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National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc. July-August 2013
memberletter
Building Community Through Research and Education
NCGR 2013 p. 1
Quick Forecasting Tools p. 1
Chris Brennan Interview p. 4
NCGR Board Listings p. 7
Chair Message p. 7
NCGR 2013 Elections p. 8
Heeeeere’s Jimmy: More Fun with
Mundane Astrology p.10
The 12th House p.13
Predictive Power of Eclipses p.16
NCGR and PAA News p.20
Welcome to New Members p.20
Do you get E-publications? p.21
Celestial Events p.22
Book Reviews p.23
Chapter Contacts p.25
NCGR Information p.27
In this Issue
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Quick Forecasting Tools by Pat Geisler
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING a fore-
cast on the fly, you can’t beat
transiting Saturn. It’s the No. 1
best indicator of possible trouble ahead,
and people always appreciate the heads
up, even when the news isn’t good.
When Saturn is in the 1st house we tend
to feel depressed, unloved, tired, mis-
understood, and old. If it hits a planet or
two in there it often indicates illness or a
situation you will be personally involved
in. If it conjoins the ruler of the 12th, for
instance, it’s time for a home burglary
system and one should always double
check one’s hospitalization forms to make
sure they’re up to date.
If Saturn hits the ruler of the 10th there
will be some stress at work. If it hits the
ruler of the 6th, it’s a confirmation of the
health problems. At the very least a good
cold with a hefty bout of fever and a sore
throat could be headed your way.
Psychologists tell us colds are a way we
“mourn” for something in our lives and
it’s a good one to keep in mind. We get
down in the dumps about all kinds of
things in life. Especially with Saturn going
through House One.
Along about the time it heads for House
Two we think it will be a relief. Sorry.
NCGR 2013:Be There orBe Square
WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS TO GO,
NCGR’s astrology conference
Everything Under the Sun: The
Art of Astrology, which will take place
August 15-19, 2013, at the Doubletree by
Hilton Hotel, in the heart of Philadelphia,
is sure to be the astro-event of the year.
Remember that you must register online
and book your banquet dinner prior to the
conference by August 4, which also
allows you to attend a special
presentation by Michael Lutin. Tickets
for the banquet will not be on sale on site
at the conference. You can do all this at
www.ncgr2013.com.
If you are only registered for the main
conference, there is still time to extend
your stay and attend some or all of the
fabulous pre- and post-conference
seminars. There are more than 50 stellar
speakers, and enough pre- and post-
conference activities to keep everyone
happy (see conference ad on p. 6).
On Thursday morning, August 15, talk
finances with Christeen Skinner in
Astro-Trading; join Wendy Stacey for
Navigating Our Lives through Outer-
Planetary Transits; or learn Rectification
Techniques with Gene Shaw. In the
afternoon, learn how to get the most out
of your nifty gadgets with Demetrius
Bagley’s A Technology Toolbag for
Today’s Astrologer or join NCGR research
director Jagdish Maheshri for a Research
Symposium. NCGR 2013 will also host
Thursday afternoon presentations by the
Association for Young Astrologers titled
Four for the Future, featuring Rebecca
Crane, Eric Pride, Dr. Jenn Zahrt and
Wonder Bright; and NCGR-PAA will
present Giving Voice to Life Transitions:
Demonstrating the Art & Technique of
Astrological Consulting with Meira
Epstein conducting a live consultation
preceded by a panel discussion with
Claudia Bader and Judi Vitale.
After the closing ceremonies on Sunday
afternoon, join Frank Piechoski for a
walking astrological tour of Philadelphia,
highlighting the history of the city and the
birth of a nation. On Monday, attendees
have the difficult choice between either
Chris Brennan’s Timing Peak Periods in
a Person’s Love Life or Rick Levine’s 12
Steps to Better Chart Readings: Improv-
ing Your Client Consultations.
Please turn to p. 4 for an interview with
Chris Brennan.
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That’s when you feel poor, broke, and
headed for bag lady status. Actually, it’s a
good time to organize your finances, start
a family budget system and figure out
how much more you can put away for
retirement.
Saturn’s work is surprisingly reliable. If all
you know is a man’s sun sign, a
conjunction by transiting Saturn will have
to do with his career, his love life, and his
income. Love, money, and health are the
three biggies most of us want to know
about and any Saturn transit will tell us as
it circles the zodiac.
Pope Francis IArgentine astrologer Claudia Rizzi has
obtained a copy of the birth certificate of
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis I,
which quotes a birth time of 9:00 pm. This
puts his Ascendant at 10º Cancer. His
birth date is December 17, 1936 (see right).
Pope Frances I has been moving to reform
the inner workings of the Vatican, and
Saturn will make a station opposite his
Uranus in November. This will be a
challenge to his authority, but Jupiter,
transiting his 1st house, will be protective
and give him the edge in any difficulties.
Jupiter’s passage through the 1st is
extremely helpful at this time for his
dealings with the public. Forces behind
the scene (Mercury, ruling 12 in his 7th)
are being undercut as Uranus in Aries
squares that position.
That Saturn station will also square his
Venus, and the funds of the Vatican bank,
which have been under severe scrutiny,
may prove to be much less than reported,
or there will be some serious irregularity
found about them.
Jupiter TransitsBut if we are looking for a good event, use
transiting Jupiter. It is always casting its
happy thoughts on whatever house it is
transiting, too. Back in the old days
before modern medicine got so efficient at
keeping us healthy, Jupiter was called
“The Preserver,” and it’s been saving us
for years from bigger troubles than we’ve
had. When it crosses the Ascendant it’s a
great indication of recovery from a health
problem, depression, or lack of
opportunity in life.
QUICK FORECASTING TOOLS cont’d from p. 1
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Jupiter is like a big fat
Santa with all kinds of
goodies to bestow. It
brings parties, new
friends, interest in new
sports or outdoor activity
and weight gain,
probably from the parties.
A 10th house transit is
almost always promotion
on the job unless your
natal Jupiter is in real
trouble. A 2nd house
transit will bring more
money for you and a
chance to help somebody
out. True, you may have
bigger bills, but the
wherewithal will be there
to deal with them.
Jupiter’s ability to be of
help in your life
depends a lot on how
well it was placed in
your natal chart. An
angular Jupiter with a
couple good aspects in
a good sign will
bring you a whole
range of things that are
helpful. In Cancer or
one of its own signs
such as Sagittarius or
Pisces, it blossoms.
But if Jupiter is
transiting one of
Saturn’s signs, such as
Aquarius, or Virgo,
where it’s debilitated, it
can’t do its best work.
And if it’s not in good
shape in your chart, it’s
like he’s wearing a suit too tight and can’t
get the opportunities out of his pocket. A
lot of opportunities pass you by and you
will have to scramble to get there on your
own.
Johnny DeppJohnny Depp (see above) is in the news
for his recent separation from the mother
of his children and transiting Neptune at
3º Pisces is opposite his Mars at 3º Virgo
(ruling his house of partners). His latest
movie The Lone Ranger is earning him
some of his most critical comments in a
long time, with Saturn
transiting his 1st house. There will be
more as it moves further into Scorpio and
crosses his Neptune later this year and
next. Helping him will be the transit of
Jupiter as it moves into late Cancer and
Leo next year in his 10th house of career.
He will likely escape any problems with
his career.
Planetary StationsThe next best thing in forecasting is a
good planetary station. In fact, all the
planetary stations are aids to forecasting.
Pope Francis I December 17, 1936 9:00 PM ADT Buenos Aires, Argentina 34S36, 58W27
Johnny DeppJune 9, 1963
. 8:44 AM CST Owensboro, KY 37N46, 87W07
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QUICK FORECASTING TOOLS cont’d from p. 2
I once did a lecture and asked for a chart out
of the audience and forecast a whole year’s
events just from Mercury stations as they
struck the chart. And, since I did it blind, for
the previous year, the woman whose chart it
was could confirm everything I said. The
stations were the only aspect I used. Tran-
sits by themselves are not nearly so helpful.
It takes a station to focus the energies in a
particular area in the zodiac and if you have
planets there, you can see quickly what’s
likely to happen. The woman’s Mercury
made stations on some of her key
placements as well as an angle. It was an
important year and included job change.
Anyone can do this with a little practice.
Forecasting means to combine the
aspect—the Mercury station square Mars
ruling the 5th house, for instance—with
the degree. Aspects are just like romance,
closer is better. A tight square such as I’ve
described could bring an accident to an
athlete, a romance to a young person,
trouble with one of the children to a
parent or difficulty getting one’s vacation
set, for the older person with a busy job.
That’s what I mean about combining what
you know. The age of the person whose
chart it is, their situation in life, and their
desires are all apt to be part of a successful
forecast. After all, it’s silly to predict
marriage to somebody who’s already
married. It helps to know something about
the person you’re forecasting for. If it’s
you, you still need to remember what you
know about yourself—your age, whether
you have children and so on.
Three planets in the chart are involved in
change: the Moon, Mercury and Uranus.
The Moon’s changes as it moves around
the chart on a monthly basis are apt to be
small ones. In a solar return or a secondary
progress, the importance can be con-
siderable. Mercury stations and positions are
equally likely to be important, especially if
Mercury rules one of your natal angles.
But far and away the most dynamic change
can be brought about by Uranus. This is a
once-in-a-lifetime biggie when it hits a planet.
Unless you live past 84 (and a lot of us
don’t) you’re not likely to see it go over one
of your placements again. That’s how long it
takes to circle the zodiac and some planets
won’t ever be hit twice unless you live to be
150. Not likely.
So treasure your Uranus transit. For good
or bad, it will bring excitement, change and
a new development in your life and can
alter your whole path for the next 50 years.
Many people first start astrology lessons
with a Uranus transit and end up in the
astrology business, much to their
surprise. Others put their toes in the
political waters and they’re off and
running.
And the kind of men and women who pop
into your life under Uranus transits of
your Sun and Moon can turn out to be
the most important people you ever meet.
Uranus will affect an entire decanate—
that’s 10 degrees—of a sign at once so be
sure to keep your eye on it when it gets
near a significant spot. Mercury stations
need to be pretty close and the Moon
should be exact.
International Space StationTransiting Saturn is sitting on the Sun of
Expedition I of the International Space
Station’s Sun but Jupiter is trine from the
9th house, suggesting support of the
project by other nations which want to
see it succeed. However, there are
problems and delays (Saturn) with getting
it underway. The Saturn station in
November at 5º Scorpio will prompt
Congress (ruler of 11th house) to protest
expenditures for a project which seems to
have one delay after another. NASA (Sun
ruling manager of project) will be on the
hot seat.
Expedition I on
International Space
Station
October 31, 2000
7:52 AM USZ5
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
47N50, 66E03
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QUICK FORECASTING TOOLS cont’d from p. 3
So there you have it—a quick outline of
how to do some forecasting and be
surprisingly accurate. Take a few charts of
well-known people and try them out. With
a little practice you’ll get comfortable
before you know it and you’ll find
yourself forecasting nearly all the time
when you look at a chart.
Have a friend heading off to college and
you see Uranus heading for their 9th
house Jupiter? Sounds like a change of
venue, doesn’t it? Watch and when
Uranus passes over that 9th house
Jupiter, your friend may end up at a
different institution altogether.
And you saw it coming.
All charts are drawn for Geocentric,
Tropical, Placidus, and True Nodes.
Birth Data
Pope Francis I (Jorge Mario Bergoglio).
December 17, 1936. 9:00 PM ADT. Buenos
Aires, Argentina, 34S36, 58W27. Source.
Birth Certificate.
Johnny Depp. June 9, 1963. 8:44 AM CST.
Owensboro, KY. 37N46, 87W07. Source.
Birth Certificate.
Etxpediion I on International Space
Station. October 31, 2000. 7:52 AM USZ5.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan, 47N50, 66E03.
Source. Wikipedia.
PAT GEISLER of Grafton, OH began work
as a professional astrologer in 1969 and
taught and lectured extensively in the
years since then. She had an active
consulting career before retiring in 2011.
Pat is a member of AFAN, NCGR, and
ISAR and served on the AFAN Steering
Committee. Many of her articles have
appeared online as well as in the public
media and astrological publications.
Pat’s books “The Plain Vanilla Astrolo-
ger” and “Chocolate Sauce: The Plain
Vanilla Astrologer’s Guide to the Art of
Practicing Astrology” were just pub-
lished by ACS Publications. She is also a
retired journalist with both state and
national awards for writing, editing and
photography. Pat is a widow with four
children and five superior grandchildren.
LAST YEAR ASTROLOGER CHRIS BRENNAN
garnered quite a bit of publicity for
his coverage of the presidential
election through his website, The Political
Astrology Blog. His successful prediction
about the outcome of the election was
cited by ABC News, Fox News, and
Reuters. Given the important political role
of Philadelphia, which is the site of this
year’s NCGR Conference, and that Chris is
one of the speakers lecturing at the
conference, we wanted to talk to him about
his work with political astrology.
Stephanie Gailing: Congratulations on
the success of the Political Astrology Blog
last year. Could you talk a little bit about
how you started the blog?
Chris Brennan: Sure. After the excite-
ment of the 2008 presidential election, my
friend Patrick Watson and I realized that
there was a need for a centralized source
for news and information related to
political astrology. In particular, some of
the issues with the birth data of thecandidates during the 2008 election caused
us to want to have a place to publicly
compile different reports, in order to keep
track of which candidates we had good
birth times for and which we didn’t. So, we
picked out a reasonably auspicious
election and then launched the blog
shortly before Inauguration Day in 2009.
SG: You seem to put an emphasis on
collecting birth data as part of your focus
with the blog.
CB: Definitely. Patrick put a lot of effort
into collecting candidates’ birth times in
the lead up to the election and kept a
running tally of whom we did and did not
have data for. At one point these efforts
really paid off, as we were able to obtain
and publish the birth certificate of Paul
Ryan on our blog two months before he
was announced as Mitt Romney’s running
mate.
SG: In April of 2012 you issued a predic-
tion that Obama would win the presidential
election later that year. Could you talk a
little bit about what techniques you used
to make that prediction?
CB: Since we had birth times for both of
the candidates, we focused on the natal
charts of Obama and Romney. We primarily
used a Hellenistic timing technique known
Interview with Chris Brennan by Stephanie Gailing
as Zodiacal Releasing, which was only
recently recovered about 10 or 15 years
ago from a 2nd century Greek text. The
technique works surprisingly well at
timing peak periods in a person’s career,
which is particularly useful when you are
trying to determine, say, whether someone
will become president of a country on a
specific date.
The technique also provides other useful
information, which led us to predict that
Romney’s campaign would start to falter
around October 13 and that there was
something about the election that
wouldn’t be settled for Romney until a few
weeks after Electional Day, specifically
between November 26-29. The first
prediction was validated by the work of
the New York Times columnist and
statistician Nate Silver, who said that
according to his model Romney’s chances
of winning were at their highest on
October 12 and then sharply declined after
that date.
The second prediction was validated
when Romney took the unusual step of
visiting the White House on November 29
for a private meeting with Obama. Of
course, the main prediction itself—that
Obama would win the election—also
turned out to be true, although we felt that
these two additional facets of our election
prediction helped to set us apart from
what some of the other astrologers were
saying. They also helped validate the
usefulness of the technique that we
used.
SG: Could you talk a little bit about how
the technique works?
CB: It is a little bit too complicated to get
into specifics, but I can talk about it a little
bit. The two main things that the tech-
nique is based on are planetary periods
and the so-called Arabic parts. In Zodiacal
Releasing, the Part of Fortune and the Part
of Spirit are used in order to determine the
starting point for the timing sequence. If
you want to study a person’s career, as we
did for the presidential election, then you
start from the sign that contains the Part
of Spirit. You then attribute a certain
number of years to that sign based on the
planetary period of its ruler. Here are the
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CHRIS BRENNAN INTERVIEW cont’d from p. 4
years for each of the signs: Aries and
Scorpio: 15 years; Taurus and Libra: eight
years; Gemini and Virgo: 20 years; Cancer:
25 years; Leo: 19 years; Sagittarius and
Pisces: 12 years; Capricorn: 27 years;
Aquarius: 30 years.
Whatever sign the Part of Spirit falls in,
the ruler of that sign is activated for the
number of years associated with that sign.
Once those years have elapsed, the timing
sequence moves to the next sign in
zodiacal order, and then that sign and its
ruler become activated for the number of
years associated with it. After those years
are up, you move to the next sign, and so
on. Once you know what sign is activated
during a specific part of a person’s life,
you want to pay attention to what planets
are aspecting both the sign and its ruler,
since that will tell you about the quality of
the period. The really interesting point
though is that people tend to hit periods
of heightened activity and importance
when the signs that are angular from the
Part of Fortune are activated. In some
presidential elections that is really the key
to figuring out who will win.
SG: Will you be teaching the technique
that you used to predict the outcome of
the election at the NCGR conference?
CB: Yes, I’m actually going to be giving
a post-conference workshop in which I
teach attendees how to use Zodiacal
Releasing. Our primary focus will be on
how to use a variation of the technique
that I developed in order to determine
when the most important romantic
relationships will occur in a person’s life.
During the process I will also explain how
you can use the technique to time peak
periods in a person’s career as well, as we
did with Obama and Romney for the
presidential election.
During my main lecture at the conference
I’m going to present a recent discovery
about a set of the original seven condi-
tions of “affliction,” which are very
specific planetary placements that indicate
major problems in the part of the chart
signified by the planet. One of these
specific conditions actually showed up in
the inception chart for when Romney
accepted the nomination at the Republi-
can National Convention last fall, which
helped us to confirm our earlier prediction
based on his natal chart that he would not
win the election in November.
I will also cover a corresponding set of
seven positive “bonification” conditions,
one of which showed up in Obama’s
nomination chart at the Democratic
National Convention. It turns out that
there really are some valuable techniques
from the older astrological traditions that
have been lost over the course of the past
2000 years of Western astrology. Now,
certainly I don’t think that that means that
we have to forget all of the new develop-
ments and advancements that have taken
place in modern astrology over the past
century, but there are certainly some
techniques from the ancient traditions that
are worth recovering. I look forward to
sharing some of them at the conference.
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Message from the ChairNCGR Board of Directors
Elected Officers John Marchesella, Chair,[email protected] Joyce Levine, Clerk, 2353 MassachusettsAve., #91, Cambridge MA 02140, 617-354-7075, [email protected] Linda Wilk, Treasurer,[email protected]
Elected Directors Nina Gryphon, Membership Director,[email protected] Judy Johnson, Director, 7807Eleanor Place, Willowbrook IL 60527,[email protected] Leigh Westin, Chapter Affairs Director andSIGs Coordinator, P.O. Box 207, Waskom TX75692, [email protected] Mark Wolz, Education Director,[email protected]
Appointed Directors Trish Buckley, Publications Director,[email protected] Jagdish Maheshri, Research Director,[email protected] Christeen Skinner, Advisory Board Chair,[email protected] Kyle Ukes, Media and CommunicationsDirector, [email protected]
Staff Liane Thomas Wade, Secretary, NCGRHeadquarters, 531 Main St., #1612, NewYork NY 10044, Ph-Fax, 212-838-NCGR(6247), [email protected] Ronnie Gale Dreyer, memberletter Editor,[email protected] Ken Irving, Webmaster,[email protected] Arlene Nimark, Advertising Manager, 1242East 8th Street, Brooklyn NY 11230, 718-377-0482, [email protected]
Advisory BoardBernadette Brady Ph.D. (UK), Nicholas
Campion Ph.D. (UK), Gary Christen, Bradley
V. Clark C.P.A., David Cochrane, Priscilla
Costello M.A. (Canada), Adrian Duncan
(Denmark), Michael Erlewine, Mónica
Escalante-Ochoa (Mexico), Madela Ezcurra,
Linda Fei, Steven Forrest, Irene E. Goodale,
Robert Hand M.A., Charles Hannan, Madalyn
Hillis-Dineen, Baris Ilhan (Turkey), Warren
Kinsman (Costa Rica), Babs Kirby M.A. (UK),
Arlene A. Kramer, Alphee Lavoie, Michael
Lutin, Vivian B. Martin Ph.D., Michael
Munkasey, Arlene Nimark, Ingrid Petroff
(Austria), Bill Sarubbi (Austria), Maria Kay
Simms, Gloria Star, Rod Suskin (South Africa),
Richard Tarnas Ph.D., Donna Van Toen
(Canada).
Dear Members,
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LIVE FROM PHILADELPHIA! IT’S “EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN!”
TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING AND IT’S FINALLY HERE…NCGR’s National Education
Conference. We’re looking forward to great presentations with some terrific
astrologers from around the world, lots of fun, the making of memories to add to
previous NCGR conferences, such as those in Cambridge, Baltimore, and Hartford, and
most of all, the sense of community that NCGR provides to our members, students, and
all astrologers.
Just a reminder, if you want to join us in the banquet on the Saturday evening of the
conference with Michael Lutin’s Neptune & Chiron in Pisces: Where’s My Underpants?
(and who wouldn’t want to?), you must pre-register by August 4! So little time, so
much fun! You can do that on our conference website, www.NCGR2013.com.
See you in Philly!
And speaking of community, we are very happy to announce the re-opening of the
NCGR On-line Forum! That’s coming this month, so please turn to p. 21 and read your
E-News for instructions on how to log in, register, and start sharing your thoughts.
As many of you know, a few months ago, we closed our Yahoo Forum in order to
regroup in a brand new format. With thanks to the efforts and ideas of our
Communications and Media Director, Kyle Ukes, we hope you will enjoy the
improvements.
First of all, the new NCGR On-line Forum is a members-only benefit now.
Second, as you will soon see, it will be divided into subjects, i.e., Natal Interpretation,
Transits, Uranian, Mundane, Consulting, etc. Actually, it will have everything under the
Sun! (Where have you heard that expression before?) So, now you can ask questions,
give answers, make comments, offer opinions, share birth info, etc., on the specific topic
of your interest.
Kyle and I look forward to seeing you at the Forum soon.
And speaking of the benefits of on-line activities, Meira Epstein will continue our
education program beginning September 5, 2013. This course is geared for NCGR-
PAA’s Level II Certification, but you do not have to be on track for the exams to
participate in this class. It is for all students of astrology!
The class is offered in two parts: the math and non-math. Studies include a review of
Level I, then on to transits, secondary progressions, eclipses and more! For a full
description of the course, registration, and details, please go to our website,
www.geocosmic.org.
Let me vouch for Meira’s skill, expertise, and generosity as a teacher. As head of faculty
in the New York City Chapter, I have worked with Meira for many years in our local
education program and I can promise you she’s tops! Our on-line study program will
continue later in the fall with a class from Jackie Slevin, another terrific teacher who I’m
glad to vouch for too. We’ll have more details from Jackie next time.
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John Marchesella
NCGR Chair
FYI, our current journal is entitled
Everything under the Sun: The Best of
Memberletter and More! (Catchy title,
huh?) We hoped to assure its delivery by
snail mail to you by the conference in
August. However, we’re not sure we can
trust the USPS with that schedule, even
though it has already been mailed to our
membership. So we will be providing a link
for the journal. But don’t worry! It
doesn’t mean the journal is going digital.
It just means we want you to have it
sooner rather than later as well as later
and not just sooner. So, look for it in your
e-inbox this month, and in your mailbox
over the next few weeks.
It contains some of the best articles that
appeared in earlier versions of
memberletter as well as some brand new
(and terrific) articles by Gene Shaw and
Alex Walker.
Lastly, there is some good news and bad
news about our former Publications
Director, Loretta Lopez. She recently
resigned from the Board to move on with
her work. That’s the bad news. The good
news is she agreed to stay on as the
graphic designer of upcoming journals,
and very good news that is, indeed,
because she always does a smashing job!
Further good news is our new Director of
Publications is Trish Buckley, whose day
job has been in printing and publishing
for many years, and we’re looking forward
to her contributions on the Board.
And remember, “Everything under the
Sun,” Philadelphia, August 2013,
www.ncgr2013.com. Be there or be
square!
THE NCGR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL HOLD ELECTIONS THIS FALL. Three positions are
open, and the NCGR Membership is encouraged to nominate candidates to
office. The Election Committee invites nominees for Chair, and for two General
Directors.
Serving on the NCGR Board of Directors is the kind of experience that enriches astrolo-
gers with the knowledge of doing great things for their community. If you, or someone
you know, would be interested in running for office, please make sure you get your
nomination in by October 1, 2013.
The duties for Chair are stated as follows in NCGR’s bylaws:
“The Chairman of the Board shall also be and function as the President of NCGR, and
shall have authority to appoint standing and ad-hoc committees of the Board in
accordance with the provisions of these by-laws.”
General Directors, according to NCGR’s bylaws, must be capable of performing these
duties:
a. Active participation in at least two annual National Board Meetings, as well as
essential business which may be conducted between meetings via either email or
conference call.
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IN TV LAND BC (BEFORE CABLE), it’s hard
to believe, but late night television
was only a test pattern and an endless
droning tone.
In 1954, NBC revolutionized the midnight
airwaves with an entertainment program
called the The Tonight Show. Back then,
the host was Jack Paar, a New York
intellectual with a dry sense of humor,
and his guests were not Hollywood movie
stars plugging hit movies, but rather the
literati, politicos, theatre people, and the
comedians of the time.
Steve Allen came next in 1956, and he
emphasized comedy, sometimes broad, but
always smart, intelligent, and really witty.
However, it was, of course, Johnny
Carson who slowly, but surely, through
the 1960s, made late night television what
it is today. His chair began in 1962, and
largely through the time of the conjunc-
tion of Uranus-Pluto, Corporate America
(Pluto) paid closer attention to television
(Uranus). Late night TV became big
bucks, and eventually it turned into a war
between the stations. Interesting that he
left the chair in 1992 after a full Saturn
cycle.
So powerful did Mr. Carson become that
he took over ownership of the show, and
NBC renamed it The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson.
In May 1972, he moved the show from its
origins in New York to Los Angeles,
where it attracted more glamorous, trendy,
and popular guests. In the December
2004-January 2005 issue of memberletter,
I wrote an article about the astrology of
The Tonight Show, and its publication
sadly and eerily coincided that week with
Mr. Carson’s death.
What prompted that
article, though, was
NBC’s announcement of
Jay Leno’s eventual
retirement in 2009 and
next in line was Conan
O’Brien. Of course, most
of us know the debacle
that turned out to be!
(For reference, the
article, “Heeeere’s
Conan!,” is on my
website, www.astrojohn.com.)
On April 3, 2013, NBC announced Leno’s
retirement for the second time, and this
time the heir apparent is Jimmy Fallon. This
was not much of a surprise, but the real
shake-up is that The Tonight Show is
moving back to New York where it all
started! That is expected to take place in
February 2014, after the winter Olympics,
to which the television rights are also
owned by NBC. So, imagine the blitzkrieg
of promotion that will be then!
The Chart of The Tonight ShowUsing the first broadcast as the birth data
(see above) the natal chart of The Tonight
Show reveals some uncanny
characteristics.
The MC at the end of Pisces is on the
Cardinal Axis, indicating an appeal to the
world. Interesting, too, it marks the end of
Pisces and approaches Aries, just as every
show ended each day and crossed over
midnight to the next day.
The MC forms a Yod with Pluto in Leo and
Neptune and Mercury in Libra, an apt
astrological description of an undying
interview show that seems to have a life of
its own. (By the way, Mr. Carson’s Sun in
late Libra lights up this Yod too.) All of the
planets (not counting Chiron as a planet)
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are below the horizon, the “late night” part
of the horoscope, so to speak. The
prominence of the influence of the Moon,
ruler of the night, is seen in the Cancer
Ascendant, four planets in the 4th house,
and the natal New Moon. All of these also
indicate the importance of the public’s
feeling of familiarity with the show as well
as its tenacity to remain at #1.
Its stamina is also seen in its Mars in
Capricorn on the North Node, and its
longevity comes from the Venus and
Saturn in Scorpio. (We’ll soon see how
this Saturn is especially significant in the
synastry with Mr. Carson’s chart as well as
in the current trends.)
The show began on the New Moon phase
in Libra, offering promise and potential for
future growth.
Jupiter, god of grace, good fortune and a
strong constitution, sits in its exalted sign,
Cancer, conjoined to Uranus (television), in
the all-important 1st house, and trine to the
MC. This also promises a long and healthy
life, growth and popularity. (Its square to
Mercury and Neptune in Libra suggests
“interviews with movie stars and other
forms of fluffy communications.” It did not
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survivability of the show). The collective
configuration of Jupiter, Uranus and
Neptune, by the way, also saw the start of
The Wonderful World of Disney as well as
the rise of I Love Lucy, two other shows
that did not begin as classics, of course,
but wound up that way, i.e., the good luck
and idolization of television.
The Astrology of Current EventsBetween the announcement on April 3,
2013, about the new reign from Leno to
Fallon, and the actual change in February
2014, and shortly thereafter, there are
some very obvious astrological indica-
tions of transition. Since the show is al-
most 60 years old, the progressed MC is
sextile to the natal MC, indicating the maj-
or change in sign from Taurus to Gemini.
This implies the progressed IC is chang-
ing signs from Scorpio to Sagittarius,
making for a change in home for the show
too. Similarly, the progressed Sun is
sextile to the natal Sun, making for a
smooth transition from one host to
another host (unlike the hostile shift from
Leno to O’Brien in 2009).
Also in a similar pattern, the progressed
Moon is in a new phase, as it was at that
start of the show, representing a new
beginning, a fresh start, a clean slate.
(When O’Brien took the chair, the lunar
phase was closing, not an indication of a
propitious start to things).
Progressed Mercury is already conjoined
to natal Venus. These are the two rulers of
the 4th house, symbolizing a joining with
the roots of the show in New York.
Furthermore, these planets are in trine to
the natal Ascendant, making for an easy
transition in the identity of the show to its
past (Cancer). Something to note is, in
2016, early in Fallon’s run, Pluto will turn
retrograde by progression. That’s a big
deal! Coming from the 2nd and ruling the
5th, let’s see if there’s a reversal of
fortunes for the show, or maybe a change
in what entertainment (5th) is appreciated
(2nd), or perhaps a new spin-off, i.e., “a
new baby” (5th house).
Lorne Michael, famed producer of
Saturday Night Live and Fallon’s current
late night show, and one of the more
powerful people affiliated with NBC, not
to mention, a Scorpio, is not a producer of
the old or new Tonight Show. But perhaps
the progressed Pluto SR will make for an
opportunity for him to come on board as
producer by then. For some mundane
matters, astrologers can only wait and see.
The Relocation of The Tonight ShowThe most interesting thing about the
relocation chart of The Tonight Show to
Los Angeles is the emphasis of Mars as
the only planet above the horizon in the
8th house. Not only is it a singleton of
sorts there, but it is also strengthened by
the exaltation in Capricorn and its
conjunction to the North Node. And once
the show moved to LA, the joke became
how Johnny Carson was getting in bed
with all couples in America!
The Ascendant moved into Gemini and the
term, “talk show” was popularized. With
the Moon no longer the ruler of the chart,
the move to LA was seen by many as a
betrayal of its New York origins and
identity.
The timing factors, however, were very
clear in May 1972. The progressed MC
opposed the natal Moon. Talk about a
new home for new career opportunities!
The Ascendant had just passed into
“showbizzy” Leo too.
Progressed Mars at 25° Capricorn formed
a t-square with Jupiter-Uranus and Nep-
tune. That does not necessarily imply a
move, but it certainly indicates a new
direction in career. A solar eclipse at the
time of the move activated this t-square to
boot!
The transits of the relocation are even
more obvious. Pluto was stationing at 29°
Virgo, on the IC of the natal chart of The
Tonight Show, clearly indicating the end
of an era where the home is concerned,
and of course, the beginning of a new era.
Transiting Uranus was heading for a con-
junction to the natal Moon, suggesting a
surprising shift of focus in the home.
Interestingly, transiting Neptune was at 4°
Sagittarius at the time of the relocation.
And of course, transiting Neptune at the
time of the relocation back to New York is
in the square position at 4° Pisces! Fur-
thermore, Fallon, who was born in 1974,
has his natal Neptune at 7° Sagittarius.
So, again, let’s see how written-in-stone
the new show with Fallon really is. The
most important feature of the relocated
chart for The Tonight Show is the connec-
tion of its angles with those of Mr. Car-
son’s natal angles. The MC and IC re-
verse! Within a few minutes of 13°
Aquarius (television) and Leo (enter-
tainment), the MC and IC reverse
positions. Such synastry connections
represent a deep “knowing,” merging,
attachment, a “soul” connection, given
the nature of the IC, and a transcendence
through time.
The Everlasting Power
of the HoroscopeEven though Johnny Carson is long gone
from this earth, and he has not been a
host of The Tonight Show for a generation
or two, he is legendary, an icon in his field,
and the one against whom all others will
be measured (at least, for another
generation or two).
Celebrities and political figures who have
a prominence in Scorpio, in the 8th house,
or from the planet, Pluto, may die
physically, but they keep coming back
from the grave, not to mention, often
making millions for their estates. Some
examples are JFK, Marilyn Monroe, James
Dean, and Elvis. Johnny Carson is in
these ranks too, and his chart is still alive!
His progressions for 2013-14 include the
Sun at 29° Capricorn, in square to his natal
Sun, ruler of his natal MC, indicating a
major change in his career direction, but
the shift into a new sign, Aquarius, is an
even bigger change, i.e., the end of a era
in career and the start of new era!
Following through, the progressed MC is
also square the natal MC, also indicating a
significant change in work and home
(progressed IC square natal IC).
Mr. Carson’s progressed Ascendant is
already conjoined with his natal Jupiter,
making for growth, opportunity, expansion
and risk. Between this and the
aforementioned transit of Neptune, we
think NBC said, “Why not move back to
New York with Jimmy?”
His progressed Moon next February will
be 15° Aries, which will turn his natal
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t-square into a Grand Square, often a
trigger of great change.
Transiting Jupiter is also passing over this
t-square, providing some vision, confid-
ence and Divine Intervention, which,
again, perhaps is not what Conan O’Brien
had.
Mr. Carson’s transits for 2013-14 include
the all-important Saturn in Scorpio over
his Ascendant, Mercury and his eventual
Saturn Return. Transiting Saturn also
squares his MC and IC. This could
represent a new identity for the show that
he might not have created, but “branded,”
as well as a new home for career purposes.
Interesting, too, given The Tonight Show
rose to power during the conjunction of
Uranus and Pluto, the square between
Uranus and Pluto is going to activate Mr.
Carson’s t-square with natal Pluto, Moon-
Jupiter and Mars in the initial years of
Fallon’s run. So, let’s see how long the
smooth transition lasts.
In the little picture of time, in April 2013,
when the announcement about Fallon was
made, there was a Lunar Eclipse at 5°
Scorpio, right on Mr. Carson’s Ascendant,
bringing him back to life, and the Solar
Eclipse opposite his Saturn makes for the
new phase of growth ahead of “him” a/k/a
The Tonight Show.
Just a last word about Mr. Carson’s natal
chart. In a word or two, he was known for
his class and power. Were truer words
ever spoken about a Libra man with so
many prominent Scorpio planets before?
The Later HostsThere is no accurate birth data for any of
the ensuing hosts after Mr. Carson. Nev-
ertheless, just working with Sun signs,
there does seem to be justice to their
potential. Jay Leno, a natal Taurus, got a
hand in the “who, what, when, where,
why” of his replacement. Evidently, that’s
what he wanted, but didn’t have, during
the O’Brien incident. Conan O’Brien, an
Aries, got to pioneer a late night TV talk
show on cable in an attempt to re-invent
the genre, and he is having a good deal of
success in his attempt there. Jimmy Fallon,
with the Sun at 26° Virgo, stated he
surrendered the decision of his future on
NBC late night TV to
Leno and NBC, and he
wound up with the new
reign. Fortunately, his
synastry is far better
than O’Brien’s.
Fallon’s Sun sits at the
bottom of the chart for
The Tonight Show. His
Mars conjoins
The Tonight Show’s natal
Sun, representing his
youthful and energizing
kick in the butt of the
show, delicate though it
might be in Libra. And
Fallon’s natal Saturn at
17° Cancer conjoins the
Ascendant of the chart
of The Tonight Show
should offer some
direction and staying
power.
Closing RemarksThere will never be
another Carson, but
let’s see what happens
when Fallon is given a
chance in the chair. The
transition looks promis-
ing and smooth, despite
some bumps later down
in the run of the show,
but he seems to have the
ability to endure with it.
And now I have to try to
get some sleep!
Postcript: After the submission of this
article, but before its publication, on the
station of Saturn at 4° Scorpio, iTunes
announced the availability of selected
segments of “The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson” for sale on an app for
$1.99, and TCM is launching a special
TV series of Mr. Carson’s most well-
known interviews with his guests includ-
ing his animal segments. So, once again,
Johnny Carson rises from the grave.
Birth Data The Tonight Show. September 27, 1954,
11:30 PM EST, New York, NY, 40N42,
73W57. Source. Wikipedia.
Johnny Carson. October 23, 1925, 7:15
AM CST, Corning, IA, 40N59, 94W44.
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Jimmy Fallon. September 19, 1974,
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JOHN MARCHESELLA will be speaking
at NCGR’s national conference in
Philadelphia in August 2013. He is the
current Chair of NCGR, a full time
astrologer in New York, and an
insomniac. John can be reached through
his website www.astrojohn.com.
Jay Leno April 28, 1950 2:03 AM EST New Rochelle NY 40N54, 73W46. Tropical, Geocentric Placidus True Nodes
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The 12th House: The Great Escape by Joni Patry
THE 12TH HOUSE RULES WAYS WE LEAVE
or escape the world. There are many
ways we temporarily leave our
everyday routine. The unconscious ways
we create an escape are hospitals and
prisons. Sometimes we need a break from
life and films, movies, daydreaming, sleep,
and vacations give relief. An escape from
the past and confines of the environment
may take one to foreign countries.
There are conscious and unconscious
ways we leave this world. Conscious
ways are escape through films, movies,
vacations, ashrams, convents, and
religious cults that exclude the world.
Generally ways that we leave the world
based on not facing our problems can
only push the problems to a deeper level.
The problems will fester into resentments
that control our behavior on an uncon-
scious level. The 12th house rules the
unconscious, which inhabits the mecha-
nisms in our mind that motivate our
behavior. Clues of deep-rooted fears are
symbolically revealed through our dreams
when we sleep. The 12th house rules
dreams and sleep.
Because the 12th house is the past and
pertains to emotions, difficult planets here
can lock someone into being controlled by
their past. They must work on detach-
ment. Another means of escape that can
change our perspective are vacations,
which get us away from our routine. We
are more objective when we break the
monotony and see things from a different
vantage point. Brief escapes from our
world can be in the form of movies, which
are a reflection of our world through
illusionary images projected in photogra-
phy ruled by Neptune. Many famous
movie stars have a powerful 12th house
for they can cast themselves into imagi-
nary roles and become the roles that they
are playing.
The 12th house is the end of the chart and
zodiac (Pisces), therefore it is the edge
beyond this world. This is the final
frontier as in space for it is beyond this
world. Astronauts and astronomers have
a strong 12th house for they think outside
the limits of this world, which is the 12th
house. As the final frontier, it takes in the
vast horizons of space travel and discov-
eries beyond this world. This is a journey
into the other dimensions, space, or
higher consciousness. Many astronauts
and astronomers have powerful 12th
house planets.
Professors who spend much of their life in
study and research have planets in the
12th house because when the 12th house
is strong you feel the need to isolate
yourself in a world of research and study.
This is a very individual act to explore the
realms of deep study. This requires
isolation, solitude and inner reflection.
Drugs, alcohol and sleep are ways to
repress emotions and feelings. Neptune is
the great dissolver, which means the very
thing that prevents us from knowing our
truth will be stripped from our lives in
order to see the truth. Neptune and the
12th house rule the unconscious. When
the unconscious is made conscious we
will heal our lives through our emotional
body.
The 12th house is higher consciousness
and our quest for altered consciousness.
When we let go of ourselves to unite with
another we feel euphoric as in the sexual
union. This is a part of the co-creation
process ruled by Jupiter and the ability to
create. Jupiter rules reproduction and the
2nd chakra, the reproductive area. It is in
the process of sexual energy that we
release ourselves to a wave of feeling and
emotion.
The 12th house indicates behind the
scenes or the areas that are hidden from
the world, a place of solitude, behind
closed doors. It is our private selves. It is
our past and remembering past experi-
ences that relate to us through emotions
and feelings, nostalgia, reminiscing, and
remembering are represented by the 12th
At the end of each day we surrender and
retire through sleep. When we fall asleep
it is much like a death process we let go of
each day, similarly when we die we pass
into a resting phase from life before rebirth
represented by the 1st house.
This is the house of endings as in
retirement from a career or moving to a
retirement home.
As in the process of finally falling to
sleep, the same can be understood as we
surrender to death. In this process we
surrender all our fears and our attach-
ments that kept us in the chains we self-
created in our lives. Our fears and resent-
ments keep us attached to the conditions
we experience in our life. But it is within
this house that we come to terms with our
life’s lessons, surrender and let go which
can be thought of as a form of forgive-
ness.
The12th house rules the unknown such as
our fears, secrets or apparent karmas that
come out of seeming nowhere. These are
outer experiences of our darkest fears.
Thieves, robbers, and hidden enemies are
people who secretly attack. This can be
people talking secretly behind your back
or blackmail. This is the house of secret
enemies, meaning you don’t know where
an attack is coming from.
The 12th house rules places of the night
meaning bars, strip clubs, backstage or
any places behind the scenes, hidden or
secret places of escape from the daylight
and awareness. This house is before the
dawn of day and these are the places
people go at late night before the dawn.
The sixth house pertains to health and
healing professions such as doctors,
nurses and healers. The twelfth house as
the opposing house indicates healing
professions too, but on a public level as in
hospitals or large institutions.
The 12th house rules the feet. The feet
enable us to stand and give balance in the
world. The feet give us the ability to
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move, both walking and running. But a
very specific rulership of the 12th house is
the left eye. Whereas the 2nd house rules
eyesight and is specifically the right eye,
the 12th house is the left eye. The left side
of our body is controlled by the right side
of the brain indicating our intuitive and
creative center. The eyes give us sight;
therefore this is the house of intuitive
sight hidden from conscious or the
physical. This is the psychic sense to
know what is not seen.
Giving is an act of generosity and the 12th
house and Pisces rule charities. Loss and
expenditure are related to giving which
can be conscious or unconscious. If we
give to a charity, we are giving con-
sciously but loss incurred by gambling is
an unconscious loss. Orphanages are
charitable organizations ruled by the 12th
house as it is the 8th house from the 5th
house.
It is the place we come to as we come to
terms with the part of us that contains our
deepest fears, but this is the last phase
that brings us to the light or rebirth. It is
the darkest night before the dawn, so in
essence it can be the dark night of the
soul.
Our unconscious behavior creates results
that we believe are randomly happening to
us, calling it fate. Never believing we are
responsible for the conditions being
manifested. Essentially it is the violation
of the natural laws that will lead us to time
out, or time away from the world to
contemplate our actions. In reality, our
mind is creating our own prison.
In our understanding of the word forgive-
ness we believe it is to grant a gift to
circumstances or people who are unfor-
givable. The question is; how can this be
done with the need for justice? This sense
of unfairness magnifies more injustice per-
petuating a victim. The victim becomes so
magnified that more and more loss ensues.
I believe this is why the 12th house is the
house of loss. As the victim scenario con-
tinues, the victim becomes so overtly
righteous they actually are the perpetu-
ator of crimes and so called evil acts. The
victim attracts the perpetrator by its weak-
ness from continually dwelling on the past
hurts and cannot let go of the injustices.
This mindset develops within it deep
resentments which control and attract
seemingly unprovoked events. Most of
the time these resentments are hidden and
buried from the observer. But the true act
of forgiveness is to actually understand
the deep core issues behind resentments.
This realization comes from the wisdom of
why we feel injustice in our lives.
It all begins when others get something
we feel should be ours. As we sulk and
stew, bigger events occur impacting and
justifying our case as a victim and we
never come realize we are unable to
receive the good of life because we are
focalized on the injustices. Many resort to
religions as a means of escape from these
feelings since religions condone this
victim behavior (we are the sinner, original
sin, we cannot help ourselves) and we
cannot fathom we are the cause of our
own suffering. It is our reactions to the
stimulus in the environment that magnifies
the experiences and circumstances. We
have to come to a place of understanding
that it is our reactions to life’s situations
that determines our results in life. So, to
forgive is actually to understand our-
selves.
Why do people want to be a victim? In
their righteousness they need to be right.
Moral judgments are based on belief
systems taught in childhood. As children
we have no ability to discriminate and
what is taught becomes truth or law.
These are opinions of the personality and
earthly human laws. The 12th house is the
house of spiritual law, not manmade law.
As children we go through a phase where
we look at everything in terms of being
fair. You can hear the children saying,
“that’s not fair.” But clearly the situations
of unfairness come to those who focus on
being a victim. This grows into problems
in later life. This is what builds the
consciousness of the victim.
Victims never achieve their greatest
desires because on some level they feel it
isn’t fair, and never get anywhere in life.
They are always complaining, whining,
never coming up with any solutions.
Victims don’t take responsibility for their
actions because they are always blaming
others for their failures. When they cast
blame on others, the power to look at their
meaning the results of this house come to
us as a result of our actions. We will
receive exactly what we think we deserve.
We reap as we sow. This seems to imply
karma or the law of nature, which is cause
and effect. Our actions give the same re-
sults back. This is the time of give back,
for good or bad. But self-undoing can im-
ply self-destructive sabotage. A deep, ho-
nest look at our beliefs can help transform
our sense of self. Are we consumed with
our judgments based on beliefs formed at
an early age through religious or cultural
conditioning? Conscious awareness will
heal the unconscious cause and effect.
Jupiter Rules Sagittarius
and PiscesPisces is the 12th sign ruled by Jupiter. As
Jupiter rules both Sagittarius and Pisces
both signs relate to spirituality. As the 9th
sign and Sagittarius represent teachers,
learning, truth and laws. The negative side
of Sagittarius pertains to man-made laws
and justice, and the Pisces counterpart
relates to laws of spirituality or nature.
12TH HOUSE cont’d from p. 13part in the situation is given away, and no
change is possible. It is always the
parents, teachers, siblings, and spouse’s
fault. But it is when we are able to
understand our part in the problems that
the miracles happen.
Victims can be very controlling in a
passive aggressive way. They try to get
others to do what they want through guilt.
They are master manipulators, and when
people don’t fall for their ploys they go
deeper into their victimization consumed
with resentments, and anger based on
their feelings of personal injustice.
In the 12th house we come to realize past-
embedded resentments are the cause of
our life’s problems and it is time to release
the story of the victim. Our attachment to
our injustices must be released for the
process of forgiveness to occur. Forgive-
ness involves understanding the mecha-
nisms behind our behavior. Connection to
the Universal mind and not the individual
self gives this wisdom. The Universal God
is where we connect when we free our-
selves from all worldly attachments. These
attachments come from our personal
beliefs taught at an early age.
This is the house of our own self-undoing
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Neptune and PiscesNeptune is the ruler of Pisces with Jupiter.
Jupiter, called Guru, is the teacher and
truth, while Neptune is an ethereal force of
beyond this world. Neptune as the god of
the seas and oceans is a force beyond our
control and will take us on emotional
journeys into the unconscious. Neptune
is a powerful force and shakes the world
with his trident.
Neptune was discovered around 1846. At
this time photography was beginning,
symbolic of Neptune’s creation of
illusions that seem real, as in photos or
films. This was the onset of screen movies
that would connect the world with collec-
tive trends and messages. Neptune is
about ecstasy, either the “high” received
through spiritual revelations or the “high”
received through drugs and alcohol. It is
connected with intoxication, art, music,
and dancing. It rules the illusions of the
world, spirituality, and psychic powers.
Neptune is the higher octave of Venus.
To realize the illusions of this world we
have to go through the emotional body or
feelings to understand reality. Everything
is an illusion and the only way out is to
connect with the Divine which is accessed
through the emotional body. This is why
the water houses are part of liberation.
We are all asleep as Neptune can indicate
the ways we stay asleep, stay in denial,
escape reality. The only reality comes with
awakening from the sleep of this world,
and this is where we retire when we die.
As we go to sleep at night, we retire from
the world of our lives here but we go into
another level of consciousness. Dreams
give impressions of our inner and true
reality in the same way we rest in peace
from our lives when we die in another
dimension or consciousness.
The keywords of Neptune are: Illusions,
deception, confusion, denial, drugs,
alcohol, fantasies, fog, dreams, romance,
glamour, spirituality, higher conscious-
ness, devotion, cults, the ocean, liquids,
oil and gas, sensitivity, psychic. Neptune
(Poseidon) was the stormy god of the
seas and ocean. The Greek myths connect
Neptune’s meanings to those of
Dionysus, the god of drunken ecstasy.
Pisces and the last nakshatra Revati
exemplify the urge to unite with the
ecstasy of the collective unconscious, as
the twelfth sign and twelfth house mark
the end of life in the material world.
Neptune is associated with Pisces.
This house is the evolution of the end of
life where the worldly attachments are
shed. It represents the aging process where
the world has lost its glamour, been there
and done that, letting go of the dream or
illusion and merging with the collective
unconscious. The ocean is a symbol of the
collective unconscious. It is through our
emotions and feelings that we are all
connected on this level. It is the final
frontier of letting go and dissolving the
resentments and fears of a lifetime. This is
the final and ultimate liberation of life.
From House to House The 12th House. It is the 12th from the
1st. It is the 1st from the 12th. The core
essence of this house is letting go of this
world. It is termed the house of loss, but it
is actually the escape from the attach-
ments and resentments of this world. It
rules any form of escape from this world.
There are many ways we detach or escape
from this world. To name a few; life in an
ashram, a prison, hospital, retreat, vaca-
tion, movies, imagination, meditation,
sleep and ultimately death.
The 12th house rules all these things. It
also rules the vast frontiers beyond this
world dealing with the vastness of space.
The 12th house has no boundaries. It is
related to the number 12 signifying
completion. When resentments are
released, forgiveness frees our soul and
love and compassion is realized, this is the
essence of God. These are the gifts of the
12th house. The 12th house is the
merging with the oneness, not the separ-
ation felt in the earthly world. This can be
seen as the sexual experience (bed pleas-
ures) as merging with another as one. The
higher side of this house relates to
connecting to the collective unconscious.
It is our involvement with charitable
organizations. It also rules foreign things
and countries, which are things and
people beyond our boundaries, aliens.
It is the 11th from the 2nd house. This
indicates large sums of money or our
desire for wealth and money. It is the 2nd
from the 11th house. It indicates the
wealth of our oldest sibling. Money
gained from friends. Large sums of money
given, as in charities.
It is the 10th from the 3rd house. This is
a career in the arts or travel. It is the career
of our siblings (especially the youngest).
It is the 3rd from the 10th house. This
represents the arms of the government,
therefore it has to do with governmental
agencies. It can indicate travel for your
career.
It is the 9th from the 4th house. This
house indicates our maternal grandfather
since it is our mother’s father. It is our
mother’s beliefs and spiritual views.
It is the 4th from the 9th house. It is our
father’s mother, therefore our paternal
grandmother. It can indicate the fixed
assets of our father. It is our father’s
homeland.
It is the 8th from the 5th house. This is
the house of the death or disgrace of
children (particularly the first born). It
could indicate problems with children, or
inability to have children, orphanages. It
is the 5th from the 8th house. This is the
house that reveals the depth of our mind.
It is our imagination.
It is the 7th from the 6th house. This is
the house of partnerships in the work
place. It is the 6th from the 7th house.
This is the house of the health of our
spouse. It may be indicative of our
spouse’s enemies.
Planets in the 12th House Sun in the 12th house. Loss of self-
esteem, Issues with the father, Focus in
investigating the past or history, Love of
mystery and intrigue, Need for privacy
and solitude.
Moon in the 12th house. Love of the past
and heritage, Nurturing and caring, Overly
sensitive, Good memory, Stuck in the past,
Issues and loss around mother.
Mercury in the 12th house. Intelligence,
Research and study, Educated, Travel and
Interest in other cultures, Understanding
on a deep psychological level, Interest in
counseling and caretaking
Venus in the 12th house. Venus powerful
here, wealth and power, Disappointment in
love, Sleep and comforts are a necessity,
Good sense of self and happiness.
Mars in the 12th house. Deep-seated
anger repressed, Passive aggressive.
Drive to explore the inner worlds and
frontiers, Oceanography or Astronomy,
Spiritual awareness to alleviate suffering,
Healer or doctor.
12TH HOUSE cont’d from p. 14
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page 16
Jupiter in the 12th house. Great gener-
osity, Need to help others, Healing
professions, Loss around children, Vivid
and prophetic dreams, Foresight, Thera-
pist.
Saturn in the 12th house. Controlled by
the past, Must learn to let go of old hurt
feelings, Detachment from past, heritage
or family, Fear of being alone, Looking
within, Sleep disturbed or shallow, forgets
or doesn’t remember dreams, Bad past
memories.
Rahu (North Node) in the 12th house.
Attachment to material world, Deep-
seated fears and secrets that control life,
Addictions, Fascination of foreigners and
foreign lands, Attainment of spiritual
powers such as mental powers and
concentration, Secret enemies such as
thieves and robbers, Invasion of privacy.
Ketu (South Node) in the 12th house.
Spiritual search for purpose and meaning,
Desire for deep love, Journeys to foreign
lands, Interest in the unknown.
Uranus in the 12th house. Sudden up-
sets and unexpected loss, Accident prone,
Sudden awakening, Computer savvy,
Intellectual writing and networking.
Neptune in the 12th house. Spiritual
awakenings, Delusions, Denial, Problems
with alcohol or drugs, Need to escape,
Not happy in the physical material world,
Dreamer or poet, Very creative.
Pluto in the 12th house. Deception or
deceit around relationships, Betrayal,
Transformation on a deep level, Fear and
past regrets are released.
Ruler of the 12th in the Houses In the 1st house. Very private and
secretive, wanting to be behind the
scenes, not comfortable in the public eye.
In the 2nd house. Losses financially,
Difficult childhood, Temperamental, Soft
spoken.
In the 3rd house. Loss around siblings,
Low vitality and ambition.
In the 4th house. Mother experienced
losses and difficult life, Sense of security
feels threatened.
In the 5th house. Losses around children,
Unusual creativity, Interest in supernatu-
ral, Children may move far away.
In the 6th house. Interest in healing
professions and health matters, Sensitive
to environment can indicate allergies.
In the 7th house. Loss and denial in
relationships, Lack of understanding and
Miscommunications.
In the 8th house. Money through
settlements such as insurance polices,
Spiritual awareness, Getting in touch with
feelings and emotions.
12TH HOUSE cont’d from p. 15 In the 9th house. Losses through the
father, or spiritual teachers, Consumed
with laws and being right.
In the 10th house. Work with charities
and grants, Helping others or work for the
government.
In the 11th house. Unusual friends that
may be outcasts, Friends drain you emotion-
ally or financially, Gains from losses, Making
money on others losses through destruction
or financial loss, Repossession of property.
In the 12th house. Deep introspection
and psychic ability, Not connected to the
physical world, Great loss and heartache
lead to spiritual search and journey.
JONI PATRY is one of the most recognized
teachers and Vedic astrologers in America.
She was a faculty member for ACVA, CVA
and online instructor for certification prog-
rams, published many books and journals.
As keynote speaker for international conf-
erences, Joni organized the ACVA Interna-
tional Symposiums, has a Japanese web-
site, writes for Saptarishi in India, Faces in
Turkey and the Galactic Center. She spec-
ializes in Prediction, with books and web-
sites for world, sports, and financial predic-
tion. Joni can be reached at joni@ galactic
center, www.galacticcenter.org. She will be
speaking at NCGR2013 n the Moksha
Houses—4, 8, and 12.
Predictive Power of Eclipses by Ronnie Gale Dreyer
What is an Eclipse?
An Eclipse, or occultation, is
formed when the Sun or Moon
is obstructed from view. An eclipse of the
Moon, or lunar eclipse, can only occur on
the Full Moon (Sun opposite Moon),
when the Earth comes between the Sun
and the Moon and the Moon passes
through some portion of Earth’s shadow,
blocking some or all direct sunlight from
reaching the Moon.
An eclipse of the Sun, or solar eclipse,
can only occur on the New Moon (Sun
Moon conjunction) when the Moon
comes between the Sun and the Earth,
thereby blocking the Sun. When the
Moon’s shadow falls upon the Earth's
surface at that time, a portion of the Sun's
disk will be covered or 'eclipsed' by the
Moon.
A pair of eclipses, Solar and Lunar, which
occur within two weeks of each other,
takes place every six months. Sometimes
the lunar eclipse occurs first, followed by
the solar eclipse two weeks later, and
sometimes the solar occurs first, followed
by the lunar two weeks later. Sometimes
(like Summer 2009, Summer 2011, and
Spring 2013) they come in a set of three
eclipses that are each 14 days apart.
In 2013 there was a lunar eclipse on April
25, a solar eclipse on May 9, and a lunar
eclipse on May 25. Some astrologers have
said that the eclipses are more auspicious
when going from New Moon to Full Moon
because it is a waxing period of increase,
whereas going from Full Moon to New
Moon is a waning period of decrease. In
practice, I have not necessarily found that
to be the case.
What are the Lunar Nodes?What distinguishes a lunation (New or
Full Moon) from an eclipse is the place-
ment of the North and South Nodes close
to the Sun and Moon. Rather than planets
with shape or mass, the Nodes are simply
the places where the orbit of the Moon
intersects with the “orbit” of the Sun.
The point formed after the Moon has
traveled from South to North is called the
Ascending or North Node. It is more please turn to p. 17
page 17
commonly known in many cultures as the
Dragon’s Head. In India, where the nodes
are mythologically thought of as forming
a serpent, the North Node, or Rahu, is
aastrologically akin to a disembodied
head that devours and never digests,
thereby always wanting more. With Rahu
strong in the chart, the appetite is
insatiable, and the symbol is one of
uncontrollable eating, drinking, drugging,
sexual appetite, or simply ruthlessness,
and unrequited ambition. Rahu intensifies
any planet with which it comes into
contact, for better or worse. In Indian
astrology, Rahu is said to have the
qualities of Saturn. They are both material,
disciplined, and calculating.
The point formed after the Moon has
moved from North to South is called the
Descending or South Node, and is more
commonly known in many cultures as the
Dragon’s Tail. In India, the South Node is
called Ketu and is the tail, or body
without a head. There is heart but no
head, so it is inspirational and artistic, but
also wasteful, since it represents the tail
end, where excrement or waste material
goes. In the same way that Rahu intensi-
fies a planet with which it comes into con-
tact, Ketu wastes or obliterates whatever
it touches. In Indian astrology Ketu acts
like Mars. It is action-oriented, but also
obliterative and potentially violent.
As portrayed in Indian mythology,
eclipses are formed when Rahu and Ketu,
the head and tail of the demon, who was
cut in two by Lord Vishnu’s discus, are
fated to forever chase the Sun and Moon,
whose exposure of them to the Gods
caused their thirst for revenge; when they
reach the luminaries, and swallow them,
an eclipse is formed.
Because of the fact that the Nodes form
eclipses, which rob the heavens of the
Sun and Moon, they were considered in
Indian astrology to be malefic forces.
They rule foreigners, the unconventional,
the technical, drugs, excess, and that
which is most tempting and dangerous.
Eclipse and Nodal CyclesThe Nodal cycle is 18.6 years. That is the
time it takes each Node to go through the
zodiac, or for you to have a nodal
return—the Node returning to its natal
position. In half that time, the Nodes
return to their opposite place meaning that
the transiting South Node will reach the
place of the natal North Node, and the
transiting North Node will reach the place
of the natal South Node. It takes approxi-
mately 18 months for each Node to go
through one zodiacal sign whether it be
tropical or sidereal.
In Indian astrology, the Rahu Dasa
(planetary period) is 18 years as well. The
Nodes always move retrograde through
the zodiac. The Mean Nodes always move
in a retrograde fashion, whereas the True
Nodes station and go direct for short
periods of time as well. For this reason the
Mean and True Nodes can at times be
almost a degree apart.
Effects of an EclipseThe period of time in between two or three
eclipses (also called eclipse season) is
often a time when a series of intense
events occur, oftentimes more than would
normally occur within a short period of
time. Sometimes very catastrophic events
occur, like earthquakes and other natural
disasters, plane and train crashes,
revolutions, and other events that are
noteworthy and that affect masses of
people.
The Nodes are called “Chaya Grahas,”
(Sanskrit for “Shadow Bodies”) since they
are always lurking in the background, and
when you have an eclipse suddenly
things that were lurking in the back-
ground, or kept under wraps come out in
the open. Things come out of the wood-
work, and you have to deal with them,
transform, or be destroyed, that is, literally
sink or swim. I have always said that
eclipses reveal secrets or bring things out
in the open that may have been kept
under wraps for some time. In other
words, expect scandals around the time of
eclipses. If the eclipse point transits a
personal planet or angle in your chart, then
secrets may be revealed in your own life.
Eclipses create energy and intensity esp-
ecially when they are within days of
retrograde or direct stations of malefic
planets, sometimes resulting in natural
disasters. Two examples are as follows.
• The 2005 Kashmir earthquake oc-
curred in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan on
October 8, 2005 with a magnitude of 7.6.
Mars stationed retrograde on October 2,
2005, the solar eclipse occurred on
October 3, 2005, and the lunar eclipse
occurred on October 15, 2005. Not that far
away were Hurricane Katrina, which made
landfall in New Orleans on August 29,
2005, and Hurricane Wilma, which made
landfall in Florida on October 24.
• The Haiti earthquake occurred on
January 12, 2010 with a magnitude of 7.0.
Mars stationed retrograde on December
21, 2009 and Saturn stationed retrograde
on January 14, 2010. The lunar eclipse
occurred on December 31, 2009 and the
Solar Eclipse occurred on January 15,
2010, the day after the Saturn station.
If an eclipse that occurs near a retrograde
occurs on a personal planet or angle in
your chart, the effects would be even
more intense than if you only had contact
with an eclipse that did not occur near a
planetary station.
The span of an eclipse can be said to take
place from the moment the North Node
(Rahu) or South Node (Ketu) hits the
eclipse point until the moment of the
eclipse. In reverse, the span may start with
the eclipse and end when the Nodes hit
the eclipse point. If the Node hits the
eclipse point prior to the eclipse, then the
Node will awaken what the eclipse will
finish. If the eclipse occurs before the
Node hits the eclipse point, then the Node
will activate what the eclipse has started
to awaken.
It does not mean, however, that the effects
of that particular eclipse will necessarily
disappear when the span is over. The
eclipse degree also gets activated when
another planet, especially a malefic one,
hits the eclipse point, thereby creating a
noteworthy, intense, or dramatic event. If
that degree coincides with a personal
planet or angle in your chart, then you will
be sensitized and challenged each time the
eclipse, the node, and then a planet
passes through a particular planet or
angle in your chart. This process can be
likened to a retrograde planet which will
transit a point three times when it is direct,
retrograde, and then direct again.
Eclipse degrees just like the degrees of
planetary stations are powerful positions,
and can remain “hot” for at least six months,
ECLIPSES cont’d from p. 16
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later, the degree was still
activated by this conjunction
(see right.)
Another violent
event occurred a few
days later, according
to Wikipedia, “on
April 17, 2013, an
ammonium nitrate
explosion
occurred at the
West Fertilizer
Company storage
and distribution
facility in West, Texas...
At least 15 people
were killed, more than
160 were injured and
more than 150
buildings were
damaged or destroyed.”
On the day of the first
eclipse itself, on April 24, 2013 in
Bangladesh, one of the worst garment
factory tragedies occurred when a
building collapsed killing at least 1129
people and injuring around 2500 people
(according to Wikipedia). In viewing the
eclipse chart, we can see that by this date,
Mars and Saturn were opposing each
other, and were straddling the lunar
eclipse, giving that eclipse the nature of
Mars and Saturn.
The following lists the span of the
eclipses in 2013 followed by the charts of
the eclipses. When the Node conjoins the
eclipse point prior to the eclipse, I have
listed it first. When the Node hits the
eclipse degree after the eclipse, it is listed
afterwards. I have listed the degree of the
eclipse according to both tropical and real
(Krishnamurti ayanamsa) zodiacs, and
have listed the nakshatra in which it
appears.
• Lunar Partial Eclipse. April 25, 2013.
4:07 PM EDT. Tropical. 05° Scorpio 51’.
Sidereal. 11° Libra 48’. Svati Nakshatra.
North Node. December 30, 2013.
• South Node. February 26, 2013.
Solar Annular Eclipse. May 9, 2013.
8:24 PM EDT. Tropical. 19° Taurus 31'.
Sidereal. 25°Ar ies 34'. Bharani Nakshatra.
ECLIPSES cont’d from p. 17
sometimes even a year or two, depending on
the length of the particular eclipse. Since
that degree is an actively volatile point
during the year, the dates of all planetary
contact with that degree is important for
world events as well as a personal chart.
This is especially true when one or even
two malefic planets hits a total eclipse
point. On that day, it is almost guaranteed
that something will happen that gets the
world’s notice. Malefic planets include
Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto,
Nodes, and a Morning Star Venus. Events
that occurred during the above circum-
stance include the attacks of September
11, 2001, the Indonesian Tsunami, and the
Virginia Tech murders.
A series of dramatic events and secrets
getting revealed around an eclipse
occurred this past spring, around the time
of the three eclipses, which occurred on
April 25, May 9, and May 25, 2013. (April
25th is the date of the eclipse in the
Eastern time zone. In other parts of the
world it took place on April 24.)
In terms of secrets getting revealed,
perhaps the most literal event was Edward
Snowden’s leaking of government,
confidential documents, which became
major news around May 20, 2013, when
Snowden left the United States for Hong
Kong. This situation is still ongoing, and
as we go to press, Snowden was finally
admitted into Russia after camping out at
the Moscow airport for the last month.
Another case in point was the Boston
Marathon bombing, which occurred on
April 15, 2013, a week prior to the first
eclipse. The Nodes were situated at 16°
Taurus-Scorpio 56’ (South in Scorpio,
North in Taurus), on the same degree as
they would be on April 25, the date of the
first eclipse. In fact, because it was so close
to an eclipse the Nodes were moving very
slowly, which meant that the Nodes were
within a one degree orb of that degree for
April, May, and June. (See p. 19 for the
charts of the five 2013 eclipses.)
What really set off the violence of the day,
however, was the fact that the Sun and
Mars conjunction (already a violent
signature) conjoined the eclipse point of
October 18, 2013 at 25° Aries 45’. Even
though that eclipse occurs six months
• North Node. July 11, 2012. Lunar
Appulse Eclipse. May 25, 2013. 12:10
AM EDT. Tropical. 04° Sagittarius 07'.
Sidereal 10° Scorpio 10’. Anuradha
Nakshatra.
• Lunar Appulse Eclipse. October 18,
2013. 7:50 PM EDT. Tropical. 25° Aries 45’.
Sidereal. 1° Aries 48’. Asvini Nakshatra.
South Node. June 27, 2014.
• North Node. August 12, 2013. Solar
Hybrid Eclipse. November 3, 2013. 8:46
am EST. Tropical. 11° Scorpio 15'. Sidereal.
17° Libra 18'. Svati Nakshatra.
RONNIE GALE DREYER received her MA
in South Asian Languages and Cultures
from Columbia University and is NCGR-
PAA certified. She is a consultant, lect-
urer, and teacher practicing in New York
City. A pioneer in introducing Indian
astrology to Western audiences, Ronnie
has written articles, reviews, and books
including “Vedic Astrology,” “Venus,”
and “Healing Signs,” which have been
translated into several languages. Ronnie
is an ACVA faculty member, NCGR mem-
berletter editor, former AFAN Presiding
Officer, and the recipient of the 2002 Mar-
ion D. March Regulus Award for Commun-
ity Service. She can be reached at www.
ronniedreyer.com, ronnie@ ronniedreyer.
com. Ronnie will be speaking about
eclipses at NCGR2013 in Philadelphia.
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NCGR News
Around the Board
Media and Communications News.
The NCGR Forum is Here. After a
summer of waiting the NCGR forum is
finally open. The NCGR Forum offers
current NCGR members an open space to
share astrological ideas, research, hypoth-
eses, questions, and other astrological
related topics. The forum is also used as a
community space that allows for the
NCGR members to network and meet.
How to Register on the
New NCGR Forum
Step 1: Go to the forum website: http://
z13.invisionfree.com/NCGR_Forum/
index.php?act=idx
Step 2: Click on REGISTER
Step 3: Choose a USERNAME (Your first
and last name), PASSWORD, and a VALID
E-MAIL. (NOTE: Using your full first and
last name is the only way to be accepted
into the Forum.)
Step 4: Agree to the Terms of Service and
Click Submit my Registration
Step 5: Wait for the confirmation page
Step 6: That’s it! The NCGR Forum
Admin will then make sure you’re a
current NCGR member and you’ll receive
an email-confirmation once you’ve been
approved for the Forum.
Kyle Ukes
Media and Communications Director
Education News. Why Fly? We could
quite easily stay on the ground. Why
certify? We could continue going to astro-
logy conferences, taking classes, reading
books, surfing the Internet, chatting with
friends about astrology. Certifying
through NCGR-PAA is much like getting
pilot’s wings. The process of certifying
gives us perspective on the field of astro-
logy—we’ll see what we know and what
we don’t yet know. We gain confidence to
handle the material we’ll see on the test
and use with clients. We get a measure of
respect—the certification levels give the
measure and our progress brings the
respect. We find community, especially
with colleagues who are going through
the certification process with us. And we
have the sense of accomplishment that
goes with hard-won achievement. please turn to p. 21
Welcome to New Members
Welcome to all new members who joined or rejoined NCGR between
May 22-July 11, 2013.
Las Vegas “Stagazers” Chapter. Warren Black; Astro Mexico. Beatriz Jara. Members-
at-Large. Jennifer Cottingham, Hemant Jai, Christine Light; Turkey. Isin Nayman,
Hulya Ozcengiz; Baltimore. Stephen Jarvis, Dan Pfisterer; Milwaukee. Diane Halloran;
New York City. Traci Mann, Daiki Okamoto; Northern New Jersey. Debra A. DiStefano;
Ohio Valley Chapter. Mary Keswani, Hana Servant; Philadelphia. Jackie Goodman,
Gloria Stansky-Phillips; Sacramento. Hope Slifert.
Online Level II Exam Prep Course. Start-
ing the first week of September, Meira
Epstein will be teaching an online Level II
exam prep course through NCGR. We are
pleased to be offering this course, and we
look forward to seeing more NCGR
members take their flying lessons.
Meira is a great teacher. Take the course
and she will help you develop perspective
and enjoy it, use astrology with confi-
dence, feel respected, grow your roots and
spread your branches in the astrology
community, and revel in accomplishment.
Go now to geocosmic.org and click on
Online Education Classes!!
Mark Wolz
Education Director
Publications News. The summer issue
of the Geocosmic Journal, guest
edited by Ronnie Gale Dreyer and John
Marchesella, and produced by Loretta
Lopez, has been mailed out, so many of
you will receive the issue before the NCGR
conference. It will also be available online
for members only (especially international
ones) who may not receive their copy
before the conference. In addition to new
articles by Gene Shaw and Alex Walker,
and an expanded version of Donna Van
Toen’s Asteroids article that appeared in a
past memberletter, the issue will be a
compendium of past memberletter articles
that many of you may have missed,
forgotten about, or did not read because
you were not a member. The following
table of contents reflects the range of
articles and are listed in the order they
appear. Many of these authors will be
featured speakers at NCGR2013.
• Gene Shaw. The Astrology of TV’s Dark
Shadows
• Alex Walker. Astrology and The Book
of Revelation: The Four Astrological
Archetypes of The Apocalypse
• Neil Grossman. Lennon Meets
McCartney: A Splendid Time is Guaran-
teed for All
• John Marchesella. Stonewall: The
Birth Of The Gay Community. An Astro-
logical Interpretation, and Stonewall
Revisited: The Gay Community in Mid-
Life
• Claudia Bader. Astrology’s Symbolic
Life.
• Jackie Slevin. Finding Success in the
Horoscope
• Anne Ortelee. DNA’s Golden Anniver-
sary: The Controversy behind the
Discovery
• Bruce Scofield. Right or Left?
• Donna Van Toen. Making the Most of
the Asteroids
• Liz Houle. The Quiet Beatle: George
Harrison’s Vedic Chart
• Arlene Marcia Nimark. Planetary
Cycles and Uranian Aspects
• Pat Geisler. Election Charts: Choos-
ing the Best Date and Time
• Leigh Westin. Declination:
Astrology’s Hidden Hingepin
• Ronnie Gale Dreyer. Transiting Venus
and Mars Retrograde.
Ronnie Gale Dreyer
Guest Editor
page 21
NCGR NEWS cont’d from p. 20
please turn to p. 22
NCGR has a YouTube Channel where
you can see interviews that Lynn
Koiner and Linda Furiate, members of
NCGR’s International Liaison committee,
conducted interviews with our interna-
tional members at UAC in New
Orleans. Go to youtube.com/
thegeocosmic where you can see and hear
the following astrologers speak about
how they practice astrology and what it
means to them to be astrologers:
• Karine Dilanyan (Russia)
• Meira Epstein (United States) and
Joe Matarasso (Israel)
• Mónica Escalante-Ochoa (Mexico)
• Baris Ilhan (Turkey)
• Miloslawa Krogulska (Poland)
• Ema Kurent (Slovenia)
• Winai Ouypornprasert (Thailand)
• Izabela Podlaska (Poland)
Around the Chapters-SIGS
Network of Triangle Astrologers
(Raleigh-Durham Chapter). The NTA
Educational Book Club. Please contact
Dorothy Taylor, NTA NCGR Educational
Coordinator at [email protected] to
enroll in the EBC, as online spaces are
limited. Current Chapter Membership
ensures EBC Priority Seating. Space
permitting, Non NTA-NCGR members are
welcome to attend one EBC session as a
guest. Current membership is required for
ongoing participation. EBC updates will
be forthcoming.
New York City Chapter. NCGR-NYC
gives great thanks to our speakers,
Michael Lutin, Demetra George, Chris
Brennan and Meira Epstein for their
brilliant presentations at our annual spring
conference, "The Four Faces of Love."
These wonderful lectures are available on
our local website, www.astrologynyc.org.
And of course, as always, great gratitude
to our associates, the generous NCGR
members who always help us pull it off!
Much appreciation from the NCGR-NYC
Board.
John Marchesella
NYC Education Director
Annapolis Chapter. The Greatest Ast-
rological Picnic in the Known
Universe. On Sunday, August 4, at 1:55
PM, the Annapolis NCGR will host an
annual picnic in downtown Silver Spring,
Maryland. The date and time are always
selected astrologically. In over 30 years of
hosting these picnics, it has never been
canceled due to the weather. In August
2012, there were clouds over the entire
eastern seaboard (Rose, our Celtic
Weather Wizard, warned that this was
hurricane season). There was no hope for
some patch of blue sky. Regardless of the
posted time for the picnic, people started
arriving around 12 pm to sign up for read-
ings. Yes, there were two short periods of
drizzle but attendees simply pulled out
umbrellas from under their chairs and
continued with their conversations. No
one left because of the weather and the
last of the attendees left around 9pm.
The next day the rain poured! In the past,
astrologers and friends have come from
many States along the east coast, even
from Vienna, Austria. This picnic is known
for its excellent readers who come from
Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
southern Maryland—and one year
Priscilla Costello came from Canada. In
2012, astrologers from the Ukraine visited
and brought me a bottle of “Stalin’s
favorite wine” from the Republic of
Georgia. Yes, he may have been a brut
and a tyrant but he had good taste in
wine! My father and international film star
(www.cornerplotmovie.com) of a
documentary based upon his gardening
skills and our urban farm is available in the
afternoon to answer any gardening
questions. Many people buy produce
straight from the garden.
For more information please contact Lynn
Lynn Koiner
President
Many chapters have websites and
facebook pages. If you wish to find out
about a chapter in your area, or one you
are visiting, or if you would like to speak
at a chapter meeting, information about
chapters (including websites) can be
found on pp. 25-26.
Around the Community
Astrology and Academia. Sophia
Centre for the Study of Cosmology in
Culture at the University of Wales offers
the MA in Cultural Astronomy and
Astrology. 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 Univer-
sity, is a graduate program dedicated to the
study of the ancient world (including
astrology). For information about upcoming
lectures and events and to put your name
on the mailing list: www.nyu.edu/isaw.com.
Archai, The Journal of Archetypal
Cosmology is now accepting submissions
and subscriptions. Archai is an academic
journal that explores significant correlations
between cyclical alignments of the planets
and the archetypal patterns of human exper-
ience. Articles should be approximately
5,000-10,000 words and in Chicago style
format. For information archaijournal.org.
do you get e-newsand memberletter ?
To ensure that you continue to get your bimonthly memberletter, whichis online only, and E-news from NCGR,please be sure to send your email ad-dress to Liane Thomas Wade, Secre-tary, at execsec@ geocosmic.org, if shedoes not already have it. If you alreadyreceive your E-News from NCGR andmemberletter link, you do NOT need todo anything unless you want informa-tion sent to a different email address. Ifyou wish to continue to read hard copy,just print this issue out and staple it to-gether. If you do not have access to aprinter, please ask another NCGR mem-ber to print out a copy for you, or contactyour chapter president. If you have tech-
nical issues, email me [email protected] oremail [email protected] and some-
one on the Board will assist you.
Ronnie Dreyermemberletter Editor
page 22
Astrology and the Media. Astrology
News Service (ANS) has a collection of
articles on the history of astrology, studies
that validate astrological factors, and
contro-versies that keep popping up around
astrology. The mission of ANS is to educate
the public about astrology and demonstrate
the value of astrology to individuals and
society. Check it out at
AstrologyNewsService.com.
State of the Art (SOTA) Conference.
This year’s SOTA conference will take
place October 24-27, 2013 at Sheraton at
the Falls, Niagara Falls, NY. Pre-confer-
ence presenters are Maurice Fernandez
and Pam Gallagher. Speakers: JJ
Acolyte, Robin Armstrong, Dr. Patricia
Bell, Dean Bensics, Rev. Ellen Bourn,
Cassandra Butler, Judy Conkel, Paula
Dare, Joan Ann Evelyn, Maurice Fern-
andez, Adam Gainsburg, Pam Gallagher,
Jacqueline Janes, Jillian Kerry, Brad
Kochunas, Rose Marcus, Kenneth Miller,
Franco Minatel, Jeanne Parisi, Chantale
Patenaude, Joe Polise, Alison Price, Sam-
uel Reynolds, Bev Rostant MLT, Debra
Rozek, Samantha Samuels, Nadiya Shah,
Julie Simmons, Kelly Surtees, Kay
Taylor, Donna Van Toen, and Leigh Westin.
For a complete roster of speakers, and
information on registration go to
www.donnavantoen.com.
We extend condolences to family and
friends of Daniel Heydon, who
recently passed away. A New York
astrologer who moved to Texas many
years ago, Dan will have a longer tribute
in the next issue of memberletter. We also
extend condolences to several NCGR
members who recently lost a parent:
Shelley Ackerman, Stephanie Azaria,
Lynn Bootes, and Maureen Godwin on the
passing of their fathers, and Joseph Crane
and Christopher Renstrom on the passing
of their mothers.
Send tidbits about NCGR members, media
reports, news about births, marriages,
promotions, passings, recognition, etc. to:
Around NCGR-PAA
NCGR-PAA Education News. Congra-
tulations to the following NCGR-PAA
test-takers and NCGR members (and their
NCGR NEWS cont’d from p. 21 Chapters) who have attained proficiency in
a Level of testing:
Level I. Philadelphia Chapter. Danette
Cathcart; Thailand Chapter. Charuporn
Lertsumitkul, Phichestpan Phoonachana-
tiphong, Su-unchana Pothipala, Sansnee
Senawong, Korsak Towantakavanit, Wim-
olwan Wongyala; San Francisco (Bay Area)
Chapter. James E. Cunningham.
Level II. New York City Chapter. Kristen
Schiffer; Thailand Chapter. Poonlarb
Kamthornworarin; Natthanan
Limpornchaicharoen; Surasak
Phutthapol; Piyawat Thuntrachin.
I want to thank John Marchesella, Meira
Epstein, and Linea Van Horn for proctor-
ing the above-mentioned tests. I also want
to thank Monica Escalante Ochea for
proctoring a Level III exam. To all these
proctors, I want to express my gratitude for
their helpful service to NCGR-PAA's
certification program.
Testing in Philadelphia. We will offer
testing for the proctored Levels I, II, and
III exams at the forthcoming NCGR
conference in Philadelphia on Monday,
August 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM and will be
proctored by Joseph Polise, a respected
teacher from the Chicago area. Please
contact me no later than August 10th
(preferably before that date) in order to
register for the exams. My email address is:
Graduation Ceremony. There will be a
graduation ceremony honoring our recent
NCGR-PAA certified astrologers at the
NCGR conference in Philadelphia. The
graduation will take place during the
opening ceremony of the conference, on
the evening of Thursday, August 15, 2013.
Please visit our web site:
astrologersalliance.org for a complete list-
ing of all NCGR-PAA Certified Astrologers,
forthcoming test venues, test fees, webinars,
and educational programs, as well as
information about our certification program.
Shirley Soffer, C.A., NCGR-PAA
NCGR-PAA Director of Education
Celestial EventsJuly-September 2013
July 8, 2013. Saturn stations direct. 5:12
AM. 4° Scorpio 49'
July 8, 2013. New Moon. 7:14 AM. 16°
Cancer 17'.
July 13, 2013. Mars enters Cancer. 1:22
PM
July 17, 2013. Uranus stations retro-
grade. 5:20 PM. 12° Aries 31'
July 20, 2013. Mercury stations direct.
6:23 PM. 13° Cancer 22'
July 22, 2013. Venus enters Virgo. 12:40
PM.
July 22, 2013. Sun enters Leo. 3:55 PM.
July 22, 2013. Full Moon. 6:15 PM. 0°
Aquarius 5'.
August 6, 2013. New Moon. 9:50 PM. 14°
Leo 34'
August 8, 2013. Mercury enters Leo.
12:12 PM.
August 16, 2013. Venus enters Libra.
3:36 PM
August 21, 2013. Full Moon. 1:45 AM.
28°Aquarius 11'
August 22, 2013. Sun enters Virgo. 11:01
PM.
August 23, 2013. Mercury enters Virgo.
10:37 PM.
August 28, 2013. Mars enters Leo. 2:05
AM.
September 5, 2013. New Moon. 11:35
AM. 13° Virgo 04'
September 9, 2013. Mercury enters
Libra. 7:08 AM.
September 11, 2013. Venus enters
Scorpio. 6:15 AM.
September 19, 2013. Full Moon. 11:13
AM. 26° Pisces 40'
September 20, 2013. Pluto stations
direct. 3:29 PM. 08° Capricorn 59.
September 22, 2013. Sun enters Libra.
September 22, 2013. Mercury enters
Scorpio. 8:44 PM.
September 29, 2013. Mercury enters Sco
rpio. 11:38 AM.
Listings are calculated according to the
tropical zodiac and GMT. For sidereal
positions with Lahiri ayanamsa, subtract
24°04’ from tropical positions, and with
Fagan-Bradley ayanamsa subtract 24°57’.
page 23
Book Reviews by Donna Van Toen
please turn to p. 24
Using Astrology to Create a Vocational
Profile: Finding the Right Career Direc-
tion, by Faye Cossar, Flare Publications,
www.flareuk.com, 2012. Paper. 257 pp.
$24.99 US. £14.99 Br.
People often consult astrologers when
they hit a career crisis or a career
crossroads. And astrology can definitely
offer them insight into their vocational
potentials and prospects. However, the
literature on vocational astrology is scant
at best, and additionally some of it is
pretty dated. So a book offering fresh
insights is definitely welcome, especially
when the insights are practical and based
on 25 years of experience.
The book is divided into several main
sections, starting with the introduction
and moving on to sections entitled Who
Am I? What Can I Do? What Do I Want?
and Now What? Each section covers
important chart factors, including Chiron
and Ceres. The author takes a whole-chart
approach to vocational astrology, so
don’t look for a lot of emphasis on houses
two, six, and ten; in fact the 6th house is
scarcely mentioned.
And don’t look for a cookbook approach
either, because while there is some
cookbook material, mostly this is a how-to
manual of another stripe.
And be forewarned, this is one of those
books where you need to read the
introduction. Cossar uses a biography to
begin her vocational profile, and you will
see how she does this in the introduction.
In the Who Am I? section, she discusses
how to find vocation and motivation
using the Sun, the role of the Sun, Asc.,
and MC, in expressing an authentic image,
and how to recognize style and drive
using Mars and the elements. I was
frankly more than a little skeptical of
putting emphasis on the Sun in vocational
astrology, because in the first place,
studies correlating vocation with
Traditional Medical Astrology, by J. Lee
Lehman, Ph.D., Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.,
[email protected], 2011. Paper. 332
pp. $34.99.
Medical astrology, in my opinion, is a
specialty and as is the case with
other specialties like financial astrology, it
is probably best practiced by those with
an appropriate academic background and
training.
That said, there are times when knowledge
of medical astrology certainly doesn’t
hurt. Clients often ask for dates to start
diets, stop drinking, or have cosmetic
surgery. Sometimes they will ask for dates
for necessary corrective surgery.
Occasionally they will ask you to
comment on the prognosis of a disease.
And once in a while there are questions
about getting the dog neutered or similar
things.
Mostly, you don’t need a medical degree
to deal with these questions, but you are
certainly going to need information you
probably won’t find in your garden-
variety class or textbook. That’s where
this book comes in. You will find natal,
horary, and electional techniques here, all
geared to medical considerations and all
based on traditional astrology.
One thing I like about Lee Lehman’s
books is the fact that she usually starts
out with an overview that puts things in a
clear perspective. This book is no
exception. It begins with a history of both
medicine and astro-medicine from pre-
history to modern times, in Egypt, Greece,
Rome, China, and Europe. There is an
excellent survey of relevant literature here.
There are also extensive endnotes.
Subsequent chapters cover Hippocratic-
Galenic medicine, the humors, the
temperament, and several different ways
to calculate it, and the system of virtue, as
Sun sign have not come up with much
validation, and secondly because I see the
Sun as what you are in the process of
becoming rather than what you are.
Cossar’s approach, while covering the
usual positive and negative Sun sign
traits, also focuses on questions you
might ask the client in relation to the Sun
sign. She also has a thorough section on
the Sun through the houses, giving brief
vocationally-based interpretations as well
as examples—not only of famous people
but of clients and other people that she
knows. This information, once I played
with it, was an eye-opener and I will
definitely refer to it in future.
The chapter on style and drive has some
good information about Mars aspects as
well as a bit of information on synthesis.
The elements are mentioned more briefly
and in relation to Myers-Briggs, among
other things. There are also some exercises
you can do with your clients. In fact, most
chapters offer exercises, as well as books
should you want further information. Other
chapters cover aspects to the MC, the
generational planets, the Huber Age Point,
and more.
The book has no index. I would have liked
one. There is a good bibliography and an
extensive data listing. One case study—a
client called Jackie—is used throughout
the book to tie the material together. The
author uses tropical Koch.
Because the author uses a multi-session
approach in her vocational work, this
system may not be a good fit for you. And
if you want to know what vocations are
“good” for Moon square Pluto or what-
ever, you won’t find your answer here.
Nevertheless, for experienced vocational
astrologers, there’s some good information
to be had in this book.
page 24
BOOK REVIEWS cont’d from p. 23
well as traditional disease markers in the
natal chart and more.
There is a very interesting chapter on
determining longevity, showing the
numerous variations in calculating it as
well as the variations on determining the
Hyleg, which to me at least left me feeling
that determining longevity was at best a
hit-and-miss affair that I would prefer to
leave alone. There are good chapters on
medical horaries and electional astrology
for surgeries and the like as well.
And last but not least there are lots and
lots of charts—both case studies from
private files, and case studies of public
figures like Hank Williams, Sr., Scott
Hamilton, Mary Martin, and more. All
charts are Tropical Regiomontanus and
Rodden-rated.
The book winds up with some thoughts
on how modern medicine might change,
how astrology could be correlated to and
used with various systems of
complementary medicine, and how future
research could improve and enhance
medical astrology.
An excellent glossary, several appendices,
and a thorough index rounds out the
book.
This is not a cookbook and definitely not
a beginners’ book. It is clear and readable
but best-suited to intermediate or ad-
vanced astrologers with a bit of basic
knowledge of traditional astrology.
Knowledge of horary wouldn’t hurt either.
If this sounds like you, and you have an
interest in medical astrology, this is
definitely a book to consider adding to
your library.systems of complementary
medicine, and have time. Maybe you will.
When Worlds Collide, by Kathy Allan, Pol-
lux Press, Fort Pierce, Florida 34981,
2012. Paper. 369 pp. Price not marked.
The premise of this intriguing book is
that when it scomes to the Moon’s
Nodes, we’ve got it wrong and it’s Dane
Rudhyar’s fault. Why? Because in The
Astrology of Personality he reversed the
meanings of the North and South Nodes,
saying that the North Node was destiny at
work and the South Node human will. He
later corrected himself in Person Centered
Astrology saying that the North Node
refers to whatever builds the personality
and the South Node is Destiny. And she
feels the original and inaccurate interpreta-
tion is the prevalent one in existing
literature.
Allan therefore begins this work with a
somewhat hit-and-miss study of existing
literature. While she quotes Judith Hill,
Celeste Teal, Martin Schulman, Zipporah
Dobyns, and others, off the top of my
head I can think of at least eight books not
mentioned in her survey, notes, and
references—there is no bibliography—
including those authored by Jan Spiller,
Agneta Borstein, Bernice Grebner,
Elizabeth Spring, and my own book, plus
several more that offer cookbook delinea-
tions of the Nodes while not focusing on
them exclusively.
Since Allan doesn’t agree that the Nodes
give information about reincarnation (she
believes the whole chart is fated), there is
no mention of evolutionary astrology, but
given this statement, it is odd that she
would include Schulman in her survey. It’s
also somewhat odd that she opens with a
quote from Dane Rudhyar. If you’re
puzzled already, well so was I. Never mind;
let’s move on.
Chapter Two presents a very thorough
look at the astronomy of the Nodes. She
very rightly says that an angle has no
inherent ability to act. Rather, she sug-
gests that the rulers of the Nodes channel
the energy of the Nodes. Additionally, a
planet conjunct either Node will be
energized by that Node, which in turn
impacts the house where the Node is
posited.
As for signs, she pays little or no atten-
tion to them, claiming that the North Node
relates to Aries and the South Node
relates to Libra. The North Node is related
to the ego (in the non-judgmental sense of
the term) and is helpful in the outer world.
The South Node is related to the
otherworld or spiritual realm and is an
intuitive sort of energy, whereas the North
Node might be considered more the realm
of concrete experiential knowledge.
The ruler of the North Node, according to
her is often emphasized or “strong” in the
chart. Meanwhile, there is “always” some
weakness or loss connected with the
South Node ruler and planets aspecting
the South Node ruler are negatively
affected by its energy at least in terms of
material world expression. She goes on to
look at planets at the bendings, other
aspects to the nodes, and aspects by
declination.
Conclusion? Her keywords for the Nodes
are not terribly different than any found in
most other books. However, the way she
works with the Nodes is distinctly
different.
The remainder of the book consists of
extremely well-done, well-documented
case studies of both people and events.
Charts are all tropical Placidus; data is all
good. And her forecasting system works
extremely well. Will it work as well for
you? The jury’s out on that one. I would
have liked to play with her system using a
large number of charts from my own files. I
simply didn’t have time. Maybe you will.
DONNA VAN TOEN is an astrological
consultant, teacher, and author of “The
Mars Book” and “The Astrologer’s Node
Book.” She coordinates the annual State of
the Art (SOTA) Conference, and speaks for
groups and conferences throughout the
world. Donna has served on AFAN’s Steer-
ing Committee in a variety of capacities,
most recently as its Presiding Officer. She
serves on NCGR’s Advisory Board, and was
co-coordinator of UAC 2008. Donna can
be reached for consultations at 905-525-
0646, [email protected],
www.donnavantoen.com.
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ILLINOIS. Northern Illinois Chapter. Judy Johnson,President, 7807 Eleanor Place, Willowbrook, IL60527, judyjohnson7807 @yahoo.com, 630-303-3187, Janet Berres, VP, [email protected], www.chicagoland astrology.com.Mtgs March-December, 2nd Tuesday 7:30 PM atthe Dance Building, 1330 Webford Avenue, DesPlaines, IL 60010. Doors open 7:00 PM. $8 mem-bers and $10 non-members. See website fordetails as they are posted. AYA members canattend at NCGR member rates. 7/9. MarleneTomasello. Using the Natal & Solar charts for
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Southwest Suburban Chicago Chapter. PatHanus-Dussman, President, 6501 Patricia Avenue,Tinley Park, IL 60477, 708-444-8323,[email protected], Julie Camery, 219-880-6603. Mtgs. 1st Friday. 7-9 PM. Palos Heights Rec-reation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. Palos Heights.Members $5.00; Non-Members:$10.00. (Note: Al-ways bring your natal chart to lectures if you haveone.) 9/6. John Brunell: The 100th Anniversary
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MARYLAND. Annapolis Chapter. Lynn Koiner, President,301-589-2074, [email protected]. Forspeaker scheduling, contact Linda Furiate,[email protected] Mtgs. 2nd Sat. 10:30 AM-12:30 PM. The Country Inn and Suites, Annapolis.5$ Members/$10 Non-Members. Workshops $40Members/$50 Non-Members. The group meets atthe Italian Market, 26 Defense Highway, Annapolisfor lunch and a round table discussion. Sun. 8/4.Silver Spring. The Greatest Astrological Picnic
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Baltimore Astrological Society. Teri Taylor,President, 410-794-9126, terilee2306@ gmail.com,Kari Noren-Horshal, VP, karinorenhoshal@ aol.
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MICHIGAN. Ann Arbor Chapter. SoutheastMichigan Astrologers' Round Table.(SMART). Pam Wenzel, President. 734-788-0186;[email protected], Rodney Smith, VP,734-879-0035, [email protected]. gs.Sundays. Classic Cup Café. 4389 Jackson Road,Ann Arbor, MI 481032-4:30 pm, $15 members/
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MINNESOTA. STARS Chapter. Heather Roan Robbins, Presi-dent. [email protected], 612-615-2604,www.mnstars. com. Mtgs. Usually 4th Sunday.2:30-5:30 pm. Lund’s Community Room, 1450 W.Lake St; or Twin Cities Friends Meeting House,1725 and Ave., St. Paul. $5 members, $8 non-members.
NEVADA. Las Vegas Stargazers Chapter. Gayle Kirk,President, lasvegasstargazers@ yahoo.com,702.558.6594, Mark Wargin, 702 812-4866,www.ncgrlasvegas.org, www. facebook.com/NcgrLasVegasStar-gazers. We meet on the lastTuesday of the month except August and Decem-ber, 6:30-8:30 pm, East Las Vegas Community Cen-ter, Conference Room 1, 250 North Eastern Av-enue, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Please check outour website and Facebook page for the most upto date information about our meetings and work-shops. If you're interested in speaking or justgoing to be in Las Vegas and would like to at-tend one of our meetings, we'd love to hearfrom you.
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NEW YORK. Long Island Chapter. Bonnie Simms, President,302 Sycamore Ave, Merrick, NY 11566,[email protected], Angelita De Christopher, Sec-retary, [email protected], www.lincgr. com.Mtgs. 2nd Friday. 7:30-9:30 PM, 302 SycamoreAve, Merrick, NY; Members $10, Non-members$15. 7/12. Eric Meyers. Astrology and Spiri-
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INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS
JAPAN. Tokyo Chapter. Terumi Kondo, President. JANetInc./JANet School of Astrology, 2-2-6-1101, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-Ward, Tokyo, 107-0062: [email protected], tel. 81-90-7823-6159. Fax:03-3406-8608; www.astrology. jp; discussiongroup:http://groups.yahoo.co.jp/group/ncgr_tokyo.blog: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ncgrtokyo. 1st Saturday.Monthly Astrology Cluster, 2:00-4:00 PM at Café
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THAILAND. Thailand Chapter. WinaiOuypornprasert, President, UACT (Uranian Astrolo-gers Club, Thailand) 28/27 Soi Nakhaniwas 48 Yak18 Nakhaniwas Road, Ladphrao, Bangkok 10230Thailand,Tel./Fax. +662-935-4252; [email protected]; rasamichanpbhen.com. Bi-monthly members meeting, 2:00-4:00 P.M. at UACT.
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Modern Approach.
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Boston 2010, , , , , and Geocosmic Alchemy, Balti-more 2007) are now available as downloadableMP3 recordings in our website store. You canorder online at www.geocosmic.org/lectureswhere you will find complete catalogue. If youwish to order a CD, they are $12 each. Ship-ping and handling: add $5 for the 1st CD, $2 foreach additional CD. For delivery outside of US,S & H charges vary. Visa, Mastercard, and Ameri-can Express accepted. Allow 3 weeks for deliveryof CDs within the U.S. Make checks payable toNCGR Publications, and mail to Liane ThomasWade, 531 Main St. #1612, New York, NY10044, 212-838-NCGR, [email protected].
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.