Energy Astrology - Feeling, Acceptance, Ownership and Integration
"In his description of feeling as prayer, the abbot in Tibet clearly stated this timeless wisdom that was lost to the west long ago: "When you see us chanting for many hours a day, abd when you see us using the bells, bowls, chimes and incense, you're seeing what we do to create the feeling in our body. Feeling is prayer!".
Gregg Braden
Excerpt from Energy Astrology - Working with the Energies of Your Natal Chart by Brian Parsons, published by Samarpan Alchemy Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-907167-08-9
There is a law of the human psyche known as projection that states that when an individual does not acknowledge and own an energy within themselves, that energy is projected outwards and manifests in some area of their life, usually in the form of challenging situations or recurring conflict, until that person is able to consciously acknowledge and integrate those energies within their own psyche.
This is why individuals tend to attract partners and relationships which reflect back to them those shadow parts of themselves which they do not wish to face.
It is a popular belief that the astrological natal chart, the chart calculated using the date, time and location of our birth, is the closest thing we will ever have to a ‘user manual’ for our life, our personality and our higher purpose.
Each of the planets is said to represent a specific type of energy, and where the planet is placed in our natal chart shows how and where that energy functions in our life. An astrological chart can therefore show and guides us to a better and deeper understanding of our strengths and our weaknesses, our potential and our problem areas.
Because each planet is in a different sign and house, depending on the date, time and location of birth, so the energies which is expressed through the chart will be different for each individual.
An astrological natal chart is therefore a powerful tool to help an individual understand the archetypal forces which drive their personality, and identify those planets they own and are comfortable with, and those planets they are actively disowning and projecting on to other people and situations.
Energy Astrology takes this process a stage further, and also helps to speed up this process.
Normally, an individual has to wait for situations and circumstances to activate a planetary archetype before they can discover if it is one which they own or disown.
However, during the first Energy Astrology weekend, an individual will have all the primary planetary archetypes activated in sequence, thus allowing them to feel these distinctive energies and also observe their personality reactions to these energies.
This means, in the space of a weekend, an individual can quickly define which planetary energies they are comfortable with, and which planetary energies they are most likely to be projecting outwards, and so need to work on.
To help re-claim these projections, this course is structured around a four step process to create an internal space within the psyche from which individuals can start to own their planetary / charka / meridian energies.
First, the individual allows themselves to feel the energy of the planetary archetypes manifesting through their charkas and meridians, then over time they learn to accept the energy, which eventually leads to an ownership of the energy, the ability to identify with that energy, and then finally, the energy is so well integrated into the psyche, the individual no longer notices that they ever had a problem with it.
The equation for the first Energy Astrology weekend is therefore:
- Feeling leads to Acceptance
- Acceptance leads to Ownership
- Ownership leads to Integration
Once an individual can feel and accept a planetary energy, this can open a space for a shift in many areas of their life – relationships, abundance, health, work, spiritual growth, and creativity.
It is for this reason that the journey for each planetary archetype follows the same structure:
- Transmission of the planetary energy in isolation
- Transmission of the planet in the sign it feels most at home in
- Transmission of the planet and sign found in the individual’s natal chart
- Transmission of the planet, sign and house found in the individual’s natal chart
As the transmissions change throughout the journey, the individual receiving these transmissions can feel as the energy shifts from planet in isolation to planet in sign, and then to planet in sign and house. This shift in their feeling sense is what allows an individual to discriminate between the different energies, and so identify which ones they feel comfortable or uncomfortable with.
One of the common responses to the first Energy Astrology weekend is how markedly different the energies feel between the four sections of the journey:
- The planet in isolation
- The planet in the sign it feels most at home in
- The planet in the sign found in the individual’s natal chart
- The planet in the sign and house found in the individual’s natal chart
The use of feeling is also another reason why Energy Astrology is a powerful astrological tool for personal development and healing.
Up to now, working with an astrological chart has mostly been an intellectual or mental affair, which was off putting to those people who did not have the inclination to read and digest astrological books.
People who have a more developed feeling sense have found they are attracted to the Energy Astrology approach, because it allows them to work with their natal chart in a direct and simple way which feels comfortable to them.
Even people who are more intellectually inclined have found that Energy Astrology provides a way for them to ‘short cut’ the mental approach and work directly with their planetary energies (which often takes them completely by surprise, because knowing a planet intellectually is very different to connecting with it directly on an energy / feeling level).
Even when an individual is not comfortable with a particular planetary archetype, it is important that they stay with the feeling if at all possible, as this feeling is the first step in the process towards integration.
Unlike other courses, Energy Astrology is not dependent on creative imagination to set-up access the planetary archetypes, as these energies are being directly transmitted by the tutor to all members of the group.
During these journeys there are no guided visualisations given, apart from the set-up for the Crystal Pyramid, as the emphasis is on the energy transmissions and the process of feeling the energies.
However, individuals are free to respond to these transmissions in anyway that is appropriate for them at that time. For example, some people see colours, hear sounds, and may embark on their own spontaneous inner journey in response to the planetary archetype which is being transmitted.
Now, this alchemical process from feeling to integration does not happen or complete through listening to the journeys once, it requires a steady commitment to listening and working with the journeys over a sustained period of time.
But based on the experience of people who have worked with Energy Astrology to date, change does happen.
