ZIP DOBYNS (Astrology) - Film Score Rundowns

[Question: "I am curious about the kind of people you attract. Do you attract
primarily those who are in a life crisis, or do you mostly attract those who are simply
curious?"]
Most clients come because they do have a problem and are trying to understand
their life. Fairly frequently I get people who are for the first time ready to face themselves
in their own role in their problems. Rarely do I get anybody who just wants fortune
telling. If I find that out when they call, I do not see them. So most people come to
me who are willing to accept their part of the problem, and that they can do something
themselves if they really understand it better. And of course I focus heavily on that:
"You can do something!" That includes helping them to have faith in themselves.
(3) INCREASING CONTACT FUNCTIONS
Contact is the reality issue--concreteness--helping them deal with what is here &
now in their lives. It is not encouraging fantasy, fairyland trips; for example, that Jupiter
is coming and it's going to wave a magic wand and make everything better, and they don't
have to do anything. Instead, you encourage them to look at what they are doing, and to
look at what is within their present range of possible actions. Can they change their
actions? If they cannot change their actions or circumstances, then they have to change
their attitudes. We have to change our negative beliefs. That is up to us, or else we go on
being miserable! That's also a choice.
(4) ISSUE OF RELATIONSHIPS.
In our culture this is often the famous Freedom/Closeness Dilemma. The
majority of people who come to me are struggling with relationships. There are some
who are still trying to find a job to be fulfilled through, and some who are dealing with
health problems. But the vast majority are those who are hung up in relationships.
And the keynote in astrology here, of course, is to a large extent the air principle
which is able to see other people as they are, and then accept them as they are, and not
have to change them (not tell them that they ought to be different!). That is easy to do
with friends and neighbors, or relatively easy. Relatively easy, that is, compared to
the person you live with in your own house. So Gemini and Aquarius are easier there
than Libra and the other relationship areas in astrology (Cancer, Leo, Scorpio). It is a
tremendous gift to give someone to say " I accept you as you are," but it's not so easy to
do when you're living with them! Trying to live together as equals is something
relatively new that we are trying to do in our Western culture. It is a challenge
considering the history of inequality and dominance of the past. It's a real challenge.
(5) WORKING ON DEFENSES.
The defense mechanisms I use most are repression, projection, and displacement.
projection is when a part of you is not being expressed comfortably yourself, so you
attract someone else who tends to overdo it. Now it is possible for you also to just
imagine it in other people, but usually we really find someone who will do it, and in
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