The Practice and Philosophy of Astrology, with Ray Grasse

An interview with astrologer Ray Grasse about a number of lessons he has learned after a lifetime of practicing astrology.

Ray is a longtime editor and columnist for The Mountain Astrologer magazine, and he has published two books of compilations of essays he has written over the years on the practice and philosophy of astrology.

The first book is titled Under a Sacred Sky: Essays on the Practice and Philosophy of Astrology (2015), while the second is Star Gates: Essays on Astrology, Symbolism and the Synchronistic Universe (2020).

During the course of the interview we talk about a variety of different topics from some of the essays he has written, including synchronicity and the mechanism underlying astrology, symbolism and omenology, the physical properties of the planets reflecting their astrological meaning, the importance of stationary planets, the most elevated planet in the chart, and more.

For more information about Ray see his website:

https://www.raygrasse.com

This is episode 330 of The Astrology Podcast:

https://theastrologypodcast.com/2021/12/07/the-practice-and-philosophy-of-astrology-with-ray-grasse/

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:50 Ray's books
00:01:24 How astrologers determine the meaning of new planets
00:04:07 The mechanism underlying astrology
00:06:50 Synchronicity
00:10:30 Omens
00:12:33 How astronomical properties of planets echo astrological symbolism
00:16:48 Role of intuition vs. empirical methods
00:24:10 Generational symbolism of outer planets
00:25:54 Picture of gash on Mars
00:26:20 Uranus and Pluto and eccentricity
00:27:50 Symbolic techniques vs. mechanistic
00:31:00 Charts still working after a person's death
00:33:50 Van Gogh example
00:36:26 Charts indicate events prior to birth
00:40:10 Impact of cultural background on charts
00:40:49 Retrogrades
00:43:42 Does astrology still work on other planets?
00:49:30 Phenomenology of the Moon
00:50:52 Planetary stations
00:56:20 Tom Cruise's natal chart
00:57:56 JFK moon speech and Jupiter station in Aquarius
01:01:34 Trump's natal chart
01:03:25 Double and triple stations
01:03:56 Amy Winehouse's natal chart
01:04:54 Looking at the most elevated planet in a chart
01:05:29 Stories of tracking down celebrity birth times
01:11:07 Bob Dylan's natal chart
01:14:15 Mick Jagger's natal chart
01:15:10 Chris Brennan's natal chart
01:19:25 More on the most elevated planet
01:21:07 Do planets exert an astrological influence before they are discovered?
01:26:30 Using past transits to anticipate the future
01:32:15 How to start a reading
01:35:06 Mistake of telling clients what to do
01:42:10 Regulating intelligence at work in the universe
01:49:19 Ray's website and upcoming book
01:49:47 Concluding remarks and sponsors

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