I read a lot of books, among them also quite a bit of novels. I have found that the best novels often are better psychology books than most psychology books, just like some of the best psychology books often are better novels than most novels.

There is a lot one could say about what books really say (f x that all characters in a novel are nothing but variations on the author´s own 12 personas that (s)he tries to become conscious of by the writing process), but that would take many books to write, so I within this frame there is just one interesting astrological point I´d like to make:

whenever a date shows up in a novel ( f x like in the book Edgar Sawtelle I am currently reading in front of the fireplace, while the rain is pounding on the mossy roof, : « He was that baby-boy, born on the thirteenth of May 1958, at six o ´clock in the morning. They named him Edgar «), I take an internal note of that. Often, from my experience, I know what moon-nodes such a date would correspond to (axis Taurus-Scorpio). Plus other information that might be in a given date, like the sun sign (Taurus, in this case), and if I feel so inclined, I might even check the time against the chart. And here comes the clue and reason why I am writing this: it turns out that the «fictional time/ date», that the writer seemingly by chance has put down actually astrologically reflects in how the characters lifes evolves in the course of the book ! Meaning, the accidental chart of the fictional character plays out in the pages. Bingo.

But what does that mean, how can that be possible ? I think we can rule out the option that the writer is an astrologer-in-the-closet, and old magician of sorts, that happens to have a knack for writing novels that contain oscure messages to esoteric readers.

What this say to me (everybody is free to chose their own beliefs) is that

no matter if something is «fictional» or «real», the same cosmological mechanics are at work, if the instrument (the writer) is aware of it or not
the borders between fiction and reality are rather arbitrary

Something to reflect upon.

Time for me to get back to my book !