Astrological Repair Manual

If it “doesn’t work”, look back at the interpretations you made and change them (if you
think it’s necessary [ adding changes to your notebook] ); or, if you think your sentences
are “just right”, consider how you didn’t take the right actions or, maybe, didn't take your
action in the right “place”.
Realize that Astrology (or, any mental-psychological system) is only as good as the effort
we bring to it.
I’ve been using Astrology for 36 years and my considered opinion is that this
system of symbols never “lies”. Any problems always have to do with “where I’m at” and
how honest I am about what’s going on.
This is a system intended to help you make your Own decisions. Therefore, if it
provided exact, explicit answers, you wouldn’t have anything to say about the result.
Right?
Now, you have a method of having a “Dialogue” with yourself—a way to find
deeper answers to the famous question: “What should I do?” By the way, I never
intended to have this system consist of only the words and phrases you find in this book.
What’s necessary, for me and you, is to take the words here, work with them, and work to
find more words that mean similar things—synonyms!
Pick up any Thesaurus and find the words I’ve given you here. Add other
meanings that seem to fit, for you. Expand the system to your own needs! You can even
try your hand at rewriting the sentences in your own form or style! In fact, writing out a
paragraph (or more) to explain each of the symbolic sentences is not only a good exercise
for learning the system, it's a way for you to take the system and make it work for you! I
must admit that the true, meaningful interpretations in astrology come from a
combination of mind, heart, and experience—using our minds first while letting them be
guided by our hearts, then putting what we decided into the realm of experience—using
our interpretations.
Something else you can do is to log on to the Web and visit the Astrological
Repair Station—
http://ars.forumsplace.com/
—a forum designed to help anyone who’s read this book extend and deepen
their understanding and successful use of this system of interpretation.
There's also a Blog you can post in at: http://www.angelfire.com/space2/arm0/plasma/
First, though, I urge you to “struggle” with it yourself, at least for a day or two;
then, come on in to the forum and we’ll all learn more about how to figure out this thing
called “Life”!
Another exercise I recommend is to look past the first sets of interpretive words &
phrases (which follows soon) and tear out the last few pages of this book (just after the
Acknowledgments & Credits), paste them on to some thin cardboard, and cut them
apart. You'll have a set of “cards” that you can move around on the table to interchange
various meanings and see, at a glance, how two or more different choices “look” in the
symbolic sentence.