Astrology as a Business
takes place in a reading is simple: there is a letting go of,
and an accepting or taking hold of. It is similar to
releasing one particular grip in order to find a more
natural one; it is like breathing out and then back in.
This is what happens in most readings. The client is
able to let go and suspend his or her hold on things, and
then, is able to find a more acceptable attitude and
perhaps a better way to handle these life situations.
There is a release and a letting go. There is a new
acceptance. There is a new grip.
We need to say something more about this new grip,
this process of acceptance. Of course we mean self-
acceptance, but that acceptance must be extended to
include the conditions in which the self happens to be.
The client must find a way to accept his or her very
conditions, because this is all that he or she has got.
This is what is happening. We Cannot Change What
We Refuse To Accept. We must first ascertain and
accept the facts of our life in order to change them. We
must acknowledge their existence, whatever they may
be. Acceptance is the very essence of what counseling
is about. Not the acceptance of a lousy situation for its
own sake, but the acceptance of ‘what-have-you’ as the
only means or vehicle we have to alter that condition.
We must respond to the situation in which we find
ourselves. The crucial part of any reading has to do
with this acceptance of what is and not focusing on what
might be or what ought to be.