Management of Measurement ConstructsMundane Considerations When I first confronted an astrologer, before my learning began -probably in the Spring of 1966 (tr Saturn-Pluto opposition, squared by Uranus, conjoining my Saturn!)- I said what we all think or say when we don’t know astrology: “Do you mean to tell me that, when a plane goes down,…
View detailsManagement of Measurement ConstructsMundane Overview: Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, U.S., [This essay was posted on September 22, 2001 at 10:09 AM, on the Discussion Forum of this website. I am re-posting it here, with just a few text clarifications, because of the instructive techniques involved in the overall portrait of the 9-11 crisis and the positive…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Neptune and Suppression Imagine a lid on a pressure cooker: as the pot bubbles, its energies are pushed down by the lid; watch how pasta cooked under a tight lid (you should leave a large crack for air to escape) overflows all over the stove. This is suppression and subsequent breakaway,…
View detailsManagement of Measurement ConstructsMoon-Marriage Orientation An excerpt from Tyl – “Intimacy, Sexuality & Relationship”, pages 96-100. … The answer is to learn about love wisely rather than passionately -and the sooner in life the better. Love must facilitate partnership. Respect of individualism between two people looking in the same direction will allow intimacy when the mutual respect…
View detailsManagement of Measurement ConstructsVocational Orientation-Reminders Vocational Astrology and Medical Astrology are the most difficult areas of astrological study. We >I>think they should be “naturals within the astrological process, i.e., a symbolic profile for this or that profession, this or that disease, as we read in old textbooks. While sometimes this does occur analytically, the practice…
View detailsManagement of Measurement ConstructsAlan Leo Planet Profiles I am a great fan of Alan Leo, a masterful astrologer in England (most productive in the first decade of the 20th century). Leo was born 7 August 1860 at 5:49 AM in Westminster London. In 1912, six years before his death, Leo published his classic text, “The…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Getting it All together How long do you spend with a horoscope to get to the point that you feel you understand what it suggests? Three days? A day and a half? Four hours? –Why does it take so long? The answer to this question is really in the form of another…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs The Dispersion of Primary Freudian Concepts We know that Freud postulated three personality components: the Ego (Latin for “I”), that which emerges in development to handle transactions with the environment, locating situations to fulfill needs, specifically id-orientated needs (the Sun-Moon blend and the need structures of the planets as behavioral symbols);…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Appreciating AstroChords! This essay is partner to the current “Analytical Techniques” essay entitled How to Begin the Art. It deals with music theory for the most part, but don’t be frightened if you are not a musician … I will explain things carefully, and I think you will enjoy the experience! The…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs More on AstroChords – By popular demand! Last month’s essay –the introduction to synthesis illustrated by chord assembly in music (on the piano)—piqued much reaction! I’m delighted. Let’s take the principles a step further, from building tension, to extending that tension to resolution … much as a Grand Trine (which is a defense-mechanism…
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