The difference between Spirituality, Astrology and Religion
Many people talk about Astrology in categories of faith. Some classify it as a religious belief, labelling all spiritual inclinations as being religious.
The reason that astrology should not be classified as a religion is its effect and purpose. Religions by nature are created to keep people in check and profit from their spiritual energies. A person that empowers themselves with self knowledge and self awareness through astrology is less prone to manipulation, because they can see the bigger picture. Their goal is freedom. The lesson from astrology is knowing oneself through the understanding of the yin yang patterns in the universe that we are a part of, the existence of total chaos and total order simultaneously and the blend of contradictory energies that creates harmony through disharmony. Energetically, this world is spiritual just because life and death exist.
Kings and powerful figures in history have always had their private alchemists and astrologers, and for a good reason. Power was held by obscurity and keeping the masses oblivious, due to still relatively low technological advancement, it was easy to just keep people in the dark. Most people simply weren’t aware of the importance of astrology and were too busy with basic survival to concern themselves with deeper aspects of life anyway.
The other problem, related to low technological development of the time, is the existence of source material and the restriction of the access to the little there was. Who knows what kind of ancient knowledge is still hidden from the public even now? Print was only invented in the 16th century, and books made from natural materials burned in fires, that were regular due to the primitive lifestyle at the time. Knowledge, publishing in written form can burn in those transformative plutonic flames. If we go even further back in time, there is even less physical resources to learn from, even if there are some. Archeologists struggle to recover the little there is for a reason. Humanity just never had the means to make data solid and durable the it is now, and even nowadays, our means are imperfect - machines crash, data gets lost...but it’s still the best we have had that we know of, compared to the stone tablets they used thousands of years ago. This is the first time in history, where practical resources for spirituality are so accessible to the masses. We can connect with our spiritual gifts, by simply accessing the Internet, almost for free, or at least for a low price.
There is a lot of knowledge that inevitably got lost due to the conditions at the time, but additionally, I believe, there was some sort of censorship process happening. Our records of the past are more than vague, but even if we study the greek mythology, we know these were people who strongly believed in spiritual forces and observed the sky. Through forcing religion upon the masses, people’s spirituality changed and became more rudimentary and ego-driven, survival driven, thus manipulating people into clinging to religion and thus giving up their soul energies through unconsciousness, that promised false safety.
However, I believe a lot of knowledge will be reclaimed. We have already seen the media trying to discredit astrologers in our time. The idea was to make it laughable - notice that sun sign astrology is a modern concept, coming from modern magazines and media, because the information sharing exploded. The knowledge can’t be hidden anymore, so the technique used was to put it down is to shame it. However, since more and more people are awakening, this is not going to work either in the long run, because people are healing themselves and others through astrology, thus more people seek it and the circle goes on as the truth of it can be felt. Even Vedic Astrology, ancient as it is, is flowing back into the mainstream.
The truth of Astrology can never die. The reason for that is that it’s intuitive. Those of us with a gift connect to it directly through accessing the Akashic Records. When you look at your birth chart, and it resonates with you, the truth of it can be sensed. I have been reading about astrology, tarot and spirituality for years, yet there is still so much more material left. There are those who have definitely researched and learned more. And yet only by myself with limited study, I already understand so many patterns, I have learned so much purely from my experience, I can make sense of so much because we are intuitively connected to the legacy of our ancestors. Knowledge does not equal wisdom. Words and facts need to be truly understood, reconnected to a place inside us, that comes from an authentic feeling of "knowing", otherwise they have no value if they are just memorised facts. However, true wisdom is so powerful, even a relatively small group of people sharing their divine gifts will awaken the planet. Truth spreads like wildfire, and the world has billions of people, so many with gifts that we don’t know of yet.
Our higher selves have got our back. The truth and wisdom we have acquired in past lives are there for us, represented by our Ketu. Maybe we needed to lose something, that we abused because of our egos. But if are ready to reclaim it now, nothing will ever be truly lost to us, as long as our purpose is for the greater good.
