Some people are of the idea that astrology is a technology and so underlying personal philosophical principles or beliefs about Reality are irrelevant. Well, I am here to tell you I COMPLETELY DISAGREE. Belief informs your perception and interpretation. Utterly.
At the roots of Hellenistic astrology you can see traces of Egyptian Religion, Platonism, Stoicism and Aristotelian logic. Many so called "rationales" emerge from those.
Likewise, at the roots of Vedic astrology you can see not traces, EXPLICIT references to the Shiva-Shakti Religion, Tantra and Vaishnavism. And many "rationales" come from that too, and make perfect sense under those schemes.
Astrology is not a technology.
It is an ENTRY POINT into the Problem of Reality.
Your personal beliefs play a role in how you use it.
Don't be so naive to think they don't.
And to my Atheist friends, well, as Babylonian astrologers said: good luck!! Me, I'm utterly Theistic.
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