ‘modifier’ is to miss out on the deeper esoteric meaning! The Origins of these subdivisions of signs we know as Decans or Decanates, originate from the ancient Egyptian decan wheel. This wheel contained the 36 constellations that symbolized the passing of time. Decans are truly part of our ancient esoteric wisdom, and can be traced back to ancient Egyptian decan wheel, which contains 36 constellations, each with it’s postive and negative or feminine and masculine dualistic expressions equaling a total of 72 expressions, and consequently qabbalistic Tree of Life, the 72 Divine Names of God, and the 72 Tarot Cards! As such they deserve more serious study!

The Movement to Measure Astral Energies
I’ve also explored various predominate elements in charts! In the early eighties when cosmodynes first came out as ” a more scientific way of measuring and determining the amount and kind of astral energy a native (person the chart represents) has at his disposal”.

I jumped on board with all my enthusiasm! I even created my own charts and graphs for my client for ready reference, and thought my list of hemispheres, quadrants, modalities, elements, predominating aspects, most to least aspect ed, and a few more was fairly complete! I’d even started looking at which harmonic was predominating, which I had not seen any other astrologer study!

Finding the Predominating Decan: A Snapshot of the Esoteric Orientation in the natal chart?
What had not occurred to me was was to include Decans in my quest to measure out all the various energies in a chart! Given the information above, it seems this would be an ideal way to get a quick look at a personal more esoteric destiny and purpose!

Under the Law of Analogy, the three decanates of a sign relate to the three principle aspects of our esoteric being, or the triune being – Body, Soul and Spirit! As most of my astrology client can attest, as an esoteric astrologer, our first sessions usually start with an explanation of how the are come from the divine oneness as it’s unique spark, and how there chart is “the intention to incarnate” and discover their divinity?

Egyptian, Vedanta, Gnostic and Western Myst ism all speak As triune being consisting of a physical, emotional and mental body, and when these triple energy come together, it results in the appearance of a human soul on Earth.

This being said, the study of which of these energies predominate should provide vital clues and help point to the purpose of our incarnation! That said, it’s become a subject of personal study, for application in my astrological studies… even after 25 years of astrological study, I’m still learning the subject! It’s a true testament to the depth of true astrology!

In my sometimes obsessive nature, I’ll have to run through my collection of clients, public personalities, and do a more detailed study! Stay tuned, I’m sure I’ll be including an article under my learning astrology section as a result! As always, your feedback, insights and comments are welcome here!