ENCHANTING WORLDS
In the past few weeks, I've had several people ask me: “So, exactly what is shamanic astrology?”
With interest growing in shamanism of all kinds over recent years, it's not a surprising question.
But it's also a very personal question for me. Every moment I'm gratefulย to have spent years with some amazing and magical teachers, and experienced things I never could have imagined.
Maybeย you'll see reflections of your own journey, and realize you're not alone.
Or maybe you'll evenย be inspiredย to explore just how far your own inner-planetary travelsย can take you.
My Living Cosmos
My world is vibrantly alive.
I talk to my plants. And my rocks. The trees outside my apartment.
My car. And my electronic gadgets too.
And yes, my planets.
The really amazing thing is, they talk back, in their own way.
It may seem a bit like a Dr. Seuss book. But my world would be a much lonelier place without it. And far less magical.
โItโ is a way of seeing called โanimism.โ
I didnโt grow up this way. It was the result of spending my 20s sitting in weekly ceremonial circles with my mentor, author and ecofeminist Eileen โikeโ West.
We didnโt call our work โshamanism,โ but thatโs the word youโre probably most familiar with.
Sitting in shamanic circle is about co-creating with SPIRIT. At heart, itโs an animistic paradigm, working with the spirits of our ancestors and dream keepers, of the rocks and trees and animals. The Spirit of the Earth herself. And yes, planets too.
Shamanism is the celebration that we are all aspects of an interconnected web. Not just an intellectual construct, but rather a living, conscious cosmos, one that you experience all the way down to your bones.
Soul of the Planets
Shamanic astrology recognizesย that the planets have a LIVING ESSENCE. One that works differently from our human version of consciousness, but no less Real. And that this living spirit is something with which we can interact.
As such, shamanic astrology may be the most ancient form of astrology. It certainly predates astrological chart-making. In fact, every indigenous culture on Earth has had itโs own version.
For cultures that spent a lot of time under the night sky, itโs clear that the planets are special. Against the background of the fixed stars, the planets MOVE. Our word for planet comes from a Greek word thatย means โwanderer.โ
To the ancients, things that moved had desires. They had Soul. And if it had Soul, it had the possibility of Intelligence โ what we might call โconsciousness.โ
In fact, the word Zodiac โ the band of the heavens through which the Sun and all the planets move โ was Zoidia (from the Greek ฮถแฟทฮฟฮฝ, zลion). As Hellenistic Astrologer Joseph Crane points out, Zoidia (pronounced Zoy-ja) is a complex term referring to a โliving thing, also the seat of a god, or a picture or icon.โ
Zลion also means โanimalโ โ which shares a root with the word animism, that concept soย essential to the shamanic worldview.
Shamanic Astrology
Broadly speaking, shamanism uses techniques and tools to induce altered states of consciousness in order to allow us to interact directly with the Spirit world. Sometimes for healing, sometimes divination, and sometimes for communion.
These tools have included guided visualizations, energy work, channelling (aspecting), music, drums, chanting, dancing, attuning with natural objects and spirit allies, dreams and entheogens. And astrology.
In fact, astrology was alsoย a tool specifically designed to enable us to cultivate a deeper communion with the living essence of the planets. To understand what they want.
To the Hellenistic Greeks, who invented our familiar form of astrology with signs and houses and charts, the planets served as midwives to our Soulโs embodiment. They acted as the mediating agents, weaving the divine and terrestrial realms together.
To know them was to know who we are and why we're here.
A Brief History of Planet-Talking
This need to connect to the cosmos is so embedded in the human experience, that every time and place has found its own way of “talking with the planets.”
In ancient Greece and Rome, astrology was used to help you identifyย your guardian spirits. The healer-seers of the Ascelipian dream temples used dreamwork and guided visualizations to bring healing and wholeness. Neoplatonists used astral theurgy to commune with the planets to forge a path towardย enlightenment.
Even after the institutional Church tore down the temples to the old gods. Archangels came to be associated with each planet, acting as their messengers. Duringย the Middle Ages and Renaissance, weย used astral magic techniques to create talismans and rituals to work with planetary spirits.
Though the Scientific Revolution squashed talk of โLiving Spirits,โ modern psychologists such as Carl Jung and Roberto Assagioli advocated using theย “active imagination” to work with what they called โarchetypalโ energies, employing techniques involving dreamwork, hypnosis and guided visualization.
In the 1970s and 80s, astrologers developed โexperientialโ forms of astrology, including astrodrama and using guided visualizations, as part of chart interpretations.
What all these techniques have in common is they encourage personalย experience with the planets. As psychologist and author of Babs Kirby wrote, โexperiential astrology creates a richness and diversity rarely found in cookbook interpretations.โ
The shamanic elements of astrology pop up again and again, century after century, because shamanism is anย ancestor of the astrological tradition. Even if someone hasn't studied history, the urge to connect will re-emerge, because it's hard-wired into the astrological system itself.
Beyond Astrology Schools
By now I'm sure you can see why shamanic astrology isnโt limited to one school of astrology. It crosses theseย boundaries because it operates on a level beyond such distinctions.
So there's no conflictย thatย Iโm both a traditional astrologer and a shamanic astrologer. I use whole sign houses, essential dignities, and time lords. Traditional astrology has a rich magical heritage, which fits well withย how I work with clients. But Iโm also a shamanic astrologer, because I'm consciously engagingย with the living spirits of the planets, and using various ways to induce altered states to connect with them.
Or, there are shamanic evolutionary astrologers. Evolutionary astrologyโs concern with soul also resonates well with the shamanic worldview. Using active imagination techniques to connect with soul to find healing certainly has roots in shamanism. The Shamanic Astrology Mystery School also grew out of modern astrologyโs techniques and worldview.
Indian astrology, called Vedic or Jyotish, never lost its shamanic essence. Planetary invocations and remedial measures are a common part of the practice of this tradition. You can still find altars to the planets (called navagrahas, the “9 who seize you.”)
You donโt even need to be able to read an astrological chart to doย shamanic astrology. You may even be practicing without realizing it.
If youโve ever participated in the ritual โDrawing Down the Moon,” youโre already doing shamanic astrology even if you havenโt called it that.
Or if you believe in Gaia — that our planet is alive andย conscious in her own way — then itโs a small step to consider other planets have their own consciousness.
Shamanic Astrology and You
If I've shared the storyย well, by now you may be thinking: “Hey, you've made it sound like all astrologers are shamanic astrologers if they are talking to their planets.”
The answer to that is a resounding “YES.” It's just a matter of degree.
Many long-time astrologers have stories of spontaneous encountersย with the planets as something bigger, and more transcendent than themselves. This is no surprise because astrology was DESIGNED to have this effect.
These magicalย moments can be encouraged with the practice of other shamanic techniques that expand your capacity to connect on this deeper level. These are skillsย you can learn and experience for yourself, or to help others make the connection.
Over the past 20 years, my practice of shamanic astrology has enriched my life in ways I could never have imagined. Astrology is more than an art or science; to me, it is essential to myย spiritual work.
Perhaps it isย for you too. If you're already feeling the urge to connect with your planets in a multi-dimensional way, experimentย with guided visualization, or dreamwork, or magic, and see what you discover.
Or, if you're astrology has felt flat, or you've been struggling to learn astrology via keywords that seem intellectual or sterile, exploring a shamanic approach to astrology may be exactly what you need to re-enchant your worldview.
Want to learn otherย ways the Planets speak to us?
Learn more about our Shamanic Astrology Trainingย today.
I invite you to check out http://shamanicastrology.com and the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School, based here in Tucson, if you haven’t already.
Thanks for the link! We’re like cousins — just like we’re cousins with the Vedic astrologers. My understanding is that since the schools founders studied with Jeff Green (among others), it uses astrological techniques inspired by that school. Would you agree?
Date:16-5-2016
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I enjoyed reading your website. I am also an astrologer and shamanic teacher and have been combing the practice together for years. Nice to see youโve done the same. Iโve stufdied with Steven Gorrest so Iโm more of an evolutionary astrologer and continue monthly with my teacher here in Maine. Welcome to this amazing world of Astro Shamanism!
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