Post by Blu on Jan 20, 2005 13:48:18 GMT -5
Steven Forrest The author of six books, including his most recent The Changing Sky: A Practical Guide to Predictive Astrology will explore how galaxies, black holes, globular clusters, supernovas can be reduced to a position on the Zodiac.
“So, you might have always known you were a Taurus,” he explained, “but what does it mean if you are a Taurus with a black hole conjunct your Sun?”
Forrest will also explore spacetime as a precise model of the deeper layers of human consciousness.
“Traditional astrology, based on the solar system, models the personality,” he added, “but I will be exploring a model based on the larger cosmos, which models the soul.”
Forrest travels widely, “preaching the gospel” of a spiritually centered astrology that is focused on choice, imagination, and freedom.
Steven Forrest on Modern Astrology
An Interview with Maria Tadd
Gazing through astronomical telescopes in his early teens led Steven Forrest to begin exploring astrology. He received a B.A. in Religion in 1971, and soon after began his astrological practice. He is a prolific writer, having written five books and numerous articles, and having composed the text for two computerized astrological report writers. Steven is currently the Chair of the Advisory Council for Kepler College, an astrologically-oriented college in Seattle, Washington (the college is authorized by the state of Washington). He is the highlighted speaker for Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship’s meeting on January 13, 2000, discussing the Bright (and Cloudy) Dawn of a New Age. Maria Tadd recently talked with him in his home.
The following is a short excerpt from the article posted below, to read the entire article go to the link provided.
Maria: Maria: Do you believe that the soul chooses the exact time of birth so that there is a particular configuration of the chart to help that soul learn the lessons?
Steven: Steven: Essentially, yes. I guess I question a little bit the word "choosing." It’s not exactly like we’re up there with this Whitman Sampler of birth times and say "well, I’ll take that one." But I think in the fabric of the universe, in the basic logos of the universe, we are drawn to take birth at a given instant. If it’s a cesarean section or other "unnatural" birth (induced, for example), I think it’s in divine order. It’s a serious question, and we’ve messed with so many other things in terms of our natural health and the environment with our overgrown brains, that it makes me wonder have we been messing up people’s whole incarnations by having them be born during business hours so the doctor can go play golf on Saturday? Because that happens. I wouldn’t blithely just say "Oh, God takes care of everything." Because God’s not taking care of plutonium in our water supply. It seems like we’ve got to take some responsibility here, but my reasoning about it is like this: if we assume that through some cosmic accident or tragedy a person were born with the wrong birthchart (we’ll just make the assumption that that is possible), I think it’s a fair speculation that that person would be crazier than the rest of us, everything else being equal. Defining crazy broadly – more violent, more depressed, who knows what – just more out of balance. It seems like a completely reasonable assumption and I’ve not observed that. So it seems that God does everything – at least in this case.
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