Personal Astrology
Astrology from an individual perspective: personal issues, individual counseling, career and business matters, etc. Techniques for interpretation a birth chart. Meanings of the signs, planets, houses, and other points.
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Alchemy in Astrology: Transition Between 6th and 7th Houses, with Moses Siregar
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...
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Active Aspects, with Kelly Surtees
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?...
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A Look at Astraea, with Donna Van Toen
Astraea was the last of the Pantheon to leave earth once it became clear that the mortals had succumbed to the nasties in Pandora's box. In your chart, she symbolizes where you can inadvertently get tangled up in other people's problems and where you will stay to the bitter end even after you're ...
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Uranus and the Shining Sun, with Nick Dagan Best
A historical look at the transit of Uranus through the twelve tropical signs over the last two centuries, focusing on biographical studies of various notable people during times of Uranus conjunction and opposition transits to their natal Suns.
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Unaspected Planets: A Curse or a Blessing?, with Wendy Stacey
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...
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Transits in Early Youth and Childhood, with Karen Hamaker-Zondag
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...
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The Visual Dimensions of the Venus-Mars Cycle, with Gary P. Caton
This lecture explores the nature of the different visual images presented to us by the three Venus-Mars conjunctions of 2015. We will continue the “all conjunctions are not created equal” theme from earlier in the track, this time by differentiating the three Venus-Mars conjunctions of 2013 accor...
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The Skin: Barrier and Bridge to the Unconsious, with Jane Ridder-Patrick
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...
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The Quality of Action, with Norma Jean Ream
This lecture approaches Ptolemy’s method for analyzing the Quality of Action. This method inspects the condition of the inner planets and how they integrate with the societal planets through rulerships and placement to provide a substantive assessment of how one will go about being active and par...
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Profit and Loss in Horary and Natal Astrology, with Elena Lumen, Ph.D.
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...
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The Big Three: Sun, Moon, and Ascendant, with Christopher Nemec
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...
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The Astrologer as an Agent of Change, with Rick Levine
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 ...
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The "What If?" of Horary Astrology, with Christina Thomas
We are becoming more familiar with horary astrology and understand that it is an ancient form of astrology used to draw answers to questions posed at a given point in time. It can offer results of amazing accuracy. Horary astrology works using basic rules and techniques. Not known for her traditi...
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Spotlight on Success: Making the Most of Your Midheaven, with Frank Clifford
In this talk, Frank explores the many facets of the Midheaven (MC). This much-neglected angle has much to say about our reputation and public image, and, as part of an axis, our parental messages and family inheritance. Astrologically, our MC complex reveals our personal definition of success and...
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Snow White and the Dwarf Planets, with Zane Stein
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,...
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Shadow Planets, with Tom Chaplin
Conversations generally turn serious when it comes to topics involving Scorpio, Pluto and the 8th house. We seem to conjure up a mysterious curiosity over the 8th archetype unlike anywhere else in the chart. Ever wonder what lies buried in the darkness of your own 8th house? What happens if you a...
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Neptune in Pisces: The Water God Returns to His Domain, with Gary Curci
A study of the events that occurred when Neptune last visited Pisces and what we are likely to see happen during this transit.
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Marriage Election Rules, with Branka Stamenkovic
Careful reading of the election rules from the times past brings us some surprising insights about the ways we should approach elections in general,and marriage elections in particular. Join us in attempts to better understand and, above all, to simplify the process of electing, while at the same...
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Love, Lust, and Addiction, with Gloria Star
Sometimes it’s tough to tell what’s really going on with a relationship, especially when passions run high and clear thinking flies out the window. Combining clues from chart comparison and synastry with cycles will uncover the reality of the inner workings of a relationship, or its potentials. I...
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Predictive and Therapeutic Astrology: The New Alchemy, with Greg Bogart
Astrology has always involved prediction, but the implications of that term have evolved over time. Astrology was once concerned almost exclusively with foretelling future events in a very fatalistic fashion. In the early 20th century, however, the humanistic approach to astrology of Dane Rudhyar...
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Healing with Astrology, with Maru Dieguez
Astrology… a medicine to heal. Embracing your destiny and making the best out of your life with astrology.
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From Thorns to Roses: Helping Clients with Difficult Aspects, with Glenn Perry
Whether one is working with one’s own chart or serving as an advisor to others, there are invariably aspects in a horoscope that are difficult. These tender parts may symbolize areas of wounding and suffering. Very often the most difficult part of doing a “reading” is knowing what to say when cli...
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Recognizing Fear and Nourishing Courage in Day-to-Day Life, with Darby Costello
Anxiety and fear have become more manifest since the pandemic has taken so much space in our collective lives. Every day, in every country, we are given "facts" that are geared to keep us anxious and afraid. How can we best deal with this, and how can we, as astrologers, help others deal with it?...
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Taming Transits, with Samuel F. Reynolds
Considering transits from traditional and modern perspectives, Reynolds discusses from his 30 years of experience and studied consideration, what makes a particular transit important in your life? He also highlights what are the various ways that we can contend with their ephemeral nature with le...