At the social college, I met a fellow student who’s father was studying astrology, and I had my first chart calculated. I was fascinated and moved by the rich symbolism, and I felt liberated by the extensive psychic space that slowly opened up within. I began studying more and more, learned the basics, and ended up 11 years later finishing a two-year education at the Unicorn School of Astro-psychology in Copenhagen, 1992.
As I was about to finish the astro-psychology education, I was invited to become the responsible editor of a new astrological magazine in Denmark. At the Unicorn School, we had read a series of articles about Uranus and Prometheus, by philosopher and cultural historian, Richard Tarnas, and I just knew I would aim at having these articles published in our new magazine.
This was my introduction to archetypal astrology. Through reading these articles and translating them into Danish, I acknowledged that archetypal astrology was addressing my post-modern mind in a way that included the rational as well as the intuitive and spiritual dimensions of my mind and heart.
The work was founded on deep and meticulous research, very powerful, and for me it opened up the realm of history in a completely new and different way.
Looking through the lens of archetypal astrology has been very enriching. As a teenager in the 1960s and 70s, I experienced the Uranus-Pluto conjunction first-hand, and I remember from these years a longing for freedom, that was ignited and never left me since. Learning about the Uranus-Pluto conjunction and what it symbolises keeps reawakening the memories of this youthful longing.
In the mid-1980s I had deeply transformative experiences of spiritual awakening. The love that was revealed to me, changed my life completely. Spirituality became a knowing and was no longer about belief. Until then, I had not given much consideration to the divine. In retrospect, I can see that I had sought and felt divinity through music.
I’ve spent many years in need of therapy and inner work; as the peak experiences – which I later learned the word for – also opened up to difficult and painful circumstances in my life. It has been, and still is, an inner journey.
For many years I believed that if I could learn to ‘fit in’ through therapy, I would eventually be ‘good enough’ to individuate. The illusion of this belief slowly awakened me to realise that individuation is about wholeness and about loving and appreciating all parts of myself, such that I can love others likewise.
And through the years, astrology has always been comforting for my psyche, body-and-soul, providing a way to cope with times of hardship, as well as conveying an undercurrent of deep love and an ever-inspiring conversation with the Soul of the living universe – our starry home. ∞
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