It provides a framework for imagining a profound intimacy between ourselves and our world in ways that mainstream psychology does not address. Astrology functions within a larger meta-story in which every human being is an integral part of a living cosmos. This organismic view allows for the possibility of communication between the living whole and its parts in a way that a lifeless clockwork universe cannot. Second, astrological clients tend to be imagined in less pathological ways than in traditional clinical perspectives. The use of astrological symbolism provides glimpses into the complexities of human personality and considers a wide range of human expression as acceptable.
Psychopathology is less a label than an excessive or inhibited aspect of natural functioning.
Third, as all people are constellated from a finite pool of elements uniquely configured in the birth chart, a person can preserve a sense of individuality without feeling alienated from the larger human community. Fourth, astrology suggests that a client's situation is not simply the result of random and chaotic processes. The whole of the astrological perspective reflects a world that is orderly and potentially understandable. This can help return to a client a sense of control in life, a sense that their own developmental process includes the apparent chaos as a part of their larger life pattern. Because life may feel out of our control does not mean that it is out of control.