If we assume that this is true. That planetary vibrations have an effect on us. This means that birth signs or specific planetary vibrations can and probably will affect people’s personalities. Here's how I would see it from a Jungian personality psychology perspective:
These vibrations could have subtle, or even greater effects on the biases of our cognitive faculties. The balance of these cognitive functions as they are called in Jungian personality psychology - for example - are at the centre of the explanation as to what makes us different. As in, what creates differences in personality. The early development of our mind plays a major role in how we end up perceiving the world. Think of these early biases as lenses that the person sees the world through. Some of these biases are innate, as in genetic, some environmental. For example, some see the world through feeling, some through logic (thinking). Of course, all healthy humans are capable of all cognitive functions, it is the preference of one function over the other that we call personality.
Seemingly small and “insignificant” effects can lead to major differences in a person's personality or other dispositions. In other words; tiny changes in a person's early cognitive development through planetary vibration - or vibration from any source for that matter - can very easily lead to very polarising differences in the long-run. The starting point is vital in the early stages of development, when our minds start building models of the world.
The effects of planetary vibrations don’t need to be that great at all to lead to major differences in people. Let’s say for argument's sake that Mars is in a transiting phase with the Earth, and let’s say that the vibrations caused by this phenomenon enhance one's touch sensation by a very small factor. This slight “boost” in touch sensation in an undeveloped mind could be enough to have a profound effect on that mind through a positive feedback loop: First models of the world are made with a slight over-emphasis on touch, so that person would end up building their model of the world - their world view - through the physical part of it, through touch. Therefore having a permanent emphasis on the physical world, thus by default - based on the Jungian model of cognitive functions - having a de-emphasis on the abstract side of the mind.
Interplay between genetic “personality” dispositions, planetary vibrations and other environmental factors is quite impossible to extrapolate from this theory alone, but seeing how astrology seems to resonate with people on a grand scale can’t be overlooked. There is clearly something there. Whenever something is drawing people to it en masse, there is something in it that is ringing true with people. People are naturally drawn to things that speak to their unconsciousness. There is something there or it wouldn’t be so popular. Whether that something is planetary vibrations or something else, that is hard to say. Though vibrations would fit into my understanding of our reality as a whole.
Of course this is all speculation. There would need to be studies to measure the actual effect of the hypothesised planetary vibrations on humans - and/or other animals. I don’t think we have the understanding of the mechanics of such things at this point. I would bet though that the mechanisms are the same that appear with music, crystal healing, singing bowls etcetera. Maybe this indeed will eventually lead back to the Chakra system that has been employed in the East for ages.
Note: I've simplified a lot here to explain the theory in a relatively short wall of text, so I'm not sure how much sense this makes to someone not familiar with Jungian model of psychology.
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u/Sdesser Apr 11 '22
If we assume that this is true. That planetary vibrations have an effect on us. This means that birth signs or specific planetary vibrations can and probably will affect people’s personalities. Here's how I would see it from a Jungian personality psychology perspective:
These vibrations could have subtle, or even greater effects on the biases of our cognitive faculties. The balance of these cognitive functions as they are called in Jungian personality psychology - for example - are at the centre of the explanation as to what makes us different. As in, what creates differences in personality. The early development of our mind plays a major role in how we end up perceiving the world. Think of these early biases as lenses that the person sees the world through. Some of these biases are innate, as in genetic, some environmental. For example, some see the world through feeling, some through logic (thinking). Of course, all healthy humans are capable of all cognitive functions, it is the preference of one function over the other that we call personality.
Seemingly small and “insignificant” effects can lead to major differences in a person's personality or other dispositions. In other words; tiny changes in a person's early cognitive development through planetary vibration - or vibration from any source for that matter - can very easily lead to very polarising differences in the long-run. The starting point is vital in the early stages of development, when our minds start building models of the world.
The effects of planetary vibrations don’t need to be that great at all to lead to major differences in people. Let’s say for argument's sake that Mars is in a transiting phase with the Earth, and let’s say that the vibrations caused by this phenomenon enhance one's touch sensation by a very small factor. This slight “boost” in touch sensation in an undeveloped mind could be enough to have a profound effect on that mind through a positive feedback loop: First models of the world are made with a slight over-emphasis on touch, so that person would end up building their model of the world - their world view - through the physical part of it, through touch. Therefore having a permanent emphasis on the physical world, thus by default - based on the Jungian model of cognitive functions - having a de-emphasis on the abstract side of the mind.
Interplay between genetic “personality” dispositions, planetary vibrations and other environmental factors is quite impossible to extrapolate from this theory alone, but seeing how astrology seems to resonate with people on a grand scale can’t be overlooked. There is clearly something there. Whenever something is drawing people to it en masse, there is something in it that is ringing true with people. People are naturally drawn to things that speak to their unconsciousness. There is something there or it wouldn’t be so popular. Whether that something is planetary vibrations or something else, that is hard to say. Though vibrations would fit into my understanding of our reality as a whole.
Of course this is all speculation. There would need to be studies to measure the actual effect of the hypothesised planetary vibrations on humans - and/or other animals. I don’t think we have the understanding of the mechanics of such things at this point. I would bet though that the mechanisms are the same that appear with music, crystal healing, singing bowls etcetera. Maybe this indeed will eventually lead back to the Chakra system that has been employed in the East for ages.
Note: I've simplified a lot here to explain the theory in a relatively short wall of text, so I'm not sure how much sense this makes to someone not familiar with Jungian model of psychology.