The returns
of the planets and middle age crisis’ - Part I
A special
case of consulting guidance that interests most astrologers is how the client can cope with the middle age
period. Astrology, these past fifty years has significantly changed its image towards the average person and the
first impression that it
makes on public opinion is not exclusively as
an art of forecasting anymore (an art more or less of clairvoyance based
on “inherited” abilities) but also as a
language of psychological quest and an art of self examination.
Among other
elements that this process has offered to those involved with this side of
astrology, are the psychological
interpretation of the natal
chart, the interpretation of the signs’ and the planets’ symbols, as well as
the realization that the effects of the planets are not simply events of
natural significance but also psychological
tendencies which exist within us and manifest
as factors that try to push us
to make specific
decisions.
Amid other phenomena studied by astrology the past years are the so called returns of the planets, namely the
long lasting aspects formed by the outer planets during their transit to their natal positions in the personal horoscope. The most usual planetary return which is examined exhaustively
is the return of Saturn which happens around the age of 29. Less importance has been given to the
return of the nodes
or the returns of the progressive moon, while
limited are the references to the aspects of
Uranus transits towards the natal chart.
Α special importance has been given to the subject of planetary returns from a new generation of
astrologers, who initiated during the 70’s and
afterwards in America, a wave of thought directed to psychological
healing, experiental events
and a synthesis of
astrology with alternative healing practises (crystals, herbs, astrodramatic
healing, yoga, regressions). Among these
astrologers names such as Jeff Green, Barbara Hand Clow and Martin Lass, are included.
The
purpose of this section
is to give some thoughts
to reflect on and suggest a possible relation between planetary
returns and the development of our own psychology.
It will also describe the kind of challenges we are facing at every age, but mainly between
the age of thirty and fifty years old, an age of turning points of our lives, evaluation of our
past and drawing of a new
course for the future. In this way, it will be
revealed that through the crises of redirection we are able to gain a new level of self knowledge, which will allow
us to evolve spiritually, to unite internally and become more useful to
ourselves and the others.
To be continued...
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