Astrology as a System

I am interested in astrology as a system that supports and enforces the Torah spiritual (moral) values; I believe that the dictum, Deuteronomy 30:19 – ‘ובחרת בחיים’ | ‘Choose Life’, may be interpreted in light of the Midrash Genesis Rabbah 10:6: ‘Rabbi Simone said every herb without exception has a heavenly mazal [angelic supervisor] that strikes it and says to it: ‘Grow!‘ The herb grows to fulfill its purpose to become an ointment or potion for healing. All the more so, a heavenly mazal strikes a person to ‘Choose Life!’, to grow and live, as an eternal soul, by spiritual values, to mature and to fulfill a unique purpose in the lower world.

The fateful events that occur to individuals create an opportunity to choose a response guided by spiritual values, values that lead to actions that promote peace and friendship between individuals and thus, ultimately, intranationally and internationally. The transits and cycles of the planets through the zodiac reflect the mandates of the heavenly mazalot, angelic supervisors to enforce the One Deity’s rule over the inhabitants of our mundane world. Being privy to the workings of this astrological system is to understand Torah and its spiritual values through the lens of astrology.