"Katarche" is a term from early Greek astrology, applied to a range of non-natal practices. These include what later tradition distinguishes as electional, inceptional and interrogational (horary) astrology. It may be translated as "initiative," and the astrology of the katarche responds to human...

Knowing that we strengthen whatever we resist, we are invited to step into a more intimate dance with all the inner and outer dementors. Tibetan Buddhist practice guides us to imagine a laser beam emanating from our third eye, sizzling off the lock holding back the demons, and extending the invit...

An astrological overview of the summer months of 2023, beginning with the summer solstice on June 21 and covering the significant astrological events as they unfold through the autumn equinox on September 23, 2023 (In the northern hemisphere).

*In the southern hemisphere, we will be looking at t...

Guests Ena Stanley (founder, International Academy of Astrology), Enid Newberg (co-founder, Kepler College), and Samuel F. Reynolds (President, International Academy of Astrology) discuss the current state of astrological education, as well as its evolution over time.

What's the difference betwe...

Using solar returns (yearly solar charts) provides astrologers with a powerful technique for predictions. The solar return is calculated for the time the Sun returns to its natal position at birth. In this webinar, Elena examines the basics of solar return interpretation, and how to augment and f...

It's actually more complicated than just about anything else too! After years of studying this subject, I think that astrology does not "measure" compatibility, but it does make valid assessments of attraction and tolerance for another. In the past 40 years over 50 books have been written on "as...

By understanding the ancient elements (fire, earth, air and water) and polarities (masculine, feminine) as they are used in astrology, you gain a highly significant key to chart analysis. As you gain a deeper understanding of this underlying symbolism of the signs and of their corresponding proce...

Astrology is frequently approached as a guide to the spiritual life, but much of what is offered to the client is frequently based on broad new-age generalities and contemporary ideas about modern planets and planetary ages.

In this lecture, Rod makes use of classical techniques to reveal how as...

Astrological symbolism is apparent in many ancient magical spell books. What can we say about the ancients' use of astrology, and how does this reflect on our own?

The 6th house is under-recognized as a transformative realm, as is the transition between the 6th and 7th houses. This territory offers a profound opportunity for growth, with potential that can easily be squandered. With impacts on personal healing, envisioning one's life, and improving one's re...

Where did aspect theory come from? Why is a sextile flowing? Why is a square so fractious? Re-visioning aspects, including an overview of the origins of the five Ptolemaic aspects, as well as a fresh look at how to prioritise aspects in practice. When is a trine more important than an opposition?...

In this talk, Elena reviews important principles of delineating financial questions in horary astrology. Such questions may range between profit or loss in financial transactions, buying or selling property or stock, choosing best investment option among many, or determining if business idea coul...

How do we interpret planets that do not have any major aspects in the birth chart? How do these planets connect or integrate with the other dynamics in the horoscope? This session looks at how unaspected planets can be the most dominant and obvious placement in the birth chart, how they can behav...

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto can transit important planets and points when we are very young. That does not mean that something must happen, although things could happen. Transits first and for all emphasize the issues you are sensitive of during that transit, so if even a minor thing happens in lin...

Discovery is not design but emerges through a synthesis of magical thinking and critical thinking. Discovery and creation is imaged in the psyche and birthed by the diligence of critical thinking. In astrology, we must employ both: to get to the core of the horoscope, the mystery of human resilie...

Astrology’s close linkage with natural philosophy meant that the development of ways to examine the soul in astrology first followed philosophical ideas, and then medical ones. Lee examines these two different approaches, and their astrological signatures, and how medical principles changed the c...

The skin, in the symptoms it creates and displays, can reflect quite graphically deep-seated processes of the psyche that can be linked with the sufferer’s astrological make-up. In this lecture a range of skin disorders, some major and some deceptively trivial, will be examined to reveal their un...

Most of us are familiar with the image of the horoscope, that circular diagram divided into 12 parts inscribed with mysterious hieroglyphic symbols. But what is it about that wheel that calls to us?

Christine discusses and explores the way an astrologer views, interprets and learns to understand...

At BDTB-2, I gave a general introduction to stelliums. However, that was a long time ago, and now the word is starting to get out that there are now more people with stelliums with an outer planet conjunction as the core than ever before. And more and more of them are coming to astrologers for an...

Almost anyone you meet will have the same story about how they were introduced to astrology, and that was by learning about their “sign” which is, in fact, their Sun sign. Most people, astrologers included, will agree that the Sun does hold an important place in a person’s horoscope, but there ar...

We often think of the astrologer as a non-participating observer, someone who reports on the clients issues, timing, and choices. However, quantum physics tells us that the observer is actually part of the equation; the act of observation changes that which is observed.

The implications of this ...

Age of the Soul refers to how a person has grown from experience on the planet, not just to how many lifetimes he or she has lived. No person is “ahead” or “behind” any other, but is simply occupying another place in the continuous circle or spiral. There are specific astrology formulas that allo...

The 12th House represents issues, qualities and traits that have become repressed in the personality. Planets in this house represent traits and qualities that were deemed intolerable to be expressed by a parent — they were intimidating to a parent, and the individual learned to repress these qua...

Pluto and Eris were demoted, and Ceres was promoted, and they are now considered “Dwarf Planets.” A huge body out past Pluto has been given the nickname “Snow White.” While it sounds like astronomers have been busy watching old Walt Disney movies, all of these bodies are important astrologically,...