Astrological Repair Manual

Mars using Libra is the situation of working toward a balance in outgoing and
incoming energy. Actions are intended to accomplish what’s necessary to engage other’s
motivations.
Mars using Scorpio also seeks to fathom how others can be brought within the
sphere of action, but the intensity of analysis is sharper, the thrust of intention is deeper.
Mars using Sagittarius takes flight and looks for distant goals that can lead yet
farther. Action here is initiated for ideal reasons, socially grand designs, or future
possibilities.
Mars using Capricorn has all the ambition it needs and also the practical reasons
for having it. Motivation streams toward practical solutions. Assertiveness aims at
accomplishments that endure.
Mars using Aquarius is action in the social arena, motivation that is fitted for
group goals, assertiveness that stimulates a consensus.
Mars using Pisces is the way to make peace—act as if you were the other, act for
the other, or, like the Zen mind, act without acting...
This round of motivational types was meant to be illustrative only; certainly not
definitive! When you consider that Mars must act in concert with nine other functions,
much of what I’ve indicated can be woven with other thread, colored by other filters.
Still, the essence of these various ways of externalizing our drives remains.
Time to move on. There is much to do at Earth!
Home Sweet Home and Lunacy
Here we are, finally approaching Earth—birthplace of astrology. First, we cuddle
up to the Moon, home of much lunacy...
Let’s look at that last word more closely since a major purpose of this book is to
repair mis-perceptions, and various lunacies are still far too prevalent in the astrological
community.
In Old English, lunacy was born in the phrase mona seocnes or "monthsickness"—insanity
alternating with periods of clear-mindedness. This clearly describes
many practitioners of astrology, but, if it were up to me, I’d reverse the order and say they
seem very clear-minded for periods punctuated by bouts of insanity. Let’s be clear. It’s
insane to say that astrology predicts events (and, of course, I'm using the word "insane" in
its original meaning: not healthy)
This may be really hard for some folks to understand, but here it is: Astrology
does not, will not, and never has predicted events. What?! Yes. It's the absolute truth,
even if some astrologer "predicted" something for you. (If an astrologer tells you
something is going to happen, don't you think that, if it does, there may just be a bit of
self-fulfillment in that?) What astrology does predict or reveal is Meaning.
O.K. What if an astrologer says some event happened in your past, and that, in