So… I’m writing this on a wave of post Equinox and Full Moon energy and excited by the creative possibilities opening up all around. I described my puppets in the last edition of Conjunction and am still knitting… although unsurprisingly finding I’m a little stuck on Saturn! Recent events have got me thinking about mums…
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Extract from an interview Louise Huber gave to Verena Bachmann in 2003, first published in German in ‘Astrologie Heute’, recently translated into English by Sue Lewis. VB: How did you get into esotericism? LH: As a result of the Second World War. I suffered four years of war. Initially I wanted to study sports, then…
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This post was written by Pam Tyler, who was joint founder of APA in 1983. The Hubers rocked my world in 1978. The first time I heard them speak was in Atlanta at the American Federation of Astrologers Conference. I had come from London to sit for the AFA’s Teacher and Professional Certification exam. My…
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The following message was sent by the Huber family to friends of Louise Huber, which will include many members of APA and other astrologers. “Everything must be in harmony with the whole.” Louise Huber, 2003 “We all need more devotion” Louise Huber, 2015 Dear Friends of Louise Huber On the 13th of January at 12:15,…
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Sad news has reached us of the passing of Louise Huber co-founder, along with husband Bruno, of the Astrological Psychology Institute (API) in Adliswil, Switzerland. Louise was a driving force in the founding of API in 1968. She supported the research made by Bruno into astrological psychology and the development of what has become known…
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This piece by former API tutor Wendy Oak first appeared in an early issue of Conjunction. When my Age Point crossed over Neptune shortly before my MC, I experienced a sublime dissolution of all that I thought I was, and became, briefly, part of a transpersonal understanding. It happened out of the blue when I…
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What is the purpose of an astrological-psychological consultation, and what can you expect from it? This is an edited version of an article by Louise Huber, which was first published in the German-language magazine ‘Astrolog’ Issue 60, February 1991, and can now be found in the book ‘Astrolog 1: Life and Meaning’. An astrological-psychological reading…
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Updated version 27 Jan 16. If you live in the USA you may well be aware of the online astrological bookshop of the Astrology Centre of America, which holds stocks of, and sells many books on astrology and astrological psychology, including those by Bruno & Louise Huber and by Joyce Hopewell. It has been brought…
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Joyce looks at the chart of David Bowie, who passed away on 10th January. This item first appeared on Joyce’s blog in April 2013. Musician and style icon David Bowie was born on 8th January 1947 at 09.00 in Brixton, London. In 2013 he was the subject of an exhibition at the V and A…
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Bruno & Louise Huber explain the psychological significance of the horoscope and its five levels in this edited extract from ‘The Astrological Houses’, which was the first and foundational book in their series on astrological psychology. This is one of an occasional series of posts where we highlight some of the basics of astrological psychology…
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Joyce examines the chart of the controversial Donald Trump, and notes its significant ‘Megaphone’ aspect figure. If you’ll pardon the pun, this man has been trumpeting forth on a variety of controversial subjects for the past few months as he ramps up his bid to be nominated as the Republican Party candidate to become the…
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The London Astrological Psychology Group has been established for a number of years and meets in Battersea about once a month on Saturdays from 2-5pm. My flat is opposite the Battersea Flower Station. Our next session, on Saturday 9 July, will focus on Sun, Moon, Saturn, and the family chart. Would anyone wishing to attend…
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Bruno Huber summarises the three classical indicators of intelligence in the horoscope – Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter, in this extract from his book ‘Astrological Psychosynthesis’. This material was first published in German in 1981 under the title ‘Intelligenz im Horoskop’, and provides a good astrological-psychological background to the previous blog post ‘Why did I do…
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I was recently asked why I had done something that was apparently rather ill-judged, and realised that I had no idea why. I had just done it. Of course, I could produce plausible reasons as to why I had done it, even try to justify it, and there might be an element of truth in…
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You may have heard the phrase “keep it simple, stupid” (or K.I.S.S. as it is sometimes written in abbreviated form). Simplicity is one of the transpersonal qualities identified in Assagioli’s Psychosynthesis and it’s a quality which pervades Astrological Psychology. The natal chart is an essay in simplicity – clear, uncluttered, easy to absorb visually and…
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