The Essence of Astrology
Search "astrology" in Psychology Today or any other mainstream clinical magazine and you will find pages of scathing articles claiming its relationship to narcissism and lack of scientific legitimacy in general. It would come as no surprise for anyone to think that many in the scientific community would likely align with this critical position as well.25.09.2024The Western Mind at the Threshold: Astrology and the Postmodern Crisis
The following article was first presented in 1986 as a lecture for the Institute for the Study of Consciousness in Berkeley, and then in a longer plenary address given to the First International Cycles and Symbols Conference, a gathering of psychologists and astrologers held in San Francisco in 1990. We believe it represents a particularly succinct statement about astrology’s broader implications in ways that continue to hold relevance for our times—perhaps even more today than thirty years ago. For that reason, we felt it was worth bringing to the public’s attention again.10.10.2023Astrology and the Theory of Correspondences
Over the years I've had any number of friendly debates with colleagues as to exactly how astrology works. During those exchanges I've come across multiple theories which try to answer that question, drawing on such wide-ranging concepts as geo-magnetism, quantum non-locality, fractals, gravity, string theory, sacred geometry, Jung's theory of "synchronictiy," or perhaps some subtle-but-as-yet-unknown energy of nature.
I had what seemed an unusually productive session with a client not long ago. Which is to say I offered some information she seemed to find helpful, while managing to hit a few “home runs” along the way, as far as coming up with specific insights into her life and personality.
How much of what we use and assume in erecting horoscopes is truly universal, applicable anywhere in the universe, and how much is strictly cultural and local, not exportable anywhere beyond the confines of our own little corner of space and time? Was there an archetypal basis to astrology that could be applied anywhere, and if so, what did it consist of? And if not, what might those exotic forms of astrology in other locales look like?04.03.2020StarGates: Planetary Portals and Windows in Time
Besides making two groundbreaking scientific discoveries, the scientist Joseph Priestley published major papers on electricity, invented new apparatuses for the creation of electrical charge, isolated and named ten distinct gases, and wrote more than fifty books and pamphlets on politics, education, and faith. What explains why certain historical periods are times when new ideas burst onto the scene in profusion?
Late in the summer of 1992, while working for a magazine outside of Chicago, I began feeling increasingly burned out by the long hours I’d been keeping for months on end and decided to just get away for a few days by myself. So, after talking it over with both my bosses, I managed to wrangle a few extra days around an upcoming weekend and rearrange a few other things in my schedule.
I recently met with a client whose natal horoscope included an especially volatile Mars positioned exactly on his 4th-house cusp—the segment of the horoscope relating to home and domesticity. During the course of our conversation, the young man told me of a curious event that occurred at the moment he was born. Exactly as his mother was at the hospital giving birth to him, a small fire broke out back at the family home, causing extensive damage to one of several bedrooms.28.11.2016Synchronicity and the Mind of God
Most of us have, at some point or another, experienced certain unusual coincidences so startling they compel us to wonder about their possible significance or purpose. Do these strange occurrences hold some deeper meaning for our lives? Or are they simply chance events, explainable through ordinary laws of probability, as most scientists claim?
The astrology that you don't know: Let's explore that premise. The first case that comes to mind involved a client whose mother was experiencing Neptune's direct transit over her Aquarian sun. I explained at length that this influence typically involved fraud, and warned her not to let her mother fall into the hands of an unscrupulous financial broker, one who might be playing fast and loose with other peoples' money during this era of deregulation.
I'm a paradox myself: the goody-two-shoes Virgo and the unruly Aquarius. Without contradictions there are no complementarities. Life is a paradox, as it contains both deaaaath and proooogress. Your astrological natal chart (NC) shows the MC’s continuous advancement and the IC’s constant surrender. Or the AC’s relentless hope defying the rivalry and challenges of the DC.Topics in the Astro Shop
Current Planets
28-Apr-2025, 06:11
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| Sun | 8 | 12'49" | 14n15 | ||
| Moon | 14 | 33'50" | 19n52 | ||
| Mercury | 11 | 55' 5" | 2n05 | ||
| Venus | 28 | 42'20" | 0n55 | ||
| Mars | 4 | 20'51" | 21n10 | ||
| Jupiter | 20 | 49'27" | 22n53 | ||
| Saturn | 27 | 34' 2" | 2s48 | ||
| Uranus | 26 | 9'46" | 19n05 | ||
| Neptune | 1 | 0'36" | 0s46 | ||
| Pluto | 3 | 48'32" | 22s44 | ||
| TrueNode | 26 | 45'50"r | 1s17 | ||
| Chiron | 23 | 54'47" | 9n59 | ||
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