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history and philosophy of astrology

Does the Natal Chart Reveal Everything?

An astrology student from Kepler asked me a question recently: “Does the natal chart reveal everything that happens to a person? Why or why not?” This was my somewhat impromptu response: My first impression as I think about this question is that even though it seems very specific, there is a way in which it […]

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history and philosophy of astrology

Fate, Free Will and Determinism in Astrology

I’ve been of the opinion for a while now that astrology is fundamentally deterministic, and that the majority of astrologers approach the subject with a more or less deterministic mindset, whether they consciously acknowledge it or not. In fact, the vast majority of astrologers seldom even realize just how deterministic their unspoken assumptions about astrology […]

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history and philosophy of astrology

My current philosophical views on astrology

My own views on astrology have been drifting towards a more Platonic and Stoic model of astrology since I started attending Kepler College a few years ago. At some point in Nick Campion’s book Astrology, History and Apocalypse he points out that astrologers have historically tended towards either a sort of Aristotelian causal model of […]