Minderwiz
Ravenest,
I don't want you to go away and I fully accept your right to be different and ask questions. My issue is that you don't supply much information to support your views. The Calendar quote and assertions about what 'most people' think and 'definitions you have read' provide little substance.
For the record the 'astra' from which Astrology derives are the wandering stars - the planets - as Lilly said 'the first thing you must know is that there are seven planets'.
Given your non-standard views you might be interested in reading 'Astrology, Science and Culture' by Roy Willis and Patrick Curry. It is hard going as an academic book but you might find a lot of material to which you would be sympathetic, especially as it draws on many traditions.
I don't want you to go away and I fully accept your right to be different and ask questions. My issue is that you don't supply much information to support your views. The Calendar quote and assertions about what 'most people' think and 'definitions you have read' provide little substance.
For the record the 'astra' from which Astrology derives are the wandering stars - the planets - as Lilly said 'the first thing you must know is that there are seven planets'.
Given your non-standard views you might be interested in reading 'Astrology, Science and Culture' by Roy Willis and Patrick Curry. It is hard going as an academic book but you might find a lot of material to which you would be sympathetic, especially as it draws on many traditions.