Category: Astrological Psychology

  • Colour Charts in Books

    Colour Charts in Books

    We all know that colour is an essential feature of astrological psychology, and it gives immediate meaning to the Huber-style birth chart. In the early days of the English Huber School, charts were hand-drawn with coloured pens. Then along came computers to help the process, and many charts were of necessity black-and-white. Of course, this…

  • The Zodiac in Colour

    The Zodiac in Colour

    Bruno & Louise Huber were pioneers in the use of colour in astrology. This piece is an extract from Chapter 8 of their book Transformation: Astrology as a Spiritual Path. The colour spectrum, when laid round the horoscope, gives a picture of personal development very simi­lar to that given by the theory of Age Progression;…

  • Bruno, Louise and the language of colour

    Bruno, Louise and the language of colour

    In this short extract from her book Astrological Psychology, Esotericism and the Transpersonal, Sue Lewis highlights the influences that led to the Hubers’ pioneering the use of colour in the interpretation of the astrological chart. It begins with the period the Hubers spent in Florence, working with Roberto Assagioli at his Psychosynthesis Institute, helping with…

  • Doris Lessing. Nobel Prize-Winning African Escapee.

    Doris Lessing. Nobel Prize-Winning African Escapee.

    Africa is not known for its intellect, but for its underground riches. No wonder Doris Lessing had to escape from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and go to the UK when her Age Point was moving into the 6th house of work. Writing was her work, but she got no recognition for it in Africa. In…

  • The Authors: Joyce Hopewell

    The Authors: Joyce Hopewell

    Joyce Hopewell answers her own questionnaire, which aims to elicit what motivates people to write books about astrological psychology. Joyce is author of the books The Cosmic Egg Timer, The Living Birth Chart, Using Age Progression and Aspect Patterns in Colour. 1) What inspired you to write your books? I’d wanted to write The Cosmic…

  • The Authors: Sue Lewis

    The Authors: Sue Lewis

    Sue Lewis answers Joyce Hopewell’s questionnaire, which aims to elicit what motivates people to write books about astrological psychology. Sue is author of the book Astrological Psychology, Western Esotericism and the Transpersonal. 1) What inspired you to write this book? While researching for an MA in Western Esotericism, the many parallels I found between the…

  • The Authors: Richard Llewellyn

    The Authors: Richard Llewellyn

    Richard Llewellyn answers Joyce Hopewell’s questionnaire, which aims to elicit what motivates people to write books about astrological psychology. Richard is co-author of the book The Cosmic Egg Timer: Introducing Astrological Psychology. 1) What inspired you to write this book? Having worked with Bruno and Louise Huber whilst creating the teaching material for the School…

  • The Authors: John Grove

    The Authors: John Grove

    What motivates people to write books about astrological psychology? Joyce Hopewell devised a questionnaire to find out. Here are the answers from John Grove, author of the books Dreams and Astrological Psychology and Life Passages. 1) What inspired you to write this book? As I was finishing my course for my APA diploma in 2015…

  • Gifts for Mankind: Radioactivity from Madame Curie.

    Gifts for Mankind: Radioactivity from Madame Curie.

      Marie Curie, a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist pioneered research in radioactivity. Her achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity (a term she coined) and the discovery of two elements: Polonium (named after her beloved fatherland) and Radium. Her discovery of radioactivity would later lead to the treatment of cancer with radiation. She literally gave her life to science: she died…

  • The Zero Point of the Zodiac – the Pisces/Aries Border

    The Zero Point of the Zodiac – the Pisces/Aries Border

    At the turning point of the year, we publish this article by Louise Huber on the ‘zero point’ of the zodiac, extracted from the book AstroLog I: Life and Meaning. It was first published in ‘Astrolog’ Issue 36, February 1987. Many years of observation have shown that a certain place in the zodiac has something…

  • No better book to begin Huber Astrological Psychology

    No better book to begin Huber Astrological Psychology

    The Cosmic Egg Timer 3rd Edition Review by Mark Douglas The Cosmic Egg Timer by Joyce Hopewell and Richard Llewellyn was my first introduction to Astrological Psychology. I absolutely love this book as it welcomes new astrologers, astrologers from other practice, and curious minds into the Huber world of Astrological Psychology. According to Joyce, the…

  • The NHS at 70

    The NHS at 70

    The National Health Service (NHS) in Britain is 70 years old. It was first rolled out as a service on 5th July 1948 at Park Hospital, Manchester. The chart is set up for noon; there’s no way of knowing exactly when the NHS was actually “switched on” The NHS is said to be the envy…