A Record of Meetings held by P.D. Ouspensky - HolyBooks.com

chapter I describe how we lived and how we worked there. Therewere only twelve people there besides G. We often used to walk in thehills and we had many talks. This was one of these conversations.[Reading.]MISS M . That gives an example of how little the planets influencesituations, but does he say more about how far they do influence them?MR. O. They do not influence situations. Our type is the result ofplanetary influence. According to our type we will act in one way oranother way in certain circumstances.MR. R. Do the number of types correspond to the number of planets?MR. O. No. There are considered to be twelve, or sometimes eighteenchief types and then combinations of these. Very seldom you meet apure type.Q . Does this have anything to do with the saying that one is bornunder a certain star?MR. O. That is just language. Read description of these various types,and you will see each has everything. That is why our mind cannotstudy types. But different features play a different part in differenttypes, though each has everything. Astrology is psychological language.Psychology expressed in astronomical terms.MISS R. It has nothing to do with the moment of our birth?MR. O. No, unfortunately.MR. D. If you were born a certain type, could you ever change it?MR. O. If it is very bad type and you work very hard you can changeit. First you must know type. That means essence. If you find inessence something incompatible with work, then if you work veryhard you can perhaps change it.MRS. S. If astrology is only language, what are planetary influences?MR. O. Combinations of influences produce combinations of types. Wedo not know what it is and it does not mean that by making ahoroscope we can find out. That is something like mediaeval psychoanalysis!Q . But the combinations do come from the planets, do they?MR. O. Yes, originally. Take for instance all our emotions, all ourideas. They come from the planets originally. Not born here.Q. According to the types in control of events will the planets! influencesbe felt?