
And … I’m getting a little bit tired of reading them. I’m not sure why. Is it the fact that most people’s daily lives are pretty boring? That most people don’t write very well? That there’s just too dang much of it?
I still support the concept of auto-ethnography as a valuable tool for astrology writers. Done well, and grounded in good astrology, it brings astrology down to earth and helps us understand ourselves – not just the author – better. And there are some astrologers (though fewer than I would have imagined) who insert themselves into their astrology writing gracefully and effectively.
But the more astrology I read online, the more I find that there’s an awful lot of “me-centric” astrology that’s coming across as simply … well, self-involved. Not to mention rife with the awful syntax that Lucy (I think – on Twitter, maybe? Why can’t I find this now? Someone help me out here) recently lamented, stuff like “I (Sun) jogged (Mars) to the store (Cancer) and bought too many Twinkies (Venus/Jupiter)”.
Thoughts? I mean, if you’re reading my blog, you obviously don’t hate self-referential astrology writing too much. But how much is too much?