Tag: Joyce Hopewell

  • The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

    The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

    This book was a Christmas gift (thank you daughter) and its simple message, full of wisdom and magic, bears hope and significance for the times we are living in as 2020 and the new decade begins. It’s about love, friendship and kindness. I’ve read it through cover to cover, I’ve dipped into it, and I’ve…

  • The Magic of Psychosynthesis: Initiation and Self Development by Will Parfitt

    The Magic of Psychosynthesis: Initiation and Self Development by Will Parfitt

    Joyce Hopewell reviews Will Parfitt’s new book We are living in troubled, unsettling times, not just here in the UK where I sit and write, but in many countries around the world. Brexit, now exposed for what it really is, has morphed into an unpleasant can of worms and the effects reverberate not only in…

  • Jodrell Bank Telescope gains UNESCO World Heritage status

    Jodrell Bank Telescope gains UNESCO World Heritage status

    I wrote this post on my astrological psychology blog in August 2007, when the famous telescope was celebrating its half-century. On 7th July 2019 it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status, and it’s worth revisiting what I wrote in the context of this significant award, setting in alongside the chart image for the telescope and…

  • Moon and Feelings

    Moon and Feelings

    In this extract from her book The Living Birth Chart: Astrological Psychology in Practice, Joyce Hopewell considers the relationship of the Moon with our feeling self, which often proves to highlight key issues in astrological psychology consultation. At the end she suggests one of the exercises from the book for you to reflect on this…

  • 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 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…

  • Freddie Mercury

    Freddie Mercury

    Freddie Mercury tops of my list of rock singers. His voice is iconic, along with his style and energy in performance. He was electric and riveting on stage but, according to the current biopic of his his life with Queen, was not an easy person to live with. Nor was he comfortable with himself and…

  • The Armistice, 100 years on

    The Armistice, 100 years on

    The signing of the Armistice to end the First World War, also known as the Great War, took place in a railway carriage at Compiègne, France on 11.11.1918, at 11.00 am. Every year since, remembrance of those who died in this most bloody and dreadful war, and in all subsequent wars, has been made in…

  • 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…

  • Astrology, Relationships and Click Horoscopes

    Astrology, Relationships and Click Horoscopes

    When looking at relationships between two people, a conventional chart comparison (synastry) will seek out aspects between a planet in a sign in one person’s chart, and a planet in a sign in the other person’s. For example, the Moon in Cancer my chart might be in a 120 degrees apart trine aspect relationship with…

  • Gustav Holst and The Planets Suite

    Gustav Holst and The Planets Suite

    I recently visited the Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham and was fascinated to learn about this British composer’s life. I’ve long been a fan of his Planets Suite and have occasionally wondered how he was inspired to write music about seven planets with their correct, traditional astrological characteristics. At the museum I discovered that he…

  • Meetings with Amazing People

    Meetings with Amazing People

    Packed with so many good things to savour, I enjoyed and relished this newly-published book Meetings with Amazing People by Will Parfitt. Will has a long association with APA and his 2003 book, Psychosynthesis: The Elements and Beyond, is recommended reading for those studying our published Diploma Course in Astrological Psychology. Will has packed his…