Astrology and Money Making in America

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All,

 

I didn;t catch all of the thread on the Vedic

Astrology List, where the subject first appeared, only

a few fragments, but I have been thinking about this

subject for quite some time, and so this is what I

have to say.

 

I think that any business in America would do well and

be very wise to consider carefully what happened to

Enron, Martha Stewart and the like. Any business that

puts profits before human beings is in essence, evil,

and will be dealt with, by the Universe itself, in due

course.

 

Because of my dual background in AStrology, Western

and Vedic, I can appreciate both sides of this issue.

I have no problem at all with an Astrologer being able

to make a good living from his or her skill and

expertise, as every servent is worthy of his hire, as

the Scriptures say. But at the same time, I think

there is something to be said for giving back to the

community as well. This is the major reason why I have

volunteerd my time as an instructor of Astrology at

Temple U for the past 4 years.

 

I have deep seated problems with many Astrologers who,

under the guise of helping others, fleece them for

everything that got; I have problems with many of

these people doing this, and are in essence little

more than snake oil salesman. I have problems with the

very good Astrologers that are so intent on making a

buck that they would charge their own family relations

for the service!!! Such things only gives Astrology

overall a bigger black eye.

 

For several years, I was in a bind as to how to deal

with the issue of money making in Astrology; after

all, I have intensely studied the subject, two totally

different systems, for a combinaed total of 10 years.

I should be able to to make some money from the

enterprise. But at the same time, I don't want to do

what I described above. I would a major hard time

getting some sleep at night if I did or even tried.

 

That is why, at present, I have a view that my

services, should one want to hire them, are such that

anyone can afford them (no more than $100 US for

horoscope analysis, fees for weekend seminars are

negotiable, etc). And, I have a policy that no one -

NO ONE will be turned away, simply because they have

no money. I take great pride in my work, and I have

yet to have anyone that was not satisfied with it.

 

I think this is an issue that, as AStrology becomes

more and more acceptable to the educated public in the

West/USA, that will require more of our attention. I

don't know if it will result in a sort of price-rate

fixing, or what, but I think that the major thing that

we have to do is to try to weed out those fakes and

phonies that abuse people, and those that are very

competent, yet over-charge and end up doing same. I

would be very interested in hearing how we could go

about doing of this.

 

Salaam,

Mu

 

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Mu'Min M. Bey

Western and Vedic Astrologer

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