Lee is author of The Ultimate Asteroid Book (1988), Essential Dignities (1989), The Book of Rulerships (1992), Classical Astrology for Modern Living (1996), The Martial Art of Horary Astrology (2002), and a translation from the French of Papus’ Astrology for Initiates . Her latest book on mundane will be published in 2011. Her correspondence courses, Classical Studies (horary, natal, electional, medical, gaming, mundane and advanced horary), bring classical astrology to the forefront as an astrological system. Read more about Lee  Lee will be our guest lecturer in March 2012, read are the topics, dates and times and register for this  event.

Thursday March 8, 2012 Talk 7:30-9:30 PM

The Part of Fortune: Its History and Use: This lecture examines the ideas that have been advanced behind the meaning and use of the Part of Fortune, including the question of which way to calculate it for persons born at night. We will also examine how to use Fortuna as the starting point for an alternate house system.

Friday Night March 9, 2012 lecture 7:00-9:30PM

The Logic of Electional: To many astrologers, the rules of electional astrology seem clear enough, but the process of actually sitting down and applying them seems opaque. This lecture focuses on how to approach the ephemeris to find what you want for a particular electional. It also shows some tricks for finding the Ascendant that you want.

Saturday March 10, 2012 Workshop 10AM-5PM

Essential and Accidental Dignities: This workshop considers the material from the rulership and “Sky” lectures above in considerable depth. It is basically a study of the relationship between planetary placement by sign, degree and house and the intrinsic functioning of that planet. This system shows the difference between the concepts of strength and affinity, and thereby re-examines the recent idea of the twelve letter alphabet. The different kinds of essential dignities – Rulership, Exaltation, Triplicity, Term and Face – are discussed, as well as the detriments and peregrine planets. Both the traditional accidental dignities, such as angularity and retrogradation, and the Hellenistic concepts, like diurnal and nocturnal, are presented and explained.

Sunday March 11, 2012 Workshop: 10AM -5PM

Medical Astrology: We begin by studying wellness: what is the best way for each individual to stay healthy through diet, exercise, and life style. We then consider how transits, profections, progressions, or other dynamic chart movement can impact the body, and whether particular patterns are likely to lead to disease. We then consider what makes a successful surgery chart, and examine some examples of charts for when people have manifested illnesses in order to learn how to diagnose the severity of the problem, ideas for treatment, prognosis, and whether their health care provider is doing a good job.

Continuing this as a four or five session series of online workshops is a distinct option, please contact Anne about signing up for this option.

More about Lee:

Lee has a Ph.D. in Botany from Rutgers University. Lee was the recipient of the 1995 Marc Edmund Jones Award , and the recipient of the 2008 Regulus Award for Education. Along with Esoteric Technologies, Lee has created two software report writer programs written specifically for the classical astrologer: Solar Writer/Medicus , for medical questions and decumbitures; and Solar Writer/Classical , for natal delineation in the matter-of-fact style of the Renaissance astrologer. She has developed the innovative add-on to Cosmic Pattern’s Sirius: Who Wins, which captures the rules of Bonatti for warfare for use in researching the outcome of sporting events. Her Learning with Lee cd series on learning classical astrology methods provides timeless techniques in the latest technical format.

Dr. Lehman is a Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kepler College, where she has been on the faculty since it opened in 2000. She served the astrological community as Research Director for NCGR from 1987-1999, as UAC Board Treasurer from 1990 -1999, and as UAC Program Chair for UACs 1995 and 1998. She is a Life Member of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR), the International Society for Astrological Reasearch (ISAR), and the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA).

Lee’s website: www.leelehman.com

To pre-register and/or express interest please email sukhwinder@astrologyguild.com

Thursday Lecture $10 non-member 
Friday Talk $30 Non-Member  $20 Member 
Saturday Workshop $130 Non-Member  $100 Member  $80 Senior Member 
Sunday Workshop $130 Non-Member  $100 Member  $80 Senior Member 

Early Bird for Members, payment by January 15, 2011:
Saturday Workshop $80 Member  $60 Senior Member 
Sunday Workshop $80 Member  $60 Senior Member 

Submit payment to the treasurer at our monthly meeting or mail a cheque to
The Fraser Valley Astrological Guild
c/o 6640 Fraser Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 1B1
or pay online using your credit card, we can send you a PayPal invoice to simplify things, send an email to sukhwinder@astrologyguild.com

Are we at the end of time? The Mayan Calendar may end on Dec 21, 2012 —or on one of the other dates tossed around out there —but we stars gazers certainly know it won’t be the end of the Uranus/Pluto transit! Neptune and Chiron are just getting started in Pisces, Saturn will advance into Scorpio, and the nodes of the moon will also make a sign change. Additionally, in the first half of the year, Mars and Venus will both do retrograde tours. The big evolutionary agenda continues! Rose will share her thoughts on how to best navigate the 2012 celestial tides.

Rose Marcus, Evolutionary Astrologer/Teacher, editor & contributing author: Insights into Evolutionary Astrology”, (Llewellyn World Wide Publications, released in 2010). Rose has written for numerous publications and projects over the years, most notably, SELF, Vogue, NY; and The Mountain Astrologer (she was the daily forecast columnist in 2006/07). In addition to her popular in-depth monthly forecasts (read them on Rose’s website, or sign up to receive them emailed to you), Rose currently writes a weekly astrology column for The Georgia Straight, Vancouver. The column is published on Thursdays: www.straight.com/lifestyles.  Every last Wednesday of the month, Rose discusses the upcoming transits on Guiding Stars Radio with Kirstin Fontana, on www.HealthyLife.net. Archived podcasts are posted on Rose’s website. For more information on Rose’s private consultations, classes, and public appearances: rosemarcus.com or email rose: rose_marcus@shaw.ca

Some of our members bring along Tarot cards, others are willing to do quick chart readings and we even have a palmist in our mix. Rebecca, the Guild’s newly-elected secretary and long-standing member, reads palms…yes, she is bringing her magnifying glass. She had a line up last year…

We always have loads of fun and it is an opportunity to get to know members better.

So bring along a plate to share, your cards and other fun things… See you there…

Take a moment to post a comment about Rob; contemplate if you would like to write a mini-blog on our site…see you at the AGM next month.

This is an image of a bronze statue of Mars, found it on Wikipedia. No armour, and quite the pose, appears almost genderless or actually more effiminate…

Thursday October 13, 2011 at 7:30PM

Interrogatory Method of Natal Chart Analysis

In modern astrology it is often stated that one must look at the chart as a whole. This is appropriate for obtaining a general overview of a chart.  However, when examining the chart for specific areas of life, most systems become unstructured and imprecise.  Ptolemy’s method offers a highly structured approach in helping us make specific statements about a natal chart. Not only do these procedures tell the astrologer what to look at; more importantly, they also tell the astrologer what NOT to look at. This lecture will include a general introduction to this method, strategies on which to focus and guidance on how to gather vital information to assist in the final intuitive synthesis.  The overall result is a more reliable assessment of the natal chart. Attendance free for members, non-members $10 drop-in fee.  We meet for dinner prior to the event at about 5PM at Stephanos, next door to our meeting place. Read about the Friday lecture and Saturday workshop, and use PayPal to pay for talk(s) and workshop, by clicking on the link

Friday October 14, 2011 at 7:00PM

Astrology and Western Magic

Through most of the 20th century most astrologers tended to stress the separation of Astrology and Magic. Yet this has not always been the case. In the medieval and early modern period there was a kind of Astrology that was strongly linked to Magic and there was also an Astrology that was in terms of its day considered “scientific.” This lecture will discuss the two kinds of astrology from an historical point of view, their differences and similarities, and what portions of each may be applicable to 21st century uses. Members pay $20, non-members $30.

Saturday October 15, 2011 10:00 AM–5:00 PM

Ancient Philosophy and Spirituality and their Impact on Astrology

This workshop will deal with the interaction of astrological ideas and ancient philosophy and show how it affected them, drew upon them, and became in fact completely integrated with them in a grand synthesis, much of which extended into the Middle Ages. But as a result of the later stages of this synthesis Astrology became a “science” in the medieval sense of the world and in doing so lost something of its mystical and spiritual foundation; it split in two, into “scientific” and “magical” branches. In the latter was preserved the original spiritual nature of astrology which can be used to build a new philosophy of astrology so that once again astrology can be, as ancient astrology was, thoroughly involved with, and rooted in, the philosophy and religion of its day.

Members pay $120, non-members $150–registration at door begins at 9:30AM, we only accept cash from non-members. We recommend that you register prior to the event to ensure a seat.

Pay for lectures

Thursday and Friday

Member-Fri $20.00 Non-member both lectures $40.00 Non-member Thurs $10.00 Non-member Fri $30.00

Talks and Workshop options for members and non-members

Workshop and talks

Members workshop $120.00 Non-member workshop $150.00 Members Fri+Sat $150.00 Non-member Fri+Sat $180.00 Non-member Th+Fri+Sat $190.00

Anne Massey will be presenting a talk on Venus and Mars—the tango between the two planets that represent our desires. Are your Venus needs being met? Are you in charge of your Mars? These two have an intricate cyclical dance and somewhere in that cycle we opted to enter life. This talk will be somewhat interactive, so you might want to check if you were born at night or during the day and what signs your Venus and Mars occupy. Anne’s talks tend to be jam-packed with information so a notepad and a pen might come in handy.

This image was generate with Sirius 1.1 and is the geocentric cycle of Venus and Mars… looks fascinating doesn’t it…

Anne Massey is the founding and current president of the Fraser Valley Astrological Guild. She has been a consulting and teaching astrologer for over 20 years. Her book on Venus was published by Llewellyn in 2006. Visit her website www.astrologicallyspeaking.com or www.annemassey.ca for additional information.

Mark your calendars for Rob Hand in October, and if you haven’t registered for his workshop and Friday night talk, check out www.astrologyguild.com/October2011.htm –an interview with Rob Hand will be posted on our site in July. You still have a change to submit any questions you’d like to see answered during the interview scheduled for June 28.

Also remember to schedule free days for Lee Lehman’s two talks and two-day workshop in March 2012. Details at www.astrologyguild.com/March2012.htm