Astrology as a Business
Accepting What Is
The role of the counselor is very like that of the priest
who reads from The Tibetan Book of the Dead;
hopefully, clients can see why it is to their own
advantage to accept a situation and take their lives in
their own hands, recognizing this as a necessary
starting point in order to progress elsewhere; however, if
a client cannot accept the situation ‘as is’, it is not the
place of the counselor to pass judgment on this, but
only to proceed to read and make clear the next level of
alternatives, all the way down (if need be) to the door of
the womb, and—using our example from above—
complete divorce and the inevitable remarriage. The
role of the counselor, like that of the midwife, is to serve
and facilitate natural processes.
Once there has been release, the only subject worthy of
consideration is the terms for re-entry or return. This is
a matter of attitude or approach, and depends, to a