Editors Note:  This is a nicely stated, fun article by Suzanne White.
    She includes a good of western and chinese astrology details.

    Astrology Never Lies

    Author: Suzanne White
    Contrary to its detractors concerted opinion, Astrology is not
    superstition. Superstition is more akin to: "If I break a
    mirror, I will have 7 years bad luck." or "If a bird flies into
    my house, someone will die." or "If I step on a sidewalk crack,
    I will break my mother's back." or "When It's Christmas and the
    weather is warm, it will be cold at Easter."

    Those are superstitions. Astrology is not superstition. Not even
    close. Astrology is a language. It exists. Like Estonian or
    French. It just plain exists. Like hard boiled eggs or chutney.
    Now, for some, languages that they do not know and are unable to
    read or converse in, constitute a sort of threat. When we hear
    friends chatting in a language that we don't know and we are
    present, we almost automatically imagine that they are talking
    about us. This is a kind of natural paranoia. We cannot
    understand. So we feel threatened or left out and perhaps even
    targeted as a victim.

    Astrology, like any language, does have to be learned in order
    to be used. That's why some people are astrologers and others
    have other learnèd professions such as doctors. An astrologer
    might tell you that your Sun in Leo means that you tend to want
    to be in the spotlight, but if your rising sign is Pisces, that
    Leo need for the spotlight might be mitigated.

    This sort of "diagnosis" is not unsimilar to when a Dr tells you
    that the lump on your arm looks like a cyst, but if the tests
    come out positive, it might be something more serious. He looks
    at the cystic physical evidence, but he also digs further to
    find out if it might be something more threatening.

    Now the language of Astrology has been much squelched and
    derided by a sector of the population we refer to as
    "scientists" or , in any case, people who believe that science
    (another language) is the pathway to understanding every human
    ill - including mental, emotional and physical ailments - and to
    conquering and refining and owning whatever commodity is
    available to man. (Space flight for example or improved hard
    boiled eggs)

    But squelching a language doesn't always put it out of

    existence. And Astrology has survived the giant squelch of
    science and remains a means of communication between peoples and
    a method of both diagnosing and better understanding the human
    condition. Astrology is not in competition with science. It's
    just there alongside it the way that TV is there alongside the
    Internet. The two media must co-exist. They cannot afford to be
    at war. The Internet will win. It's bigger. And younger. TV
    knows that the way that Astrology knows that it must coexist
    with science because if there was a war between them Science
    would win. It's bigger. And younger.

    Nonetheless, there is wisdom in what is ancient. So Astrology
    continues to exist. Some people study it and are able to use it
    in their work and daily lives. Other people don't study it
    sufficiently to become astrologers. But they dabble and they
    enjoy dabbling. Other people (most people) consult astrologers.
    They are the clients or the patients or the consultees who come
    to people like me for advice and information about their
    astrological charts: Who am I? What should I do about my
    mother-in-law's interfering in my marriage? How can I get a
    divorce and keep my children? Why do I not have self-confidence?
    Where am I making my mistakes and why do I keep making them over
    and over again?

    What some skeptical people (the Science-blinded or prejudiced)
    don't know is that the answers to all of those questions are
    sitting right there in peoples' astrological charts. Moreover,
    just because most people don't know how to read their charts and
    don't speak the language or know how to interpret the letters
    (symbols), doesn't mean the answers are not there. They are.

    Astrology never lies. I have heard it tell me and my clients the
    truth over and over and over again, thousands of times. A client
    writes and asks me why she cannot seem to get a husband. She's
    young and beautiful and accomplished and owns her own home. Yet,
    she has nobody to share it with. What should she do?

    I find out her birth date, time and place (sometimes she sends
    me a photo as well) and I do her chart. First thing I note is
    that she is more accomplished than she let on in her query
    letter. I know already that she is president of her own company.
    But she is also an Aries with Leo rising and she was born in a
    Rooster year. This woman is what my mother used to call "a tough
    cookie" and a multitalented cookie at that!

    She doesn't bend easily. She is not soulful and won't listen to
    whining - even her own. She wants to be in the spotlight (Leo
    rising) and she is indeed in her own spotlight all the time.
    She's also a Rooster which is one of the most successfully
    non-flexible signs out there. Rigidity lurks in this woman's
    chart and has already done some damage to her private life.

    But... I look further and...Eureka! This young woman has the
    Moon in Cancer. She is longing for a home and children and a man
    to share it with. But, because the Aries and the Rooster and the
    Leo ganged up and got a hold on her soul (Moon) when she was
    still very young, she followed them to her own multimillion
    dollar successful oblivion. She learned how NOT to share and she
    made her fortune by being ruthless and firm in her opinions.
    (Aries/Rooster w Leo rising)

    It's gets better. I dig a bit deeper and what do I find? This
    woman has Venus in Scorpio!

    NB: I know. I know. You just don't get it when we tell you that
    there's a planet in some sign or other about which you know less
    than zero. Why? Because we are speaking to you in a language
    which is foreign to you. And this time it is about YOU. But we
    are not trying to hide anyting. You can learn the language too.
    Nobody is stopping you.

    So our young woman has Venus in Scorpio. This means for some
    astrologers( We are not all alike. Just like doctors... Get a
    second opinion) that she equates love with sex and mystery and
    passion. She is hunting for passion and she is only finding
    suits and ties and expensive trappings. Why?

    Because here she is, the president of a thriving software
    company, owner of her own 3000 sq ft. house and two luxury cars,
    35 years old and beautiful and she cannot find a husband -
    someone to love and be loved by and make a family and a life
    with.

    So?

    She's too strong by half. And she is moreover "attracted" to the
    wrong kind of suitor. She has always thought she needed "someone
    like me." A mensch. A boss person. A leader of men (and women).
    Balderdash! Two bosses in the same household? Ouch.

    She needs either a steadying, long-suffering Ox or a lovely,
    langourous Snake or even a tempestuous Tiger - born in Gemini or
    Leo or perhaps Sagittarius because she has Mercury (her
    communication planet) in Sagittarius. And those guys she should
    be looking for are not necessarily world beaters. They might be
    teachers or poets or musicians or even weedy scientists who
    leave their brains in the laboratories when they come home at
    night. They should not be head honchos. She is the head honcho.
    She needs soul. So she should find someone with extra soul to
    share.

    Need I say more? Astrology simply never lies!

    ©Suzanne White 2006

    P.S. Our heroine is now successfully married to a brilliant
    Gemini/Ox (a laid back communicator type) who writes books for a
    living. He cooks and helps with the kids. They have a nanny and
    household help. Madame goes to her job every morning after
    taking the children to school. Papa pipes and slippers into his
    office and hits the computer for a few hours before dressing and
    driving to the supermarket to do the family shopping. It worked!
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    Suzanne White " I like to count my readers among my friends."

    About the author:
    Celebrated author of 4 best selling Astrology Books, Suzanne
    White is American and lives in Paris and Buenos Aires. Suzanne
    gives private consultations. Visit her at:
    http://www.suzannewhite.com.

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