The astrologers were the astronomers in the early days of our history. They perceived in nature fateful, divine signs. Seen that way everyone of us is an astrologer. We all, when meeting people, interpret signs - their facial and bodily expressions. Astrology invites us to talk about a human being in a finely layered and distinct way. I like that…
Adolf Muschg, a Swiss writer, in an interview with a Swiss magazine, 1998
In his Creative Writing classes Muschg sometimes presented the students with astrological constellations and asked them to write a short story where those themes could be displayed in a narrative form.
Adolf Muschg *1934, Swiss novelist
See also 'Astrology - the art and skill of reading signs’ in ‘Thoughts on Astrology’