A common question about astrology is “what can it do for me?” or “how can I benefit from astrology?” This question is of course more a matter of culture since in some cultures astrology is so widely accepted and practiced that many people don’t make any important decisions without first consulting their astrologer. The modern western reader, however, may not be acquainted with the large field of activities that vedic astrology can give insight into. There are essentially three main areas of our lives; the mundane or worldly/material area of our life, the personal/psychological area of our life, and the spiritual area of our life. Astrology offers unique insight into each of these areas by approaching your natal chart in distinct ways and using precise methods.
Mundane Astrology
Mundane astrology is primarily concerned with your wealth, health, home, career, education and marriage. Certain areas and angles in the natal chart have a pronounced effect on these areas of your life. With mundane astrology we can take a look at the past, present and future of these areas and determine how you can benefit from the positive aspects of your horoscope, while also seeing how best to alleviate the negative afflictions to these areas of your life that may be preventing you from experiencing success in these areas. In mundane astrology you will learn about good dates and times for planning important events as well, such as marriages, job applications, buying a house, etc.
Personal Astrology
Personal astrology focuses on your emotional and psychological nature. Learning about the Moon and its relation to the rest of your horoscope can help you to understand where your personal weaknesses and strengths are and how to harmonize yourself with your destiny to get the most out of your life and experience fulfillment. Personal astrology helps us to understand our self and how best to grow and mature to be in a state of personal balance with our past and current karmas.
Spiritual Astrology
Astrology can also help you with your personal spiritual journey in life. The horoscope can reveal important life events such as meeting your guru, finding your spiritual path, receiving initiation, and can also predict important times in your life for spiritual growth and transformation. Astrology can be an incredible tool of growth and self-exploration for any avid practitioner of spiritual disciplines.
The basic philosophy of astrology is one of service and counsel. Astrologers are here to help you discover yourself and where the “path of least resistance” is in many areas of your life, while also helping you to overcome the hardships and trials in your chart and offer some hope as to when the storm will clear. The horoscope is a kind of road map of your life, a navigation manual for the open sea of life to help you explore ocean of your karma. It is important to understand that almost every natal chart has health, wealth, spirituality, success, and good fortune in it, but we often fight our own good natures and skills and succumb to negative habits, bad thoughts about ourselves, and forget about finding our real true nature and destiny. Astrology can help you to rediscover yourself and your strengths and help you build on them. Often times in astrology readings I find that the person I am helping suddenly realizes that many of their problems in life stem from not being true to his or herself and fighting “upstream” so-to-say against their own destiny and against their own nature and skills. Thus they have jobs they don’t want, live places they never wanted to end up, have not followed their dreams and have not actualized their potential. Astrology is an important tool in finding your own potential and discovering how best to develop it and use it to live the life that gives you the most personal growth and transformation.
