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In the tradition which has now come to us from the mystical land of Tibet, it is told that Manjushri, the embodiment of wisdom, gave the science and artform of astrology to the people of ancient times as a tool to aid their understanding.

But the people misused astrology — it became a limiting game, a pastime in itself, rather than a tool for dharma, for ‘words of truth’, for growth and understanding, going beyond all limitations. So, Manjushri took the astrology books away from the people, and hid them in a cave, until such time that the people would be ready to use the teachings skillfully and meaningfully…

Then, much later, a man named Padma Sambhava (meaning “the Lotus Born”) entered into Tibetan history. Padma Sambhava is the great teacher and skilled magician, the father of Tantra who brought the Vajrayana — Tantric Buddhism — into Tibet in the 8th century A.D.

Padma Sambhava prayed deeply and powerfully to Manjushri, summoning him and asking for the astrology texts, praying that, this time, the people would be ready to use their knowledge for their own good. Manjushri granted his prayer, and told him where the texts were hidden. In this way, Padma Sambhava was able to re-introduce the ancient intuitive science of astrology to the people of Tibet.

And now, finally, at the dawn of a new age, Padma Sambhava’s teachings have come to the West, just as the ways of the West have come to the East.

Now, finally, at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, it is time to rediscover astrology again, to see within it a powerful, valuable tool to be used for deep inner growth, for the spreading of light and love thruout the world, thruout the galaxies, wherever we may wander.