Becca Tarnas on Outer Planet Cycles and Jung’s Red Book

Episode 251 features an interview with astrologer Becca Tarnas where we talk about her work on the Red Book of Carl Jung, as well as the connection between outer planet cycles and recent world events.

Becca practices archetypal astrology, and is the current editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology, which recently released its seventh issue in January, titled Historical Roots and Current Flowerings.

During the course of the interview we talk about her background in archetypal astrology, what it is like to be a second generation astrologer, why Jung’s Red Book is important and relevant to astrologers, and how the recent Saturn-Pluto conjunction relates to events happening in the world now.

Becca received her PhD in Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, with a dissertation titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien. 

For those who were interested in the discussion about Jung’s Red Book in this episode, I’d recommend checking out the longer lecture on her YouTube channel on The Astrology of Jung’s Red Book.

You can find out more information about Becca through her website:

BeccaTarnas.com

This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.

Timestamps

Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:50 Becca’s background

00:02:08 Archetype definition

00:08:16 Becca’s astrology journey

00:11:00 Did she rebel against astrology?

00:17:00 Her astrology education

00:21:17 Archai Journal

00:24:56 Archetypal astrology

00:28:00 Technical disputes?

00:30:40 Archai Journal issue 7

00:36:25 Jung’s Red Book

00:44:50 Archetypes and the Red Book

00:50:37 Uranus Neptune and the Red Book

00:54:38 Why Red Book wasn’t published sooner

00:58:21 Jung’s break with Freud

01:00:00 WWI

01:01:13 Jung’s chart

01:02:27 1913-15 Saturn Pluto conjunction

01:07:18 Outer planet cycles

01:09:50 Obama and Uranus Pluto

01:12:30 Mary Wollstonecraft and Uranus Pluto

01:17:27 Saturn Pluto cycles

01:25:06 2020 Saturn Pluto conjunctions

01:32:33 Generational gifts

01:33:58 Jupiter Saturn 1980’s

01:36:04 2020 presidential primary

01:37:45 Saturn Pluto stress test

01:39:10 Late 1980’s chart

01:40:28 9/11 Saturn Pluto

01:44:19 More about Saturn Pluto

01:53:00 Saturn return orbs

01:57:23 Saturn Pluto future dates

02:19:16 Becca’s work and contact info

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Transcript

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