From the back cover of the book you mention by Lehman, "Horary astrology shares with martial arts training the teaching of a combination of method and intuition. In both, repetitive practice results not merely in good technique, but ultimately in Art that goes beyond all technique. Horary possesses this martial quality because it is the only branch of Astrology that functions exclusively in the moment. With nativities, we are always going beyond the birth moment with transits, progressions, etc. Because Horary is immediate, the skills must be sharper, and cut deeper."
Hello again:
I have read and re-read what Lee Lehman has written. Unfortunately, I don't have her book, so the reference that you provided is new to me.
What can one say about Lee Lehman. She's an intelligent woman. She also taught astrology at Kepler College and has got a PHd in Botany.... Maybe that's why she's such a 'pro' at growing man eating plants...
Seriously, the martial arts...in my view, are a combination of harmonizing or coordinating something military or warlike, and also, something artistic and combining the two into a unique artform as well as, a lifelong philosophy...and actually a way of life...
Martial arts are also coodinating the daily mind, body, and spiritual, into a greater or 'higher' purpose, such as the attainment of peace, and perhaps, the greatest purpose of the martial arts... ?
I can tell you that astrology is very much a fringe art, much like martial arts, and it is NOT a widely accepted practice in many, many communities around the world... In my own community, some people hold it against me that I am both an astrologer and a martial artist... I am frequently negatively stereotyped, by many people...and have been for years... My own media career has floundered, for years, because of those other two loves...
This whole world... loves to stereotype people... because it's handy and convenient...
Ms. Leeman claims that Horary astrology takes the mental elements and discipline aspects of m.a. and other aspects of the martial arts for interpretative purposes. Maybe she is right there, we must remember that interpretive horary astrology (in my mind) is primarily an air signed or Mercury like, activity, in my view... Maybe that is why so many of us air signs gravitate to horary astrology, because it is mostly about the mind and objective problem solving, a priority of the air signs, in general ?
Therefore...unlike martial arts training, it is not so critical whether the querent 'believes' in the philosophy of horary astrology or not to make the chart work. Martial arts, on the other hand, require a singleminded-ness of purpose from the practioner, in order for it to work properly.
I will tell you this..,many people gravitate to both horary astrology and martial arts with a hidden agenda...Therefore, the goal of an horary astrologer is usually to find out what that agenda might be...Therefore, we tend to be detectives in a sense ?
I can also tell you from 30 years of private practice that the average horary querent or client is certainly not as focused as we martial artists are... People are very scattered today and everyone has a billion things on their mind..
The late Llewellyn George even acknowledged this in his encyclopedia,
A to Z. He writes on page 738 that: " approximately one out of every 10 (horary charts) is not radical."
In horary work, the feelings and pre-conceived opinions of the querent are weighed and analysed
versus what the universal energies are doing, at the moment that the question is asked ?
Therefore, a horary analysis is a contrived, situational relationship that exists between one human being, his one question, and the universe...
I would agree with Ms. Lehman that energies such as intuition and mental focus are at play in the horary arts, but ONLY IN THE ARM-CHAIR HORARY ARTISTS MIND, does that ALWAYS happen... Many people forget what time they asked the question, and thus, many re-ask the (haphazard?) question more than once ! But again, to equate horary astrology as a 'martial art' is a misnomer to me. It's WRONGLY labelled !
One of the pitfalls of continious martial arts training (if I may say?) is that it takes over your WHOLE LIFE...
This is not necesarily a bad thing either...but it IS worth mentioning...
If Ms. Lehman trained to black-belt level in
Taekwon-Do, this is what probably happened to her own life, as well ?
The continious
Taekwon-Do training likely affected EVERYTHING is her life, including her horary work...
So, maybe this is why she sees horary astrology as ANOTHER martial art.
The larger question then, is martial arts training (or even serious training in astrology?), also limiting, since it takes over your whole life... LOL Therefore, is IT a limitation ? It could well be !
In his book, the
Tao of Jeet Keun Do, the late Bruce Lee once pointed out that...sometimes, one has to put limitations... on one's OWN limitations...
In astrology, the planet of limitations is know to us as SATURN !? However, what Bruce Lee is saying that... in order to grow as a person, you have to block or cap your own personal limitations, (whatever that might be?) for your own personal good. In other words, you have to go BEYOND SATURN, to make things work...
So, I have tried to seperate my astrology work from my martial arts work, over the years. I have also tried to limit my thinking in one occupation and have tried to be more objective when doing astrology...
Being a person with many natal planets in Gemini, I also have been able to carefully transition between occupations for years and I have been careful to seperate my astrology work from my martial arts work...and other careers going on..
Unfortunately, the internet tends to expose ALL OF one's different personalities and personal interests, very well, so like a clothes line drying clothes in the sunshine, all of one's PERSONAL LAUNDRY is also there for everyone to see...dirty laundry included...
HOW WONDERFUL could THAT BE ! (not !)
So yes, like astrology and the martial arts, there are definitely limitations with new technology as well, and like Bruce Lee once aptly said... you have to put " limitations on your limitations.. "
About what Lehman says ? The jury is still very much hung there, unfortunately...
Perhaps Lee Lehman needs to make up her mind, whether to propogate horary astrology or the martial arts...
I tend NOT to propagate my own martial arts philosophy onto the astrological community at large, as I think that that would be unfair. Maybe Ms. Lehman likes to dominate the minds of others, but horary astrologer is always a personal choice, as well ?
If some of you don't happen to like horary astrology, I can live with that, too ! However, this ancient artform will continue to flourish, indefinitely, whether we like it or not !
Does Horary astrology 'need' martial arts for its survival... Probably not... Both arts will likely continue to survive, as they have been ingrained in human thinking and nature for centuries...
yours truly,
R.J.
