What brought you to astrology?
While I was working on my doctoral dissertation in the field of myth and depth
psychology, I attended a small group seminar with Richard Tarnas. In that seminar he
laid out how the planets signify the archetypal patterns and energies of the psyche,
which are personified by the figures of myth. That was my “a-ha” moment. So I began to
study astrology, drawing on my understanding of the archetypal dimension, the psyche,
and myth.
Who did you study astrology with?
I was largely self-taught. A neighbor I had at the time had an old-school astrology
correspondence course (with the assignments/quizzes and answers) that I used to learn
the basics. Everything else came from reading Liz Greene, Stephen Arroyo, Dane
Rudhyar, Alice O. Howell, Erin Sullivan, Melanie Reinhart, Richard Tarnas..
What is your specialty, or focus?
Jungian psychology, archetypal psychology and myth
What are your top 3 favorite astrology books?
Liz Greene, The Astrology of Fate
Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Karma and Transformation
Richard Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche
If you could have dinner with any historical astrologer, who would it be?
Marsilio Ficino, Renaissance astrologer and doctor of soul.
Is there a planet, sign, or aspect you’ve been exploring lately that represents an archetype or energy that feels important to you right now?
I’ve been reading Rudhyar and Lael’s Astrological Aspects and have been meditating
on the deeper organize processes of unfolding that the aspects symbolize. The first half
of a cycle (conjunction to opposition) they call “involuntionary,” the keynote being that of
allowing the action of the creative spirit in one’s life. I have been thinking about that in
relation to the daimon, the inner presence that accompanies one through life who keeps
us close to our own necessity.
Safron Rossi, Ph.D., has spent her life steeped in mythology, literature, and art. She is a Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Jungian and Archetypal Studies MA/PhD program as well as an archetypal psychological astrologer. Safron is author of The Kore Goddess: A Mythology & Psychology (2021), co-editor of Jung on Astrology (2017) and editor of Joseph Campbell's Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (2013).
She is on the faculty of Astrology University and the Centre for Astrology, Myth and
Symbol, and regularly presents at CPA/MISPA. Safron has published articles in Jungian,Archetypal, and astrological journals and lectures across the US and internationally in Europe, South America and Australia. Her website is www.thearchetypaleye.com.