Modern Living: Astrology: Fad and Phenomenon

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the most positive way of fitting them into the context of the horoscope. Then he looks ahead, shaping predictions so that they amount to constructive counsel. The client might have been better advised to consult a psychiatrist, marriage counselor, physician, lawyer or employment agency. But there are many troubled people who refuse to accept personal responsibility for their lives, insisting that some outer force is in control. For these, a first-class astrologer can seem a necessity—and perhaps he is.

^{-Cancers were renamed Moonchildren by Righter about ten years ago to dissociate the sign from the disease; Cancer's most influential planet is the moon.}