| Born: October 2, 1892, 2:13 a.m. GMT, Studley,
England source: page 14 of her book, Applied Astrology Died: Oct. 14, 1969 source: email received May 12th, 2000 from the Astrological Association of England Please see the following links for confirmation of this year of death: http://www.astrologer.com/aanet/aainfo.html http://www.zodiacal.com/history/chrono.htm The Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 4th Edition, 1996, published by Gale and edited by Gordon Melton states: born: Oct. 2, 1892 died: 1969 Not so oddly, Charles Carter, Margaret's dear friend, a man whom she was terribly fond of and had loved and worked alongside for so long, died in 1968. Margaret Hone, Charles Carter, and others founded an educating body called the The Faculty of Astrological Studies in 1948 in England. The Astrological Association (AA) that they cofounded there ten years later still exists. And while it doesn't today call itself a teaching body as Hone and Carter did in the 1950s and 1960s, its courses are available online at astrology-world.com/courses.html, through Deb Houlding's excellent site, www.astrology-world.com. The course of study is operated by other thoughtful English astrologers. Margaret Ethelwyn Hone was an important astrologer in the mid 1900s, yet modern use of her great work has been largely lost in the New-Age-heavy "Modern Astrology" of the turn of the century. Ms. Hone is remembered mostly as a text-book astrologer, of which she was honored to be, and as an Englishwoman, she counted among her close friends men such as Charles E. O. Carter, Marc Edmund Jones, and Dane Rudhyar. Where Carter and Jones ventured into fatalistic interpretations of astrology - that some planets were indeed malefic and thus classified as "evil", a concept which has been swept under the rug of "Modern Astrology" - Ms. Hone held the textbook line. Any experience with her work will bear out her image as the archetypal serious schoolteacher...hair in a bun, standing over you in a smart dress, making sure that you put your nose back into your book once you've glanced around the room at your sweating classmates. That is to say that you will find yourself immediately feeling like an actual student, learning from an actual teacher. Not to come away with that feeling would be not to have experienced Ms. Hone's work the way in which she intended it to be viewed. And that might result in your knuckles smarting from her wooden ruler, and your eventual decision to get your nose back into your study. She was a Libra Sun with an Aquarian Moon and Leo Rising, so what else would you expect? A big, brilliant Leo-stoked gust of the Winds of Learning, for that was Peg Hone. Hone, Carter, and their contemporaries believed that astrology is more accurate to classify someone as their "Ascendant, with Sun in...", thus making Ms. Hone a Leo with Sun in Libra. This is compatible with Carter's reference to her as a "native of Leo" in his Preface to her book, below. Clearly, Charles Carter was impressed with Margaret Hone. His preface to her well-known book, The Modern Text Book of Astrology bears this out. He felt that Ms. Hone's work was a milestone in the English astrology of the day: It gives me great pleasure to send a few introductory words to this notable work, for such it is. It is a considerable time since a new text-book on astrology has appeared in Great Britain. On examination the reader will appreciate that this is, in the best sense, an ambitious work, designed to set a fresh and higher standard of astrological achievement in text-books I can bear personal witness that neither trouble nor expense has been spared to produce completeness; but I believe equally that padding has been rigorously excluded. Thus, if the price is, necessarily in these days, high, the purchaser may know that he is paying for substance and not for mere verbiage, or which there is none. The diagrams merit special mention for their clarity and beautiful workmanship. A glance at the Index will serve to show that much is included that is highly interesting to anyone studying astrology with the background of a wide general culture, but which has never before appeared, to my knowledge, in an English work of this kind. ChapterXVII, 'The Historical Background,' is a case in point. Naturally, in a subject such as astrology, there are many differences of opinion even on fundamentals, and differences, too, as to how the art should be taught. As for this latter, much must depend on the intelligence of the pupil, and his or her previous studies. Hitherto most students, it is to be feared, have learnt their methods largely by rote, with only a limited understanding of the reasons for what they did. In this book, the authoress has sought to correct this common defect and to lead the student to technical proficiency in a manner that will enable him to understand not only what he is doing, but also why. Another feature that merits commendation is the lack of dogmatism that characterises the work. Varying opinions are given fair play, and Mrs. Hone does not force her views down the reader's throat in the somewhat arrogant manner employed by less fair-minded writers, especially in the old days. Yet another point to be applauded is the inclusion of carefully worded definitions; and similarly the key-word system is used in a way that is both practical and theoretically sound. One may in fact assert that a student will need no other library than this book for some considerable time; and he might indeed be wise if he confines his reading to it for several months, thus gaining a comprehensive basis for his astrological investigations before adding to his library. When he feels ready to take this step, he will find guidance in the Appendix. The authoress has generously acknowledged the help she has received in compiling this work, a matter which, it has been said, natives of Leo are sometimes prone to overlook. But the book bears throughout the stamp of her own vivid and comprehensive mentality. It will unquestionably be a guide and help to many - and not only to beginners. ~ Charles E. O. Carter, London, 1950 Carter saw Margaret Hone neither as arrogant, bookish, nor condescending, yet as someone who taught clearly, and who acknowledged those who helped her, as she did for Carter in her dedication of this book to him: This book is dedicated to CHARLES E. O. CARTER B.A., D.F.ASTROL.S. President Emeritus of the Astrological Lodge of London Principal Emeritus of the Faculty of Astrological Studies Author of many books on Astrology Carter's work has followed that of the late Alan Leo (1860-1917). Through his careful and scholarly writings, and his Libran chairmanship of the Astrological Lodge of London, the Headquarters of Astrology in Great Britain, the "Royal Art" has flourished in this century, has been purged of many of its superstitions and has gained the respect of all who give time to its study. Ms. Hone also did biographies of astrologers, of which we will eventually include on this site, or perhaps on some other online biographical resource for astrologers, such as Donna Cunningham's Astrologers' Memorial website Here is one that Ms. Hone did for her good friend Charles: 1887. Charles E. O. Carter, B.A. (London), D.F.Astrol.S. Born Dorset, England. He graduated at London University and was called to the English Bar in 1913. After his return from four years of service in the first war (1914-18) he helped to carry on the work begun by Alan Leo in the Astrological Lodge of London (Lodge of the Theosophical Society). He became President in 1922 and still holds that office. He has made this Lodge the main centre for astrological lectures in England and a training ground for many astrologers. He has edited its quarterly magazine Astrology since its first appearance in 1926, and has corresponded with astrologers all over the world. In 1948, the Lodge sponsored the founding of the Faculty of Astrological Studies, a teaching and examining body in London, electing him as its first Principal. On his retirement in 1954, he was given the title of Principal Emeritus. His many scholarly books continue to reflect deep thought and careful research on astrology and their use by students in all countries has raised the status of astrology. It is fitting that this history should close with the name of one who is worthy to be ranked amongst the finest exponents of the art.  Margaret Hone's book The Modern Text Book of Astrology was adopted as the official text-book for the use of students of the Faculty of Astrological Studies. From this, she went on to construct the three graded Course for External Studies, and then to write Applied Astrology. Margaret Hone's book also presented her opinions on the duty of an astrologer. She valued research, sober thinking and methods, confidentiality, and a strict avoidance of predictions, echoed in later years by astrological writers, such as Noel Tyl in his 12 volume series, The Principles and Practice of Astrology, published by Carl Llewellyn in the early 1970s. Here now is Ms. Hone's charge to us all, entitled: THE DUTY OF AN ASTROLOGER To add to all existing proof of actual correlation of cosmic action with human life, by all means in his power. To avoid woolly-thinking and wishful-thinking at all costs. To interpret the significance of what he has charted in the light of the actual nature of planetary action, all other considerations being secondary. To avoid all attempt to "score hits" or to indulge in guess-work; and to interpret with reserve rather than to go too far. To check and re-check his work, getting all possible corroboration from another astrologer for publicised charts. To fit himself for serious work as soon as possible, since the responsibility undertaken, and the growing ability to compare many charts, are the two finest ways of adding to his store of knowledge, from which he can give his experience in his own subsequent writing and lecturing. (The word "clients" is deliberately used in order to overcome earlier notions that "one should not take money for astrological work." The old adage that "A workman is worthy of his hire" is applicable to the astrologer, as to all other workers. The public, accustomed to the facile Sun-sign interpretations of the popular press, has no idea of the hours of work which go to the preparation of a full astrological reading with progressions for some years ahead, and is only recently realising that a suitable price must be charged for this.) His duty then is:- To work in the spirit engendered in such professions as the medical and legal, so that he may help his own profession attain to the status of these, thus bringing to the client that confidence in him which should be given to any professional man. To keep the confidences of the client absolutely undisclosed, as are those given in connection with other professions. (This does not mean that interesting or informative charts should never be shown or quoted, but that permission must always be obtained first.) To refuse completely to be drawn into foretelling anything which may be inadvisable to discuss. (One constant refusal must be to state when a death may occur. A non-astrological client is often very annoyed with such a refusal, since he thinks that a "horoscope," which "begins" at birth, must "end" at death. The expression "your" horoscope has been used so freely that he does not realise that it is not "his" at all, but is a snapshot of a fleeting moment of time, with the development of which his life has continued to correlate. The chart shows only the trends and predispositions which are likely to produce events. Death may be the result of application of the principle of suddenness (Uranus) or of a hurtful force which the body cannot stand (Mars), or it may be a gentle dissolution (Neptune) or a happy release (Jupiter). The working of such principles may result in death under certain physical circumstances, but at NO time is this certain.) To avoid all sensationalism and to endeavour to help the client through all difficulties by a constructive interpretation rather than a merely factual one. To give a time when the written report may be expected and to endeavour to stick to it, advising the client if the delay is unavoidable. To force himself to be thorough and accurate and conservative in all work, so that he builds up a reputation for trustworthiness rather than cleverness. To refuse to undertake work when already over-booked. Good work cannot be done in a hurry. To work and practise unceasingly, since there is no other way by which experience can be gained. Ms. Hone also contemplated and wrote about the intersection of astrology and psychology, another important aspect of astrology that has been conspicuously coopted by the "New Age". In her book, she gives an overview, and her original thinking in this area as well: THE USE OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY IN MODERN ASTROLOGY Whatever is born or done this moment in time, has the qualities of this moment in time. ~ Carl G. Jung Old-time astrology was mainly connected with the events in the world and in the lives of people and with a classification of people into types, according to the nature of the signs, modified according to aspects. This was the first systematisied scheme of psychological assessment of the person. s;As with astronomy and medicine, so also psychology has in modern times undergone a special development. This science, in its modern meaning, comprises a study of human behaviour, and, in its medical aspects, of mental derangement and its far-reaching effects, together with the classification of individuals from the psychiatrical point of view. Depth Psychology This is further development which is more in line with astrological work. Those who have written about it have given the world a new vocabulary which is most helpful to the astrologer. In the early years of this century, astrological development in England was mainly through workers connected with the Theosophical Society. No praise can be too high for this, since it kept pure astrology to a high ethical level sharply differentiating it from the merely commercial. The study of it on these lines was spread through the world by the wide ramifications of the Society. Unfortunately, the deeper the understanding of the human being in the light of eastern religions, meant constant use of the phraseology of those religions, excellent to those familiar with it, but meaningless to others. The man-in-the-street of the latter half of the century has been familiarised with psychological terms through the press and the cinema, and the modern astrologer might with advantage re-phrase his age-old truths accordingly. Of the great names which stand out in the history of the growth of psychology, that of Freud comes first to mind. After him came Adler, and lastly came C.G. Jung, whose "analytical" psychology correlates more closely with the work of astrology than do the ideas of his predecessors. Believing in astrology himself, and having those on his staff who are experts in it, he is accustomed to the realisation that he can get help in difficult cases under his care from astrological aid. The average psychologist in England is more conservative. Not being of the calibre of a free investigator like Jung, but being dependent on his connection with the medical profession, he has never given time to the study of astrology and has been taught by others similarly unversed. He has seen something labelled "Astrology" in the popular press and has looked no further. Fortunately all are not "average" and many have realised that even a knowledge of the Sun-sign of each patient helps them in their work. Others use astrology by getting an astro-analysis of their patients from an astrologer and others by sending the patients to an astrologer for discussion, knowing the therapeutic value of this clearing of the mind. Jung tells us that it is nearly 200 years since Leibnitz postulated "an unconscious psychotic* activity," over a century since Kant spoke of the "unmeasurable...field of obscure ideas" and more than half a century since Carus formulated the concept of the unconscious. If it is accepted that the unconscious is a vaster part of the whole psyche than the conscious and that in it lie the mainsprings of much conscious activity, then a new meaning is given to the customary astrological remark that a certain planetary configuration in a natal chart, or a certain progression may work inwardly or outwardly. It is then realised that outward behaviour is the result of inner urges and that it it therefore natural that the same astrological significator applies to both. Very often the conscious mind denies or refuses what the conscious mind holds; often it seeks to compensate for what is inwardly lacking. Unhappiness and neuroses result if perpetual denial and perpetual lack of compensation continue. In such a case the astrologer, by examining the progressions of the chart, will find long-lasting ones which have coloured the life for years, or slow transits similarly long in their effects. He can give immediate help to the psychologist by statin the nature of these and by filling that gap in the psychologist's equipment caused by his inability to estimate the probable time that the patient's trouble will last. It will be no use for the astrologer to state in astrological terminology, "This will go on for two years because he has Progressed Sun conjunction Saturn in Leo in his 2nd house." Doctors have learnt long ago that it is no use talking about coryza when they mean common cold. But let him say "For two years, this person will be driven to try to compensate for a lack which he feels. It is intolerable to him to feel inferior and mean-spirited because through financial stress, he cannot show himself as the big-hearted, generous person he wishes to be." Jung places the sum total of "findings" of analytical psychology under four headings of confession, explanation, education, and transformation.** He says that the beginnings of all analytical treatment are to be found in its prototype, the confessional. Astrology by post has completely ignored this truth. Astrology by interview, followed by the usual valuable written report, recognises it. A well-known psychologist once said to an equally well-known astrologer, "My patients tell me what is in their unconscious in the first few moments of a consultation"; the astrologer's reply was, "And my clients come in and literally speak their maps." Hence it will be seen that "map" equals "unconscious" and that the opportunity for relieving what Jung has called "the cramp in the unconcious" is of the greatest benefit to the worried or nerve-ridden client and the greatest help to the astrologer in interpreting the symbolism of what he has calculated. A secret or an anxiety confessed becomes a conscious concealment instead of an unsconscious one. It is then less likely to become complex and will not become "an autonomous portion of the psyche which develops a peculiar fantasy-life of its own." If repressed, such fantasies take form and drive unintergated natures to endless trouble. The catharsis of full confession may prevent this. One way by which the psychologist seeks to "educate" and thus help to integrate a person is by getting him to set down his "inward pictures" of his dreams and fantasies, either in writings or in paintings. By doing this, the person externalises what is written within his unconscious and is able to feel it as liberated and, by the help of the psychologist, it can be interpreted and understood. A completely new use for astrology is beginning through the discovery that, in such symbolic pictures, people portray unmistakably the difficulties shown in the natal chart, and in some cases even indicate the nature of their progressions and transits as the years go by. Further research in this fascinating field of inquiry should link the two studies together in mutual aid. Under Jung's second heading explanation comes the astrologer's next aim, which should be giving the client an insight into himself. Hopefully done, this can supply the driving force to carry him forward to self-reliance. Under the heading of education an astrologer can then try to lead his client first to recognise his weaknesses and strengthen or allow for them, and then to see where his opportunities for expansion (Jupiter) lie and where he should try to fulfill himself. IF this is done in the light of prgressions and transits forming for the next few years, much help can be given. Lastly, the transformation. Here Jung states clearly that the onsultant "must consistently try to meet his own therapeutic demands if he wishes to assure himself of a proper influence on his patient." His rule is "Be the man through whom you wish to influence others." He says "Who can educate others while himself uneducated?" Further, "The medical diploma is no longer a crucial thing, but human quality instead." substituting the wrod "astrological" for "medical", every astrologer who wishes to use astrology for the benefit of mankind, rather than merely doing astrology for the benefit of himself, must realise that his own "quality" which matters, and through which the "transformation" o the client must be effected. Jung says, "Each of us carries his own life-form - an undeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other." The astrologer knows that he can determine this fairly accurately if he is given the correct birth hour. Hence when the client complains of dissatisfaction with life and a feeling of frustration, the astrologer should know that it is his business to assess this "life-form", to try to restore the person to whatever is, for him, a rightness of being, and so give true meaning to his individual life. Complexes and Conflicts Having disclosed the difficulties in a map in light of the awkward placings, the hindering aspects and the general disharmonies, the astrologer sees where theses are leading the person. Already it has been noted that "complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind." This is understood as the principle which any planet which, being in a certain sign, must work through the mode of that sign whether the person wills it or not. The force and energy of Mars will mean an aggressive person who fights to get things done if that Mars is natally in Aries, but if in Pisces, his energy often fizzles out in a series of dissolutions and muddles. The actions correlative with this Mars spring from the depths of the unconscious. "Complexes always contain something of a conflict," they are vulnerable points, skeletons in the cupboard. Here is the "difficult" astrological aspect which the astrologer seeks to define. "Something incompatible, unassimilated and conflicting exists, perhaps as an obstacle, but also as a stimulus to greater effort, and so perhaps as an opening to new possibilitites of achievement. Complexes are therefore local or nodal points of psychic life which we would not wish to do without." Can the astrologer not see in this the meaning of the squares and oppositions in a chart? and can he not thus see how to use the "explanation" part of his work so as to help the client to the stimulus rather than depress him by mere statement of unpleasant fact? Types of Humanity Jung pays tribute to the astrological type-theory, saying that "to the astonishment of the enlightened, it remains intact today, and is even enjoying a new vogue." He says that the habitual reactions of a person determine not only his style of behaviour but the nature of his subjective experience and the kind of compensatory activity of the unconscious which we may expect to find. He then evolves his theory of the four "functions." The predominance of a "function" in a person leads him to seek out certain situations and avoid others and therefore to have experiences which are different from those of others, but occasionally he reacts in a way which reveals his specific weakness. In the struggle for existence and adaptation, everyone instinctively uses his most developed function, which becomes the criterion of his habitual reactions. Is this not the working of the predominant planets and signs in a chart? The four functions of Jung are those of thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition. Many attempts have been made to correlate these precisely with the four elements of astrology, but, though those of the thinking type, who try to adapt themselves to the world through consideration and thought, are certainly those with Air-signs predominant, while others inveterately follow a policy dictated by feeling, which the astrologer recognises as "Water", his classification of "sensation" described as "perception through conscious sensory processes" and of intuition as "perception by way of unconscious contents and connections," do not so well fit "Earth" and "Fire." Other attempts have been made to fit his theories to those of astrology, such as the idea of the upper part of the map representing the conscious and the lower the unconscious, but attempts are valueless and it is better to help consider each system of type-description on its own merits and to allow each to help the other The Unconscious and the Collective Unconscious Though depth psychology concerns itself with the personal unconscious in which lie memories, repressed material and emotions, it also includes those deeper levels which Jung calls the Collective Unconscious. Here lies that which may irrupt from the deepest part of the unconscious and also that part which never can be made conscious. In these depths are also what Jung calls "The Archetypes" or the primordial images. With these, it is easy to find astrological correlatives. We understand the "superior function" as the strongest part of the map, the "inferior function" as that part less developed, the unconscious as the general planetary placing by sign, and the deeper levels of the unconscious as what is signified by the Water planets, signs and houses in a chart. Of these, the 12th is the deepest, the most hidden, the most indicative of that which lies submerged in the personality. This, in the old astrological phrase, may be the root of "our own undoing" if kept too hidden, too suppressed. If we search for that which Saturn by its placing tends to deny, then we may find that the person depends on one of the "Archetypes" for his compensation. He will seek for the "wise old man" by consciously or unconsciously stressing his Sagittarian or Jupiterian qualities, for the "Great Mother" through the Moon and Cancer, for the "Father" through Leo and the Sun, for his "Animus" or "Anima" through Libra and Venus. Acceptance This doctrine of psychology is perhaps the most helpful of all aids to the astrologer in dealing with a client. Jung says that the most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. He says that people do this by accepting the problem and developing further by means of it. He says that a new thing grows, sometimes from within, sometimes from without, and that this seems "to flow out of the stream of time." This phrase is important to the astrologer, for it shows him that the psychologist has reached the same conclusion as himself, which is that only by acceptance of the problem as it is, can a person find relief from it, hence the astrologer must show him that problem as part of his present pattern in life, without which he could not be himself, and then that he must wait for nature's time-lag to elapse, so that he may "grow out of it." In other words, the astrologer must study his progressions and help him to swim with the cosmic tide as it flows and not dissipate his energies by battling against it. He has to learn "the art of letting things happen." If this can be achieved, then the complexes will not turn into conflicts, there will not be the splitting-off of these contents of the unconscious, but wholeness will be achieved through what should be the aim of both psychologist and astrologer - the integration of the whole psyche. The result of this is a shifting of the viewpoint, a beginning of a detached attitude, from which the person becomes the observer of the doer. The acceptance of the pattern of life, as shown by the astrologer in his attempt to interpret the progressions faithfully as the years go by, is perhaps one of the greatest lessons which can be learnt and one most likely to produce true understanding of life. * "Psychic" is used here as meaning "of the psyche," which is the totality of the conscious and the unconscious, the Ego having a share in both. ** Quotations are from Modern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. Jung and The Secret Garden Flower by Richard Wilhelm and C.G. Jung.  We hope that you enjoy your time at the site. 
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