The Geometry of Being: When Astrology Stops Explaining and Starts Supporting

From recognition to radical adherence

I came across a book called "Astrology and Reincarnation" and realized I'd like to write one called "Astrology and Incarnation." Without the "re." Without the return. Just the entrance.

The difference isn't merely semantic. Reincarnation allows you to postpone: "I'll be better in the next life," "It didn't work out this time, but there will be other opportunities." Incarnation tells you: "You're here now, with this specific structure, with these particular functions. What are you going to do with that?"

And it turns out that this business of accepting what one is—instead of waiting to be something else at another time—is exactly what the great thinkers have always pointed to as the path. From the "know thyself" of the Oracle at Delphi to Nietzsche with his "become who you are," passing through the existentialists preaching authenticity while smoking in Parisian cafés. And then there are those who go exactly the opposite way: Buddhists wanting to dissolve the self, mystics trying to transcend it, African communal philosophies with their "I am because we are."

Meanwhile, here we are in 2025, watching Netflix and wondering if we're authentic or if we're performing for Instagram's algorithm.

The difference between reincarnation and incarnation is that one promises you another chance in another life, and the other tells you: "Well, you're here now, what are you going to do with what you have?"