The Drugs Don’t Work: Astrology and Addiction

As Bill Hicks remarked “George Bush said ‘We are losing the war against drugs.’ You know what that implies? There’s a war being fought, and the people on drugs are winning it.”

So maybe our whole approach to drugs and addiction is wrong. In this talk John looks at the nature of various illegal drugs and why we might be attracted to them through the lens of our birth chart. Can we understand why we want to take drugs, and what we are looking for from them?

He also looks at why there is such a correlation between musicians and drugs and examines the psychology of addiction. How might addiction show up in our chart and what can we do to encourage a greater understanding of what it means to be an addict?

This video is taken from a live online webinar given for the Mercury Internet School of Psychological Astrology (MISPA) by John Green in 2016. Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes