How can Astrology be of therapeutic benefit?

In his book ‘Soul Speaks : The Therapeutic Potential of Astrology’ Mark Jones writes: ‘Insight is the beginning of a journey towards wholeness; indeed, without insight one cannot even begin. But it is the way in which insight is received, digested and metabolized into an individual’s life that is the real key to transformation.’

This sentence has stayed with me for years. It perfectly describes what I’ve experienced again and again — in my own process and in my work with others.

Insight is the spark. But the real alchemy happens afterwards: when the chart comes alive in daily life, when awareness meets embodiment, when an idea slowly becomes lived truth.

That’s why a while ago, I’ve decided to no longer offer one-off astrology readings.

Over time I realized that those single sessions often opened something profound, but then there wasn’t enough space to stay with what surfaced, to digest it, to let it move through the body and the psyche. The work felt incomplete, suspended in mid-air.

And Astrology, to me, is not meant to stay in the realm of ideas or the intellect. It’s an embodied practice of remembering.

The real potential of Astrology

In our modern society, Astrology is mostly associated with horoscopes in magazines which – honestly – should be forbidden.

Astrology is an ancient method that deserves to be shown in its depth and preciousness rather than being simplified through empty predictions that cater to the masses but offer no therapeutic benefit.

The ancient science of astrology once stood as the queen of all sciences before it was downgraded to a pseudo-science. As humanity, we are now going through a time of profound transition, where more and more people are looking beyond the conventional and searching for tools that help them navigate this collective initiation.

And so, perhaps, we’ve entered an age in which many of these sacred arts, long dismissed as “esoteric” or “irrational”, are being remembered for what they truly are: bridges between spirit and matter, maps for the soul. But only if we integrate them, bring them to life, into our daily life.

Remembering wholeness

One of the most beautiful things about Astrology is that it helps us remember. Remember our wholeness, the way all parts belong, even the ones we try to hide. That’s why in my work, I love to combine Parts Work with Astrology, seeing the planets and sensitive points of your chart as parts of your psyche with compassion.

With this perspective, every wound carries a wisdom, every loss a seed for growth. It reminds us that our life is not random but part of a greater story unfolding through us.

Rather than being trapped in fear or paralyzed by uncertainty, this kind of Astrology invites us to look within and remember who we truly are and why we came here. And to embody this.

It can reconnect us with purpose and inner wisdom – and sharpen our felt sense of belonging to the cosmos.

How? Through its symbolic language: a complex, nuanced code that translates the movements of the heavens into the language of the soul.

It’s like a lens through which we can understand the movie of our life. How magical is that?

The living chart

And yet, despite its complexity and beauty, Astrology will never capture the full depth of a human being. Nothing can.

The astrological birth chart will always mirror, not the whole. What truly matters is how that mirror is met: through presence, compassion, curiosity and embodiment.

As Astrologers, what we can offer is not final answers but companionship on the path of self-understanding, with an altruistic kind of love. Together we look into the deeper layers of the psyche to illuminate parts that we’ve abandoned so they can find their rightful place in the whole.

This is what Therapeutic Astrology means to me: A practice that supports you in meeting yourself, especially the parts still dwelling in the dark, causing suffering because they haven’t yet been seen in the light of consciousness. But also the parts holding incredible potential, waiting to be lived.

To see all those facets with loving eyes, to think, “Ah, that’s also me,” and to slowly integrate them into everyday life — that, to me, is the aim of a true astrological process. And this can’t happen in one session.

From insight to integration

So instead of offering quick glimpses through one-off readings, my work has shifted toward longer-term spaces of exploration: mentorships, embodied astrology, and group labs — where insight has time to settle and become embodied wisdom. From the inside rather than outside.

Because Astrology, in its essence, is not about prediction. It never was. It’s about relationship — with yourself, with time, with the unseen threads that weave your story into the fabric of life.

And that relationship needs time, commitment and devotion.