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Liz Greene is both an astrologer and a psychotherapist.
This book is the only book on astrology I have. Because I appreciate her view.
The author’s view is astrology is not about that “silly but irresistible column the daily newspaper where Madam Somebody-or-other tells one that Wednesday will be a rotten day.” Her view of astrology is esoteric. Where: “Esoteric simply means inner. ‘Esoteric’ can refer to a lot of different things, from the Maharishi and Transcendental Meditation, to the Children of the Temple of God in Guyana. Esoteric studies can range from the ridiculous to the sublime. They can plumb the ancient learned treatises on alchemy, magic, Hermetic philosophy and the kaballah. They can explore mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle. Inner is a bout parapsychological phenomena, dreams, visions, altered states of consciousness. It’s about synchronistic phenomena, precognitive dreams, telepathy, clairvoyance. It’s also about depth psychology, the study of the human soul. And it can also be about astrology.” (p4).
To me, her view is interesting and insightful. The focus is on relationship and how to better understand yourself, to curb lopsidedness: “The over-emphasis on one way of looking at life and people” is, she says, “A propensity we all share. Astrology has a lot to say about lopsidedness. By learning something about your own astrological makeup, you can see pretty quickly just how one-sided your own view of reality is.
…On any journey, inner or outer we need road maps. Outer road maps are plentiful enough. Inner one’s aren’t. Astrology is an inner road map.
If you really think the solution to the problem of relationships lies in things ‘out there’ in society, look again. It may just lie in ourselves, in our ways of dealing with our lopsidedness and our lack of self-knowledge. How in the world can you possibly expect to get on with somebody else when you don’t even know who you yourself are?” (p5-6).
♥Ali.