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Written In The Stars
Last month I did part two in my occult series and talked a bit about black magic. Part 3 is about astrology: the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world. Unlike astronomy which studies the physics of celestial bodies, astronomy studies how it affects humans and nature.
Astrology has many branches to it. We've probably heard of a few of them, such as horoscopes, tarot cards, even the Chinese zodiac. All of these have complex ways of divining fate and destiny based on the time of birth and the movement of the solar system. Even Wicca has a base in following the moon and celestial occurrences.
How deeply you interpret these topics is up to you. Whether you like to read your daily horoscope for a chuckle or follow almanacs to determine the right time to plant alfalfa, it all has a small part going back to a section of the occult. The kernel of truth in the addage "it must be a full moon" to explain crazy behavior goes back far in history. When looking for something to spice up your writing, spur your imagination or bring a character to life, be sure to thumb through a few notes on astrology.
In the end, it can be a fun inspiration to your story line. As always, Write On!
This month's question: Have you found inspiration in astrology?
How do you use that in your writing?
Answer below  Editors love feedback! 
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Tarot card readers, cartoonists, sellers of cheap trinkets share a day on Jackson Square.
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Excerpt: Mamie sold charms. She had a bundle of cheap gems or even simple bottle glass on leather strings lined up neatly on her small table. To each, she had a story. The stories were mystical.
Excerpt: At the fair, they came across a fortune teller's tent.
"Bobby, you have to try this." Justine urged.
He couldn't refuse her when she got excited like this.
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It all starts when a parakeet is left at their door.
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Excerpt: It all started on the morning of October 12. My husband, Dave, and I were in the kitchen having breakfast when the door bell rang. We looked at each other in a puzzled way, for we never got visitors so early in the morning. Dave shrugged and got up to answer it. I went into the hallway to listen in, but I didn’t hear him say anything. When he came into the hallway, he was carrying a birdcage with a parakeet clutching to the wooden bar across the cage.
Excerpt: She opened and closed her pale thin hands, nervously. This always happened before a reading; especially if it was a new "client". She would immediately feel things; feel the rhythms in her mind --- the vibrations coming from the person’s aura. Her extra sensory perceptions were in her and with her since she learned how to read people’s minds; even before learning how to read. It was in her blood. It was in her system.
Excerpt: The old lady herself soon heard it while she slept; it would wake her, a strange and piercing yet lovely and heartbreaking sound, that was not quite like anything human, nor any creature she had ever heard before. When the sound woke her, the old lady would creep out of her little house down to the cliff edge, even though the rain drove through her like pins and the wind threatened to whisk her into the sea. She would peer through the raging night, but saw nothing of where the song was coming from, and despairing, crept back into her house.
Excerpt: "Come on in, Penney!" she yelled as she rinsed her hands and dried them on her apron. "I'm in the kitchen!"
"You creep me out when you do that, Will," Penney said, slipping onto a kitchen stool. Her beautiful copper-colored hair sparkled in the afternoon sun, and Willow wondered how Penney's mother had known exactly what to name her. "I hadn't even knocked yet."
Excerpt: "Come in, my dear. I've been expecting you." A short, old lady dressed in a long, purple gown, appeared before her. "Don't be frightened."
"What do you mean, expecting me?" Amber felt a little frightened. Maybe she should leave.
"Don't go. I'm a little psychic, that's all. Please, have a cup of tea."
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Excerpt: I'm standing in the Emergency Room of The Pines Memorial Hospital because all the seats in the waiting area are taken up by the people who have crossed my path today. I have been grudgingly given an ice pack for my swollen eye by the triage nurse (who has obviously heard all about me from my ex-fiance, or my mother, or the scout troupe, or the junior league softball team, or the Parish Priest).
Against the odds I aim a wan smile at Debbie Billoxie. She guffaws and turns her rolling eyes away from me in a vain attempt to put some distance between us. Slightly impossible as her wrist is still caught by the bracelet attached to my fly.
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This month's question: Have you found inspiration in astrology?
How do you use that in your writing?
Answer below Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Where have you heard references of black magic? OR: Do you have occult topic suggestions?
SkyHawk - Into The Music  responded: Maybe it's just the way I think, but the first thing that came to mind when you mentioned Black Magic was a music. Specifically, the song "Black Magic Woman" by Santana. Then came the tried and true classic, "That Old Black Magic." I'm sure there are other songs I'm missing as well.
The J. K. Rowling quote reminded me of the backlash she faced at one point with the Harry Potter books, as people claimed she was trying to lure children into "evil witchcraft." She readily denied it, of course. And my understanding was that she simply wanted to write a good story. But as often happens,there will be people who see things through their personal lens and see it as evil.
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