Carla
I really don't know anything about astrology and have no interest in it. There, I said it. Since I developed an interest in tarot, I've begun to feel that I ought to learn astrology and try to use the Golden Dawn correspondences in readings, but after two years I still haven't managed to even memorize the symbols for the 12 signs. I don't know how many times I've copied them out. This shows my distinct lack of motivation in learning astrology!
I feel that I read tarot just fine without astrology. I have embraced elemental correspondences and find them simple to grasp and use. But all this thinking I've been doing lately about Thoth and how it's supposedly so much deeper and better to get into all that other stuff -- kabbalah, astrology and so on-- that I've been feeling like I should give it another go. Even though I don't want to.
A google search led me to these old archived threads from AT: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/learn/reading/astrology.shtml They're very interesting and several people pipe up in them to say that they don't use astrology.
So, my question is--who here doesn't use astrology in their readings?
I don't really need to be told in this thread why I ought to be using it, how much richer it will make my readings, or any tips on how I can learn it. I just want to know who here doesn't use astrology and why they decided not to.
Also, if you don't use astrology to complement your readings, do you use something else? Elemental dignities? A system you came up with for yourself?
I feel that I read tarot just fine without astrology. I have embraced elemental correspondences and find them simple to grasp and use. But all this thinking I've been doing lately about Thoth and how it's supposedly so much deeper and better to get into all that other stuff -- kabbalah, astrology and so on-- that I've been feeling like I should give it another go. Even though I don't want to.
A google search led me to these old archived threads from AT: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/learn/reading/astrology.shtml They're very interesting and several people pipe up in them to say that they don't use astrology.
So, my question is--who here doesn't use astrology in their readings?
I don't really need to be told in this thread why I ought to be using it, how much richer it will make my readings, or any tips on how I can learn it. I just want to know who here doesn't use astrology and why they decided not to.
Also, if you don't use astrology to complement your readings, do you use something else? Elemental dignities? A system you came up with for yourself?