Astrology has been studied for a number millennium and how or why the planets have an effect or a meaning in our lives I, for one, can give no rational explanation. It seems to me and this is backed up with many years of observance and research by many astrologers over the ages, planets can be seen to represent the drivers or the resources we need as individuals to cope with the day to day business of our life. Why this should be so is open to discussion and also derision if you are of that persuasion.

For myself I prefer to see it as a helping hand, in the journey through life, from a friendly universal power. What name or label given to this power is up to each and every individual. Whether you believe life is a process of many incarnations or a one off event does not matter when it comes down to the wire. We are alive and  have to deal with what life has in store, no matter what it is. We are the architects of our own fate and if the study of astrology, or anything else for that matter, can help us become more aware of our psychological processes and then so much the better.