Chart your course, live your purpose

Welcome to Soul Vision Consulting.  My name is Eric Meyers, M.A. — counseling astrologer, author and teacher. I appreciate you stopping by.

After a period of traveling, introspection, and mainly focusing on client work, I now have a renewed focus on teaching astrology. I am offering a new Progressive Astrology Course that will begin on October 11, 2026 (more info and enrollment can be found on the Classes Page). I want to use the space here on the home page to share some of my thoughts on it, to address the pressing astrological issue of the day.

“You have to be somebody before you can be nobody” is a phrase coined by Jack Engler (Buddhist transpersonal psychologist) in the 1970s. Ego transcendence builds on a healthy, embodied and effective sense of self, not some kind of bypass. Psychological development, emotional maturity and self-sufficiency, reflective self-awareness and moral clarity secures one’s ground for further spiritual exploration.

Astrologically, Saturn involves maturation, embodiment, self-mastery and an orientation to the material world as a separate self. Astronomically, Saturn has been the outermost planet for almost all of recorded human history (until the 18th Century), and the astrological tradition (like just about all of our paradigms) developed within that framework. The mindset of bolstering the material interests of the separate self has been dominant in the Western world, as seen in politics, culture and capitalism. For instance, the USA is proud to be a “land of opportunity” where one might engage in the “pursuit of happiness.” The measurement of success is largely what one has attained and achieved at the level of personality self-interests.

Understandably, astrology has been used in opportunistic ways in this pursuit. Facets of the system are understood as being helpful or not (good/bad) for self-interests while promoting a value system of personal self-gain. A major use of astrology has been in service to the King, who tends to want concrete results (Saturn), not necessarily how attachments might loosen to align with soul.

In 1781 the planet Uranus was discovered, which can be thought of as the beginning of the transpersonal era. At that time democracies began to overthrow monarchies and technology proliferated. The scientific revolution became much more dominant and our knowledge of the world exponentially increased. The 20th Century brought the quantum revolution and transpersonal understandings (beyond Saturn) of consciousness and psychology.

Astrology experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 20th Century, which became simplified and popularized, renewing a personality focus. Traditional (Saturnian) forms of astrology experienced a resurgence towards the end of the 20th Century and into the present day. There has been some movement towards a transpersonal astrology (Dane Rudhyar in particular), though some types of “spiritual astrology” (for instance some forms of “evolutionary”) have actually renewed an egoic focus (Sun equated with ego, rather than awakening from it) with the addition of reincarnation.

I believe the work of this critical time is to shift our paradigms to fully incorporate the transpersonal (outer planets), to support soul alignment rather than personality self-gain and Patriarchal compliance. Instead of bolstering the desire to be “somebody” (wealth, status, etc.), astrology can support the motion towards being a “nobody” — to yield to the curriculum of our spiritual development, to move beyond purely self-gain, to release egoic attachments, to be of service to our soul intentions and the collective benefit of all humanity (Aquarius), rather than just me, me, me…

Consistent with my own astrology chart, this is my life purpose. The Progressive Astrology Course I am now offering has been developing for more than 25 years (through my authorship of 7 books and consulting with thousands of clients). It has ripened, now’s the time to teach it, and I’m ready to welcome like-minded students interested in a progressive, transpersonal astrology. Click here for more…

Many Blessings,