The Psychological Process When Searching for a Missing Person

There are certain rules you’ll make for yourself as you explore forensic astrology because, essentially, you are investigating (often) disturbing crimes. The worst people in the world will show up as suspects in your charts. The sweetest, most unsuspecting victims will also appear. You’ll see how it all advances from the beginning to the end. And unless you’re a hardened Scotland Yard detective, it will affect you.

unless you're a hardened Scotland Yard detective, it will affect you.

Know Your Limits
There are certain types of crime scenarios that I avoid – and I usually know right away that they will be difficult to analyze.  Each chart affects the forensic astrologer in different ways, so working with your peers is essential.

Know When to Say “When”
I try to put my crime charts away between 5 and 6 pm. If it’s any later than that, it may mean a sleepless night – either pondering different clues or just because a case is too emotionally draining.

Find a Partner in Crime
When I first created a Forensic Astrology Meetup Group in my neighborhood, I met a talented Tarot Reader and astrologer. We check in often to compare charts and get each other’s opinions.

Change Your Perspective
Photos of little kids (that may look like yours) or grisly murder details that the media just had to print can lead you to see a chart with an emotional perspective that will work against you. In order to properly read a chart, you’ll need to start looking at all the players of the crime, as planets. Yes, that’s right, I said turning people into planets.

Each person in a chart is, more often than not, represented by a planet.  Planets are placed in “good dignity” or “bad dignity” in a chart.  In addition, you’ll see that planets in a chart are placed at different angles that manifest in different ways (opposing, conjunct, inconjunct, square, trine, sextile).  So you are essentially looking at people (or symbols of them). Stick with reviewing the symbols and you’ll get a lot more from your charts.

Don’t Read An Event Chart of Someone You Know

As I mentioned above, getting emotionally attached from a news story can derail a chart reading; imagine the effect if you’re reading the crime chart of someone you know. Of course, I can’t stop you from doing it, but I can encourage you to get 2nd and 3rd opinions before you start calling detectives on the case about a new development. And remember, taking the law into your own hands, even if it seems like the police have no interest in helping you, is the wrong thing to do.

Keep Your Sense of Humor

There are times when you might make a joke or laugh.  It’s a natural reaction to keep things light among your peers.  Staying above the emotional level during your analysis by using humor is a good method that I use occasionally.