Parents in the Birthchart

15/03/2011

 
Q. How is it possible that you can describe a person’s parents in the birthchart?  I was quite shocked when an astrologer was able to describe my folks in some very significant ways to me.

A. Any astrologer worth his salt, especially the Jungian-influenced ones, should be able to do this with reasonable acuity. This is partly due to some very obvious pointers from traditional astrology and partly due to how much quality therapy and related training the individual astrologer has done.  

Its important to point out though is that the chart will describe more of the karma, the psychodynamics and underlying behaviour patterns that the individual experienced with his or her parents particularly during childhood, rather than it being an objective description of the parent. One only has to look at the charts of a bunch of siblings to see that the parents are represented in many different ways, with some consistent themes, based on each individual’s relationship...click 'Read More' to continue...
 

Break Out the Champagne, A Jupiter Return!

15/12/2010

 
Q. I have my Jupiter return coming up in September and I am wondering what this means.

A. Jupiter has a 12 year cycle and its return to the birth position is both the end of an old cycle and the beginning of a new one, in terms of how this part of self operates in your life. Jupiter is considered to be one of the good news planets, astrologically speaking, associated with expansion, faith, optimism, good will and good fortune and the expression of much that is truly positive about ourselves and of life in general. Any significant Jupiter transit coincides with benevolent occurrences, some of it obvious, some of it not. But it would be mistake to consider Jupiter to be solely good, as like any planet or part of self it too has a shadow, which can express itself negatively. Classically this comes in the form of arrogance, judgementalism, exaggerated self-confidence, tendencies to take on too much and not be able to make good on one’s promises and expectations...click 'Read More' to continue...
 

Shiva and Shakti in the Chart?

04/10/2010

 
Q. Are there astrological correlates to Shiva and Shakti? I’m reading a lot about tantra and am wondering if this relationship is represented in the birthchart and whether there are peak times for enhancing my connection to either or both of them?

A. There are, and like tantra, there some yummy and fascinating exploration to be found in our charts. Firstly, both Shiva and Shakti have generic and specific representatives in the chart, befitting their nature...click 'Read More' to continue...
 

The 8th House, Money, Death and Sex

22/08/2010

 
Q. I have never fully understood why the 8th house in the birthchart is a house of money, of sex, death and of transformation all at the same time. What has going to a bank for a loan got to do with sex and death? 

A. It's worthwhile considering that the 8th is a house of great cycles, a great karmic waterwheel driven by, as Liz Greene put it, a deep subterranean river that is deeply emotional, psychological and an expression of the pure life-force which contain within it the seeds of its death. All the symbolism of the 8th is Plutonic, not the masculine Hades but the union of Shiva and Kali, enormously powerful and at times necessarily destructive, as part of the great cycles of birth, transformation and death. And so this is a place of great primal power within us, some of which we can harness and some of which is thankfully beyond our ability to control and manipulate, given that few people on the planet can do so without causing great destruction and great karmic debts......click 'Read More' to continue...