In "On the Mysteries," Iamblichus goes into the effects of the planets (as living embodiments of the otherwise transcendent gods), however I am sure I will botch the meaning some without the text in front of me. If memory serves, its has to do with free will in the material world; the influences of the gods as discerned through the planets are just that, influences that need to be worked out in the lower plane.
Per Sallustius: "[The stars] do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things..."
My personal take is that these influences are so multitudinous and complex and relies, like quantum mechanics, on the observer (in this case, a soul at the other end of the line). Given the complexity and the variegated levels of wisdom on the part of those observers, then, you can get very good astrological discernment and very bad astrological discernment (just as you can get very effective results from science or very ineffective ones, depending on the scientist). Not only do you have the variables of the planets themselves, but the entire unfolding of events in the cosmos AND the variables of the history, experiences, and insights of the person making the astrological discernment...extraordinarily complex.
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Date: 2021-07-12 02:42 pm (UTC)Per Sallustius: "[The stars] do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things..."
My personal take is that these influences are so multitudinous and complex and relies, like quantum mechanics, on the observer (in this case, a soul at the other end of the line). Given the complexity and the variegated levels of wisdom on the part of those observers, then, you can get very good astrological discernment and very bad astrological discernment (just as you can get very effective results from science or very ineffective ones, depending on the scientist). Not only do you have the variables of the planets themselves, but the entire unfolding of events in the cosmos AND the variables of the history, experiences, and insights of the person making the astrological discernment...extraordinarily complex.
Axé!