| One particular form of astrology, quite different from | | | | should improve, change, and grow. |
| the usual types which are more well-known, is very | | | | In tune with this concept are New Age practices such |
| much aligned to the New Age movement and its | | | | as "alternative" medicine, which take numerous |
| beliefs; it is called Karmic astrology. | | | | non-medical angles such as herbs and massage in the |
| Founded by Martin Shulman, belief in karmic astrology | | | | treatment of medical conditions, and, even more |
| is based on the concept of karma what one specific | | | | strongly stressed, and even in the absence of any |
| individual sees and perceives is different from what | | | | such diseases or conditions, focusing on the individual |
| another specific individual sees or experiences in the | | | | person's need to "heal." |
| same situation, due to each having his or her own life | | | | Although it has not been categorically explained, it |
| lessons to process, lessons which were not | | | | seems that placing such a strong emphasis on a |
| satisfactorily processed in one's past lives. Instead of | | | | person's need to heal is based on the New Age |
| assessing the differences of individual persons as | | | | movement's view of reincarnation that simply being in |
| being due to each having his or her own unique | | | | this life coincides with the Karmic belief that a person |
| personality, mind and emotions, karmic astrology | | | | has not gained closure from whatever came before. |
| stresses that it is a matter of one having not properly | | | | Consequently, karmic astrology differs from the more |
| fulfilled his karmic role in his previous lives. Karmic | | | | widely-accepted forms of astrology in that while the |
| astrology is the only form of astrology which bases its | | | | focus of the latter is on charting the course of a |
| conclusions on reincarnation; and that one's true | | | | person's life and guiding direction for a person's best |
| influence, which covers everything from one's opinions | | | | possible potential, the focus of karmic astrology is |
| to one's means of experience, is not coming from | | | | essentially on "fixing what is wrong with" a person. As |
| one's present-day life, it's coming from one's past. | | | | such, those who claim to be professionals in the scope |
| The forms of astrology which most people are familiar | | | | of karmic astrology are far different from the more |
| with Western astrology, Chinese astrology, Indian or | | | | standard astrologers, preferring terminology such as |
| Vedic astrology emphasizes the events in a person's | | | | "healing" and the misuse of other esoteric language, |
| life and how to affect positive direction. Karmic | | | | frequently referred to as "psychobabble." In other |
| astrology, however, views the individual's life as that | | | | words, karmic astrology bears very little resemblance |
| which has been reincarnated for the purpose of | | | | to the concepts and practices which most people |
| completing that which had not been completed in his | | | | know as Astrology. |
| previous life aspects of himself and his life which he | | | | |