Astrology as Depth Psychology

"Astrology is a science in itself and contains an illuminating body of knowledge. It taught me many things and I am greatly indebted to it. Geophysical evidence reveals the power of the starts and the planets in relation to the terrestrial. In turn, astrology reinforces this power to some extent. This is why astrology si like a life-giving elxir to humankind."

Albert Einstein

"Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which preceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence." Liz Greene

"The planets do no do things to us. Instead they are symbols of psychological forces within us, mirroring our inner world in the outer cosmos." Liz Greene

"The basic meaning of the horoscope is that, by mapping out the positions of the planets and their relations to one another (aspects), together with the distributionof the signs of the zodiac a the cardinal points, it gives a picture first of the psychic and then of the physical constitution of the individual. It represents, in essence, a system of original and fundamental qualiteis in a person's character, and can therefore be regarded as an equivalent of the individual psyche."

Carl Jung (1955)

"I should perhaps add a few explanatory words for those readers who do not feel at home with the ancient art and technique of astrology. Its basis is the horoscope, a circular arrangement of sun, moon, and planets according to their relative positions in the signs of the zodiac at the moment of an individual's birth. There are three main positions, viz, those of the sun, the moon, and the so-called ascendant, the last has the greatest importance for the interpretation of an activity: the ascendant represents the degree of the zodicacal sign rising over the eastern horizon at the moment of birth. The horoscope consists of 12 so-called "houses," sectors of 30" each. Astrological tradition ascribes different qualiteis to them as it does the the various "aspects," i.e. angular relations of the planets and the luminaria (sun and moon), and to the zodiacal signs."

Carl Jung

Jung describes the map used by all astrolgers that illuminates your sacred geometrical connection to all living things. Jung recognized that astrology provides a "psychological description of character, and that the planets correspond to an individuals character components. Jung believed that the horoscope reflects the devlopment and differences of individual character traits. He further believed the natal chart provided the insights of depth psychology into the intention of the psyche, the soul, for this lifetime.

Psychological astrology, or astropsychology, is a discipline that merges astrology with depth psychology, humanistic psychology, and transpersonal psychology. Its goal is to comprehend the human psyche using astrology, interpreting the zodiac and planets as symbols of archetypal processes and psychological dynamics.