{"id":25930,"date":"2016-06-02T06:19:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=25930"},"modified":"2016-07-08T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T00:21:00","slug":"astrologically-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=25930","title":{"rendered":"Astrologically Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/StarPower100_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/StarPower100_.jpg?resize=333%2C499&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"StarPower100_\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2003, daughter Megan and her dad (me) co-authored, <em>Star Power: Astrology for Teens. <\/em>The book eventually went out of print and now we&#8217;re returning it to life through the magic of e-books. As I&#8217;m re-reading it, I&#8217;m amazed by the changes in technology that have taken place over the past 13 years. We wrote about the digital world and how it was different for kids than when their parents were teens. But now even our technological references are outdated. I mean how many people use Palm Pilots today. There was no iPad or smart phones.<\/p>\n<p>From the astrological perspective, Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomy Union in 2006. Truthfully, that doesn&#8217;t matter for astrologers. Pluto, after all, hasn&#8217;t changed, only its definition.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve updated the material and really enjoyed reading it over, especially Megan&#8217;s sections, which were labeled: <em>From the Teen Viewpoint. <\/em>Here&#8217;s one of them.<\/p>\n<p>From the Teen Viewpoint<\/p>\n<p><em>Astrology in School? No Such Thing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>W<\/strong>hen I was younger, I thought my parents could speak a second language. That\u2019s because sometimes when they talked they used strange words and nothing they said made any sense to me. As I got a little older, they started telling me about how the stars affect our lives, and that\u2019s when I discovered that the other language is called astrology.<\/p>\n<p>In elementary school, I noticed that the teachers never said anything about astrology. In middle school, it was the same way. It wasn\u2019t one of the subjects and it didn\u2019t even seem to be part of any of the regular subjects. Even though all my friends seem to know what sign they were born under, they certainly didn\u2019t learn that from any of our teachers. I figured the teachers didn\u2019t know anything about astrology, so that\u2019s why they didn\u2019t talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>But my dad says that\u2019s not the reason they don\u2019t talk about it. \u201cSo why don\u2019t they?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo ask one of the science teachers in your school about astrology. Pick the friendliest one you know, the one who likes to talk a lot to the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I knew just the teacher. I had him in sixth grade. I told him I was helping my dad with a book about astrology for teens and I wanted to know what he thought about the subject. I promised I would include what he said right here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s fascinating,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll get back to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But you know what, he never did. I reminded him a couple of times, but he just put me off. So I told my dad I didn\u2019t have any answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is in his silence. Teachers in public schools have to watch what they say. My guess is that he thinks astrology falls into the realm of belief and religion. He won\u2019t say anything, because whatever he says could get him in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of rules, regulations, restrictions, and limitations that teachers must follow. One of those is not to say or teach anything that offends someone\u2019s religious beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut astrology isn\u2019t a religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrue, but when astronomy was separated from it and became the science of the stars and planets, astrology was ignored because it seemed to give the stars too much influence over our lives. It didn\u2019t seem to fit into science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are people still interested in astrology?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause people are interested in seeing patterns in their lives and the deeper you look into astrology the more patterns you find and the more meaningful they become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if it\u2019s meaningful, then why don\u2019t scientists see that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them do. Cary Mullis, a Nobel Prize winner in physics, wrote a chapter on why astrology works for him in one of his books. Carl Jung, one of the most renowned psychoanalysts of the last century, used as\u00adtrology as a valuable tool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s still not in school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are changing. The schools eventually will catch up. Meanwhile, there\u2019s a lot of information available about astrology and we\u2019ll cover some of the basics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2003, daughter Megan and her dad (me) co-authored, Star Power: Astrology for Teens. The book eventually went out of print and now we&#8217;re returning it to life through the magic of e-books. 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