I have what may not be an uncommon view of astrology generally–I am skeptical. And yet, whether or not astrology is accurate doesn’t trouble me, doesn’t keep me from regarding it with respect and great interest. I see it as yet another template, another vocabularly, another way into understanding ourselves and others. I have found astrological descriptions of myself and my life’s struggles quite helpful.

I had a long, serious reading and session from an astrologer named Dan Fry in Dallas, Texas twenty-five years ago, and I still go back to the transcript and find wisdom in it. I think he was also psychic. The only time he really missed the mark is when he pressed me to go to law school. I applied, got in, and then never went. I did manage to parlay the whole application process into a good raise from the magazine I worked for back then. But don’t you think Chattering Mind would have made a lousy barrister?