Participants are invited to playfully (and seriously!) consider astrology as a “clock of the world” based on a kind of literal historical materialism of the movement of time itself. We will look at the structure of the chart—a wheel representing a day—as well as the symbolism of planets and their synodic cycles.
We will use both personal birth charts and the event chart of the Haitian Revolution to explore how astrological concepts of cyclical and cumulative time can shed light on particular historical, epochal moments and our own relation to them.
Through the lens of astrology, we will discuss if we can understand our individual lives as expressing particular tasks or dispositions in relation to collective events.
(The workshop will be held in English and translated to French.)
Duration: 3 hours
Workshop location: “La Formation” Building
(*) “What time is it on the clock of the world?“—James and Grace Lee Boggs, 1974
Last-minute tickets will be available on the day of the workshop, within the limits of available seats.