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hurting I can feel it. But because of that sensitiv-
ity, I need some way to manage all that energy.
Every astrologer is going to look at it through
their own lens. Make sure you're finding an as-
trologer who has the same value system as you.
JO: Is your chart more how you approach things
in general, or does it speak to how you might
feel politically?
AG: The chart is a map of where your soul will
be urged on in this lifetime. The houses in the
chart, which are the little pie pieces, they show
the area in which the energy will be expressed.
The planet is the energy. The sign is the clothing
it wears. The house is where it comes up. Let's
take the humanitarian moon, for example. That
can come out in the house of creativity. Maybe
they make political cartoons. For someone who
has Aquarius in the sixth house, which rules
your job, they might work in political organiza-
tions.
JO: Tell me about your upcoming book.
AG: I have two books coming out. I feel like I'm
about to birth twins. One is a translation. The
other is A Wonder Book of True Astrological
Case Files. I'm writing this with another Port-
land astrologer, Judith Hill, who has been do-
ing charts for 40 years now and has written six
books. These are stories about our actual experi-
ences in being astrologers. One story that Judith
has is about being on the bus and she and her
bus driver are chatting. All of a sudden he says
'Your moon must be in 15th Sagittarius' and it is.
JO: So was this path fated for you? How do you
feel about fate?
AG: This has been my biggest struggle with the
ancient text versus my own. In ancient times,
they were very fate-based. The idea was you get
to know your chart and accept it gracefully.
People are afraid to go to an astrologer because
they're afraid the astrologer is going to tell them
something bad in the future. It can be so uncan-
nily accurate that it seems fated. I adopt a phi-
losophy of radical astral freedom. Astrology tells
you what your nature is. Then we want to work
with that and nurture it the best we can. The fate
in astrology should never be used to predict the
future, but to see patterns we get locked into.
The only reason to accept that is so that you can
work with it.
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