Carl Jung's Red Book + Astrology

An introduction to our hosts psychotherapist Satya Doyle Byock and astrologer Carol Ferris, as they embark on a socially relevant exploration of Carl Jung’s Red Book through the astrology of those extraordinary times, and ours. Satya provides a summary of the content of The Red Book and Jungian Psychology, as well as a feminist reading of Jung's work. Astrologer Carol Ferris uses an astrological lens to explore the nature of Jung's descent into the unconscious that began in 1913, and its relationship to the outbreak of WWI. In this episode we also explore precognition, "The Spirit of the Depths," "The Spirit of the Times," the Battle of the Marne, Jung's natal horoscope, and the horoscopes of 2020, amidst the outbreak of Covid-19 in United States and around the world. This scholarship on Jungian Psychology and The Red Book is presented by The Salome Institute Director and psychotherapist, Satya Doyle Byock and Portland Astrologer Carol Ferris. Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: satyabyock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Horoscopes for Episode 1 Battle of the Marne Carl Jung: Natal Horoscope Carl Jung: Dream of European Flood Jupiter Conjunction March 2020 Pluto Conjunction January 2020 Recorded March 22, 2020

Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris begin to explore Carl Jung's Red Book and the relevance for our times, chapter by chapter. Satya introduces a feminist reading of Jung's work, along with Emma Jung and Toni Wolff as instrumental companions in Jung's deep dive into the unconscious. We also explore the essence of Active Imagination. Carol explores the horoscope of Jung's call to his own soul on November 12th & 13th, 1913 and the deep contraction of winter. Chapters: "The Way of What is to Come," "Refinding the Soul," & "Soul and God." Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: satyabyock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Horoscopes for Episode 2 Jung: Call to Soul Recorded March 29, 2020

In this episode, Satya Doyle Byock & Carol Ferris explore C.G. Jung's Red Book in three more early chapters, discussing Jungian Psychology and Astrology, and the power of creative response and engagement with the Unconscious. The discussions explore the social relevance of Jung's psychology and what is has to offer individuals in these times. In this episode, they weave-in Elizabeth Gilbert's thoughts on Genius and a further exploration of "the Spirit of the Times", "Te Spirit of the Depths," Active Imagination and more as they accompany Jung into "The Desert." Chapters: "The Desert," Experiences in the Desert," & "Descent into Hell in the Future." Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: satyabyock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Horoscopes for Episode 3 Jung: Desert Descent into Hell Recorded April 5, 2020

In this episode exploring Carl Jung's Red Book, Satya Doyle Byock & Carol Ferris discuss the value of killing the hero, the myth of Siegfried, leadership, ideas of God, the duality of good and evil, soul, the feminine soul, and an emphasis on the idea of linear growth versus a circular existence. This episode was recorded on Easter and explores the death and resurrection of Christ. Jung's exploration of Christianity is consistently being explored. Carol compares Jung's natal horoscope with the horoscope of Jung's visions on December 14th, 1913. Chapters: “Splitting of the Spirit” + “Murder of the Hero” + “The Conception of the God” (pgs. 156-174 in the Reader’s Edition). Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: satyabyock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts Jung: Civil War Recorded April 12th, 2020

In this episode exploring Carl Jung's Red Book and its political and social relevance for our times, Jung meets Elijah & Salome. Satya Doyle Byock explores the masculine and feminine in Jung's psychology, the meaning of thinking versus feeling, the importance of engaging with the inner, rejected soul, & Jung's Seminar of 1925. Carol Ferris illuminates the horoscope of Jung's "Mysterium Encounter." Chapters: “Mysterium Encounter," & “Instruction” Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Jung: Grand Cross Winter Solstice 1913 Jung: Mysterium Encounter Recorded April 19th, 2020

Satya Doyle Byock breaks-down the Christian history of the young Salome and updates it with a feminist lens. Carol Ferris illuminates the horoscope December 25, 1913. Jung encounters Salome and Elijah on Christmas. This episode explores crucifixion and resurrection, good and evil, projection, and suffering, the collapse of systems amidst the contraction of winter, matter and time. Ann Carroll translates the German word for “forethinking.” Chapters: "Resolution" Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Jung: Natal Chart - Leo / Aquarius Jung: Third Night - Resolution Recorded April 26th, 2020

In this episode exploring Carl Jung's Red Book and its political and social relevance for our times, Jung encounters his devil in “The Red One.” Our hosts Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris reintroduce themselves and their background with the Red Book. Carol jumps into I Ching reading Hexagram #5 and the topics of waiting, suffering, pleasure and fantasy, while Satya touches on racism and reads Rumi’s The Guest House. Carol reads Ursula K. Le Guin and Satya introduces Ann Carroll as resident German translator.  Chapters: “The Red One” Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Jung: The Red One Recorded May 3rd, 2020

In this episode, C.G. Jung's visions take him to “The Castle in the Forest.” Satya Doyle Byock & Carol Ferris explore the psychological experience of patriarchy and the dismissal of the feminine, Sydney Pollock’s Tootsie, Jung dressing in drag, Edward Edinger’s Anatomy of the Psyche, and Dante's Inferno. They embark on an impassioned discussion on the nature of projection. Carol reviews the feminine planet, Venus, and the masculine planet, Mars in Jung’s natal chart. Ann Carroll translates the German word for “joy.” This is one of the richest stories of Jung's Red Book. Chapters: "Castle in the Forest." Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Carl Jung: Natal Chart Emma Jung: Natal Chart Toni Wolff: Natal Chart Comparison: Carl, Emma, Toni Recorded on May 10, 2020

In this episode exploring Carl Jung's Red Book, Carol Ferris and Satya Doyle Byock continue to explore how Jung confronts his own toxic masculinity and heals the discarded feminine soul. Jung contemplates gender, "manliness, the contra-sexual soul of Men and Women, and psychological androgyny. Carol Ferris discusses the complexities of relational life and the horoscopes Toni Wolff, Emma & Carl Jung. Satya reads about "projective identification" from Jung’s Collected Works No. 7, Ursula K Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, and Ai-jen Poo’s TedTalk on domestic workers. Ann Carroll translates the German words for “joy,” “pleasure” and “lust.” Chapter: “The Castle in the Forest” Astrological Charts: Jung: One of the Lowly Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: Quarterlife.org Recorded on May 17, 2020

In this episode exploring Carl Jung's Red Book and its political and social relevance for our times, Jung encounters his shadow in "The Lowly." Satya Doyle Byock introduces Jung’s ideas on the shadow and individuation. Carol Ferris illuminates the horoscope of this night, December 29th, 1913 and discusses the lowly depths of the ocean. Ann Carroll discusses alcoholism, addiction and homelessness and C.G. Jung’s contribution to the creation of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA. Chapters: “One of the Lowly” Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Jung: The Anchorite Recorded on May 17, 2020

Hosts Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris step away from the chronology of The Red Book to discuss the grief and rage surrounding George Floyd's death and police brutality. In solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the nightly protests in Minneapolis at the time, Satya explores the projection of white people onto Black citizens through James Baldwin’s Letter from a Region in My Mind and Jung’s The Undiscovered Self. Carol explores Venus retrograde and the alchemy of hard-won love.  Chapters: No chapter today -- Black Lives Matter Letter from a Region in My Mind, James Baldwin Letter to a Young Activist, Satya Doyle Byock Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Jung, Anchorite, Dies II Recorded on May 31, 2020

Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris explore Jungian Psychology and what it means to live one's myth, one's animal life, and follow one's own calling. Satya and Carol discuss introverted life and action versus extroverted life as Jung speaks with a monk he encounters living alone in the desert for ten years. Additional topics include the difference between science and soul, the greening of the desert, and the image of the inverted tree. Chapters: "The Anchorite" & "Dies II" Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Astrological Charts: Jung, Red Book Death, Remains of Temples Recorded on June 7, 2020

Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris explore the darkness of Hell, Pluto, and Death through Jung's journey. Carol discusses the astrology and archetypal nature of Pluto. Satya explores the inherent mess of existence. Carol dives into the horoscope of the Birth of America in 1776 and Pluto's role. Other topics include Buckminster Fuller's "trim tab", Nietzsche, the Divine Mother, Joy, and the dualities of vice & virtue, hot & cold, good & evil, and what it means collectively for the return of the Feminine.  Chapters: "Death" & "The Remains of Earlier Temples" Astrological Charts: Jung, First Day Izdubar Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded June 14, 2020

Carol Ferris and Satya Doyle Byock explore Jung's deep contemplation on the potential harm of scientific thinking and the power of fantasy through the encounter with Izdubar. "The real is what works," Jung says. This chapter has a relationship to Gilgamesh and the pursuit of immortality. Carol begins this week's exploration discussing eclipses and times of abundance. Jung begins to pursue the meaning of magic and fantasy. Izdubar and Jung dialogue about Truth and where Truth is found in various forms. Chapter: "First Day" Astrological Charts: Jung, Second Day Izdubar Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood   Recorded June 21, 2020 (Father's Day)

Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris explore "where healing comes from." Satya introduces depth psychological concepts through Audre Lorde's "Poetry is Not a Luxury" and "Uses of the Erotic." Carol reads from the epic of Gilgamesh, the work of Ursula K. le Guin, and reflects on ancestry & love in the work of mythologist Kwame Scruggs. Q&A is alive with the topics "political bypass", psychic-reality, the astrological return to care, and forgiveness in the works of Hannah Arendt. Chapter: “Second Day” Astrological Charts: Jung, Opening of the Egg Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded June 28, 2020

In this episode Jung opens his Egg. Carol Ferris discusses duality, Kathleen Raine, William Blake and James Hillman. Satya Doyle Byock shares a Gilgamesh Dream and explores the animus / anima binary. A guest, Leonora, illuminates the images in this chapter. Ann Carroll translates the German word for “evil” and the original meaning of "sin.” Q&A, features anti-racist dream-work, the intersection of the material and the quantum, and a heart-felt story of recently departed Swan. Chapters: “Incantations” & “The Opening of the Egg" Astrological Charts: Jung, Opening of the Egg 2 Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded June 28, 2020

While Jung enters "Hell" and experiences torture, Satya Doyle Byock and Carol Ferris reflect on the federal occupation of their hometown, Portland, OR. Carol, Satya, and Ann Carroll explore the symbolism of The Eye. Carol discusses narrative time, collective trauma, the underworld & WWII. Satya explores projection, shadow & redemption, and the typology of Introverted Sensation. Q&A opens up topics such as the myth of Athena, Medusa, and the symbolism of masks. Chapter: “Hell” Astrological Charts: Jung, Second Night Hell Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded July 19, 2020

Satya Doyle Byock & Carol Ferris dive into The Red Book's most visceral chapter in which Jung eats the liver of a murdered girl. Carol discusses the role of the liver in Chinese Medicine, Jung's natal chart, astrology of this chapter, & the science fiction in world-making. Satya discusses animal embodiment, humanity's relation to the guilt of existence, the image of and the reclamation of evil. Ann Carrol translates the German word for “mensch.” Chapter: “The Sacrificial Murder” Astrological Charts: Jung Hell, The Sacrificial Murder Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded July 26, 2020

Satya Doyle Byock & Carol Ferris enter a series of more playful Red Book chapters, beginning with "Divine Folly" in which Jung departs from his own religiosity to express the critical importance of living one's own existence. Jung picks up a copy of "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis and starts a dialogue with the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. Carol illuminates the astrology of January 14th, 1914 and the Grand Cardinal Cross in Jung's horoscope. Ann Carroll explores Western Civilization's wrestling with the 2,000 year-old Christian narrative. Satya defines courage as vulnerability and inner work. Chapter: “Divine Folly” Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded August 9, 2020

Satya & Carol discuss C.G. Jung's "Red Book" and its social relevance for our times. In this episode, Jung enters through the left door and deconstructs man’s prejudice toward animals. Satya discusses the “serpentine path to wholeness" and how to reclaim one's embodied self from the projection onto animals. Carol reminds us the Zodiac is not an idle abstraction. Ann Carroll illuminates the image of the cook through Erich Neumann’s "The Great Mother." Chapter: “Nox Secunda” Astrological Charts: Jung: Nox Secunda Learn More: Salome Institute: SalomeInstitute.com Carol: CarolFerrisAstrology.com Satya: SatyaByock.com Satya's book: Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood Recorded August 15th, 2020