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Astrological Psychology AssociationNewsletter/Magazine, November 2010, Issue No. 50

Copyright © Astrological Psychology Association Limited 2010

Conjunction

In this IssueOur 50th Issue? Let’s celebrate! , by Joyce Hopewell 2

Introductory notes from the A ssociation’s Principal E meritus.

Sue ex pands on the ex perience of Intercepted Planets.

Living with Intercepted Planets , by Sue Lewis 11

Anima, Animus and the Shadow , by Yvonne Taylor 14

Yvonne reminds us of some of Jung’s k ey psychological concepts.

Articl es

Editor’s NotesWelcome to Issue 50, abumper 32-page issue. Somany were the contributionsthat I have had to deferseveral articles to the nextissue. Never fear, they willappear in due course.

To read Conjunction online,‘click’ on the relevant entryto view the article.

Please note that pages 7onwards are only availableto APA members, whomust be logged in to viewthem.

Articles may be printed whenviewing them. Alternatively,for higher-quality printingon your computer, you candownload the whole issuefrom the Members’ Areaof the APA website. (Printdouble-sided if your printerallows this.)

NB The views expressed arethose of the authors and donot necessarily re ect thoseof the Association.

Comments on thisissue and contributionsfor future issues arewelcome and shouldbe emailed to [email protected] .

Contacts and Resources 6

News 3

Aspect Patterns in Colour , review by Kathy Rogers 30

Reclaiming Virtue , by John Bradshaw 31

Student/Member Updates 7

Revie ws

Issue No. 50

Kathy’ summarises information presented at the 2010 A A Conference on A PA ’s chart.

The Chart of the Astrological Psychology Association , by Kathy Rogers 24

A chance to see the astro helpline in action with this real-life ex ample.

Enquiry to Astro Helpline , by Richard Llewellyn 26

Joyce looks at Streep’s chart in the context of A ge Progression and how this is mirrored in her acting career.

Meryl Streep’s Life Clock, by Joyce Hopewell 21

Jeremy re ects on his experiences in learning, using and teaching astrological psychology.

Astrological Psychology – My Story, by Jeremy Cooper 17

See alsocharts of

Psychology Pioneerson page 32

D avid explores the origins and meaning of the Ptolemaic Diagram.

Ptolemy Revisited , by David Kerr 9

Catharine re ects on the relationship between ‘integral’ philosopher Ken W ilber and theastrological psychology of the Hubers.

A Cosmic Partnership , by Catharine Collier 27


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/cj50-public-part 2/6CONJUNCTION No. 50, November 2010,

Our 50th issue is a bumper one of Jupiterianproportions, as be ts a special celebratory occasion.In addition to the usual book reviews there are articleson a variety of stimulating topics, with plenty to getyour teeth into. It also carries a tribute to formertutor Yvonne Taylor who introduced the Huber

Method in SouthAfrica. Yvonne’ssad and untimelypassing in July wasc o u n t e r b a l a n c e dby the wonderfulcelebratory energyat her memorialservice. So in these

often gloomy globaltimes, it is importantthat we don’t forgetto celebrate whatis good, joyful andpositive. Conjunctionnumber 50 de nitelydeserves this of

us and in the words of the song Celebrate we can “...celebrate good times… everyone around the world,come on!”

This Conjunction is something of amilestone and a sort of of cial birthdayfor our magazine, rolled into one. Its

publication marks 50 issues of Conjunction, which usedto be The N ewsletter and started life as a single sheet of A4, painstakingly typed (possibly on an old fashionedtypewriter in hisof ce in Devon) byRichard Llewellynin the days of APA’sinfancy back in theearly 1980’s.

By the timeI took over therunning of APA in

1991, The N ewsletter had evolved intoan A5 booklet, andas Editor I enjoyedputting each editiontogether… but thenthings changed againand so did its name.It became Conjunction and the Editorship returned toRichard who was itching to enlarge its size to A4 – butof proper magazine proportions this time around and

with far more than one single page! There were morepictures as well as charts. It was initially published inblack and white, and eventually partly in colour. SaraInkster took over as Editor, continuing with the colourtheme, and in addition to this she was instrumentalin creating the rst on-line version, called ConjunctionExtra, a supplement to the printed version. Ourcurrent Editor, Barry Hopewell, has moved thingson yet again, ensuring that each issue of Conjunction is available in full colour on-line to members as wellas offering a taster from each new issue for visitors to

our website.

Our 50th Issue? Let’s Celebrate!Notes from the 11th House by Joyce Hopewell

The following students have successfully completed their studies:

APA Foundation ‘B’ Certi cateJenny Stables (UK) – with credit

Trude Xanders (USA) – with credit

CONGRATULATIONS!

“Mr Peacock” by Maylis Curiewww.maylisphotography.my-expressions.com

Joyce’s Blog is Back in Actionhttp:/ / joycehopewell.blogspot.com

Joyce took a break from regularly writing her blog – Joyce H opewell Chart Interpretations– while working on her latestbook A spect Patterns in Colour .

But normal service is gradually being resumed, and thecharts of singer Robbie Williams, John Lennon and UKPrime Minister David Cameron's new baby daughter have allrecently been featured. The post on Baby Cameron's chartincludes some speculation on the Family Model.

If there is a person who particularly interests you, youcan contact Joyce through her blog and suggest or requestthat their chart is given an airing.



APA News

Local London Group

The London Astrology Group meets monthly inBattersea for three hours on a Saturday afternoonto consider various aspects of psychological andesoteric astrology. The next few meetings covertopics included in the syllabus of the APA DiplomaCourse: intercepted planets, houses with two cusps,unaspected planets, stressed planets, tension rulers,and personal and spiritual psychosynthesis. Topicsin spring and summer 2011 will explore links withtransformation and the work of Dane Rudhyar,the Quabalah, and the Western Esoteric Tradition.

Information on future meetings is on the websitewww.astrologicalpsychology.org under “LocalGroups”. If you would like to attend please [email protected] .

Aspect Patternsin Colour

by

Joyce Hopewell

New Book, Now Available

Advances in printing technology have allowed therecent publication of the rst full-colour Huber book in the English language at a reasonable price – anexciting development considering the great use of colour made in Huber charts, particularly in assessingthe whole chart and the aspect pattern.

Aspect patterns were rst introduced in Bruno andLouise Huber’s A spect Pattern A strology, providing a keyto understanding inner motivation.

In this new book by the author of The Cosmic E ggTimer and The L iving Birth Chart , the individual aspect gures from A spect Pattern A strologyare fully illustratedin colour. The meaning is given for each individualaspect gure, together with an example chart andinterpretation.

See the review on page 30.

Happy Birthday at 85!On 14th August 2010, Richard Llewellyn, indefatigable promoter of the Hubers’astrological psychology in the English-speaking world, and founder of the EnglishHuber School (which became APA), celebrated his 85th birthday. Through this work he

has made a vital contribution to the astrological psychology of the 21st century.

50th Issue of ConjunctionWe are delighted to present this 50th of the issues of Conjunction, produced over the past 25 years. The followingfront covers illustrate some of the major changes thathave taken place along the way since the rst newsletter,guided by editors Richard Llewellyn, Joyce Hopewell,Sara Inkster, and Barry Hopewell.

1985 A4sheet 1987 A5

booklet 19911998 A4

magazine

2004part colour 2008

Yvonne Taylor - A Celebration

A beautiful celebration of Yvonne Taylor’s life was heldon 15th July 2010 in London. Joyce and Barry Hopewelland Sue Lewis of APA attended. See tributes on page4. An early Conjunctioncontribution from Yvonne is also

included on page 14.

2009 fullcolour online



The news of Yvonne’s death from canceron the 8th July was very sad but, for me,not a surprise. We had kept in touchover the months as she bravely foughther illness, and two days before she diedI received a nal e-mail message saying“I’m going downhill now”. In spite of pain she lived life to the full right up tothe end. Not many weeks before the endshe even made the long journey to SouthAfrica to see her latest grandchild!

We had known each other for morethan 25 years from the time when she wasdoing the API Diploma Course, and she invited me toSouth Africa to run some workshops on the Hubers’approach. She worked tirelessly at projects she becomeinvolved with and had already developed a network of people who were enthusiastic about Huber astrology,so I ran workshops in Johannesburg, Durban and CapeTown to very enthusiastic participants.

Yvonne and husband Robert had bought thebungalow on the land next to their own house inJohannesburg and Yvonne, with her good taste and senseof harmony had developed this into a very beautiful andspecial Centre for personal growth. When I’d nished

my three year psychosynthesis trainingI made further visits to South Africato work with groups who were keen toexpand their own sense of self-awarenessand develop their life potential. Yvonne’shard work and organisational abilityensured the success of these workshopsand she became a beacon to which manywere drawn.

When she & Robert moved toEngland to undertake the psychosynthesistraining themselves, Yvonne becamemore involved with the Huber school

and became a Council Member. Around this timeRobert became involved in a Men’s Group originatingin America and Yvonne decided to take this under herbelt and set up a similar group for Women. She startedrunning groups in South Africa and once again broughtlight into the lives of others.

Whatever she turned her attention to she did withtotal dedication and love and she used all her skills andhumanity to help others to lighten their lives. She willbe sadly missed both in South Africa and in this country.

Richard Llewellyn

Yvonne Taylor 1948 – 2010

Yvonne with Bruno & Louise Huber Yvonne with Joyce and Richard

I rst met Yvonne in 1988 at a 5 day seminar withBruno and Louise Huber at Froebel College Institute inLondon. Yvonne celebrated her 40th birthday while wewere there. The photo of her with the Hubers was takenthat day. Louise presented her with a bouquet of owers

and we all sang "Happy Birthday".Yvonne and I became friends, and over a period

of 22 years we shared, amongst other things, astrologyand poring over charts, long conversations on diversetopics, shopping expeditions in London, walks togetherin Devon and Cheshire, "Face to Face" at the BeaconCentre and Buckland Hall, API Council meetings andastrological conferences. Yvonne was a Diploma Coursetutor for many years, and the workshops she organisedin Johannesburg in both astrological psychology andpsychosynthesis inspired many South African students

to study with API.I remember how energised she was when she rstattended a "Woman Within" workshop. Talking with herabout it on the phone, I told her she sounded different.She wanted to know in what way, and I said her voice

somehow sounded stronger. She was delighted I'dpicked this up over the phone as she'd been workingon strengthening it during the workshop. She went onto train as a facilitator for "Woman Within" and workedwith women in the UK, US and South Africa. She really

had found her voice!At one point, Yvonne told me she wanted to learn

beading and showed me books on this subject with packsof beads she'd bought. At the start of her memorialservice, we were invited to take two beads from smallbags which were passed around. At the end, we wereasked to hold our beads and infuse them with joyfulmemories before returning one on our way out, keepingthe other as a personal token. The returned beads werefor a necklace of remembrance, each one symbolisinghow all present were linked by, and with, Yvonne.

Dear friend, your amazing blue eyes sparkled with funwhen we shared love, laughter, learning, and often badly-behaved giggles in lectures at astrological conferences.

I’ll sign off now as you always did, with "Lotsaluv".Joyce Hopewell



Academic Conferences, Summer 2010

The academic world has evolved since I graduated in1972, disillusioned by the apparent incompatibility of an overlapping quest for intellectual achievement and aneven more urgent search for Self. These drives are in factless diverse than they seem and often complement eachother, for you can always deduce something about the

character of a person from the subjects he or she choosesto study, whether or not those choices were made freelyor under duress. Nowadays there is greater awareness of the subtle energies that contribute to health, wellbeingand wholeness, and many more interdisciplinary studieshave developed to explore the beliefs and emotionsthat contribute to our culture and understanding in thiscomplex world.

In Introduction II to Modern E soteric Spirituality, JacobNeedleman wrote:

“We could say that the scholar attends to the “horizontal”

dimension of religion, its forms and manifestations in culture and history; the seeker attends to the “vertical” dimension, understood as the movement within oneself toward inner freedom or, to useother language, toward G od.

The scholar look s outward; the seeker look s inward (or “upward”)... T he possibility of the development within thehuman person of a presence that contains and reconciles boththese movements is, it seems to me, a central de ning characteristicrecogniz ed and even emphasized by teachings that may authenticallybe termed esoteric.”

For me, the decision to study for an MA in Western

Esotericism by distance learning at the University of Exeter is a natural way forward to take my teaching andpractice of astrology into a broader cultural context.My Cancerian Sun is delighted to become a studentonce more while my Capricornian Ascendant seeks thegreater authority that comes with more comprehensiveknowledge.

This summer I attended three conferences thatenhanced this context, in London, Bristol and Bath.

On 26 June a one-day symposium on “Emotionsand Health, 1200-1700” was organised by the Centre

for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary, Universityof London. Scholars from universities in Cambridge,London, Pennsylvania and Manchester lectured on thepassions of the soul, the pathologies of sleep, the impactof fear, music and subtle spirits.

As stated by Peter Forshaw in Bristol a fortnight later,the four pillars of traditional medicine are philosophy,astrology, alchemy and virtues.

Many more conferences of a similar nature are beingheld across Europe. To nd out more, go to www.qmul.ac.uk/ emotions and join an email circulation list.

Nobody predicted that the Bristol conference,“Imagined Astrology: Painted Schemes and Threadsfor the Soul” scheduled for April, would be postponedto 10/ 11 July because of volcanic ash, but it was worthwaiting for. There were several good talks, most illustrated

with pictorial images of signs and planets. DarrelynGunzberg outlined her monumental work of unravellingthe imagery and symbolism of Giotto’s astrologicalfrescoes at the Town Hall in Padova. Liz Greene drewsome astonishing parallels between Victorian magicalastrology and the development of Freudian and Jungianpsychologies.

At Bristol and Bath there were talks onarchaeoastronomy or astroarchaeology. RonaldHutton drew attention to the lack of dialogue betweenarchaeologists in universities digging holes in the groundand amateur enthusiasts measuring the angles betweenancient observatories and the starry skies, whereasNicholas Goodrick-Clarke showed us just how manysacred sites there are.

Although the Sophia Centre is now located at theUniversity of Wales, it continues to hold its annualconference in Bath. “Astrologies”, 24/ 25 July, focussedon the cultural context and intellectual lineage of westernastrology, attracting good speakers from overseas aswell as its own team and other UK academics. It waswell attended by astrologers and offered a few studentbursaries, enabling APA student Karen Rowlinson toattend.

An eclectic range of presentations covered historical gures, biblical imagery and contemporary culture. Thetalks on astro-chemistry, how astrologers read charts, andthe horoscope itself were more hands on. Liz Greeneis initiating work on signs, signatures and symbols thatwill no doubt feature in next year’s conference, “Sky and

Symbol”, set for 11/ 12 June 2011. For more informationemail [email protected] or google ‘sophiaconferences’.

Sue Lewis

The View from VenusSignposts on planetary cycleway in York.

Astrological Association Conference

As well as speaking on Aspect Patterns at the AAConference in September, Kathy Rogers presenteda short plenary talk on APA’s chart, which she hassummarised on page 24.


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