Astrologers' Words of Wisdom

Words of wisdom from Robert Hand, one of today's most highly respected astrologers, from his book Essays on Astrology (published 1982). The following brief quote closes essay number 13, and the book. The essay is titled The Age and Constellation of Pisces.

We have masses of people in both the Islamic and Christian world who have reverted to the oldest, least rational and probably least conscious form of religious expression that their religions have to offer. They do so out of a sense that the new order has undermined basic human values that they hold important. And they are right. But at the same time they unleash forces of aggression, intolerance and inhumanity as they seek to preserve an aspect of their humanity from new forces............

We need a new way of looking at the world that trancends the limitations of the entire Piscean age, not merely the latest part of it. It must go beyond Good and Evil, beyond the limited idea of history and beyond the terrible split between Humanity and Nature. The goals must be consciousness and love. The first allows us to see what truly is and the second allows us to embrace it joyfully. If we have nearly nine hundred years of the era of the west fish (Pisces) to go through before we completely reach the Age of Aquarius, then we have nothing better to do than to infuse history with love and consciousness.