The Sky Is Meaningful
Astrology is once again having a cultural moment.
A recent Pew Research Center survey found that nearly three in ten American adults consult astrology, horoscopes, tarot cards, or fortune tellers at least occasionally. Most say they do so for entertainment, but a substantial minority look to these practices for genuine insight. Younger adults, women, and LGBTQ+ people are particularly likely to engage with them.
Each morning, the Sun restores the visible world.
Things emerge from darkness. Distances become perceptible. Paths appear. What had been hidden acquires shape, colour, and direction. The Sun does not merely illuminate the landscape; it makes orientation possible.
Astrologically, the Sun performs a similar function within the horoscope. It is the centralizing principle: the power through which a life gradually becomes coherent, intentional, and distinctly its own.
Astrology has more than one way of describing what a person is "like."
Modern readers are often familiar with the elements — Fire, Earth, Air, and Water — and the balance of the elements do tell us something important. They suggest the kinds of things a person is inclined to notice, what captures attention, and how that perception becomes motivation.