Astrology and Recruitment

I used astrology extensively during the mid ‘80s in the recruitment process. The company I worked for employed a traditional psychologist, who was great at what she did. We had friendly banter about the value of astrology as she thought it was without substance.

In the spirit of friendly competition I would give her my analysis of candidates based on the birth date provided. Over time she reluctantly admitted that I got it right quite often. Times have changed somewhat as now candidates are not required to put a date of birth on any job application due to discrimination laws... what a pity. Not because an ethical person would discriminate but because looking at the planetary positions for that birth date was very revealing with respect to thinking process, motivation, relationship building and drive. These are major aspects of personality employers would find useful

This method of looking at energy is Elemental. Elements (Fire, Air, Earth and Water) are the building blocks of the person and the position of planets and luminaries in relation the sign they occupy is very revealing to the accomplished astrologer. Elements refer to core energies that reside with in the person. Fire is usually characterised by the use of intuition, enthusiasm combined with fun, earth by their practical ‘down to earth’ approach, air by the mercurial manner in which they approach circumstances and water how they feel about the situations they find themselves in.

I focus on: Sun (core drive or essence), Moon (how they operate deep down How to nourish and appreciate them), Mercury (how they think and apply their particular brand of logic) Venus (the manner in which they approach relationships and money) and Mars (how they are motivated on a short and longer term basis). For example a sun in Leo will larger doses of recognition and scope be creative, if the have a Moon in say, Cancer, they could be high maintenance because their outer confidence will not match their inner sensitivity to challenging situations and they may need more hand holding that you might want to give or you would expect the role would reasonably require. In addition it is possible to look at the relationship between these planets. This describes deeper complexities within the personality.

Potential reasons for derailment may also be identified.

Extending this analysis beyond recruitment allows us to review the leader, the type of leadership qualities they display and how the rest of the organisation/ business unit fits in, particularly teams: how they relate, deliver results, and if they are balanced.

This is quite a simple effective process and only requires the date of birth. Please contact Helen for more information.