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Mar 2, 2007
Emmett did my Birth Chart
from ambient musician Jeff Pearce
Being someone who has played music for years in the "new age" genre, it
is almost a certainty that, at one of my concerts, there will be at
LEAST one astrologer in attendance who will (kindly) offer to "do my
chart" and interpret it for me. I give them all the vitals, and
usually, a week or two later, I'll receive an e-mail or letter
describing my chart interpretation. I usually take these
interpretations in the kind spirit in which they are offered - along
with a 90 pound sack of salt, because most of the time, those
interpretations are stunningly vague ("You're an outgoing person around
others, but you are still a very private person," "You're a true and
loyal friend" or "You like those things that make you feel good, and avoid
those things that make you feel bad", etc....)
So when Emmett Chapman offered to read my chart, I was thrilled to let
him do so, but was expecting, deep down inside, "more of the same".
Well.
I called Stick Enterprises to chat with Emmett about the chart that he
and his daughter Diana drew up. You could fit my knowledge of
astrology into a thimble and still have enough room left over for a
politician's soul. So I was in the dark - completely.
Over the phone, I could almost hear the gears turning in Emmett's head,
and then he said "this is interesting".
Probably not the best choice of words to start a reading off with, for
someone like me at least. I immediately had visions of being in a
doctor's office and hearing those words jump out of my doctor's mouth
("Tell me, Doc! How big is the tumor?!?! How long do I have to
live?!?! WHY ARE YOU INSISTING I PAY YOU IN CASH TODAY?!?!?!).
It turns out that Emmett was simply surprised that someone such as I
had, to summarize, such an "inward" looking chart.
I've generally known this about myself, that I spend time in an "inner
world" that has little to do with reality. For example, in this inner
world, I have six pack abs.....
Emmett then went on, clearly letting his intuition take over regarding
the chart interpretation. I tried to take notes as fast as I could,
but some points were far too difficult to takes notes over. Suffice it
to say, Emmett's approach to astrology is every bit as unique as his
approach to creating music and creating musical instruments. A lot of
what he said was very "personal"- making me wonder if Emmett might be a
success as an FBI profiler. Because of this personal nature, I'd rather
not share that here- but I WILL say that Emmett's approach to astrology
has very little to do with advice about the future ("Buy stock in
Enron!" "Don't fly in a plane in March." "The end is near!"); Emmett
seems to use astrology as an analytical tool, much like Jung used the I
Ching.
Sometimes you can be so close to a subject that you lose all
perspective of it. That's the way I, no doubt, am with the subject of
myself. After Emmett's analysis of my chart (and after taking two
Tylenol in an attempt to provide relief from a blown mind) I read my
notes to my wife. Every one I read, I heard her say "yep- that's you"
or "yes - that's right."
After I was through, she asked, "Did Emmett see anything else in your
chart?"
I replied "Umm.... he sees that I need one of the new bamboo Sticks".
It was worth a try.
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