Uses of Astrology

Recovery From Childhood And Emotional Issues:

There are a great many clues in the natal chart that let us know the general nature of childhood and general emotional trauma. An astrology reading need not focus on identifying specific instances of trauma. The range of possible experiences is broad and cannot be specified from the vantage point of the present. Identifying a specific incident or experience is not necessary for symptoms 'as if it were true' to result later in life... the feelings are inherent in the makeup of the individual from birth, as shown by the natal blueprint.

An astrology reading can validate the emotions' right to be, and give permission to feel them and find the healing there... An astrology reading can validate inexplicable feelings and facilitate healing, as well as provide direction as to which therapeutic modalities might be most helpful and appropriate. Some people benefit most from bodywork; some from psychoanalysis; some from private journalling or drawing; some from taking a class or group.

Everyone's needs are different and no modality can be prescribed for all, though many people do well with a combination / variety of possibilities to choose from. It is one of the greatest strengths of astrology that these differences can be clearly read in the natal chart.

Releasing Hidden Blocks:

Everyone has potentially rewarding gifts and talents that lie dormant because they never stumble upon the key that can unlock them. Sometimes this is because of unresolved tension between two opposing or conflicting parts of the self. Gifts can be unlocked by having them identified and being given correct information about how to actualize them. Resolving the tension can help to realize an innate power or talent that had been held in potential.

Parents' Readings for Children: 

Most parents tend to want to give their child what they themselves needed (especially if they themselves didn't get their needs met) as children. This approach is often misguided, for children can be very different from their parents in their most fundamental needs. Just because two people are closely related does not necessarily make them similar beings.

A parent with a Leo Moon expresses their emotions in a style that can be profoundly alienating for a child with a Capricorn Moon, while a parent with a Cancer Moon might smother an Aries Moon child. 

Another way of expressing it without the astrological languaging is: a parent with a childhood emotional need for structure and stability will, with the best of intentions, stifle and over-parenting a child who to was born requiring the feeling of freedom and space to explore.

The purpose of an astrology reading for a child or infant is not to help a child understand themselves but to help parents to understand a child’s needs. A parent who is an ally and support can nurture and raise a healthy, free next generation of humans, rather than the current norm, which is that a parent represents an opposing force. This conditions children  to accept on a deep emotional unquestioned level that fight and struggle to survive is the normal way to live.

Emotional needs are primary and non-negotiable. To help meet our child's true needs, we must learn what they are. Since children are the future of the human race, and because the human race is in such a dire state as a result of our conditioning, readings for parents might be the most important work I do.

Parents tend to assume that children need what they needed as children, and try to give them that. Informed parents understand that each child's needs are unique--different from their own and those of other children. Astrology is an invaluable tool for parents in guiding their children to fulfil the potential they are born with. A parent's reading can help parents understand the child's emotional needs and how best to meet them.

Children are very sensitive, but some are more sensitive than others. A child with a Pisces moon is exquisitely sensitive to others' emotional fields and needs to be helped to be able to handle that. A child with a Leo moon needs and wants a great deal of attention and should get it appropriately. Children tend to act out when they don't get the specific kind of attention and approval they crave."

Couples', Family & Group Readings:

Learning about the particular challenges and long-term benefits of their relationship can help a new couple decide whether or not they wish to continue together. If a couple are already committed to the relationship, a couples' reading can help them to understand and trust each other throughout times of conflict and stress. We tend to attract the very people into our lives who most rub against our own unfelt wounded places, for the higher purpose of bringing those places into consciousness for ultimate healing. If we do not understand what is happening, it is easy to blame our partner for the feelings they trigger in us.

Not all relationships are made in Heaven, but most of them can work, given enough heart and intention between the people involved. Using Astrology, areas of conflict and tension can be clearly identified and worked with toward developing compassion and understanding between life partners, within families and among friends & associates.

Transits and Progressions:

We are constantly being affected by the changing currents of life as the planets move around the zodiac. An awareness of the transits and progressions at present and to come can help to determine what opportunities and crises are opening up in the near future, and how best to meet their challenges.

Some transits show times that are undeniably, avoidably painful. We must learn to face these head-on and develop tools to address the issues that rising to the surface. There is simply no way around it. Astrology can only suggest practical and specific strategies to weather the storms of life; as well, the ability to know that it will pass, and when, brings tremendous relief and reassurance.

Not all transits are painful, but it is the painful ones that tend to draw our conscious attention and energy focus. Some transits bring great gifts and opportunities which can go unrecognized if we are not prepared with the knowledge that they are happening.