The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology Quotes

“Whereas astrologers who use the sidereal zodiac (including the majority of astrologers in the East) refer to the current position of the stars, tropical astrology is based on the seasonal association of the signs with the season in which the sun rises in them. To tropical astrologers, who favor a symbolic or metaphorical approach to the zodiac, the fact that the solstice points have shifted to another constellation is beside the point. Tropical astrology is based on our relationship to the Sun, not to the stars.”
― April Elliott Kent, The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology: Everything from zodiac signs to prediction, made easy and entertaining

“Most Western astrologers use a system known as the tropical zodiac, which aligns the vernal equinox with the first degree of the first sign, Aries. However, because of the precession of the equinoxes, the vernal equinox is now in early Pisces. This precession is ongoing, with the difference between tropical and sidereal positions widening about 1 degree every 72 years.”
― April Elliott Kent, The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology: Everything from zodiac signs to prediction, made easy and entertaining

“Popularized astrology based on the signs of the zodiac, such as newspaper and magazine horoscopes and sun sign personality lore, provide a valuable service: they introduce people to astrology in a way that’s practical and easy to use. The problem is that most people stop there, and base their opinions about people, situations, and astrology based on fairly shallow information.”
― April Elliott Kent, The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology: Everything from zodiac signs to prediction, made easy and entertaining

“Astrology is based on the belief that there is a relationship between what happens in the sky and what happens on earth. A favorite maxim of astrologers, “As above, so below,” implies that a set of universal laws governs both earth and sky. But to be completely honest, no one seems to be sure exactly why or how this works.”
― April Elliott Kent, The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology: Everything from zodiac signs to prediction, made easy and entertaining

“The word astrology comes from the Greek astrologia, meaning “telling of the stars.” Astrology is essentially a language—the fine art of speaking in stars. An astrologer is someone who practices astrology.”
― April Elliott Kent, The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology: Everything from zodiac signs to prediction, made easy and entertaining

“Saturn, the planet of commitment and maturity, is at its strongest in Libra, so this is one of the signs that is naturally made for marriage or other committed, long-term relationships.”
― April Elliott Kent, The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology: Everything from zodiac signs to prediction, made easy and entertaining