Jungian Astrology

Jung, an important thinker in the field of psychology, studied the structure of the soul within an analytic framework as well as the structures of the mind from a spiritual standpoint. He was influenced by Freud and followed in his footsteps for many years until their disagreements drove them apart. Jung gathered his views under the title of “analytical psychology” and introduced concepts like complexes, archetypes, and the collective unconscious to psychological literature. What set him apart was that he used astrology, dreams, alchemy, mythology, kundalini, and Christian mysticism in his research. Whether Jung, the enigmatic man of the world of science, should be regarded as a scientist or a mystic is a matter of debate. Jung didn’t consider occult matters to be redundant. He once stated that he tried to understand these disciplines rather than believe them: “My subject area is whatever is inside the human psyche.”

In one of his letters to Freud, Jung mentioned his discovery of astrology: “Everything I am doing now revolves round the contents and forms of unconscious fantasies. I think I’ve already got some really fine results. (…) My evenings are taken up very largely with astrology. I make horoscopic calculations in order to find a clue to the core of psychological truth.” Freud, with his Neptune square Saturn, his Sun in Taurus, and his Moon in Gemini, always took a skeptical approach to intangible thoughts.

One of the main reasons Jung and Freud parted ways was that Freud defined libido as an energy with sexual content, whereas Jung regarded it as a part of the spiritual system. Another issue on which they disagreed was the unconscious. Jung expanded on Freud’s concept of the personal unconscious by including the collective unconscious.

Gülden Bulut, Psychological Astrology, Cosmopublishing