4. Most of my readings are done by mail, because I’m only human, and some days I just don’t feel like listening to other people’s problems. Especially when I’m having Saturn transits of my own. This way, I can do my work when I have the emotional fortitude – which seems the nicer way to do things. 5. Especially since I always attract clients whose situation in some way mirrors my own. Twice the Saturn in one room is not twice the fun! 6. It’s really, really challenging for most people to make a living in astrology. My own weird little career has been heavily subsidized by an indulgent husband and by sideline gigs as a website designer and freelance writer. 7. I don’t read that many astrology books anymore. I started to compile a list of my essential 13 astrology books for today (maybe I’ll use that for a future Thursday Thirteen), and I realized that list hadn’t changed in about five years. It’s not all bad, though…. 8. It’s exhilarating to feel you’ve helped someone understand something about his or her life. Gratifying, and humbling. 9. It’s fun to write down my occupation on my IRS forms. 10. I enjoy about 90% of the people I’ve met through astrology. That’s a much higher percentage than when I worked at an engineering firm, for instance. 11. I love the eloquence of astrology as a language. I’d rather write about astrology than anything else. And astrology has made me a better writer than anything else! 12. I once asked my teacher why she became an astrologer, and she said it was because she found people endlessly fascinating. I know exactly what she meant! 13. But basically, I do it because I can’t NOT do it. Astrology sank its claws into me at an early age and it will not let me go.
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