The forms of astrology which most people are familiar with Western astrology, Chinese astrology, Vedic or indian astrology emphasizes the events in a person’s life and how to affect positive direction. Karmic astrology, however, views the individual’s life as that which has been reincarnated for the purpose of completing that which had not been completed in his previous life aspects of himself and his life which he should improve, change, and grow.
Learning about astrology is absolutely essential for anyone who is interested in the New Age movement! As the New Age movement is based on the belief that everything and everyone in the universe is spiritually interconnected, that concept lends itself to a wide range of beliefs that promote it, such as the connection of everything in the cosmos, mystical power known as “energy” or “energy fields,” and, of course, astrology. One particular form of astrology, quite different from the usual types which are more well-known, is very much aligned to the New Age movement and its beliefs; it is called Karmic astrology.
Founded by Martin Shulman, belief in karmic astrology is based on the concept of karma what one specific individual perceives and sees is different from what another specific individual sees or experiences in the same situation, due to each having his or her own life lessons to process, lessons which were not satisfactorily processed in one’s past lives. Instead of assessing the differences of individual persons as being due to each having his or her own unique personality, mind and emotions, karmic astrology stresses that it is a matter of one having not properly fulfilled his karmic role in his previous lives. Karmic astrology is the only form of astrology which bases its conclusions on reincarnation; and that one’s true influence, which covers everything from one’s opinions to one’s means of experience, is not coming from one’s present-day life, it’s coming from one’s past.
Karmic astrology differs from the more widely-accepted forms of astrology in that while the focus of the latter is on charting the course of a person’s life and guiding direction for a person’s best possible potential, the focus of karmic astrology is essentially on “fixing what is wrong with” a person. In other words, karmic astrology bears very little resemblance to the concepts and practices which most people know as Astrology.
In tune with this concept are New Age practices such as “alternative” medicine, which take numerous non-medical angles such as herbs and massage in the treatment of medical conditions, and, even more strongly stressed, and even in the absence of any such diseases or conditions, focusing on the individual person’s need to “heal.”.
