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The Development of the Personality: Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol. 1 Paperback – February 1, 1987

by Liz Greene (Author), Howard Sasportas (Author)
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Greene and Sasportas focus on psychological complexes and astrological factors that encompass issues from childhood, including the stages of childhood, the parental marriage, subpersonalities and more. An important book helping those in the counseling process.
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Liz Greene is the cofounder of the Centre for Psychological Astrology in London and a contributor to the most respected astrology site on the web: www.astro.com, as well as a regular contributor to Astrodientst.com. She is the author of Astrology for Lovers and Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet. Greene currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ RedWheel / Weiser; First Edition (February 1, 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0877286736
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0877286738
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.035 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.84 x 8.25 inches
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Broos963
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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Honestly this book was so good, I may have read it too fast! I absolutely loved it, and found it extremely helpful. Clear instructions on findings the parents and childhood in the chart, the different personalities that we may find in the chart, and some other useful information.

Liz and Howard are among my favorites, highly recommend.
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Emily D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Liz Greene gem
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2008
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Here is a book that is chock full of information, taken from seminars that Liz and Howard conducted. It's this kind of presentation where you can pick up tidbits that you'll remember forever. It covers the parental marriage as indicated by the sun and the moon (and other factors that perhaps you didn't know to look at in those terms). It talks about early childhood and the unfolding personality expressed through progressions. There is a very interesting chapter about the archetypal images of the mythical creatures, Puer and Senex, which was entirely new to me. If you are interested in depth psychology as shown in the birth chart you must read and re-read this book. You will come away from it knowing yourself in a deeper way than before. I would recommend it to the intermediate or advanced astrology student. Excellent work!
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familyof5
5.0 out of 5 stars i liked access to the questions that came up as they ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2016
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its a transcript of seminars...i liked access to the questions that came up as they lectured on this subject matter as well as the psychology bend to the subject...which helps me understand
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James Frazier
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2013
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A must read for those interested in psychological astrology or even just depth psychology. This author is one of the very best ways to introduce yourself to the profound thought of C.G. Jung. I highly recommend this book.
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J. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars astrology book
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2013
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Great understanding of astrology, giving a lot of knowledge about the planets, signs and aspects. Great author and teacher of astrology
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015
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Well written!
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Tim Burness
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, balanced, psychological astrology
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2005
A large number of psychological and astrological perspectives on real life are packed into this excellent volume by two giants of modern astrology, Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas. Many years after I first bought "The Development Of The Personality", I still dip into it now and again to re-discover a few truths and different takes on astrological and psychological interpretation. There is much food for deep thought here, with a large number of practical examples that keep the astrology and psychology alive.

The book is based around the transcripts of four seminars, two each by Greene and Saportas. "The Stages Of Childhood" explores the relationship between early childhood experiences and the placements in the birth chart which predispose each us to interpret these experiences in a particular way. "The Parental Marriage In The Horoscope" looks at how individuals might deal with their astrological and psychological parental patterns. "Subpersonalities And Psychological Conflicts" examines six subpersonality structures and related conflicts e.g. part of us may be "the mystic" while another may be "the pragmatist". In "Puer and Senex", Liz Greene looks at personal creativity, contrasting the exciting possibilities of "the eternal youth" (puer) with the more worldly and practical "old man" (senex).

Given the rather heavy nature of some of the material, many humorous comments and entertaining interchanges with the audience are a nice touch throughout this substantial volume.
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sherman126
5.0 out of 5 stars A Psychological view on Astrology
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2004
Liz and Howard gave a talk about the relationship between personality and astrology. In my opinion, this book talks about psychology more than astrology. In fact, in the old time before the subject of psychology appeared, Astrology was the main subject to under human psyche. In this book, Liz and Howard showed us how our birth charts reveal the development of the personality, since we were in the womb, during the birth and during growing up.

Chapter 2 talks about the father & mother, as everyone already has an father image and mother image when he was born, as revealed in the chart. Very often, the unfinished tasks of our parents will be brought forwards to us. And what is not lived out by ourselves will be carried forwards to our children.

Chapter 3 talks about different phychological dilemmas. This chapter is very wonderful for the people who often face with dilemmas, with other people or within himself.

Chapter 4 talks about Puer & Senex, (the Eternal Youth vs Old Man). Puer represent new ideas and changes. Senex represents old form, structure and rules. Puer and Senex are pair. One cannot exists with the others. And they live within every people. I am a Sagittarian. Every description about the Puer match myself exactly! This chapter is very wonderful for the people with a lot of Fire/Earth conflict, like me.

This is the first of the four books in the Seminars In Psychological Astrology series. Any serious astrologers should read this book carefully. Beginners might read Liz's "Astrology for Lovers" first.
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N. Usova
5.0 out of 5 stars So Accurate!!!
Reviewed in Canada on August 29, 2023
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I know I keep on editing my review as I am reading the book. I hope this is my final edit.

But so far the book is way too accurate. Too many things just turned out to be right. To begin with my children have Sun square Uranus and according to the book this means that they view their father as being unpredictable. He is highly unpredictable as he is an alcoholic (we are legally separated). Than according to the book my mother is really strong and more practical then father and she is (Moon in earth sign square Mars) and so on. Just way too many things on which the book is accurate. I judge the book by accuracy and not by the cover that’s why I give it five stars. It well deserves the rating! I will for sure read other books in the series and written by the authors.

I also really like the blend of astrology and psychology. It is really interesting and deep. I like the depth. I have strong Scorpio in my chart so I crave depth. It speaks to me. It is kind of healing, reading about psychology touches something deep down and kind of heals it in a way.

I really like how the book speaks about parents. A very important topic and how it addresses all important houses 4th and 10th. It also touches on progressions which is really important if you want to know how to make predictions. I find myself thinking that I will reread this book a couple of times for sure so that I better memorize it as the stuff written in it is that important ( you want to remember as much of it as possible!).

The writing style is simply amazing! The astrologers are not just great astrologers but writers as well. It is just so easy to read… The writing language is fluent. And I find I can read book after work, easily. Inspite of it being on a very deep subject such as psychology and astrology, I can read it even when I am tired and totally comprehend it. The language is that fluent.
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Marisa V.
5.0 out of 5 stars On my way to mother's apprenticeship
Reviewed in France on September 12, 2018
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Ok, let me say something about this book. I received a quite used one, with water poured and dried on some pages and you can see like French people say "Il a du vécu". The book contains training sessions between the author and her trainees. I bought this book out of curiosity but enjoyed the read, it contains some very insightful thoughts about childhood, parental behaviorism and how this could affect strongly our personality development. As an aunt of 3 and participated actively to their upbringing, I thought I knew all. But his book is just very eye-opening for me, and I personally gain some knowledge which would be applicable on my 2-year-old baby.
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J. J. Rowley
5.0 out of 5 stars How to grow up
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2012
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Another blockbuster by Liz Greene. The series of seminars and anything else she has written is superb. Uses Jungian psychology and melds it with astrology. Really sets you thinking and challenges you. Go read!
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AquaLibro
5.0 out of 5 stars C.P.A.講義録集の重要性はわが日本でも徐々に増すのでは?Vol.1
Reviewed in Japan on September 20, 2013
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C.P.A.創設に携わった2人の巨匠、それぞれが行った2つずつの講義、すな
わち4つの講義録を収録した一冊。

Pt.1はサスポータスH.Sasportasの"The Stage of Chi-
ldhood"で、人がハード・アスペクトを含む自身の天体配置を、幼少期から心
理的発達を経、次元を変え体験してゆく（≒パターンを書き変える）事が論じられま
す。

氏が自身のネイタル・チャートの、ヘヴィーなステリウム天体群の使い方について、
ドビンズZ.Dobynsよりアドヴァイスを貰ったという興味深い件り等、私達読
者にとって理解の助けになる多くの具体例が、丁寧に説明されます。

冒頭から「スクリプト」「ゲシュタルト療法」等心理学用語が占星術の話に絡め発
せられ、聴衆もそれら用語の意味等を講師に問う等の事もなしに静聴、時にそれら用
語の内容を踏まえた質問を講師に投げ返すあたりは、'80年代当時の心理占星術家
達が心理学・占星術双方を学び、互いに結びつけんとしていた事が窺える…これはリ
ズ・グリーンL.Greeneの講義（但しこちらは原型的心理学・神話等と占星術
）も同様…と考えて良いでしょう。

Pt.2はそのグリーンによる"The Parental Marriage in
the Horoscope"。"Astrology of Fate"（レヴュー済）
でも展開された、神話・文学・妖精譚等を踏まえたアーキタイプ論とホロスコープの
象徴とを美しく紡ぎ出す様は読んでいて心地良いです。ここでのテーマはホロスコー
プの中にある両親の"marriage"とそして両者の"imbalance"。
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Jennifer Butera
5.0 out of 5 stars Liz Greene is Amazing
Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2022
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I NEED to get my hands on every single on of Liz Greenes Books. They are all astounding including this one. CAUTION though - to those buying it used. I got mine and an entire section was missing in the book, about 20 pages. For me, every page is gold so I had to return it.
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