Astrological Psychology

Tag: materialism

  • Irreducible

    Irreducible

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    Many (most?) astrologers know that their astrology ‘works’. It provides them with valuable insight into their lives or the outside world. They may not be particularly interested in ‘how’ this works. Scientists and technologists, on the other hand, are very much concerned with how things work, and tend to be rather sceptical of astrology. Having…

  • Astrological Psychology and the Need of our Times

    Astrological Psychology and the Need of our Times

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    In this extract from Chapter 2 of The Cosmic Egg Timer, Joyce Hopewell and Richard Llewellyn outline the historical and psychological context within which astrological psychology was developed. “Astrology must be reborn and must perform again for our modern world, made chaotic by an unbridled and false individualism and by the sudden opening of psychological…

  • The Nature of Astrology

    The Nature of Astrology

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    Astrological psychology is mostly used as a practice to help the personal development and evolution of an individual human being. Most practitioners are not particularly concerned with the philosophical underpinnings of a practice that they know works for them. This has perhaps been the case for most astrologers over the ages. Yet we live in…

  • Capricorn in Focus

    Capricorn in Focus

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    I was particularly struck by these words by Simon Marlow, from the World Goodwill report of his talk at the recent full moon meeting for Capricorn 10 January 2020 at 19:21GMT: “There are two distinct yet interrelated qualities to Capricorn. On the one hand this sign symbolises and promotes the deepest involvement in the material…

  • Post materialistic psychology

    Post materialistic psychology

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    David Lorimer’s (and others’) reviews in Paradigm Explorer (new name for the magazine of the Scientific and Medical Network) are always worth reading. You get an impression of far more current books than you could ever read. I was particularly struck by David’s review of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality, edited by Lisa…