Astrology as a Business
Read from the Client or the Chart?
To return to the subject of techniques in a reading: The
techniques you use with a client should be ones that
you have realized and can depend on, even when the
mental or emotional waters around you get rough. They
should be like fixed stars or lighthouses in your mind—
they should guide you and keep you on track—which
brings me to my personal point here:
I have learned to stick with my techniques and to read
from the chart, not from the client. It can be tempting to
read from the client, particularly if they are very
transparent; this amounts to gathering the low hanging
fruit. My opinion is: don't be tempted. It’s a slippery
slope.
It is much better to stay with the chart, guided by the
realization of whatever techniques you use; otherwise,
you are not doing astrology, but something else, which,