Dialogues E-Book

Frank Clifford

• Herausgeber: Flare
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Join two international astrologers and lecturers as they examine: Potential traps for the counselling astrologer; The importance of Mercury in consultation; The transformational potential of astrology; Tools to use when preparing for a chart analysis. The ebook version also includes an interview and a further essay from Mark Jones along with Frank Clifford's award-winning essay on the first and final degrees of the signs.

Leseprobe

To our clients, students and fellow astrologers – all of whom have taught us so much

Contents

DedicationAstrological DialoguesPotential Traps for the Counselling AstrologerDialogue with the Client: The Transformational Potential of AstrologyThe Astrologer, Client and Their MercurysPreparing the Chart for Analysis: A Method and Two ExamplesThe Therapeutic Potential of Astrology An Interview with Mark JonesThe Power Degrees of the Zodiac Considering the meanings of 0° and 29° in the HoroscopeOne to One Psychotherapeutic Insights for the AstrologerAbout the AuthorsCopyright

Astrological Dialogues

This volume is the product of an ongoing dialogue between us – two long-time astrological practitioners and consultants who value astrology’s psychological prescience and power. It takes the form of two companion essays from each of us, and explores the benefits of astrological consultations when conducted as dialogues. This ebook edition also features three extra sections (one interview and two articles).

The essays in this volume, while they address and explore the acuity of certain astrological methods, support the belief that an astrological consultation achieves its highest expression and success – in terms of transformational power and efficacy – when there is an active exchange between astrologer and client.

We feel that, instead of being a presentation, a demonstration or a spell cast by a magician, an astrological consultation has the power to be a meaningful encounter between two people – a radical dialogue intensified by the symbolic value and power of the natal chart. Such an experience shifts the emphasis from a prepared performance piece in which the astrologer is the dominant, unchallenged voice to a more democratic co-created medium in which astrologer and client share equal billing and validity. This latter perspective ensures that the Mercurial power of astrology lies not only in interpreting the symphony of a natal chart but also in helping Mercury’s winged feet take flight so that information shared can shape a client’s perception of their life experiences, patterns and behaviours.

One simple realization in this process is that all people – along with their backgrounds, perspectives and understandings – are unique. For instance, one in twelve has the Moon in a particular sign or house, but the meaning of this placement is more radically individual than can ever be imagined by the astrologer. No matter how many times we have witnessed the impact of a placement or aspect in the lives of past clients, each new dialogue offers us further insights through the client’s own version of that storyline. In this dynamic, both astrologer and client are transformed. Without this vital interaction, a reading can be subjected to (and impaired by) an astrologer’s bias, astrological assumptions or narrow frame of reference – where pronouncements from the astrologer as self-appointed guru put an end to constructive dialogue and take away a client’s power to make their own choices. This limited approach sees Mercury’s winged sandals clipped and put back into the cupboard!

These four essays are intended to create further dialogue within our marvellous and diverse community. It is our aim to promote a psychologically mature vision of astrology that is dedicated to helping real people in their day-to-day lives. Let us use astrology to recognize the multidimensional meanings of every life that’s being led. For this to take place, we must spend as much time listening to the client’s needs and experiences during consultation as we do in preparation of the horoscope. And let us share astrology’s profound significance with others (not just our fellow astrologers), so that all may utilize it meaningfully in their own way.

Potential Traps for the Counselling Astrologer

by Mark Jones

In this essay, I shall identify some key issues in an astrologer’s own personal and professional life – issues that may leave them open to being knocked off-centre by the conscious and unconscious concerns of their clients. These areas can include projected material from the client as well as certain life circumstances that evoke responses within the astrologer. The key areas for concern are:

MoneySexRescuingNarcissismJudgementSeductionSelf-consciousnessInner lacksReal or imagined incompetenceDialogue and feedback

For each section, one or two planetary significators have been allocated, but bear in mind that some of the issues may be signified by a more complex set of chart factors.

Money: Value and Venus

As the ruler of Taurus, Venus corresponds to the way we relate to ourselves and meet our own needs. These include survival needs, for which money becomes an external expression.