Interview with
Sol Jonassen
SPEAKER AT OPA ASTROLOGY
CONFERENCE IN GREECE
How did it start?
My father. When I was 3-4 years old,
he held regular meetings at our house
as he was part of an astrology group.
They drew charts and studied the phi-
losophy behind astrology. When I was
10 or 11 I saw my chart for the first
time and later I started asking my father
about the glyphs and their meaning.
This led to my study on my own. I found
it to be the only valuable source for
understanding myself, as I had a chal-
lenging time as s teenager.
I took my first class when I was 20
with Alan Oken and since then I got
deeper into the world of astrology. I left
high school and never attended regular
schooling; I studied spiritual arts on my
own. I kept alive as a chef’s assistant,
hotel management assistant and wait-
ressing jobs.
Tell us about your lecture at
the conference – why did
you choose that topic, and
can you give us more details
about the contents?
The myth of Eros and Psyche is a
potent story of love and the mystery of
love. Love matters a lot to us humans
and we yearn for being loved and
appreciated. There is an element of
“the ultimate love story” in this myth
and there are also hints as to how
achieve it. Eventually it is all about the
inner union between the mortal and
the God, and the eternal state of ecsta-
sy such a union brings. Now just imag-
ine how much chocolate people would
stop eating if they had this sweetness
of divinity within.
The
Career
Astrologer
Are you a full-time or
part-time astrologer?
I am working full time with astrology,
energy healing and therapeutic medita-
tion. I combine the two and offer a range
of different tools to work with clients
who had their charts done and want to
go deeper into the dynamics.
What is the main focus of
your practice? teach, give read-
ings and write for online publications
and regular publications. I also arrange
a yearly event/conference called Polaris
Astrologikonferanse in Oslo, Norway.
I am an evolutionary astrologer, with
special focus on the karmic aspect of
the chart for its potential for healing. To
understand the «why» is important for
me, as I see it has powerful ripple effect
in the consciousness and life of the client.
OPA Conference
Greece!
Tell us about Astrology in
Norway? When I first start-
ed with astrology in Norway, we
quite hadn’t moved into the world
on Internet yet, and there were
islands of astrologers here and
there. Norwegians are fond of their
isolation and the astrology milieu
reflected this. We had a handful of
astrologers doing the regular week-
ly scopes for magazines and then
the national union for astrologers
doing some work here and there.
After the Internet, I find that we
are more united, more familiar with
each other and that the family of
astrologers and students is growing.
More people choose to become pro-
fessional astrologers and, despite a
very strict skeptic movement, the
interest is on the increase. R
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