Why do I love Astrology?

In 1995 by accident I bought a book. It was Lynda Goodman's "Love Signs". I instantly fell in love with the book, the subject, and the author. This book was written with such love for people, understanding the beauty and individuality of each sign. I read all 914 pages, not at once, of course, but slowly, sign by sign, and my life was changed for ever.
At first I thought I just got lucky and ran into the best book and the most kind author on the subject. However, very soon I realized that the more books I read and the more astrologers I learn about the more kind and understanding of the human nature I get. I noticed I do not judge people as harsh as I used to do. I became more understanding and forgiving. I had more fun learning how different we all are.
Learning about the differences and individuality of each person was the most important lesson. I am a teacher who by definition has to teach the same material to all these different kids. Since I learned astrology, my work became more interesting too. I started to teach each individual student not classes full of kids.
This does not sound as a new thing now. Many teachers and researchers started to switch to this strategy lately. We created individualized or differentiated instructions, studied multiple intelligences. In other areas you can see the same trends not just with teachers: our mattresses are made with individualized numbers, we have our individualized insurance plans, medications schedules, diets, and even sinks that are designed just for you. Everybody is trying to find his or hers individuality now. It seems there is even less pair pressure among kids.
Do you know that all of that was predicted by astrologers and explained long ago as influence by our astronomical movement in the universe. We are entering new astrological Era - Era of Aquarius. Let's move on with minimal suffering.

It's time to talk a little about Astrology

I wrote this months ago, during record cold and snowy winter, but couldn't post. Sorry, some of this will be hard to read without imaginning a blizard-like conditions outside your window.

I am a snake according to Chinese astrology - we are wise and lazy. Usually it means that we do our chores fast and efficient so we could get home and relax. Driving to work through the ice and snow is not an efficient use of my time, it always makes me think of how wrong it is. In the snow people should stay home and allow those few who really have to be there to do their work without us being in their way. All these plow machines, fire and police emergency vehicles need all this space we take on the road standing or sliding slowly. Why are we forced to go to work on days like today? Is it because some rich people don't want to lose a little of their profits? They are losing anyway. Is it because our mayor does not want to pay us when we don't work? He wastes the money anyway.

These days are not productive!!!! We could stay at home and remove the snow off the driveways - that would be productive. People who are cold, tired after 3 hours ride, and thinking how it will take them another 3 hours to get back home can't be productive. I am sitting at work, listening to the sirens of emergency vehicles, and thinking how we all pretend to be working.

On the other hand all those impatient tigers, rats, monkeys and pigs, they would get on the road anyway, even if they do not have to go to work, because they just can't sit at home and wait for a better weather. They would prevent the emergency vehicles to do their work anyway. It would not be enough for them to just dig the snow off their driveway and go back inside to watch TV.

When I think of all of that I realize, my dream of having all snow days work free will stay just a dream for a long time.