Breaking Down The Borders
Are you aware the first ever online astrology conference, “Breaking Down The Borders” is taking place on November 19th, 20th, and 21st? It is being sponsored by the International Academy of Astrology. I found out about it through my distance learning studies which hosted a random draw for a student to attend for free. Sadly, I wasn’t the lucky one, but I went to the website www.astrologyconference.org to check out the details further.
Here is a conference you can attend from the comfort of your own home. You don’t have to travel long distance, pay for a hotel room, or worry about meals. The destination where everyone meets up is on the web. Read more »
Nodes talk handout
Once we get to the Nodes of the Moon in chart analysis, we realize that we didn’t come here with a clean slate—no tabula rasa for us. We brought baggage, we take it along on every journey/trip we take—this one just is longer and depending on our awareness we understand and work with part of it or much of it, I doubt ever with all of it. Once we get to the Nodes of the Moon in chart analysis, we realize that we didn’t come here with a clean slate—no tabula rasa for us. We brought baggage, we take it along on every journey/trip we take—this one just is longer and depending on our awareness we understand and work with part of it or much of it, I doubt ever with all of it. The beauty of these cycles—and all cycles in fact—is that we don’t really need a chart to understand different times in our lives. I hope you enjoy working with the cycles on the Nodes, I certainly enjoyed presenting my insights over a celebratory dinner. The voice files and the associated powerpoint will be placed in the Guild library and are available to our members. The link to the the handout I promised is behind the more tag… Read more »
New Moon in Libra
We’re approaching the New Moon in Libra at 11:45 PDT this morning. This New Moon is termed a “Super Moon” because the moon is at perigree; meaning that it is at its closest point to the Earth. The strengthened gravitational and electromagnetic pull can affect weather, tides, tectonics, and of course people, as our physical bodies consist mainly of water.
Just before a New Moon I often find I’m more reflective and turning inward, turning a page as I sift through things and get ready for something new. This evening as I write I’m still and placid like the smooth surface of a calm mountain lake. Read more »
January 13, 2011—Year Ahead
Rose Marcus will talk about the year ahead. Start of the year, Jupiter races into and through Aries. By mid March, Uranus fires up the new initiative too. Uranus will keep stoking the Aries fires right through 2018, so forget about waiting for the Mayan Calendar to end – welcome to the future, it is here now! 2011 Along with Neptune’s dip into its domicile, Pisces, (April – August), and Chiron’s tenancy of the oceanic archetype (through 2019), 2011 also delivers six eclipses (a higher than average ratio) across a new nodal sign axis. Some of these transits come round only once in a lifetime. Yes, there is plenty to talk about! Read more »
Paypal set up
You can now pay for your membership and workshop fees with a credit cards using Paypal (www.astrologyguild.com/membership) or just use the menu on the top of the page. We naturally also accept donations for our non-profit society link on the sidebar of each page. We hope that our members and supporters find this addition useful. Links to the membership application and renewal form are on the same page. There is a link on the sidebar as well. If you encounter problems with the forms, please email our treasurer at sukhwinder@astrologyguild.com to receive the appropriate form via email. We continue to accept cheques and cash at the meetings, and you can send cheques in via mail as well.
Skywatch
September – December 2010 by Julene Packer
Venus is visible in the evening sky low above the WSW horizon at sunset in the constellation Libra. She sets around 6:45 pm (local daylight time) on October 1st. She stations retrograde on October 8th and will disappear from view in mid October. Venus returns to the morning sky on November 4th , rising around 6:20 am (local standard time) in the constellation Virgo. She stations direct on November 18th. On December 31st she rises around 4:05 am (local standard) in the constellation Libra. Read more »
Newsletter and Annual Dues
The latest newsletter is ready for download. Members should have received the link and password via email. If you did not, let us know at anne@astrologyguild.com or astrologyguild@shaw.ca
We have also posted the registration form about the upcoming workshop on Karmic Astrology, the link is http://www.astrologyguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2011-thaya-workshop.pdf
We appreciate your continued support and hope that you will choose to renew for another exciting year of astrology. You can mail your dues in or hand them to our treasurer at the meeting in October. Our year runs from November 1-October 31.
Venus Story 2010
Venus moved into Scorpio September 8, and will move into the next Zodiacal sign of Sagittarius January 7, 2011. There is more to Venus’ travels this Season and next. Venus will return back to Libra November 7 for three weeks. Three weeks is the norm Venus visits a zodiacal sign. The delightful anomaly is when Venus spends extra time in a sign—since 1962 this particular cycle has been exclusively in Scorpio. This year, Venus returns to Libra by a little over two degrees, and in eight years by almost five degrees and naturally somewhat longer than three weeks. Venus weaves her magic with the precision of a metronome.
Venus favours Libra and Scorpio for longer than usual. Venus moved into Scorpio September 8 and stays in this sign until November 7, and comes back for an encore beginning November 29 until January 7, 2011. We had even more of Venus in Scorpio back in 2002—Venus was in Scorpio exclusively September 7, 2002 to January 7, 2003. This year Scorpios need to share with Libra (and that will go on for another five decades or so, with the Libran share of Venus’ company growing). Venus was in Libra from August 6 to September 6, and she is coming back for an encore of another three weeks in November; refer to Venus’ travel schedule for details. Read more »
Predictions and Progressions
My September workshop at the Fraser Valley Guild explored the topic of Secondary Progressions and Predictions. We discussed the Day-for-a-year symbolism and its ancient roots as a symbolic time system. (Other progressions less widely used by astrologers include tertiary – day for a lunar month, and minor – one lunar month for a year.)
A key feature of working with secondary progressions is the way planets actual movement in relation to each is maintained. That is, in the sky, the Moon moves faster than the Sun and this relationship is maintained in Secondary Progressions (but isn’t in Solar Arc directions). Read more »
November 11 talk
On Remembrance Day Mac McLaughlin a Vancouver-based astrologer with 40 years of experience will be sharing his insights into the Marcia Moore Story. Marcia came from a well to do New England family and was heir to the Sheraton Biltmore hotel chain. She was a great Astrologer and had co-authored several books with her first husband, Mark Douglas. The very popular book, “Yoga, Youth and Reincarnation” by Jess Stern is about Marcia and her yoga expertise. In 1976 Mac sponsored Marcia and arranged talks in Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria, Courtney and Texada Island. She met her future husband, Doctor Howard Sunny Altunian while on tour. They married shortly after and within a year she had gone missing. Mac’s talk will be about the Astrology surrounding the story. He has their charts and the charts for the day of her disappearance, and of course, a surprise announcement regarding the story. With any time left Mac will share his thoughts regarding the Royal family and the fate that is heading their way in the near future. Read more »
