The Circuitry of the Self: Astrology and the Developmental Model

"The Circuitry of the Self: Astrology and the Developmental Model" offers a new theory of how astrology works and how it can be scientifically validated. Astrology may be more than a kind of poetry of the imagination, it may be deeply embedded in our biological processes. Since Darwin, biologists have viewed life in terms of a developmental model. Life moves forward in stages - we are born in a form very different from what we become at adulthood. While Freud and Erikson applied the developmental model to their psychological theories few astrologers have approached astrology from that perspective. Many have adopted Jung's ideas on the archetypes and synchronicity to explain how astrology works. The astrological model described in this book offers an evolutionary alternative - planetary cycles establish imprints as we develop, and these imprints structure our personality and, consequently, our destiny.