Jung, Carl Gustav

The psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung (born on 26.07.1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland at 18.50 (Greenwich Mean Time, died on 06.06.1961 in Küsnacht) was not an astrologer by profession but he nevertheless had a significant influence on the development of psychological astrology. Jung valued astrology and integrated aspects of it into his work in a way that virtually none of the other main founders of modern psychology did. A pupil of Freud, Jung soon went beyond Freud's theory of the Libido which he considered to be the main driving force behind all human activity. In 1912 they went their separated ways and Jung developed his own psychological model called Analytical Psychology. Jung considered the Collective Unconscious to be an important motivating force behind much of human behaviour. This led him to study mythology and the concepts of symbols and archetypes as powerful forces in shaping human behaviour. These ideas eventually introduced him to astrology which he felt complemented and enriched depth- psychology. An often cited quotation from Jung is this: "Modern astrology is moving closer and closer towards psychology and can already be heard knocking at the gates of universities." However, the state of affairs at the beginning of the 21st century has not borne out his optimistic assessment.