ASTROLOGY PHILIPPINES

  From L to R: Astrologers Resti Santiago and  Paloma with journalist-turned lawmaker Loren Legarda and Anthony Vivero, around 1999 By MARGE C. ENRIQUEZ The late Zenaida “Kid” Garcia, better known to readers as Paloma, first reached out to BusinessWorld in 1991 with a complaint that another astrologer had copied her work. She sent proof, then offered to write. The paper ran her first essay, and she soon became a regular columnist. Writing as Paloma, she kept her identity private to pursue a mission to explain astrology. The aim was to counter the view that astrology is only planetary positions or past-life claims. Her column educated general readers and showed that life involves both destiny and personal choice. Change rests with the individual, not with the moon or planets. Years of practice, she said, deepened her faith and clarified the laws of cause and effect. Astrology, in her view, can reveal patterns behind turning points and highlight universal laws whose neglect ...