Michael OÇonnor, the resident Holistic Astrologer for The Extraordinary Healing-Arts Academy is interviewed by Tyhson Banighen about the prospect of being able to make predictions about the future is a cornerstone of science in its very inception. Observation and recognition of a pattern that repeats is the basic formula. It is this practice that also gives rise to astrology itself. Because astrology focuses upon the cycles of the planets, which were regarded as veritable gods in ancient times, the weave of observation, which included taking note and keeping records, combined with awe and reverence for the grandeur and magnificence of the celestial realm revealed by the night sky, astrology emerged as the first religion and the first science combined. In time, this matured to become spiritual science or scientific spirituality. Thus, the ancient Hermetic Principle: As Above, So Below emerged as a deeply significant phrase and remains as such to this day. Unfortunately, the paradigm of modern science has come to the conviction that astrology does not work and it is regarded, at best, as pseudoscience, meaning ‘below, beneath or less than’ science. Ironically, the notion of prediction is often coupled with convictions that the future is not pre-determined. The assumption, here, is that the mainstream scientific attitude is that astrologers believe that the future is absolutely pre-determined. While it is true that traditional astrology has sought to exercise predictive techniques so as to maximize probability and minimize possibility, thus, negatively speaking, rendering predictions that may well produce auto-suggestive ideas into the beliefs and perceptions of the person seeking guidance, Western Astrology has evolved and is no longer practiced this way. It is true that astrologers who lean strongly on the traditional model may still aim for this ability, to predict the future with a high level of accuracy, modern astrology focuses more fully on providing knowledge and insight that supports free will based on a co-creative process. This traditional approach remains strong, especially among Vedic Astrologers. What is ironic, even hypocritical, is that modern science has always and continues to endeavor also to use science to make predictions that achieve a high level of accuracy. Thus, modern science shares more in common with traditional astrology than it does with modern astrology. Modern astrology can be understood to align more closely with the Human Potential Movement because it celebrates and encourages the exercise of free will and recognizes that life and living is invariably a co-creative process. The practice of Modern Astrology represents a balance between traditional techniques which require linear, logical methods, specifically aligned with timing, combined with the subtle skill of awakening a person to their true nature and deeper destiny. This can be understood as the art of communication-based on a keen appreciation of a person’s psychological complexities, material responsibilities, and spiritual aspirations to actualize their full potential and to thereby genuinely evolve as a soul. Michael O'Connor Life Coach Astrologer www.sunstarastrology.com sunstarastrology@gmail.com Book a Reading https://sunstarastrology.com/bookarea... (514) 912-6871 or 1-800-836-0648 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sunstarastro... The Big Picture Revealed Show is produced by www.TheWellnessShow.ca and sponsored by https://Extraordinary-Healing-Arts.Ac... and www.TheWellnessStore.ca #WUVIP #WUWorldChanger