Astrology Lost and Found

Rob Brezsny is an American astrologer, writer, poet, and musician. His weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology (formerly known as Real Astrology), has been published for more than 28 years, runs in 120 periodicals, and can be subscribed to for free via email.  Brezsny is the first well-known horoscope columnist to use first-person narrative in his column. His writing employs a more personal, optimistic and literary approach than conventional horoscopes. Utne Reader described Brezsny's column Real Astrology as breathing "new life into the tabloid mummy of zodiac advice columns". British horoscope writer Jonathan Cainer told interviewer Eric Francis that Brezsny inspired him to begin his own column in the mid-1980s, saying that Brezsny was the first person who showed him that a horoscope could be done intelligently.

Though astrology hasn’t been considered a science for thousands of years, on Thursday, February 4th, 2011, the Bombay High Court in India reaffirmed that it is indeed a “science” when it dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged astrology as science. "So far as prayer related to astrology is concerned, the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is science. The court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The decision of the apex court is binding on this court," observed the judges. “ Astrology is a trusted science and is being practiced for over 4000 years," said an affidavit filed by Dr R Ramakrishna, deputy drug controller (India), west zone. The law and astrology The first time that astrologers and Astrology appeared in the law any place was in England in the 16th Century. The British enforced the British Vagrancy Act which was supposedly focused on p...

There are no words to express how much of a loss, Robert Blaschke’s passing is, not only to the astrological community and those touched by his presence, but also for astrologers, like me, whose careers were launched by his books ( A Handbook for the Self-Employed Astrologer ) and personal lives were touched by his genius, his ground-breaking techniques and his dedication to documenting his knowledge in such detail. I struggled to find a way to pay tribute to my mentor and I felt just recounting his incredible contribution wouldn’t do his soul justice. His books themselves are a tribute to his Spirit. So I will just leave you with a poem Robert wrote me. Winged Messenger pushing a shopping cart down the aisle of the grocery store tonight knowing i am heading into solitude again ... my soul said to me: if you are not afraid of being alone or of dying then you can do anything here on earth ... rented my new office today two blocks from the beloved deep blue sea 165 square feet of writi...