Guest guest Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hi Mark,When your book is out, let me know. I would love to have a copy. Sincerely,Br. EdHI Edward! I'm sure you're on my list!of people to contact....!hehehow ya been!wishing you the best!Mark K. ----- Original Message ----Mark Kincaid .com>To: Spirituality_Astrology Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:08:06 PMSubject: [spirituality_Astrology] 2-All re. Excerpts from New Astrology book: Chapter on " Benefits of Astrology " Dear Friends: I thought you might enjoy an example of one of the chapters in my new book. Sincerely, Mark Kincaid Benefits Of Astrology One of the most exciting ways in which we can look at astrology is in terms of its inherent benefits. For example, most people are attracted to astrology because of one of these benefits. Millions of people every day can hardly wait to look up their horoscope and read about themselves. Ever wonder why? When we read something truthful about ourselves, whether intentionally or by accident, we immediately get a buzz. We get some feeling of familiarity. Some warmth spreads through us. We experience some `aha', or `mmmm' or `wow, this really fits me!' I call this the 'Astrological Resonance'. It is the primary #1 benefit of astrology because it stirs some truth within us. In other words we relate to it. Some expression, some idea, some description, somehow fits us and we like it! Resonance Sometimes this happens accidentally and sometimes on purpose. When we read about our horoscope there's only a slight chance that we'll experience that flash. This is because the horoscope descriptions, for example are often too general. Imagine trying to say something relevant about all the millions of people whose Sun sign's are the same. The main uniqueness of astrology is that there are enough differences between each others charts that our own chart can really speak to us. This is because all the planets move at different speeds. So, even though the Sun does return to the same sign every year, all the other planets do not. So, even though we might have some similarities to others born on or near our birthday, however because we're born on a different year, our charts will be different. The Astrological Reading The second most significant benefit is when we have our charts read by someone. When someone goes to a professional astrologer and asks to have their chart interpreted there is a much greater chance of our charts symbolisms meaning something to us. This is because the astrologer knows how to describe individual parts but in the context of the whole. So, even though he may have talked to a number of people who have their Sun's in the same sign he knows how other factors will change that initial assessment. Therefore, having one's chart read is the traditional way in which one benefits from this astrological resonance. Looking Within I've found one very powerful way of doing people's readings is to ask them to describe in their own words how they're relating to their interpretation. In other words, if I can get the person to put in their own words why they resonate with some part of their charts, I find this greatly enhances their chart resonance. For example, let's say I've just gotten through describing someone's Sun in Virgo. I just talked to a lady today with that configuration. I described classically what Sun in Virgo people are supposed to be like and as I looked over her head was bobbing up and down with a satisfying smile on her face. When I asked her if this rang true for her she immediately said: " Oh, yes, it fits me perfectly. " In the past I'd just say `great' and go on to the next part of her chart, always looking for that `ah', or `yes', or `big smile.' At some point I learned if I could then get a person to put in their own words why that description fit them so well, then they'd resonate even more profoundly with their charts. So, if you're studying your own chart don't be afraid to describe yourself how you experience your chart. Next time you read about some part of your chart, take a moment to write down your thoughts and why that particular phrase or description fits you. This will really enhance your appreciation of your star's correspondence! Studying Our Own Stars The 3rd major benefit of astrology, then is studying our own chart. With every step of self-learning comes a deeper and deeper aha and knowingness that our charts really do fit us. With each aha and growing clarity and detail we become more knowledgeable that our charts do fit us. 1 to 1 Correspondence In fact, there is a literal 1 to 1 correspondence between every aspect of our lives and every aspect of our star charts. When, you come to know each of these details there's a great experience of satisfaction that dawns as you truly know why you're the way you are. Keep looking for those personal resonances until you find an astrological reason for everything. If some areas or characteristics evade you, then consult an astrologer to help you out. Know however, that you are perfectly competent to really understand your stars! Self-Knowing In conclusion then, I'd like to say the most significant benefit of astrology,is that we come away with a greater clarity or wisdom about ourselves through our star interpretations. This is because more conscious self-knowledge is the key to life! Even in our western society the Greet oracle once told Socrates that the most important quality of life was to " Know Thyself " . Our entire western education system was originally based on this belief that to know one self was deeply important. The problem is that we are astrological beings and most people don't know how to decipher their astrological meanings. And, unless we learn exactly how we're astrological beings, we may spend our entire lives trying to figure out who we are. Astrology – Perfect Language of Life One of astrology's greatest powers is to provide a precise language that helps us truly grasp or grok who we are. As it turns out we are astrological beings living in an astrological universe so the language of the stars really does fit. Now, when we take that self-learning to a personal level we have the greatest chance of discovering who we are. We are multi-faceted beings with many complex and fascinating human characteristics, qualities and attributes. Most systems of human understanding, philosophy, even Psychology only scratches the surface of what it is to be truly human. We each have an ego center. We each have an emotional side that coexists. We each have intellects and even unique personalities, physical attributes and a number of other important aspects. Why, however, is one person outgoing or gregarious and another shy or demure? Why is another person attracted to machines or good at taking things apart while another can't relate to such things? The descriptions of the different signs of astrology are pure genius at helping us truly understand ourselves. Why the universe mirrors in us is a great mystery, but somehow it does. We have an expression for this: As it is Above, So it is below… But, exactly how the vibrations of the outer, the sky, the cosmos,flows so perfectly into the life and even our DNA is still a great mystery. However, with the great growth of physics over the last 50 years we might be able to figure out why the universe itself is astrological. My personal belief is that life itself breaks down into these 12 basic Sign types much the way the unified field of physics breaks down into the major forces of nature, gravity, strong and weak forces and electromagnetism. 12 Signs 12 Streams of Consciousness Like a lot of people, when I first studied astrology I thought these ideas were just something man made. Now, I believe that these different qualities or inherent characteristics inside us are really an intimate part of our real human natures. It may be in the future that we discover that there are 12 archetypal types of consciousness that are uniquely understandable by the descriptions of the 12 different Sun Signs. There are 12 constellations, groups of stars or signs that exist around our solar system. Every day of every year, the Sun, Moon and planets of our solar system pass through the sky where only these 12 constellations serve as a background. In other words you never hear of someone who was born with their Sun in the sign of Orion or Cassiopeia. This is because the orbits of our solar system bodies only flow within a specific 30 degree arc which keeps them within the plane of only these primary 12. 2nd Benefit Astrological Discrimination If the first major benefit of astrology is astrological resonance or learning how our stars fit us, then the second major benefit is what I like to call `astrological discrimination' . In other words when we learn our unique star charts, then patterns begin to emerge which helps us understand which are the positives and which are the negatives in life. In other words the good and the bad of our human existence is understandable by our star interpretations. The literal rules or principles of astrology dictate which of our planetary configurations are positive while others negative. At the end of a reading or period of self-study we will understand that some of our planets are positive creating while others are related to our problems, struggles and suffering. The eastern astrological system calls the positive planets our benefices and the negatives one's malefics. This distinction is important because we need to know why certain good things come to us and others not so good. The human situation is full of contradictions, confusion, mistaken notions, accidents and unintentional, misguided realities. In other words, we're not perfect! We may try to accomplish something only to find that we did it incorrectly or imperfectly. In other words, even though we may have the best intentions, great intentions don't always lead to success. Let's say someone wants to achieve a great goal at work. They've been given a project and decide to work very hard to accomplish that feat! But, sometimes we work too hard. We may not go in the `right' direction, or choose the wrong partners, etc. Let's say we work too hard. We don't necessarily know it at the time, but at some point we go beyond the proper balance and even collapse due to sheer exhaustion. We thought we were getting enough rest, but were incorrect. So, what is it inside of us that screws things up? Those parts of us that lead to undesirable results are just called malefics. We call it a mistake because we didn't have the intention of getting sick! We had the best intentions but if we push ourselves too hard we will get sick. This is a classic example of benefic vs. malefic forces playing out in our lives. On a personal level, sometimes, people are drawn to the so-called `wrong' kind of persons for relationships. We may have the best intention, and yet we may be attracted spontaneously the wrong type of person. So, why are we attracted to something that isn't right for us? Because, of the existence of these malefic planets or forces which literally cause us to make mistakes and choose inappropriate actions. This will be true because we are not perfect and our minds and bodies are not using their full potential. Astrology has the ability to discern which parts of us are positive and creating good and life-supporting accomplishments and which one's are negative and likely to create mischief and misery in our lives. Imagine if you could know which bad traits were inside of your children at the moment of their birth? Imagine if you could be given a list of each child's strengths and weaknesses at the same time? In a sense this is one of the goals of modern day Genetics. Genetics is seeking to understand which of our genes are positive and which one's not. The hope is to be able to do some kind of gene therapy to literally weed out any weaknesses or problematic qualities. As it turns out the astrological life was always doing this automatically. The thing is, we get born with certain strengths and weaknesses so that we'll learn how to create positive values where they're not. The weaknesses or malefics only represent where we've been born to grow and progress. If we were born with an accident prone nature we were born with a Mars malefic configuration just so we'd learn to improve that part of us. If we were born with a chronic sickly kind of physiology we were literally born with a sickly Saturn planet just so we'd learn to improve that. So, in truth no planets are ultimately bad or malefic. Because, even weak or undeveloped planets can lead us to their elimination or self-improvement. Unfortunately, we're not taught this in school. As a result, we're living and flowing through our bad as well as good and we can't often tell the difference. Sabotaging Ourselves Western psychology has an expression for this human dilemma. It says we sometimes sabotage ourselves even with the best of intentions. Maybe we were abused or neglected in our youth and as a result are attracted to someone that's really unnatural or unhealthy for us. Only later do we realize the errors of our ways. Maybe we're attracted to the wrong kind of food. Millions of people are spontaneously eating the wrong food and as a result over weight or obese and suffering as a result. Why? Because of some latent or unseen quality or tendency inside that's not positive and is creating negative and unhappy results. And the worst part is that we can't often understand why. and we don't know why. But, our charts know! Inside our charts is a clear depiction of which of our tendencies are positive and healthy and which one's are creating havoc and the grounds of all our future unhappiness. Imagine if we could get this news! Then, instead of wasting our life trying to figure out what our positives and negatives are we can right away have that clarity. Instead of wasting time, now we can begin the treatments or self-development strategies to heal, nurture and develop our weaknesses into strengths! 3rd Benefit Self-Development The true purpose of all of astrology is to create self-improvement or self-development of our human natures. Whether we have a chronic lack of self-confidence or a life long history of emotional problems; every human problem can be traced to a weak or undeveloped malefic configuration inside our stars. The real purpose of knowing what our positives and negatives star configurations are is so that we can literally strengthen that which is undesirable! Imagine how millions of people could be helped if this could be accomplished! Millions and billions of humans suffer every day because they didn't learn this astrological perspective in life and how to improve any aspect of life by improving the status of any malefic planet. In section three we'll go into all the ways in which malefic transformation can happen! If all astrology was, was the ability to see the positive and the negative it would almost be better not to know if one can't change things! Astrology is not just about some fate or conditioned present level of life. Astrology is really about unfolding more of our innate inner potential. Many people agree that human being's potential is vast and undeveloped. Some even say we use only a small fraction of that potential. It's been speculated that human's only use about 10 or 15% of that undeveloped potential. This means that 90 or 85% of our nature is being ruled by our malefics! Where we have our strengths, our creativity or the good parts of us, these are where our charts benefices are. Those that have cheerful personalities, or creative or athletic talents, these are called our positive or benefic planets. In addition to learning how to improve our malefics, we also need to know where our strengths or benefices are and how to utilize our strengths more! Utilize Our Strengths & Transform Our Weaknesses This is the true purpose of astrology, just like it is the true purpose of life. Most people unfortunately don't know this and are out there trying to make a living and accomplish their life goals without knowing that self-development is the true human basis of life. It's really true what they say: " you can't take it with you " . We can't take our money or materialistic accomplishments with us. What we can take with us however is our soul growth! We came in as souls or consciousness, and we'll go out the same. We will however take with us our soul, spirit or self-development! Every part of us that we manage to improve or develop will represent a self-improvement that is permanent and lasting. The true purpose in life is soul growth and no system of philosophy I've ever studied is as capable to identify exactly which areas of us need to be developed as astrology! (This chapter then continues with practical examples of individuals who are enjoying examples of all these 3 major benefits of Astrology. These examples include their charts and descriptions, in their own words how they have experienced these things.) Sincerely, Mark Kincaid Excerpts from new book: " The Stars Within - Become the Master of Your Stars " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.