Hey Clif, I do vedic astrology and I just wanted to mention that I tried to study western tropical astrology for 15 years and it didn't make a lick of sense. When I began studying vedic everything was so specific and so logical I took to it immediately. The thing is, tropical and vedic astrology aren't two different things. They are two parts of one thing. The earth-centric tropical model stays pinned in the center and the vedic sidereal portion spins around it. The tropical model is useful to know when to plant the crops and when to harvest them. The sidereal is useful for getting majorly (and I mean MAJORLY) specific about how to plan your life minute to minute (if you wanted to). So they knew about and used both. Mars is not a war-like planet. Mars is simply a planet that takes action. A General if you will. It gets direction from the Sun (the King) and carries out whatever he needs to get done. It is simplistic and untrue to give any planet a positive or negative quality. They don't have opinions, they have functions. When you put them in different scenarios they will either create friction or harmony. Think of it like chemistry. If you mix certain elements certain things happen. They aren't good or bad - humans are the only ones who add this layer of perspective. In that sense, astrology already has changed. When I learn a concept that doesn't fit today's age I immediately adapt it to fit the current age. Rather than matching marriage based on how compliant a female will be as a wife, we can add layers of complexity that didn't exist before such as attraction, karmic connection.... the type of thing nobody would have been looking at 2,000 years ago because you really just needed to find someone agreeable to marry fast and make kids before you died at 40. Thank you for bringing these concepts to the awareness of those who have ears to hear them.
Enjoy hearing your talks. They have an energetic projection that provides food for thought that often highlights the day for me. Thanks for your work and sharing your knowledge.
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Hey Clif, I do vedic astrology and I just wanted to mention that I tried to study western tropical astrology for 15 years and it didn't make a lick of sense. When I began studying vedic everything was so specific and so logical I took to it immediately. The thing is, tropical and vedic astrology aren't two different things. They are two parts of one thing. The earth-centric tropical model stays pinned in the center and the vedic sidereal portion spins around it. The tropical model is useful to know when to plant the crops and when to harvest them. The sidereal is useful for getting majorly (and I mean MAJORLY) specific about how to plan your life minute to minute (if you wanted to). So they knew about and used both. Mars is not a war-like planet. Mars is simply a planet that takes action. A General if you will. It gets direction from the Sun (the King) and carries out whatever he needs to get done. It is simplistic and untrue to give any planet a positive or negative quality. They don't have opinions, they have functions. When you put them in different scenarios they will either create friction or harmony. Think of it like chemistry. If you mix certain elements certain things happen. They aren't good or bad - humans are the only ones who add this layer of perspective. In that sense, astrology already has changed. When I learn a concept that doesn't fit today's age I immediately adapt it to fit the current age. Rather than matching marriage based on how compliant a female will be as a wife, we can add layers of complexity that didn't exist before such as attraction, karmic connection.... the type of thing nobody would have been looking at 2,000 years ago because you really just needed to find someone agreeable to marry fast and make kids before you died at 40. Thank you for bringing these concepts to the awareness of those who have ears to hear them.
Enjoy hearing your talks. They have an energetic projection that provides food for thought that often highlights the day for me. Thanks for your work and sharing your knowledge.