Astrology, hydroponics, and Earth

I attended my first class on herb cultivation at university.

No one has asked me about the topic of my thesis yet, but I already have one in mind: "hydroponic herb growing at home".

I hope they will let me work on it.

Hydroponics is growing plants in nutrient-rich water, without soil. It looks a bit like science fiction farming in post-apocalyptic vaults.

Hydroponics uses less water than normal farming. This is important because there is less and less water in the world, and the climate is becoming drier, also in Europe where I live.

I want to explore this not because I have the ability to save the planet (let's be realistic: I don't have), but I like the idea and it would be nice to have my own hydroponic food for myself, my boyfriend and my guinea pig. Guinea pigs are small, so pesticides in vegetables from the store can harm them more. That’s why I want to grow the vegetables myself.

But during lectures, I had lofty thoughts too: I thought about how astrologers talk so much about space, planets, and stars, but almost never about Earth. Even though it’s not used in classical astrology and doesn’t appear in horoscopes, it’s still part of the cosmos and it is a planet. A very important one – the one we live on.

It is not a passive backdrop for celestial alignments, but an active element that influences our destiny.

It’s strange that ecology and natural sciences are not closer to astrologers.

After all, our health, wealth and inner well-being depends on the environment in which we live.

Shouldn't astrology also be about working on our surroundings?