Western Astrology
Western Astrology is an astrology set in the tropical zodiac which is a pale reflection of earlier traditional astrologies but serves a useful purpose for the temperment of the body and for prediction, as it is better at it than Vedic astrology. It comes down to us far removed from the astrologers who originated many of its techniques. This can sometimes mean we use techniques which ‘work’ but for which we lack the logic as to why this is so; therefore, we must return to the earlier astrologies to determine the ‘why’.
Its current form is much like a game of telephone where one person passes on a message to another person and they, in turn, pass it on to another after them: The original message inescapably changes as it goes along with the person at the end of the chain receiving a garbled message.
Thus western astrology is like a cartoon rendition of the character of an individual. It simply doesn’t hold a candle to the superlative depth of information given in Hellenistic or Vedic astrology.
Western astrology, however, is excellent for prediction and for describing the temperament of the body: It explains how someone operates. Are they going about things in too slowly a manner and need to increase their rate of speed? Are they going too slowly and becoming mired? Are they so fast they are not thinking clearly? The person would then need to be told: To better access your talents it is best to slow down your pace. This is a useful subject astrology can gives clues about.
Maralyn uses western astrology for these purposes as part of her large model where all the charts of the four astrologies contribute different aspects in the overall reading.