Stars of Wisdom

 Astrology is not just about famous people, nor is it mere fortune-telling and guessing what misfortunes might befall us. Actually, the opposite is true: our lives, deeds, and the ways we find solutions and create a place for life under this Sun paint and fill our personal, natal horoscope. Our deeds depict us and show what our successes and falls in life truly mean. Through this we not only maintain our horoscope but also imprint and examine our letters, sentences, and symbolism in the book of life — which, unlike other books, fits on a single sheet of paper: our natal horoscope. From that book we can read the symbolism of our life actions, deeds, traits, character, and psychological profile — whose full description would require hundreds and hundreds of pages. In this way, the symbols of the planets gain new meaning, specific only to our choices in life, while at the same time representing part of a great whole that ultimately signifies the great universe — which in a specific an...

 The word "zodiac" comes from the Greek ζῳδιακός (zōdiakos) — meaning "circle of little animals" or "animal belt in the sky." It got its name from the constellations resembling animals (or living beings) along that path. In other words, the zodiac is the celestial stage visible from Earth. To us it appears as if this stage is slowly turning, even though the opposite is true. We are the ones riding on a gigantic carousel called Earth, which spins around the Sun — and the effect is the apparent movement of the celestial dome. To make navigation easier, we divided this belt into 12 equal parts — zones — and named them after the constellations: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and so on. Each constellation has one or more bright, prominent stars that help us recognize its shape. So now we have a background: a celestial stage that turns slowly and predictably, giving us a way to orient ourselves. In times without GPS, television, mobile phones, or telescopes — when calen...

Ancient peoples possessed not only advanced culture and technology that remains a great mystery to us today, but also a profound sense of wholeness with nature. This partly stemmed from the physical feeling that nature was a superior force, and partly because such a view was deeply embedded in the very foundations of their understanding of the world they lived in. It may seem normal and self-evident. Yet no matter how hard modern people try to recapture that feeling, we are nowhere near what ancient peoples felt toward nature and the world they inhabited. At the foundations of Western civilization are two very dangerous ideas: First – that man is the master of nature and that nature exists to be exploited by man. Second – that man is the pinnacle of evolution and the most intelligent being on Earth. On such foundations there is no room for respect toward nature and the world we live in, nor does a person from such a civilization feel that they are part of nature and that it is the supe...