The Compassionate Voice of Modern Astrology
In the late 20th century, when astrology was undergoing a profound transformation from prediction to self-awareness, Howard Sasportas (1948–1992) emerged as one of its most beloved and insightful teachers.
A gifted communicator, Jungian-trained therapist, and co-founder of the Centre for Psychological Astrology (CPA) in London alongside Liz Greene, Sasportas helped make astrology accessible, humane, and psychologically alive.
He believed that the birth chart is not a sentence of fate but a map of possibilities, a guide to understanding one’s potentials, fears, and purpose. Through warmth, humor, and profound insight, he helped bring astrology down from abstraction and into the lived experience of human growth.
幼少期と教育
Howard Sasportas was born in the United States and educated at Tufts University in Massachusetts, where he studied psychology. In his twenties, he moved to England, where he deepened his study of astrology and eventually trained in humanistic and Jungian psychotherapy.
His background in both psychology and metaphysics shaped his integrative approach: astrology, for Sasportas, was a psychological language of meaning—a bridge between the inner world of emotions and the outer patterns of life.
He quickly became one of the leading lights of the humanistic astrology movement, inspired by Dane Rudhyar’s vision of the chart as a mandala of consciousness.
The Centre for Psychological Astrology
In 1983, Sasportas and Liz Greene co-founded the Centre for Psychological Astrology (CPA) in London, which became the world’s most respected institution for the study of Jungian and humanistic astrology.
At the CPA, Sasportas was the heart to Greene’s intellect—the teacher who translated profound psychological concepts into clear, compassionate language.
While Greene explored myth and archetype, Sasportas grounded those ideas in practical human experience, helping students and clients apply astrology to real emotional and developmental challenges.
His teaching style combined intellectual rigor with empathy and humor; students often described him as a therapist of the soul who made astrology a tool of healing, not judgment.
The Houses: The Fields of Experience
Sasportas’s most influential contribution came through his writings, particularly The Twelve Houses: Understanding the Major Areas of Life Through the Birth Chart (1985).
In this classic work, he explored each astrological house not as a fixed domain of fate but as a psychological landscape—a field in which the individual’s life story unfolds.
He reframed the houses in deeply human terms:
1ハウス — Identity and self-expression.
第4ハウス — Family, roots, and emotional security.
7番目の家 — Relationship as a mirror of self-development.
10番目のハウス — Purpose, vocation, and the quest for meaning.
By emphasizing inner experience over external events, Sasportas redefined the horoscope as a map of consciousness in motion.
His collaborative book with Liz Greene, The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope (1992), furthered this vision—uniting mythic symbolism with emotional intelligence.
The Astrologer as Healer
Sasportas taught that astrology must be therapeutic, not prescriptive.
The astrologer’s role, he said, is not to tell the client what will happen, but to help them understand what is happening within.
He viewed astrology as a form of spiritual counseling, capable of revealing how unconscious patterns shape relationships, work, and creativity.
This compassionate perspective helped redefine the ethics of modern astrology: empathy, not authority; exploration, not prediction.
He often said, “The chart doesn’t define you—it describes your possibilities.”
Facing Mortality with Grace
In the final years of his life, Sasportas faced illness with remarkable courage and introspection. His deep spirituality and psychological insight allowed him to transform his own suffering into wisdom—a living example of the astrology he taught.
Those who knew him recall his humor, gentleness, and unwavering kindness, qualities that made his teaching not only intellectually brilliant but emotionally healing.
Even as his health declined, he continued to teach, write, and counsel, embodying the principle that self-knowledge is the soul’s path to freedom.
Legacy: The Human Face of Astrology
Howard Sasportas’s legacy endures through his writings, his students, and the ongoing influence of the CPA.
He gave astrology a human voice—one that speaks to pain, potential, and the power of awareness.
In an era when astrology risked becoming abstract or elitist, Sasportas grounded it in compassion and psychology, reminding everyone that the purpose of astrology is not to escape life’s challenges but to live them consciously.
Through him, the chart became a mirror of empathy—a way of understanding others and ourselves with greater depth and grace.
The Teacher of Inner Light
Howard Sasportas helped a generation rediscover astrology’s purpose: not prediction, but participation; not control, but consciousness.
He reminded us that beneath every planetary pattern beats the pulse of the human heart—and that by studying the stars, we learn to see ourselves more clearly.
