September 13, 2020
Mars went retrograde a few days ago. Right after that, I learned the type of entrepreneurship I was striving for (or the service I was planning to use) doesn’t allow me to invoice international clients. That was a real setback in my plans. Now I have to figure out other options. Mars rules my second house. He is also time lord through profection currently residing in my seventh WSH making a square to it’s natal position. Oh, and then there is that Saturn square natally and in transit…
I definitely want to offer astrological consultations also to clients outside of Finland. I already may have found an option to my previous plans (thanks to my friends on Facebook). In general, the question is whether to go with what is called “light entrepreneurship” or the more traditional way as starting as a “private trader.” Light entrepreneurship is said to be a lot easier, but doing business as a private trader has, too, it’s benefits.
Well, since I’m learning the tarot right now, which can be used for solving any kind of puzzle, I asked whether to go with light entrepreneurship (where I can only invoice clients residing in Finland) or private trading (where I can offer my services to clients around the world).
I drew two cards for each type of entrepreneurship. The first card symbolizes the actual result, the second the outcome, or the state of mind if I still chose to go with this type (wanted some confirmation to the first card). The first two cards show the result for going with light entrepreneurship, the second two cards below for going with private trading. It doesn’t look great for light entrepreneurship (The Tower, The Knight of Cups reversed). Private trading may also be not that easy (The Two of Coins reversed, The Moon).

As mentioned, I may have found a service provider through whom I may be able to invoice international clients but still doing light entrepreneurship. My next step is to figure out more about this. The excitement continues, as does Mars retrograde.

I am very interested in the origins of astrology – please tell me where to start. Michael
Hi Michael,
Thanks for your comment! The oldest written documents about astrology are from the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 BCE).
There are two books in English I recommend looking into. The first is ๐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ: ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐ฆ by James Herschel Holden, American Federation of Astrologers, 2nd edition, 2006. The second book is called ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ by Chris Brennan, Amor Fati Publications, 2017.
I assume you also speak German. You might want to look into Rafael Gil Brandโs ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ, Chiron Verlag, 2000. You can also check out the first article I published here on my blog in 2018, which is about the history of astrology: http://livingincycles.blog/2018/05/26/geschichte-der-astrologie/.
These few suggestions should help you get started. I hope you enjoy reading and learning.
Alles Gute! โจ