Rainer Rollfink

Perhaps it all began with the question we all ask ourselves at some point in life: “Who am I?” and “What should I do with my life?”

Because when I look at some photos from my childhood, I get the sense that thinking about things has been a central part of my life.

I used to play draughts, and chess, build things with meccano sets, and later paint and play with miniature toy US Civil War soldiers. As a family we often played card games in the evening. My cousin and I would spend many a Saturday afternoon engrossed in a game of Battle of the Little Bighorn, where the Indians battled Custer’s cavalry.

I was always quick at finding winning strategies – how to play to win.

I had been around the world three times by the age of 12, as my German parents kept revisiting the ‘fatherland’. That probably gave me a broader view of the world and many different cultures. In those days we travelled by ship – it took 4–5 weeks between Australia and Europe, and seeing land after a week or more at sea was always special.

In Melbourne I grew up with Italian, Maltese, Greek, Russian, German, Dutch and Australian friends.

Fast forward to my thirties, and somehow I got one of the first printed astrology reports that just had a block of text for each planet in its sign, then in its house – to cut a long story short, it still needed a lot of work to really make sense of it all.

But it seemed a daring step just to get the report back then. It felt like I was entering another dimension.

Eventually I decided to learn how to read the whole horoscope. By the late 90s I had completed my Diploma of Applied Astrology. Frith and I  started AstroInsight in 1999, and we’ve been involved with astrology ever since, selling reports, seeing clients and running the occasional course or workshop.

At home astrology has been like our second language.

Over the course of my life I have worked in the textile industry, been a photographer, an owner-builder, designed my own house, traded shares and cfds, designed trading systems, qualified as a Financial Advisor, and learned and done many home handyman and construction jobs around the house.

Lately I’ve also been writing course material and building websites.

I’ve been the Association of Professional Astrologers’ Newsletter Editor for the past 4 years, and am now also the APA website administrator.

What I particularly love about astrology is the depth of insight it offers into ourselves and each other – and at a much deeper level than the personality profile tests used in so many workplaces these days.

I like people much more when I can understand ‘where they are coming from’ – and astrology does that for me. Maybe that’s only natural.

I like being able to get a sense of what I call ‘the psyche of the time’ – using astrology – when crazy things happen in the world.

Would I try to predict the future? I don’t believe the future is predetermined or predestined. As if ultimately you had only one choice.

I wonder whether some people ‘don’t believe in’ astrology because they are secretly afraid of the idea that our lives are fated to unfold in a certain way – or that they think that astrology is only about predicting the future.

Here’s my take on the question of Fate:

An ‘unexamined life’ is often at the mercy of ‘fate’ – more than we realise. Many people will tell you that, not just astrologers.

An ‘examined life’ is guided more from who we really are, in ways we can only appreciate after the analysis.

I believe in giving your Destiny a helping hand.

This is the philosophy behind AstroInsight and all we do.

And I hope to meet you in this endeavour some day.

Till we meet,

Regards

Rainer

I believe it is the quality of the individual that makes the difference in what you get out of a ‘Horoscope Reading’. But if you want to know a little about my Qualifications and memberships here is some of the ‘formal’ stuff:

Diploma in Applied Astrology (Astro*Synthesis)
Diploma in Financial Advising (Securities Institute)
Diploma in Applied Science (Dye Chemistry)

Cert IV in Training and Assessment (Cert IV TAA)

Member of the Association of Professional Astrologers (APA)
Editor of the APA Newsletter/ Website admin for APA

In regard to seeing me for an ‘Astrological Reading’ or a Consultation:

While a ‘standard’ consultation is for 90 minutes, I am happy to arrange a shorter consultation for an initial session. Let me know what you want to discuss, and I’ll give you some options.

It’s also good to know in advance what you want to focus on particularly, as I do spend some time preparing before your session. (Perhaps more than other astrologers, from what I’ve heard.)

When you’re ready to see if I might be the astrologer for you, Call me on (03) 9889 2118 during business hours for a no-obligation enquiry.

 

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