Cross Words: Stars in Their Eyes Head to Head Credible or Credulous? Astrology Is a Useful Tool, Says Nicholas Campion, President of the Astrological Association. It's Just a Game, Says Novelist Fay Weldon

Groocock, Veronica, The Independent (London, England)

The astrologist

"I see astrology as a poetic language of symbols - its primary purpose to give meaning to events which otherwise seem random or chaotic, or to endow significance to people's lives in ways which other approaches often miss. It also depends so heavily on the interpretive skills of the astrologer that, even though the basic data, in terms of planetary positions, remains the same, each astrologer will have a different view of what is the right thing to say in the right circumstances.

The sceptics need to understand that not everything in life can be appreciated through reductionist science. In fact, a great deal of what people admire, and enjoy most, …

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Publication information: Article title: Cross Words: Stars in Their Eyes Head to Head Credible or Credulous? Astrology Is a Useful Tool, Says Nicholas Campion, President of the Astrological Association. It's Just a Game, Says Novelist Fay Weldon. Contributors: Groocock, Veronica - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: August 29, 1998. Page number: 45. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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