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The Astrological Birth Chart as a
Road Map
One of Carl Jung’s key concepts of
personality development is individuation
(becoming a distinct individual separate
from the group or the family). He
combined psychology with Alchemy
which had Astrology embedded in its
foundation. You could not be an
Alchemist without a knowledge of
Astrology because timing was an integral
part of the work. With its rich symbolism,
Alchemy brings with it the realization
that we are all part of the Cosmos (the
macroscosm) that is alive and evolving.
When a client comes in for a
consultation, the birth chart is a detailed
and substantial diagnostic tool to see the
issues from both an astrological and
psychological perspective. These are
only going to be helpful to the client to
the degree he or she truly embraces a
new worldview that life is both
meaningful, and purposeful with an
enduring knowledge that nothing
happens by accident.
By the time we are in our 40s or at least
50s, we know situations, people and
events are repeating. (This goes for
countries too, not just individuals.)
Change is so frighteningly slow that most
of us will continue to do the same things
over and over expecting a different result
until we are backed up against a wall.
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Jung called this a neurosis which he defined as
“A psychological crisis due to a state of disunity
with oneself, or, more formally, a mild
dissociation of the personality due to the
activation of complexes.” Our shadow is a
complex and we are all neurotic to some extent
as no one knows their whole self. He also said
we don’t know what the unconscious is up to so
psychoneurosis is an attempt at self-healing.
As the saying goes, it’s hard to teach an
old dog new tricks but if those new tricks
are necessary, we are guaranteed to be
forced to look at what we are doing to
sabotage ourselves. Our unconscious Self
(God within, an antimony) that is both
dark and light, will set it up for us to meet
just the right person that reflects our own
unconscious shadow or we walk into the
exact situation we thought we had worked
through long ago. Once again, we
experience another betrayal or difficulty
in a relationship or marriage, financial or
job loss, accident or debilitating illness
that symbolizes a place we are still stuck,
where we have become lop-sided and it
becomes clear, it is hurting us. Accepting
that what we manifest is for our benefit is
not an easy pill to swallow individually or
collectively. Real and lasting
transformation can and does occur with
consistent effort, but no one does it
overnight. It takes time to integrate even
when we think to ourselves that sounds
good, I will apply it, but can we honestly
say we give this worldview our
consideration daily?