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Over the centuries, astrologers have taken note of a handful of fixed stars and a few other celestial objects. In the 20th Century, the advent of more and more powerful telescopes made it clear that there are literally billions of objects out there, each with some kind of significance. There is no way each of these objects could be individually studied and their influences (or lack thereof) noted.

In fact, many astrologers find the recent advances in astronomy and astrophysics over the last 40 years complex and difficult to understand. And yet it could be important for us to grasp the significance of what is being discovered out there in deep space. In this article, we will attempt to provide astrologers with a key to unlocking the mysteries of modern astrophysical inquiry.

I have been repeatedly asked to explain what all this deep-space astrology (stars, black holes, etc.) means. My answer is that it is far easier for you to learn to read and interpret the results of scientific astronomers than to look for someone to explain the endless series of newly discovered stellar objects to you, one by one. It should be enough to be told that everything out there has to do with the life and death of stars, just as down here we are concerned with our own life and death. That note plus the age-old maxim ‘As Above, So Below,’ should do it for you. Learn to read science in terms of your own self and life. It is not hard and it opens up the world of scientific writing to you, from that moment forward. You don’t need an interpreter. You are the interpreter.

Any investigation of our universe becomes the story of the stars. Aside from dust and gas, space contains stars. Even such exotic objects as pulsars, neutron stars and black holes are but the end stages in the lives of stars. Almost all of the information assembled through various branches of astronomical observation, be it visual, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray or Gamma-ray may best be examined in terms of the following question: What stage in the life history of a star do they describe? Therefore, a grasp of the basic stages in the life history of a star provides the essential framework for astrophysical inquiry.

It is difficult, perhaps impossible, to consider the various stages of a star’s life and the sequence of these stages, without being struck by the resemblance to our own life story. Here is our own life story acted out on a grand scale before our very eyes.