Music

占星

“占星” is my attempt to place zodiac signs, planets, chart structure and the four elements directly inside a song. I have worked with these ideas for some time, and I have always felt that many people know astrology only through simplified descriptions of the twelve signs. A full chart, however, contains many more symbolic layers—the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, each occupying a different role. My goal was not to make the song mysterious for the sake of mystery. I actually wanted it to be easier to understand. Someone hearing it for the first time should be able to recognize the four elements—fire, water, air and earth—and gain a rough sense of how different planets function inside a chart. To give that system the scale of a complete world, I used orchestra, harp, organ, timpani and a large choir, creating something ceremonial and expansive. What makes the song interesting to me is not prediction. It is the challenge of taking a symbolic language that usually requires long explanations and compressing it into music that can be remembered by ear.