Hudson Valley Astrologer

“Knock on wood is a saying for good luck. I think that started when someone went to someone’s door to see if someone was home. ‘I really hope Joe is home, knock on wood.’”

~ Mitch Hedberg

Superstition confuses cause and effect. If I carry a shiny amethyst stone in my pocket, the illuminated purple vibrates and surround my being with a protective veil that can be healing. Priests wear the same color around Easter and Advent. Something’s going on, whether it’s the color purple, the stone, or the habit of thought that accompanies the ritual of gathering stones for this purpose. It’s hard to say which came first: it’s a chicken and egg thing.

I do not consider myself superstitious in the conventional sense. I do not tap the emblem of a saint hung over the archway of the door in the hopes of bringing the team a win — all on my account. Knock on wood!

Sri Aurobindo taught that superstition arises when faith becomes disconnected from discernment and reason. To me, this is such an appealing view! Knock on wood!!

True spirituality transcends blind belief and instead seeks a deeper understanding of the natural and divine order. While I acknowledge the seen and the unseen — forces and higher principles at work in life — I strive to approach them with inner discernment, integrating intuition with reason. To me, the journey is not about clinging to rituals or omens but about aligning with the evolutionary force of consciousness — the creative principle guiding all existence. Knock on wood!

As an astrologer, it might be counter intuitive to think about approaching the sacred science without superstition. Yet for me integrating intuition with reason — the science of gradualism — and embracing individual potential for involution, as much as evolution, is the goal. I

Let’s call this work — centered around the Astral Core — Involutionary Astrology.

Knock on wood.

HVA

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