Astrology
QUESTION: Masters how do you see the practice of astrology in our human lives? Should astrology be used as a predictive tool or is that affecting our free will and choices? ~Kanerva, Finland
ANSWER: Astrology, generally recognized as the influence of the planets upon the human body, has been documented throughout human history. The moment of birth gives you an indication of the potential that the incarnated soul has within that particular body, caused by the influence of the celestial bodies. It does not determine what is going to happen to that person, just what the energy background will help facilitate.
The influence of the planets at the time of your birth is twofold. First you have what most people plot, which is the exact time and place of the body’s entering into the world from inside the mother. But a second, also important, time is when the sperm joins the egg and begins to divide. Again, the planetary impacts are suggestions that can be followed or totally disregarded, and choices can be made to go a different path.
Souls may take their initial potential and ride along with it without making any changes, or use it as a springboard to propel themselves beyond their natural inclinations in a direction of their choosing. This explains why those of a shared astrological sign might appear to differ greatly from each other.
Some of the characteristics that seem to dominate within an astrological sign may be part of the lessons chosen by the soul to see if they can understand and learn from the situation. Tendencies toward passionate domination may be a lesson in control; ultra-sensitivity may be experimentation with intuitive abilities; dealing with material goods as a trait allows a stage for seeing if you can let go of ego and turn to love.
You are a soul who has chosen to incarnate on the physical plane. Your physical body, being composed mostly of water, is affected by the movements of the planets throughout the solar system. Like a piece of wood in the ocean, you can let yourself be completely influenced by the movement, or you can swim or paddle away from where it is pushing you. Nothing overrules the soul’s freedom of choice.