{"id":3823,"date":"2011-07-11T23:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2011-07-11T23:00:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T03:00:19","slug":"does-astrology-work-in-the-southern-hemisphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2011\/07\/does-astrology-work-in-the-southern-hemisphere.html","title":{"rendered":"Does astrology work in the southern hemisphere?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"southernTropical astrology is based upon the turning of the wheel of the seasons, with Aries at the Spring equinox and the rest of the cardinal signs marking the beginning of the other equinoxes and solstices. \u00a0But what happens in the southern hemisphere where the seasons are reversed? \u00a0When the first day of Aries marks the first day of autumn, does astrology still work?<\/p>\n

For some reason I have more clients in Australia than in any other country, and often when reading charts for people born “down under” the question of the accuracy of “northern-centric” astrology. \u00a0Time and time again, the chart proves its accuracy.<\/p>\n

One of the flagship astrological software programs, Solar Fire, comes to us from Esoteric Technologies in Australia. \u00a0Charts in Solar Fire for southern hemisphere births are calculated exactly the same as for those in the northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n

Western astrological symbolism comes down to us from the ancient Greeks who saw the sky \u00a0from the perspective of the northern hemisphere which is a mirror image of the sky from the southern hemisphere. \u00a0But it’s important always to remember that astrology is a symbolic system – the signs are BASED on the constellations, but they are NOT the constellations.<\/p>\n

The famed Dane Rudhyar and some other astrologers have proposed reversing the astrological chart to better fit with the astronomical reality of the southern hemisphere. \u00a0Others disagree<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For contemporary astrologers, signs are seasons, however they are psychological\u00a0seasons, not literal ones. \u00a0While the Sun in a sign pinpointed the time of year (since\u00a0this is how time became measured) any another planet in a sign does not equate with\u00a0these literal seasons. Metaphorically Aries is a beginning whether it marks the\u00a0beginning of spring or not. \u00a0Jupiter in Aries may be a robust beginning but obviously\u00a0is not spring. \u00a0Seasonal metaphors for the twelve zodiacal signs are solar based. \u00a0Northerners often ponder whether the meaning of the signs should be reversed to\u00a0accommodate the seasonal differences. \u00a0Again this is fixing the zodiacal metaphors\u00a0from the Sun\u2019s point of view. \u00a0Carl Jung often used to refer to astrology as a\u00a0\u201cprojected psychology\u201d. \u00a0Onto the heavens we cast our myths animating the\u00a0constellations with our human psychology. \u00a0Here in the South hemisphere the\u00a0zodiacal signs are also able to be adapted seasonally with Capricorn being dry or\u00a0Cancer being wet. \u00a0The archetypal zodiac responds to its projections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

full article by Aussie astrologer Brian Clark here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The archetypes embedded in the art of astrological symbolism exists in all climates, no matter what the actual weather is. \u00a0Capricorn is still cold and geared towards a lack of emotionality whether it exists in a hot desert or in the frigid Arctic circle. \u00a0Cancer is still touchy and sensitive even when it falls in the dead of the southern hemisphere winter. \u00a0Dharmaruci explains it well:<\/a><\/p>\n

Modern knowledge is based on the application of reason to what are called facts. This knowledge is scientific \u2013 it is hard, it is objective and it is \u2018out there.\u2019 But as even science will sometimes admit, you cannot separate the observer from the observed. What is seen is profoundly influenced by the mind that is seeing.<\/p>\n

And the mind thinks symbolically, whether it understands that or not. A scientific fact or theory may seem to be just that on paper. But if it is a significant fact or theory, then our mind does something else with it. That idea acquires power, it comes to stand for something. Even the term \u2018significant\u2019 shows this: something is significant because it signifies something, it stands for something. Or let\u2019s say \u2018important\u2019 idea instead: well that means it has an import, it implies something beyond itself. Even the word \u2018understand\u2019 means to stand under, as if we are receiving wisdom from above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please share your experiences in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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