The Psychology of Astrology

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The Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung studied astrology for over 40 years, and was primarily interested in the way astrology could help to explore the psyche. For Jung, astrology represents the sum of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity. The notion of seeing mythic narratives through patterns in the heavens is one of the earliest attempts to link the outer world with the inner world.

The well-known Hermetic dictum, “As above, so below,” is key to astrology. It is the idea that man (the microcosm), is influenced by the universe (the macrocosm). That is to say, truths about the nature of the cosmos may be inferred from truths about human nature, and vice versa.

At the exact moment of birth, each person receives the typical qualities of the libido or energy which is characteristic of him or her. Time, or the moment understood as a peculiar form of energy, seems to coincide with our psychological condition. For Jung, this leads to a peculiar hypothesis, that our personality does not have to do with the position of the stars, but rather with the qualitative effect of time, also called synchronicity, based on the ancient Stoic concept of cosmic sympathy.

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📚 Recommended Reading

▶ C.G. Jung. Jung on Astrology
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▶ Jung's Studies in Astrology. Prophecy, Magic, and the Qualities of Time
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▶ Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle - Jung
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▶ Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self - Jung
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▶ Esoteric Astrology - Alan Leo
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📝 Sources

- See Recommended Reading List above
- A Babylonian Diviner’s Manual. Translation by A. Leo Oppenheim
- C.G. Jung’s Collected Works (Vol. I-XX)
- C.G. Jung Speaking. Interviews and Encounters. Edited by William McGuire and R.F.C. Hull
- C.G. Jung, Letters Vol.1 (1906-1950). Selected and Edited by Gerhard Adler
- C.G. Jung, Letters Vol.2 (1951-1961). Selected and Edited by Gerhard Adler
- Clark, B. Jung and the Astrological Timepiece
- Clark, B. Jung’s Contribution to Astrology
- The Soul’s Code – James Hillman
- The Rosicrucian Christianity Lectures by Max Heindel. Lecture Ten: Astrology. Its Scope and Limitations
- https://jungiancenter.org/jung-on-astrology

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⌛ Timestamps

(0:00) Introduction
(3:54) The Zodiac: Wheel of Life
(5:06) The Basics of Astrology
(9:37) Microcosm and Macrocosm
(10:44) Astrology becomes Astronomy
(11:48) Astrology and Carl Jung
(17:12) Astrology as Ancient Psychology
(20:02) Astrological Age and Precession of the Equinoxes
(23:12) Qualitative Time
(27:02) Astrology and Synchronicity
(28:23) Sympatheia: Cosmic Sympathy
(29:00) Psychoid and Unus Mundus, Pleroma, Anima Mundi
(30:00) Planets as Archons (Gnosticism)
(30:50) Spirit of the Depths and Spirit of the Times
(32:28) Jung’s Thoughts on Astrology Before Death
(33:15) Fate and Free Will
(36:13) Individuation and Daimon (Soul-Image)
(38:20) Exoteric and Esoteric Astrology
(39:25) Aquarius: The Coming New Aeon
(43:31) Conclusion

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