“The value of Astrology was well-known in ancient days, when the subject went hand in hand with astronomy, and was used to help in the wise management both of state and personal affairs. Today, its worth is being rediscovered, and in the future it will again be respected for the insight and illumination it can bring to human problems.

A knowledge of astrology can be of great value to those whose work is in personnel management, psychology, medicine, marriage guidance, child care, indeed in all kinds of social service. Statesmen and politicians could be greatly helped by understanding planetary trends, so that a favourable time could be chosen for important conferences, diplomatic moves and all kinds of business enterprise. Most important of all, astrology can give to individuals an understanding of their deepest self and the spiritual lesson of the present incarnation. It brings to the soul flashes of insight into spiritual truth and a key to the understanding of some of life's deepest mysteries.

How, then, should we define astrology? It is the study of the heavenly bodies and their influence on the life and evolution of humanity. This probably does not mean the influence of the physical bodies of the planets and constellations, for it is doubtful whether of themselves they have any more influence than have the bodies of human beings without the spirit and soul behind them…….

Astrology is both a science and an art. It demonstrates the laws of life and of the universe with mathematical precision, and yet the interpretation of these laws when we are delineating a horoscope requires from us more than a scientific knowledge of planetary and zodiacal principles. Every horoscope may be likened to a piece of music containing infinitely varied combinations of the seven basic notes of the scale, or a painting containing infinitely varied combinations of the seven colours of the spectrum. The 'native’ of the horoscope — the person whose horoscope it is — may be likened to the composer or the artist, who has these seven notes or colours with which to work. The work is limited by (a) the instruments for which the piece is composed, or the size and nature of the canvas or paper, i.e. the native's environment and upbringing, and (b) the quality and quantity of the instruments which are going to play the piece or the paints which are to convey the picture on to the canvas or paper, i.e. the native's quality of consciousness…..

Every horoscope will show these seven notes or colours; it will show clashes that must be harmonised, limitations that must be observed, but it will not show the experience and skill of the artist behind — that is, the age of the soul. Consequently we must realise that when reading a horoscope we can only point out the possibilities shown in it, the discords that need to be resolved, the clashes to be harmonised. To do this we strive through aspiration and meditation for intuitive guidance, which alone will enable us to give real help and inspiration to the native of the horoscope which will enable him or her to make the inner effort needed to harmonise the conflicting elements in the nature so that with the materials given (as shown by the horoscope) he or she will be able to build the life and character into a harmonious whole…..”

 WHAT IS ASTROLOGY?
Joan Hodgson D.F.Astrol.S
(1941)

In the Middle East a fable is told of a Baghdad merchant who sent his servant to the marketplace to run an errand. When the servant had completed his assignment and was about to leave the marketplace, he turned a corner and unexpectedly met Lady Death. The look on her face so frightened him that he left the marketplace and hurried home. He told his master what had happened and requested his fastest horse so that he could get as far from Lady Death as possible - a horse that would take him all the way to Sumera before nightfall. Later the same afternoon the merchant himself went to the marketplace and met Lady Death. "Why did you startle my servant this morning" he asked. "I didn't intend to startle your servant - it was I who was startled," replied Lady Death. "I was surprised to see your servant in Baghdad this morning, because I have an appointment with him in Sumera tonight".

From Erwin Lutzer's book, "One Minute After You Die"