Chris Brennan - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm an astrologer from Colorado. I spent the past couple of years in Maryland studying at Project Hindsight , which is involved in the translation and recovery of the Hellenistic tradition of astrology. I've been studying astrology for about seven years now since I was 16. I spent three years studying at Kepler College where I focused on comparative studies between the different astrological traditions. I'm currently the president of the Association for Young Astrologers , and the Research Director of the National Council for Geocosmic Research .
My astrological technique mainly relies on the Hellenistic tradition of astrology at this point, although my approach is heavily influenced by my work with the Modern western, Indian, and Medieval traditions of astrology. From a practical standpoint my main focus is on the predictive aspects of astrology, but one of my main interests lies in the historical and philosophical issues surrounding the subject in general, particularly in relation to the transmission of astrology as a science from culture to culture. If you are interested in seeing some of my work then you should check out my website Astrological Consulting Services , or my astrology blog where I regularly post articles and predictions.
If you are curious about a consultation then check out the list of services page on my website , and we can set up an appointment. If you just want to discuss astrology or something in general then you can send me a message or check out the astrological forum that I moderate here on Myspace called the Horoscopic Astrology Group .
Astrological services that I offer:

Birth chart consultations - Interpreting astrological charts cast for the moment of an individual's birth. Relationship analysis - Comparing the charts of two people in order to determine compatibility and long term prospects. Electional astrology - Determining astrologically auspicious moments to begin ventures and undertakings. Horary questions - Answering specific questions based on the chart for the moment that the question is posed to the astrologer. Online courses - I'm currently offering a three week course on Hellenistic astrology.

My Interests

Astrology. Synchronicity. Quantum entanglement. Chai. Philosophy. Portents. Seriality. Determinism. Van Gogh. Sociology. Secrets. Heimarmene. Ancient history. Platonism. Gnosticism. Stoicism. Bubble Tea. C.G. Jung. History of science. Ancient Greek and Arabic. Reading constantly.

I'd like to meet:

Music:

The Smashing Pumpkins, AFI, Nine Inch Nails, Blaqk Audio, Paul Oakenfold, the Dust Brothers , the Chemical Brothers, Jurassic Five, Portishead, Fiona Apple, Sone Temple Pilots, Frank Sinatra, Green Day, The Mars Volta, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Weezer, etc.

Movies:

Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, Pulp Fiction, The Fifth Element, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Ninth Gate, etc.

Television:

Meh.

Books:

Recent books: Nick Campion - The Dawn of Astrology Ben Dykes - Sahl & Masha'allah James Holden - Five Medieval Astrologers Waterfield - The Theology of Arithmetic Dimitri Gutas - Greek Thought, Arabic Culture The Occult Sciences in Byzantium, ed. Magdalino J. Komorowska, Vettius Valens of Antioch: An Intellectual Monography Suzanne Bobzien, Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy Histoire de l'astrologie - Wilhelm Knappich Francesca Rochberg - The Heavenly Writing David Pingree - From Astral Omens to Astrology Guido Bonatti (Tr. Ben Dykes) - Liber Astronomiae Want to buy me a book? You know you do. Here is my Amazon.com wish list .

Heroes:

Vettius Valens, David Pingree

My Blog

Everything Happens For A Reason

This speech was given at my sister Katie's funeral last week, on October 26th 2007. She died on October 20th in a car crash. The speech isn't much, and I wish that I had said more in retro...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:42:00 PST

Eternal Recurrence

What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you : "This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and i...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:02:00 PST

My current philosophical views on astrology

This is the first post from my new blog over at Wordpress.com. You should come check it out at http://apotelesmatics.wordpress.comMy current philosophical views on astrologyMy own views on ...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:17:00 PST

On Synchronicity

On Synchronicity The term synchronicity was coined and used publicly as early as 1928[i] by the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) as a means by which to define events that ar...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:11:00 PST

The Age of Aquarius, and Why It's Not

First I wanted to state that the actual title of this paper that I wrote is Apocalyptic Beliefs in 20th Century Astrology, but that title is too long, doesn't summarize the paper very well, and it jus...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:05:00 PST

The Stoics say...

The Stoics say that the planets, returning to the same pointof longitude and latitude which each occupied when firstthe universe arose, at fixed periods of time bring about aconflagration and destruc...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Sun, 21 May 2006 07:43:00 PST

Delphica

Delfica La connais-tu, DAFNE, cette ancienne romance, Au pied du sycomore, ou sous les lauriers blancs, Sous l'olivier, le myrte, ou les saules tremblants, Cette chanson d'amour... qui toujours ...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:22:00 PST

Manilius - Hardcore Stoic

Marcus Manilius was a Roman poet who lived sometime around the beginning of the first century CE. He wrote one of the earliest surviving Hellenistic works on horoscopic astrology which was titl...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Quote from Al-Kindi

"If it were given to anyone to comprehend the whole condition of the celestial harmony, he would know fully the world of the elements, with all that is contained therein at any place and any time, as...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Sect

In the ancient world prior to big cities with bright lights and high-tech computers with chart calculations, astrology was more hands-on and was more of a visual, observational art than it is today be...
Posted by Chris Brennan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST