Adventures in Planetary Psychology Understanding Archetypes & Human Behavior

Adventures in Planetary Psychology

Understanding Archetypes Through Astrology & Human Behavior

What if astrology wasn’t about prediction, but about psychology?

In this grounded and beginner-friendly class, we’ll explore the planets as archetypes, universal patterns of human behavior that appear across cultures, myths, and modern psychology.

Inspired by the work of Carl Jung and contemporary psychological astrology, this class approaches astrology as a symbolic language of the psyche rather than superstition.

No prior astrology knowledge required.

Who This Is For

• Beginners curious about astrology
• Psychology lovers who enjoy symbolic frameworks
• Skeptical thinkers who prefer a behavioral lens
• Students ready to go deeper than Sun sign astrology

What We’ll Explore

Foundations

• What an archetype is in psychological theory
• Why astrology uses planetary symbolism
• The difference between myth, metaphor, and literal belief
• How archetypes show up in everyday behavior

The Personal Planets

• The Sun and identity
• The Moon and emotional instinct
• Mercury and cognition
• Venus and relational values
• Mars and drive

You’ll begin to recognize these patterns in yourself and others, even without knowing your birth chart.

Moving Into Intermediate Concepts

• Archetypal tension between planets
• Saturn and psychological development
• Jupiter and belief systems
• The outer planets as collective forces
• How archetypes scale from the individual to society

This section introduces deeper layers while keeping everything accessible and grounded.

What You’ll Leave With

• A psychological framework for understanding astrology
• A new language for describing behavior and motivation
• Tools for observing archetypes in real life
• A more nuanced understanding of astrology as symbolic psychology

This is an educational and exploratory class that bridges psychology and astrology in a thoughtful, approachable way.