original draft March 87
revised October 94      Edmond H. Wollmann
2nd edition May 97
 When I began studying astrology in 1971 I was skeptical and going to
disprove it. However, any honest person who attempts this must become
aware of the corroboration between astrological symbolism and a
knowledge of self. Hence the more I studied, the more mechanistically
obvious it became that there was something there. Of course some of this
acknowledgement was knowledge of self.

 The "what" of course is the argument for invalidity of cynical minds
with no experience of operational obviousness that astrology when
practiced, it reveals, since this "what" is still in the realm of the
unmeasurable (empirically). But there are many practices-even in
academia that are known to work and be valid, that no objective
measurement can determine "how."

I could see that my life often unfolded with reason, and that apparently
unconnected events and issues, were indeed connected obviously. I began
to feel that perhaps there were some serious reasons behind existence
that could be readily observable. There must be a reason, I believed,
for my own and others life experiences and needs being so different.
However, this perspective raised more questions than it answered. If I
had certain needs or characteristics as indicated by the horoscope, was
I fated to experience only these? How do I change it? What is the source
of the "cause" of the horoscope? Where is the equalizer that balances
the fact that some individuals never even hear about a religion let
alone have this one life to redeem themselves. Why does one chart have
numerous "negative" aspects and another numerous "positive"? Or both?
The chart exists AT birth, implying something "brought in."

 Learning about reincarnation satisfied many of these questions. They
were due to actions I had taken in previous lives-that it was "really"
one continuos flow, broken by death and rebirth, not unlike sleep and
wake cycles during life between days. What about the fact that time is
essentially an experiential contruct and not "real"? Actually these
"lives" are all at once!

 When I began counseling in 1979 I found that most person's needs and
conflicts about self worth and status or what have you, were tied
strongly to the relationship with the parents and early environment. I
correlated this with psychological need and developmental theories-much
of it presented and pioneered by Noel Tyl in "The Principles and
Practice of Astrology" a 12 volume set. With this recognition in mind I
began counseling with the idea of assisting individuals in the
recognition of this fact. That self worth, for example, is determined by
the level (or lack of it) experienced as a perceived condition in the
early environment. These beliefs are then carried forward, often in an
unconscious state and externalized in interaction with the environment.

By the early 1980s I studied with great interest the channeling of
"Seth" by Jane Roberts. Especially the volume entitled "The Nature Of
Personal Reality", The Edgar Cayce material (ARE), the approach of the
Rosicrucians, and Bashar (Darryl Anka), and the association, Kevin
Ryerson (McPhereson and John) on reality creation. Now there was a new
concern. If we create our own reality, then why was the parental
structure so influential in determining a person's reality experience?
Why, or how, did we create the horoscope that we currently have? Where
does the interaction of nurture and nature begin and end?

It is really not that hard to piece together. The horoscope reflects the
belief momentum (past and present lives combined) and the resultant
effects of such momentum, because the universe is simply idea and
concept manifestation. The parental interaction is the catalyst that is
unconsciously absorbed (and created BEFORE birth by birthtime choice and
parental choice) to manifest the best representation of the belief
structure of the identity involved. The horoscope exists before parental
interaction and must therefore be a template vibrational version of the
momentum of belief.

The constellations and planets do not impel, compel, influence, energize
or in any other way determine the identity of the individual. They
reflect the signature of the persona. One version of "All That Is" or
God, looking at itself in another way. It is all one thing manifesting
in all the ways it can-of which we are those ways. The horoscope is the
reflection of the momentum of the idea that you are at any given moment.
It is a tool to recognize (rethink or to comprehend with the conscious
mind) the idea you are and its momentum or probable outcome as an effect
of that definition. Tools of psychology, astrology or other awareness
enhancers allow us the opportunity to own the reality and redefine it
with preference through this knowledge of self.

Artisans do not "believe" or "disbelieve" in tools. They use and apply
the tool for the job at hand, and their concern is for effect and
improvement. Therefore the "proof" is in the improvements-not the tools.
An astrologer can only serve as an artisan with a tool of self
awareness. Self awareness is the only agent of change for a probable
"fate" in the mirror of mind, matter.

--
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A.
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