“Know thyself”
“Nosce te ipsum”, the phrase carved into the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, has travelled through centuries.
Maybe because, deep down, we all carry the same question: Who am I?
And maybe it’s so hard to answer because, somewhere along the way, we drifted away from ourselves. From an early age, we’re shaped by outside voices telling us who we should be, what’s acceptable to feel, the “right” way to behave. Layer after layer, we build a version of ourselves that works out there in the world… but inside, often leaves a void. A feeling that something is missing, though we can’t quite name it.
This is where Astrology can step in. Not as a rulebook or a fortune-teller, but as a compass pointing us back home. As a mirror reflecting the essence that’s always been there, even when we forgot.
The birth chart reveals subtle clues: why we feel more alive at certain times of the year, why we crave silence or movement, solitude or connection. It’s like finally hearing a calm voice saying, “There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a reason you are the way you are.”
The Moon, for example, speaks of our emotional world, how we feel, how we process, and what we need in order to feel nourished.
How many of us grew up believing we were “too much”? Too sensitive. Too intense. Too… everything.
Until we realise that this intensity is part of our nature. And that it often comes with a silent request to let ourselves be whole.
Every planet holds a gift.
Mars reminds us of the force that moves us.
Venus, of the way we create and love.
Mercury, of our unique voice.
How often do we go years without recognising these strengths? Or without living them fully?
To recognise them is to begin to inhabit them. And perhaps the greatest gift of Astrology is this: guiding us toward a radical acceptance of who we are, even (and especially) the parts we once called flaws.
When we understand that everything belongs to a greater design, and that there’s nothing wrong with that design, we stop fighting ourselves.
We start living by our own rhythms. Choosing relationships that honour us. Making decisions that bring us back to our essence. And finding ways to balance the parts of our nature that may not serve us, even if they are part of our nature.
In the end, Astrology doesn’t hand us a fixed fate. It offers an invitation. A continuous dialogue with ourselves, sometimes challenging, sometimes gentle. A conversation that brings us, step by step, back home. Because maybe, deep down, we already know who we are. We just need to remember.
I’m still remembering. I return to my chart and always find something that was there all along, but that I can only see now. Strangely (or maybe not), I always see it at the right time.
I guess there is a right time for everything, and maybe “always” is the right time to know myself.