First a gal wrote me about a legal problem - I did respond but your mail is bouncing.

Another gal wrote with a request I thought was smart.  She is learning astrology or has learned it but she is tired of stringing bits of info together but not knowing how to weigh different elements of her chart… never mind different sources of interpretation of aspects some of which scare or doom a person.  I can appreciate her circumstance. It would be nice to know if your are doomed or not and to what degree before you go around worrying and for that you need someone who can read a chart in a way that is cohesive.

Continue reading Astrology Consulting: A Couple Notes Behind The Scenes…

It takes one to know one. First let me say I know all about becoming furious and ending relationships in a fit of fury. I did nothing buy throw men out of my house from the time I was 15 until I was 21. I got on top that but I am still capable of some hot, HOT heat, witness this conversation with the soldier from last night…

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Lots of comments on today’s provocative consultation testimonial. I added mine and I wanted to elaborate. From the comments..

One thing, is if you are the type that intimidates people (not that she is, this is not personal to Dina) or someone who routinely dominates all interactions, I will stand up to you which can be shocking. However if I don’t do it the client will get nothing from the consultation and that is not acceptable to me.

I learned this by consulting astrologers myself. I would pay them - do all the talking / dominate and then get off the phone thinking it was all a waste of time… not only mine but theirs too.

Continue reading Astrology Is Not Therapy, Plus There Is No Retainer… Hooray!

Yesterday I had to turn down a client for a consultation because I just didn’t feel I could deliver what she wanted. This doesn’t happen that often but it does happen.

The person may want some form of astrology I know nothing about like horary. Sometimes they want me to time things like a wedding, and I refer those people too. Sometimes people want me to apply techniques to their chart that I don’t use or don’t like and I refer those people as well.

This led me to thinking about what I am well-suited to and I have come up with this short list:

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I do a good number of astrology consultations and almost all of them are with women. Less than 5% of my clients are men and I’ll tell you right now, it may as well be 0% because it does not work out and I think I have figured out why.

I am very direct in my communications. I am the kind of astrologer who will tell you exactly, very precisely what the situation is and overwhelmingly, the women I consult with take my advice.
Continue reading Astrology Consulting With Women vs Men

I was talking to the soldier about a client, she has court next week.

“I like to talk to these women before court,” I said. “I really like to make sure they’re shored up and ready.  I ask them if they have an attorney and they usually do but that doesn’t mean anything.  Doesn’t mean they have a good one. I mean the attorney takes the case whether he (or she) knows what they are doing, anyone with any brains who has ever called around looking for one knows this.  They tell you some crap and say, hire me.  They are in sales basically and I guess they plan to learn on the job because…”
Continue reading Another Synchronicity (and more evidence of my competitave nature)

I write this stuff less to talk about myself and more to make people more aware of their own desire for challenge, their need to assert themselves and act heroically. If this sounds foriegn to you, it is safe to assume your Mars function is repressed which is the case for many women. The energy still plays, it just plays in a perverted manner.
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Whenever I write about qualities I think are negative, people always think I am talking about them but I never am. This kind of thing is rare. It’s really not that common but it does happen and I’ll tell you exactly how it plays.

Invariably the person is a strong Jupitarian. They are a guru you could say. Sometimes they are a authentic guru / teacher / preacher or sometimes they just think they are or they should be but in whatever case they see themselves bathed in light and nothing else and they contact me for a consult.
Continue reading About Those Know-It-Alls - This Is The Routine

“Can you read my chart immediately?”

“Er… yes,” says my Mars conjunct Mercury. “What are we waiting for?”

I don’t do this with slower moving folk and I am amazed at my own ability to adapt. I think it has to do with the Neptune effect. I just merge with the energy of whoever and let it rip.

Rip today, or rip tomorrow - makes no difference to me!

Can other Venus Neptune types relate?

For The Working Astrologer Blog

I wonder if other astrologers have rituals when they do consultations, I know I do. It’s a bit of a terror to do this kind of work, at least it is for me. I know I can read a chart but that is hardly enough. You’ve got to be able to communicate!

I am very aware that the client is relying on me to make something happen in the time allotted. They want some value for their money and I almost always do but not without some hi jinks! I do have some things I do to insure the client gets the best I can offer.
Continue reading Astrology Consulting: Taking Care To Do Good Work