Join IAAM for a talk with Carole Taylor about the intersection between astrological magic, interior design and the local space technique.
https://astromagia-org.zoom.us/j/88454504073?pwd=OGVKclNNenczdUN4dWhQL2lpbnNuQT09
In the early 1970s, Michael Erlewine invented the local space technique. Although widely practiced throughout Europe and the United Kingdom, this magical astrological experience of space is not as well known in North America and the rest of the world. Dropping our planets down onto the local horizon, each of us possesses our own unique experience of the compass directions that we carry into our homes, our places of work and other spaces we visit. In essence, in the northern hemisphere, the MC corresponds with due south and the IC corresponds with due north. It is reversed in the southern hemisphere. Depending on their zodiacal position between the
IC and MC, each planets is then transposed onto our own personal compass. For example, if we have the moon on the MC, an energetic lunar line emanates out from the center of every space out towards due south. We might then encounter lunar content when we interact with objects and rooms within spaces on this line that invite us to face towards the south.
In the Local Space technique, we are invited into a relationship with these compass lines that emanate out from each space’s center. This talk explores the psychological and magical perspectives which we can use to explore these relationships to the physical world, from our immediate home environment to a larger global view. The lines can suggest attributes of the places we frequently inhabit, often mirroring our inner psychological responses to these various spaces. Indeed, on a domestic level, the longer we live in our home, the more it becomes an outer expression of our inner psychology. The local space technique roots us in the doctrine of correspondence and the idea of magic as a conscious effort to work with the system of bonds between revealed and concealed worlds. We will look at the technique generally, but with a focus on using it in our home – how the arrangement of our living space comes to reflect our intentions, issue and experiences, and how conscious rearrangement can play a positive role in our developmental process and help us to live more expressively and magically.
Carole Taylor, MA, FFAstrolS, is an astrological consultant and teacher. Her work is informed by Jungian principles and by studies in mythology, archetypal imagination and Western esoteric traditions. She was formerly President and Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies, founder of its online classes programme and an extensive contributor to its course material. She holds an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and is a tutor on the Sophia MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. Carole is the author of Astrology: Using the Wisdom of the Stars in Your Everyday Life and co-author of Journey Through Astrology.