Astrology: The only introduction you’ll ever need. Charles Harvey

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      Walter Gorn Old/Sepharial (1864–1929) writes many books on astrology.

      1888 Paul Choisnard/Flambert (1867–1920) starts statistical research in astrology.

      1890 Alan Leo/William Frederick Allen (1860–1917) and F.W.Lacey found the monthly Modern Astrology (1890–1943). Leo goes on to publish a series of books with strong theosophical slant covering most known areas of astrology.

      1915 13 July, 7.15 p.m., Alan and Bessie Leo found The Astrological Lodge of the Theosophical Society, the ‘mother’ of British astrology.

      1926 The first issue of the Lodge’s Astrology Quarterly edited by Charles Carter (1887–1968), philosopher and experimentalist who wrote widely on astrology.

      1928 The first Cosmobiology Yearbook published in Germany. Alfred Witte in Hamburg publishes his Regel für Planetenbilder (Rules for Planetary Pictures).

      1930 31 August, Sunday Express publishes R.H. Naylor’s article on Princess Margaret’s birth – the start of astrology in the popular press: soon spreads world-wide.

      1936 Dane Rudhyar’s The Astrology of Personality starts psychological astrology.

      1939 Karl Ernst Krafft – Traite d’Astro-biologie; American Federation of Astrologers founded (May).

      1940 Reinhold Ebertin in Germany publishes the first edition of Kombination der Gestirneinflusse (Combination of Stellar Influences).

      1948, 7 June, 7.58 p.m., The Faculty of Astrological Studies founded to provide a systematic education for astrologers – world-wide via correspondence courses.

      1955 – Michel Gauquelin publishes L’Influence des Astres demonstrating statistically that planetary positions at birth are related to future eminence in different professions.

      1958, 21 June, 8.22 p.m., The Astrological Association founded by John Addey (1920–82), Brigadier General R.C. Firebrace and Joan Rodgers; Rudolf Tomaschek (1895–1966), Professor of theoretical physics at Munich, Chair of Cosmobiological Academy Aalen, publishes Observations on the Basic Problem of Astrology.

      1959 The Astrological Journal of the Astrological Association first published.

      1970 In London The Urania Trust, Educational Charity, created by John Addey et al.

      1973 The Mayo School of Astrology founded by Jeff Mayo.

      1974 In the USA, Neil F. Michelsen founds Astro-Computing Services and Dr Gregg Howe founds Astro-Numeric Services for astrologers.

      1976 John Addey’s Harmonics in Astrology; Liz Greene’s Saturn.

      1977 In the USA, astrology software for home computer from Michael Erlewine (1941– ) and Robert Hand (1943– ); Geoff Dean’s Recent Advances in Natal Astrology.

      1981 Astrology ceases to be illegal in Britain with the Repeal of the Vagrancy Act.

      1983 In Zürich, Bruno and Louise Huber found the Astro Psychological Institute, API (8 June); in London, Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas (1948–93) found The Centre for Psychological Astrology – CPA (12 June); and Geoffrey Cornelius and Maggie Hyde the Company of Astrologers (14 November).

      1985 Jim Lewis develops Astro*Carto*Graphy; first International Astrological Research Conference in London under the auspices of Professor H.J. Eysenck (1916–97).

      1988 The Urania Trust creates the Astrology Study Centre in London and publishes first issue of the international Yearbook Astrology.

      1990 In the USA, Project Hindsight launched by Robert Hand and Robert Schwarz to recover the ancient origins of astrology by the translated early Greek, Latin and Arabic text.

      1996 The Tenacious Mars Effect by Ertel and Irving confirms Gauquelin’s findings.

      1997 Cosmos and Culture – journal for study of astrology in world culture launched.

      1998 CPA launches Apollon – journal for psychological astrology.

      THE WORK OF THE GAUQUELINS

      No history of 20th-century astrology would be complete without mention of the remarkable work of the French psychologist and statistician Dr Michel Gauquelin (1928–91) and his demographer wife Frangoise (1929– ). Between them they gathered many tens of thousands of birth certificates of famous individuals from all over Europe. Birth certificates on the continent include the time of birth. Using this information, the Gauquelins were able to demonstrate statistically that eminent professionals tended to be born when particular planets were:

       close to the eastern or western horizon or

       close to the upper meridian, their highest point in the sky or

       close to the lower meridian, the lowest point.

      For example, future champion athletes, eminent military men and entrepreneurs tend to be born when Mars, god of the warrior, is so placed. By contrast, the Gauquelins found that future eminent scientists tend to be born when Saturn, bestower of the saturnine cautious, methodical, intellectual temperament, is prominent. Future actors and politicians tend to be born when self-important, jovial Jupiter is in these positions. Future politicians are also found to be born with an angular Moon, as are future writers and journalists.

      Despite attempts by several committees of sceptics to disprove these results, often using dubious methods, the observations have replicated again and again with fresh samples of data. An impartial survey of all the evidence by Suitbert Ertel, Professor of Psychology at Göttingen University in Germany, has concluded in The Tenacious Mars Effect that it is time that sceptics embraced the reality of these results and accepted the challenge they present to the prevailing world-view. Hans Eysenck, (1916–97), Professor of Psychology at London University and a strict experimentalist, came to the same conclusion.

      EMERGING FROM ISOLATION

      Astrology during the 20th century has been gradually emerging from 200 years of isolation. It is still not accepted by most academics, and encyclopaedias still omit it from the map of 20th century knowledge, or include it with scornful asides. Faced with the upsurge of interest in astrology, sociologists try to explain it as a superstitious reaction to the nihilism of the 20th century. Meanwhile, astrologers have simply got on with their work and have developed the study in exciting and philosophically challenging new areas. During the century, there has been a growing number of intellectuals who have slipped through the ring fence of academic scorn and now experiment with astrology.

      The great Irish poet, dramatist and philosopher W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) studied and used astrology daily throughout much of his adult life. C.G. Jung (1875–1961), the great Swiss psychologist, СКАЧАТЬ