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Richard Tarnas
Gimme Shelter:
Weathering the Storm
in an Archetypal Cosmos
Sunday, April 28, 2019
2 – 5 pm
Sylvan Community Center
7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights
The evidence of consistent correlations between planetary alignments and world events, as seen through the lens of astrology, can provide us with a much needed context for our wildly dramatic time. Understanding the cyclical patterns and historical trends that preceded this moment can help us engage with greater consciousness and skillful intelligence the powerful forces now active in the world. In this sense, astrology can be seen as a kind of cosmic extension of the depth psychology project initiated by Freud and Jung over a century ago: helping us become more conscious of the unconscious, less like puppets and more like co-creative participants in relation to the archetypal powers within and around us.
What is the current planetary situation, and which gods are now in dynamic motion? And how might our contemporary culture be transformed by the recognition that an intimate bond exists between the deep psyche and the cosmos? Join Richard Tarnas this afternoon for a discussion of the cosmological implications of astrology, and a “state of the world report” on the archetypal context of our national and global moment.
Richard Tarnas, Ph.D., is the founding director of the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He teaches courses in the history of ideas, archetypal studies, depth psychology, and religious evolution. He frequently lectures on archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, and was formerly the director of programs and education at Esalen Institute in Big Sur. He is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern widely used in universities. His second book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network, and is the basis for the upcoming documentary film Changing of the Gods. He is a past president of the International Transpersonal Association and served on the Board of Governors for the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. His website is CosmosandPsyche.com
Uranus will make its full-scale entry into Taurus on March 6th 2019. The last seven years of Uranus in Aries have been pretty raucous. Now the focus of change is shifting to the earth sign Taurus. The next seven years could be pivotal in our relationship with Gaia, Mother Earth. The genius quality of Uranus may well prove to be our best hope for saving the planet. Understanding how Uranus operates in our chart and in the world can help us stay flexible and ready for change. Join us in exploring this amazing planet as it awakens, surprises and hopefully inspires us.
Our Transpersonal Astrology Special Interest Group meets bi-monthly on the 2nd Monday of even months. Next meeting is June 10, 2019. Topic: TBD. NEW LOCATION.