The Sky Is Meaningful
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.
The Moon is the first heavenly body most of us love.
Before we know the names of planets, before we understand the zodiac, before we ever think of the sky as meaningful, we know the Moon. She follows us down dark roads. She appears at the bedroom window. She grows, fades, disappears, and returns.
The Sun may dazzle.
The Moon keeps company.
One of the oldest accusations against astrology is that it belongs to a discarded universe. Once the Earth was no longer understood as the physical centre of creation, the argument goes, astrology should have collapsed with it. If the planets do not literally revolve around us, how can they meaningfully speak to us?
But this objection misunderstands what astrology is doing.