Sort a reading into psychological or predictive

Working out which kind of astrology you are actually practising.

Take the reading or interpretation below and sort every claim in it into one of four piles:

1. **Descriptive symbolism.** A statement about what a symbol traditionally means. Not a claim about the world.
2. **Psychological framing.** A statement about inner life offered as a lens to reflect on, which I can accept or reject.
3. **Predictive.** A claim that something will happen, or that a placement causes an outcome.
4. **Unfalsifiable flattery.** A statement true of almost anyone, phrased to feel personal.

Quote each claim before classifying it. Then:
- For everything in pile 3, rewrite it as a pile 2 statement.
- For everything in pile 4, say what it would take to make it specific enough to be worth saying.
- Name which mode the reading is mostly operating in, and whether it is consistent or quietly switching between them.

Be blunt. Most readings contain more of pile 4 than their author thinks.

Reading:

Questioning the tradition. Where sources disagree, what separates symbolic from predictive, and the sceptic's honest case.