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Person-Centered Astrology: A New Approach to the Meaning and Use of Birth-charts
This book provides lucid and inspiring material on the purpose and value of Astrology in New Age Guidance, and the difference between an event-oriented approach, and a person-centred view. The topics covered event oriented vs. person centred; planetary patterns; aspect patterns; birth charts as a whole; astrology in new age guidance; astrology as karma yoga; planetary & lunar nodes; and, the moment of interpretation. Sample horoscopes of well-known people, Assagioli, Freud, Nietzche and others illustrate clearly the techniques described. Two complete detailed case histories are given, enabling the reader to concretely experience Rudhyar's holistic approach in action. This book represents the harvest of Rudhyar's innovative astrological and philosophical thinking, practically applied to individual birth charts.
375 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1976
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Dane Rudhyar
167 books83 followersFrench-American astrologer, one of the most noted and respected astrologers of the 20th century.
He was called a modern renaissance man for his ability to express himself in many fields; music, painting, poetry, philosophy and metaphysics.
He wrote for national magazines since the '30s and was the author of many books.
He was called a modern renaissance man for his ability to express himself in many fields; music, painting, poetry, philosophy and metaphysics.
He wrote for national magazines since the '30s and was the author of many books.
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September 19, 2012
Dane Rudyar is explaining his "NEW" optic for Astrology under the name "Humanistic Astrology". This is his 2nd and by far more complete and mature version of the idea of "Humanistic Astrology" which has many differences from the "Event-driven Astrology" or fortune telling Astrology.
It is a very well written book of a philosopher of Astrology.
It is a very well written book of a philosopher of Astrology.
June 19, 2025
As you may have guessed, this foundational book is about centering. Have been meditating on the idea of how centering is about where one puts the focus of one’s attention. In this day and age our attention is scattered in so many directions, and this is the case as well with astrology with the myriad horoscopes and descriptions of signs. Even an ai summary does the focusing for us.
What I appreciate about this book is the process of astrology being centered in the person, even though we include an openness to the cosmos. When the focus and the astrology is centered around the person then a true relationship can be established with the world around him or her. But the focus has to be on the person first before going beyond it in the galactic transformational approach.
Focusing on the person includes understanding the astrological form of the person. The form is how each part of the chart relates to the other parts and the whole. This book provides a way of understanding the reading of a chart as a process. Rudhyar suggests that one should meet the person where they are at in time and only to what extent they are ready to hear the information. The universe speaks through the astrologer to the person in person-centered astrology. The person’s understanding of his/her own form from the symbol of the chart is where the astrology is centered, in a way the viewer of a work of art is as important as the art itself.
One might consider the question- if we center the astrology on the person, then is the goal then the fulfillment of the chart rather than transformation? How does centering lead to transformation?
A response to this could be that transformation occurs as we discern what ingredients are true to our celestial form and what can be released. Rudhyar writes:
“The task of astrology is to reveal to a mind still confused and usually perverted by the pressures of his social-cultural environment, the basic structures that characterize the particular manner in which the energies of human nature are organized within him, so that he can orient, polarize and re-order his activities (at all levels of his personal life) according to this celestial pattern.” (Rudyar, p.45)
One could even argue that understanding is transformational in itself. The more one understands, the more one can release what is not true to the form of the person and continue on in the fulfillment of the chart.
What’s also neat about the person-centered approach is that Rudhyar states that this is not about the ego being the center of the person. It's about the entire chart as the center. Taking things personally, then could be seen as a response to phenomena and events around you as an entire cosmic being, rather than as a result of an egoic sensitivity. This leads to a harmonious way of being in the cosmic environment as one is resonating authentically with others.
In this book the natal chart becomes the crucible of transformational instructions toward fulfillment and also the end result. It is the form, and the trans-formation. It is all the parts and the whole. It is the beginning and end, alpha and omega. When personally and astrologically centered, one finds the freedom and support to be true to one’s chart.
What I appreciate about this book is the process of astrology being centered in the person, even though we include an openness to the cosmos. When the focus and the astrology is centered around the person then a true relationship can be established with the world around him or her. But the focus has to be on the person first before going beyond it in the galactic transformational approach.
Focusing on the person includes understanding the astrological form of the person. The form is how each part of the chart relates to the other parts and the whole. This book provides a way of understanding the reading of a chart as a process. Rudhyar suggests that one should meet the person where they are at in time and only to what extent they are ready to hear the information. The universe speaks through the astrologer to the person in person-centered astrology. The person’s understanding of his/her own form from the symbol of the chart is where the astrology is centered, in a way the viewer of a work of art is as important as the art itself.
One might consider the question- if we center the astrology on the person, then is the goal then the fulfillment of the chart rather than transformation? How does centering lead to transformation?
A response to this could be that transformation occurs as we discern what ingredients are true to our celestial form and what can be released. Rudhyar writes:
“The task of astrology is to reveal to a mind still confused and usually perverted by the pressures of his social-cultural environment, the basic structures that characterize the particular manner in which the energies of human nature are organized within him, so that he can orient, polarize and re-order his activities (at all levels of his personal life) according to this celestial pattern.” (Rudyar, p.45)
One could even argue that understanding is transformational in itself. The more one understands, the more one can release what is not true to the form of the person and continue on in the fulfillment of the chart.
What’s also neat about the person-centered approach is that Rudhyar states that this is not about the ego being the center of the person. It's about the entire chart as the center. Taking things personally, then could be seen as a response to phenomena and events around you as an entire cosmic being, rather than as a result of an egoic sensitivity. This leads to a harmonious way of being in the cosmic environment as one is resonating authentically with others.
In this book the natal chart becomes the crucible of transformational instructions toward fulfillment and also the end result. It is the form, and the trans-formation. It is all the parts and the whole. It is the beginning and end, alpha and omega. When personally and astrologically centered, one finds the freedom and support to be true to one’s chart.
November 7, 2024
Another classic for the astrology buff.
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