Soul Astrology

Twelve Gateways to Wholeness ~ Cancer to Virgo

Why are people so drawn to astrology? Many people dismiss it, whilst at the same time, peeking furtively at their daily sun sign forecast. The idea that the movements of the planets and stars should have a bearing on our lives is thousands of years old, but it has been cut adrift from the acceptable face of modern western thought. So why does it still prove such a source of fascination to so many people? The answer is, perhaps, that we are all longing for something that will address the loss of meaning in our lives. The twelve signs of the zodiac, and the idea of having one of those signs as your own personal totem stirs up a sense of wonder.

The Zodiac ~ Ancient Emblem of the Soul

Perhaps what we are really longing for is a sense of being connected to something greater than ourselves. We have become separated from the stars above that simultaneously twinkle in our imaginations, and stimulate a yearning in the soul. As we bring the stars to earth and feel their presence in our lives, we begin to remember what we already know deep within us. That we are not separate or alone, but actually connected to each other, to our ancestors, to the beings of the earth and sky, to our spiritual roots. In order to be healthy and happy, we need to consider the whole of our being, not just the material part. C.G. Jung said that we must reconnect to our wholeness, and to this end we must treat not just the body but also the‘imaginal or psychic component’, the heavenly half of ourselves. The Zodiac as an ancient emblem of the soul offers us a route to recover this knowing.

A Dynamic Model of the Psyche

In my book, Your Zodiac Soul, I present the zodiacs a dynamic model of the psyche, a wheel of life that is deeply imprinted in our collective awareness. Psychologist, James Hillman once said of the soul that it is, 'not a substance, but a set of perspectives…a mode that recognises all realities as primarily symbolic or metaphorical.' The zodiac offers twelve distinct and richly layered perspectives, twelve powerful metaphors to describe both the order and the complexity of the human experience. It carries a body of wisdom that can help us transform and heal our perceptions of ourselves, our world and the cosmos we inhabit.