Astrology-A Practical Consideration

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Swami Nirmalananda Giri has written an article on Astrology at the new

Atma Jyoti Blog <http://blog.atmajyoti.org/> . Below is a clip from that

article:

 

" All that exists, despite the appearance of multiplicity, is really ONE

in a very real and practical sense. And in every part the Whole is

contained. Thus there is no possibility of separating ourselves from the

universal life of creation except through transcendence. But until that

transcendence occurs we must acknowledge our integral existence with all

that " is. " And part of that existence is the phenomenon of change

wrought by the invisible tides of life. "

 

" Long before recorded history the wise observed that the human being was

a miniature universe, a reflection of creation. Further observance

revealed that changes in the external world–including the solar

system–corresponded to changes in the individual's sphere of

life. This was particularly noted in the matter of planetary movement.

Thus it was discovered that the movements of the planets within the

solar system corresponded to operations of biomagnetic and psychic

forces within the individual person that were then reflected outward

into the individual's environment or daily life routine. "

 

" The ancients understood that the planets were not the causes of the

observed changes, but were merely indicators of forces operating deep

within the magnetic levels of universal life. Further,... "

 

The rest of his article on astrology can be found here.

<http://blog.atmajyoti.org/2007/10/astrology%e2%80%93a-practical-conside\

ration/>