Although I know from personal experience the benefits I have gained and will continue to receive from my Birth Chart, I really want to make it clear to others just how useful knowing about your energy pattern can be.

As I lay in bed the other night, a time and a place where my mind can begin to spin some unusual thoughts, I began to think that basically 'our minds are all computers'. We have been programmed to think in certain ways, and this stems from our family inheritance and social conditioning. These factors become our sub-conscious programs from which we continue to operate until, little by little, we grow into consciousness, gain more Self-Awareness. This brought back to mind a quote I had read-- ' Only when we break the cage of our conditioning and reach the truth of our hearts can we begin to see life as it really is' 'Yes', I thought, 'maybe this Universe is one big computer that works from laws that keep things organised and balanced, although we can fail to see this from our limited perception'.

Working with Astrology

Through working with Astrology I have found that whatever God, the Source or this big computer is, it does operate from Love and Intelligence. The more conscious we become within ourselves, the more loving and the more understanding we are of ourselves and others. Becoming conscious opens up our minds to a greater reality and the working of this big computer!!

The Birth Chart is an extremely good tool for Self-Awareness and I think this is what the big computer intended us to use it for. We are all energy patterns, which our Birth Chart clearly shows. Becoming aware of our personal energy pattern is a massive step towards Self-Awareness that goes on to speed up growth. Learning to work with your energy patterns helps to bring order and balance into your life as well as bringing to life more of who you truly are.

This is easier said than done though you do need to be careful of how you think-- if you think something will be hard then it will be (as a man thinketh, so to speak!). However, I truly believe in positive thinking, but to gain anything on our Earth plane we do need to work at it, because nothing happens without effort. Maybe we need to develop the same mindset as the big computer!! Probably so, but we are more interested in ourselves and we do need to sort ourselves out first anyway!

Your Birth Chart can show areas of conflict and why we attract situations and certain people into our lives. Becoming aware of these is the first step towards changing them. It also shows your talents and abilities which you can use and develop further. Often these can lie dormant or unnoticed and bringing them into consciousness can be the force that helps them to grow and blossom.

RIPENESS

There is an important point which I have come to realise over the years, and it's this – we need to be ready, we need to be ripe! We need to have come to a point in our own conscious growth where we begin to look for answers, solutions, or put another way, to look for our big computer!
Having been a florist I have taken lilies home on many occasion to provide heat in the hope they will become more open for a particular order. I was looking anxiously at these one evening when I thought struck me 'flowers are like man's consciousness they will only open when they are ready'!

When you start to open, you begin the process of Self-Awareness and development, which begins to accelerate your growth. Astrology is not the only means to this but it does give you a personal guide towards it, which is unique to you!

Your Chart is like a truthful mirror which you must face. You will see your shadow but you can also find your treasure, your true self waiting to be revealed and most of all lived.

Are we then all mini computers searching to be reconnected with the big one? We may need to learn to tune into its higher vibrations, and we have the ability to do this. We are but energy patterns after all and our energy pattern must learn to flow with the powerful laws of the Universe to which we are all a part.

Author's Bio: 

Astrologer Lucinda Tinsley uses the Birth Chart as a tool for Self-Enlightenment.
Her Business 'Life Guiding Astrology' is ideal for those who are interested in their own development, fulfilling their potential and gaining Self-Empowerment.