Question about Birth Date significance & purpose, etc

[fierywoman]

13. "The stars impell, they don't compell..."

The chart predicts nothing -- as the wonderful Nick Campion once wrote: as far as we've come as astrologers, we really can't predict anything; the best we can say is: (e.g.) either your pipes will burst or you're going to have a nervous breakdown.

If you read Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, he wrote that his astrology chart said he would have (something like) 4 opportunities for marriage. As each opportunity came along, he turned them down.

Robert Hand often told the story of the Renaissance era astrologer to a court in Italy, which was at war with the Vatican and it was known that a confrontation was imminent. The Duke asked the astrologer what would happen. The astrologer replied, "Oh, the Vatican army will come in and occupy your town." The Duke was appalled at this bad news, but the astrologer replied: "Since we know that, what your strategy should be is: Leave the gates open, evacuate the town, leave lots of wine. After the Vatican soldiers come in and get drunk, slaughter them."