The Legacy of Dane Rudhyar (1895 – 1985)
“The essential purpose of astrology…is not so much to tell us what we will meet on our road, as it is to suggest how to meet it – and the basic reason for the meeting. Which quality in us, which type of strength is needed to go through any specific phase of our total unfoldment as an individual person”. [1]
I consider myself fortunate indeed that my very first astrology teacher, back in the early 80s, directed me straight to the work of Dane Rudhyar. Immediately prior to my initiation into the world of astrology, I had experienced the sudden and violent death of a close relative. As so often happens, this death precipitated a catapulting onto the path of seeking. I began to seek answers to the age-old questions surrounding the mysteries of life, of death, of accident, of fate. I sought understanding, and above all a sense of meaning and purpose in life.