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National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc. September-October 2010

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by Diana Rosenberg

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Building Community Through Research and Education

British Petroleum Oil Disaster

LIKE A METAPHOR DEPICTING PLUTO inCapricorn, crude oil and lethalgases, located thousands of feet

under the Gulf of Mexico floor, explodedfrom a drill site destroying the DeepwaterHorizon oil rig on April 20, 2010 causingunprecedented damage to the Gulf region.At around 9:45 PM that evening, workerson the rig noticed a major gas leak. But theprocedures that British Petroleum (BP), Hal-liburton, and the rig owner, Transocean, Ltd.had in place required a chain of command tomake decisions in any emergency. Theresulting explosion and fire happened sorapidly following the discovery of the gasleak—the series of explosions culminating

in the fire in a mere 11 minutes—there wasno time for leadership to step in.1 As aresult, BP et al. faced a major disaster andchallenge in stopping the leak and restor-ing the Gulf. Only as of this writing(August 5, have they finally finishedcementing it, and hopefully, stopped thehemorrhaging for good.

At first, a chart for BP surfaced dated July2, 1962, and although it fit some of theevents, when I tried to find the source ofthat chart, it just wasn’t there. On BP’swebsite, however, the official incorpor-ation date is displayed quite prominently,

FOR 2000 YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN TWO

separate zodiacs; because of pre-cession and the steadily receding

Vernal Equinox, the tropical zodiac, that is,the zodiac of seasons based upon thesolstices and equinoxes, has ruled in theWest, while the sidereal zodiac, basedupon the ecliptical constellations, hasreigned in the East, most specifically inIndia. Like rival teams, each system hasits passionate adherents, each fiercelyinsisting that it has the only true zodiac.

Well now, listen up. After 30 years ofresearch into the stars and patterns of thereal sky, I have become convinced that

NCGR BoardNeeds You

both zodiacs work, and they arecombining their energies!

Due to precession, tropical Aries nowoverlays stars of the original bound-together Fishes; they swim just beneathhis consciousness (above them is theconstellation of Andromeda, the ChainedWoman). Bondage is the theme here, butfree-and-independent Aries, impatient,headstrong, impulsive, determined tobreak the chains of fate, plunges in overhis head to learn what the Fishes are allabout, but no swimmer, he’s in danger oflosing himself in the watery depths!

by Carole Devine

Secrets of the Ancient Skies

EVERY THREE YEARS NCGR ELECTS aChair. At the end of this year,Madalyn Hillis-Dineen will step

down as Chair after serving themaximum of two consecutive three-yearterms. According to NCGR’s bylaws,the Chair is the only position that hasterm limits and, as a result, this year’selection is of great importance. Addi-tionally, two Directors, Tad Mann andLeigh Westin, will also complete athree-year term, though they will be ableto run again, since directors do not haveterm limits.

Please think about whether you orsomeone you know would like to runfor Chair, or for the position of Director,each of whom will serve a three-yearterm. Nominating someone, or runningyourself, gives you a greater say in thedirection of the organization, allowsyou to actively be part of the astrologi-cal community, and will also providethe opportunity to have a hand in theplanning of the next UAC, which willtake place in New Orleans in May 2012.Ballots will be sent out in the fall, andthe new Chair and Directors take officein January 2011.

The general duties of the Chair are asfollows: The Chair is the President of the Cor-poration as well as the Chairperson ofthe Board of Directors. His or herduties shall include overall responsi-bility for the affairs of NCGR,

Message from the ChairNCGR Board of Directors

Elected Officers Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, Chair,[email protected] Warren Kinsman, Treasurer,[email protected] Joyce Levine, Clerk, 2353 MassachusettsAve., #91, Cambridge MA 02140, 617-354-7075, [email protected]

Elected Directors Lynn Koiner, International Liaison Director,737 Easley Street; Silver Spring MD 20910,[email protected] A.T. (Tad) Mann, Publications Director, 215Allen Street, Hudson NY 12534, 518-822-0882, [email protected] Kaye Shinker, Education Director,[email protected] Leigh Westin, Chapter Affairs Director andSIGs Coordinator; Editor, Geocosmic Journal,P.O. Box 207, Waskom TX 75692, [email protected], [email protected].

Appointed Directors Jagdish Maheshri, Research Director,[email protected]. Priscilla Costello, Advisory Board Chair, 25St. Mary Street, Apt. 1511, Toronto, Ontario,Canada M4Y1R2, 416-929-1810,[email protected]. Mark Kuenzel, Media and CommunicationsDirector, 1135 Makawao Ave. #305, MakawaoHI 96768, 202-277-9666, [email protected] Frank Piechoski, Marketing and PromotionsDirector, [email protected] Mark Wolz, Membership Director, 486 NinthAvenue, New York NY 10018,[email protected]

Staff Liane Thomas Wade, Executive Secre-tary, NCGR Headquarters, 531 Main St.,#1612, New York NY 10044, Ph-Fax, 212-838-NCGR (6247), [email protected] Chris Brennan, Editor, Research Journal,4529 Bloomingdale Ct., Byers CO 80103, 303-822-5346, [email protected] Ronnie Gale Dreyer, memberletter Editor;P.O. Box 8034, FDR Station, New York NY10150-8034, [email protected] Ken Irving, Webmaster,[email protected] Arlene Nimark, Advertising Manager, 1242East 8th Street, Brooklyn NY 11230, 718-377-0482, [email protected]

Advisory BoardBernadette Brady M.A. (UK), JoeAnne BridgePh.D., Nicholas Campion Ph.D. (UK), GaryChristen, Bradley V. Clark C.P.A., DavidCochrane, Michael Erlewine, MónicaEscalante-Ochoa (Mexico), Madela Ezcurra,Linda Fei, Steven Forrest, Irene E. Goodale,Robert Hand M.A., Charles Hannan, Baris Ilhan(Turkey), Babs Kirby M.A. (UK), Arlene A.Kramer, Alphee Lavoie, Michael Lutin, Vivian B.Martin Ph.D., Michael Munkasey, Arlene Nimark,Ingrid Petroff (Austria), Bill Sarubbi (Austria),Maria Kay Simms, Gloria Star, Richard TarnasPh.D., Donna Van Toen (Canada).

Madalyn Hillis-DineenNCGR Chair

Hello Everyone,

Take time to visit the NCGR Website: www.geocosmic.org

Blessings to all,

THE TIME IS GROWING NEAR for my term as Chair to end. And, last I checked, thereis no one willing to succeed me. A few people are thinking about it but no

decisions have been made. Needless to say, this has me thinking a lot aboutservice...what it means to me and what it means for the astrological community.

In 12 Step Recovery programs, service is a tool of recovery, not a consequence or aburden. You serve the group in order to foster your own recovery and to showgratitude for what you have received. Service begins by carrying the message toothers and any form of service, no matter how large or small, aids in one’s ownrecovery. Members of 12 Step programs who are new can give service by gettingto meetings, putting away chairs, putting out literature, talking to newcomers,and doing whatever needs to be done for the group. Members who are furtheralong in recovery give service by taking an office beyond the group level in suchactivities as intergroup representative, committee chair, region representative, orconference delegate.

I’ve been thinking about how these principles apply to our astrological com-munity. After all, the 12th step does say that we should apply these principles inALL our affairs. For NCGR, service begins by spreading the message of theNCGR community to others. We recently began the One by One initiative toincrease membership. Have you brought in your one member? Reach out to thatastrologer suffering in isolation and bring them into the wider community.Perhaps, you have a Facebook friend who might benefit from hearing aboutNCGR. Share the NCGR Facebook page with others or post about an article youliked in the Geocosmic Journal or memberletter or a chapter meeting you went to thatenriched your astrological knowledge.

We also serve by showing up at our chapter meetings. We may help to makecoffee or take on a small task the next time the president asks for a volunteer.With the change from a print memberletter to an online only version, there will besome members who will need help in accessing the electronic version ofmemberletter. Your chapter president might ask for volunteers to print out amemberletter and it to someone in the chapter. Say YES, I will. This small servicewill go a long way to aid the organization. And, of course, you may also say yesto larger service roles...chapter officer, National Board Member and even Chair ofNCGR.

So, how does service benefit you as an astrologer? Through service, we take ourplace in the community. We give back to astrology some of what astrology hasgiven us. Whether we do astrology professionally or as a hobby, we probablyhave all felt gratitude that we happened upon this amazing discipline. Byserving our astrological organizations, we help to nurture this profession and tobe a part of those who are seeking to bring astrology to its rightful place as arespected and sacred art.

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YES YOU READ IT CORRECTLY. This issue will be the last memberletter that will bemailed to you. Starting with the November-December 2010 issue, the bimonthly

memberletter will be going out of print—not out of circulation—and online only.

The good news is that memberletter will continue in exactly the same format, but inan electronic online version on our website for members only. In other words, youwill continue to receive the online version through the link we provide, just as youhave been for the last year. The only difference is that you will no longer receive aprint memberletter mailed to your home.

This is a decision that was not made lightly, but given the economic climate, therising costs of paper, production, and postage; and the fact that many of you havealready requested no print, it seemed like the perfect time to discontinue the paperversion. Without having to control printing and mailing costs, the benefits ofproducing an online-only memberletter, include having more space for longerarticles, as well as more charts and diagrams per article.

Another plus is that you will be able to read memberletter as soon as I finishediting and producing it, rather than wait for the 2-3 weeks it usually takes to go tothe printer, and then get snail mailed. It takes even longer with international mail.

For those of you who have not read the memberletter issues online when you havegotten the link, you can view this issue at http://geocosmic.org/publications/mletter_0910.shtml. (For back issues, just change the month and year.) You can eitherview it online and adjust it to the size that most suits you, or print it out and staple ittogether, so that it is no different from a memberletter that would be mailed to you.

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NCGR BOARD ELECTIONS cont’d from p. 1particularly as these are under the controlof the Board and his or her leadershipthereof. The Chair serves as ex-officiomember of all standing and ad hoccommittees of NCGR.

The general duties of Directors are: • Active participation in the two annualNational Board Meetings, as well asessential business which may beconducted between meetings via eitheremail or conference call. • Demonstration of continuing interest inand promotion of the purposes of NCGR asgiven in Article II of the By-Laws. • Willingness to assume responsibilityfor one of the assigned positions listedin this section, or a new position thatmay be created by the Board. • Submission of anticipated budgetaryneeds for self and for department (if adepartment head), to the Treasurer by adate which shall be announced prior toExecutive Committee’s preparation ofannual budget.

If you would like to nominate an NCGRmember, or if you would like to be a cand-idate yourself, please submit the candid-ate’s name, address, telephone number,and email address. Each candidate will thenbe asked to submit a biography and elec-tion statement, consisting of what he orshe would like to accomplish in that posi-tion, totalling no more than 400 words,which will appear on the ballot and in theNovember-December memberletter. If youare nominating a person other thanyourself, please make sure that person iswilling to run.

Potential candidates must obtain thenames of 10 NCGR members who supporttheir nomination. Chapter or SIGpresidents can nominate on behalf oftheir group, in which case 10 names arenot required.

If you wish to talk to anyone on the nomina-ting committee about running or nominatingsomeone, please contact myself or the othercommittee members. Please send nominationsby October 1, 2010 to one of the following: Arlene Nimark, Chair, Nominating Com-mittee, 718-377-0482, [email protected], Janet Berres, Member, NominatingCommittee, [email protected], Karen McCauley, Member, NominatingCommittee, [email protected].

Arlene Marcia NimarkChair, Nominating Committee

Previewing America: 2010-2014 by Charles H. Settles

ANCIENT SKIES cont’d from p. 1

ASTROLOGICALLY, THE RELEASE BY

Andrew J. Breitbart of a dishonestlyedited video about Shirley Sherrod,

who at the time was Georgia State Directorof Rural Development for the U.S. Dept. ofAgriculture, closely followed by a widelyviewed exonerating one, is an early giftfrom Saturn’s ingress into Libra. On theAscendant of a Saturn ingress Libra chartset to the White House (see p. 7) sitsSaturn and its promise of justice. Therefore,over the next 2-3 years with foundationalinfluences projecting indefinitely into thefuture, we can expect America to benefitgreatly from more equity and fair play.Crooks doing their evil deeds from behindthe scenes, and crooks whose illegalactivities have been overlooked because oftheir high status or legal connections orability to work through surrogates willbecome exposed and punished for the

damage they have done and are doing tothe American body politic. For instance,the harmful effects of the economicfanaticism of the party out of office willresult in this party becoming rejected bymost Americans because of its shamefuland previously anonymous spreading ofmisinformation. This will be clearly demon-strated to the American people (Saturnsquare Hades; Saturn square Pluto; andPluto opposition Hades). Additionally,Saturn ingress Libra via its opposition tothe 7th house complex of Descendant/Uranus/Vertex/Jupiter offers a strongopportunity for America to evolvesocially provided we selflessly invite theOther into the privileged world that wewould reserve for the American wealthy.

Interestingly, the Shirley Sherrod smearwas foreshadowed in the Sun ingress

Cancer 2010 event chart (see p. 7). As Iposted to the Political Astrology list onMarch 24, 2010.

As Obama deals with even more crises... the party out of office, instead of put-ting the needs of the country first, willoutsource to right-wing mediadisinformation intended to discreditObama’s problem solving efforts. However,given Hades combusted relation to the12th house Sun, Obama will widely pub-licize the antics of the party out of office(Sun/Hades sextile Mars in the 3rd house)thus further reducing its credibility.

Hence, I believe this Cancer ingress has setthe stage for the coming into being of a morejust society. That is, reinforcing the energiesexpressed in the Sun Ingress Cancer 2010event chart, the Saturn ingressing Libra 2010event promises harshness to the unjust

powerful, dangerous sky-Bull, and havehad a hard time, over the centuries,trying to manage the massive beast’sstubbornness and rampant sensuality!This difficult combination, not easilyblended, sometimes brings about analienation of tropical Geminis from theirown unconscious, bullish psyches.Gradually, over time, a détente hasemerged between the two totems, withthe earthy sensuality of the Bull grantingdepth, stability, and a rich creativity tothe imaginative, intelligent but erraticTwin brothers. Major star: royal starAldebaran, Alpha Tauri, Bull’s Eye: 9°Gemini 48’

And what about tropical Cancer? Thesidereal Twins who were rollicking,daredevil adventurers (read the myths!)are now under the aegis of “homebody”tropical Cancer, producing a combinationthat brings forth financial adventurers($$ = security) and swashbucklers of theimagination like writers and actors(vicarious thrills while staying safe athome), as well as those who, turning“home” into “homeland,” become super-patriotic astronauts and Olympicchampions! Have you ever wondered

Gradually his self-centered, headstrongways diminish as he absorbs the Fishes’emotive gentleness and compassion, andhe emerges from his swim with an addeddimension of sensitivity, patience, andcomprehension. Here the fire of tropicalAries can warm the chilly fishes, while theirintuitive, fluid duality moderates Aries’intense self-interest. Major stars here:Alpheratz, Alpha Andromedae in theChained Woman’s head: 14° Aries 19’ andAl Rischa, Alpha Piscium, 29° Aries 23’, inthe knot joining the cords of the Fishes

Earthy tropical Taurus, tough, sturdy, unin-clined to move or change, has graduallyovertaken the stars of sidereal Aries, but isnot at all sure he wants to share his pad-dock with a frisky, fiery Ram! But these twocreatures, royally crowned with horns andrather pleased with themselves, have foundcommon ground; over centuries a partner-ship has been established, with the under-lying Ram’s lively, spirited impulsivenessenergizing stolid Taurus. Major star: Hamal,Alpha Arietis, Ram’s horns: 7° Taurus 40’.

The bright, active, light-hearted tropicalGemini Twins have overtaken the

why so many (tropical) charts of twins donot have Gemini represented? Look forCancer! And Cancer is the sign that willtell you about sibling relationships,because the ancient brothers are stillthere, hiding under the tropical Crab,eternally competing, fighting, and(usually) making up. And it is in tropicalCancer/sidereal Gemini that you find racialconcerns, because these are issues ofbrotherhood. (Consider that half of theplanets in the United States chart are intropical Cancer/sidereal Gemini!) The Twinstars: Castor and Pollux (Twins’ heads):20° Cancer 15’, 23° Cancer 13’.

Tropical Leo now overlays the self-protec-tive sidereal Crab, bringing it out of itstimidity, offering it pride and self-respect,while Leo, proud, ferocious, domineering,is sensitized by the under-lying cautiousCrab’s home-and-safety concerns. Inancient Orphic and Platonic doctrine, thesky-Crab (called shore-dweller by theRomans) was The Gate of Humankindwhere souls entered the earth plane (theshore is a metaphor for the transitionbetween dimensions). Thus tropical Leo, byprecessional default, has become the fierceoverseer and protector of incarnating

and mercy to the helpless, and America willbe better for this dispensation.

Next, bringing into play the upcomingcardinal cross, I will identify two pivotpoints for this cosmic event. The firstpoint is based on an event chart set forthe White House for August 6, 2010 (seep. 7). By virtue of the Moon, one of thelights, ingressing its home sign andaspecting planets in the early degrees ofthe other cardinal signs, I am convincedthis event chart is valid. But I keep in mindJane Axtell’s caveat posted to the PoliticalAstrology list on July 16, 2010.

Major aspects to the world axis maydevelop over time rather than in-stantly. What we should expect is anunrelenting tension between whatadventures are possible (Jupiter andUranus at Aries) and what restraintsare essential for society (Saturn and atouch of Mars at Libra).

So looking at the zodiac as a whole, andsince Aries always indicates new begin-nings (although all of the cardinal signs

are initiatory in their own unique ways),the prime movers for change under thiscardinal cross has to be the retrogradingUranus and Jupiter in the 3rd house.However, Pisces on the 3rd house cuspand Neptune/Chiron in the 2nd house(both also retrograde) warns that theAmerican people are reluctant to embracethe open horizons of a future that can beas good as they want to make it. Ameri-cans, therefore, are collectively confusedbecause they equate the lack of whitesocietal pre-eminence with moral bank-ruptcy rather than accepting a societydefined collectively by all of the peoplewilling to help bring it into being.

But the true problem is Pluto risingalthough invisibly tucked into the 12thhouse while conjunct this event chart’sAscendant. With Scorpio on the 11thhouse, this Pluto signifies collectivehopes at the mercy of societal hang-upsabout deficit spending bankruptingAmerica when the reality is there are fewequitable mechanisms for rectifying asociety polarized by the ability of haves todisproportionally control society’s wealth

while they holler for a need to controldeficit spending when the workablesolution is for the haves to pay more intaxes. Moreover, as Jane Axtell astutelypointed out on the Political Astrology liston July 9, 2010, Capricorn is the very signof inequality. And with Pluto in Capricornon the Ascendant of this Cardinal Crossevent chart, for American society to getmoving, we have to re-experience thesuffering forged in the inequality thatpowered America’s growth to nationhood.And it is this very suffering that must bepaid for in either the blood of socialdisorder (Mars/Saturn square) or in thewisdom of an equitable regulatorystructure to bring under control capitalresources that relegate societal needs,especially in scientific research anddevelopment and higher education(Uranus/Jupiter) and in the economicneeds of families (Moon/Hades), tosecondary status.

Thus, for America to really get moving(Aries on 4th house cusp), it has tounleash its greatest assets—its researchuniversities and national laboratories

souls; many astrologers have placementshere, because we spend our days analyzingthe date, place and time a soul incarnated,and Leo-over-Cancer is the MC of NCGR,descendant of ISAR, Mars of ACVA, Earthof AFAN, and the Aries Ingress Moon of747 BC, the year Babylonian scribes begantheir famous Enuma Anu Enlil compilationof earlier astrological records. Major star:Praesepe, “The Beehive” (M44 Cancri) inCrab’s shell: 7° Leo 12’.

Tropical Virgo, quiet, steady, reliable, hasa sexy secret—she’s hiding a lion underher gown! (Tropical Virgo now overlaysmost of the ancient Lion’s stars). Andjust above, sharing her longitudes, fierce,protective Mama Bear prowls the pole,while below the Lion, hidden under thewaves, a sinuous length of a massive,poisonous Water Snake lurks, bearing amysterious sacred chalice on its back. Youmay not be aware of them, but Virgo is. Ofcourse she keeps them hidden! Othersmight not understand. But her love ofanimals, care for the environment,deeply personal sensuality and theintense sense of the sacred that permeatesevery instant of her daily life, are herquietly cherished secrets, gifts of the Lion

(and Bear, and Hydra, and Crater, theCup). Major star: royal star Regulus,Alpha Leonis, Lion’s heart, 29° Leo 50’,which will reach 0° Virgo 0’ in 2012.

Tropical Libra is fully enclosed within thegreat figure of the Virgin, the longestzodiacal constellation (it stretches from(tropical 22° Virgo, through Libra, endingat 10° Scorpio). In this case, there is littleconflict between the tropical sign and itsunderlying sidereal matrix, for Librarepresents the Scales of Justice, and theVirgin was called “Justicia” by the Greeks;she was the only deity who lived amonghumans in the peaceful Golden Age, butwhen the ages of bronze, and then, evenworse, iron arrived, she could no longerbear their cruelty and bloodshed and flewoff to the sky. Brilliant 1st magnitude starSpica, the “spike” of wheat held in theVirgin’s hand, stands for the seeds ofearth bounty, and research has shownthat the most frequently found tropicalsign among farmers is Libra! Spica, theVirgin’s Alpha star, continues to repre-sent Earth’s primal seeds: in 2007 asNorway readied its Svalbard Global SeedVault near the North Pole, to store seedsfrom all over the world for safekeeping

against any global catastrophe, the 2007Winter Solstice at Longyearbyen had(due to the extreme latitude), the placi-dian MC and ASC just 11° apart; exactlybetween them, precisely on the horizon,brilliant 1st magnitude Spica, the sheafof wheat in the Virgin’s hand, gleamed inthe dark arctic night, welcoming thefruits of the earth to their new haven.Spica, Alpha Virginis, is 23° Libra 51’.

Tropical Scorpio has enveloped the Scale-stars of Libra, but far back in time thesame stars were actually the extendedclaws of a longer Scorpion, so here theseelements combine in a simple message:obey and maintain the law, or find yourselfin its clutches! In 530 CE, one of the once-every-77-year apparitions of Halley’sComet, the written Talmud was completedand Emperor Justinian issued the CodexVetus, a code of civil law: the comet’s peri-helion occurred at Gamma Libra in theNorth Scale/North Claw (now 25° Scor-pio). Zubenelgenubi (South Scale), AlphaScorpii, is at the ecliptic at 15° Scorpio 5’.

Tropical Sagittarius might not want toadmit it, but there’s a Scorpion in hiscloset! The dark, skulking arachnid is

(Uranus/Jupiter)—without allowingthem to be starved because of concernsabout capital shortages. Moreover, Marsin the 9th house sucking up to Saturnindicates the hard choices that can lead tobig pay offs if boundary areas betweenanimate/inanimate (Virgo on 9th housecusp, and Venus, Saturn, Mars all con-junct), life/death (Mars opposite Uranus/Jupiter; Mars square Pluto; Uranus/Jupiter midpoint square Pluto), and mind/matter (cf. “life/death” aspects) arestudied through simulations, mathematicaltheorizing, and thought experimentation.

And, as for Obama, his leadership underthis cardinal cross is best accomplishedby ignoring the whining coming fromimmature Americans, and both parties, andarticulating a vision of capital provision tothe builders of tomorrow (Leo on cusp of8th house; Vertex/Sun midpoint in 8thhouse; Sun stressing Moon, Venus,Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto).Now, this initial cardinal cross pivot pointpresents a picture of a world within easyreach if Americans would just rejectAmerica’s systemic economic corruption,

and allow its assets free reign to develop.And, notably, while this initial cardinalcross event chart has an 8th house Sunsignifying the promise of great economicprosperity if Obama directs adequatecapital resources to the most creativerealms of American Society, the secondpivotal cardinal cross event chart (seeright) has a 3rd house Virgo Sun (conjunctretrograde Mercury) signifying Obamahas a well thought out plan for job growthin America. Moreover, Cancer ascendingwith the 12th house Moon at 0° Hadesshows good reasons for a collectivehopefulness, but this hopefulness hasdifficulty manifesting because of variousnativistic groups attempting to hold ontoa past that never was.

Obama can easily overcome this negativepull by extolling the benefits that will comefrom the implementation of his job creationprogram while detailing how behind thescenes nativistic agendas corrupt legislativeleadership that should be in the service of allAmericans rather than a corrupt few (Leo on2nd house cusp; Sun/retrograde Mercurymidpoint in 3rd house; Sun/retrograde

Mercury midpoint quintile Moon/Hadesmidpoint; Scorpio on 5th house cusp;Moon/Hades midpoint opposite Pluto).The second pivotal cardinal cross eventchart’s I.C. at the Saturn/Zeus midpointindicates the availability of lots of infra-structure work. From its aspects to planetsin the other three cardinal signs, thisSaturn promises work because of floodingand failing dams and uncontrolled earthmovement. Hence, there will be plentyneed for heavy construction equipment,and the blue collar workers who operatethis equipment. In fact for almost ageneration the salience of the informationsociety will be secondary to a pre-eminence of heavy industry—ipods areokay but they are quiche to the meat andpotatoes of caterpillar machinery (Saturnopposite Jupiter/Uranus midpoint). Yet,unfortunately, things will not be assmooth as they could be because of a nonresponsive Senate—that is, it is said thatRome burned while Nero fiddled, and wemay similarly say America sufferedneedlessly because too many of itsSenators, while pandering to nativistic

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the reason cheery, confident, outgoingSag has a hidden side that tends to sullenanger and resentments; above the Scor-pion, sharing his span of the ecliptic, isphysician-shaman Ophiuchus strugglingwith Serpens, his wise-and-wily Serpent(Ophiuchus actually stands upon theecliptic, making him a member of thezodiac). The lurking, brooding Scorpioncan pull tropical Sag down from his opti-mism and good cheer, but shaman Ophiu-chus is a healer, and his writhing, rebel-lious Serpent is known for its ability toshed its skin and become renewed. Iftropical Sagittarius finds a way to recon-cile and combine these intense, conflic-ting energies, the happy result is an abilityto offer others profound emotional healingand the gift of confidence. Royal starAntares, Alpha Scorpii, Scorpion’s heart,9° Sagittarius 46’.

Serious, ambitious tropical Capricorn hasovertaken stars of the original militant-and-military Sagittarius Archer; the fieryunderlying Archer warms earthy, hard-nosed Capricorn (perhaps they go onhunting trips together)? Capricorn in turnsternly buttons down the centauric

warrior, convincing him that servingpeople in public office is often preferableto killing them in battle! A Major star:Nunki, Archer’s shoulder/arrow’s vane:12° Capricorn 23’.

Tropical Aquarius, pourer-out of thewaters of heaven, now overlays the small,cramped, Sea-Goat; this ungainlycombination encompasses one of the mostremarkable of heaven’s spans, forAquarius’ hidden companion, the smalland seemingly insignificant Goat with aFish’s tail, guards the sky’s 2nd portal, theOrphic-Platonic Gate of Return, wheresouls take their leave (and angels enter).Babylonian priest Berossus saidCapricornus represents Oannes, amysterious man-fish who taught humansskills of civilized living and how to set upand maintain laws. These Saturn-ruled,precession-induced partners oversee aspan where laws are established, upheldand renewed, bringing about new socialcontracts and new legal systems for a justimplementation of power. At the signing ofthe Magna Carta, precursor ofconstitutional law, on the SummerSolstice of 1215 CE, the Moon was in the

Sea-Goat; when the U.S. Declaration ofIndependence was issued in 1776, theSouth Node was on the 1215 Moon, withPluto at the Sea-Goat’s head; at the 1787adoption of the U.S. Constitution, Saturnand Pluto (conjunct Fortuna) weretransiting Capricornus; in January 1863Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamationtook effect, freeing the slaves; thatmonth’s New Moon was in siderealCapricornus; in 1920 at the adoption theUnited States Constitution’s Women’sSuffrage Amendment, the Moon had justentered the Sea-Goat. In 1950, on the daythat the Republic of India wasproclaimed, its new Constitution cameinto force, outlawing the rigid castesystem that for millenian had consignedabout 1/7 of the population to “outcast”status and many of these tountouchability: the Sun, Jupiter andVenus were transiting the Sea-Goat. Nowonder ancient cuneiform inscriptionscalled this strange, humble little totem“Father of Light!” A Major star: Dabih,Beta Capricorni (head/horn), 4°Aquarius 03’.

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Inner WheelBritish Petroleum

April 14, 190912:00 PM GMT

London England51N30, 0W10

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BP OIL DISASTER cont’d. from p. 1

movements, argued about the harmfulnessof financial deficits when there was a direneed to fund higher education, andresearch and development, and to buildthe capital machinery needed to protectand rebuild our physical environment (5thhouse ruler in 6th house; Pluto oppositeMoon/Hades midpoint, square Jupiter/Uranus midpoint, and square Saturn).

CHARLEY SETTLES entered GraduateSchool at Brandeis University where heopenly studied sociology, and secretlystudied astrology the year after taking acourse in astrology at the BostonTheosophical Society in 1971. However,from the early 1970s until 2005, astrol-ogy never had a major role in his life.But, then, Charley found Judy Johns’Political Astrology List, and doingastrology in this context allowed him tosuccessfully integrate his open and secretinterests into interests in educational andpolitical astrology, and the Sociology ofKnowledge. Charley can be contacted [email protected], https://sites.google.com/site/happyfuturesproject/.

PREVIEWING AMERICA cont’d. from p. 6

please turn to p. 14

and even though it had a different namethen, the site uses the title “BP p.l.c.” withthe information about incorporation. Belowthe memorandum title, the date of incorpor-ation of BP p.l.c. is given as April 14, 1909.2

Then there is the problem of time. RaphaelSimons has used this chart with a noon timewith success. Perhaps all corporations inEngland started at noon in 1909, butwhether or not that is true, this chart fornoon on that day in 1909 is extraordinarywhen we look at the events this year.

Examining the BP chart, it is no surprisethat they have a long record of disregard-ing caution. With Aries on the MC and theruler, Mars, conjunct the Moon inAquarius, those in charge will do as theyplease and most likely will be in a hurryabout it. Agitation with workers would bethe norm since the Mars-Moonconjunction is in the 6th house. The rulerof the 6th is Saturn and it is squareNeptune on the cusp of the 12th house.Therefore, it is highly unlikely that therewas much clarity in day-to-dayoperations. Workers were and are fearfulof contradicting company ideas (Saturn,ruler of the 6th is conjunct Mercury in the

ninth, in range of the MC), and most likelymany of the company’s goals or planswere not even known by employees.Mercury is not only conjunct Saturn, butrules the 11th and is also square Neptune.With Mercury square Neptune, deceptionwould be the norm. Mercury also rules the2nd, and being conjunct Saturn, ruler ofthe 6th, frugality with day-to-dayoperations would also be the norm.

Since the Sun is also management andconjoins the MC, it, Venus, and the MCare all square Uranus, adding more of acavalier, independent attitude to the com-pany’s hierarchy. Since the Aries stelliumat the MC sextiles Pluto in the 11th, theywould have a focus on whatever matteredmost to them. Leo rising adds more to thearrogance, since the ruler, the Sun, is con-junct the MC, et al. But, with Venus con-junct the Sun and MC, their public relationswould be great, and even original, given theinclusion of Uranus in the pattern.

January 15, 2010 Solar EclipseThe last eclipse preceding the oil disasterwas a Solar Eclipse (New Moon) onJanuary 15, 2010, and when calculated forWashington, D.C., there are some inter-esting correspondences with BP’s chart.

First, the eclipse itself (Sun-Moon conj-unction) at 25° Capricorn 1’ is setting offBP’s stellium at the MC by square aspect.The Nodes, so important in an eclipsechart, aligned with BP’s Uranus within sixminutes. Uranus was about a half degreefrom squaring BP’s Pluto, and Mars was justpast their ascendant. Pluto and Ura-nustogether is a perfect picture of an ex-plosion,especially one from deep under the earth.

When looking at the Astro Map (see p.14) of the eclipse, we see Mars goingthrough the Gulf of Mexico, but moretelling is the crossing of planet MC andASC lines just south of Japan. Whenplanetary lines cross on a map like this, itmakes the whole latitude vibrate with thatenergy so that its influence extendsaround the globe at that latitude. I circledthe crossing of MC-Uranus with Descend-ant Pluto and Mercury and drawn a linefor that latitude. You can see that it goesstraight through the precise area of theexplosion. Again we have aUranus-Pluto influence.

June 26, 2010 Lunar EclipseThe Uranus/South Node midpoint is 4°Capricorn 36’ in BP’s chart. The eclipse

NCGR NewsAround the Board

Annapolis Chapter. Lynn Koiner’sGreatest Astrological and Metaphy-

sical Picnic in the Known Universe, heldon July 31, 2010, was another wonderfulsuccess. Lynn chooses every picnic withLibra on the Ascendant, so she placed adate and time with Venus in Virgo (itsfallen sign) but in the 11th since this wasan NCGR event. This summer had multipledays nearly or exceeding 100° F. But theweather cooled down for the picnic, withtemperatures in the mid-80s. As always,the Koiners’ huge tulip poplar tree gavegreat shade and people moved their chairs

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One By OneNCGR’s 2010 Membership Campaign

One-By-One is NCGR’s membershipcampaign. We’re asking all our

members to bring in one member. You caninvite someone new to join us, or you canbring back a lapsed member. We’ll grow,expanding the circle of astrologers and theopportunities for all of us to learn andshare the wisdom of astrology. Your partbegins with thinking you’ll meet orremember someone who’s interested inastrology and isn’t a member of NCGR.Open your mind to the very good chancethat you’ll recognize this person. It’s likewatching for a transit to perfect in yourchart. But instead of tracking a planet orasteroid through the heavens, you’re onalert for a person who will utter astrologi-cal phrases in your presence. Give thatperson NCGR! I’d love to hear your story.Email me at [email protected].

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Education News. Developing a List ofBooks Written by Members. How

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Would someone please recommendbooks with great explanations andexplorations of mutual receptions?Want to share with a friend new toastrology, and review myself.

Demetrius Bagley

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or [email protected] I will writeback asking formore information. Kaye Shinker Education Chair

PublicationsNews. You

should receivethe first issue ofour new ResearchJournal, which isedited by ChrisBrennan andproduced byPublicationsDirector TadMann, in the next few weeks. The journalwill be a compilation of articles, many ofwhich were written by presenters at theHistory of Astrology pre-conferenceseminar—Moving Forward, LookingBack—in Cambridge MA in February2010. The article listing is as follows.

• Introduction. Chris Brennan • Mesopotamian Astrology. Rob Hand • Hellenistic Astrology. Chris Brennan • Indian Astrology. Ronnie Gale Dreyer • Medieval Astrology. Benjamin Dykes • Late Renaissance Astrology. LeeLehman • Twentieth Century Astrology. Keiron LeGrice • Science and Astrology. Kenneth Irving • Uranian Astrology. Gary Christen • Data Collections. Frank Clifford • Asteroids and Mythic Astrology.Demetra George • Moving Forward, Looking Back. ChrisBrennan

Tad MannPublications Director

as the shade moved throughout theafternoon. There was lots of good food asalways, although with Venus in Virgo, thefood was not as healthy as it usually is(too many desserts). As always, Lynn hadreaders offering astrological, tarot card,psychic and other types of readings aswell as body workers. Lynn’s dad CharlieKoiner will be 90 this fall, and is still goingstrong gardening their 1+ acre plot, andgave free gardening advice. Charlie andLynn are the stars of a documentary shortabout his farming and their lovely prop-erty. Corner Plot was selected by theSilver Docs 2010 Film Festival and in Junewas shown at the American Film Institute(www.cornerplotmovie.com.) This film willbe shown in Vienna, Austria in September2010.

Barbara FinchPicnic Attendee and Reader

New York City Chapter. Our annualmembership meeting and panel will

take place on Friday, September 24, 2010,7:00-9:00 PM at the Meta Center, 214 West29th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenue.Please note the new location. Admissionis free for members and $20 for non-members. Highlight of the evening is thepanel discussion Suddenly, Last Summer:Life After the T-Square with ShelleyAckerman, Arlene Marcia Nimark, andAnne Ortelee, moderated by JohnMarchesella. This year’s Education conferenceBeyond the Rings of Saturn: The Astrol-ogy of the Outer Planets takes placeSaturday-Sunday, November 20-21, FIT(Fashion Institute of Technology), 8thAvenue and West 27th Street. GuestSpeakers: Dan Heydon, Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, Bill Meridian, Gene Shaw; New

To ensure that you continue toreceive memberletter once itchanges to an online editionstarting with the November-December issue, please be sureto send your email address toLiane Thomas Wade, [email protected], 212-838-NCGR, ifshe does not already have it. Ifyou already receive your E-Newsfrom NCGR and thememberletter link, then you doNOT need to do anything. If youdo not receive our onlinepublications, then you must sendyour email address to LIane.

York Faculty: Joseph Addeo, ClaudiaBader, Wayne Booher, Diane Cramer,Ronnie Dreyer, Meira Epstein, KathleenHanna, Michael Lutin, Jenny Lynch, JohnMarchesella, Eileen McCabe, ArleneMarcia Nimark, Shirley Soffer, MarkWolz; And these other NCGR-PAACertified Astrologers: Pamela Cucinell,Armand Diaz, Stephen Fleming, DeniseJordan, Faith McInerney, Nona Press,Jackie Slevin; And friends of NCGR: DianBustillo, Joe Carasso, Madela Ezcurra,Barbara Fahringer, Bob Marks, Marga-ret McMahon, Anne Ortelee, Linda Joyce,De Vovchansky, Liane Thomas Wade;And…Pattie Canova on Tarot; Kirk Kahnon Palmistry. For information, 212-255-3236, www.astrologynyc.org.

John MarchesellaEducation Director

Sidereal SIG Forming. The Sidereal SIGGroup just passed the break-point of

10-plus NCGR members required forformation. Before getting final NCGRapproval, we will formulate the initialquarterly newsletter under its Skies Abovemasthead, and select a Vice-President/Activities Manager and Treasurer/Membership Manager, who will join me asPresident and Newsletter Manager to formthe council. The purpose and intention ofthe SIG is to create a collegial andsupportive open platform for exploring theplace and use of sidereal calculation in ourwestern practice of astrology. The SIG isspecifically not intended to define anysupposed right use of sidereal calculation,nor is its purpose to replace or overridetropical calculation. Rather, we westernastrologers (including the members of this

New York City. Speakers include: DavidBeazley, Dr. Lietta Catoni, Gary Chris-ten, Meira B. Epstein, Michael Feist,Arlene Kramer, Faith McInerney, BillMeridian, Dr. Winai Ouyporn-prasert,Nona Gwynn Press, Francine Rasenberg,Maria Kay Simms, Liane Thomas Wade.Information and updates. http://tinyurl.com/UranianConference 2010, or www.geocosmic.org under Chapters & SIGS.

Liane Thomas WadePresident

Astrology and Academia. Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology inCulture at the University of Wales, Lam-peter. For information about the degree-granting distance learning program,conferences, contact Nick Campion,n.campion@lamp. ac.uk,www.lamp.ac.uk/sophia. Kepler College. For updated informa-tion on teach-out, as well as workshops,lectures, and webinars see www.kepler.edu. American College of Vedic Astrology(ACVA) offers online courses andcertificate programs in Vedic astrology.The next Level I and Level II onlineclasses begin September 15, 2010. Infor-mation: www.acvaonline.org. The Institute for the Study of the AncientWorld, part of New York University, is agraduate program dedicated to the studyof the ancient world (including astrology).Upcoming events. Thursday November 4.6:00 PM. Francesca Rochberg. TheCultural Dynamism of Astral Science

The recipient of the Joanna Shannon Julian Armistead Scholarship for AstrologicalEducation and Community Service is Luis Michael Fox-Elizondo from the

AstroMexico Chapter. This is an annual award of $1,000, which is to used to help thewinner in advancing astrological education and ultimate certification as well as thesupport of service to the astrological community.

Congratulations to Luis Michel and thanks to our Selection Committee, MadalynHillis-Dineen, Warren Kinsman, Shirley Soffer, and Leigh Westin. This is anannual award, and those who are pursuing certification as well as making a contribu-tion to the NCGR community, are encouraged to apply for the award next year.Information will be available in the January-February 2011 memberletter.

John Marchesella for the Shannon/Armistead Estate

Sidereal SIG) need to bring our longtradition and rich understandings into thenew consciousness developing in andamong us. We will encourage discussionand differing opinions that are respectfulof the thoughts, opinions, and submis-sions of other members and not merelybased on personal disagreement. The feeis $20 for founding member annualmembership fee ($25 for those joining afterofficial formation). All members will beasked to contribute to the SIG quarterlyduring each membership year, and to taketurns at the wheel of leadership andorganizational direction. Only currentNCGR members can officially serve as SIGofficers, but all members can serve insupport roles, which besides newsletterproduction can include exploring andexpanding use and understanding ofsidereal calculation, organizing SIG-sponsored activities at conferences orastrology events such as the InternationalAstrology Day (IAD), etc. If becoming afounding member appeals to you, pleaselet me know something about yourexperience and interest in SiderealAstrology. I’d expect you to bring andfind collegial and supportive warmth aswe all grow together in the work of thisSidereal SIG.

MaryFrances [email protected]

Uranian Society SIG. The UranianSociety will host the 5th Interna-

tional Conference of the InternationalUranian Fellowship on October 23-24,2010 at the Source of Life ConferenceCenter, 352 7th Avenue (at W. 30th Street),

Joanna Shannon and Julian Armistead Scholarshipfor Astrological Education and Community Service

Around the Community

Around NCGR-PAA

John Marchesella, Eileen McCabe, andShirley Soffer gave their joint presen-

tation in NCGR-PAA’s first telecon-ferenced and in-person workshop for newprofessionals. Their presentationsincluded Counseling and Astrology, Letthe Planets Be Your Guide, Approachingthe Client for the ‘First’ Time and ThereAre Many First’s to Face. These lecturesand descriptions are available for sale atwww.astrologersalliance.org.

NCGR-PAA Professional SupportGroup in Chicago. If you are a

professional astrologer whose practice isin the Chicago area and would like to bepart of a new support group sponsored bythe NCGR/PAA, please contact GraceMorris, [email protected] andlet her know that you are interested inparticipating in a support group forprofessional astrologers.

in the Hellenistic Age; Sat.-Sun. November12-13. Conference co-sponsored by ISAWand the Courant Institute of NYU. AMathematician's Journeys: OttoNeugebauer between History and Practiceof the Exact Sciences. For information:www.nyu.edu/isaw.

Astrology and the Media. Kudos toNew York astrologer Lawrence

Grecco who was interviewed on Fox Newson August 4, 2010 (Presdient Obama’s49th birthday) about Barack Obama’shoroscope.To view the interview go towww.youtube.com/watch?v= pHFpPTsW6JY. Congratulations to Janet Ruhl (nom deplume Jenny Brown, www.jennybrown.net) whose novel Lord Lightning will bepublished by Harper Collins/Avon onSeptember 28. This is the first of a seriesof three historical romances with anastrological theme. The story is set in theEnglish Regency period and the charac-ters have real charts read in a traditionalmanner. According to Janet this may bethe very first mass market novel everpublished where the plot turns on ahorary reading. The most surprisingthing to me, as someone who has pitchedastrologically-based books in the past, isthat my editor and agent are both soyoung that they had never heard aboutthe blacklist that used to keep books thattreated astrology respectfully out ofmainstream.

SOTA (State of the Art) 2010 Confer- ence. October 21-25, 2010. Adams MarkHotel, 120 Church St., Buffalo NY. Pre-conference workshops with Madalyn Hillis-Dineen and Michael Lutin. Speakersinclude: Robin Armstrong, Ellen Bourn,Cassandra Joan Butler, Joan Ann Evelyn,Dorothy Figg, Bon Rose Fine, Lesley Fran-cis, Kathy Hanley, Madalyn Hillis-Dineen,Brad Kochunas, Michael Lutin, Janet Mar-kham, Marion McMillan, Franco Minatel,Alanna Morgan, Grace Morris, SamuelReynolds, Julie Simmons, Eva Smith,Sylvia Jean Smith, Bryan Trussler, DonnaVan Toen, Patricia Walsh, and TamaraWizinski. Info: www.donnavantoen.com.

For listings of international confer-ences, online newsgroups, newsletters,

etc. go to www.astropro.com/features/connexions/index.html. If you’re a confer-ence organizer, send in your listings.

Send tidbits about members of our commu-nity, media reports, and news about births,marriages, promotions,passings, recogni-tion, etc. to: [email protected].

The following story was sent byJungian astrologer Alice O. Howell.

In 1945, I happened to go into a bookstorein New York City and found a pamphlet onGlastonbury by a woman called K. E.Maltwood. In it, she described how in1922 she had climbed the Tor and goneinto an altered state and saw the zodiachidden in the earth of Glastonbury. Shemanaged to fly in a plane and took apicture of the area and sure enough,found evidence that she was right.

What she had discovered was KingArthur’s Roundtable was actually thename for a complete zodiac represented bytwelve figures outlined in the earth! Theonly exception was the substitution of adog for the crab of Cancer. Dogs, how-ever, are ruled by Cancer. Somewhere, Ihope, in this house, I still have thatpamphlet. The place itself dates back to3000 B.C. but I have no date for thezodiac, which one presumes may go backto the time of the legendary King Arthur.As the years passed, I further discoveredthat John Dee, astrologer, mystic, andalchemist to Queen Elizabeth I, had a fellowinitiate confide in him that King Arthur’sRoundtable was hidden in the earth ofGlastonbury!

In the 1980s, when I was at Oxford, I wentinto the famous bookstore, Blackwell’s,

Education and CertificationNews. Congratulations to Abby

Goodman Rosenfeld of the BostonChapter who recently attainedproficiency in Level II of NCGR-PAA testing. I want to PatTaglilatelo for proctoring theabove-mentioned exam. I also wantto thank John Marchesella forproctoring a Level I exam, and Ma.Angeles Hernandez Gomez foradministering two Level III proc-tored exams. To all three, I extendour appreciation for their helpfulservice to NCGR-PAA’s certificationprogram. For a list of NCGR-PAAcertified astrologers, and informationon our certification program, pleasevisit www.astrologersalliance.org.

Joseph Polise, C.A., NCGR-PAADirector of Education Outreach

Shirley Soffer, C.A., NCGR-PAADirector of Education

Charts used are generated by Solar Fire6, and used courtesy of Astrolabe, Inc.Astro Maps on p. 14 are generated byKepler Software and used courtesy ofCosmic Patterns. Each chart is drawn tothe author’s specifications.

WE LIVE IN EXCITING TIMES. The techno-logical advances in health care, sur-

geries, and increased awareness of forcesthat are responsible for improved qualityof life has significantly and positivelyinfluenced the average human life expec-tancy. It is important to recognize that untilthe 18th century the average life expectancyhad been less than 30 years or so. Then inthe 18th century the rate of human lifeexpectancy slowly started rising.

The outer modern planets, Uranus,Neptune, and Pluto, were (compared toother planets of our solar system) recentlydiscovered. Until they were discoveredthey were not part of our collectiveconsciousness, and therefore, theirinfluence on our lives was insignificant.English astronomer William Herscheldiscovered the planet Uranus in 1781.Then in 1846 Neptune was discoveredfollowed by the discovery of the planetPluto in 1930.

The rapid technological advancementbegan in the last quarter of the 18thcentury with the advent of the steamengine. With successive discoveries ofNeptune and Pluto in the 19th and the20th centuries respectively we haveexperienced exponential growth intechnology. For instance, while we take airtravel so much for granted, the inventionof the airplane occurred only about a littleover 100 years ago. And then cametelevision, computers, satellite communi-cations, and so many other inventions,and since then our lives and the way welive have been profoundly changed.

Until Uranus was discovered the slowestmoving planet known to us was Saturn withits 30-year period for orbiting around theSun. It’s interesting to note that before thediscovery of Uranus the average human lifeexpectancy was around 30 and in the nextcentury the average human life expectancystarted rising. It takes on average 84 yearsfor Uranus to orbit around the Sun. After itsdiscovery, the first orbit of Uranus aroundthe Sun was completed by 1865, and then ittotally became part of our collectiveconscious. It is after that year the averagehuman life expectancy passed over 30 years.

With the similar logic, until Neptune wasdiscovered the slowest moving planet

Longevity and the Modern Planets

known to us was Uranus. The averageperiod of rotation for Neptune around theSun is about 168 years. And therefore, afterits discovery the complete rotation ofNeptune around the Sun will be approxi-mately completed by the year 2014. Bythen Neptune will totally be a part of ourcollective consciousness. Thus by theyear 2014, according to logic applied earlierfor Saturn-Uranus case, the average humanlife expectancy is expected to surpass 84years.

Presently the average life expectancy in theUnited States is about 75 years, and for theworld as a whole, the average lifeexpectancy is not too far behind. In light ofthe current state of human livingconditions and rapid growth of techno-logical advances it’s very probable thatcollectively we will surpass the average lifeexpectancy of 84 years by 2014.

With the similar reasoning, until the planetPluto was discovered the slowest-movingplanet known to us was Neptune. It takeson average about 268 years for Pluto toorbit around the Sun, and therefore, it willbe approximately the year 2200 beforePluto completes its first orbit around theSun after its discovery. Applying the samelogic as we did for Uranus-Neptune pair, itwouldn’t be surprising to me if we surpassthe average human life expectancy of 168years by year 2200.

JAGDISH MAHESHRI is currently NCGR Re-search Director. In March 2007 he presentedhis research paper, "Earthquake PredictionModel" at the Research Symposium at theBaltimore NCGR conference in Baltimore. Hiscurrent research interests include natural andman-made calamities, political global events,world economical expansion, and spiritualhuman evolution. Jagdish, who holds a Ph.D.in chemical engineering, teaches Vedic as-trology and conducts workshops in the Hous-ton area. He has been on radio shows, beinginterviewed as well as responding to callerslive, and offer astrological perspective andanswers to their questions. Jagdish can bereached at www.astroinsight.com. His inter-view with Richard Dugan of AM 1290,SantaBarbara News Press Radio, will air Satur-day, September 25, at 3 PM PDT, and will bestreamed online (www.richarddugan.com/tmysschedule.htm) that same day.

by Jagdish Maheshri

one of my favorites, and lo and behold, onthe bottom shelf of one of the stacks weretwo large yellow paperbacks on this verysubject complete with maps and furtherevidence: graphic with outlines andfurther geometric wonders included, putout by R.I.L.K.O. [Research Into LostKnowledge Organization]! Here in thesebooks lies the proof.

Needless to say, I have visitedGlastonbury several times and stood inthe middle of that very zodiac. I have alsovisited the Chalice Well and drunk from itswaters, and climbed the Tor where thereare two famous old oak trees, Gog andMagog.

As I recall, the legend is that the biblicalJoseph of Arimethia, a follower of Christ,traveled to Britain and to Glastonbury andplaced a thorn staff in the earth, whichblossomed on Christmas Day, I think, withwhite roses. There is no question in mymind whatsoever that Glastonbury is apower point and has drawn pilgrims to itover the centuries. It is not far fromStonehenge and Avebury, anotherSomerset center for standing stones, sothe chances are that this has been amagical area ever since prehistoric times.As I understand it, it is now a site forcrowds of young people who gather therefor Glastonbury Fayre at the time of thesummer solstice.

The great ruins of the Glastonbury Abbeystill stand in mute testimony to anongoing mystery. Before Ms. Maltwood, aman called Frederick Bligh Bond also hada mystical vision of what the monks at theAbbey were all about.

In a letter from Mrs. Maltwood written inthe 1970s, from Vancouver, B.C., she wrotemy mother:

[Your] daughter [Alice] might be gladto see the enclosed about my Guide, asit fits onto Philips Planesphere, fromwhich I took it by pricking the starsthrough, onto the map of the effigies [thefigures outlined in the earth]. If youhold it up against the light, you can seethat the effigies were designed in eachcase to incorporate the constellationsthrough which the sun rides.

ALICE O. HOWELL is a Jungian astrolo-ger and the author of many books fromastrology to fiction. She can be reachedat [email protected].

BP OIL SPILL cont’d from p. 9

was 4° Capricorn 46’ with Pluto close by at4° Capricorn 4’ of the same sign. There isnothing quite as dramatic as a Uranus-Pluto activation. It’s a deeply felt upset.There is a need to react quickly tosomething especially critical. This is adramatic eclipse also because it is part of aconfiguration that includes Uranus andJupiter opposing Saturn, all squaring theeclipse as well as Pluto and Mercury.However, it is the Astro Map that revealsthe most drama.

On that, set for Washington D.C. (whichtells us how this map will affect ourcountry), the Jupiter-Uranus opposition toSaturn is on the MC line going directlythrough the Gulf of Mexico precisely atthe location of the oil spill. Jupiter isexcess, Uranus is sudden and unexpected,and Saturn is hardship. The North Node-descendant line is crossing these, whichshows that perhaps there is some karmainvolved in this event. However, I equatethe nodes to immediate environment, aswell, and often find they are involved inmoves, displacements or somethinghappening to one’s space. Plus, theeclipse (Sun-Moon opposition) with Plutoand Mercury are on the ASC/DCS linealso going through the Gulf of Mexico.Every chart has an astro map, and BP isno exception. Its map would reveal how it

would do in various locations. Zeroing inon the United States, we see that itsUranus/MC line goes precisely throughthe location of the oil spill. Consultingthese maps, if you want unexpectedexcitement, go where you have a Uranusline. Life would be unstable and ad-venturous (or upsetting) in that place—oranywhere along the line! When wecombine the eclipse map with the BP map,we can see that this would have been alikely time for BP’s MC/Uranus line to beactivated since the eclipse echoed it.

April 20, 2010 BP Spill.Before the explosion of this fateful day, thewell was behind schedule and over budget.Equipment was not up to par, things werebeing done too quickly, steps skipped andwarnings ignored, according to a Wall StreetJournal investigation.3 Finally, using seawater instead of mud in the drill pipe mighthave been the last straw. It is all still underinvestigation. The rig was located at 28 N44’12” and 088 W 23’13” according togeohack. An unusual amount of leaking gaswas detected at 9:45 PM CDT. The time ofthe explosion, itself, was 9:50 PM. accordingthe Wall Street Journal’s investigation. Thefire started at 9:56 PM.

BP’s incorporation chart is dramatic forApril 20 at that time. The secondaryprogressed Moon was just about exactly

opposing Venus and less than a degreefrom squaring Uranus. The progressedAscendant opposed progressed Saturnwithin one minute and both aligned withthe Sun and MC! Heavy personalresponsibility comes with an Ascendant-Saturn alignment. Solar arc Moon squaredthe Ascendant, and since the Moon rulesthe 12th house, secrets were exposed. Thenatal Saturn-Neptune square had movedto oppose and square the natal Uranus. Inless than a month the progressed Moonwould join them. Progressed Mercuryopposed progressed Uranus—it suremade startling news! It is usually notkosher to mix secondary progressionswith solar arcs, but if for some unknownreason we could, it’s worthwhile to notethat progressed Mars opposes solar arcPluto within three minutes.

We see that with rage, but also obsessivepower. Additionally, within one minute oforb, transiting Pluto is semi-sextile thenatal Moon, which I equate to a quincunx.They are two sides to the same coin. Thisis also underbelly exposure of behind-the-scene practices toward employees sincethe Moon is in the 6th house and rules the12th. It can even be the indicator of theloss of employees since the quincunx/semi-sextile is associated with separation,and Pluto often indicates death of somesort. Solar arc Ascendant opposes the

January 15, 2010 Solar Eclipse

Saturn/Pluto midpoint as well as conjoinsthe one of Mars/Jupiter. All this tells thestory of a disastrous event fitting exactlywhat happened.

The transits refine the time of this event,and it is startling to see that the transitingSun is square the progressed Sun andMC. Mars squares the Moon-Ascendantmidpoint within three minutes of orb.Transiting Mercury squared the ascendantwithin one minute of orb. The transitingMoon, at 22° Cancer 31’ squares the spacebetween the progressed Moon andprogressed Ascendant, and not to forget,heading toward a square to natal Sun, MC,and progressed Saturn in a couple hours.Transiting nodes aligned with Neptune.

July 13, 2010The well was finally capped with some-thing that worked by July 13, 2010. Onthat day, transiting Uranus retrograded totrine the BP progressed MC, the prog-ressed Moon was just entering 23° Librawhere it would begin to cross the natal IC,progressed Ascendant, and oppose theSun. Plus the transiting Sun opposedUranus within two minutes, but that is nota precise measurement because this wenton for hours, so the Sun was in range for aday or two. By this time, too, solar arcMercury was at 23° Cancer and square theMC stellium, progressed Moon, and

Ascendant. During the hours this cap wasbeing placed, the transiting Moon wasgoing over BP’s natal Ascendant. Most ofall, solar arc Jupiter trined BP’s Ascen-dant—only two minutes separating, so itwas exact during the ten days beforewhen they found their solution. All alongthe way transiting Pluto had been trineBP’s Jupiter, so it promised solutions.

August 5, 2010By 2:15 PM on August 5, the last of thecement for the top kill had been pumped.Now it had to dry. On this day and time,transiting Moon sextiled Saturn (control)and Mercury. The transiting Sun was onedegree past BP’s Ascendant (they werepumping the day before), and the prog-ressed Moon just about finished its trekopposing the MC stellium—only the Sunopposition to go, and that may be the timethe relief wells are done. Transiting Saturnand Mars in the first degrees of Libra arealso helpful in that they sextile BP’s prog-ressed MC and Sun. They will go on to trinethe company’s Moon-Mars conjunction asUranus and Jupiter continue to trine theprogressed Sun and MC. Even secondaryprogressed Mars is trine the progressedMC-Sun! It appears to be looking good.

BP’s FutureIt would seem, with transiting Pluto trineBP’s Jupiter for awhile that all would be

well, especially when backedup with transiting Uranus trinethe progressed Sun-MC.

However, progressed Saturn isthe basic energy at this timebecause of its close proximityto the MC and Sun. It is within30’ of conjoining the MC and47’ from the Sun. These kindof long-term progressions aresaid to be felt when they arewithin one degree of partile.The time for this chart seemsto be accurate, so dependingon that, the road ahead will belong and hard. Further, evenwithout an exact time, solar arcSaturn (not to be confusedwith the progressed Saturnmentioned above), now at 21°

Cancer 46’, will square the natal Sun and MC in a couple years just as solar arc Neptune opposes them. And around

that same time, progressed Sun willoppose Mars, the ruler of the MC.

There could easily be another disaster orshake-up in the company. Because Saturnrules the 6th house and is in the 9th, Iwouldn’t be surprised if employeesbrought lawsuits against the companywhich might be overwhelming in a coupleyears. No, this is temporary, and thecompany has more to deal with just ahead.

References 1. Timing of Events. online.wsj. com/article/SB10001424052748704113 504575264721 101985024.html?mod= wsj_india_main 2. Incorporation Date. www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/STAGING/global_assets/downloads/M/Memorandum_and_articles_of_association_2010.pdf. 3. Prior to Spill online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266560930780190.html.

CAROLE DEVINE, an astrologer for over40 years, practices full time in PortsmouthVA. She is the creator of the ExploringAstrology Correspondence Course, andauthor of “Solar Arc Directions” and “StarTrek Revealed.” She can be contacted atcarole@ devineadvantage.com,www.devineadvantage.com.

June 26, 2010 Solar Eclipse

ANCIENT SKIES cont’d from p. 6

On Sunday afternoon July 25, 2010, a fewhours before the Aquarius Full Moon, Ihad the honor of attending a reception forDiana Rosenberg. Liane Thomas Wade,NCGR Secretary and President of theUranian SIG, presented Diana with theSaptarishisAstrology’s Lifetime Achieve-ment Award in the form of a beautifulplaque, which recognizes her monumentallifetime work on fixed stars, and honorsher for bridging Eastern and Westernastrology. The gathering, which astrologerClaudia Bader hosted at her New YorkCity home, included Diana’s daughter,son, grandchildren, and several col-leagues. In honor of the occasion Sap-tarishis online magazine published anextensive interview that astrologer EdithHathaway conducted with Diana over sev-eral months. The interview can be foundat www.saptarishisastrology.com. It wasan honor to attend this gathering, whichwas a celebration of Diana’s life and work.

Ronnie Gale Dreyer

Tropical Pisces is now home tothe water flowing from the Urn ofAquarius. A surprise turned uphere, for on ancient kudurru(boundary stones carved withconstellation figures) the area weknow as sidereal Aquarius showsinstead a seated goddess: Gula,“The Great Female Physician,” shewas called “life-giver” and couldcure sickness and disease by thetouch of her hand. Fitting thekudurru representation of Gulainto Aquarius’ pattern of stars, shecame out with her head andupraised hands near the mouth ofthe Water-Pourer’s Urn, as ifsummoning, blessing or bathing inits ever-flowing waters.Combining deep-diving,sensitive, compassionate anddual Pisces with the streamingcosmic waters of Aquarius’ Urn (asymbol of oneness), this is a placeof purification, regeneration,cleansing and reconciliation, inpreparation for the start of a newcycle. A major star of Aquarius/Gula: Satabishaj (Hydor,Ekchusis), Lambda Aquarii, inUrn’s stream of water/Gula’s arm:11° Pisces 35’.

Note: Star positions are calculated forJanuary 1, 2000; for January 1, 2010, addeight minutes to each position. Fixed starpositions are usually given for a fiducialdate. The current standard is January 1,2000. This is called epoch 2000.0;precession correction is 0º 00’50.23” per year(easy rule-of-thumb: 5’ every 6 years); forearlier dates, subtract, for future dates, add.

References

NCGR Incorporation. March 6, 1971, 9:02 PMEST, Wareham, MA, 41N45, 70W43. ISAR Incorporation. December 15, 1979, 10:30AM PST, Sacramento, CA, 38N34, 121W29. ACVA Incorporation. April 5, 1995, 10:13AM, Phoenix, AZ, 33N26, 112W04. AFAN Incorporation. January 29, 1988, 2:12PM PST, San Francisco, CA, 37N46, 122W25. Aries Ingress, 747 BCE. March 20, 746,10:30:13 PM GMT, Babylon. Declaration of Independence (Sibly). July 41776, 5:10:40 PM, LMT, Philadelphia, PA,39N57, 75W09.

U.S. Constitution Adopted. September 17,1787, 11:29 PM LMT, Philadelphia, PA, 39N57,75W09. Women’s Suffrage Amendment (19th)Adopted. August 26, 1920. used Noon,Washington, D.C. 38N53, 77W02.

DIANA ROSENBERG is “the leading author-ity on fixed stars,” according to Rob Hand.Recipient of Saptarishis Astrology’s LifetimeAchievement Award and a Regulus ResearchAward nominee, she is Vice President ofNCGR’s Uranian Society SIG. Her works in-clude a “Fixed Star Workbook,” “LunarMansions Workbook,” and “Encyclopaediaof Fixed Stars and Constellations.”Llewellyn’s The Astrology of the Macrocosm”includes her chapter on earthquake predic-tion, Groundswell Press’s “Hindu AstrologyLessons” her chapter “Fixed Stars and Lu-nar Mansions,” and NCGR’s “Essentials ofIntermediate Astrology,” her essay on FixedStars. Her book “Secrets of the Ancient Skies:Fixed Stars and Constellations in Natal andMundane Astrology” is in preparation. Herwebsite is www.ye-stars.com.

Illustration by Diana Rosenberg

September 8, 2010. New Moon. 6:29AM. 15° Virgo 40'. September 8, 2010. Venus entersScorpio. 11:44 AM. September 9, 2010. Jupiter retrogradeenters Pisces. 00:47 AM. September 12, 2010. Mercury stationsdirect. 07:09 PM. 5° Virgo 22'. September 14, 2010. Pluto stationsdirect. 0:37 AM. 2° Capricorn 47'. September 14, 2010. Mars entersScorpio. 6:37 PM. September 22, 2010. Sun enters Libra.11:08 PM. September 23, 2010. Full Moon. 5:17AM. 0°Aries 15'. October 3, 2010. Mercury enters Libra.11:03 AM. October 7, 2010. New Moon. 2:44 PM.14° Libra 23'. October 8, 2010. Venus stationsretrograde. 3:06 AM. 13° Scorpio 13'. October 20, 2010. Mercury entersScorpio. 5:19 PM. October 22, 2010. Full Moon. 9:35 PMAM. 29°Aries 32'. October 23, 2010. Sun enters Scorpio.8:35 AM. October 28, 2010. Mars enters Sagit-tarius. 2:47 AM. November 6, 2010. New Moon. 0:52 AM.13° Scorpio 40'. November 7, 2010. Neptune stationsdirect. 1:05 AM. 25° Aquarius 54'. EST November 7, 2010. Retrograde Venusenters Libra. 10:19 PM. EST November 8, 2010. Mercury entersSagittarius. 6:43 PM. EST November 18, 2010. Jupiter stationsdirect. 11:54 AM EST. 23° Pisces 29'. November 18, 2010. Venus stationsdirect. 4:18 PM EST. 27° Libra 39'. November 21, 2010. Full Moon. 12:26PM. 29° Taurus 17'. EST November 22, 2010. Sun enters Sagit-tarius. 5:14 AM. PM. November 29, 2010. Venus entersScorpio. 7:21 PM EST. November 30, 2010. Mercury entersCapricorn. 7:19 PM EST.

These listings are calculated according to theTropical zodiac and Eastern Daylight Timeunless noted for Eastern Standard Time. Tocalculate the Vedic (sidereal) positions withLahiri ayanamsa, subtract approximately 23°59’from tropical positions.

Celestial EventsSeptember-November

2010

The Predictive Power of Eclipse Paths, byBill Meridian, Cycles Research Publica-tions, 511 6th Avenue, #550, New York, NY,10011, www.billmeridian.com, 2010.Paper. 329 pp. Price not marked.

This book contains a wealth of hard-to-find and original material. Some of it is

based on the work of Charles Jayne andEdward Johndro; some of it is Meridian’sown original work on eclipse paths andAstro*Carto*Graphy maps. Both Jayneand Johndro felt that events could betimed to the exact day, so it should comeas no surprise that a great deal of thisbook is taken up with timing the effects ofthe eclipse, both in terms of when it willbring an event and the duration of theeclipse’s effect. There is material on Saroscycles and metonic cycles and how theycan be used, as well as a good explanationof Johndro’s electric phase arc, which Ihave never before seen explained. Meri-dian lists both Jayne’s eclipse rules andJohndro’s. He also notes where hisexperience has led him to modify ordisagree.

The work with eclipse maps and A*C*Gpaths is fascinating, informative, and ofparticular importance to those who domundane work, though Meridian alsoshows how these can work for people. Forexample, should your eclipse path meet upwith an A*C*G line, that could indicate aplace where you could meet someone youfall in love with.

Appendices cover the Uranian planetsand also sources for books, software, andother information such as websitesoffering eclipse data (including eclipsepaths), and software for occultationcomputation (yes, occultations are alsodiscussed, and more). There are numerouscharts, though I can’t figure out whysome are in Placidus and some are inKoch. There are also numerous A*C*Gmaps and maps showing eclipse paths.

Writing style is clear, but this is not abeginner’s book by any means, and theinformation, while clear, just keeps on

Book Reviews by Donna Van Toen

coming at you, page after page. Expect towant to read this more than once, and planon reading it in more than one sitting.If you’re a mundane astrologer, this bookis invaluable. If you’re more accustomedto dealing with people than countries,don’t worry—there’s plenty here for youtoo. In fact, my advice would be to findthis book and buy it. It’s a superbreference. In fact, I’d call it a must-have!

Understanding Karmic Complexes:Evolutionary Astrology and RegressionTherapy, by Patricia Walsh, The WessexAstrologer Ltd., 4A Woodside Road,Bournemouth, BH5 2AZ England,www.wessexastrologer. com, 2009. Paper.306 pp. £24 Br./$39.00 US.

Evolutionary astrology seems to be theflavor of this year. This is one of the

better offerings on the menu. The authoris Chief U.S. trainer for Dr. Roger Wool-ger’s Deep Memory Process training. Assuch, she has had access to thousands ofcases of past life memories recalled duringregression. From these, she has presented50 detailed case studies, documenting whatthe person recalled in their regressionsessions and relating it to the natal chart.

The results are pretty amazing. How thisworks and why this works is a mystery,but very definitely there is somethinggoing on in the chart at a much deeperlevel that resonates with many people.Sometimes it tallies with regression workor their own feelings about possible pastlives; other times it seems to reflect infamily history reflecting a parent’sinfluence and/or life experiences that havehad a marked effect on the person’s life.Sometimes it shows both. Keep an openmind and play with this technique. Youmight be surprised.

That said, this is not a karmic cookbook ofpast lives. Granted, there are chapters onthe various sign, planet, house themes,(and I have to say that one thing thatbugs me about evolutionary astrology is

that tendency to lump sign, planet, andhouse together and treat Mars in the 1stlike Mars in Aries or whatever), but theyare simply themes—and there are a lot ofthem, many illustrated rather graphicallyby case studies. Writing is sound. Casestudies are compelling. Charts (withPorphyry houses) are included.Keywords are given for each sign—forexample, for Leo/Sun/Fifth House, thereare themes like creative self-actualization,ruler/king/queen/royalty, fame, the arts,being noticed, etc. The South Node, itsruler, and Pluto all give you the clues as towhich themes might be relevant.

If you’ve promised yourself to read justone evolutionary astrology book, make itthis one. It may not turn you into abeliever, but it won’t make you crazy, andyou might even get some new insightsinto your own chart.

Books Received Conscious Footsteps: Finding Spirit inEveryday Matters, by Dianne EpplerAdams, Author House, www.authorhouse.com, 2010. Paper. 196 pp. $22.95. Moreinspirational than astrological, but the

explanation of astrology and what anastrologer does is good. Would be a greatholiday gift for friends this year. The Shadow Dance and the Astrolo-gical 7th House Workbook (Marriage,Partnership and Open Enemies; i.e., theShadow in us all), by Rebeca Eigen, Editedby Ann Bughby, Libra26 Press, www.shadowdance.com, 2009. Paper. 250 pp.$29.95. Well-done and interestingworkbook, part Jungian psychology andpart solid astrology. This one’s worthlooking at. Best Tarot Practices: Everything YouNeed to Know to Learn the Tarot, byMarcia Masino, Weiser Books, www.redwheelweiser.com, 2009. Paper. 320 pp.$19.95. The latter contains someastrological correlations though it isprimarily a Tarot book. Lord Lightning, by Jenny Brown. AvonBooks, www.harpercollins.com, 2010.Paper. 384 pp. $7.99. Romance novel inwhich the heroine is an astrologer, and theauthor uses astrology to come up with theplot. Oldies but Goodies. The following re-prints and revised editions still workwell.

Through the Looking Glass: A Searchfor the Self in the Mirror of Relation-ships, by Richard Idemon, The WessexAstrologer Ltd., www.wessex astrologer.com, 2009. Paper. 306 pp. £19.50 Br./$31.00 US. The Magic Thread: Astrological ChartInterpretation using Depth Psychology,by Richard Idemon, The Wessex Astro-loger Ltd., 2009. Paper. 259 pp. £19.50Br./$29.00 US. Through the LookingGlass is about relationships and TheMagic Thread is about chart interpreta-tion, and they are edited (by Gina Ceaglio)transcripts of workshops from the late greatastrologer, Richard Idemon. If you don’thave these already, they’re must-haves. Your Secret Self: Illuminating theMysteries of the 12th House, by TracyMarks, Ibis Press, www.ibispress.net,2010. Paper. 272 pp. $24.95. A revisedand expanded version of with over 30pages of new material on the 12th house,dream work, and personal growth. Anexcellent reference.

DONNA VAN TOEN is an astrologicalconsultant, teacher, and author of “TheAstrologer’s Node Book” and

Passing Down Astrological Tradition:Video Conferencing and Internet Archiving by Robert Corre

ASTROLOGY IS A RELATIVELY NEW pheno-menon in the United States. While

almost 150 years of effort by sincere anddedicated practitioners and researchershas aroused much public interest, it alsocontinues to evoke the condemnationfrom the twin gods of modern science andtechnology. Much excellent progress hasbeen made by these well-intentionedindividuals and out of their dedication hasemerged astrological organizations toenlighten, train, and perpetuate this per-ennial tradition. And yet instead of accep-tance these people have seen their effortsfor the most part fall on deaf, cynical, andprejudiced ears.

The truth offered by the blind eye ofmodern science is worshipped by themasses for its explanation of nature, andthe wizardry experienced by the use oftechnology is devoured for the false inti-macy it brings to modern life. But thesetwin gods have divorced man and societyas a whole from its collective soul andspiritual roots. Against the momentum of

the egocentric arrogance of these twins,what can we say about our heritage, theheritage of those astrologers who camebefore us? Shamefully, very little. We mayhave books written by them, but what wereally have lost is their life experience…

In the East (meaning India) the teacher-student relationship is quite alive. In theWest perhaps the closest we come tosuch an approach is in music. How do weknow how a piece of music composed byMozart or Beethoven should be played?This relationship is much alive in music.

We have many fine astrologers alivetoday, not only teaching the traditionalapproaches of the past but also doingexciting research and evolving groundbreaking innovations in astrology neverdreamed of by the ancients. But here isour problem: Their audience is limited inscope of access by circumstance of timeand place and sooner or later, thesepeople too will pass into history and allthat will be left will be their writings, theirbooks. What will be lost will be theirvantage points based on these individu-als’ life experiences.

Astrology is poised today to gainmomentum, to be amplified, to be extendedin a fashion as never before, and is in aposition to become part of our culturalidentity and heritage that can grow rapidlyin the coming decades. This I believe willgo far in helping engender a sense ofdignity for the astrological community asa whole. I strongly advocate the use ofvideo conferencing as a very importantvehicle that will permit a practitioner andteacher to extend their reach to an everlarger audience who would not normallyhave access to the best minds in the field.This technology can not only acceleratethe learning process but can also providea practical means to encourage the growthof the teacher-student relationship. Video-conferencing can never replace liveconferences, but it can serve as a valuablecomplement, an adjunct to prepare peoplewho plan to attend in-person conferences.

Video-conferencing is a win-win, as evermore students can be exposed to a livingteacher-student tradition. It is a win-winas the teacher will have occasion to giveback with much greater frequency andregularity their lifetime of experiencebefore they pass on into history. Andonce they pass on, to have a living recordthrough archiving of their life experiencewith the tradition.

When we as teachers are unable to passon what we have learned from ourteachers, the gift of a living heritage givento us from our teachers will be lost tothose that will follow us.

Some of us are self-taught and can passon a lifetime of experience. Some of ushave had the privilege of a good teacher.We are all a link in the chain of our heri-tage to connect the previous generationswith those that will follow. Let us use thistechnology to encourage the growth of ateacher-student tradition and makeavailable the best of our teachers to thosewho hunger to learn. Through a coordi-nated effort among the various astrologi-cal organizations, we can grow thisapproach to make available monthly andperhaps even weekly webinars to educateour community.

ROBERT CORRE, a full-time practitionerand teacher of astrology is based out ofNew York City. He is currently producinga 3-day pioneering live Internet confer-ence on October 1stt, 2nd, and 3rd, 2010that will feature more than 40 interna-tionally known astrologers. The confer-ence web site iswww.ForumOnAstrology.com.

“The Mars Book.” She coordinates theannual State of the Art (SOTA) Conference,and speaks for groups and conferencesthroughout the world. Donna has served onAFAN’s Steering Committee in a variety ofcapacities, most recently as its PresidingOfficer. She serves on NCGR’s AdvisoryBoard, and was co-coordinator of UAC2008. Donna can be reached forconsultations at www.donnavantoen.com,416-466-2258, [email protected].

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ncgrsouthflorida.org. Enthusiatic Astrologersgroup at www.meetup.com/astrologers. Mtgs &Workshops held Oct-May. Fort Lauderdale Air-port Hilton, 1870 Griffin Road, Ft. Lauderdale,Dania FL 33004. 3rd Saturdays. Socialize andregister: 10:30 AM; Lecture only. 11 AM-1 PM.$15. Continue with the Workshop and exampleswith attendees’ charts. 11 AM-5 PM (or later)$50; incl.lunch and parking. Send in chart info ifyou want it used as an example. Sat. 10/16.Michele Adler. Prediction Techniques. Morning:Return Charts. Afternoon: Predictive techniquesthat don't get enough attention. 11/20. ScottSilverman. Walking the Chart: An Introduction

to Uranian Harmonic Dial Techniques.

ILLINOIS. Northern Illinois Chapter. Judy Johnson,President, 7807 Eleanor Place, Willowbrook, IL60527, [email protected], 630-303-3187, Janet Berres, VP, janetberres @sbcglobal.net. Mtgs from March through December, 2ndTuesday 7:30 PM at the Dance Building, 1330Webford Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60010. $8members and $10 non-members. 9/14. JoePolise. To Perfect or Not to Perfect: ExploringWilliam Lilly’s Christian Astrology. 10/12. LynnStaudacher. Synastry and Karmic Connections;11/9. TBA. Southwest Suburban Chicago Chapter.Pat Hanus-Dussman, President, 6501 PatriciaAvenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477, 708-444-8323,[email protected]. Mtgs. held 1st Friday.7-9 PM. Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601W. 127th St. Palos Heights. Members $5.00; Non-Members:$10.00. 9/3. John Brunell. The Historyof Astrology, Relationships, the ProphetMohammed, and the Future of Astrology. 10/1.Jon Parks. The Astrological Stages Of Life:Childhood Through Old Age.

MARYLAND. Annapolis Chapter. Lynn Koiner, President,301 589-2074, [email protected]. RoseO’Hara, 410-768-1404. Mtgs. 2nd Sat. 10:30 AM-12:30 PM. The Sheraton Annapolis Hotel, 173Jennifer Rd, Annapolis, across from AnnapolisMall (same location as our Yuletide Luncheon).Members. $5/Non-Members. $8. After the meet-ing enjoy lunch with the speaker at The ItalianMarket, 26 Defense Highway, Annapolis 21401.9/11. Misty Kuceris. Uranus in Aries; 10/9. KenMcGhee. DC Zodiacs, David Ovason, DanBrown and More; 11/13. Dianne Eppler Adams.Let Go and Listen: Transiting Aspects Baltimore Astrological Society. LuckySweeny, President, [email protected], 410-433-1520. www.ncgrbaltimore.org. Note Mtgs. changed to 3rdFriday each month, Sept.-May, Current EventsPresentation, 7:00-7:20; Pres.'s Report, 7:20-7:30; Speaker, 7:30-9:00 PM. Community Roomat Ruscombe Community Health Center, 4801Yellowwood Rd., Balt., MD 21209. $5/members,$10/non-members. 9/17, Kari Noren-Hoshal.Current Events on How Best To Survive Upcom-ing Conferences; Lucky Sweeny. Moving To-wards 2012: What's New In The Stars; 10/15.Kitty Hatcher. 'How To Feel Stable In TurbulentTimes.

MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Chapter. JoyceLevine, President, [email protected], 617-354-7075; Monica Hable Dimino, 617-923-6424;

CHAPTER CONTACTSwww.geocosmic.org/chapters

(The following events occur September-November 2010.)

CALIFORNIA. San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. StevePincus, President, P.O. Box 4834, MountainView, CA 94040; 415-558-9614, Fax: 650-968-9433; [email protected]; www.ncgrsanfrancisco. org. Meetings TBA Weekday eve-nings, 7:30-9:30 PM; Workshops 10:30-5:30 PM;Fort Mason Center, Building C. San Francisco.Advance Reg. $12 NCGR Members/$15 non-members. Day:$15 Members/$18 non-members.Workshops: Advance $50 Members, $60 non-members. Day: $60 Members, $70 non-mem-bers. Tues. 9/14. Richard Tarnas. Understand-ing Our Moment in History; Sat. 9/18. All-DayWorkshop. Richard Tarnas. The Comic Genius:An Archetypal Perspective. Sat. 10/23. 10:30AM-5:30 PM & Sun. 10/24.1:30-5:30 PM. FirstUnitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin atGeary. Macondray Room Downstairs. DebHoulding. Key Principles of Horary Astrology.Morning: Details from Dignities and Receptions.Afternoon: Relationships; Sun. 10/24. Astro-Picking: How to Get it Right. Los Angeles County Chapter. Jack Taube,President, 6333 Canoga Ave. #391, WoodlandHills CA 91367,818-716-1765, Ed Helin,[email protected], www.ncgrla.com. Mtgs.3rd Thurs.for dinner, 6:30 pm, Carrow's Res-taurant, 18355 Ventura Blvd., Encino CA. Lec-ture starts 7:45 PM. No fee for members. Visi-tors: $3. San Diego Chapter. Pam Ciampi, President,PO Box 232542, Encinitas, CA 92023, 888-727-6478,[email protected], Jill Estensen, Pub-licity Director, [email protected],www.ncgrsandiego.org. Mtgs.Sat. severaltimes per year. Mira Costa College at the SanElijo Campus in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA. 9/18.10 AM -Noon. $20 members (pre-paid w/Paypal).$25 at the door and non-members Linea VanHorn. 2012. The Galactic Embrace; 11/6. 1-4PM. Dennis Harness. The Karmic Code. Q&Aand book signing 4-5 PM. $40 members (pre-paid w/Paypal); $45 non-members at the door.

COLORADO. Rocky Mountain (Denver)Chapter. Karen Anderson, Presdent, P.O. Box328, Rollinsville, CO 80474; [email protected]; 303-258-7258; Mtgs. Generally1st Fri.7:00 PM, Nic Nac Nook, 4280 Morrison Road,Denver, 303-922-9063. 9/10. Dennis McElwee.Astrology and Physics.

CONNECTICUT. Berkshire-Fairfield Chap-ter. Veronica Willson, President, 297 Nod HillRd., Wilton CT 06897; 203-762-7408; Fax 203-762-2456, [email protected]; Lynne Forte,VP, [email protected], 203-261-3158.www.ctastrologers.org. Mtgs 2nd Sun, 2-5:00PM. $20. Lecture-Study Groups at The WestportWoman’s Club, 44 Imperial Avenue, Westport,CT.

FLORIDA. Florida Atlantic Chapter. RichardNelson, President, Miami, FL 33143-6647, 305-275-6555, [email protected]. Mimi Alonso, VP,Parkland FL, [email protected], www.

[email protected], www.weathersage. com/ncgr. Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers FieldRoad, Boston, MA. Reg. 12-12:30 pm. Meeting12:30-5:00 PM. Sun. 9/26. Michael Lutin. TheSpiritual Dimension of Planetary Dispositors inPredictive Astrology. (Note. Just this one meet-ing will be on a Sunday.) 10/16. Eileen McCabe.Uranus in Aries: The Freedom to be Yourself;Maria Simms. 11/13. Moon Tides, Soul Pas-sages.

MICHIGAN. Southeast MichiganAstroloers' Round Table. (SMART). BonRose Fine, President. 734-434-4555;bonrosefine@comcast. net. Astrologers &Friends Weekly Gathering, a casual get-to-gether Thurs., 6:30-9:00 p.m., Cafe Luwak, 42E. Cross Stt., Ypsilanti. Sunday lectures, 2-4:30pm, $8 members/$10 non-members. Location:Lighthouse Center in Whitmore Lake.

MINNESOTA. STARS Chapter. Carmen Freire,President, 5635 Xerxes Ave. S, #201, Minne-apolis MN 55410-2606; 612-242-4093,[email protected] www.mnstars.com.Mtgs. Usually 3rd Sunday. Mpls. Lund’s Commu-nity Room, 1450 W. Lake St; or Twin Cities FriendsMeeting House, 1725 and Ave., St. Paul. $6members, $8 non-members. 9/26. 2:30-5:30 PM.Heather Roan Robbins. Spiritual Crisis andPlanetary Cylces: Outer Planets Aspected byTransit and Progression.

NEVADA. Las Vegas Stargazers Chapter.Gayle Kirk, President. [email protected], 702-565-0957, Gayle Parker, 702-221-6275. Learn more here: http://astrology.meetup.com/163/calendar/9501474/. Interestedin speaking? Contact Gayle.

NEW JERSEY. Northern New Jersey Chaper.Joanne Castro,President, PO Box 244, Leba-non, NJ 08833, 908-418-0365, [email protected], http://astrojo.blogspot.com. JackieSlevin, 973-7445347, [email protected]. Friday evenings 7:30 PM at various loca-tions. Fees: Members $15, Seniors $10, Non-members $20.

NEW MEXICO. New Mexico “Enchantment”Chapter. Sandy Bryan, President. 505-255-5001; [email protected], www. swcp.com/~nmncgr. Mtgs. 1st Wed. at 7 PM. 721 JeffersonNE, Albuquerque, NM.

NEW YORK. Long Island Chapter. Lenore Grafmuller,President, 8 Eustace Dr., Commack NY 11725;631-543-0228; [email protected]; AngelitaDeChristopher, Secretary, [email protected], www.lincgr.com. Mtgs. 2nd Thurs.7:30-9:30 PM, 302 Sycamore Ave, Merrick, NY;Members $10, Non-members $15. 10/1.Member's Annual Dinner; 10/14. TBA; 11/11.Janet Booth. Moon Grooves and Three-peats;12/10. No meeting

Mid-Hudson-Upstate Chapter. SusanCampbell, President, 48 Elm Street, Saugerties,NY 12477, [email protected], 845-246-2062, www.midhudsonupstatencgr.net.Mtgs. Mondays. Home of Susan Campbell,Saugerties NY.

New York City Chapter. Eileen McCabe,President, 212-431-9834, [email protected]; John Marchesella (classes and work-shops), astrojohn@ earthlink.net; NCGR Hotline:212-255-3236. www.astrology nyc.org, Mtgs.Monday 6:30 PM, Joanna Shannon Library, 395th Avenue, New York City. $5 members/$10non-members. Fri. 9/24. 7:00 PM. MembershipMeeting. Source of Life Conference Center, 3527th Avenue (30th St.); 11/20-11/21. Annual Edu-cation Conference. Beyond the Rings of Sat-urn: The Astrology of the Outer Planets.

NORTH CAROLINA. Queen Charlotte Chapter. Hazel Isaac,President. 704-795-5890, cell [email protected]. Mtgs held 3rd Sun-day 2:00 PM at Black Lion in Pineville, NC. Raleigh-Durham. Network of Triangle As-trologers. Elizabeth Wilson, President, 919-602-6507, [email protected], NancyDimitrios, VP & Membership Director,www.ntastrology. org. Mtgs. 3rd Thurs. Sept.-May, 7 PM. The Dancing Moon Bookstore, 1840Wake Forest Road, Ralegh NC, 919-833-8081.9/16. Marsha Tai. As Above, So Below: The Con-stellations on Earth; 10/21. Phil Reckard. LoveThose Transits; 11/18. TBA.

OHIO. Ohio Valley Chapter. Victoria Rogers, Presi-dent. 3029 Marshall Avenue, Cincinnati OH75220-2511, 513-861-8103, [email protected], Irene Sharpshair, Secretary. [email protected]. www.ncgr-ohiovalley.org. Mtgs. 4th Thursday 7-9 PM, Maderia Mu-nicipal Building (corner of Euclid and MiamiRoads) unless otherwise noted. Free for NCGRmembers; $5/ non-members. 9/23. TBA; 10/28.TBA; 11/22. Dean Regas. of the CincinnatiObservatory. The Planets and their Orbits.(NOTE: this month's meeting has been movedfrom the 4th Thurs. to Mon. 11/22 at the Hermit-age Room at the Regency Condos, 2444 Madi-son Road, Cincinnati.)

OREGON. Southern Oregon Chapter (SONCGR). MaryPlumb, President, 141 Crocker St., Ashland OR97520, 541-488-3048, [email protected],www.astrologyinshland.org; Mtgs. 3rd Mon-day, Sept.-May, 7- 9 PM, Rogue Valley Meta-physical Library, 258 A Street, Ashland; $6 Gen-eral, $5 Seniors 62+, $4 NCGR Members. To geton email list of announcements send messageto [email protected].

TEXAS. Gulf Coast Chapter. Cinda Johnson, Presi-dent, [email protected], 713-664-9781Mtgs. 4th Friday of month, Body, Mind and SoulBookstore, 4344 Westheimer on Mid Ln.,Westheimer Oaks Village, Houston, TX 77027.

VIRGINIA. Richmond Chapter. Edna Matthews, Presi-dent, PO Box 8412, Richmond VA 23226,[email protected], or RuthBarrett, [email protected], 804-740-1133. Mtgs. Sat. 2:00 PM. at the Weinstein

Jewish Community Center, 5403 Monument Ave.,Richmond. Dates and times subject to change.

WISCONSIN. Milwaukee Chapter. Nancy Simpson, Presi-dent. 940 W. Heritage Ct #208 Mequon WI 53092-6070, [email protected]. Mtgs. 4th Monday,7:00 pm. Solcare, 305 W. Silver Springs Dr., Glen-dale, WI 53217 Fee: Members $7, Non-mem-bers $10. 9/27. Charlene Montalbano. DavidsonCharts.

STUDY GROUPS FLORIDA. Gainesville, FL Study Group. Con-tact: Phil Reitz, 352-495-1738, [email protected]. OHIO. Columbus, OH Study Group. Contact:Leigh Randolph, 614-451-4766,[email protected]. PENNSYLVANIA. Pittsburgh, PA StudyGroup. Contact: Vince Curtis, 6520 Wilkins Av-enue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, 412-521-1388,virgo.moon@ gmail.com. VERMONT. North Bennington, VT. StudyGroup. Contact: Lisa Verschoor-Smith, P.O. Box781 North Bennington, VT 05257, 866-461-1618,[email protected]

INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERSJAPAN. Tokyo Chapter. Terumi Kondo, President.JANet Inc. /JANet School of Astrology, VillaModerna 1-3-18, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, To-kyo,150-0002, [email protected], 81-90-7823-6159. Fax:03-3406-8608; www.astrology.jp;discussion group:http://groups.yahoo.co.jp/group/ncgr_tokyo. Meetings 3rd Sunday.

MEXICO. AstroMéxico Chapter. Mónica Escalante-Ochoa, President, Cerrada de Miguel Noreña #23 casa 2, Col. San José Insurgentes, CP 03900México DF, México, Tel. 525 651-6598,[email protected]; www.astromexico.com. 9/12. Catalina Antón. Las profecciones(Profections); 10/17.Yuriria Robles. Visiónastrológica del 2012 (2012 Astrological Vi-sion); 0/23, 10/24 y 10/31. Margarita Cobo.Numerología parte 3: Numerologia basada enla escala kabalistica (Numerology based on theKabala); 11/14. Luz María Lazcano. Aniversariode AstroMéxico. Conferencia y Brindis.Conferencia: Astrología kármica (Astro-Mexico9th Anniversary. Conference and toast.Conference: Karmic Astrology). Mexico City Chapter. José Manuel Redondo,President. San Francisco # 1212, Col. Del ValleC.P. 03100, (55) 5536 6196, [email protected], www.cmig-astro.org.

TURKEY. Turkey Chapter. Baris Ilhan, Av. SureyyaAgaoglu Sok. 12/5 Tesvikiye, Istanbul8 0 2 0 0 , b a r i s i l h a n @ s u p e r o n l i n e . c o m ,www.ncgr-turkey.com.

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AST SIG (Asteroids). For information, contributions to newsletter(GAIA) and sample copies for $1.50: NonaGwynn Press, 77-35 113th St. Apt.4A, ForestHills, NY 11375; 718-263-8084, [email protected]; www. geocosmic. org/astsig.Membership send dues $15; $24 overseas to:Richard Wright, 16 Deerfield St., Norwalk, CT06854, 203-982-1653, phoenyx_us5 @hotmail.

Want to form a Study Group, Chapter,or form a SIG? Send proposals toLeigh Westin, [email protected].

Send chapter events and contact list-ings for memberletter to: Ronnie GaleDreyer, memberletter@ geocosmic.org.

Send chapter events and contact list-ings for electronic Around the Worldwith NCGR and for E-News to LianeThomas Wade, [email protected].

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com. For asteroid positions or ephemerides:Dave Campbell, Vice President, [email protected], 623-463-6286.

DECL SIG (Declination). Nelda L. Tanner, President, PO Box 153, ChinoValley, AZ 86323. [email protected],or Lois Hannan, Corresponding Secretary,[email protected], www.declination.org.Dedicated to declination application and re-search, it publishes The Other Dimension, a16-page quarterly journal. To subscribe, sendcheck or money order made out to DeclinationSIG, $18 U.S.,$20 Canada and Mexico, $25 else-where (all in US$) to Treasurer, Martha Ramsey,400 Avenue D, Roswell NM 88203. Send au-thor contributions to Leigh Westin, Editor,[email protected].

THE URANIAN SOCIETY SIG. (Uranian/Cosmobiology). For information,back issues and contributionsto the Urania Journal, Liane Thomas Wade,President and Editor, 531Main St., #1612, NewYork, NY 10044. 917-855-8824, liane@ panix.com,www.geocosmic.org/uransig. For mem-bership, send $25 U.S./$35 others to ChiemiMatsumoto, 68 Garden St., #7L, Brooklyn, NY11206. Summer workshops in New York Citytaught by Meira Epstein, Ira Rubin, and LianeThomas Wade in New York City. 10/23-24. The5th International Conference of the InternationalUranian Fellowship (I-U-F), Source of Life Con-ference Center, 352 7th Ave. (30th St.), NewYork City (see p. 11).

SIGS FORMING

SIDEREAL SIG For those interested in the Sidereal Zodiac,the Sidereal SIG is forming. if you are interestedin joining, contact MaryFrances Clinton,[email protected], 520-366-1104.

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