Planetary Threads

Lynn Bell's innovative exploration of the patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaviour, which run back through generations, is enhanced by her unique adaptation of the genogram (a map utilised in family therapy). This highlights particular planetary placements and aspects that recur in families.

Her often dramatic case material, presented in fascinating detail, is rich and revealing. We are gradually offered a profound vision of the intricately woven tapestry of the family matrix from which we spring, and the ways in which we repeat—or transform—the astrological and psychological inheritance which each of us carries.

Planetary Threads has two parts:

Part One introduces the family of planets and the stories in the form of case histories. It explores, with audience participation, the planetary threads of the different combinations, like a Mars-Jupiter or a Moon-Pluto thread running in the family genogram or constellation.

These threads of planetary combinations uncover the myths, dramas, and unconscious material that lie beneath the surface. They are carried in the family story, connecting family members past and future to its history, along with its ghosts and skeletons that show up in relationship patterns and life events.

In Part Two, the focus is on siblings and friends and the planets and houses that unravel the stories of our relationships, and the experiences and patterns that are shown in the 3rd and 11th houses of the horoscope. The planets and planetary threads in these houses show patterns of how we relate and connect, express, and communicate.

Lynn Bell ends with the 11th house connection and its association with friendships and groups, freedom and future. She explores the concept of the bonus daimon, with friends as helpers and supporters for our growth.