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Fig, i. Filtering reality.

Fig. 2. Unity in duality

Fig. 3. Horoscope: Gitte M.

Fig. 4. Horoscope: lesper D.

Fig. 5. Horoscope: Anthony

ig. 6. Horoscope: Tanne S.

Fig. 8. Horoscope: Gitte D.

Fig, o. Horoscope: Gunnar B.

Fig. io. Horoscope: Birgit K.

Fig, ii. Horoscope: Lene V.

Fig 12. Evoking sensory experience

Fig. 13. Dynamics of resourceful energy state

Fig. 14. Horoscope: Hanne S.

Fig.K. Manifestation of Sun energy

Fig.i6. Manifestation of Moon energy

Fig. 17. Manifestation of Mercury energy

Fig. 18. Manifestation of Venus energy

Fig, io. Manifestation of Mars energy

Fig. 20. Tupiter-Saturn coniunctions 1900-2020

Fig. 21. Tupiter-Uranus coniunctions 1940-2010

Ei&- 22. lupiter-Neptune conjunctions 1940-2010

Fig 23. Tupiter-Pluto conjunctions 1040-2010

Fig, 24. Saturn-Uranus conjunctions 1850-2050

Fig. 25. Saturn-Neptune conjunctions 1900-2020

Fig. 27. Uranus-Neptune conjunctions 1600-2000

Fig. 28 Uranus-Pluto conjunctions 1600-2000

Fig. 29. Neptune-Pluto conjunctions 1200-2000

Fig. 30. Charlotte D.

Fig. 31. Two consultations

Fig 32. Parallels between past and present

Fig. 33. Horoscope: Stan

Fig. 34. Angles for reframing

Fig. 35. Horoscope: Miranda

Fig. 36. Decisions and consequences

Fig, xi. Past and future: the interplay between Tupiter and Saturn

Fig 38. Horoscope: Marianne G.

Fig 39. Sensory storage coordinates

Fig. 40. Horoscope: Lene V.

Fig. 41. Horoscope: Anette G.

Fig 42. Planetary metaphors

Fig. 43. Horoscope: Tohan

Fig. 44. Horoscope: Marie

Iwould like to express my gratitude to all the clients over the years who have

helped me gain an understanding of the all-encompassing interplay between the

cosmos and the individual. I thank the students at my courses and lectures—

particularly the students of AstrologSkolen—who over a seven-year period of ex-

periential play so enriched my knowledge of astrology. No words can express my

appreciation of my own teacher, Tarab Tulku, without whom I may never have

discovered how empowering the right view can be.

This book is evidence that astrology has matured beyond the anxious, mecha-

nistic need to prove itself beyond the fool's paradise of blind faith; and, more sig-

nificantly perhaps, beyond the realm of bombast, entertainment, or placation.

Assuming an intelligent and psychologically tempered collective, Astrology: Trans-

formation and Empowerment builds a profoundly thoughtful thesis on that foun-

dation. This book is both a measurement of the collective development of astrol-

ogy and the preparedness of the astrologer and client to receive this contemporary

view.

I first came upon this book by accident—always a good sign for an intuitive

like myself. I had been working and visiting my old home, and was just about to

return to the United States, when Adrian Duncan mentioned to me he had a

book on the go, almost done and ready to be presented to a publisher. As an au-

thor and editor, I am always enthusiastic to hear good new ideas and foster them

if possible, and I sensed instantly that what he had was original and maybe even

exceptional. I asked if I might please read it. I then left London for the States with

the early draft of the manuscript and proceeded to read it in one stretch—with

hair on end! From the very beginning, and for myriad reasons, I was eager for

this book to be published.

As a 30-some-years practitioner, author, and teaching/training astrologer, I

had no "practice of astrology" manual to recommend to any student—novice or

graduate. Granted, we have now many brilliant in-depth psychological and arche-

typal astrology books covering specialist areas, but there is no single book evoking

the ephemeral experience of working with clients that provides ways and means

of producing the desired transformation and empowerment.

Today we have the benefit of 2,500 years of Western astrology, and in the last

century, the exponential development stemming from those ancient and modern

foundations. The long history of astrology has many peaks and troughs, and in
the last 30 years it has enjoyed a well-earned, stupendous zenith. As a Sun-Saturn

individual, I have enjoyed the peak, and in fact, I am a contributor to that peak,

but felt the uneasy doom inherent in such an apex. As the fruit ripens, so it be-

gins its decay.

I have always felt that the advent of the third millennium would mark either

the suppression of astrology as we know it now or the renaissance of astrology.

Thankfully, it appears that the renaissance is upon us, and as with all births, the

feeding and care of the subject is now of greatest importance. Once something

becomes established, and matures, it is important to take that maturity and be re-

sponsible for it.

This book is a result of all our work, and it brings the assumption of all that

has gone before to its pages. Finally, we have a book dedicated to the practice of

counseling astrology that looks at more than the delineation of planets, signs, and

houses, or specific areas of interest such as transits or various complexes or ele-

ments of the chart. Here we have a clear guide to the principles and practice of

contemporary astrology.

Through the natural evolution of ideas and the vital efforts of astrologers and

scholars of astrology, we have a status. In the last 30 years (1970-2000) the re-

search, the collation of our rich and ancient history, the popularization factor, and

the flowering of contemporary astrology has created the foundation for a vigorous

future. In fact, now it is time to take that place, assume it rightfully, and move on

to the accepted practice of astrology in everyday life.

This book presents tools, ideas, factual cases with horoscopes, and conver-

sations in astrology consultations. Immediately taking into consideration the

problem with perception in part one, Adrian realizes that not only are we subjec-

tively experiencing something as it is objectively happening, but also, "We recon-

stitute our being each instant, [and] the opportunity for change is present at all

times...." It is upon this premise that he bases the more therapeutic approaches to
consultations, demonstrating ways of going about this transformational (and

thus, empowering) process for and with the client.

The view of astrology that he gives is easily and comfortably assimilated. There

is no heavy-handed philosophy here, but a philosophy based on natural science,

human behavior, and the collusion between the two. The requisite explanation of

astrology doesn't conflict with any single belief system, but supports a fluid, shift-

ing reality that is both objective and subjective, not discounting the perceptions of

the client, but rather aiming at the core of the perception. Once an issue or obsta-

cle is perceived through one's own horoscope, it is entirely within one's grasp to

migrate the problem toward a solution.

If we can see the root cause of our suspiciousness, we might become less so,

or at the very least, appropriately suspicious rather than universally so. Similarly,

with the insight gained through the chart in conjunction with our behavior, we

might become appropriately hopeful, joyful, and dream-filled, rather than foolish,

self-indulgent, and easily disillusioned. Adrian Duncan gives immediately useful

portrayals of the skills of communication, direction, and timing in consultations.

I practiced his methods on myself and was profoundly affected by the results.

All this in one book! Not only that but in part two he undertakes the context of

one's perceptions and behaviors through the primary planets (personal—Sun

through Mars) and beyond, to the collective framework of Jupiter through Pluto.

Working with the individual in his or her collective ethos is located in context

with cyclic major planetary configurations, complete with graphic ephemerides

depicting the conjunctions made between Jupiter through Pluto and descriptions

of the personal planetary links to those collective themes.

In part three, the focus is on the practical and therapeutic uses of various

astrological themes, which inform the counseling astrologer of where to start. He

advises not to wade into the most annihilating aspects but to go to three or so is-

sues at the time of the consultation, based on transits, progressions, and the
consultation chart itself.

There is no one way in this book, but as many ways as their are configurations

of planets and people to live them out. You will be relieved to know that your own

instincts are also part of the astrology consultation and are not dominated by

planets or society. If one method of getting the client to reach the core issue is not

working, then we are advised to drop it and move to a more fruitful mode! Al-

ways, the client's horoscope is the key—as this book will assure you—and the key

is within the client. This book helps the novice astrologer to feel more confident

and the professional more supported by the truth this book brings to our work.

Personally, I felt a greater sense of confidence in my own perceptions, I

learned some new ways of perceiving myself, and I found more compassion and

encouragement to change those things that I can change within myself. I feel that

this book validated my work and rejuvenated my practice and outlook on the the-

ory. It sparked new thoughts and a great deal of inspiration to carry on with my

work in astrology and with people. With this book in print, in the hands of both

seasoned and new astrologers, I am assured of continuing good company, new

blood, and a long life of practicing the vocation I love.

It is an honor to introduce this book in a time when astrological counseling is

at a breakthrough point. Our clientele now spans the full spectrum of the human

experience; they live all over the planet, and the demand for credible, well-trained,

and practiced astrologers will continue to grow. For astrologer, client, and psy-

chologist, this book is an essential work.

—Erin sullivan
 PART ONE

Setting the Scene

The Philosophical Foundation of the Counseling Practice

This book is about how to empower the client and create transformation through

harnessing the energies in the horoscope. These energies are shown by planetary

combinations that are not simply abstract ideas, but are basic, and some might

say divine, root energy vortexes with tremendous capacity for generating transfor-

mative power. However, the psychology of astrology should not be separated from

its philosophy. Without a philosophical foundation on which the functioning of

astrology is based, the ability for therapeutic intervention and change is dimin-

ished.

The basic tenets of this philosophy avoid the idea of causation—that the cos-

mos on the outside has some kind of direct effect on us on the inside. If we

understand matter/energy, subject/object, and body/mind as two poles of the

same continuum that are interdependent and interdetermining, then we can

move away from the idea of the individual having no influence on his fate. If we

see time as a seamless process and understand that the division of time is an arti-

ficial construct created by human minds to organize experience, then we can

understand that anything is possible, now.

Astrological training is not of itself sufficient to help people who are unbal-

anced or traumatized, though astrologers will inevitably meet unbalanced people

in their practice. There are simple techniques for helping these people along, al-

though there is no substitute for long-term therapy for a truly disturbed client.

Most of the techniques in this book assume that the client is well-balanced and

not in need of being psychologically rescued. If clients are disturbed, and you

don't have a training in therapy, show them the way to someone who does.

What most first-time clients want when they come to an astrologer is to see as-

trology work. It is a breathtaking and unforgettable experience for someone to

realize that their character, behavior, and fate can be described via the horoscope.

Primarily, there is a potential for the consciousness-raising realization that man

system of which he or she is a part It is an effective technique to induce a mild

state of shock or surprise at the beginning of the consultation, as homage to

Uranus, that electric planet most connected with consciousness expansion—a

shock that springs from the realization of the client's connection with the cosmos.

This book is about how to induce that state and what to do after that state has

been induced. Learning to accurately describe planets, signs, aspects, and houses

is an ongoing process, and through the consultation practice this learning is con-

stantly enhanced. All astrologers have to start somewhere, and there is much to

be said for taking the leap into doing consultations. The techniques in this book

are intended to help those beginning this journey, and those who have been

under way for some time.

PERCEPTION OF REALITY
It is in the nature of things that nobody can be sure of what "reality" is. What we

think of as reality is a consensus of opinions that we subscribe to and are in gen-

eral agreement on. Our perception of what is going on is completely dominated

by our sensory apparatus, and subsequently warped by our opinions, precon-

ceptions, and personality quirks. It may initially be difficult to accept, but what we

think of as going on outside our bodies, and even inside them, is a complex con-

struction entirely subjective in nature. We gravitate toward family, friends, and

colleagues, sharing our opinions and absorbing theirs, thereby completing the

web of illusion that makes up our daily lives.

One body of opinion that has shaped our experience of reality over the last few

hundred years is scientific materialism, which is directly concerned with the per-

ception and measurement of the objective world. Instruments have been devel-

oped of greater and greater sensitivity to measure more and more subtle effects.

When a new force is perceived and measured, it seems to have philosophical

repercussions, which slowly sift down through society, until the fabric of collec-

tive consciousness is subtly reconstituted. Perhaps this is due to the vocabulary

that invention generates. When Newton's laws of motion were expounded, the

vocabulary of push, pull, leverage, attraction, action, and reaction became a way
for us to represent reality, and these laws and words spawned a mechanistic view

of understanding nature.

While Newton's heritage was a vocabulary of gravity, Einstein's was a vocab-

ulary of light and of a relativity that has profoundly reshaped collective conscious-

ness. Relativity sounded the death knell for scientific materialism, because it

made experience of the object dependent on the perception of the subject. Subject

and object are a continuum. And just as subject and object are interrelated, so too

are body and mind, and matter and energy—with consciousness free to dwell at

any point on this duality spectrum. Where before the whole crux of scientific in-

vestigation was to be as detached as possible from the object, relativity theory has

shown this to be an ineffective and inaccurate means of investigating subtle

nonmaterial forces.

This is where astrology comes in as a tool for perceiving reality. Dealing more

with the mind and senses of the subject, or individual, there is an intrinsic accep-

tance that the object—that individual's experience—is mutually interrelated and

interdependent. Rather than life simply happening to us, we are constantly evok-

ing events in a complex dance between our character and our fate, or between our

consciousness and the object of our consciousness.

An astrological consultation I gave in the late eighties may serve to illustrate

this phenomenon. It was for a middle-aged lady who had a very tenuous grasp of

reality, with powerful delusions about being followed by men. I did my best to

persuade her that she was probably imagining most of the incidents, based on

the astrological fact that she had Pisces rising, with its ruler Neptune exactly on

the Descendant, obviously evoking a tendency to be confused in her relations

with others. It was an unconvincing consultation undermined by my inability to

deal with her mental state. A few minutes after she left the office, I decided to go

out shopping, but on opening the door, I found the lady on the stairs studying a

bus timetable and muttering to herself. Not wishing to appear to be following her,

I smiled weakly and retired to my office, waiting until she had proceeded on her

way. Acutely aware that I might confirm her fantasies if I crossed her path, I

walked into town by a circuitous route. Twenty minutes later I arrived in the town
square, and as I did so the bus pulled up alongside me and my client stepped out.

She took one startled look at me and started walking rapidly in the other direction.

Experience had vindicated my client and proved to her that her version of real-

ity was the correct one. The extraordinary thing was that my own behavior had

been altered and events had conspired to bring about that which I had wanted to

avoid. This scenario plays itself out constantly in all of our lives, as our personal

character stamps its impression on a reality that is constantly adjusting to who we

are and what we do. The corollary of this is good news in terms of free will. By

adapting our behavior, we can alter reality and our experience of it. And every-

thing in our world will alter in it, including the people we relate to. Herein lies the

power of astrology, which can be released by judicious work with the energies re-

flected in the horoscope. And herein lies the possibility of transformation.

THE SUBJECTIVITY OF PERCEPTION

most basic building blocks of perception. There was an innocent time in child-

hood, I think, when we could simply see, simply hear, simply feel, simply smell,

and simply taste. It did not last long. Our seeing ended when we named what we

saw. In using a word, it became a representation for what we saw, and stood in its

stead. This is the phenomenon that Magritte called attention to with his painting

of a pipe with the famous words, "Ceci n'est pas un pipe" (This is not a pipe). The

picture of the pipe was not the pipe.

When we saw a red-breasted creature flying by the window and were told by a

solicitous mother "Bird...robin," another nail was hammered into the coffin of

perception, because now a robin became grouped into a category together with a

crow. It was categorized. We no longer just see the robin, we generalize it uncon-

sciously with its group. As we do with "men," "women," "animals," and every-

thing else. This distorts perception.

The first time we saw an airplane, we were transformed; the second time, we

never saw the airplane, because our mind conjured the memory of the first plane

in an instant. The first time is always the best. Repetition deadens impression
because memory cuts across the senses, although in terms of awareness every

time should be equally vibrant. Zen mind—beginner's mind.

Far back in childhood, we lost our ability to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste

without this interference of the mind, though we can attain momentary glimpses

of the paradise of pure sensory perception. However, if we only dulled perception

by labeling, categorizing, and repeating in memory, then we would still have pret-

ty good perception. Perhaps this process is simply the basic expression of Mer-

cury. Nevertheless, a further filter through which we experience the outside world

is probably related to the root energy of Venus or perhaps the Moon. When we

have an experience of any sort, we are either attracted to or repelled by or indif-

ferent to it. We normally accompany this with an instinctive and unconscious

judgment that automatically colors any further experience of the same nature.

The dulling of perception through the nature of our mind, tastes, and instincts

is something all humanity shares, and it is a fairly natural process. Matters are

complicated, however, by the fact that perception tends to be overlaid with emo-

tion and further clouded by fixed opinions. Our experience of the "objective"

world is anchored in the emotional state we were in at the time of the experience.

For the astrologer, the predisposition to be in a certain emotional state when hav-

ing an experience can be related to planetary configurations in the horoscope. For

example, a Venus-Saturn combination would see love tempered with duty, or a

Mercury-Uranus combination would see traditional learning tempered with rest-

lessness.

Given these predispositions it is almost impossible for an individual to objec-

tively experience what really happens. The individual experiences what he or she

thinks happens. The basic transformational process in the astrological consul-

tation is to get the client's reality and "real" reality to more or less concur. In other

words, the crucial process is to remove the major emotional overlays from the

perception of an event so that events are re-experienced more or less how they are

generally agreed to have happened, or even make a new interpretation of the

event, which is simply more empowering. This is where astrology comes in as a

supreme tool, because it is possible to identify perception filters (see figure i. p.