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 #TheAstrologyPodcast 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