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Q. Would it be
well for me to make a study of astrology?
A. Well
for everyone to make a study of astrology!
(Reading
311-10)
Edgar Cayce's view of
astrology was based on the concept of reincarnation. He
felt that it was not the positions of the planets that
influence the soul at birth, but that the soul chooses
the time in which it wishes to be born. Most of us, according
to Cayce, have had lives before this one, and we bring
with us talents, abilities, and influences from those past
lives. These influences, part of the universal law of cause
and effect, are called "karma" in Sanskrit. Cayce also
tells us that not only have we had previous lives, but
that, between lifetimes, the soul has a life outside the
physical world. During these interim periods, the soul
experiences levels of consciousness that correspond to
the vibratory levels of the different planets. Cayce referred
to these interim lifetime experiences as "planetary sojourns." Because
we have had experiences with the vibrations of the different
planets between lifetimes, the planets have an internal
influence on us when we reincarnate into the earth plane.
These influences of the planets are felt by us in the form
of "inclinations, tendencies, and urges" (781-5). However,
Cayce said, no influence is greater than the human will
and the choices we make in our lives every day:
Not
that there are not definite helps to be attained from
astrology, but those who live by same the more oft are
controlled rather than controlling their own lives and
destinies. Astrology is a fact, in most instances. But
astrological aspects are but signs, symbols. No influence
is of greater value or of greater help than the Will
of an individual. Reading 815-6
Adapted from:
Edgar Cayce's Secrets of
Astrology
by Kirk Nelson
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