I am enjoying the interview so far but I haven't finished yet... so here are some mixed and confused thought about the subject... :D
I think Stephen Braude has documented one of the most staggering examples of "astrology at work" in his "Golden Leaf Lady" book. If you don't know what I am talking about I highly recommend the book. $14 well spent :)
https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Leaf-Other-Parapsychological-Investigations-ebook/dp/B001NPE9SA
Also, coming from someone as skeptical as Braude it's quite surprising...
Personally I have dabbled with astrology a few years ago and it's dual nature... one side very technical and mathematical and on the other symbolic and subjective. It's once again the two-headed monster we struggle with in this forum... the laws of physics and experience/subjectivity, physical/non physical, etc...
My impression is that astrology works best in the "right hands" and this is confirmed in my limited experience after having done a bunch of readings.
The practitioner makes the difference. Big time.
I've done two readings with a brilliant american astrologer (who has a number of published books) and I remember at one time I was preplexed by a number of extremely precise and matching statements ( à la Braude's wife ) she had said. I interrupted her and asked if those where the result of consulting her chart or a psychic intuition: she confirmed the latter, saying that usually she gets these very precise impressions about certain events. So... that's no astrology. Or at least it is astrology++
I mean, astrology can be practiced by a computer and in fact there's plenty of advanced softwares out there that do precisely that. They apply the mathematics and complex rules and spit out a "reading" combining a series of pre-made statements. The results seem more in line with the kind of astrology most skeptic superstar ramble about. (Typically they rage against horoscopes, which are usually worst than the output of specialized software).
By the way, for those interested in the controversy and scientific investigations on astrology there's a brilliant book, "Astrology in the Year Zero"
https://www.amazon.com/Astrology-Ye...?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1491585236&sr=8-1
which offers a balanced and insightful outlook on the subject.
To spoiler the "finale" a little bit... scientific studies are inconclusive, and I suspect part of the problem is that every practitioner has a different "performance". Just like if you put a paintbrush in the hands of 10 painters you will get very different results.
Time permitting I'd love to read the paper by Renay and learn more about her study. It's quite fascinating.
Cheers