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National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc.
March-April 2011
Carole King, Tapestry, and the Troubadour
Reunion Tour: The Astrology of a Cultural Phenomenon
by John Marchesella
I
N THE SUMMER OF 2010, I had the great
pleasure of seeing Carole King, James
Taylor, and other amazing musicians in
the Troubadour Reunion Concert at
Madison Square Garden in New York.
(Those readers under age 50 can find
these names on Wikipedia).
My companion, 42 years old and probably
the youngest and newest fan in the huge
arena, remarked, Wow! The place is sold
out. I’m shocked, and then, like a knife
through my heart, she said I thought all of
their original fans would be dead or too
old to stay up this late.
after the revolutionary configuration of
Uranus-Pluto in Virgo opposite Saturn in
Pisces of the mid-60s. By this time, Pluto
and Neptune were changing signs to Libra
and Sagittarius respectively and, very
notably, it was just a month after the
break-up of the Beatles. Indeed, the world
of music was changing.
Little did she know the effect of these
musicians on a generation, and more
specifically, the phenomenon that King’s
Tapestry album was back in the day.
Granted, it wasn’t the Beatles or the
Stones or anything like Woodstock, but
it’s what followed their era in music that
set a new template.
For such a remarkable impact on a generation, we would expect to see equally remarkable astrological indications…but, we
don’t, really…except for a surprising one.
Yes, of course, it is highly significant that
the album was recorded, released, and
skyrocketed in the midst of King’s Saturn
Return, which includes the conjunction to
her natal Mars, often a time when a new
work direction fires up. And of course, it
helps to have Mars on the World Axis at
15° of a fixed sign, in her case. On the
other side of Saturn is Uranus. (Note: the
World Axis consists of 0° of the cardinal
signs and 15° of the fixed signs.)
Rave reviews, Grammy Awards (when they
had, at least, a little meaning), and sales
that even broke the records of the Beatles!
Ironically, John Lennon once said that in
their early years, he and Paul McCartney
just aspired to be the British version of
Goffin and King, her earlier incarnation
with her hit-writing husband, Gerry Goffin.
And all this from a woman in the music industry! That was unheard of before this time.
Specifically, the release date of the
Tapestry album was January 30, 1971, well
This Saturn Return also connects with the
natal square to her Sun and Mercury in
Aquarius, breaking her from her 4th house
past and perhaps forcing her to overcome
deep-seated fears and insecurities of
working and performing as a solo act. We
can assume this could not have been a
comfortable success for her. It is also
relevant that transiting Saturn was rising
above the horizon, throwing his weight to
the top of the chart. If one does the tasks
of Saturn below the horizon, one can reap
a bountiful harvest as Saturn rises about
the horizon.
Interesting, too, there is a triple whammy
connection between Saturn and Mercury.
First, in the natal chart, Saturn in Taurus
squares Sun in Aquarius. Second,
because this was the time of her Saturn
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third, Mercury doesn’t move very much
by progression because she was born in
the midst of its retrograde phase, so
progressed Mercury was just passing out
of orb of the square to natal Saturn.
Ordinarily, we would not associate these
planets with a generational accomplishment, much less a musical one, but
because they rule the 4th house and 11th
house, she was able to put her finger on
the pulse of the public to create something popular. The rules of rulership
should never be forgotten in predictive or
natal interpretation.
Also, the influence of Mercury shows up
on all the writing she did on the album,
i.e., music and lyrics, as well as the close
communal connections between the
musicians on the album. Even the
personalized liner notes were a big deal
back in the day. A noteworthy astrological
indication of the unexpectedness of the
album’s success is the lunar eclipse that
took place at 20° Leo 56’ on February 10,
1971, just days after its release, which
took place in her 10th house, within a
degree of opposition to her Sun. Furthermore, since that was her 1971 solar return,
the eclipse’s effects were felt throughout
her personal year, sustaining the album’s
success. That’s a good deal of exposure,
to say the least! Perhaps the finger of fate
is not so fickle, after all.
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All of these factors, however, are still not
enough for this astrologer to explain the
effect of Tapestry on the music industry
and for its generational effect.
The one transit, and it’s a surprising one
that does explain the album’s impact is
Pluto’s partile conjunction to natal Neptune. We don’t usually associate the coming together of transiting outer planets
with natal generational planets in a personal horoscope to symbolize the connection
between the individual and the collective.
So, what makes this one so special?
Well, first of all, the most obvious keywords
describe it: a transformation (Pluto) of the
music (Neptune) world. To boot, her Neptune and the transiting Pluto are at a critical
degree, at the end of Virgo, and even more
significantly, within a degree of the World
Axis (0° Cardinal), which, as already mentioned, connects with her natal Mars. By
house placement in the Placidus system,
this conjunction sits at the end of the 11th
house within orb of the 12th house. In other
words, this is where the collective consciousness meets the collective unconscious. Her musical ability had the potential
to tune in with the Zeitgeist, so to speak,
and transiting Pluto fulfilled the potential. A
very important factor in predictive astrology
is the axiom that the potential for the forecasted event must be in the natal horoscope. That’s what separates a pat interpretation from a tailor-made one for the
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Neptune is the ruler of the natal 5th
house, another indication of her selfexpression serving the needs of the
collective. The interpretation of rulership
is that the house serves the ruler. In other
words, we, the public, created Tapestry.
Carole King just channeled it for us, but of
course, when an individual expresses or
experiences something for the collective,
it’s not a mere fete.
That’s what I saw at that concert that night.
A mob of people sharing in the ownership of
our songs, songs that expressed our experiences, experiences that were, at once, individual and unique to each of us as well as to
the collective and universal. Obviously,
with Pluto coming from the natal 10th
house, she received great recognition for
the work and had the natural potential to
make such a social impact with her career.
One of the interpretations of the natal
potential of Pluto in the 10th is to
regenerate/recreate/re-invent/revise one’s
career and reputation. Tapestry certainly
did that, given that it was a comeback
project, resurrecting her out from the pop
songs of the early 60s and into the rank of
a serious songwriter and performer.
And by the way, who else would write a
song entitled You’ve Got a Friend but an
Aquarius! Sometimes, our astrological
symbols manifest in some uncannily literal
ways. Here’s another example of that.
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Among the many other ties of friendship
and creativity between their charts, we see
a very notable conjunction of his ruling
planet Mercury in Aquarius to her Sun
and Mercury which, again square her natal
Saturn and Uranus. The enjoyment of each
other’s company and camaraderie in their
mutual professional endeavors might also be
seen in the close conjunction between her
natal Jupiter in Gemini and his MC. A
quick glimpse of their composite chart
(using midpoints between house cusps
and planets) shows us a Libra Ascendant
conjoined with Neptune, and a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in Pisces! So,
who else should declare undying friendship for each other in song? Interesting,
too, is that their composite Sun in Pisces
is in the same sign as Taylor’s natal Sun
(the masculine figure), and the composite
Moon is in Aquarius (indicating the
feminine influence, namely, King’s natal
Sun in Aquarius).
Another interesting feature of this composite chart is the timing factor. This specific
concert took place at the infamous and
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The hit version of You’ve Got a Friend
was actually recorded by James Taylor,
whose rendition might be even more
memorable than King’s version. When we
compare their horoscopes, we see his
Virgo Ascendant within a degree of
conjunction to her North Node in the 11th
house. Talk about the bonds of friendship!
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famous Madison Square Garden in the
immediate time of the Lunar Eclipse on June
26, 2010 at 4° Capricorn 50’, in aspect to the
angles of the composite chart. And the
extended tour took place while Saturn and
Pluto were in aspect to the angles of the
composite chart, i.e., awakening the dead,
raising the dead from their graves, and
having the skeletons rattle in the closets.
And here’s another bit of astro-irony. Tapestries are represented by the asteroid,
Pallas Athene, which sits exactly at the bottom of King’s natal chart at 28° Capricorn
18’, opposite the MC! Do you think the
gods have a good laugh at us sometimes?
So, besides astrologically exemplifying
these horoscopes, the points of this article
to take away are:
1. One of the best ways to learn
astrology is to examine the chart of a wellknown person when you are reading his or
her autobiography, seeing a biopic, or
looking for the development in a person’s
long-term body of work and lasting effects
on the collective.
2. People with difficult charts can
succeed in the world, although what’s
more important than success, is being true
to one’s self in the manifestation of one’s
potential. In looking at King’s natal chart,
we see some very challenging aspects,
namely, those squares between the Taurus
and Aquarius planets, involving the
angular houses as well as the not-so-easy
8th house. (An interesting twist on this
aspect is the joint rulership of Saturn and
Uranus of Aquarius.) The opposition from
Pluto to Venus, ruler of the chart, is not a
cakewalk either. And those who think
retrograde planets are delayed or
restrained in expression will have to think
again, given King’s ruler, Venus, as well as
Mercury are retrograde. So, don’t jump to
negative conclusions when you see such
natal placements.
3. Although it is imperative to know the
rules of natal interpretation as well as
predictive astrology, we never really know
what the indications of manifestation will
be. Ordinarily, we might miss the significance of something like transiting
Pluto on natal Neptune, but in this case,
it’s all-important for the native’s experience as well as her connection with the
world. Life might be predictable, but
astrology is full of surprises.
Birth Data
Carole King, February 9, 1942, 11:42 PM
EWT, Brooklyn, NY, 40N38, 73W56.
Source. Birth Certificate as listed in Lois
Rodden’s AstroDataBank.
James Taylor, March 12, 1948, 5:06 PM
EST, Boston, MA, 42N21, 71W03. Source.
Birth Certificate as listed in Lois Rodden’s
AstroDataBank.
JOHN MARCHESELLA has enjoyed many
years of easy listening and youthful nostalgia with Taylor and King. He can be
reached via his website, www.astrojohn.com.
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Dear Members,
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ELL, ONE MONTH DOWN, 35 MORE TO GO, I’m still standing and we’re not out of
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Call for Papers for
NCGR Research Journal
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HIS IS A CALL FOR PAPERS (ARTICLES) for
the NCGR Autumn-Winter 2011
Research Journal. The theme for the
journal is Modern Planets (Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto). The articles (papers)
should attempt to shed light on the
influence of the modern planets on any
one or more of the following areas based
on research: political, social, economical
events, spiritual evolution; human
evolution, technological evolution, world
economies, globalization (collective
living), modern medicine, longevity, or any
other subject to which you can apply
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Guidelines
As NCGR Research Director, I would like
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for the upcoming Research Journal
(Winter Solstice 2011) by submitting your
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divided in two broad categories:
subjective and objective.
Subjective research typically includes a
host of implied assumptions and
limitations. However, it is still important to
carry out such research to gain more
insight into astrology. And discussing
these results with total openness and
inquiries with an unprejudiced and nonjudgmental mind will certainly result in
advancing astrology in a more meaningful
and positive way.
Objective research, on the other hand,
would stay away from making many
assumptions, or minimizing them as much
as possible. For instance, a research
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The invitation to participate and share your
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Charlie Sheen:
06° ‹ 38'
A Man and His Demons
by Arlene Marcia Nimark
(This article utilizes the techniques of
Uranian Astrology.)
C
SHEEN WAS BORN September 3, 1965, at 10:48 PM EDT in
New York City, the youngest of
four children of Martin and Janet Sheen.
HARLIE
The first aspect that caught my eye when
I looked at his chart was Mars in Scorpio
square the Aquarius Midheaven. It
indicates that he is an aggressive individual and someone who does it his way.
My next thought was how complex an
individual he is, and why at this time is he
on such a self-destructive path.
Since he is a public figure, I set my sights
on the cardinal axis (0° cardinal signs) and
looked at his compulsion to live his life
out in the public eye with no closed
drapes to retreat behind. Then I looked at
his chart on the 90° dial and saw that the
midpoint of his Sun/Venus=Uranus/
Cupido=cardinal axis=Hades. In 1974 at
age 9, when his progressed Sun was at
the midpoint of his Moon and his Uranus,
he was given a small part in one of his
father’s films, and that paved the way to
influence who he was to become.
Sheen pursued acting in high school,
which graduated into film roles. His Sun/
Venus=cardinal axis planetary picture tells
us that the public would receive him in a
positive manner as would the opposite
sex, big time. But his Sun/Venus=Uranus/
Cupido=cardinal axis=Hades planetary
picture tells a darker story, and when hit
by a transiting planet shows us a nastier
side. Uranus/Cupido=the cardinal axis
could indicates a changing cast member;
adding his Sun/Venus=Hades tells us that
he likes the attention he gets from
females. Add Hades and you get someone
who likes hookers, and the seedier side of
sex (where hurting his partner may be part
of the game). He is one person who
should never have married, as he is not
monogamous, especially since the
cardinal axis + his Moon =
Jupiter, and this Moon is
22 ½° to his Venus. This
man can only be faithful to
one woman for a short
period of time. He can be
very charming but does
not know about humility.
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After a stint in rehab,
Sheen married his first
wife, Donna Peele, on
his birthday in 1995,
with Saturn at the
midpoint of his Pluto
and Jupiter. He
wanted to show
Charlie
the world he could curb
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his wayward behavior.
The divorce came a year later
on November 19, 1996 as
transiting Saturn came back to the
cardinal axis for the second time,
transiting Uranus semi-squared
his Pluto, and the midpoint of both was his
Mercury. He then married Denise
Richardson on June 15, 2002, four days
after transiting Neptune stationed retrograde, setting up a picture of natal Moon +
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Charlie Sheen
September 3, 1965
10:48 PM EDT
New York NY
40N42, 74W00
Geocentric, Tropical
Placidus
Mean Node
à 02°
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Sheen’s Mercury is
22 ½° to Pluto. He would
rather tell others what to
do than be told what to do
himself. He was also
born when Saturn was
opposite Uranus. This
says that at times he
will find himself
caught between a
rock and a hard place.
On the 90° dial, his
Uranus falls on the
midpoint of his Saturn
and Pluto, and this
brings in his Mercury
by association. He
does not take no for
an answer, wanting
things done his way.
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Sheen’s Chart on the 90° Dial.
transiting Neptune station retro=
Venus. What was he thinking? He
married Brooke Mueller, his third wife on
June 30, 2008 just after transiting Uranus
stationed retrograde with his Moon at the
midpoint of his Jupiter and transiting
Uranus. It is very clear that he never
consulted an astrologer before he got
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married. All three of his marriage dates
indicated that they would have a short life
span.
On April 23, 2003, the successful television show, Two and a Half Men, in which
he starred, aired as transiting Jupiter conjoined the midpoint of his Pluto and the
cardinal axis—what a configuration for a
successful change in his world!? At the
same time, his progressed Sun was 17°
Libra 12’ (keep that figure in mind) semisquare his Ascendant, and placed on the
midpoint of his Moon and Midheaven,
and 22 ½° to his Mars. He began a whole
new career and different phase of his life.
Sheen’s latest troubles began around
Christmas 2010. In the wee hours of
December 26, a hooker, who was entertaining him, called the police, as both the
cardinal axis and his Hades were on the
midpoint of transiting Saturn and natal
Sun and Uranus, and transiting Pluto was
semi-square his MC/ASC career axis. All
this heralded the beginning of the end, as
transiting Uranus was midpoint his Moon
and Jupiter. The media’s presence and
reporting of the chaos and total irresponsibility meant that the incident completely
played out in the press.
Let’s now revisit his progressed Sun.
When his program Two and a Half Men
first aired, his progressed Sun was 17°
Libra 12’. On January 26, 2011 Saturn stationed retrograde at 17° Libra 14’, foreshadowing CBS’s decision to stop filming
the show and fire Sheen. Saturn will give
you rewards if you have your nose to the
grindstone. On the other hand,,it will yank
it all away if you are playing games and
are taking life for granted, as Sheen has
done and continues to do.
Transiting Uranus has just crossed the
cardinal axis again. This set off his entire
chart on March 12, followed on March 31
by Mercury going retrograde on the
midpoint of natal Neptune and the
cardinal axis, preparing the stage for his
exit from center stage. The midpoint of his
natal and progressed Sun, which tells you
where he is at this stage of his life, falls
midpoint the Mercury station retrograde
and his Sun /Uranus midpoint. On April 9,
Pluto stations retrograde at 7° Capricorn
30’, which is 22 1/2° from his Uranus, the
midpoint of his Pluto and Saturn, and on
the midpoint of his Moon and Venus. Not
very good for his wallet. Then Mercury
will go direct on April 23 on the midpoint
of his Mars and Pluto, and 22 ½° degrees
to his Moon/Uranus midpoint, and his
Mercury and Ascendant.
Most important, however, is the question
of his addictive personality, and where it
is indicated in the chart. It is not the
Neptune alone but the combination of
Pluto (obsessive compulsion), and
Neptune (to need to escape), and this
midpoint in his chart falls on his ASC. In
addition, this midpoint is 22 ½° to his
Mars and was set off by the retrograde
Saturn station. It will be transited three
times by Mercury, beginning with the full
moon on March 19. His ride on the fast
track to destruction could either land him
in a mental hospital or the morgue.
Postscript. In the time since this article
was written (mid-February), Charlie Sheen
failed in his first attempt at a one-man
show. Just as I said earlier in the article
when I noted that Mercury retrograde on
March 31 on the midpoint of natal
Neptune and the cardinal axis would
prepare the stage for his exit from center
stage, Charlie Sheen premiered his oneman show in Detroit on April 2, 2011. The
midpoint of transiting Sun and Saturn was
midpoint his natal Sun/Neptune and
22 1/2° to his Saturn and the cardinal axis.
This planetary combination reflected the
fact that Sheen bombed, and many audience members walked out and screamed
for their money back. Charlie, you really
have to get yourself a good astrologer.
ARLENE MARCIA NIMARK is a Brooklyn
New York-based astrologer in practice
since 1980. She became a Uranian astrologer in 1982 and has lectured throughout
the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Arlene has written many articles using the
Uranian system which have appeared in
“Mountain Astrologer,” “Astrological Association Journal,” “NCGR Journal,” and
“memberletter.” Her articles can also be
found on her website www.amnuranian
astrologer.com. She served numerous terms
on the AFAN Steering Committee and
NCGR Board, and was past UAC trade
show coordinator and advertising manager. Arlene is the current NCGR Advertising Manager. She can be reached at 718377-0482, [email protected].
Transneptunian Planets
Ð Cupido. Family, marriage, groups
and community, society as a social group,
art, and artist colony. Negative side is
clannishness and exclusivity.
Ñ Hades. Secrets, nastiness, vile
and evil matters, poverty, neediness.
Medicine, especially surgeons, astrology, and prostitution. I think we should
include legal practices, since lawyers’
actions are sometimes more criminal than
their clients’ activities.
Ò Zeus. Fire, machinery, rockets
explosives. Power to rise above,
productive performances, creative
energies, goal-oriented, fearless, and
independent. Negative side is out-ofcontrol energy like rage, overconfidence,
egotism, and procreation.
Ó Kronos. Ruler, leader, father, king,
nobility. Authority, judge, D.A. head doctor,
the boss man or woman. Head of state,
police, independence, and mastery. Anyone looked up to and held in high esteem.
Ô Apollon. A combination of Jupiter
and Gemini, it represents mass
communications, great success, distant
places, commerce, trade, and science.
Getting away with murder, great powers
of intellect, and multiplicity. Negative side
is overconfidence, overlooked details,
not seeing the forest from the trees.
Õ Admetos. Begging, beginning
and end of life. Closed in spaces like
closets, boxes, coffins, even washing
machines (cycles plus closed-in spaces)
and fences. Most Uranian astrologers
have a strong Admetos, because we use
dials that turn. Less, intense focus and
deep concentration, plus raw materials,
landfills, real estate, and durability.
Ö Vulcanus. Great strength,
powerful force, volcanic eruption, vitality,
and good recuperative powers.
Omnipotence, power, plants, and storms.
Negative side is violent and out-ofcontrol energy.
× Poseidon. Enlightenment, spiritual
and intellectual wisdom, illumination.
Poseidon is prominent among inventors,
religious leaders, psychics, spiritualists,
mediums, and prophets. Also those who
are in the spotlight like performers and
movie actors.
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Rectification Based on Soul Purpose
and Zodiacal Divisions
by Winai Ouypornprasert
A
CORRECT BIRTH MOMENT IS OF utmost
importance for natal chart
analyses. Rectification is a reverse
process from known information of the
native to specify the actual birth moment.
Many rectification techniques are based
on important events timed by solar arc
directions, progressions, and transits.1 All
these techniques require a list of
important events and labored effort. Other
techniques are based on characteristics of
the native, which may be changeable and
need high skills for discernment.2
native have many drawbacks and are very
time-consuming, I propose a conversation-oriented rectification based on soul
purpose.
house system, Mean Node, and
transneptunian planets.7 However all other
astronomical and astrological factors can
also be included in the future.
During the process the astrologer will ask
the client a series of questions and the
client has to select the choice from meanings of adjacent signs, houses, decanates,5 dwads,6 or smaller divisions of zodiacal signs, which are most fitted to his or
her soul purpose. With a series of questions of fast-moving astrological factors,
midpoints or sensitive points can be
narrowed down to a small orb. As soon as
the possible positions of a fast-moving
factor such as Midheaven, Ascendant, and
Part of Fortune and so on is limited to about
15 minutes of arc, the birth moment can be
specified precisely to one minute in time.
Since the Midheaven (also known as the
Meridian) represents the soul purpose or
true nature of the native, the Equal House
System (based on the Midheaven degree)
proposed by the Astrological Lodge of
the Theosophical Society of London in
1952 plays an important role in rectification. In this system, the Midheaven degree begins the 10th house, and the other
cusps are derived by adding multiples of
30° to the Midheaven degree.
Within the framework of the research
project of the Uranian Astrologers Club,
Thailand (UACT), thousands of
horoscopes were rectified based on the
native’s soul purpose together with
Midheaven Equal house cusps and
zodiacal divisions. With the proposed
technique a rectified birth moment can be
obtained as accurately as one minute in
time within a duration of 10-15 minutes.
The effectiveness of the proposed
technique can be illustrated with two
examples.
Drawbacks of rectification based on events
will also be discussed. After that a rectification process is proposed. This technique
will be generalized so that the birth moment
can most likely be rectified to about one
minute in time.
Rectification of a Natal Chart
Rectification Based on Events
According to Leslie-Fleming-Mitchell
For the rectification of the birth moment
based on events, astrologers may encounter
many problems:
• the clients usually cannot remember the
exact date of the events and may require
some time to collect the data;
• the astrologers have to adjust the birth
moment several times and finally may have
to take the average to fit many events; and
• the reference of the tropical zodiac at
birth and the occurrence time of the events
are different, etc.
The birth moment in astrology may be
considered as the first independent
breath of the child. At that moment, the
child stops receiving the mother’s blood
and her electrical energy, and must begin to condition its own blood and respond independently to the cosmic vibrations present in the Earth’s magnetic
field.3
This definition of the birth moment has
agreed very well with the birth moment as
recorded since 1962 in birth certificates in
Thailand, which are recorded as soon as
the obstetrician cuts the umbilical cord
between the umbilical clamps as soon as
the stop of the pulse of the cord.4 Since
rectifications based on events and
appearances or characteristics of the
Therefore the rectification is quite a tedious
job for astrologers.
Proposed Rectification Technique
A rectification technique based on soul
purpose has been developed based on the
tropical zodiac, the Midheaven Equal
The 12 house cusps on the 360° movable
dial invented by Alfred Witte has proven
to be a powerful tool for adjustments of
the birth moment. Since there are 22
astrological factors applied in the standard
Uranian system, with the 12 house cusps
it is most likely that at the true birth
moment, we can narrow down the Meridian and the corresponding house cusps to
a small arc when utilizing the positions of
all factors in the horoscope.
The main technique used is to review the
meaning of factors in two adjacent
houses, and then determine which
position best applies to the individual.
Then the rectified birth moment can be
tested for the most dominant, or principal
planets. According to Jackie Slevin, the
principal planet is defined as the planet
nearest to the degree of the Midheaven in
a Ptolemic aspect within signs.8 However
within the framework of the research
project of UACT, we can apply several
principal planets and non-Ptolemic
aspects as well as transneptunian planets.
Since the rectification is based on soul
purpose, the astrologer can ask the client
to select the house best suited for each
astrological factor based on his soul
purpose, instead of the events. Based on
the rectification of over 1000 cases, the
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Midheaven Equal House System seems to
be more suitable to serve this purpose
than the Meridian House System, which is
most used in Uranian Astrology. This
technique has several advantages over
other techniques:
• the process can be carried out within
just 10-15 minutes in time; and
• the astrologer can move the 360° dial to
obtain the true position of the Meridian
without any lengthy calculations, then
simple arithmetic is required only at the
last step i.e. around four minutes in time
for one degree of arc for the Meridian. etc.
Proposed Rectification Technique
To generalize the proposed rectification
technique based on soul purpose as described above, the use of zodiacal divisions
may be applied e.g. signs, decanates and
dwads9, degrees10 etc. In the case that the
uncertain period of birth spans a longer
time frame, or the true Midheaven may be
found within a larger degree span, the
following factors may also be used:
• Jupiter in signs to locate the birth
year;
• Sun in signs to locate the birth month;
• Moon in decanates to locate the birth
day;
• Meridian or Ascendant in decanates
to locate the birth hour;
Factors of fast motion including Meridian/
Ascendant/Part of Fortune (Ascendant+
Moon-Sun) /Perch Point (Meridian+Sun
+Poseidon) in decanates/dwads/ degrees
or smaller zodiacal divisions may be used
to achieve the rectified birth moment upon
the required accuracy e.g. within one
minute in time or within seconds in time.11
Examples
In this section two examples will be given
to show the effectiveness of the proposed
technique. Please note that there is no
specific order in the rectification process
and no requirement to use all the tools
available e.g. house cusps, zodiacal
divisions, astrological factors, and
dominant planets as well as principal
planets. The astrologer has to select the
tools properly to obtain the actual birth
moment as soon as possible. All astrological factors were obtained with the software developed by the author. Full precision formulas were used. Maximum discrepancies were seconds of arc for all astro-
Fig. 1. A gentleman born on January 11, 1973 at 13:40 SST (Time Zone = -7) in
Narathiwat, Thailand, 101E49’30”, 06N26. The unrectified natal chart with the
Equal-MC house system.
logical factors, except for those of transneptunian planets were two minutes of arc.
approximately four minutes in time
(1°09’47”).
Example 1. Fig. 1 shows the urectified
Observe that the unrectified Midheaven of
10° Aquarius 00’30” is very close to the
boundary between the 1st decanate of
Aquarius, which is Aquarius, and the 2nd
decanate of Aquarius, which is Gemini, the
next air sign. He confirmed that his true
nature, represented by the Midheaven, was
a pure Aquarian with no influence of Gemini
at all. Therefore his birth time could not be
later and should be at least one minute of
time earlier (More precisely two seconds in
time earlier). Therefore the actual Meridian
should lie within 8°50’43”- 9°59’59”.
chart. Based on information available, the
actual birth time could be 10 minutes later
or earlier i.e. the true Meridian could be
shifted forward or backward within 2° 30’
of arc. When the focus point of the 360°
dial is placed on the unrectified Midheaven (10° Aquarius 0’30”), we can see
that Mercury (10° Capricorn 10’42”),
Moon (8° Aries 50’43”) and Kronos (8°
Gemini 29’00”) are very close to the 9th,
12th, and 2nd, house cusps of the MC
Equal House system, respectively. He
confirmed that his thought (Mercury) was
strongly related to the 9th house, and his
mother (Moon) preferred exposure to
society (11th house).
This conclusion automatically indicated
that Kronos should be in the 1st house.
Therefore the true Meridian should fall
somewhere between the longitudes of
Moon and Mercury i.e. 8°50’43”-10°10’42”
Aquarius. Therefore his actual birth time
could not be later any minute in time (more
precisely could be at most 42.8 seconds in
time later for 10’12”) and could be earlier
Up to this stage we might apply the
meanings of degree symbols such as
Sabian Symbols to confirm the possible
positions of Meridian and Ascendant. He
confirmed that his true nature (Meridian)
was A popularity that proves ephemeral,
which corresponds to the Sabian symbol
for 10° Aquarius. Therefore the actual
Meridian should lie within 9°01’00”9°59’59” and his actual birth time could
be four minutes in time earlier at most only
i.e. his birth time should be 13:36-13:39.
He also confirmed that the way he
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presented himself to the world (Ascendant) was A symbolical battle between
swords and torches, which corresponded
to the Sabian symbol of 17° Taurus. This
concluded that his actual birth time could
be at most three minutes in time earlier, so
that his birth time should be 13:37-13:39.
Furthermore we can confirm the degree of
his sensitive point of personality
(Meridian+Sun+Poseidon). He confirmed
that his personality observed by the
others was A barn dance, which corresponded to the Sabian symbol of 22°
Gemini. This concluded that his actual
birth time should be two minutes in time
earlier at least, so that his birth time
should be 13:37-13:38.
Since Mercury and Moon are very close
to exactitude of the semi-sextile and
sextile, respectively, we can apply the
concept of the principal planet. He
confirmed that he usually used his
thoughts (Mercury) as the most important
tool for his life’s goals. Therefore his true
birth time should bring the position of
Mercury closer to the exactitude of semisextile than that for the Moon’s exactitude
to sextile. This concluded the rectification
process and the actual birth time should
be 13:38.
Fig. 2. Rectified Horoscope and Dominant Planets for Example 1.
The rectified natal chart and dominant
planets are shown in Fig. 2 (see right).
Please observe that, for the rectified
horoscope, Mercury is 39’47” from the
exactitude of semi-sextile and Moon is
41’12” from the exactitude of sextile. And
the most dominant factor in his natal chart
was Mean Node. The confirmation that
the turning points in his life and his
profession was mainly related to connections (Mean Node) ended the process of
rectification.
Example 2. Fig. 3 (see right) shows the
unrectified chart. Based on information
available, the actual birth time could be 10
minutes later or earlier i.e. the true
Meridian could be shifted forward or
backward within 2°30’ of arc (11° Taurus
38”-16° Taurus 11’38”). Based on this
information the actual Meridian should lie
within the second decanate (10°-19°59’)
only, which is Capricorn, the next earth
sign from Taurus, which is the Midheaven
sign. Therefore, we can look to the dwads
which are 2 1/2° each. The possible
Fig. 3. A lady born on November 10, 1978 at 23:45 SST (Time Zone=-7) in Bangkok,
Thailand 100E30, 13N46. The unrectified natal chart with the Equal-MC house system.
position of Meridian could be in 1st 10°12°29’), 2nd (12°30’-14°59’), or 3rd dwad
15°−17°29) of the second decanate. She
confirmed that her true nature (Meridian)
was Taurus, plus Virgo (the 2nd decanate),
plus Scorpio (3rd dwad in 2nd decanate).
Thus her actual Meridian should lie
between 15°-16°11’38”. With the Sabian
symbols she confirmed that her true
nature (Meridian) was An old man attempting vainly to reveal the mysteries,
which corresponds to the Sabian symbol
of 16° Taurus. Therefore the actual
Meridian should lie within
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Fig. 4. Dominant Planets of the Rectified Horoscope for Example 2
15°01’00”- 15°59’59” and her actual birth
time could be 6-9 minutes in time later only
i.e. her birth time should be 23:51-23:54.
She also confirmed that the way she
presented herself to the world
(Ascendant) was A pageant, which
corresponded to the Sabian symbol of 15°
Leo. This concluded that her actual birth
time could be four-eight minutes of time
later. Based on the information about
Meridian and Ascen-dant her birth time
should be 23:51-23:53.
The rectified natal chart and dominant
planets are shown in Fig. 4. Please
observe that, for the rectified horoscope,
Apollon is 1°21’46” from the exactitude of
biquintile and Uranus is 1°35’22” from the
exactitude of opposition. The most dominant factor in her rectified natal chart was
Uranus. The confirmation that the turning
points in her life and her profession were
mainly related to unexpected events
(Uranus) concluded the process of
rectification.
Furthermore she also confirmed that her
personality observed by the others
(Meridian+Sun+Poseidon) was A modern
Pocahontas, which corresponds to the
Sabian symbol of 28° Cancer. This again
concluded that her actual birth time
should be 23:51-23:53. Within this
possible range of the actual birth time,
Apollon and Uranus are very close to
exactitude of biquintile and opposition,
respectively. She confirmed that she
usually used her knowledge and
experiences (Apollon) as the most
important tool for her life goals.
(Charts used in this article are courtesy
of PlaPlace Software by "Srikanya.”)
Therefore her true birth time should bring
the position of Apollon closer to the
exactitude of biquintile than that for the
Uranus’ exactitude to opposition. This
concluded the rectification process and
the actual birth time should be 23:51.
3. Leslie Fleming-Mitchell, Running
Press Glossary of Astrology Terms,
Philadelphia: Running Press, 1977, p. 19.
4. For more details about the labor
process and obstetrics see F.G.
Cunningham, N.F. Gant, K.J. Levenno, L.C.
Gilstrap III, J.C. Haulth, and K.D. Wenstrom, Eds., Williams Obstetrics, 21st Ed.,
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001, pp. 3-14.
5. Decanates, or 1/3 of a zodiacal sign
equalling 10 degrees, represent the three
signs of an element, beginning with the
element of the sign the planet is in. For
example, 0° Aries -9° Aries 59’ is the Aries
decanate, 10° Aries -19° Aries 59’ is the
Leo decanate (subsequent Fire sign) and
20° Aries-29° Aries 59’ is the decanate of
Sagittarius, the 3rd Fire Sign-Ed.
6. Dwads, or 1/12 of a zodiacal sign
equalling 2°30’, progress in zodiacal order,
beginning with the sign the planet is in, so
that the first dwad of Aries is Aries, the
second dwad of Aries is Taurus, the third
dwad is Gemini, etc.-Ed.
7. Winai Ouypornprasert, “The Use of
Meridian Houses in the Uranian System,”
in Proceedings of the 5th International
Conference of Uranian Astrology,
October 23-24, 2010, New York, pp. 70-71.
8. Jackie Slevin, Finding Success in the
Horoscope,” Lake Worth: IBIS Press,
2008, p. 5.
9. See Stephanie Jean Ennis, Decanates
and Dwads, Tempe: American Federation
of Astrologers, 1983.
10. See Marc Edmund Jones, The Sabian
Symbols in Astrology, Santa Fe: Aurora
Press, 1993.
11. See F.G. Cunningham, et al. Eds.,
Williams Obstetrics, 21st Ed., New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2001.
References
1. For illustrations of solar arc directions,
progressions, and transits see respectively Robert Donath, Journey into
Death! The Uranian Rectification of the
Birth Time of Bishop James A. Pike,
Dayton: Geminian Institute, 1978; Robert
Blaschke, Astrology: A Language of Life,
Volume I: Progressions, Woodside:
Earthwalk School of Astrology Publishing,
1998; and Karen Hamaker-Zondag,
Handbook of Horary Astrology, York
Beach: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1993.
2. For the full reviews of existing
rectification techniques, see BuddhaLuck,
Rectification Based on the Uranian System of Astrology, Book I & II, Bangkok: Rasamichan Publishing House, 2006 (in Thai).
WINAI OUYPORNPRASERT, Dr. techn.
(Civil Engineering) is a lifetime NCGR
member-at-large. He began studying
Uranian Astrology in 1989, and since
1993 he has educated over 1,000 students in the Uranian System. Winai is
also the founder of the Uranian Astrologers Club, Thailand. His astrological
books ”Conversations with an Astrological Language,” “Basic Uranian Astrology,” “Rectification with Uranian Astrology Book I & II” are popular among
Uranian astrologers in Thailand. Winai
can be reached at buddhaluck2002
@yahoo.com, www.rasamichanpbh.com.
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States Ascendant, the
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natives, though by assigning an increase
Antares at Winter Solstice where it just
for them to the detriment of another
occurred is a volatile time for the
(Robert H. Schmidt, The Astrological
incubation of events. The U.S.
Record of the Early Sages; Definitions
Descendant is close to the setting degree
and Foundations, Cumberland: Golden
of Betelgeuse, the right shoulder of Orion
Hind Press, 2009, p. 73). Saturn rises after
at 13° Gemini 9’. (For the future, note that
the Sun, thus it strikes with a ray backVenus retrograde will set with Betelgeuse,
ward against the signs, which in action is
now at 16° Gemini on June 5, 2012.)
more malefic than benefic, in a square to
the Sun in the 8th house, a malefic aspect,
Planets are qualified by their benefic or
which has conflict as its manifestation.
malefic nature, what they signify, their
positions by aspect, house position, ZJupiter is in good Z-State being exalted in
State (zodiacal position), or T-State (house Cancer and rising heliacally before the
or terrestrial state). They will also be
Sun, but in bad T-State in the 8th Idle
qualified by their phase cycle, that is not
House, where even the benefics are dimonly by whether they are direct or
inished in effect (Eduardo Gramaglia, Astretrograde in motion but by their position
rologia Hermetica, “Topoi: El Sistema De
as evening or morning star relative to the
Casas Hellenistico,” Buenos Aires: EditoSun and the essential nature and stage of
rial Kier, 2006, p. 152), although Morin de
the phase change. For example, when
Villefranche says the benefic in unfavorplanets change from morning star to
able house can protect against or mitigate
evening star, or vice versa, there is a
bad fortune (Jean Baptiste Morin, Astroperiod, between its heliacal setting and its synthesis: The Rational System of Horoheliacal rising when the planet is combust
scope Interpretation according to Morin
(close to the Sun and hidden from view),
de Villefranche, Zoltan Mason, Ed., New
or under the beams.
York: Emerald Books, 1974, p. 163).
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There are four main phases of the fixed
stars. The first and strongest is the
heliacal rise. This can be calculated for
when the star rises invisibly with the
Sun—called the true cosmic rising—or for
when the star is visible in the sky just
before sunrise—the apparent heliacal
rise. Each phase occurs once a year. The
heliacal setting, on the other hand, occurs
when the star sets at sunrise.
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Saturn in the United States natal chart is
exalted in Libra, the ruler of the Air Trigon
by day in a day chart, well-situated in the
11th house using the whole sign house
system, one of the fortunate T-State
placements allowing Saturn to conduct its
business, qualifying it to manifest the best
of its nature. However it benefits the
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According to David Ovason, this chart is
derived and time corrected for the location
from what appears to be a horary chart
erected by Sibley for that day and time in
London. (David Ovason, The Secret
Architecture of our Nation’s Capital, New
York: Harper Collins, 2002, p.143).1
However, it seems consistent with the
purpose of horary astrology, which is to
ask a question, to therefore use this chart
in a quest for answers.
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The Sibley Chart, which uses 12°
Sagittarius 21’ for its Ascendant, and 1°
Libra 3’ for its Midheaven, gained even
more popularity after the events of
September 11, 2001. (See right for chart.)
At the moment of the World Trade Center
attack at 8:48 AM, the transiting SaturnPluto opposition (Saturn at 14° Gemini 45’
and Pluto at 12° Sagittarius 38’) straddled
the Sibley Ascendant- Descendant, with
Pluto exactly conjoining the Ascendant.
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United States Sibley Chart.
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ruler of the Water Trigon. Although all the
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superior position in the square because
they look ahead to Saturn, the strong
position of Saturn in both Z-State and TState give it greater latitude to manifest
itself. The ruler of Cancer, the Moon,
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ruler Saturn, in rather indifferent T-State
being cadent, whose only aspects are
with the malefics.
Both natal Jupiter and Venus are in phase
change, modifying their qualities’
manifestation. Jupiter still invisible under
the beams is strengthened because it is
rising before the Sun, while Venus is
fading in the morning sky as it changes
from Lucifer (morning star and rising
before the Sun) to Hesperus (evening star
and rising after the Sun), entering a
period of absence from the sky for more
than a month. Any phase change by
Venus reinforces a critical movement in
our nation’s fate. Venus had a phase
change during the national elections on
November 2010, going from evening to
morning star.
On December 2, just before the first of the
three 2010-2011 United States Saturn
Return charts, Venus entered the first
gate conjoining visually for the first time
since its heliacal rise with the crescent of
the old Moon in the sky. Cayelin Castell‘s
article in the Shamanic Astrology
newsletter (www.shamanicastrology.org)
cites this date and analyzes it from a natal
and esoteric perspective. For mundane
purposes, it should be noted as the first
of a seven-fold stage that forms a ‘minicycle’ within the two larger Venusian
cycles and monitored for events to see if
Saturn Return. March 22, 2011.
Saturn Return.
December 3, 2010.
Saturn is retrograde, making a phase
change, and opposing Jupiter. This
forming configuration in the second return
chart is the third in the series of JupiterSaturn oppositions, which began on May
23, 2010 in Pisces-Virgo, recurred August
16, 2010 in Aries-Libra with Jupiter
retrograde, and ends on March 29, 2011,
with Saturn retrograde. Jupiter although
dignified by being the Trigon ruler of fire
by night is now dying or sinking into the
Sun, heliacally setting and thus making a
phase change, whereby its action as a
benefic is weakened while ‘opposed’ by
Saturn, which itself is making a phase
change, approaching its Acronychal rise.
(See left for chart.) In
the first chart of the
Saturn Return series of
2010-2011 (the 8th U.S.
Saturn), Mars at 26°
Sagittarius 49’ conjoins
the Galactic Center at 27° Sagittarius 0’.
The Sun has just transited the celestial
longitude of fixed star Antares, and is
about to cross the natal Ascendant
toward transiting Mars in a ‘fortunate’
house, the 9th, which is also in a superior
square to the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction.
Jupiter, although dignified in its ruler
Pisces, is in an unfortunate house, the
12th, and so it does not prosper in its
actions although it may mitigate disaster.
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pattern of manifestation.
The Moon too should
be watched through its
seven-phase cycles.
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considered more warlike
by Mayan as well as
Mesopotamian cultures
and had a recognizable
dual nature to other
cultures as well.
As this was being written, the Senate was
deciding the fate of millions of
unemployed whose interests are being
weighed against the continuation of tax
breaks for the very wealthy. As this is
being edited on December 21, 2010, the tax
breaks for the rich were extended for two
years but the unemployed received only
an additional 13 months of benefits!
The Scorpio Moon of the first return chart
is close to the setting degree of the fixed
star Zuben El Genubi, the Southern Scale,
which gives a mixture of Mars and Saturn
according to Ebertin, and which is part of
the Nakshatra Vishakha, whose image is a
gate. Ascendant-ruler Mars squares
Jupiter, and as the traditional ruler of
Scorpio, it disposits the Moon and Venus.
Saturn is in the 7th whole sign house of
open enemies. Finally, Pluto in Capricorn
begins its transit of opposition to the United
States’ natal Cancerian planets. This chart
promises conflict and misfortune.
(See chart on p. 16.) The second return
on March 22, 2011 occurred just after the
Vernal Equinox on March 20, 2011.
Because the Ascendant degree falls in the
last degrees of Virgo, we can consider
Saturn and Libra to be angular. But often,
should the majority of the portions mark
the hour, then the post-ascensional image
will lend itself jointly to the conduct of
advantageous business with the HourMarker (Robert Schmidt, The Astrological
Record of the Early Sages, Definitions and
Foundations, p. 50).
Jupiter is the bound ruler of both its own
position and Saturn’s as well as
dispositing Aries’ ruler Mars, which in
turn disposits Jupiter and, in its own
bounds, is transiting Pisces. Transiting
Mars, a malefic squaring its natal position
(in an unfortunate T-state in the Porphyry
6th house), suggests further cuts on jobs
and further bad news about the economy.
In some ways this resembles a tug of war
between impulses, the expansive one and
the conservative one with a possibility of
Martial violence. (As we go to press, this
prediction panned out with the bombing
of Libya in March, 2011.)
Mars enters Aries on April 2, 2011 and will
be in communion/metoché, acting jointly
with the Sun until it enters Taurus on April
20. On April 18, Mars will square Saturn.
The polarized forces of the second return
are the stalemate before the storm. It
should be noted that Jupiter makes an
approaching square to the natal Cancer
planets as is transit Mercury to natal
Mercury! Uranus has just made a phase
change and entered Aries as well, and
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with the stelllium in Aries, and Mars in the 7th house, war
will be a topic during this time.
Finally, Venus is close to the Celestial Longitude of 23°
Aquarius 42’ of the fixed star Deneb Algedi, the Lawgiver.
Neptune transited this star on February 5, 2009, and it
would be wise to look at what has happened to the rule of
law since then, and speculate on what this transit will hold
in store since Neptune has recently transited the United
States natal Moon at 27° Aquarius 10’.
Saturn Return. August 28, 2011.
The third Saturn Return has Saturn in the 3rd house, which
by opposition to the 9th, also alludes to authority and the
government (Eduardo Gramaglia, Astrologia Hermetica,
“Topoi: El Sistema De Casas Hellenistico,” p. 147).
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Transiting Mars, in bad Z-State in its fall in
Cancer and in bad T-State in the 12th, just
finishing its transit of the United States natal
Sun, makes an approaching square with
Saturn, which strikes backwards with its
own ray.
all Mercurial matters. The Leo MoonMercury conjunction of the final return,
suggesting an autocratic control of the
popular voice is approaching opposition
to the natal national Moon which is still
within orb of conjunction by transiting
Neptune.
Meanwhile transiting Uranus and Pluto are
squared, and both make hard aspects to the
United States’ natal benefics, Jupiter and
Venus. The 9th whole sign house placement
of Uranus suggests that everything signified by that house will be in upheaval. DeVore assigns the 9th house to the Secretary
of State and the educated classes—those
who control or govern the reading, writing
or traveling habits of the public (Nicholas
Devore, Encyclopedia of Astrology, Philosophical Library, 1947, p. 217).
The events immediately following the first
Saturn Return give ample evidence of a
greater concentration of wealth for the
already wealthy, a continuing diminishment of the freedom and generous
economics that once made the United
States the envy of the world and an
increasing and accelerating decline of its
national and economic position along with
ongoing increase in hardships for the
common population.
It should be noted that Mercury and the
Moon in the 1st house are adverse to the
Sun and Venus, which is making its phase
change from morning to evening star in
Virgo in the whole sign 2nd, bracketing
between them the fixed star Zosma,
Victims, which rises at 6° Virgo, and
Alphard, connected with poison by
Ebertin, which rises at 5° Virgo, close to
the Sun of this chart. Mercury in the U.S.
natal chart is in opposition to Pluto,
giving an initial difficult and disintegrating
condition for our national discourse and
By the Equinox we may see war, and by
August, violence in the streets. With
Jupiter and Uranus changing signs from
the water to fire element, the weather
should change from flooding to drought
and wildfires. The Jupiter square and the
Mars transit of Cancer may cause crop
failure and large rises in the price of food.
The transiting Neptune to the U.S. Natal
Moon combinations indicate a continuing
of legal distortion and the Mercury
transits could foretell a media aided classwar or even shooting war given the 7th
house Mars and the Aries stellium in the
March chart.
Note: Daniel Giamario, Bernadette Brady,
and Diana Rosenberg have been germane
in re-introducing concepts used in this
article. The series of Moon/Venus ‘Gates’
connected to the Inanna legend is employed by Giamario’s school of Shamanic
Astrology. Brady’s Starlight Program has
been used for all calculations of astronomical and visual data included in the chart
analysis. Finally, I am especially indebted
to Project Hindsight for the translations of
Ptolemy’s work on phases as well as other
works on fixed stars by Vivian Robson
and Ebertin-Hoffman, Hellenistic techniques, and philosophical concepts.
(This article refers both to the Porphyry
house system as well as to the whole sign
house system, the latter of which is
always noted in the article.).
Bibliography
Brady, Bernadette, Brady’s Book of Fixed
Stars, York Beach: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1998.
deVore, Nicholas, Encyclopedia of
Astrology, New York: Philosophical
Library, 1947.
Ebertin-Hoffman, Fixed Stars and their
Interpretation, Tempe: American Federation of Astrologers, Inc. 1971.
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NCGR News
Around the Board
AC 2012 (United Astrology
UConference)
will take place May
24-29, 2012, in New Orleans LA. With its
theme Venus on the Rise!, this will be the
8th UAC (previous ones were held in San
Diego in 1986, New Orleans in 1989,
Washington D.C. in 1992, Monterey in
1995, Atlanta in 1998, Orlando in 2002,
Denver in 2008), but the first to take place
in a city in which it already occurred. This
UAC, co-sponsored by ACVA, CVA,
AFAN, ISAR, and NCGR promises to be
as exciting and stimulating as the previous
ones. Registration will open soon, so do
keep your eye out for email announcements,. Keep checking the UAC website,
www.uacastrology.com, and the NCGR
website, www.geocosmic.org, since we
will have an array of workshops to choose
from (see Chair Message on p. 4).
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ducation News. Developing a List of
Books Written by Members. What if
NCGR had a list of the books written by
members that included a brief synopsis of
the contents and then a link to the place
where the book could be purchased. A
formidable project, but NCGR already has
completed part of it, since many books are
listed in the Book Nook in the E-News, or
have been reviewed or mentioned in
memberletter, and organization of the
contents of the past few years is ongoing.
However, the membership has written
quite a few books that have not been
included in the Book Nook. It is time to
start collecting these titles, separate them
by subject matter, and develop a web page
for our members. Therefore I'm asking you
to contact me with a list of books you
have written or published. (E-books also
qualify). Write to me at [email protected],
and I will write back asking for more
information.
Kaye Shinker
Education Chair
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Gramaglia, Eduardo, Astrologia Hermetica, “Topoi: El Sistema De Casas
Hellenistico,” Buenos Aires: Editorial Kier,
2006.
Ovason, David, The Secret Architecture
of our Nation’s Capital, New York: Harper
Collins, 2002.
Robson, Vivian, Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, York Beach:
Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1979. Originally
published in 1941.
Schmidt, Robert, The Astrological
Record of the Early Sages, Definitions
and Foundations, Cumberland: Golden
Hind Press,
de Villefranche, Morin, Astrosynthesis,
Zoltan Mason, Ed., Emerald Books,1974.
THEA GIRARD MARSHALL has studied
astrology since 1969. In the 1980s she
began to study the Fixed Stars and
completed her Level III certification in
NCGR She is also a student of Hellenistic
astrology and a supporter of Project
Hindsight. Her main interests are mundane
astrology and fixed stars. When not
working on astrology articles, she writes
romance novels. She lives in Pie Town NM
and Cordoba, Argentina. She can be
reached at [email protected].
ducation News. Natal Chart Calculations Online. Good News! For ever so
long, there have been requests for an
available example of How to Set a Natal
Chart. You will now find such an example
on the NCGR website www.geocosmic.
org/educ/index.shtml, or go to www.
geocosmic.org. under Education, or just
click on Chart Calculation Lesson and
follow the instructions. This method is
from the late Joan Negus' out-of-print
workbook Basic Astrology: A Practical
Guide. This is a tried and true method that
has allowed many people to easily pass
the Level I exam. In fact, Joan, who was
NCGR Education Director, wrote this book
for that expressed purpose. Ken Negus
gave us permission to use Joan's work
and we feel this is a great way to honor
both Joan and Ken Negus as they were
instrumental in helping to establish the
NCGR education program. Joe Polise, one
of our Educational Examiners and accredited instructors, moved this project
forward by providing the book and
critiquing the final outcome. Kaye
Shinker, NCGR Education Director and
Educational Examiner, provided Examples
Two and Three and the accompanying
math. We hope by having a viable example
readily available, it will dissolve all fear and
trepidation that may have existed previously.
If you thoroughly learn this straightforward
method, you should have little trouble in
passing Level I exam and then going
forward in continuing to becoming NCGRPAA certified. From personal experience, I
can tell you that even though you may have
completed other credentialed astrological
education programs, there is a remarkable
amount of personal satisfaction in becoming NCGR-PAA certified. With the asset of a
proven chart setting example in your
hands, we look forward to hearing that
many more of you have contacted Shirley
Soffer, NCGR-PAA Director of Education,
to take the educational exams. Shirley can
be reached at education@astrologers
alliance.org. Wishing you the best of
luck in all your educational endeavors.
Leigh Westin, Director
Chapter and SIGs
Around the Chapters-SIGS
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acramento Area Chapter. Sacramento’s regional astrological community
has recently come back to life with gusto
after a long period of dormancy. A
hundred miles from San Francisco, the
Sacramento chapter’s resurrection was
made easy thanks to a lot of support and
mentoring from the San Francisco Bay
Area Chapter and NCGR national. The
Sacramento chapter originally chartered in
1992 and enjoyed a partnership with a
sponsoring bookstore focused on
astrology and other esoteric topics until it
closed in 2003. The mission of the chapter
in its new incarnation: Ambassadors for
astrology in times of transformation.
Sacramento reactivated its original charter
on March 21, 2011 and presently has a full
schedule of events for 2011 (see p. 27).
For more information, contact Joyce
Mason, President, joyce@joycemason.
com or [email protected]. The
website is www.ncgrsacramento.org.
Joyce Mason, President
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nternational Astrology Day was
celebrated by many of our chapters.
Here is feedback from the New York City
Chapter and from SMART (Southeast
Michigan Astrologers' Round Table).
SMART. East Meets West was the
theme for SMART’s 9th Sunday Sampler,
an event held each year in honor of International Astrology Day. Cherie Liang
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Welcome to New
Members
Joanna Shannon and Julian Armistead Scholarship
for Astrological Education and Community Service
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behind the certification
process and prominent members of the astrological community in the New York City
Chapter of NCGR. She was Education Chair and President for many years, and he sat
as Vice President for just as many years.
OANNA SHANNON AND JULIAN ARMISTEAD WERE GREAT FORCES
To honor the memory of their service to the community and their contribution to
astrological education, as well as to encourage education and service from up and
coming astrologers, their estates are creating a scholarship in their names. Once a
year, $1000 will be awarded to an astrologer or student who is a member of NCGR and
in the process of becoming certified by NCGR-PAA.
The requirement is simply to write an essay of no more than 2000 words, including
your credentials, your experience in astrological education and service to the astrological community thus far, your aims in your work with astrology, and how the scholarship would help you in your study of astrology.
The scholarship can be used for anything that will facilitate the winner’s study, i.e.,
books, computer software, classes, conferences, etc. That will be at the winner’s discretion.
Finally, at the end of the year, the winner should submit a brief essay evaluating his or
her experience of that year’s study and service.
Submissions should be made to John Marchesella in a Word document via email to
[email protected] by June 30, 2011, and he, in turn, will submit the candidates
to the NCGR Board. The winner will be selected by the NCGR Board and announced in
the September-October memberletter.
John Marchesella
Rodney Smith delivered a presentation
comparing Chinese to Western astrology
using the chart of Jackie Chan. Phil and
Sandy Meade presented Vedic Yantras and
their western counterparts, describing the
common ground between the sacred
symbolism from both cultures. Nancy
Emmert discussed a recently formulated
fusion of I-Ching, astrology, and the
chakral energy system called Human
Design. All presentations were wellreceived and displayed the diversity of
talent in our local community.
Rodney Smith
Vice President
New York City Chapter. International
Astrology Day was held on Friday, March
18, 2011, at the Source of Life Center. The
theme for the evening was Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto from four different
generational perspectives. There were
four panelists: Shirley Soffer, Joseph
Carasso, Tracy Allen, and Kirk Kahn.
The theme for Astrology Day was Pat
Morimondo's Focus Groups. John
Marchesella introduced how the focus
groups got started many years ago and
that our panelists would discuss the
findings from the focus groups but add
their own understanding of these planetary energies from the perspective of
their particular generations. Shirley Soffer
spoke on Saturn, Joe Carasso on the
Uranus square Neptune generation, Tracy
Allen discussed Neptune aspects and
Neptune in Scorpio, and Kirk Kahn
discussed Pluto aspects from the Pluto in
Scorpio perspective of his generation. It
was a good turnout and there was a Q&A
between panelists and audience.
Eileen McCabe
President
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CGR welcomes the following new
and returning members (along with
their chapters) who joined
between February 2-April 1, 2011.
Annapolis. Caroline Sparks; Baltimore.
Winston Davids; Boston. Cathryn
McIntyre; Florida Atlantic. Denise
Molini, Fiona Springle; Los Angeles.
Linda Hope, Nancy Schorr; Membersat-Large. Sheri Hartstein, Miloslawa
Krogulska, Fiona Marks, Izabvela
Podlaska, Polly Rebich, Sharlot SabineFenner, Mia Vice; Minnesota “STARS.”
Paul Moss; New York City. Jerry Hartley,
Chloe Plump; Northern Illinois. David
S. Rappoport; Northern New Jersey.
R. LeBental; Queen Charlotte. Stephen
Melton; Rocky Mountain. Alyssa
Krissen; Sacramento. Gail Walls; San
Diego. Tami Magaro; San Francisco Bay
Area. Kate Petty, Janice Tud; Triangle
Area (Raleigh-Durham). Madhukar
Shah.
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ew York City Chapter. The New
York City NCGR Annual Spring
Conference will be held Saturday, June 18,
2011 9:00 AM-5:30 PM. The theme of the
conference is The Power of the Moon,
featuring Michael Lutin, Noreen Moglia,
Dietrich Pessin, and Frank Signorella.
Location is Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), 'A' Bldg, West 27th Street and
8th Avenue, New York City. For information, call 212-255-3236 or visit
www.astrologynyc.org.
John Marchesella
New York Education Director
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nnapolis Chapter. Once again, Lynn
Koiner will be hosting her annual
event The Greatest Astrological Picnic in
the Known Universe, 737 Easley Street;
Silver Spring MD. This year it will be held
on Sunday July 31, starting at 12:22 pm.
This is the major social event of the year
with great food and great people. This is a
Potluck Affair and attendees are expected
to bring a lot of great food. We have a
tradition to maintain...that this picnic
serves up the best food and lots of it.
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Message from the Tokyo Chapter
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(We received this note from Terumi
Kondo, on March 13, 2011 in response to
Chair John Marchesella’s note to her
expressing NCGR’s concern. Our
thoughts and prayers continue to be with
the people of Japan-Ed.)
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for your warm
concern. We cannot to get an overall
picture of the damage of this enormous
disaster, now. It would take time to grasp
the full extent of the damage. At present,
we can only know that some thousands
lives were lost and several cities were
almost totally devastated by Tsunami.
Perhaps, the number of the dead seems to
be more than ten thousands. Some of our
chapter members live in the disasterstricken area, but it is difficult to gain the
information how they are doing at this
point. Over 300,000 people are taking
refuge in evacuation sites. I hope they are
safe. The damage of Tokyo area by this
earthquake was slight, but the lifeline
system are limited because of the damage of
power plants. In Urayasu, suburb of Tokyo,
where I live, the water supply
and municipal gas supply are
cut off right now. The
suspension of power supply
will continue systematically
in several weeks in our Kanto
area (East part of Japan).
HANK YOU VERY MUCH
High standards prevail! There will be a
bulletin board for posting announcements. Bring your friends, your family—
everyone is welcome! Remember to bring
a chair or blanket for sitting, if possible.
This is a family picnic and children are
welcome but please bring toys or games
that will entertain and satisfy a small
child's restless energies. Badminton is
available for adults. For more information, contact Lynn at 301-589-2074,
[email protected].
Lynn Koiner
President
Around the Community
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strology and the Media. Kudos to
NCGR-PAA Education Director and
former NCGR Education Director Shirley
Soffer who was interviewed in the New
York Times on March 16, 2011. To read
this extremely positive and respectful
interview, go to www.nytimes.com/2011/
03/17/nyregion/17experience.html?_r=1.
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kind of devastating disaster would happen
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President, NCGR Tokyo Chapter
The Astrology News Service is up and
running and is a joint project of several
astrology organizations including NCGR.
Its goal is to educate the public about
astrology and its value to individuals and
society. To veiw articles and news, go to
www.astrologynewsservice.com.
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strology and Academia. Sophia
Centre for the Study of Cosmology
in Culture at the University of Wales. We
are holding a promotional conference for
the MA in Cultural Astronomy and
Astrology. May 13-15, 2011, Origins: the
Babylonian and Egyptian Contribution
to Western Astrology with Nick Campion
and Bernadette Brady, Mansfield,
Massachusetts. June 4-5, 2011 our 9th
annual conference Sky and Symbol will be
held in Bath UK, and will address the role,
nature and function of celestial symbolism. Keynote speakers: will be Liz Greene
(University of Wales Trinity Saint David
and University of Bristol), Kristin
Lippincott (The Exhibitions Team), Ilana
Wartenburg (University College,
London), Gary Wells (Ithaca College),
and Elliot Wolfson (New York University).
Information about these conferences:
www.historyofastrology.org.uk/. For
information about the distance learning
program, contact Nick Campion,
[email protected],
www.lamp.ac.uk/sophia.edu.
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient
World, part of New York University, is a
graduate program dedicated to the study
of the ancient world (including astrology).
For information about upcoming lectures
and events: www.nyu.edu/isaw.com.
Please turn to our back pages for more
information about chapters,including
monthly meetings, special events, and their
website listings. If you wish to attend a
meeting, or speak at a meeting, be sure to
check our back pages. Send tidbits about
NCGR members, media reports, news about
births, marriages, promitions, passings,
recognition, etc. to: memberletter
@geocosmic.org.
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Around NCGR-PAA
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e would like to welcome two new
board members: Lawrence Grecco
and Dawn Harrison. Lawrence is our new
webmaster, and Dawn is helping us with
administration.
NCGR PAA is also focusing more on our
website and expanding the presence of
our community on the web and in social
media. Having your Professional Astrologers profile listed on our site is a great
way to promote your business and attract
potential clients. Visit our Facebook page
for updates and to join discussions and
share information about being a practicing
professional astrologer:
www.facebook.com/pages/NCGRProfessional-Astrologers-Alliance/
113651922001991?ref=ts.
Increase in Certification Fees. There has
been an increase in fees for all levels of
NCGR-PAA tests. Test-takers will no
longer be required to be members of
NCGR-PAA in order to qualify for the test
fee discounts. The test fee discounts will
be available to NCGR members only.
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The new fees are as follows:
• Level I. $60.00 for NCGR members.
$115.00 for non-members;
• Level II. $70.00 for NCGR members.
$125.00 for non-members;
• Level III. Proctored. $80.00 for NCGR
members. $135.00 for non-members;
• Level III. Take-Home. $90.00 for
NCGR members. $145.00 for nonmembers;
• Level IV. Rectification. $105.00 for
NCGR members. $160.00 for nonmembers
• Level IV. Tracks. $165.00 for NCGR
members. $330.00 for non-members
As for our testing program, if you're
starting out, NCGR-PAA testing is a
great way to organize and structure your
studies in a systematic fashion. If
you've been working in astrology for
many years, it's a great way to fill in the
gaps and delve deeper into a particular
branch of astrology that you may have
bypassed along the way. If you're that
middle-range student practitioner,
perhaps doing some readings here and
there for friends and relatives, it's a great
way to consolidate what you know and
give yourself the confidence to go
further in your astrological development.
For a listing of all upcoming testing
dates and venues visit our website at
www.astrologersalliance.org.
Education and Certification News. Congratulations to the following NCGR-PAA
members and NCGR members (including
their Chapters) who recently attained
proficiency in a level of NCGR-PAA testing:
Level I. New York City. Ivana Janton, Gaia
Somasca; Northern Illinois. Marie Gross,
Norman R. Zuefle; Member-At-Large. Guy
Matarasso.
I want to thank John Marchesella, Joseph
Polise, and Meira Epstein for proctoring
the above exams. I am grateful to their
helpful service to NCGR-PAA's certification
program. For a list of all NCGR-PAA
certified astrologers as well as information
on our certification program, please visit
our website at
www.astrologersalliance.org.
Shirley Soffer, C.A., NCGR-PAA
Director of Education
Loretta Lopez, NCGR-PAA
Public Relations and Outreach Director
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Celestial Events
March-May 2011
March 1, 2011. Venus enters Aquarius.
9:38 PM.
March 3, 2011. North Node enters
Sagittarius. 6:33 AM.
March 4, 2011. New Moon. 3:45 PM.
13° Pisces 55'.
March 9, 2011. Mercury enters Aries.
12:47 PM.
March 11, 2011. Uranus enters Aries.
7:49 PM.
March 19, 2011. Full Moon. 01:10 PM
EDT. 28° Virgo 47'.
March 20, 2011. Sun enters Aries. 6:20
PM EDT.
March 27, 2011. Venus enters Pisces.
1:52 AM EDT.
March 30, 2011. Mercury stations
retrograde. 3:48 PM EDT. 24° Aries 21'.
April 2, 2011. Mars enters Aries. 00:51
AM EDT.
April 3, 2011. New Moon. 10:32 AM
EDT. 13° Aries 29'.
April 4, 2011. Neptune enters Pisces.
9:50 AM EDT.
April 9, 2011. Pluto stations retrograde.
4:50 AM EDT. 7° Capricorn 30'.
April 17, 2011. Full Moon. 10:43 PM
EDT. 27° Libra 44'.
April 20, 2011. Sun enters Taurus. 6:17
AM EDT.
April 21, 2011. Venus enters Aries. 0:06
AM EDT.
April 23, 2011. Mercury stations direct.
6:03 AM EDT. 12° Aries 53'.
May 3, 2011. New Moon. 2:50 AM EDT.
12° Taurus. 30'.
May 11, 2011. Mars enters Taurus. 3:03
AM EDT.
May 15, 2011. Mercury enters Taurus.
7:18 PM EDT.
May 17, 2011. Full Moon. 7:08 AM EDT.
26° Scorpio 13'.
May 21, 2011. Sun enters Gemini. 5:21
AM EDT.
June 1, 2011. New Moon. 5:02 PM EDT.
11° Gemini 1'.
June 15, 2011. Full Moon. 4:14 PM EDT.
24° Sagittarius 23'.
Listings are calculated according to the
tropical zodiac and EDT except where noted.
To calculate the Vedic (sidereal) positions
with Lahiri ayanamsa, subtract approximately 24°01’ from tropical positions.
Book Reviews
by Donna Van Toen
Planetary Strength: A Commentary on
Morinus, by Bob Makransky, The Wessex
Astrologer Ltd., www.wessexastrologer.
com, 2010. Paper. 119 pp. £11.99 Br.
B
ob Makransky describes this book as
a commentary on Morinus, although
he also comments on the methodology of
Marc Edmund Jones. Regardless of
whether you’re a traditional astrologer or a
modern one (and I would mention that
Makransky DOES discuss Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto), you’ll find this book
an absolute goldmine of information.
Makransky discusses planetary strength
in relation to essential dignities (which he
doesn’t apply to the modern planets),
retrogrades and stations, synodic cycles,
conjunctions with fixed stars, angular and
cadent house placements, and more.
except that he lived in Guatemala at one
time and also that he does a magical
almanac that is quite useful. He is very
clearly a very knowledgeable astrologer
and a good writer, who combines both
clarity and good humor.
What else can I say? As far as I’m
concerned, if you interpret natal charts, or
if you intend to interpret natal charts, this
book is an absolute must-have. If you’ve
made it beyond the first dozen weeks of
your studies, buy it now. This is a book
you’ll enjoy reading, and will learn from
and will no doubt refer to often. Price-y?
Yes for those of this side of the pond, it is
a bit. But you could probably spend twice
as much on books with half the
information.
Just buy it. You won’t be sorry!
Material is for the most part presented
cookbook-style, along with some
explanatory commentary from Makransky.
Interpretations are succinct, pithy, and for
the most part, spot-on. While it is not
mentioned in the book, I think some of this
material may have appeared as articles in
Considerations many years back. Again,
no matter. It’s all worth a reread and it’s
good to have it all in the same place.
There is an index and a glossary but no
bibliography. The only chart in the book is
that of Morinus, and while it doesn’t
mention house system I have a sneaking
suspicion that this would be Morinus
houses.
The appendix on the methodology of Marc
Edmund Jones covers preponderance and
absence and is very brief. I would have
liked to see it fleshed out and perhaps
contrasted and synthesized with the
Morinus material in greater detail,
however, the material presented is, as is
everything else in this book, useful.
I would have also liked a bit more
information about Makransky himself. I
have, as I say, encountered his work
before, but I know very little about him
The Future in the Stars: The Astrological
Message for 2012 and Beyond, by Alison
Chester-Lambert, Findhorn Press, www.
findhornpress.com, 2010. Paper. 223 pp.
$16.95 U.S./£9.99 Br.
T
his is a book about Pluto and the
dwarfs—Ceres, Charon, Makemake,
Haumea, Eris, and Sedna. It is also a book
about the astronomy of the discovery of
the dwarf planets and of Pluto’s demotion,
the mythology of the dwarfs, the spiritual
meaning of each, and how and why they
might be important in the 21st century.
There is also discussion of related
mythology, much of which has relevance
if you are interested in asteroids. For
example, there is information on Nyx and
Hydra, the Moons of Charon-Pluto; in
mythology, Nyx, the goddess of darkness,
was Charon’s mother. Her mother was
Chaos. And Hydra was the nine-headed
snake that guarded the entrance to the
underworld. Kind of a dark, gloomy
bunch, overall, though Nyx also gave
birth to Eros.
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In terms of Eris, there is both the spiteful
energy of the bad Eris, and the good Eris
that is the part of the natural system of
justice that punishes perjurers and those
who attempt to take what doesn’t belong
to them. Likewise, each of the dwarfs are
discussed in terms of what their discovery
may mean in terms of earth changes—
Sedna and global warming, Haumea and
its tie-in with circadian rhythms, etc.—and
what they may mean in the grand scheme
of things in 2012 and beyond. And yes,
the Mayan prophecy and other 2012
prophecies are discussed, along with
sunspot activity and other interesting
phenomena.
Among other things, there’s a discussion
of the so-called Indigo Children coming
into their own. Frankly, I’m more
interested in the myths of the dwarfs than
the myths of the Indigo Children, but if
you feel otherwise, you’ll no doubt find
this section interesting. The overall
message of this chapter is that we need to
embrace change rather than fear it. There
are no charts or cookbook interpretations,
nor is there an index. There are, however,
extensive notes and reference listings for
each chapter and many evocative
illustrations.
reached for consultations at 416-466-2258,
[email protected], www.donna
vantoen.com..
On the whole, this is a nicely-designed,
well-organized, and highly readable book
that draws on everything from Hesiod to
Helena Blavatsky to astronomer Mike
Brown to make its case. I thoroughly
enjoyed it and suspect that those of you
with interests in mythology in general and
the dwarf planets will do likewise.
If you would like to send a book for review,
please email memberletter@geocosmic.
org, and we will provide you with the
mailing address. We cannot guarantee if
and when a review will appear. If a review is
not published, we will mention it in our
Books Received column. You can also
submit a description of your book to the
Book Nook, which appears in E-News from
NCGR. Send to [email protected].
DONNA VAN TOEN is an astrological
consultant, teacher, and author of “The
Astrologer’s Node Book” and “The Mars
Book.” She coordinates the annual State of
the Art (SOTA) Conference, which takes
place this year October 27-30, 2011 in
Niagara Falls, NY, and speaks for groups
and conferences throughout the world.
Donna has served on AFAN’s Steering
Committee in a variety of capacities, most
recently as its Presiding Officer. She serves
on NCGR’s Advisory Board, and was cocoordinator of UAC 2008. Donna can be
Errata. In the January-February
memberletter, Shirley Soffer’s book The
Astrology Sourcebook was reviewed, but
her address was incorrect. Her actual
address is Shirley Soffer, 505 LaGuar-dia
Place, #25 A, New York, NY, 10012-2008.
If you would like to order her book The
Astrology Sourcebook, send a check for
$23.00 ($20.00 plus $3.00 S&H) to Shirley
Soffer at the above address. You can also
order it from www.amazon.com.
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Transitions
Lorraine Welsh (1928-2011)
L
ORRAINE WELSH , FORMER NCGR
Journal Editor and Publications
Director, passed away on March 4,
2011. After celebrating her 80th birthday in
August 2008 with a party that was attended by many of her friends and astrological colleagues (including Ken Irving,
Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, Doug Dineen,
Alphee Lavoie, Priscilla Costello, Arlene
Nimark, Joyce Levine and myself), Lorraine
left Needham MA, her longtime home, and
moved to Brazil, where she lived until her
death with her friend Nely Borges and her
family, whom she adopted as her own.
Lorraine was born in Brooklyn NY but
moved to Needham MA as a teenager,
where she lived until her move to Brazil.
She received her B.A. in journalism from
Boston University and worked as Director
of Publications for the Boston Museum of
Science for more than 20 years. After her
husband Larry passed away in 1990,
followed by her retirement in 1991,
Lorraine was able to devote more time to
her passions which, in addition to writing,
included history and astrology.
Lorraine was active in the Needham
Historical Society, even serving as its
President, and she continued to write her
“Chronicles” column for the Needham
Times. She once told me that she loved
writing that column because it gave her a
chance to combine everyday observations
with tidbits about the history of Needham.
Lorraine devoted much of her time to
astrology, as well as her many interests.
Although Lorraine was extraordinarily
knowledgeable about astrology, having
subscribed to every magazine and journal,
as well as purchasing and reading almost
every astrology book that appeared (I
know since I saw her library), she never
wanted to do readings, and only lectured
at NCGR conferences, where she combined astrology and history.
Still her contribution to the astrological
community was enormous, and she served
NCGR and AFAN in a variety of capacities,
bringing her journalistic skills, exacting eye,
and moral compass to bear on her
board positions and the publications that she edited.
In an article that Madalyn HillisDineen wrote for the
memberletter in which she paid
tribute to Helen Huber, Mary
Downing, and Lorraine, who all
stepped down from the NCGR
Board at the same time, she
described Lorraine’s work for
NCGR.
Lorraine joined the NCGR
Boston Chapter in 1980, edited
their newsletter for 16 years,
and she served as Vice President. She
founded “The Astrologers’ Newsletter”
in Boston, which was once the news
organ for three groups: New England
Astrological Association, the Star
Rovers, and NCGR. When NCGR
became the only remaining group, they
retained the newsletter as their own.
Lorraine became a member of the
NCGR Advisory Board in 1993 and,
shortly thereafter, was named Editor of
the NCGR Journal. She was twice
elected a Director—in 1995 and in
1998. She edited the NCGR textbook,
“Essentials of Intermediate Astrology”
and wrote the lead article on transits.
She wrote the astrological style sheet
for NCGR Publications and compiled
an Index of the Publications in the
early 90s. Lorraine has lectured
frequently at NCGR lectures and
beautifully combines her astrological
knowledge with her love for history.
Lorraine’s love of asteroids led her to
become editor of the Asteroid SIG
newsletter, and she served two terms on
the AFAN Steering Committee (1998-2002)
as Newsletter Editor, transforming AFAN’s
quarterly newsletter into a 20-24 page
publication with feature articles and lots
of information. As Lorraine did on almost
all NCGR publications, she edited the
AFAN newsletter with her longtime friend
and partner in crime, Mary Downing, who
designed and produced what Lorraine
edited. Together, they were an unstoppable creative team. When Lorraine
stepped down from the AFAN and NCGR
Boards, she served actively on their
Advisory Boards.
For me, Lorraine was more than just a
colleague with whom I worked on the
NCGR Publications Committee and the
AFAN Steering Committee; she was my
mentor and my friend. When she first
approached me to become NCGR’s
memberletter Editor, I was reluctant since
while I proofread, edited, and even
authored articles and books, I had never
edited a newsletter before, which is a very
different mechanism.
Once I accepted the position, Lorraine
took me under her wing, and taught me the
editorial ropes, which meant adhering to
the style sheet that she created, and which
I use to this day. Lorraine was a consummate professional with an amazing work
ethic, and it did not matter to her whether
she was editing the newsletter for the
Museum of Science or for NCGR; it had to
be accurate and objective.
As Publications Director, she was always
available to me whenever I had a problem
or question, whether it had to do with
an article, or how to communicate with
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a writer. Lorraine was generous with her
time, and always encouraged me, as well
as other portential writers, to develop our
craft. She was a stickler for the facts, and
never hesitated to tell me to return articles
to writers so they could fact check and
conform their writing to the style sheet.
Lorraine taught me more about professionalism than most other people I have
worked with, and she has set the standards to which every NCGR Publications
Director should aspire.
Lorraine was tough but compassionate,
and she did not suffer fools lightly. She
was the first person to open her door to
others, but if you took advantage of her
kindness, or did not pull your own weight,
she had zero tolerance. There were times
when she bit off more than she could
chew, and was late with deadlines for
newsletters she edited, but when she delivered, it was always superbly done. I think
of her every time I produce an issue of
memberletter, and will miss her every day.
Lorraine taught me that politics do not
have to make a difference when it comes
to friendship or being able to work well
together, as long as your work ethic is
strong, and your heart is in the right place,
and Lorraine’s was.
Since she was a staunch Republican, and I
a staunch Democrat, I always steered clear
at first of political discussions, afraid that
our close relationship could be marred by
heavy disagreements. However, I soon
discovered that we agreed more than we
disagreed, where our work and our values
were concerned. We both believed in the
value of hard work, individual freedom,
and responsibility, and, most of all,
believed in the golden rule, simply treating
others the way you want to be treated.
you married?” And she said, “Of
course I am married.” I said, “Do you
have any kids?” She said, “No.”. So I
told her you got one now. I started
calling her mom. Not too long after
everybody started calling her mom.
Every time she called me and Carol
would answer the phone she would
say, “Is sonny there?”
In that same tribute that Madalyn wrote,
she also wrote this about Lorraine:
Lorraine Welsh taught me many things.
One that stands out is that you can be
an astrologer and a Republican too.
You could have knocked me over with
a feather when I made this realization.
Lorraine is one of the most interesting
women I know. She tells a story with
flair and delights readers of her New
England hometown newspaper column
with her whimsical musings about life
today and yesterday. Her reverence for
the past has led her to serve as
President of the Needham (MA)
Historical Society. Before she retired,
she worked as Publications Director
for Boston’s esteemed Museum of
Science. And, so, you can see that she
brought more than a spirit of
volunteerism and a willingness to
serve to her NCGR job; she brought
professional credentials as well.
Like me, she was born a New Yorker
but has learned to love Massachusetts
and its salty, sturdy inhabitants.
Fondly referred to as Mom by a
number of us on the Board, she is
someone one that I feel I can turn to
for unconditional acceptance and
love. In that sense, she really is like a
mother and the best kind of friend.
The fondest memories of those who knew
Lorraine went beyond her many skills and
talents, and had more to do with her humanity, sense of humor, generosity, and loyalty. When Lorraine was your friend, she
was your friend for life. Some people, including Madalyn Hillis-Dineen and Alphee
Lavoie, called her “Mom.” Alphee wrote
Lorraine was a survivor, having suffered
from diabetes and other chronic conditions for many years. She even cheated
death when she survived an aneurysm
and cardiac arrest in 1983. In addition to
her many friends and surrogate family in
Brazil (Nely’s grandaughter was named for
Lorraine), she is survived by her sister-inlaw, her nieces, and their families.
I met Lorraine about six months after I
lost my mother. She looked a lot like
my mom. I didn't know her from Adam.
I walked up to her and asked her, “Are
Donations may be made to the Needham
Historical Society, 1147 Central Avenue,
Needham, MA 02492, or a charity of your
choice. Obituaries can be found on
L
orraine Welsh passed away on
March 4, 2011. Lorraine spent her
last years of retirement living in
Brazil. Lorraine served the astrological
community tirelessly for many years. She
served on the NCGR National Board as its
Publications Director, was the Newsletter
Editor for the Boston Chapter.
I first met Lorraine somewhere around
1974 when I was President of the New
England Astrological Association
(NEAA). By profession Lorraine was a
journalist. Her day job was Publications
Director of the Boston Museum of
Science. As an NEAA member, Lorraine
soon took over the task of editing the
NEAA newsletter. At one point Lorraine
edited a combined newsletter for three
Boston astrological organizations—
NEAA, Star Rovers (the group Isabel
Hickey founded), and the Massachusetts
Bay NCGR Chapter. Ultimately, the
Massachusetts Bay Chapter morphed into
the Boston NCGR Chapter. Lorraine was
the Boston Chapter's first newsletter
editor and continued in that position even
after she became the Publications Director
for the National Board.
On a personal note, Lorraine and I were
friends for many years—enjoying dinners
and laughs. Lorraine served as a mentor
for many who wanted to improve their
writing and/or editing skills—and her help
was always offered with encouragement,
not criticism. Lorraine will be missed.
I invite any of you who would like to pay
tribute to Lorraine to email me at joycel@
joycelevine.com and we will put together a
tribute for memberletter and E-News.
Joyce Levine, President
Boston Chapter
www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/
obituary.aspx?n=lorraine-welshthomas&pid=149812396; and
www.wickedlocal.com/needham/features/
x1315188131/Lorraine-Welsh-formerNeedham-Times-columnistdies#axzz1IZg7bzKu.
Ronnie Gale Dreyer
Born: August 4, 1928, 5:20 PM EDT,
Brooklyn NY.
Died: March 4, 2011.
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Maurice McCann (1938-2011)
W
HEN I STARTED OUT IN ASTROLOGY in
the mid-80s, I was far too in awe of
astrologers like Maurice to try to talk to him.
He was already well known for his work and
an important figure behind the Astrological
Lodge. I can’t remember when things
changed, but I realized that they had when I
sat in his flat one afternoon drinking tea.
And when we sat in a café in Amsterdam
while he taught my children to eat crepes
swimming in chocolate sauce, there was no
doubt that we’d become friends.
We talked for hours, although I had to ban
him from phoning me too early in the morning. Maurice started the day at 5:00 AM
and I told him that there were only so many
times that I was prepared to discuss the void
of course Moon with him. Those conversations took place in a variety of venues—we
gossiped in Belgrade and sniggered
together in Atlanta.
Although I knew him as an astrologer, Maurice had started his career as a guitarist in
dance bands in Ireland. He also had a career
as an film extra—there was a great close up
of him in the dock with Anthony Hopkins
being sentenced to transportation in the TV
mini-series Great Expectations (1991) and
you can also see him playing in the band in
Victor Victoria (1982) as Julie Andrews and
Robert Preston take to the dance floor.
It was around 1972 when he discovered
astrology and it took over his life. Originally self taught, Maurice spent several
years drawing up horoscopes and doing
readings for friends. Finally, he decided
that he needed other astrologers around
him and began attending classes given by
Nick Campion. At that time, Nick was
teaching a different type of astrology each
night and when he was ill one night, he
asked Bernard Eccles to stand in and
teach horary. That’s when Maurice knew
that he was really hooked. From that moment on, horary was the only form of astrology that interested him. Natal astrology
involved too much conjecture and guesswork for his tastes but when it came to
horary, I was amazed—it was like look-ing
at a black and white television all your life
and then suddenly seeing it in colour.
In the mid-80s, there were only two
books available on horary—those
by Ivy Goldstein-Jacobsen and
Barbara Watters. Maurice was in the
bookshop the next day with a copy
of each in his hands. He was
determined to meet Derek Appleby,
then the expert in horary. It took
a while, but eventually Maurice
was introduced to him by Olivia
Barclay and they gradually became
firm friends. And it was after a reading
by Derek Appleby that Maurice
decided to quit music. Within three
days he turned his back on music and
never played the guitar again.
Maurice was part of the small group
of astrologers in the 1980s behind the
traditional revival. He spent hour after
hour, every day, testing the rules of
astrology. His fascination with astrology’s
history led him to gain a BA in the history
of propaganda in astrology during the
Civil War, and later to study for his MA in
Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at Bath
Spa University College. He was a regular
contributor to a wide variety of international astrological journals and his essays
appeared in several anthologies. He lectured in many countries, from Russia to
Canada and the USA and from Australia,
Germany, Norway and Denmark to Belgium, Italy and Yugoslavia as well as in the
UK, and, of course, his native Ireland.
Maurice was at various times, chairman of
the Astrological Lodge of London and its
treasurer as well as editor of Réalta, the
journal of the Irish Astrological Association.
Maurice was a great film buff, convinced
that Sophia Loren was the most beautiful
creature to have ever adorned this planet,
and an aficionado of the Sherlock Holmes
stories and the books of PG Wodehouse
and Charles Dickens—he spent many
hours trying to convince me that if I read
Dickens again I’d learn to appreciate him
more. That never happened. As an enthusiast of the Sister Fidelma mysteries, written
by his friend Peter Berresford-Ellis (under
the name of Peter Tremayne), Maurice
became a founder member of the Sister
Fidelma Society, based in Charleston, South
Carolina, and wrote several articles for the
society’s journal The Brehon.
As well as being an astrologer, Maurice was
a firm advocate of the reunification of his
birth country. From 1989 to 1991 he was
treasurer of The London Association for
Celtic Education. In his later years he
revived his studies of the Irish language and
the last books he asked for in hospital were
Irish books, his dictionary and grammar.
Maurice had been ill for a number of years
before his passing. In 2008, I invited him to
lecture at the Astrological Lodge of
London’s History of Astrology Conference.
Until the last minute, it wasn’t certain he’d
be able to make it. Happily he did so, but it
was to be the last time he spoke in public.
Maurice was born on December 23, 1938,
1:20 AM in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and
left our world on the evening of February
18, 2011. He will be deeply missed. Very
deeply missed. A memorial was held
Saturday April 2, 2011.
Major Works
• Eclipses (1989) with Derek Appleby.
• The Void of Course Moon (1997)
• The Sun & The Aspects (2002)
• Astrological Essays (2003)
• Tara software program for horary
astrology.
Kim Farnell
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CHAPTER CONTACTS
www.geocosmic.org/chapters
(The following events occur March-June 2011.
Many of these chapters have their own websites
which are listed below.)
CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles County Chapter. Jack Taube,
President, 6333 Canoga Ave. #391, Woodland
Hills CA 91367,818-716-1765, Ed Helin,
[email protected], www.ncgrla.com. Mtgs.
3rd Thurs.for dinner, 6:30 pm, Carrow's Restaurant, 18355 Ventura Blvd., Encino CA. Lecture starts 7:45 PM. No fee for members. Visitors: $3.
Sacramento Area Chapter. Joyce Mason,
President, 2351 Sunset Blvd., #170-404, Rocklin,
CA 95765, 916-276-1858, Fax: 916-315-9210;
i n f o @ n c g r s a c r a m e n t o . o r g , w w w. n c g r
sacramento.org; Mtgs. 3rd Sunday, 1:00-3:00
PM at Planet Earth Rising, 625 Sutter Street,
Folsom, CA. Schedule subject to change. Contact to confirm. Door fee $5 NCGR members/$8
for non-members unless noted. 3/20. Christopher Robert Taylor. Marketing Your Astrology
Business and Spring Equinox/Chapter
Rebirthday Celebration; 4/17. Joyce Mason.
Chiron 101; 5/15. Steven Forrest’s Students
Panel #1; Mon. 5/16. Alison Chester-Lambert:
The Dwarf Planets ($20/25); 6/19. Steven
Forrest’s Students Panel #2.
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. Steve
Pincus, President, P.O. Box 4834, Mountain
View, CA 94040; 415-558-9614, Fax: 408 9620709; [email protected]; www.ncgr
sanfrancisco. org. Meetings TBA Weekday evenings, 7:30-9:30 PM; Workshops 10:30-5:30 PM;
Fort Mason Center, Building C. San Francisco.
Advance Reg. $12 NCGR Members/$15 nonmembers. Day:$15 Members/$18 non-members.
Workshops: Advance $50 Members, $60 nonmembers. Day: $60 Members, $70 non-members. Sat. 3/19. International Astrology Day Event
with Steven Forrest and additional speakers.
Thurs. Eve. 4/13, Jessica Lanyadoo. Exploring
Intimacy and Interdependence through Astrology; Thurs. 5/5. Kitty Hatcher. How to Feel Stable
in Turbulent Times; Sat. 5/7. Workshop. 124:00 PM. You, Me and Us; Fri. 6/17. Michael Lutin.
Are you Male or Femaile? Don’t Be So Sure.
San Diego Chapter. Tamira McGillivray, President, [email protected], Jill
Estensen, Publicity Director, intuvision@
roadrunner.com, www.ncgrsandiego.org.
Mtgs.Sat. several times per year. Mira Costa
College at the San Elijo Campus in Cardiff-bythe-Sea, CA.
COLORADO. Rocky Mountain (Denver)
Chapter. Karen Anderson, Presdent, P.O. Box
328, Rollinsville, CO 80474; DistantStarkA
@cs.com; 303-258-7258; Mtgs. Generally1st Fri.
7:00 PM, Nic Nac Nook, 4280 Morrison Road,
Denver, 303-922-9063. 4/1. Pamel Welsh. Esoteric Venus; 5/6. Mary Jayne Severeid. How to
Pick a Political Winner; 6/3. Marguerite
Hafeman. Alignments and Constellations.
CONNECTICUT. Berkshire-Fairfield Chapter. Lynne Forte, President, lynforte@
earthlink.net, 203-261-3158.
www.ct
astrologers.org. Study groups 2nd Sun, 2-5:00
PM. $5. Our eight monthly sudy-groups will begin in September and run trough May (no December meeting). Study-group locations will be
announced via e-mail prior to each meeting. Next
dates: February 13, March 13, April 10, and May
15 or contact group for location.
FLORIDA. Florida Atlantic Chapter. Richard
Nelson, President, Miami, FL 33143-6647, 305275-6555, [email protected]. Mimi Alonso, VP,
Parkland
FL,
[email protected],
www.ncgrsouth florida.org. Enthusiatic Astrologers group at www.meetup.com/astrologers. Mtgs
& Workshops held Oct-May. Fort Lauderdale Airport Hilton, 1870 Griffin Road, Ft. Lauderdale,
Dania FL 33004. 3rd Saturdays. Socialize and register: 10:30 AM; Lecture only. 11 AM-1 PM. $15.
Continue with the Workshop and examples with
attendees’ charts. 11 AM-5 PM (or later) $50; incl.
lunch and parking. Send in chart info if you want it
used as an example. 3/19 Workshop. Ben Dykes;
Traditional Astrology; 4/16. Madalyn Hillis-Dineen.
Lecture: Principles of Symmetrical Astrology.
Workshop: Forecasting Tools and Techniques;
5/21. Carolyn Egan. Lecture and Workshop. Hunting the Hurricanes.
ILLINOIS.
Northern Illinois Chapter. Judy Johnson,
President, 7807 Eleanor Place, Willowbrook, IL
60527, judyjohnson7807 @yahoo.com, 630-3033187, Janet Berres, VP, janetberres @sbcglobal.
net. Mtgs from March through December, 2nd
Tuesday 7:30 PM at the Dance Building, 1330
Webford Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60010. $8 members and $10 non-members. 4/12. Liane Thomas Wade. Partnership or Marriage or Just
Plain Getting Along; Sat. 4/16 Workshop. 10 am3 pm. Uranian Astrology ($60.00 for members,
$65.00 for non-members. At Janet Berres’ Home,
9106 Belleforte Ave. Morton Grove, Il 60053,
847-965-9916); 5/10. Doris Hebel. The 8th
House; Doris will also be offering a workshop
on Personal Eclipses. Details to follow; 6/14. Alan
Salmi. The Four Humors/Elements and Timothy
Leary.
Southwest Suburban Chicago Chapter.
Pat Hanus-Dussman, President, 6501 Patricia
Avenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477, 708-444-8323,
patriciahanus @aol.com. Mtgs. held 1st Friday.
7-9 PM. Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601
W. 127th St. Palos Heights. Members $5.00; NonMembers:$10.00. 3/4. Kathleen Cantwell. Neptune in Pisces in 2011; 4/1. Arlene Tilghman.
Midpoints: the Most Important Keys to Unraveling the Cosmic Code; 5/6. Patricia M. HanusDussman. Transiting Pluto: The Houses and
Signs It Is Inconjuncting; Sat. 5/21. Grace Morris. Chapter Fundraiser Workshop. How Transits Work In Your Chart. Saturday 10 am-3 pm;
6/3. Kaye Shinker. The Black Hole In Your Horoscope: The Vertex and East Point.
MARYLAND.
Annapolis Chapter. Lynn Koiner, President,
301 589-2074, [email protected]. Rose
O’Hara, 410-768-1404. Mtgs. 2nd Sat. 10:30 AM12:30 PM. The Sheraton Annapolis Hotel, 173
Jennifer Rd, Annapolis, across from Annapolis
Mall (same location as our Yuletide Luncheon).
Members. $5/Non-Members. $8. After the meeting enjoy lunch with the speaker at The Italian
Market, 26 Defense Highway, Annapolis 21401.
3/12. Tom Chaplin. Ceres and Pallas Athena and
Their Influence in Career Selection. 4/9. Eric
Meyers. Elements and Evolution; 5/14. Julene
Packer. Chiron Symbolism in Myth and Discovery; Sun. 7/31. starting at 12:22 pm in Downtown Silver Spring. The Greatest Astrological
Picnin in the Known Universe.
Baltimore Astrological Society. Lucky
Sweeny, President, [email protected],
410-433-1520. www.basastrology.org, www.
meetup.com/Baltimore-Astrological-Society/.
Mtgs. 3rd Friday each month, 7:00-9:00 PM.
Community Room at Ruscombe Community
Health Center, 4801 Yellowwood Rd., Balt., MD
21209. $5/members, $10/non-members. 3/18.
Amanda Owen. The Power of Receiving and 3/
19. Sat. Workshop; 4/15. Mary Shea. Stars of
David in the 20 & 21st Century and their Implications on World Events. Sat. 4/16 workshop.
1-5 PM. Using Electional Astrology for Personal
Gain-Find Out When to do What; 5/20. Kari
Noren-Hoshal. Karmic Alchemy: Reading the
Effect of Planets Contacting the Nodes.
MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Chapter. Joyce
Levine, President, joycel@ joycelevine.com,
617-354-7075; Monica Hable Dimino, 617-9236424; [email protected], www.ncgrboston
astrology.org. Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA. Meetings on Saturday afternoon. Reg. 12-12:30 pm. Meeting
12:30-5:00 PM. 3/12. Liane Thomas Wade. The
Uranian System of Astrology; 4/9. Misty Kuceris.
The Year of the Rabbit: A Skittish Season of
Trends; 6/4. Bruce Scofield. TBA.
MICHIGAN. Southeast Michigan Astrologers' Round Table. (SMART). Pam Wenzel,
President. 734-788-0186; smartmich2010
@gmail.com. Astrologers & Friends Weekly
Gathering, a casual get-together Thurs., 6:309:00 p.m., Cafe Luwak, 42 E. Cross Stt., Ypsilanti.
Sunday lectures, 2-4:30 pm, $12 members/$14
non-members. Location: Lighthouse Center, 740
East Shore Drive, Whitmore Lake, MI. Sun. 3/20.
1-5 PM at Crazy Wisdom Community Room, 9th
Annual Sunday Sampler in honor of International Astrology Day. $20. Phil and Sandy Mead.
Yantras East and West, Rodney Smith and
Cherie Liang. Western and Chinese Astrology.
Nancy Emmert. Human Design. 4/17. 2-4:30
PM. Shirley Gray . A Mundane Astrological Perspective on Michigan in 2011. 5/22. Pat Perkins.
The Nodes and Transits.
MINNESOTA. STARS Chapter. Carmen Freire,
President, 5635 Xerxes Ave. S, #201, Minneapolis MN 55410-2606; 612-242-4093,
starsinmn@ gmail.com www.mnstars.com.
Mtgs. Usually 3rd Sunday. Mpls. Lund’s Community Room, 1450 W. Lake St; or Twin Cities
Friends Meeting House, 1725 and Ave., St. Paul.
$6 members, $8 non-members.
NEVADA. Las Vegas Stargazers Chapter.
Gayle Kirk, President. lasvegasstargazers
@yahoo.com, 702-565-0957, Gayle Parker, 702221-6275. Learn more here: http://astrology.
meetup.com/163/calendar/9501474/. Interested
in speaking? Contact Gayle.
NEW JERSEY. Northern New Jersey
Chaper. Joanne Castro,President, PO Box 244,
Lebanon, NJ 08833, 908-418-0365, Jocat0413
@aol.com, http://astrojo.blogspot.com. Jackie
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Slevin, 973-7445347, [email protected].
Mtgs. Friday evenings 7:30 PM at various locations. Fees: Members $15, Seniors $10, Nonmembers $20. 3/18. June Crane. Crossroads
of Destiny; 3/19. Astrology Day. Morristown NJ.
Joanne Castro. The Horoscope and What it Can
Tell You; Jackie Slevin.The Planets; Nancy
Basenese. Cosmic Soup; June Crane: Astrology of 2011; 4/15. Eric Meyers. Elements and
Evolution. Verona NJ.
NEW MEXICO. New Mexico “Enchantment”
Chapter. Sandy Bryan, President. 505-2555001; [email protected], www. swcp.com/
~nmncgr. Mtgs. 1st Wed. at 7 PM. 721 Jefferson
NE, Albuquerque, NM.
NEW YORK.
Long Island Chapter. Bonnie Simms, President, 302 Sycamore Ave, Merrick, NY 11566,
[email protected], Angelita De Christopher,
Secretary, [email protected], www.lincgr.
com. Mtgs. 2nd Thurs. or Friday. 7:30-9:30 PM,
302 Sycamore Ave, Merrick, NY; Members $10,
Non-members $15. Friday 3/11. Dietrech Pessin.
TBA; Thurs. 4/14. Gary Caton. Cycles of Mercury; Thurs. 5/12. Dian Bustillo. Children and
Parenting Styles; Thurs. 6/9. John Marchesella.
How to Prepare for a Reading.
Mid-Hudson-Upstate Chapter. Susan
Campbell, President, 48 Elm Street, Saugerties,
NY 12477, [email protected], 845246-2062, www.midhudsonupstatencgr.net.
Mtgs. Mondays. Home of Susan Campbell,
Saugerties NY; 4/11. Gary Caton. Eclipses 2012.
New York City Chapter. Eileen McCabe,
President, 212-431-9834, eileenmccabe@
msn.com; John Marchesella (classes and workshops), astrojohn@ earthlink.net; NCGR Hotline:
212-255-3236. www.astrologynyc.org, Mtgs.
Monday 6:30 PM, Joanna Shannon Library, 39
5th Avenue, New York City. $5 members/$10
non-members. 6:30 pm. sharp. Friday evening.
3/18. 6:30 pm. IAD: The Astrology of Generations. Tracey Allen, Joe Carasso, Kirk Kahn,
Shirley Soffer; Sat. workshop. 4/16. 10 am-3:30
pm. Gary Caton: Cycles of Mercury: Transformation & the Trickster (registration: 212-5296464; Mon. 4/18. Eric Meyers. Elements and
Evolution: The Spiritual Landscape of Astrology. Sat. 6/18. Spring Conference The Power of
the Moon with Michael Lutin, Noreen Moglia,
Dietrich Pessin, and Frank Signorella.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Queen Charlotte Chapter. Hazel Isaac,
President. 704-795-5890, cell 704-737-9314.
[email protected]. Mtgs held 3rd Sunday 2:00 PM at Black Lion in Pineville, NC.
Raleigh-Durham. Network of Triangle Astrologers. Elizabeth Wilson, President, 919-6026507, [email protected], Nancy Dimitrios,
VP & Membership Director, www.ntastrology.
org. Mtgs. 3rd Thurs. Sept.-May, 7 PM. The Dancing Moon Bookstore, 1840 Wake Forest Road,
Ralegh NC, 919-833-8081. 3/17. Benjamin
Bernstein. Shamanic Astrology; 4/21. Elizabeth
C. Wilson, George Ward, Nancy Dimitrios. 2011
Roundtable.
OHIO. Ohio Valley Chapter. Victoria Rogers,
President. 3029 Marshall Avenue, Cincinnati OH
75220-2511, 513-861-8103, [email protected].
com, Irene Sharpshair, Secretary. irene
[email protected]. www.ncgr-ohiovalley.
org. Mtgs. 4th Thursday 7-9 PM, Maderia Municipal Building (corner of Euclid and Miami
Roads) unless otherwise noted. Free for NCGR
members; $5/ non-members. 3/24. Our Annual
Vernal Equinox Treasure Mapping.
OREGON. Southern Oregon Chapter
(SONCGR). Mary Plumb, President, 141 Crocker
St., Ashland OR 97520, 541-488-3048,
[email protected], www.astrologyin
ashland.org; Mtgs. 3rd Monday, Sept.-May, 7- 9
PM, Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 258 A
Street, Ashland; $6 General, $5 Seniors 62+, $4
NCGR Members. To get on email list of announcements send message to [email protected].
4/18. Doug Kellogg. An Astrological Microscope;
5/16. Dana Gerhardt. Meeting the Planets with
a Magical Mind.
TEXAS. Gulf Coast Chapter. Cinda Johnson,
President, [email protected], 713-6649781 Mtgs. 4th Friday, 7-9 pm, Body, Mind and
Soul Bookstore, 4344 Westheimer on Mid Ln.,
Westheimer Oaks Village, Houston, TX 77027.
www.bmshouston.com.
VIRGINIA. Richmond Chapter. Edna
Matthews, President, PO Box 8412, Richmond
VA 23226, [email protected],
or Ruth Barrett, [email protected], 804740-1133. 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, President. 940 W. Heritage Ct #208
Mequon WI 53092-6070, [email protected].
Mtgs. 4th Monday, 7:00 pm. Solcare, 305 W.
Silver Springs Dr., Glendale, WI 53217 Fee: Members $7, Non-members $10. 3/28. Joe Polise.
William Lilly and Christian Astrology; 6/27. Kaye
Shinker. Solar Returns.
STUDY GROUPS
OHIO. Columbus, OH Study Group. Contact: Leigh Randolph, 614-451-4766,
[email protected].
VERMONT. North Bennington, VT. Study
Group. Contact: Lisa Verschoor-Smith, P.O.
Box 781 North Bennington, VT 05257, 866-4611618, [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS
JAPAN. Tokyo Chapter. Terumi Kondo, President. JANet Inc./JANet School of Astrology, Villa
Moderna 1-3-18, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo,150-0002, [email protected], 81-907823-6159.
Fax:03-3406-8608;
www.astrology.jp; discussion group:http://
groups.yahoo.co.jp/group/ncgr_tokyo. Meetings
3rd Sunday.
MEXICO.
AstroMéxico Chapter. Mónica EscalanteOchoa, President, Cerrada de Miguel Noreña #
23 casa 2, Col. San José Insurgentes, CP 03900
México DF, México, Tel. 525 651-6598,
[email protected]; www.astromexico.
com. 4/9-4/10. Margarita Cobo. Numerología III:
Escala Kabalística/Numerology III: Kabalistic
scale; 5/22. Fini Menchaca. La Astrología y Jung/
Astrology and Jung; 6/5. Lety Sacal.
Karmafamiliar y sincronicidad astrológica"/ Fam-
ily Karma an astrological synchronicity; 6/2426. Pat Taglilatelo. Curso de Astrología
occidental/Course in Western Astrology.
Mexico City Chapter. José Manuel Redondo,
President. San Francisco # 1212, Col. Del Valle
C.P. 03100, (55) 5536 6196, gukumatz@prodigy.
net.mx, www.cmig-astro.org.
TURKEY. Turkey Chapter. Baris Ilhan, Av.
Sureyya Agaoglu Sok. 12/5 Tesvikiye, Istanbul
80200,[email protected],
www.ncgr-turkey.com. 5/29. 11:00 AM. NCGR
Testing; Sat. 6/18. Workshop 11:00-5:00 PM.
Branka Stamenkovic. Horary Astrology; Sun. 6/
19. Workshop. Christian Borup. The Astrologer’s
Secret Tool Box.
SIGS (Special Interest Groups)
AST SIG (Asteroids). For information, contributions to newsletter (GAIA) and sample copies for $1.50: Nona Gwynn Press, 77-35 113th
St. Apt.4A, Forest Hills, NY 11375; 718-2638084, synona@ earthlink.net; www. geocosmic.
org/astsig. Membership send dues $15; $24
overseas to: Richard Wright, 16 Deerfield St.,
Norwalk, CT 06854, phoenyx_us5@hotmail.
com, 203-982-1653, For asteroid positions or
ephemerides: Dave Campbell, Vice President,
astrologystore@ aol.com, 623-463-6286.
DECL SIG (Declination). Nelda L. Tanner,
President, PO Box 153, Chino Valley, AZ 86323.
[email protected], or Lois Hannan, Corresponding Secretary, [email protected],
www.declination.org. Dedicated to declination
application and research, it publishes The Other
Dimension, a 16-page quarterly journal. To subscribe, send check or money order made out to
Declination SIG, $18 U.S.,$20 Canada and
Mexico, $25 elsewhere (all in US$) to Treasurer,
Martha Ramsey, 400 Avenue D, Roswell NM
88203. Send author contributions to Leigh
Westin, Editor, [email protected].
THE URANIAN SOCIETY SIG. (Uranian/
Cosmobiology). For information, back issues
and contributions to the Urania Journal, Liane
Thomas Wade, President and Editor, 531Main
St., #1612, New York, NY 10044. 917-855-8824,
[email protected], www.uraniansociety.com..
For membership, send $25 U.S./$35 others to
Chiemi Matsumoto, 68 Garden St., #7L, Brooklyn, NY 11206.
SIDEREAL SIG. The Mission of the Sidereal
SIG and its Skies Above publication is to understand and explore effective uses in our western practice of astrology of sidereal calculation
of our current sky orientation into the Milky Way
Galaxy. For membership information, contact
MaryFrances Clinton, President, P.O.Box 99,
Palominas AZ 85615 or [email protected].
Annual dues are $25 for one year, or $65 for
three years.
Want to form a Study Group, Chapter, or
form a SIG? Send proposals to Leigh
Westin, chapters@geocos mic.org.
Send chapter events and contact listings
for memberletter to: Ronnie Gale Dreyer,
memberletter@ geocosmic. org.
Send chapter events and contact listings
for electronic Around the World with NCGR
and for E-News to Liane Thomas Wade,
execsec@ geocosmic.org.
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NCGR STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The purpose of NCGR shall be to provide an
environment to foster and publish research of a
geocosmic nature and to pursue educational programs in various interdisciplinary fields related
to geocosmic studies with a view to granting certification recognizing individual achievement in
such fields. The term "geocosmic" is defined as
"of or pertaining to the study of correspondences
and cycles involving earthly phenomena and cosmic (celestial) events." This purpose is implemented by
• disseminating information through NCGR
publications, including journals, newsletters,
books, monographs, and website;
• providing financial and technical assistance,
guidance, or professional help to individuals or
groups for approved research projects;
• formulating a curriculum and the essentials of
a course of study leading to competency in
geocosmic studies, sponsoring appropriate educational programs;
• educating students and researchers to various
levels of competency, chartering regional, semiautonomous chapters of NCGR having the same
goals and purposes;
• promoting and encouraging the highest professional standard and ethical behavior among
its membership.
NCGR memberletter is a bimonthly publication of
the National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc.,
a nonprofit, tax-exempt, education and research
organization. Copyright by NCGR, Inc. All rights
reserved. Authors retain copyright to their own
material. All articles reflect the views of the authors. Publisher assumes no responsibility for
articles or material contained therein, or for goods
and services advertised.
Publication Guidelines: Please query with outline or article proposal by emailing editor,
[email protected]. Once accepted, articles must be sent electronically in MS Word, or
text file according to writer’s guidelines, which
will be provided. No hard copy or CDs. Send
complete references, bibliography, and birth data
(no actual charts) with data source. We reserve
the right to edit all material for sense and space.
NCGR DUES STRUCTURE
• Basic Membership: $55/year; $150/3-year
• Couples Membership (one set of
publications): $75/year; $210/3-year
• Canada/Mexico Membership: $60/year;
$165/3-year; Couples: $80/year; $225/3-year
• International Membership: (except Canada
and Mexico) $65/year; $180/3-year;
Couples: $85/year; $240/3-year
• Lifetime Membership: $900/$1300 couples; Canada/Mexico: $1000/$1400 couples;
Rest of world: $1100/$1500 couples.
To join or renew NCGR membership go to
www.geocosmic.org., or send check or credit
card information to Liane Thomas Wade.
NCGR Conference MP3s
Available Now
O
ver 300 lectures from past NCGR conferences (including Planetary Revolution,
Boston 2010, and Geocosmic Alchemy, Baltimore 2007) are now available as downloadable
MP3 recordings in our website store. You can
order online at www.geocosmic.org/lectures
where you will find complete catalogue. If you
wish to order a CD, they are $12 each. Shipping and handling: add $5 for the 1st CD, $2
for each additional CD. For delivery outside of
US, S & H charges vary. Visa, Mastercard, and
American Express accepted. Allow 3 weeks for
delivery of CDs within the U.S. Make checks
payable to NCGR Publications, and mail to
Liane Thomas Wade, 531 Main St. #1612,
New York, NY 10044, 212-838-NCGR,
execsec@ geocosmic.org.
NCGR PUBLICATIONS
• Research Compendium (from Geocosmic Alchemy Conference). $20.00
• Essentials of Intermediate Astrology. $15.00.
• Back issues of NCGR Journal $7.00
and $10.00
To order: Add $5.00 S&H domestic,
$3.00 for each additional, and $8.00
foreign in U.S. funds. Visa and
Mastercard accepted. Mail to: NCGR
Publications, 531 Main St., #1612, New
York NY 10044, Ph-Fax, 212-838-NCGR,
[email protected]. Order online
at www.geocosmic.org. Checks payable
to NCGR Publications.
PUBLICATIONS AND
ADVERTISING DEADLINES
Deadlines for article submissions and
advertising copy:
D
o you want to write for NCGR?
Our bimonthly memberletter needs
articles of about 2000 words that range from
current events to interpreting the horoscope of a famous person to illustrating a
technique. All astrological systems, techniques, and research results are welcome,
especially good chart profiles. We invite
all NCGR members to contribute articles,
and let us know which topics you want to
see covered in future issues. Please query
first before sending a full-length article.
Short pieces, letters to the editor, and interesting facts are also welcome. If you are
interested contact memberletter@
geocosmic.org. See left for submission
guidelines.
Leigh Westin, Editor of the Geocosmic
Journal, is always looking for longer contributions to the bi-annual publication that
may be too lengthy for memberletter. Articles can tackle any astrological or related
subject, including chart analysis, techniques, research, or anything that suits a
magazine format. Contact us for submission guidelines at journal@geocosmic.
org. Remember, NCGR publications reach
over 2000 astrologers. It’s a great way to
get exposure.
If you are interested in advertising, contact advertising manager Arlene Nimark,
[email protected], 718-377-0482.
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To submit an article, please query before
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Please see left for publications guidelines,
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Classified Ads. You can take out a classified ad of 30 words for $55.00.
To place an ad, please contact Arlene
Nimark to inquire about rates and reserve
space by the above deadlines: 1242 E. 8th
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[email protected]. All advertisers get
a link on our website at www.geocosmic.
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Journal, contact Arlene Nimark at the
above address.
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Please send address, telephone, and
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You can get our weekly “E-News from
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