Geoffrey Cornelius on The Moment of Astrology

An interview with astrologer Geoffrey Cornelius about his book The Moment of Astrology: Origins in Divination.

In this extensive interview with Geoffrey, the discussion centers on his book and the arguments he makes for viewing astrology as a form of divination.

The conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the redefinition of astrology, the distinction between natural and judicial astrology, the importance of horary astrology, the limitations of scientific validation, the participatory nature of astrology, the role of subjectivity, the metaphor of astrology as a language, symbolic thinking, and the complexities surrounding fate and free will.

This is a re-release of an old audio episode of The Astrology Podcast with Geoffrey Cornelius and Chris Brennan that was originally released on November 24, 2015.

Geoffrey passed away on August 27, 2024, and part of the purpose of the re-release is to honor is life and work, as well as to make this interview available to listeners on YouTube.

This is episode 53 of The Astrology Podcast:

https://theastrologypodcast.com/2015/...

The Moment of Astrology book:

https://amzn.to/47CEKIh

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:05:28 The thesis of Moment of Astrology
00:12:19 Horary astrology
00:15:29 Judicial astrology
00:16:40 Critique of Claudius Ptolemy
00:24:32 Plotinus and Plato
00:26:26 The scientific question
00:33:13 Geoffrey's background in divination
00:37:55 His transition into astrology
00:41:36 The revival of horary in the UK
00:48:17 Moment of Astrology published in 1994
00:59:09 Objective vs. subjective in astrology
01:04:43 The wrong paradigm of astrology
01:10:32 A critique of Geoffrey's argument
01:20:22 Houses
01:27:10 Astrology subjective and objective at the same time
01:37:38 Determinism
01:51:31 Final remarks