A short monologue from a YouTube video by Lori Harder (July 28, 2025) arguing that astrology can be used as a tool to cultivate compassion for oneself and others. The speaker describes personal practices (tattooing 'compassion') and emphasizes that astrology helps people understand differing ways of functioning, reminds individuals of their personal power, and grants permission to 'be completely yourself.'
I look at astrology as a tool for compassion. I think that it gives us compassion and wherewithal for ourselves, and it also gives us the opportunity to grant that compassion for others, because not everyone functions the same way as we do, and especially when you understand people's aspects. I tattooed the word compassion on my arm for a reason. It's the number one thing I forget regularly. I'm getting better as I get a little older. But it's just like when we understand that we all have, like, a burden to bear, and it's the mountain that we're here to climb, not the mountain that we're here to hold on our shoulders. Astrology will also grant you that perspective, but the way that it will serve and support you is mostly it will remind you who you are and how powerful you are when you are completely yourself. And it gives you permission to be completely yourself.
