Astrology is an art, science, craft and some would say, a spiritual study of the heavenly bodies. Its fundamental principles greatly predate those of modern science.
The astrological chart, called a horoscope, delineates the positions of celestial objects relative to a particular time and place. However, Astrology is like a living and growing tree with many different branches that represent the many different astrological traditions and schools of thought.
Though every tradition is based on a horoscope that delineates the positions of celestial objects relative to time and space, each tradition has its own unique focus and delineation. Most professional astrologers are versed but not always proficient in all astrological traditions.
Almost every professional astrologer, after completing a thorough study of the language, syntax and mechanics of the astrological technique, will find they resonate to a specific school of astrological thought. This becomes their area of interest and they continue their astrological education by focusing on its unique delineation. This tradition will then be used in their professional work.
 Do you live in Atlanta? Are you curious about astrology? Looking for an opportunity to participate in friendships and the exchange of ideas with others who are also astrologically curious? Do you want to expand your astrological horizons? Or keep up with astrological happens in Atlanta?
Join the Metropolitan Atlanta Astrological Society on meetup.com ~ click here.
Humanistic Astrology
Many modern astrologers resonate to psychological astrology, specifically the humanistic and developmental astrology of Dane Rudhyar.
Humanistic astrology is a branch of astrology that is focuses on understanding human potential. It is a psychological astrology that not only seeks to use astrological methods for personality evaluation, but to use an individual's horoscope as a guide for individual development.
This astrology answers our human need for self-understanding, it fits in with the general idea of human potential and with the traditional psychology's defined developmental stages. Humanistic astrology stresses growth and increased awareness.
Dane Rudhyar, one of the founding Fathers of Humanistic astrology, believed the birth chart revealed the purpose of the life and the key to one's destiny. He believed the personal horoscope is like a "seed-plan" that shows a person's unique path of development. And just like the packet containing seeds depicts a picture of the plant that the enclosed seeds may eventually become, so the horoscope symbolizes the kind of adult an individual has the potential to become.
A humanistic astrologer holds that the birth chart indicates psychological predispositions that influence the way we see things and how we react to them. In other words, the birth chart indicates an individual's behavior as influenced by the individual's own perception of experience and not necessarily by object reality of that experience.
For example, a traditional astrology cook-book might say that Saturn conjunct the Moon in the Fourth House indicates a difficult early life and the likelihood of a parent who was not very nurturing. A humanistic astrologer would not disagree with the quality of the subjective emotions or psychological effects of this combination on the individual, but would emphasize that the cause of the psychological effects was the individual’s perception of early life, not necessarily the reality of that early life.
According to humanistic astrology, the chart does not describe objective reality as much as it describes the individual’s subjective experience of the objective reality.
For a humanistic astrologer the birth chart provides insight into the client's internal conflicts, and the transits and progression say when these conflicts will surface to be healed. To the humanistic astrologer the planetary movements do not predict specific events rather they indicate the nature, meaning, and duration of various developmental periods and the best way to navigate the challenges and opportunities that will be presented.
Excerpt from ~ The Birth of Psychological Astrology by Glenn Perry, Ph.D.
".....By the 1960's Rudhyar's project of reformulating astrology received new impetus from the humanistic movement in psychology. Humanistic psychology, as embodied in the writings of Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, and others, had arisen in response to the bleak pessimism inherent in the Freudian psychoanalytic view and the robot conception of human potential implied in behaviorism. Both psychoanalysis and behaviorism were deterministic in that they conceived of personality as the effect of causes external to the person himselfâ€"i.e., genetics, parents, environmental conditions, and so on. Humanistic psychologists countered this trend by developing models which could account for the apparent purposiveness and growth-seeking behavior of human beings.
Rather than portray the individual as caught in an interminable struggle between instinctual drives and the inhibiting influence of society (psychoanalysis), or fragment the person into a multitude of conditioned behaviors as seen from an external vantage point (behaviorism), humanists perceived the individual as a unified organism made up of autonomous drives and functions which could be differentiated from one another and integrated into a functional whole greater than the sum of its parts. Read entire article
The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect , a metaphor for Chaos Theory, theorizes that a change in something seemingly innocuous, such as a flap of a butterfly's wings, may have unexpected larger consequences in the future.
As in the butterfly effect, the study of astrology reveals that even small differences in initial conditions ~ such as the environment one grows up in ~ will yield widely diverging lives. This happens even though the chart of a birth itself is deterministic ~ meaning that future behavior is fully determined by the date, time and location of birth ~ but the birth chart alone does not take into account the seemingly innocuous or random events of each individual life ~ such as parents, culture, friends, teachers, relocation or any number of random variables that cause chaos in the horoscopes deterministic patterns. (Mark Twain's "The prince and the Pauper" is the story of two boys who were born on the same day and in the same location but begin life in very different circumstances)
Perception
In other words, the deterministic nature of astrology does not predict the circumstances of the life that will be lived ~ only the subjective experience of those circumstances. Nor do transits and progressions predict specific events, only when the subjective perceptions will be sparked and brought forward, giving the individual opportunity to acknowledge and change these perceptions and modify their behavior.Â
I am primarily a humanistic astrologer and believe that perception is all important ~ if you can change your perception you can change your life.
As fate and freewill intermingle with the storms of chaos in our lives, we are given the opportunity to change the set of our sails. A conscious and aware individual, one who knows and understands their unique challenges, strengths, motivations and gifts, is better able to survive the random storms of life and navigate ~ be the captain of ~ their own destiny.
To follow the Atlanta Astrology Examiner as she examines life on this small planet scroll to the top of this article, and click on SUBSCRIBE. Your e-mail address will not be shared! If there is someone or something you'd like Patricia to write about send your ideas to askpatricia@comcast.net.Patricia Lantz is a practicing astrologer and hypnotherapist living in Atlanta Georgia. Want to know more about Patricia? For a complete bio visit www.astrology-hypnotherapy.com. Then call or write for a free pre-session consultation ~ (678)-763-0552 or email lifescript@comcast.net. Patricia is also the Astrology Editor for All Things Healing, an online community for spiritual and healing practices.
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SubscribeThe astrological chart, called a horoscope, delineates the positions of celestial objects relative to a particular time and place. However, Astrology is like a living and growing tree with many different branches that represent the many different astrological traditions and schools of thought.
Though every tradition is based on a horoscope that delineates the positions of celestial objects relative to time and space, each tradition has its own unique focus and delineation. Most professional astrologers are versed but not always proficient in all astrological traditions.
Almost every professional astrologer, after completing a thorough study of the language, syntax and mechanics of the astrological technique, will find they resonate to a specific school of astrological thought. This becomes their area of interest and they continue their astrological education by focusing on its unique delineation. This tradition will then be used in their professional work.
 Do you live in Atlanta? Are you curious about astrology? Looking for an opportunity to participate in friendships and the exchange of ideas with others who are also astrologically curious? Do you want to expand your astrological horizons? Or keep up with astrological happens in Atlanta?
Join the Metropolitan Atlanta Astrological Society on meetup.com ~ click here.
Humanistic Astrology
Many modern astrologers resonate to psychological astrology, specifically the humanistic and developmental astrology of Dane Rudhyar.
Humanistic astrology is a branch of astrology that is focuses on understanding human potential. It is a psychological astrology that not only seeks to use astrological methods for personality evaluation, but to use an individual's horoscope as a guide for individual development.
This astrology answers our human need for self-understanding, it fits in with the general idea of human potential and with the traditional psychology's defined developmental stages. Humanistic astrology stresses growth and increased awareness.
Dane Rudhyar, one of the founding Fathers of Humanistic astrology, believed the birth chart revealed the purpose of the life and the key to one's destiny. He believed the personal horoscope is like a "seed-plan" that shows a person's unique path of development. And just like the packet containing seeds depicts a picture of the plant that the enclosed seeds may eventually become, so the horoscope symbolizes the kind of adult an individual has the potential to become. A humanistic astrologer holds that the birth chart indicates psychological predispositions that influence the way we see things and how we react to them. In other words, the birth chart indicates an individual's behavior as influenced by the individual's own perception of experience and not necessarily by object reality of that experience.
For example, a traditional astrology cook-book might say that Saturn conjunct the Moon in the Fourth House indicates a difficult early life and the likelihood of a parent who was not very nurturing. A humanistic astrologer would not disagree with the quality of the subjective emotions or psychological effects of this combination on the individual, but would emphasize that the cause of the psychological effects was the individual’s perception of early life, not necessarily the reality of that early life.
According to humanistic astrology, the chart does not describe objective reality as much as it describes the individual’s subjective experience of the objective reality.
For a humanistic astrologer the birth chart provides insight into the client's internal conflicts, and the transits and progression say when these conflicts will surface to be healed. To the humanistic astrologer the planetary movements do not predict specific events rather they indicate the nature, meaning, and duration of various developmental periods and the best way to navigate the challenges and opportunities that will be presented.
Excerpt from ~ The Birth of Psychological Astrology by Glenn Perry, Ph.D.
".....By the 1960's Rudhyar's project of reformulating astrology received new impetus from the humanistic movement in psychology. Humanistic psychology, as embodied in the writings of Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, and others, had arisen in response to the bleak pessimism inherent in the Freudian psychoanalytic view and the robot conception of human potential implied in behaviorism. Both psychoanalysis and behaviorism were deterministic in that they conceived of personality as the effect of causes external to the person himselfâ€"i.e., genetics, parents, environmental conditions, and so on. Humanistic psychologists countered this trend by developing models which could account for the apparent purposiveness and growth-seeking behavior of human beings.
Rather than portray the individual as caught in an interminable struggle between instinctual drives and the inhibiting influence of society (psychoanalysis), or fragment the person into a multitude of conditioned behaviors as seen from an external vantage point (behaviorism), humanists perceived the individual as a unified organism made up of autonomous drives and functions which could be differentiated from one another and integrated into a functional whole greater than the sum of its parts. Read entire article
The Butterfly EffectThe butterfly effect , a metaphor for Chaos Theory, theorizes that a change in something seemingly innocuous, such as a flap of a butterfly's wings, may have unexpected larger consequences in the future.
As in the butterfly effect, the study of astrology reveals that even small differences in initial conditions ~ such as the environment one grows up in ~ will yield widely diverging lives. This happens even though the chart of a birth itself is deterministic ~ meaning that future behavior is fully determined by the date, time and location of birth ~ but the birth chart alone does not take into account the seemingly innocuous or random events of each individual life ~ such as parents, culture, friends, teachers, relocation or any number of random variables that cause chaos in the horoscopes deterministic patterns. (Mark Twain's "The prince and the Pauper" is the story of two boys who were born on the same day and in the same location but begin life in very different circumstances)
Perception
In other words, the deterministic nature of astrology does not predict the circumstances of the life that will be lived ~ only the subjective experience of those circumstances. Nor do transits and progressions predict specific events, only when the subjective perceptions will be sparked and brought forward, giving the individual opportunity to acknowledge and change these perceptions and modify their behavior.Â
I am primarily a humanistic astrologer and believe that perception is all important ~ if you can change your perception you can change your life.
As fate and freewill intermingle with the storms of chaos in our lives, we are given the opportunity to change the set of our sails. A conscious and aware individual, one who knows and understands their unique challenges, strengths, motivations and gifts, is better able to survive the random storms of life and navigate ~ be the captain of ~ their own destiny.
To follow the Atlanta Astrology Examiner as she examines life on this small planet scroll to the top of this article, and click on SUBSCRIBE. Your e-mail address will not be shared! If there is someone or something you'd like Patricia to write about send your ideas to askpatricia@comcast.net.Patricia Lantz is a practicing astrologer and hypnotherapist living in Atlanta Georgia. Want to know more about Patricia? For a complete bio visit www.astrology-hypnotherapy.com. Then call or write for a free pre-session consultation ~ (678)-763-0552 or email lifescript@comcast.net. Patricia is also the Astrology Editor for All Things Healing, an online community for spiritual and healing practices.
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