Astrology and Anthroposophy

6 October 2007

Zodiac Signs for Anthroposophists

Rudolf Steiner, founder of anthroposophy with its daughter movements of biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophical medicine, Eurythmy and Waldorf education, was born with the Sun in the sign of Pisces. His wife Marie was also born with Sun in Pisces and so was his close collaborator in anthroposophical medicine, Ita Wegman, so was Ehrenfried Pfieffer, a leading figure in biodynamics and so was Emil Leinhas, a prominent figure in Steiner’s Threefold Social Order. I wondered if Pisces birth sign was dominant in these Steiner-connected movements.

Anthroposophists, followers of Steiner’s philosophy are often said to be walking around with their feet not quite on the ground and this may well fit with the image of the Pisces person. However an analysis of the birth charts of 306 anthroposophists shows that the most frequently occurring birth sign for both Sun and Moon was Taurus, the most earth-bound sign. I am building up a database of birth charts of people who were historically involved with anthroposophy and will continue to monitor this as the database grows.

Sun Signs-click on bar graph for a larger clearer image




















Moon Signs-click on bar graph for larger clear image


















The data was processed and bar graphs produced with the astrology research program JigSaw.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good day to you!

It is surprising what you say there. I knew, of course, that Steiner was Pisces, but am quite amazed at how many of his closest friends were born in the same sign!
As for Taurus, I am not that surprised. Very solid, honest people in my experience.

Recently I have been reading about the Emperor Charles IV and his use of Astrology when building the city of Prague and many of his castles throughout the Czech Republic and it made me interested in the subject again.
The question that bothers me most is - haven´t the star´s positions shifted in all those 1000s of years? Because, don´t the conventional astrologists still go by the map of heavens as it was several thousands of years ago during the Persian Culture? If they do, are there people who make charts using current star and planet positions?
Also, I imagine they would need to have objective data in bio-dynamic gardening? Could you, please, reccomend some resources for me to study?

K

Finbarr said...

Thank you K for your comment. I was expecting more responses to this article but yours is the first and is most appreciated. Regarding Zodiac Signs as opposed to Constellations, see a previous post that I put up on this subject. As you will see, it is not right to say that Signs are incorrect or out of date.
For BD and the stars, check out Maria Thun's "The Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar" My favorite Steiner lectures on stars are "The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity" and "Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature" Check out also "Anthroposophy and Astrology" by Elisabeth Vreede.

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