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I use a science which no one else seems to know. I believe that this science was known to the ancients, who kept it quiet and hidden. I have researched this esoteric art for most of my life. In my youth, I began by studying the sciences, made my own chemistry laboratory, designed and built numerous rockets, high-voltage ion apparatuses and a one-MEV linear proton accelerator, entered collegiate studies in nuclear physics, worked in high-energy physics at the Stanford Research Institute, then abandoned collective incentives and collective pursuits in favor of individual research. At the same time, I learned that all high perspectives had value. Although I began with the scientific paradigm of the research physicist, I then found equal meaning in the world view according to poetry, or according to psychedelic vision, or then again according to a trained self-conscious scrutiny of my own consciousness according to psychological and metaphysical models. I became fascinated with the idea of matter's seeming coexistence with consciousness as a phenomenon within consciousness, and studied astronomy, cosmology, and then astrology. Extending my investigations into conventional astrology correlated with history, I discovered that the science was necessarily open to improvement --- that the ancient rules of astrology were largely corrupt, but that behind the corruption was a hint of hidden truths. And even though conventional astrology's sad state had attracted many lunatics and charlatans to profess themselves astrologers and to deepen astrology's poor reputation, nevertheless I saw that, at its root, true astrology was essentially a profound and comprehensive way of looking at a universe known to be divine. Continuously since 1970, I have taken an empirical approach to this science. I did not attempt to make the facts fit a preconceived theory, but rather searched for the theory that would fit the facts. I matched historical events against astrological pictures, then tabulated how true or false the correlations were. I wrote my own computer programs for planetary movement, and created a database of lives, meanings, and stars that all ran together in a complex dance. Then I tried various astronomical perspectives --- looking at the planetary patterns from the standpoint of the earth, from that of the Sun, along various orbital planes, with variations according to planetary cycles. I experimented with many different zodiacs, until I was so familiar with celestial mechanics and historical meaning that I even dreamt about these things. Then one day, it all clicked. I found the system that worked. No doubt, there is much more to be discovered by better researchers than I. But my system adequately described real character and destiny, foretelling future events with regularity, with a far higher degree of accuracy than I had ever achieved using conventional astrology. It is this new system of astrology which is the fundament of my readings for people of all ages and inclinations everywhere. Sincerely, Robert Tkoch, Astrologer since 1970 Copyright StarCenter 1999-2006. All rights reserved. |