Mary O'Gara

Astrology is a symbolic language, coming from the same part of the brain as metaphors.  Because astrology and tarot have rich histories, the metaphors let us play with ideas that bridge the gap between physically available resources and potential development.  Astrology doesn’t provide the goal, but it can clarify both timing and the best approach to a goal.

Tarot is metaphors with images Tarot images, like the visual patterns of an astrology chart, supplement the metaphorical meanings and trigger ideas and options.

While astrologers and psychic readers are expected to provide information and content during a consultation, coaches are often more effective when they simply ask questions.   A creativity coach, for example, has expertise in the creative process but not necessarily in the field in which a client works.   So the astrologer provides metaphors and the coach provides questions .

Coaching has a greater focus on the client’s personal responsibility for whatever the client wants to accomplish.

Coaching is more open-ended.   Astrology and psychic work usually relate to a defined time period and often to a specific question.   Would my work be handled more effectively by a New York agent, a California agent or someone in another state is a great relocation question for an astrologer–but it’s not a coaching question.

What do you need to know before you choose a locaiton? would be a good coaching approach.

So I’m back from my “sabbatical year” of minimal work with astrology while I focused on coaching.   Coaching by the stars is my own metaphor for working with clients with either set of tools.   Of course, astrology clients still have to provide time, place and date of birth.   Coaching clients only have to bring a curious mind or a goal or a vision.