Overview

Jung on Astrology brings together C. G. Jung’s thoughts on astrology in a single volume for the first time, significantly adding to our understanding of Jung’s work. Jung’s Collected Works, seminars, and letters contain numerous discussions of this ancient divinatory system, and Jung himself used astrological horoscopes as a diagnostic tool in his analytic practice. Understood in terms of his own psychology as a symbolic representation of the archetypes of the collective unconscious, Jung found in astrology a wealth of spiritual and psychological meaning and suggested it represents the ""sum of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity."" The selections and editorial introductions by Safron Rossi and Keiron Le Grice address topics that were of critical importance to Jung—such as the archetypal symbolism in astrology, the precession of the equinoxes and astrological ages, astrology as a form of synchronicity and acausal correspondence, the qualitative nature of time, and the experience of astrological fate—allowing readers to assess astrology’s place within the larger corpus of Jung’s work and its value as a source of symbolic meaning for our time. The book will be of great interest to analytical psychologists, Jungian psychotherapists and academics and students of depth psychology, Jungian and post-Jungian studies, as well as to astrologers and therapists of other orientations, especially transpersonal.

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Author:   C. G. Jung ,  Safron Rossi ,  Keiron Le Grice
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138230729

ISBN 10:   1138230723
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   06 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Contexts and Opinions Introduction 1 Astrology’s Place in the Modern West 2 Jung’s View of Astrology 3 Astrology as Archetypal: Planets and Gods Part II: Astrological Symbolism in Jung’s Writings Introduction 4 Planetary and Zodiacal Symbolism Signs of the Zodiac Sun Symbolism Sun and Moon Symbolism Venus and Mars Symbolism Mandalas, Birth Charts, and the Self 5 Fate, Heimarmene, and Ascent through the Planetary Spheres 6 Astrology and Medicine Part III: Astrological Ages Introduction 7 The Symbolic Significance of the Precession Astrological Ages and Cultural Transition From the Age of Aries to the Age of Aquarius Astrological Ages and Christian Symbolism The Coming Age of Aquarius 8 The Sign of the Fishes 9 The Prophecies of Nostradamus 10 The Historical Significance of the Fish Part IV: Explanations of Astrology Introduction 11 As Above, So Below: The Microcosm-Macrocosm Correspondence 12 Astrology as Projection 13 Astrology as Mantic Method 14 Astrology as Causal Influence 15 Synchronicity and the Qualities of Time 16 Number and Archetypes XVII Acausal Orderedness and the Unus Mundus Appendix Introduction Gret Baumann-Jung: Some Reflections on the Horoscope of C. G. Jung Index

Reviews

'This book is long overdue. The authors have filled an important gap in the Jungian literature. Scholars of Jungian psychology and astrologers will gain much from the editors' sensitive and detailed appreciation of the importance that Jung gave to astrology. The editors' grasp of both Jung's psychology and astrological symbolism gives them a unique ability to synthesize and bridge these fields. For those of us interested in spiritual and emotional growth, this work will be invaluable.' - Lionel Corbett, MD; Jungian Analyst and Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA

Author Information

Safron Rossi is a professor of mythology and depth psychology in the Jungian and Archetypal Studies specialization at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California. For many years she was Curator of the Joseph Campbell and James Hillman manuscript collections. She writes in the fields of archetypal psychology, mythology and astrology. Keiron Le Grice is a professor of depth psychology and program chair in the Jungian and Archetypal Studies specialization at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California, and co-founder of the Institute of Transpersonal and Archetypal Studies (ITAS). He is the author of several books and a founding editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology.

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