Astrology University

Safron regularly presents at Astrology University, here is a full listing of her recorded lectures and courses.

Saturn and the Kore goddess

We all know the outer face of Saturn which we encounter through limitation, restriction, pain and discipline. The gold is in the inner meaning of our Saturn experiences which is self-knowledge, authenticity and maturity. While we are familiar with Saturn personified as the Devouring Father and Wise Old Man in myth and legend, there is another little known archetypal figure who shines a light upon the golden inner core of Saturn and the potential in our work with this principle—the Kore-Virgin.

This archetype is personified by the most revered Virgin goddesses of the classical Greek world including Persephone, Artemis, Athena and Hestia. One-in-herself, the Kore helps us see how Saturn symbolizes a deep integrity grounded in our essential nature and character. Drawing on Safron Rossi’s book The Kore Goddess: A Mythology & Psychology, part one of the seminar explores the astrological meaning of Saturn alongside the Kore archetype, its mythology and core psychological themes. Part two focuses on chart examples, Saturn natal placements and transits.

neptune, betrayal and Ariadne

“I do not know what to do/two states of mind in me,” sings the ancient Greek poet Sappho. These lines could as well be about Neptune, whose themes belong to a watery realm where contradictions undulate.

The myth of Ariadne helps us deepen our understanding of this planet’s archetypal pattern, and shed light on the pain of Neptunian betrayal, the other face of trust, to a beautiful development of consciousness.

HILLMAN AND THE ARCHETYPAL PSYCHE

James Hillman’s writings provide an invaluable foundation for understanding the bridge between psychology and astrology. Yet Hillman’s theoretical frame and mythopoetic perspective are rarely mentioned in astrological circles, despite the rich opportunity for cross-fertilization his work offers.

This presentation explores these fertile possibilities by introducing the four modes of imagining in Hillman’s groundbreaking opus Re-Visioning Psychology (1974) and their significance in an archetypal psychological approach to astrology.

Recorded at the United Astrology Conference 2018