How Many Bodies?

By Tom Jacobs

If you’re moving in any astrology or astronomy circles, you’ve been hearing a lot about the recent re-evaluation of just what makes a planet a planet. To some, there’s a hubbub about how this might change things for astrology.

My immediate response to the issue of redefining the solar system is, “And?” As a counseling astrologer, I use whatever I can get my hands on to counsel clients. I use a lot of things that are neither defined now nor about to defined as planets. If an archetype speaks to me, I agree to include it in my toolbox, and if when studying a client’s chart that archetype answers questions about what’s going on with that person, I use it in the counseling session. It seems to me that if my job is to help people understand their lives, I need to understand as much as I can about Life, and in astrological terms, I might need to be open to a lot more than the standard planets in order to do that. (more…)

September 11, 2006 By Tom Jacobs