Astrological Concepts 1: Siginification
Channel: Richard Swatton
Date: 09/11/2018

This video is the first in an intended series on astrological concepts. Signification is not usually defined very well in texts and so this video introduces the idea of signifcation as a process that shapes the astrologer's mind along a course of changing perceptions. We look at an astrological placement; we see it containing symbolic potential; the symbol gives rise to various ideas about what it could signify in a person's life (a speculative significator); finally it becomes a "radical signifcator" that reveals a living dynamic or form of material actuality in a person's life. The example of Venus in the 3rd house, in Aries, is provided to demonstrate the mental processes involved.