tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post8785568035456439150..comments2024-01-03T17:02:06.646+00:00Comments on ASTROTABLETALK: Astrology and FaithBarry Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10050835957098177925noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-90708186075841986282011-08-05T03:58:54.456+01:002011-08-05T03:58:54.456+01:00Like the poem; Footprints in the Sand, I had belie...Like the poem; Footprints in the Sand, I had believed God carried me through the many difficult years in my life. I now see that a strong faith is whats carried me through. Catholic religion brainwashed me as a child. I propped up the huge sacrifices I made in life to my religion and by giving whole-heartedly it was a recipe for disaster. I do believe in God but at the same time I live with an ungodly amount of pain. They say God won't give you more then you can handle? So I see a problem here, who or what keeps holding me back? It feels EVIL! Jenni-OMGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-67935229712814000742011-08-03T07:52:18.662+01:002011-08-03T07:52:18.662+01:00"...a couple of weeks ago I realised that whe..."...a couple of weeks ago I realised that when I die, I want a coin put in my mouth. I didn’t think it up, it came to me with a force. In ancient Greek and Roman times, a coin was often put into the mouth of a dead person so they could pay Charon the ferryman to take them over the river Styx into Pluto’s realm, the world of the dead."<br />Do you think this desire could be a memory of a past life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-72101300994968669372011-08-03T01:29:26.116+01:002011-08-03T01:29:26.116+01:00And who are the people that have 'faith'? ...And who are the people that have 'faith'? <br />I think the people that have 'faith' are people with access to some fire in their chart? <br />Because there are some people who do not have faith because they need to see to believe. Pedantic types?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-32773098351625393362011-08-02T22:24:51.652+01:002011-08-02T22:24:51.652+01:00Faith is faith. I have faith. But you don't ha...Faith is faith. I have faith. But you don't have to believe in Jesus Christ to have faith. And if you ask, you shall receive - this is true, and I have proven it for myself. But you don't have to specifically believe in the Holy Spirit for this to happen, because it is a Universal law that can be accessed by anyone. <br /><br />Personally, I believe that people like Jesus and Buddha and so on were people of exceptional intelligence and awareness, and this is why they are revered by many people - because they showed the way and lit up the path for the rest of humanity. <br /><br />Saturn represents Christianity - interesting theory.<br />When Neptune was discovered in 1846, it was discovered in conjunction to Saturn. Perhaps this explains the steady dissolving of the structure of Christianity, and the churches emptying, as if the tide has gone out :-)Wizronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-67979604825365932272011-08-02T10:59:39.298+01:002011-08-02T10:59:39.298+01:00Before my introduction to astrology in the early e...Before my introduction to astrology in the early eighties, i was always curious as to why we make the choices that we make. <br />Reading 'Dynamics of the Unconscious' by Liz Greene & Howard Sasportas, was like discovering another language? The depth and breathe of this book had me hooked, so i went on to read the Astrology of Fate, using roman and greek mythology to show us what pluto, uranus and neptune require of us? <br />The darkness of pluto and why it is so, the divine spark of uranus and the transcendent energy of neptune. All symbolic and necessary at the same time.<br />Christianity is patriarchal saturn. Saturn is form, authority. <br />Pluto is born of nature and necessity and plutonian transits and aspects strip us of all that is dross and dead, though we never see it that way in the midst of a pluto transit.<br />Faith i would associate with Sagittarius, Jupiter.<br />What religion are you? <br />What is your faith?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-73114738788440657062011-08-01T21:51:01.462+01:002011-08-01T21:51:01.462+01:00I agree with anomynous. I've heard more than ...I agree with anomynous. I've heard more than one person make fun of people who listen for the "voice" of God, then go on and on about one of the goddesses and the havoc she is creating. The Holy Spirit never lets me down. Ask and you shall receive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-28260295099311211462011-08-01T16:23:09.707+01:002011-08-01T16:23:09.707+01:00I think my concept of faith is that the energy fro...I think my concept of faith is that the energy from everything we do goes out into the universe and comes back to us, nine times over. Is that the precept of karmic law? I have seen so many strange things happen to people, and to me, things which have no accounting in logic, that I find it difficult to believe there is NOT a power in the universe. It's as generous with "reward" as it is with "punishment". I just refer to that power as the Universe, for want of a better name. Not going to sacrifice a goat cheese to it, but it does make me feel more aware of small signs, things that will warn you of something ahead of time, if you care to pay attention.Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30912075.post-52290576004702559732011-08-01T14:20:20.680+01:002011-08-01T14:20:20.680+01:00You know, we really have no idea if the Greek gods...You know, we really have no idea if the Greek gods were *never* present as fleshly beings. It's always possible that at least some of them were divinized humans; that's certainly been posited of other god traditions. And the Olympians were/are certainly *historical* beings, fleshly or not; their influence on history (and thus the present) is undeniable. Same with the denizens of Valhalla, et. al.<br /><br />As a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, I experience his presence in much the same way you describe Pluto's--he's no less real, present and powerful for having been historical, and not simply because of his words but his deeds as well.<br /><br />But then astrology, for me, is not a faith but a very useful technology--a kind of Cosmic Weather Channel, if you will. TWC tells me when to board up my windows or head for the basement; a transit report does much the same thing, while a natal chart tells me how I'm likely to interact with my life's "climate." As with meteorology, the accuracy is in the interpretation.<br /><br />Your mileage, of course, may vary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com