The Human Touch



Vedic astrology indeed gives us strong clues and probable path that life may undertake to unfold the potential of chart and make one experience the contrasts, inducing the evolution through it. Looking for one particular meaning of planets in one’s chart might not be possible as astrological interpretation strictly depend upon skills (both analytical and intuitive) of an astrologer. What’s even more important in contemporary times is how much exposure does the counsellor himself has to really relate to issues of the native .Level of exposure and educative background of astrologer gives him or her the ability to explore more varied meanings of planetary placements and combinations.
 Coming to heart of this write-up, its often seen how astrologers across the world (particularly in India) are rigidly casted into stereotypes whose views on any chart can actually sound purely mechanical, leaving client clueless, even more confused and dull. In whole process of chart analysis, majority of astrologers become too concentrated on horoscope, almost as if person is defined totally by chart, forgetting that this chart actually belongs to a human being and not to some robotic entity. The following examples will make the point more clear.
This chart belongs to a young girl who is in her late twenties right now .Being in India in such age and unmarried, parents become too worrisome about marriage, which is the case with her. She has Mars in ascendant and Rahu in seventh house. Now obviously it is clear that there will be some sort of challenges in relationship ,but what majority of astrologers inferred and conveyed to her parent(her mother) constitutes essence of this article.

 


(Chart details curtailed for native’s privacy)
Upon seeing her chart, one of the astrologer from north India said: She has Rahu in seventh and this girl will not marry. Another one said she should not marry at all. And third one said no boy should marry this girl .Now all of these astrologers perhaps forget that this is a chart of a girl who is waiting to get married eagerly and listening to such crude and raw interpretation will play huge spoiler in her life ,perhaps even more than the actual mishap(if any) itself .Remembering that this chart belongs to a girl who needs more acceptance and a boy who can understand her impulsive traits and allow her to heal more(Sun extremely weak in her chart, showing death of father at very early age, left her totally shattered),would have helped this girl more .This is what I intend to call as Human touch, giving a human touch to chart in front of you and seeing it as a only as a symbol which shows evolution path.
Second chart belongs to women who has entered in her 40s and is trying to find more meaning in her life through trying to choose a different and more fulfilling career path. She explained to me how one of the astrologer, on seeing her chart told her : You do not have anything in your life, nothing good is going to happen now onwards. She was left blank and clueless as this statement doesn’t made any sense to her .




 It’s quite typical of traditional astrologers to portray a picture of gloom upon seeing planets in 6th and 8th house of any chart. This woman has her prime planets, Venus and Mercury in 6th and 8th respectively, which must have tempted that astrologer to declare that there is nothing good in her chart. Perhaps he forgot to relate that this is merely a chart belonging to a women, and not to some non-living entity which has ‘nothing to look forward to’.
Birth chart is just a symbol, which is like arrow mark on road which shows the way. It’s important to remember that chart indicate the traits and probable life path, and belong to individual. Always remembering to give the human touch to birth chart in question makes mind let remain open in deducing relationship between what planets mean for that individual and appropriate guidance which a person deserves at that particular moment .A timeless quote would perhaps capture all the essence here, We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

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