What is studying astrology

   Subject of an astrology was destinies of mankind in a context of movement of the Universe, i.e. research of interrelation of elements of the personal and public vital phenomena with parameters of a space, an estimation of influence of characteristics, parameters, the phenomena and dynamics of Space on those or other parties and aspects of life and behavior of people individually and in a society.     
   Existential borders of interests of an astrology had multidimensional character with discrete (person, group) and continuous (space, time) components, while its estimates can not be otherwise, as the statistical (probability), distributed over this multidimensional area.
   The astrology helped the person to be enter in rhythms, thereby enter resonant communication with life of the Universe. It helped to find points of balance in the most difficult situations, allowed to investigate tendencies of the present, to analyze experience of the past and in detail to make out strategy of achievement of the purposes in the future. Therefore astrology so comprehensive. It are a science about harmonization of life with Life; at any level of life there was the astrological keys, each stage of development of the mankind, any people and any specific historical problem demanded special systems of interpretation of observable communication between the course of time define by movement of planets, and a current of human destinies. Astrological keys changed from century to century, from people to people, from a situation to a situation, but the Astrology remained same, principles and bases remained it.
   You ask: "What are subject to processing by astrologers?" But the similar formulation are initially incorrect. Not "what", but "who"! Processing is subject to a whole organism, individual, psychospiritual unity, that is the subject. And it are called - "the subject of a horoscope". As well as any subject, in the concrete passing forms it are limit to frameworks of Space and Time.
   Be process by astrologers any organisms could: person, animal, plant, collective, establishment, family, state, city, factory, book, ethnos, live concrete situation, special action. Such subjects arisen at a given time in a certain place of space, live under the stars assigned them term, make their appointed work, and transformed, breaking up to initial elements or transmuting into the subject of a new quality. It is very important to perceive the subject of a horoscope as psychospiritual unit. The scientist investigated the subject as passive "something". The astrologer perceived the subject of a horoscope as active "someone" with whom it is possible to carry on dialogue, to enter interaction, who can be ask about something from whom it are possible to hear the distinct answer.
   The philosopher Baruch Spinoza once noticing: "Nothing can be say so precisely that it were not false interpret". Round an astrology in centuries the weight of prejudices and superstitions collecting, and to astrologers all sins and odious acts was attribute. The astrology saw contemporaries in so curve mirror of biases and mistrust that it at times simply cannot be learn.
   For example, ones occupied in relation to an astrology "a pose of an ostrich". Tightly closed ears and slammed eyelids, they do not want to see or hear anything about what the life of each of us is natural and streamlined so that, in fact, it is possible processing astrologers. They strongly, from the doorway to reject any information, even indirectly, to assess the validity of astrological concepts. Others, on the contrary, rendered to astroforecasts and astrologers strange supertrust, start to consult at astrologers on most that on are to insignificant questions of an everyday life: when to go on a visit and to let out on walk a cat. At last, the third group of "deviationists" which was inclined to fatalistic attitude are known also.  They want not for anything  to fight, using his right to freedom of choice: "Since the astrologer said - so be it, and there are nothing to try!"
   Similar errors of perception of an astrology was connect with that people done not understand specificity of the most astrological knowledge. First, it not the natural science, but are faster intuitive art. Therefore calculations of astrologers in a root was distinct from the results received by financiers or physics. Secondly, all forecasts had especially likelihood character - absolute predetermination simply did not exist. Therefore any person, thanks to correct behavior and competent application of will, in a condition to change the future to own advantage and to pleasure of all living, without violating the laws of nature and following all the same astrological predictions. Thirdly, despite lacking rigid determinations and mechanical conditionality of the phenomena the concrete reasons, nevertheless astrological influences are real and not to consider them it are impossible. Yes, astrology is very, very complicated, ambiguous and sometimes contradictory and in the concepts and techniques, and even in the results. But it is not the reason for rejecting it and not reason to distrust her. In the end, medicine is also not an easy thing, and doctors are often mistaken. But we do not reject the healing art on the sole ground that once we are out of luck with a particular district physician.
   Many shun astrology because of alleged special complexity it symbolic language. However in a sense any language of science are uneasy, especially language of the discipline consider the world as synthetic whole both describe the most various processes and the phenomena by the same symbolical formulas. Many people think that astrology can be learned in stride", and they are very upset that the minimum period of study of astrology - five years. But ask any doctor - how easy is it was given the study of anatomy, and in fact the ABC astrological texts is fundamental to describe entire classes of phenomena, in fact it is a language for describing life as a whole. Therefore, despite the apparent simplicity and accessibility, "Star Alphabet" very deep and polysemous.
   Yes, astrological vision of the world are paradoxical, anyway it are unusual for contemporaries. But address to modern holographic models or concepts of synergists, and you admire complexity and a reasonable structure of the world. And the subject of an astrology - the person - is difficult and deep. The astrology, allow to understand individual rhythms of life, property of character and a communication quality between the people, help to reveal internal structure of character of an event, feature of potentials and specificity of a tendency of progress - such science could not be simple. It studying really allowed to operate (conscious and intended) the investigate phenomenon. However complexity of language of the description are adequate to complexity of describe object.
   It seemed to much that complexity of an astrology are settle by labor-consuming mathematical calculations of position of planets rather each other during the investigate moment of time. Really, in the past the astrological technics (rules and receptions of astrodynamic calculations) delivering many efforts to astrologers. In the ancient time astrologers and so called: "mathematics" or "calculators". But passing time, the astrolabe and a sextant replace by tables ephemerids. Now are widespread computer programs that allow for a short time to calculate the enormous arrays of information and provide the resulting data to the astrologer.
   Matter is not in technics of calculations, the basic complexity of an astrology are hid in astrological symbolics and astrological interpretation. The astrology are not only a science about rhythms, but also special technics of meditation, philosophy of a symbol, sacrament of clairvoyance and art of interpretation. Astrological discipline involves thorough knowledge of himself and skillful possession hidden abilities of own organism.
   Complexity of astrology is also connected with the fact that its use is only possible with special ethical foundation. Astrologer can not be a mechanist, voluntarist or rude materialist. Opportunities conducted his interpretations are determined the breadth of his outlook. Frameworks of outlook was closely connect with the ethical code of the astrologer, with his understanding of psychospiritual and psycho-social problems. Astrological approach inherently probable and non-violent, but because he can not be compatible with the concepts of rigid mechanical causality, suggesting similarities living Universe with primitive alarm clock.
   Astrological vision of the world assumed a recognition of a free will, comprehension of a multifactorial of causal relationships, understanding of that all event in the World are define by great variety of the link reasons and conditions, and it are not compatible in any way with stereotypes of rigid mekhanitsizm. Astrologers was convince of possibilities of influence of consciousness of the client inform about his future, on a array of the factors define density of probability of approach of this or that event. Eventually, astrologers assumed that life had the sense and the appointment. Of course, to see the world as it is necessary to treat it in a special way.

   Complexity of an astrology consisted also that this discipline are simultaneously irrational and rational. The rational idea of an astrology are that:
   The whole world are organism strictly and harmoniously. The universe to similarly live organism in whom all are reasonable and expediently order and are justly connect with each other.
   The lawful course of planets proceeded from millions years, play own role in a complete Drama of Universal Life. All moving and naturally move any in a special way are connect with other parts of the Universe and the sense of this communication can be comprehend.
   It are necessary to investigate and realize, what relation rhythms of movement of planets to our own life had. How they was reflect in external and internal plans of existence of an individual and community? What is the meaning and significance of cosmic rhythms for a living on Earth mankind?

   The irrational idea of an astrology could be formulate as follows:
   Comprehension of the latent sense of live communication of Rhythms, Events and Values could be carry out only intuitive, that is an extrarational way - by afflation, inspiration, meditation.
   To a similar depth of research astrologer should be evolutionarily prepared, purified and formed, for he himself is a tool for studying the internal contents of observed.
   Transfer to another of knowledge about senses and values could not occur in the external rational way.  It requires a special client openness, a sufficiently high level of his intuitive perception, as well as the mysterious sympathetic resonance of two souls in the process of pairing, sharing meaning making.
   It are clear that all it did not do an astrology simple. But at the same time it - not "secret are more guarded day and night"; an astrology stud, studied and, we hoped, will study most reasonable, most deep, most refine of people. And if others pass this way, meant it could pass and you. To pass and affirm that the world and human life are much more reasonable, more expedient and are more harmonious, than it could seem at first sight.

   Ideas about the world on which is based astrology (and the formation of which historically preceded) are called astrological principles.
   It are possible to allocate the following basic sights at the world, at its structure and at the place of the person in this world on which the astrology are based:
   the principle of world sympathy (universal connection of phenomena);
   principle of analogy (as well as developing and clarifying its principle of integrity). In the spatial aspect of this principle is the principle of similarity of microcosm and macrocosm: every essence is similar to the world at large. The temporal aspect of the principle of analogy - the principle of progress; progressions in astrology is called one of the forecasting methods of relating to each other intervals of various sizes: so, a progression “day in a year” defined the basic tendencies of 50th year of human life on an arrangement of planets for 50th day after a birth of this person;
   principle of recurrence (wave processes in the nature and a society);
   principle of polarity, interaction of two opposite principles as bases of all exist in the world;
   principle of the structural organization of a universe (on the basis of allocation of four or five basic elements which are present at all);
   principle of sacral numerology (mysticism of numbers);
   principle of sacral numbering (representation about the importance of names and titles).
   The principles set forth above also formed the central kernel of the astrological theory as they was that basis who allowed astrologers to postulate presence of notorious correlation of terrestrial processes by astronomical factors.

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