On the Luminaries

Greene and Sasportas are great. This is the third book of their Seminars in Psychological Astrology, after The Development of the Personality and Dynamics of the Unconscious, both of which paired specific bits of Jungian psychology with astrological readings. This one takes a more focused look at — drumroll — the luminaries. It’s all about the sun and the moon: how do we deal with Gaia, the Great Mother, and our monthly cycles? How do we exert our own will in pursuit of the Great Father? What makes us unique, and what makes us feel whole? The highlight is the third section, where Sasportas and Greene lecture together on both the moon and the sun; there’s a stretch where Sasportas analyzes three generations of men, and the two of them have such a witty, fun rapport that I loved reading it. As always, Sasportas is the granular, analytic astrologer and Greene dives deep into the archetypes and what it all means. It’s great, and I can’t wait to read the last book in the series, The Inner Planets.