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Planets in Therapy Predictive Technique and the Art of Counseling

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ISBN-10: 0892541741

ISBN-13: 9780892541744

Edition: 2012

Authors: Greg Bogart MFT

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This book explores archetypal symbolism, predictive technique, and counseling process in therapeutic astrology. Combining insights from Jungian depth psychology, developmental theory, alchemy and dream symbolism with the precision of planetary transits, progressions and midpoints, Planets in Therapy is an inspiring approach to the healing art of astrology.Planets in Therapyclearly and succinctly explains the interpretation of the language and techniques of astrology, the depth psychological, transpersonal and spiritual meaning of planetary symbolism, and its power to heal and transform.Greg Bogart masterfully guides the reader through the principles of psychological astrology, emphasizing…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Nicolas Hays, Inc.
Publication date: 6/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Greg Bogart , Ph.D, MFT is a psychotherapist and counseling astrologer in the San Francisco Bay Area, and teaches in the Counseling Psychology and East-West Psychology programs at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also a lecturer in psychology at Sonoma State University. He is certified as an astrological counselor by the International Association for Astrological Research (ISAR) and National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR). Greg is the author of Astrology and Meditation, Astrology and Spiritual Awakening, and Dreamwork and Self-Healing WebsiteL www.gregbogart.net.

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Fatalism and Humanism in Astrology
Origins and Outline of This Book
Psychological Astrology
Basic Astrology
Planets
Conscious and Unconscious Expressions of Planets
Zodiacal Signs
Dispositorship
Aspects
Houses
Derived Houses
Transits
Progressions
Foundations of Psychological Astrology
The Great Ancestors
Self-Narrative and the Meaning of Crisis Events
Process, Not Prediction
Planetary Tasks
Positive Evolutionary Language
Focus on the Present
Gifts of Saturn
Astrology's Developmental Perspective
Evolving our Expression of the Planets
Archetypal Patterns of Transformation
Saturn as Significator of Work, Structure, and Achievement
Astrology, Science, and Human Action
Astrology, Meditation, and Symbol Amplification
The Meaning of Events
A Life of Special Moments
Humanistic and Transpersonal Astrology
Rudhyar's Astrology In Plain Language
Rudhyar's Place in Astrology
Zodiacal Signs: The Pulse of Life
The Vegetation Cycle
The Lunation Cycle
The Progressed Lunation Cycle
Interplanetary Aspects
Planetary Functions and Planetary Cycles
Planetary Pairs
Four Levels of Interpretation
The Pleroma
Rudhyar's Light and Influence
Rudhyar's Birth Chart
Rudhyar's Legacy
Therapeutic Astrology
Astrology and Psychotherapy
Using the Birth Chart in Psychotherapy
Signs and Houses in Therapeutic Astrology
Potentials and Contraindications of Therapeutic Astrology
Astrology is a Positive Growth Tool
Science, Initiatory Language, and Self-Study
A Container for Crisis and Transitions
Astrology, Meaning Making, and Choice
Contraindications of Using Astrology
Supporting the Individuals Path of
Healing and Recovery Astrology and Multi-Level Initiation
Countertransference in Therapeutic Astrology
Future Prospects of Therapeutic Astrology
Better than Prozac: Astrology and Mental Health
Development and Personality
Nature, Nurture, and the Birth Chart
Sun: Psychology of the Self
The Sun King or Queen: Alchemical
Transformations of the Self Moon: Seeking a Secure Base
Lunar Aspects
You and Your Mother: The First Relationship
The Moon, Object Relations, and Patterns of Attachment
The Moon and Emotional Maturation
Mercury: Deploying Attention Effectively
Piaget's Stages of Cognition
Jupiter and Moral Reasoning
The Cycle of Mercury
Mercury and Cognitive Therapy
Venus and Mars: The Rhythms and Vitality of Relationships
Venus-Uranus and Venus-Saturn Aspects
Venus-Saturn-Neptune Conjunction
Sun-Venus Conjunction and Saturn in the 7th House
Sun-Venus Conjunction and Uranus in the 7th House
Transits and Phases of Relationships
Therapeutic Astrology in a Case of Anger Management
Therapeutic Astrology in a Case of Major Depression
Saturn and Uranus: Maturation and Freedom
Saturn and the Father
Saturn and Mature Adaptation
The Interplay of Saturn and Uranus Cycles: Key Phases of Development
Uranus: The Space Beyond Saturn
Individuation and Crisis
Neptune and Pluto: Self-Transcendence, Initiation, and Rebirth
Neptune and Locus of Control
Neptune, Surrender, and Spirituality
C. G. Jung's Crisis and Renewal
Notes on a Visit to Jung's Red Book
Pluto as a Symbol of Initiation
Pluto and a Lawsuit
Pluto in the Dalai Lama's Chart
A Process Approach to Pluto
A Pluto Transit During a Family Crisis
Pluto and the Transmutation of Suffering
An Ordeal Involving Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto
The Healing Moment
Synastry
Synastry, Conscious Relationship, and Couples Counseling
Relationship Symbolism of the Natal Planets
Planets in the 7th House
Acceptance
Opposites Attract: Jung's Typology and Synastry
The Moon in Synastry
The Sun in Synastry
The Sun's House Placement in Synastry
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Transits: Phases of Relationships
Transforming Relationship Challenges
A Case Example Comparing Two Relationships
Predictive Astrology
Introduction to Predictive Astrology
Prediction and Anticipation
Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Transits
Transits and Crisis
Studying Transits in the Ephemeris
Transits of the Sun, Moon, and Inner Planets
Transits Through the Twelve Houses
Jupiter Transits
Saturn Transits
Uranus Transits
Neptune Transits
Pluto Transits
Secondary Progressions
Learning Chart Calculation
Progressed Sun
Progressed Moon
Progressed Mars
Solar Arc Directions
Calculating Solar Arcs
Examples of Solar Arc Directions
An Example Combining Solar Arcs and Transits
Solar Arcs and Midpoints
Counseling at Evolutionary Thresholds
Astrology and Crisis Counseling
A Relationship Crisis
Transforming Through a Health Crisis
Transformation Through a Marital Crisis
A Year of Relational Upheaval
A Case of Depression and Family Trauma
Death and Awakening
Healing Emotional Trauma
The Astrology of Drugs and Substance Abuse
Culture, Crisis, and Creativity
The Magnetism of the Center
Appendix: Zodiacal Signs: The Pulse of Life
Endnotes
About the Author