Can astrology show mental disorders? No answers here. Instead, a thread of questions.
If astrology is a map of the self, what kind of map is it? Topographic maps don't show all that navigation charts do: how does astrology represent the data of mental disorders? In other words, do psychiatry and astrology speak the same language? Are you a capable translator?
Diagnosis of a mental disorder is a social event: does astrology show the fact of diagnosis, the relationship to the diagnoser, the underlying experiences of the disorder, the physiology of it, the social conditions of it? Can you tease all this apart?
Psychological data are variegated and complex. As a clinical psychologist, one role I perform is psychological testing. Can astrology show that someone got a standard score of 8 on the Visual Puzzles subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale? Can it derive a full scale IQ?
Can astrology tell you whether a mental disorder is a valid construct? Can it show you misdiagnosis? If so, how do you tell misdiagnosis from true diagnosis? Can it tell you when someone recovers from a mental disorder?
Bottom line: diagnosis mental disorders is a highly specialized interpretive act. So is astrology. That does not make them the same. The map is not the territory, and translating between maps is fraught, and requires you to read both well. Do you have the range? The license?
Clinical psychology requires humility. I am not an expert on living. I must know my limits to avoid harm and effectively help. Astrology requires more humility, if it claims to span all of life. Do you know your limits? Are you a psychological expert? Are you an expert on living?
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