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Maya Angelouby Edith Hathaway

MAYA ANGELOU GREW UP A descen-

dant of slaves, an African-

American woman fighting to

find her personal identity in a turbulent

social and political environment, seething

with the injustices of racism and segrega-

tion. Her personal situation in childhood

and later was often not secure or even

safe. Yet astrologically, the constellation

(Nakshatra or Moon Mansion-Ed.)

rising in her chart is Magha, meaning

“great” or “mighty one,” and symbolized

by the throne room. A constellation

entirely within Leo, Magha is near the

lion’s forehead and the royal star Regu-

lus. Thus, the innate tendency is to yearn

for greatness and to feel as if one has

inherited royal status, no matter what

humble circumstances one is born into.

In her life as in her poem Phenomenal

Woman, six foot tall Angelou learned to

break through all that….When the

Ascendant is within the first 3° 20’ of a

fire sign, it is considered in Gandanta,

but is not as problematic as the last 3° 20’

of a water sign. In fact, the first 3° 20’

(pada) of a fire sign assures the

Navamsha Ascendant will be Aries, thus

doubling the impact of the fire sign

Ascendant...This adds to the physical

vitality and personal initiative, although it

also depends on where the Navamsha

(To commemmorate the life of author, poet, and activist Maya Angelou, who

passed away on May 28, 2014, we are printing an excerpt from the chapter

about her, which appeared in Edith Hathaway’s 2012 book “In Search of

Destiny: Biography, History & Culture As Told Through Vedic Astrology.”

Hathaway’s astrological analysis utilizes Vedic astrology, which is based on

the sidereal zodiac, and utilizes techniques that may be new to practitioners of

Western astrology. For information about Vedic astrology alongside a diagram

of Maya Angelou’s chart, please turn to p. 2-Ed.)

Ascendant Lord is located. Her Navamsha

Mars is in the 8th house in Scorpio, its own

sign. This repeats the message of some

danger to her physical body during Mars

Dasha, ages 3 to10. (The Navamsha is

somewhat comparable to the 9th har-

monic chart. The Dashas are the planetary

periods into which one’s life is divided-Ed.)

The Sun as Ascendant lord is not well

placed in the 8th house for physical well-

being, but gives excellent intuitive powers

and the potential for powerful spiritual

transformation—or total self-destruction.

Fortunately the Sun is in the sign of its

great good friend Jupiter, contacting

Jupiter and opposite the Moon—Full

Moon chart, very close to exactly full

within a few hours or about three degrees.

The close Sun-Jupiter combination is in a

less difficult house in the Navamsha chart.

They recur together in Capricorn in the

Navamsha 10th house, improving the

health and vitality and giving her more

status. Sun in the 10th house enjoys

maximum visibility and influence, and the

person with both Leo Ascendant and Full

Moon has a double need to feel seen and

recognized.

However, Navamsha Jupiter is in its sign

of debilitation (Capricorn), and thus will

bring situations of disadvantage that she

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must keep rising above. She also has to be

practical many times when she would prefer

to follow her ideals. This theme will strongly

affect her career and status, especially during

her 16-year Jupiter Dasha, from November 18,

1956 through November 18, 1972.

In 1969 she published her first book: I Know

Why the Caged Bird Sings. It was the first of

her series of autobiographies, and was

nominated for the National Book award. In it

she recounted her early childhood, almost as

a salve to recover from her despair at the

death of Martin Luther King. Although she

had danced, sung, and acted in various

productions from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess

to Brecht’s Mother Courage and Genet’s The

Blacks, starting out in the early 1950s with a

Caribbean accent as “Miss Calypso,” she was

irresistibly drawn as a poet and a writer to the

autobiographical statement. The Leo Ascen-

dant person will make a special effort to seek

his or her own personal identity, and with Sun

in the 8th house of Moksha, one’s path of

self-discovery may well lead to a far greater

spiritual perspective.

Jupiter’s close contact to the Sun can give a

religious tone to the person, and does so in

this case. First husband Tosh Angelos (1949-

1952) was said to be an atheist—causing her

more than a basic ideological challenge, even

in her early 20s. Natal Sun and Jupiter are

both in Jupiter’s watery sign of Pisces and in

Mercury-ruled Revati nakshatra. The

person’s influence can be pervasive with the

influence of water, which spreads quickly, and

of Jupiter, the largest planet and best planet

for Leo Ascendant. Her interests and con-

cerns are universal, though they tend to

focus around race.

Revati nakshatra is associated with prosper-

ity, talent in the arts, and also love of travel.

Maya Angelou traveled widely for much of

her life, starting from childhood. Travel tends

to bring benefits, as the deity Pushan rules

over Revati. Pushan is the god of safe travel

and is also the nourisher. Angelou has

always loved to cook and entertain. In 2004

she published The Welcome Table: A Lifetime

of Memories with Recipes.

From Mute to Full Moon Voice

In her book, I Know Why the Caged Bird

Sings, Angelou wrote about the most

traumatic experience in her childhood. She

was seven years old in Fall 1935 when she

was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. He

What is Jyotishastra?

Jyotishastra (Sanskrit for “science

of the stars”), also known as Vedic,

Indian, or Hindu astrology, is based

on the sidereal zodiac. The difference

between the sidereal and tropical

zodiac lies in the ayanamsha (the

difference in degrees and minutes

between 0° Aries and the point at

which the equinox actually occurs).

To calculate sidereal placements

(which are precession-corrected),

subtract the appropriate ayanamsha

for the birth date in question from the

tropical positions. There are several

different ayanamshas used in India

but the one employed here is the

Lahiri ayanamsha, which at present is

approximately 24° 4’. On the day of

Maya Angelou’s birth, the ayanam-

sha was 22° 51’.

Vedic astrology employs a whole

sign house system, whereby each

house is comprised of an entire sign

beginning with the Ascendant. In

Maya Angelou’s natal chart, sidereal

Leo is the Ascendant, which means

the 1st house consists of the entire

sign of Leo (and any planets in that

sign), the 2nd house consists of Virgo,

the 3rd sign consists of Libra, etc.

To read the North Indian-style chart (see

right charts), follow the signs-houses

of the chart by starting with the Leo

Ascendant (top central box marked with

a “5” for the 5th sign) and proceeding

counterclockwise. The houses are

always in the same positions, but the

signs contained therein vary depending

on the rising sign. To read the South

Indian-style chart (see left charts), in

which the signs are always in the same

positions, proceed clockwise from

Aries, which is the 2nd sign-house from

the upper left box. The Ascendant is

marked by placing a diagonal through it.

Traditional rulerships are used in Indian

astrology so that Mars rules Scorpio,

Jupiter rules Pisces, and Saturn rules

Aquarius; Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

are not used in classical Indian astrol-

ogy. Rahu is the North Node, and Ketu

is the South Node. Aspects are different

than in Western astrology, and Yogas,

special planetary combinations, are an

important feature. In a sidereal chart,

exact timing of transits may differ

slightly from a tropical chart.- Ed.

Charts courtesy of Parashara’s Light Software and designed by Vinay Aditya.

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threatened her not to tell anyone, and

when she did tell her brother a few days

later, her uncles then kicked the man to

death. Maya’s guilt was severe over

having spoken and thus in her own mind

causing his murder. She went into a self-

imposed mute state for the next 5 ½ years,

later describing it as horror at the negative

power of her own speech.

Her Full Moon in the 2nd house of speech

makes all 2nd house matters more emo-

tional. As lord of the 12th house of loss,

Moon can bring a sense of loss initially,

leading later to Moksha, or spiritual

liberation—which is the more evolved

meaning of the 12th house.

She was in Moon Dasha the first three

years of her life. At the start of the 7-year

Mars Dasha, her parents split up, greatly

destabilizing the family. The rape occurred

during Mars-Mercury Dasha/Bhukti.

(Together Mars-Mercury can mean strong

speech, or violence through speech or

communications.) Both planets reside in

Aquarius in the 7th house of the birth

chart, though 22 ½° apart. Natal Mars is

very close to setting in the chart…giving

Mars a strong influence. And even

though a friend to the Ascendant lord

Sun, as it rules good houses (4 and 9), and

brings closeness to brothers, Mars can

still be dangerous as a violent and

aggressive force. This is especially true

during its own Dasha, as this Mars is

strong in its own nakshatra Dhanishta

and in its own sign of Scorpio in the

Navamsha 8th house.

Transits of classic malefic planets such as

Mars and Saturn to her Ascendant and-or

Ascendant lord Sun will identify critical

time periods within potentially trouble-

some Dashas, when extra precautions can

be taken in advance. We should be able to

see a confluence of such factors showing

physical danger, confirming the impact of

the Mars Dasha and its timing. It occurred

October 19, 1935 for the next seven weeks.

Crucial to the timing of her mute period

was the passage of transiting Saturn in

Aquarius (December 7, 1934 to February

25, 1937); in Pisces (Febrruary. 26, 1937 to

April 28, 1939); and in Aries (April 28, 1939

to June 18, 1941).

Successively, these refer to transiting

Saturn in her 7th house, aspecting her

Ascendant and

three planets in

Aquarius: Mars,

Mercury, and

Venus. (Mercury

is a karaka for

voice, aspected

by Dasha lord

Mars, as is Moon

in the 2nd house

of speech.)

Transiting Saturn

in Pisces is

doubly difficult as

it is not only

opposite the

Moon and

afflicting the Full

Moon axis, but in

the 8th house

from the Ascen-

dant. (Ashtama

Shani is the most

difficult transit of

Saturn, being 8th

house from natal

Ascendant or

natal Moon.) Next

is transiting

Saturn in Aries in

the 8th house

from natal Moon

in Virgo. Thus we have three successive

Saturn transits, the latter two in particu-

lar—that are extremely challenging in an

already demanding Dasha, and to a very

emotional Moon.

She remained mute by choice for the re-

mainder of the 7-year Mars Dasha. Mars

has the capacity to heat or cut. From the

natal 7th house in Aquarius, natal Mars

aspects the 2nd house of speech. (Mars

aspects houses 4, 7 and 8 from itself and

impacts planets in the same house.) Mars

contacts Mercury, planet of speech, and

aspects Moon, planet of emotions placed

in the 2nd house of speech and kutumba

(family happiness). Thus, though her

muteness was self-imposed, during its

own Dasha Mars cut off her speech. This

Mars has raw power and had a visceral

effect on her speech, although at least she

did not stop eating—another 2nd house

activity. Mars can give incisiveness to

the speech, galvanizing it, as it did in later

years after this initial childhood trauma.

Fortunately, Jupiter provides some

measure of physical protection, as natal

Jupiter is closely conjunct natal Sun and

in Mercury’s nakshatra. Both of these

are benefic planets to the chart, and

Jupiter is best friend to the Sun. As Nadi

yogakaraka, Jupiter is the best planet for

Leo Ascendant chart. Jupiter gains by

being in its own sign, but is weakened and

also exaggerated by being severely

combust the Sun, within 1° 19.’ (This may

have contributed to her concern for the

fate of her rapist, at her own expense.)

Thus, the two luminaries Sun and Moon

are aspected by the best planet for the

chart. Jupiter is also the 8th lord in its

own house. The most difficult houses are

6, 8, and 12, and the 8th lord brings

Moksha concerns directly to that indi-

vidual, insuring that they will learn about

the spirit through loss and suffering.

Suffering is a special domain of the 8th

house, and can come from Jupiter (as 8th

lord) aspecting Sun and Moon. The

safety net comes with the Viparita Sarala

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Raja yoga, since 8th lord Jupiter resides in

its own house, and so protects the affairs of

its own house. Whatever physically menac-

ing situations she encounters, especially

during Mars Dasha, her spiritual awareness

is likely to be raised up to new levels.

We have established the benefits of the

Full Moon in this chart. Even so, there is

always some inherent danger or voltage

attached to the quality or content of her

speech, as Ascendant lord Sun is contact-

ing both the 8th and the 12th lords, Jupiter

and Moon, respectively. But the greatest

difficulties came during Mars Dasha (Nov-

ember 1931-November 1938). She started

speaking again when she was almost 13,

several years into Rahu Dasha. It was

Rahu-Rahu period (November 19, 1938-

August 1, 1941). As it is a worldly planet,

Rahu tends to bring one out into the world.

In Angelou’s case, natal Rahu is also in

the most visible house, the 10th house, in

Taurus, the sign of artistic and sociable

Venus, and in the nakshatra of Rohini,

owned by the Moon, which in turn is

located in the 2nd house of speech. As

the Jiva (life force) for Rahu and the

Moon itself, Moon is drawing our

attention back to 2nd house matters, such

as speech. The floodgates of her own

verbal expression were about to open.

Rahu Dasha brought her first flowering as

an artist and as a woman. She had a child

in 1944, married in 1949—the first of three

brief marriages, and started performing in

nightclubs in the early 1950s.

Prodigious Vitality and Versatility

Jupiter is responsible for many noble

attributes in this chart. As the planet of

abundance, it also gives a large appetite

for life when it aspects the Ascendant lord,

and in this case both luminaries: Sun and

Moon, which are both planetary friends of

Jupiter. In addition, when many key planets

are in dual (mutable-Ed.) signs in both birth

chart and Navamsha chart, this yields

tremendous range, as planets in dual signs

give the greatest versatility.

Mercury and Jupiter rule over the dual

signs: Gemini and Virgo (Mercury), Sagit-

tarius and Pisces (Jupiter). Mercury and

Jupiter also connect through a powerful

Nadi yoga (exchange of nakshatra lords)

in this chart. Sun, Moon, and Jupiter are in

dual signs in the birth chart, and five

planets are in dual signs in

the Navamsha, amplifying

the versatility and change-

ability: Moon, Mercury,

Venus, Rahu, and Ketu.

Navamsha Moon is not

easily placed in Gemini along

with Mercury-Venus-Rahu

opposite Ketu. Moon’s

influence is always fluctuat-

ing in any case, but even

more so in a dual sign with

contacts from five other

planets, including Mars.

Thus, versatility can come at

an emotional price. The

Venus-Rahu-Ketu combina-

tion has yielded a colorful if

somewhat unstable love life,

and an artistic style that is

also unique and exotic (Rahu

and Ketu influence.) So

much Gemini impact in the

Navamsha chart has given

her the ease of being

accessible. The 3rd house is

associated with music,

drama, and dance, but also

with courage. Personal courage is

another major theme of Maya

Angelou, not just to overcome obstacles,

but courage to become who you must be:

an enduring Leo theme.

We know matters of speech and communi-

cation will be pivotal in the life. Not only

is the Full Moon in the 2nd house of

speech, strong in its own nakshatra of

Hasta and in Mercury’s sign, but also

Mercury, planet of communications, is the

Jiva (or life force) for the Ascendant lord

Sun. This is because the Sun—as well as

Jupiter, Saturn and Ketu—resides in

Mercury’s nakshatra Revati. Thus, Mer-

cury plays a key role in the life, including

financially, as 2nd and 11th lords.

The close connection of Mercury and

Jupiter to each other and to the Ascendant

lord Sun tends to promote an outpouring

of speech and language. With Mercury in

air signs in both the birth chart and

Navamsha chart, the intelligence is

quickened, giving her an eagerness to

learn. This applies also to learning other

languages, as she speaks six languages.

Even with a formal education that ended

with high school, she has received over 50

honorary degrees, and was offered several

professorships. Not knowing what the

limits of her learning were supposed to be,

her appetite for learning knew no bounds.

This is the Jupiterian emphasis, as Jupiter

expands whatever it touches. Jupiter also

aspects the 4th house of higher academic

degrees in both the birth and Navamsha

charts, overriding other contra-indicators.

What especially captures our attention is

that after being mute for 5 ½ years in her

childhood, Maya Angelou went on to be

so stunningly prolific and in so many

artistic arenas. Being prolific with words

often comes when natal Jupiter, planet of

abundance, aspects natal Mercury, planet

of speech, or when they are interacting in

some important way—as in this case, with

the Nadi yoga between Mercury and

Jupiter.

We know the mute state could not have

happened during Jupiter or Mercury

Dashas, as their close association assures

a vibrant profusion of communications.

Several other factors helped to break her

silence: the onset of her Rahu Dasha, and

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the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction February

1941 in Aries in her 9th house (of bhagya,

good fortune, and of higher learning).

The condition of natal Mercury is of

course pivotal for a writer, actress, perfor-

mer, or commentator. In her case, the pro-

minence of her natal Mercury, Venus, and

Mars in an angular house in Aquarius—

the most idealistic of all the signs—gives

her fluidity of the mind and the intellect.

Natal Moon in Mercury’s sign of Virgo

benefits from Mercury’s mental agility and

cleverness. Also, Mercury has the chance

of becoming stronger over the years, due

to its importance in her lifetime Dasha

sequence. It was only 14 months into the

17-year Mercury Dasha that Maya

Angelou delivered her poem at President

Bill Clinton’s Inaugural January 20, 1993.

Though she was already known to many

in the United States, especially in the film/

entertainment and civil rights worlds, this

occasion put her solidly onto the world

stage, where she has been every since.

Her Mercury Dasha ran from November

24, 1991 to November 23, 2008.

Often referred to as “America’s Renais-

sance Woman,” she has done a lot both in

the fields of education and the arts. She is

a very international person (another

Jupiter trait)—not only through her

residence and friendships abroad—but

through her multi-lingual capacities and

her philosophical and ethical sensibilities.

She was a spokesperson for two major

Civil Rights leaders, both ministers

[Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King],

during her Jupiter Dasha (November 1956-

November 1972), and they were each

assassinated: in 1965 and 1968, respec-

tively. Since her Navamsha Jupiter is

debilitated in Capricorn, we know that if

and when she gains status, she gains it

through or in spite of initial

disadvantage(s).

Her most significant literary and spoken

output is bound to be from the onset of

Dashas involving Mercury: either Mer-

cury itself, or Mercury as nakshatra

lord—which gives even more subtle

power as Jiva than as sign lord. This

began with the 16-year Jupiter Dasha in

November 1956, and has continued

unabated with the subsequent Saturn

Dasha (1972-1991), Mercury Dasha (1991-

2008), and Ketu Dasha (2008-2015). Even

Venus Dasha (2015-2035) is rich with

Mercury’s influence.

The Preacher Within a

Combust JupiterMaya Angelou has always considered

herself “a very religious person,” aware of

what she calls “the constant, unwavering,

unrelenting presence of God.” In her birth

chart, Ascendant lord Sun is in Pisces,

closely bound with the religious concerns of

Jupiter. Sun and Jupiter are in the 8th house,

where things tend to be hidden or below the

surface. The planets are in a very tight

conjunction and Jupiter is combust.

When a planet is combust, we cannot see it

in the heavens with the naked eye, as it is

too close to the Sun. Therefore, as in life, we

are not always sure it is there. We tend to

emphasize and exaggerate it in various ways

to make ourselves believe it is really there.

In such a way the themes represented by

a combust planet can become almost as if

scorched, they are so hot! This condition

of Jupiter both enlivens all of Jupiter’s

characteristics and tends to burn them out

periodically. There is an enormous sense

of curiosity about the world and with

fewer limits on the explorations, it can be

exhausting. Jupiter close to her Ascen-

dant lord Sun also gives size as well as

largesse. Angelou is over six feet tall, with

a towering personality and a full rich

voice. Initially active as a dancer, singer

and actress, she later became a poet,

novelist and social commentator. Martin

Luther King, Jr. strongly influenced the

rhythm and content of her speech, as she

comments below:

The music of the “I Have a Dream”

speech is a replication of the music

which comes out of the mouths of the

African American preacher, singer,

blues singer, jazz singer, rap person. It

is so catching, so hypnotic, so wonder-

ful that, as a poet, I continue to try to

catch it, to catch the music. If I can catch

the music and have the content as well,

then I have the ear of the public. And I

know that is what Martin Luther King

was able to do, not just in the “I Have a

Dream” speech—although that has be-

come a kind of poem which is used

around the world—but in everything he

said there was the black Southern

Baptist or Methodist preacher, singing

his song, telling our story—not just

black American story either, but telling

the human story. And as a poet, if I can

replicate that, I am okay, Jack.

Maya Angelou

With both natal Jupiter (classic planet of

Dharma) and natal Saturn (classic planet

of Karma) in watery signs in the birth

chart, there is greater likelihood that

artistic expression would be her vehicle to

both teach and entertain. They are

inextricable in her case, and linked most

often with themes of social justice,

including civil rights. Water placements

are more emotional and tend to drive the

artistic process. Dr. King had natal Jupiter

and Saturn in fire signs with Jupiter on the

Ascendant, making religion or law

inevitable for him. But even with her

emphasis on civil rights, Maya Angelou is

quick to move to the larger and more

Jupiterian context. On race, she says the

following:

When we talk about racism, we have to

see that we are not just talking about

acts against blacks, we are talking

about vulgarities against any human

being because of her— his— race. This

is vulgar. That is what it is, whether it is

anti-Asian, whether it is the use of racial

prejudices about Jews, about Japanese,

about Native Americans, about blacks,

about Irish, it is stupid, because what it

is really is it is poison. It poisons the

spirit, the human spirit.

Maya Angelou

Interview from Museum of Living History,

High Point, NC

January 1997, revised October 2006.

EDITH HATHAWAY is an international con-

sultant in practice since 1980, author, tea-

cher, and lecturer of Vedic astrology, and

among the few contemporary astrologers

trained and certified in systems of both East

and West. A founding member of the Ameri-

can Council of Vedic Astrology, she has

served as faculty and board member of both

the American Council and American Col-

lege of Vedic Astrology for over 20 years.

See her website www.edithhathaway.com

for further information on her most recent

book, “In Search of Destiny,” as well as her

articles and lectures. She will lecture in Se-

attle at CVA’s 20th anniversary confer-

ence, June 19-23. See vedicconference.com.

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In true Aries fashion, the announcement went out before the link was set up onour website, assuming the link could be made with no problem. And instead weran into technical difficulties, family responsibilities, and astrological weatherthat was “interesting” in that Chinese kind of way.

Rest assured, we will certainly make good on our promise and those of you whojoin or renew online (only) between March 20 and June 22 will eventually receivethe link to this wonderful presentation by Jim. Don’t worry. We know who youare. In the meantime, if you have an emergency question about relocation, feelfree to email me directly.

And speaking of wonderful presentations, just a reminder of our new onlineeducation program in, not one, but two—count—‘em, two, languages! MeiraEpstein is launching the next round of Level I studies in English. So far, studentshave greatly benefited from Meira’s superb teaching skills. (No surprise to me.Meira has been on the faculty of NCGR-NYC with me for a long time!)

Mónica Escalante, another fine teacher with many certified astrologers in herstudent base, is beginning our online series in Spanish for our many, many astro-friends in Spanish-speaking countries. Soon, NCGR should really re-brand asiNCGR! Details of both of these series are in this issue of memberletter (see p. 10).

Finally, it is the mission of NCGR to provide astrological education and researchand to do so ethically. Technically, it is not our jurisdiction to provideprofessional astrological practice. That’s the task of our sister organization,NCGR-PAA. So, this next comment of mine may be unnecessary on the part ofNCGR. Nevertheless, I feel it would be irresponsible of me as Chair of one of themost important astrological organizations to ignore the irresponsible astrologicalcomments on the internet during the frenzy of the Grand Cardinal Cross.

I wish I had a penny for every client of mine who contacted me in April with fear,anxiety, and distress about the effects of this configuration on them and on theworld. Again and again, I had to say relax, chill out, and don’t worry aboutanything. Unless you were born that week, I don’t think it would mean anythingto get up about.

True, some astrologers did some very interesting research on the history of othersuch configurations and others did a nice job of commenting on the evolution ofconsciousness that we are experiencing in the years of the square of Uranus andPluto and not in just a single week.

However, most others were spreading nothing but fear-based, negative, hair-raising comments, which any worthwhile astrologer would also just see as beingridiculous, not to mention, unnecessary. Such Cassandra-like astrology either

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makes us a joke to the public, or itsends very vulnerable and innocentpeople looking for meaning down arabbit hole.

Was April an intense month? Ofcourse, it was! We experienced twoeclipses and one of them coincidedwith the station of Pluto. But there areeclipses every five-and-a-half monthsand they don’t bring the end of theworld every time they happen. Morethan that, they are purposeful.

Half-baked astrology, the ease of theinternet and a few too many lonelySaturday nights for astrologers are nota good combination.

Of course, we have free speech and Iencourage the use of it. I alsoencourage that we use free speechresponsibly and realize that are ourinternet conversations are going to beread, not just by other astrologers, butalso by the public, skeptics andinnocents alike. And if you’re going tomake predictions based on astrology,please let the public know the purposeof the predicted event, and not justspread some vague dread of the future.

Astrology is a gift to us. And it is bestto use gifts wisely, sensibly, andresponsibly.

John Marchesella NCGR Chair

Mental Agility

An active brain is key to maintain

ing an agile mind. Lucky for us that

NCGR encourages astrologers to be

come adept at calculating charts:

natal charts, secondary progres-

sions, solar arc directions, solar

returns, charts for anytime and

anywhere. Once you learn to set them

up, they’ll serve as great exercises

for your grey matter.Then when your

hair has gone grey you can sit for 20

minutes a day setting up a chart to

make sure your brain functioning

stays fresh. This is one more ben efit

you’ll get from certification.

Mark Wolz

DO YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTIVE

influence in the National NCGR

organization? Do you know

someone in your community who is an

effective worker? Now is the time to

nominate yourself or someone else for the

National NCGR board. Nominating some-

one or running for the Board yourself is a

great opportunity to influence NCGR’s

direction, and increase your exposure in

the astrology community. Even if you

don’t win the election, additional appoint-

ments to the board are often selected from

the names of nominees.

Two positions, Clerk and Director, are

open for election. Incumbents are Joyce

Levine, Clerk, and Judy Johnson, Director.

Each elected board member serves a three-

year term to start January 2015. Responsi-

bilities for each office as listed in the

NCGR bylaws on geocosmic.org are below

along with directions on how to nominate.

How to Nominate a CandidateCandidates are required to be NCGR mem-

bers. Potential candidates must obtain the

names of 10 NCGR members who support

their nomination. Chapter or SIG presi-

dents can nominate on behalf of their

group, in which case 10 names are not

required. If you are nominating a person

other than yourself, please make sure that

person is willing to run. Each candidate

will then be asked to submit a biography

and election statement, consisting of what

he or she would like to accomplish in that

position, totaling no more than 400 words.

This statement will appear on the ballot

and in the November-December

memberletter. The nomination materials

must be sent to me by October 1, 2014.

Duties of the Clerk a. Acting as the recording secretary at all

regular and elective Board meetings.

b. Keeping accurate records of the

minutes of such meetings during his or

her term of office.

c. Insuring that the corporate records are

passed to his or her successor.

d. Notifying all Board members of Board

meetings 90 days in advance of the

Nomination Season for the NationalNCGR Board is now Open

meeting, if a regular meeting, and 30 days

in advance if a special meeting.

e. Sending out the agenda for the meet-

ing 30 days in advance of the meeting.

f. Sending out the minutes of the last

Board meeting at least 90 days in

advance of the next Board meeting.

g. Sending out and receiving the

National Election Ballots.

h. Serving as the recording secretary of

the Nominating Committee.

i. Servicing all By-Law amendment

proposals.

j. Acting as the Parliamentarian, when

required.

k. Maintaining the most current set of

the Constitution and By-Laws.

l. Serving as Chair Pro Temp. Chair a

meeting if the Chair is absent, and serve

as Chair until the next annual national

board election, in the board election, in

the event of the premature retirement or

departure of the Chair.

General Duties of all DirectorsCandidates run for the Board and then

positions are filled based on the abilities

of the current Board. Duties are as

follows:

a. Active participation in at least two

annual National Board Meetings, as well

as essential business which may be

conducted between meetings via email or

conference call.

b. Demonstration of continuing interest

in and promotion of the purposes

of NCGR as given in Article II of the By-

Laws.

c. Willingness to assume responsibility

for a particular Board position.

d. Submission of anticipated budgetary

needs for self and for department (if a

department head) to the Treasurer by a

date which shall be announced prior to

Executive Committee’s preparation of

annual budget.

Please feel free to contact me with

questions and suggestions.

Linda Fei

Chair, Nominating Committee

LindaFei@aol.com, 651-698-1691

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 MARKED THE

canonization (glorifying a person to

sainthood in the Roman Catholic

Church) of two popular past Popes, John

XXIII and John Paul II. Pope Francis I, a

rather popular Pope himself, led the rituals

involved with affirming permanent

sainthood status recognized by the

church authority. Of no surprise in the

transits on the day of the canonizations

was Neptune in his dominion, Pisces,

stealing the planetary show.

Viewing the cosmic dance of the transits

at the moment of John Paul II’s death, and

contrasting it with the moment that the

canonization mass started, shows remark-

able placements that exhibit Uranus’ and

Neptune’s influences in the charts on

those days. The authority and discipline

of John Paul II, in the figurehead of the

Papal office—a very Saturnine function—

was eventually usurped by Uranus’

disruption and the passing of a Pope.

Neptune’s position in the zodiac in 2005

and then in 2014 symbolizes John Paul II’s

death, then quick canonization.

Ultimately, as the planet outside both

Saturn’s and Uranus’ orbits, Neptune

shows how his memory and spirit tran-

scend the sorrow of his loss, and embod-

ies the symbol of Catholicism, now in

dominion.

Venus and her spiritual teacher, Neptune,

are very important planets in the canoniza-

tion event. Indeed, all roads in the transits

lead to Neptune in his dominion, with the

exception of Saturn and Pluto in each

other’s signs. Venus exhibits a spiritual,

watery, transcending quality in her sign of

exaltation, and she’s in Neptune’s home

sign. Venus is also at the midpoint of the

Moon-Uranus conjunction at 12°-13° Aries

and Neptune at 7° Pisces. The exaltation

of the feminine Venus in the sign of the

Roman Catholic Church is at the intersec-

tion of not only another feminine planet,

From Uranus to Neptune: The Astrology of Pope

John Paul II’s Death and Canonization by Michael R. Svehla

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the Moon, but also the Uranus and

Neptune pair. So it appears the heavens

are telling us that the disruption (Uranus)

that occurred from John Paul II’s death

(the former Pope symbolized by Neptune),

is resolved from the church’s viewpoint

with the blessing of the beauty, grace, and

balance of Venus in her exaltation.

Further extensions of this symbolism are

easy to intuit, and are also a bit uncanny.

Compared to the death chart, Neptune at

7° Pisces has replaced Uranus at 8°

Pisces, and the Moon-Uranus conjunction

has replaced the Sun-Venus conjunction,

almost to the exact degrees, and Juno, one

of the four asteroid ladies, has been

replaced by Venus, again almost to the

degree. Uranus and Neptune in each

other’s signs (Neptune in Aquarius, the

disruptive loss of the long standing Pope;

Uranus in Pisces, an upheaval in the

Catholic church), have reverted in the

event chart to having settled matters

ultimately to Neptune.

Neptune in his home sign symbolizes how

the church is consolidating its authority,

settles the disruption associated with

Uranus and the Aquarius sign, and unifies

the greater fragments of the faithful all

over the world through a public, monu-

mental occasion of transforming two

influential, beloved Popes into saints.

The hypothetical transneptunians

continue to tell the story of the rectifica-

tion of sorts, by the church making the

two Popes saints. Based on a very

accurate time of death, Poseidon (spiritu-

ality) in Scorpio was in the mundane 12th

house, associated with Neptune, closely

conjunct the Ascendant at 7° Scorpio

(death). Hades, often a strong significator

of death when he is prominent in the

transits, aspects Moon in Capricorn

(calling attention to Saturn opposite

Moon by sign and aspect; Saturn, Moon,

and Moon’s nodes also form a tight grand

cross pattern), the karmic axis (reiterating

Moon and Saturn, and fate), and Admetos

(earth, matter, the corporal body).

The gravitational axis forms a double

mystic rectangle with Sun-Venus and

Jupiter (and Neptune, if one cares to

stretch the orbs of the aspects). So while

some harsh indicators of death were

present in the chart, a very spiritual

window seemed to be open in the heavens

when John Paul II died.

Based on an accurate event time when

Pope John Paul I was canonized on April

27, the Cancer Ascendant is still in a

watery sign, but the chart ruler shifts from

Pluto in the death chart to Moon in the

canonization chart. Kronos (highest auth-

ority) in the 12th house in Cancer bestows

tension on the Ascendant, symbolic of the

ascension of John Paul II to the highest

status that can be granted to someone by

the church. Kronos also makes an almost

perfect trine to Neptune, directly showing

the church’s full blessing on the elevation

of John Paul II to sainthood.

Neptune widely conjoins Chiron, but more

importantly, Chiron is in the 9th house

closely conjunct the Midheaven. Will the

canonization of two former Popes help to

heal (Chiron) the church’s public

(Midheaven) wounds? Do the canoniza-

tions reenergize the faithful and help them

move on from the scandals of recent

decades? The power of Neptune in his

dominion and Venus in her exaltation

certainly raise those questions in a

powerful way, as Chiron and Midheaven

in the event chart are rather close to the

Venus-Neptune midpoint. No doubt that

the double cardinal grand cross also

symbolized the canonization event as

another assertion by Francis I of his

power and public authority (Saturn in

Scorpio, Pluto in Capricorn).

Uranus and Neptune interacting in the two

charts also exemplify the struggles that will

continue as we slowly shift from the Age of

Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. It appears the

Pope and episcopate are determined to

persist with the status quo—and Neptune

trumps Uranus for now.

MICHAEL R. SVEHLA M.A. began

studying astrology in late 2006 when

transiting Jupiter in Scorpio conjoined

his Sun-Moon midpoint. The name for his

astrology practice is derived from his

Ascendant and luminaries in each of the

water signs. Mike also enjoys using the

eight hypothetical transneptunians and

he is planning on becoming a full-time

practicing astrologer. He can be reached

via  www.triplewaterastrology.com and

maintains an active Facebook page at

www.facebook.com/triplewaterastrology.

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PAST LIVES ARE SO REVEALING OF THE

present problems and challenges.

An acquaintance, who we will call

John Doe, while being regressed, viewed a

scene of a former life: He was seated at the

dinner table with his wife and children. In

the next scene, he shot his wife. Later he

was executed and experienced great

remorse. In this life he yearned for a

meaningful relationship. He has no

children.

John Doe was born on September 18,

1946, at 11:30 PM CDT, 90W12, 38N37.

The first thing that I noticed in his chart,

was his Sun, and ruler of the Ascendant,

Mercury, squared the Ascendant. This is

an aspect of self against self. The person-

ality resists the soul. The soul wants to go

in one direction and the personality has

other ideas. This is the problem of most

people whether they realize it or not. After

the unwanted, miserable, and unhappy

event occurs, we realize that we were out

of tune with the soul.

Mars trines the Ascendant, conferring

energy, self-confidence, and courage to

accomplish whatever goals are set. Jupiter

trines the Ascendant denoting that he is

ethical, intelligent, beneficent, kind, well-

educated and-or spiritually oriented. Mars-

Jupiter conjoined in the 5th house confers

energy to be artistic and-or to be creative.

Venus squares Pluto, the planet ruling

death, sex, and surgery. It suggests that in

his last life, he killed his wife, possibly

because of sex. Venus is in Scorpio, the

sign relating to sex. Saturn squares Venus.

This aspect usually indicates that in a

past life, the native was remiss and-or

controlling in his relationships. Saturn

conjunct Pluto in Leo is an aspect relating

to control and willpower. Pluto semi-

squares the Ascendant and sesquisquares

the descendant (partner). This reiterates

challenges with self and with partner.

Past Life KarmaRevealed in a Chart by Marguerite dar Boggia

Pluto co-rules the 5th

house denoting problems

with romantic attachments

and-or with children. He

has no children. Pluto also

rules the 6th house of

health. He has prostate

cancer. We cannot change

or control others; only

change ourselves. This

time he has the opportu-

nity to do better.

Gemini rising confers a

thirst for knowledge.

These people have a highly developed

learning capacity. They are articulate, well

read, and studious. They can excel in

writing. These people make good critics.

In one who is less evolved, they can be

chatterboxes and restless, moving from

one place to another.

John works as a successful writer. Saturn

sextiles Neptune ruler of the 10th house of

career, and Neptune sexiles Pluto, ruler of

the 6th house of work. A good imagination

(Neptune) is crucial to a writer.

Mercury, the Ascendant ruler, is combust

the Sun. This means that when Mercury is

½ degree to four degrees, onjoining the

Sun, the lines of thought communication

are overloaded with solar energy. The

excess energy overheats the mental

processes and a mental blind spot ensues.

They may, perhaps, adhere to a certain

passion, belief or feeling that hinders

objectivity in self-analysis. No amount of

contradictory proof will change their

opinion.

Mercury conjoins Neptune. This endows

him with inspiration and imagination

necessary for a successful writer. Mercury

being Letter No. 1 and Neptune ruling the

Midheaven, he identifies with his parent

and with his work. Mercury in the 4th

house, again reiterates that he identifies

with a parent. That parent can be a

positive or negative role model. Moon in

the 1st house again denotes that he

identifies with his mother. With Uranus

conjoining the Ascendant, he may choose

a partner, who will give him his freedom.

It may be through death, divorce, or a

separation. He does not want freedom. He

wants a loving companion. Uranus forms

a square aspect to Sun and Mercury in the

4th house of family. With Moon in Cancer

in the 1st house, his soul wants him to

have a family. With three planets in Libra,

his soul yearns for a love relationship.

When he noticed lovers in a movie

theater, he longed to be in that position.

He has a loaded 5th house. It is the house

of creativity, children and romance.

Venus disposits the planets in Libra

(Neptune, Mars and Jupiter) and Mars

disposits Venus in Scorpio. Mars and

Venus are in mutual reception, but Mars

can’t help Venus which is in its detriment,

to achieve a loving relationship, as Mars

also is in its detriment in the sign of Libra.

In addition, Venus sesquisquares the

Ascendant. He is overly sensitive and has

difficulties with his spouse relating to sex.

It is the mind that must control the

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A column devoted to showing applica-

tions of astrology to various current

events and matters of general interest.  

Who will win the 2014 Super Bowl?

SPORTS ASTROLOGY IS AN INTERESTING

niche in theworld of predictive

astrology. It is tempting to think

one could predict the outcome for major

sports matches. I use a method devel-

oped by John Frawley in his book Sports

Astrology on the subject. Frawley himself

says the method works pretty well, but

that in our imperfect world, nothing works

all of the time.

Given that I live in Washington State, which

has never had a Super Bowl victory, I

thought this Super Bowl offered a worth-

while test of the method. To provide a lit-tle

extra fillip to the reading, and to get reality

checks from the resident sports fans, I

decided to share my prediction with The

Real Astrology mailing list before the game.

(Real Astrology is a Yahoo! Groups mailing

Astrology in the Real World by Nina Gryphon

emotions and ancient habits from past

lives. Planets in Libra, an air sign, confer

diplomacy, cooperation, tact, culture,

fairness, ability to mediate, charm,

objectivity, detachment. It is the sign of

the balance. The personality and the soul

will eventually be balanced. Today the

positive personality overpowers the

negative polarity of the soul.

Moon is strong in its own sign, Cancer. It is

in the 1st house. He wants to be a parent, to

be nurturing, caring and to have a family. It

trines Venus. Love is important to him.

Moon trines the MC. He had good relations

with one parent (MC). Moon squares Mer-

cury, the ruler of the 4th house of family. He

may have karma to undo with the other

parent (IC). Moon squares Neptune. This

confers some psychic tendencies. He may

be overly sensitive. He may see himself as

mentally and-or spiritually superior to others

or to his Mother.

At a certain point in our development we

become aware of duality. One voice within

us suggests one thing and the other voice

rejects it. This is when we become aware

of the battle between the personality and

the soul. We are, at our stage of evolu-

tion, working out past karma, through

accidents, illness and/or disease. When

you hate enough to injure or kill, you have

created real bad karma. Karma is the Law

of the working of Cause and Effect. We

have free choice as to our thoughts,

emotions and our actions. John Doe

developed prostate cancer and had

surgery. Saturn and Pluto rule the 8th

house of surgery. They throw an aspect of

a square on Venus. Venus rules the 12th

house of self-undoing.

The following is from Wisdom of the

Mystic Masters, by Joseph J. Weed.

“The most persistent and lasting karma

comes from the thought forms that have

been energized by your will. The great

oriental Teacher, K.H. has described this

as follows: ‘Every thought of man upon

being evolved passes into the inner

world and becomes an active entity by

associating itself, coalescing we might

term it, with an elemental—that is to say

with one of the semi-intelligent forces of

the more subtle kingdoms of matter. It

survives as an active intelligence—a

creature of the mind’s begetting—for a

longer or shorter period proportionate

with the original intensity of the cerebral

action which generated it. Thus a good

thought is perpetuated as an active, be-

neficent power, an evil one as a malefi-

cent demon. . . .’ ”

“...It is this cloud of self-created, ener-

getic beings, elementals so to speak, ex-

isting in the finer grades of matter and

hovering about you, that creates your

karma. These active entities are respon-

sible for what you know as sensation.”

(Joseph J. Weed, Wisdom of the Mystic

Masters, Parker Publishing Co. 1968, p. 11)

By some coincidence, 15 years later I met his

wife. She told me that she was divorcing

John Doe after two years of marriage. He

still had the same problem relating to sex.

Today, in 2014, he receivesprofessonal help.

From his chart, I suspect he will marry

again. The eclipse of November 3, 2013

occurred on his Venus. He is a beautiful

and talented soul.

MARGUERITE DAR BOGGIA is the

Membership Secretary for ISAR (Interna-

tional Society for Astrological Research).

In the past, she served as Publisher of

“Kosmos,” its Journal, as Secretary and

Director of ISAR and also of UAC. She

was a co-founder of UAC. She offers free

of charge online, three pages weekly of

the esoteric studies as was known by

Pythagoras. It can be accessed through

her website which she just created at age

90: www.FreePythagorasTeachings.com.

list focusing on traditional natal, horary, and

mundane astrology through the lens of John

Frawley's writings and techniques.)

A few days before the Super Bowl, once it

was clear the date (February 2, 2014)

would not be changed due to weather, I

examined the event chart for the kick-off.

It was what I would call a “quiet” horo-

scope: not much happening. The Denver

Broncos were the clear favorite for the

game; outside of Washington State, I

knew few people who had bet on the

Seattle Seahawks to win.

Following this, we assign the Ascendant to

the favorites (Denver), and the 7th house to

the underdogs (Seattle). The ruler of the 7th

house, Saturn, was on the 4th house cusp, a

slightly strengthening testimony for Seattle,

as the 4th house is a secondary indicator for

the underdogs. Still, it’s hardly overwhelm-

ing evidence for a Seattle win.

The Part of Fortune, known as Fortuna, is

another indicator for the favorites, and I

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saw that Pluto was opposite it, another hint of trouble for the

favorites. For those who use a fixed formula for the Part of

Fortune, rather than change it in day and night charts, Uranus

opposed fixed Fortuna at 12° Libra. Pluto conjoined fixed

Fortuna’s dispositor, Venus. Regardless of one’s preferred

method of calculating Fortuna, there are malefic influences being

pointed toward the favorites in this chart.

Still, none of these testimonies provide a slam-dunk testimony

for either team. Based on a 6:30 PM kick-off time, I predicted

Seattle to probably win, but I wasn’t 100% convinced. As I

examined the horoscope, I realized a major question mark was

staring me in the face: the Ascendant was 29° Leo 35’, so even a

few minutes’ delay in the kick-off would change the Ascendant

to Virgo, and thus the entire tenor of the game.

With Virgo rising, the ruling planet of the favorites would now be

Mercury, which was securely placed in the 7th house.

Denver would be entirely in Seattle’s clutches, and the game

would definitely go to the Seahawks. Checking the exact time, I

bracketed the optimal kick-off time as 6:33-6:42 PM.

Too soon, and the Ascendant would be in Leo, with its mild

testimony for Seattle. Too late, and Mercury would sit just

outside the 7th house cusp, controlling the underdog, instead of

being controlled by it when inside the 7th.

The actual kick-off happened at 6:34 pm, and we all know what

happened next. Denver’s playing could have been described as

half-hearted at best, the Broncos watching as though turned to

stone as the Seahawks steamrolled over them. What a difference

four minutes made.

NINA GRYPHON is a practicing astrologer and corporate

lawyer living in Kennewick, Washington, with her husband,

Robert. Her predictions have appeared in major publications,

and she has been in-terviewed on radio and CNN/HLN. She

received her JD, and MA/BA from Stanford University, and

completed John Frawley’s Horary Apprenticeship. Since then,

she has studied with Deborah Houlding, a leading traditional

astrologer. Nina practices traditional astrology, specializing in

personal, financial, and political forecasting. She has given

lectures and workshops on practical uses of traditional

astrology, including electing favorable times, financial analy-

sis, and dream interpretation. She has been seeing clients for

the last decade, writing articles for astrological publications

and the Gryphon Astrology Blog, and teaching. Nina can be

reached through gryphonastrology.com.

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Global Gatherings: Astrology in Austria by Lynn Koiner

This column focuses on Lynn Koiner’s

international travels, which will include

interviews with international astrolo-

gers. In this article, Lynn educates us

about the history of astrology in Austria,

adapted from an interview with Ingrid

Petroff, a member of the NCGR Advisory

Board, from Vienna, Austria.

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2008, in Vienna(Wien) Austria, the AustrianAstrological Association cel-

ebrated its 100th anniversary, making theÖAG (Österreichische AstrologischeGesellschaft) the oldest public astrologi-cal society in the world.

The key here is the word public. Forcenturies, private groups of astrologerswould gather to share their knowledgewith other professionals but this organiza-tion was the first to be open to all whowished to study and share knowledge ofastrology.

The current president, Brigitte Strobele,has extensively researched the foundationof other public astrological organizationsand she is assured that it is officially theoldest astrological organization which isopen to the public.

The history of astrology in any country isa rich history of the culture and politicaltemperament of that country. In the UnitedStates, the First Amendment of our Con-stitution, established in 1776, guaranteesthat “Congress shall make no law respect-ing an establishment of religion, or prohi-biting the free exercise thereof; or abridg-ing the freedom of speech, or of the press;or the right of the people peaceably toassemble…” It is difficult for us to imagineastrology under the influence of a monar-chy, the Nazis and even communism.

With the globalization of informationthrough the internet, astrology is cur-rently experiencing a great Renaissancewith the free exchange of ideas andinformation. There are many astrologicalwebsites that offer free chart calculations,

free articles and lessons on astrologicalsubjects and now, through Skype, we canstudy and have readings with astrologersliving anywhere in the world.

The history of the ÖAG tells a great storyabout astrology under the Hapsburgmonarchy, the Nazis, and finally in ademocracy. It is an organization that hasdedicated itself to the preservation ofastrological writings from the past andbridging these will the new classicaltechniques.

In 1905, Karl Brandler-Pracht (see chart

on p. 15) founded an organization thatwould eventually evolve into the Aus-trian Astrological Association.

At this time in Germany and Austria,there were no astrological textbooks forthose who were interested in this subject.The tools of astrology, such as ephemeri-des and the table of houses had to beprocured from other countries. Karl

Bradler-Pracht changed all of this when hepublished his first astrological textbookMathematics and Instructive Textbook of

Astrology in Leipzig. This was the firstbook published in German, not Latin, sothat all could read the material. This bookis the basis of the teachings for the ÖAG.

His greatest contribution to astrology inAustria was through his collection ofastrological articles, lectures and journalswhich were published in 1910 in anexcellent book series, Astrological

Library, and in 1914, a journal entitledAstrological Leaves. In 1918, he publisheda six-volume textbook series, Astrological

Collection For Self-Study which sold165,000 copies! He not only madeastrologically socially acceptable but helaid the foundation for a continuingastrological movement in Germany andAustria.

He brought together many systems oftraditional techniques with very specific

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rules for interpretations which gaveastrologers the basic tools for theirpractice. This allowed the individualastrologers the freedom to cultivate theirown personal techniques, using diversemethods. Besides his annual forecasts, heworked with mundane astrology, thehoroscopes of the monarchs, the sinkingof the Titanic and he translated the 100

Rules of Ptolemy.

In Vienna, in 1908, he established the FirstAstrological Society of Vienna. Becausehis career was actually as an actor/comedian, he was able to travel aroundthe world, especially to the United States,where he established private astrologygroups to promote astrology. As anastronomer, he insisted upon accurateastronomical data for astrology. Today, heis considered the Father of ModernAstrology in Austria.

The first lecture at the AstrologicalSociety was given by Julius Nestler, aprofessor from Prague, who lectured on“The Lost City of Atlantis in Light ofModern Science.” His second lecturegiven the next day was, “The History ofthe Astrologer.” It should be rememberedthat Prague was the seat of Europe’sfinest astrologers. Under Rudolf II,astrology and the occult sciences flour-ished. It was held at Palaise Eschenbach,a small palace not used by the king.

Astrological societies and all organiza-tions in Austria, up until World War I,came under the control of the Hapsburgmonarchy. Because of this, no one coulddeclare themselves president of anysociety or organization unless theybelonged to the royal family or belongedto the Hapsburg nobility. So, the positionof president was given to a nobleman,Alexander von Sauer-Csáky. Permissionto organize this society was given by thepolice on August 20 1908!

By 1909, full courses on the study ofastrology were offered by the Society.These were held in a very elegant hotel,The Klomser, which kept the membershipexclusively low. It is presently the PalaisBatthyány in the First District of Vienna.It should be noted that one of the primarybenefits of having someone from the royalfamily involved with the organization isthat they have the money and resources

to sponsor the events. The averageperson could not afford to do this. Thevice president was Baroness HeleneHamar.

In 1914, when the progressed Sun in theÖAG horoscope opposed the 11th houseSaturn, the outbreak of World War Isuspended the activities of the organiza-tion. However, when the Progressed Sunsextiled Venus in Leo, Karl Brandlerrevived the society.

On February 3, 1939, the National Socialistregime (Nazis) forced the dissolution ofthe astrological society. During the initialrise of the Nazi regime, the progressedMercury and Neptune both turnedRetrograde in this chart but, when itdisbanded for the war, the transitingNeptune was crossing the Mars-Moonconjunction, the Solar Arc Pluto squaredMercury, ruler of the Ascendant, and therewas a Progressed New Moon at 1°Scorpio.

The Countess Zoë Wassilko von Serecki(see chart on p. 16) worked tirelessly topreserve the legacy and the intellectualproperty of the organization for the

re-establishment occurred on October 17,1946, and the name was changed to theAustrian Astrological Association. Atthis time, there were 154 members. TheCountess was very wealthy and itrequired a great deal of money to supportthe organization. For decades, she hadcollected all of the organization’s astro-logical materials. This collection in itsentirety was published under the title,Astrological Wisdom.

The Countess, daughter of Count StephanWassilko, had a great interest is allmetaphysical subjects and, on December 21927, along with physicist, Hans Thirring,founded the Austrian Society for PsychicResearch. In 1919, the Parliament ofAustria passed a law doing away withnobility. However, in Germany, there is nosuch regulation. Her books were pub-lished in Germany where she was usuallyreferred to as a countess.

Under the Countess’s presidency, inMarch 1956, the ÖAG published Tradi-

tional And Progress Of Classical Astrol-

ogy. When she passed away in the 1970s,he organization found itself burdened withheavy debts. It no longer had the

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NCGR VOLUNTEER

RESOURCE SURVEY

The lifeblood of any organization is

its volunteers. NCGR is creating a

database for volunteers, which will help

us find people to lend a hand as needed,

both locally and nationally. If you have

not volunteered before, be assured that

most requests are small, although im-

portant. Can you help set up chairs for a

meeting, pick up a speaker at the air-

port, or bake something yummy for the

refreshment table? Can you write an

article for the newsletter, or proofread

one? Can you collect tickets at the door,

or assist a speaker at a conference?

Can you help someone navigate the

subways or find a great local restau-

rant? If so, we need you.

Volunteering brings benefits to you as

well. I will share a secret: volunteering

is actually fun. You may have the oppor-

tunity to work with world class astrolo-

gers on an informal basis, learn new

skills that will make you a better astrolo-

ger, and create lasting relationships with

people worldwide. You will become an

integral part of NCGR and build cama-

raderie with all the other volunteers

working alongside you.

In order to create our database, we are

sending out a questionnaire so that we

can get to know you better. This will al-

low us to contact you when we need

someone with your unique skills to help

out our organization. We want to find

ways in which you can enjoy using your

talents to help our group. When the sur-

vey arrives, please fill it out promptly. Be-

come an NCGR Volunteer. We really

cannot do it without you.

Judy Johnson

Director of Volunteers

patronage of wealthy nobility. Theprogressed Venus and Mars had enteredthe sign of Scorpio and squared the MC.The transiting Uranus, coming from the8th house, crossed Mercury in the 6th

house and ruler of the Ascendant.

Enter Sándor Belcsák, a Hungarianarchitect who fled the country when theRussians took over Hungry and perse-cuted all of the intellectuals of Hungaryby placing them in internment camps. Hebecame the president for the next 22 years.He published the entire collection ofAstrology Wisdom, as well as a series ofastrological booklets called The Quality

Of Time. The organization was transformedunder his leadership and many of theastrologers in Germany and Austria todaystudied with this man or they are gradu-ates of the curriculum of courses that heestablished. However, it was not until1999 that generous donations from friendsand members of the ÖAG rescued theorganization from its greatest financialplight.

After the turn of the 21st century, thetransit of Saturn, natally in the 11th house,began a series of afflictions to the ÖAGhoroscope. A conflict began over the

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various new systems of astrology,especially the humanistic and psychologi-cal system of astrology, which seemed atvariance with the classical systems.Saturn created many disagreements anddifficulties over these various systems.

Eventually, it was decided to adhere to thefundamentals of the foundation of thesociety by its founder, Karl Brandler-Pracht—the fundamentals of classicalastrology. When Saturn began to makefavorable aspects, all of the conflicts wereresolved. Because astrology works, theBoard members of the organizationpredicted this problem and they wereprepared through astrological wisdom tomeet the challenge.

Today, the society meets every two weeksbut the topics are always based upon cla-ssical techniques. The purpose of the as-sociation is to “promote the scientific studyof astrology in Austria and to prove theusefulness of the astrological science.”

For additional information, see thetranslation of these links: www.oeag-astrologie.at/geschichte.html

www.deinayurveda.net/wordpress/2009/

11/oag-astrologische-gesellschaft-wien

LYNN KOINER has been a full-time

professional astrologer since 1969, and

she is the International Liaison for

NCGR. Since 1989, Lynn has traveled to

Europe every year, connecting with

astrologers, especially those in Central

Europe. She will lecture this year in

Poland and Serbia. Her main area of

research is Medical Astrology and she

has a Medical Forum on her website

lynnkoiner.com.

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NCGR News

Around the BoardWelcome to New Members

Welcome to all new members who joined or rejoined NCGR

between March 17-May 11, 2014.

Baltimore Chapter. Joanna Karaoulis, Sandra Markowitz; Florida Atlantic Chapter.

Janella Alfonso; Long Island Chapter. Sandra Williams; Members-At-Large.

Diotima Booraem; Minnesota "STARS" Chapter. Robert Aaron, Markus Lunken-heimer; New York City Chapter. Emmanuel Arroyo, Raymond Hill, Judi Jurist, AliLopez, Anne Moroney; Ohio Valley Chapter. Cristy Garland, Barb McQueary;Philadelphia Chapter. Lisa Barretta; Sacramento Chapter. Carolyn Wardlaw; San

Diego Chapter. Ralph Macintyre, Cristina Powers; Southeastern Michigan Chapter

(aka SMART). Karen O’Connor; Thailand Chapter. Wacharin Chinworawathana;Triangle Area Raleigh-Durham Chapter (NTA). Todd Engar; Turkey Chapter.

Melek Akay, Aylin Aydogan.

Report on the Meeting of the

NCGR National Board of

Directors on May 4, 2014

and Reports of Directors

The meeting was held via conferencecall and called to order by John

Marchesella. The following Boardmembers were in attendance: Patricia

Buckley, Nina Gryphon, Judy Johnson,

Joyce Levine, Jagdish Maheshri, John

Marchesella, Christeen Skinner, Kyle

Ukes, Leigh Westin, and Linda Wilk.

Staff in attendance: Ronnie Gale Dreyer,

Kenneth Irving, and Liane Thomas Wade.

Approval of the minutes. The minutes ofthe last meeting were approved. Chair’s Report. John Marchesella.

UAC discussions remain at a halt. John istrying to set up another meeting withGiselle Terry and Linda Lehman. TheShannon-Armistead scholarship will beannounced in September and awardedlater in the fall. Publicity is being formallyadded to the NCGR budget. NCGR’sformer printer bungled the renewalenvelopes. John’s assistant is now doingthe renewal mailings, saving NCGR about$1,000. Clerk’s Report. Joyce Levine. TheExecutive Committee has approved $200for advertising design work by Loretta

Lopez. A request was made to increasethe Clerk’s budget for the mailing ofballots. Treasurer’s Report. Linda Wilk. Taxeshave been paid by the accountant. A listof royalties due has been compiled andchecks will be sent out quarterly. There isa check request form for reimbursements.Reports are still needed from the Declina-tion and Uranian SIGs. Some money willbe needed for the volunteer survey.Chapter reports are due in September.Rebate checks are sent to chapters twoweeks after all the information is in. Bankbalances as of April 25, 2014 are asfollows: Unrestricted bank account:$33,032.01, Titunik Fund: $12,139.46,Money Market Account: $58,607.20. Secretary’s Report. Liane Thomas

Wade. Membership reports for chapterpresidents are now online.

Membership Director’s Report. Nina

Gryphon. MP3s with renewals havegenerated a lot of excitement amongmembers. Advisory Board Director’s Report.

Christeen Skinner. Advisory Boardmembers were contacted regarding aproposed Bylaw change. It was sug-gested that that this should come from theBoard, not the Advisory Board. Publication Director’s Report. Patricia

Buckley. Loretta Lopez has finalized theResearch Journal will be ready shortly andshould be mailed out in June. Memberletter Report. Ronnie Dreyer.Memberletter will be redesigned after adecision is made as to format; i.e., for web,for tablet downloads. Research Director’s Report. Jagdish

Maheshri. The Research Journal shouldbe mailed early to mid-June. Articles forthe Spring/Summer Journal were submit-ted in early March. Webmaster Report. Ken Irving Thechapter reports are set up online so thateach chapter can access its own report.The free MP3s were a problem, but havenow been set up. Jackie Slevin and Kenwill work on updating the Education page.There have been complaints aboutrenewing membership online. Ken wasasked to put a message in red as an alert ifa line in the renewal form has been leftout. The website now uses MIVA forpayment. Changing this would require alarge overhaul of the website.

Chapter Affairs Director and SIG

Coordinator’s Report. Leigh Westin. Alldomestic chapters have maintained theminimum requirement for membership.Emails for E-News and election purposeshave to be updated. The Chapter Hand-book is being updated. Setting up a videoquarterly of someone speaking on currenttransits available to members only ongeocosmic.org was suggested. Media and Communications Director’s

Report. Kyle Ukes. NCGR journals will bepromoted on social media as they comeout. Membership on the NCGR forum ishigh, but could be more active. Education Director’s Report. Jackie

Slevin. Levels I and II will be offeredagain by Meira Epstein. Spanish classeswill be offered online by MonicaEscalante. Future classes will be adver-tised in Mountain Astrologer. Onlineseminars will be offered in the future.NCGR-PAA is in the process of revisingthe Study Guide. Volunteer Director’s Report Judy

Johnson The final copy of the volunteersurvey will be sent out by Survey Mon-key and will be sent out quarterly to newmembers.

Old Business

UAC. No plans have gone forward.

New Business

Advertising Budget. An advertisingbudget of $3,000 was approved. Thisincludes the $500 to ANS. The ad in

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Astrology and Academia.

Sophia Centre for the Study of

Cosmology in Culture at the University

of Wales offers the MA in Cultural Astro-nomy and Astrology. The University ofWales Trinity Saint David Annual SophiaCentre Conference The Marriage of

Heaven and Earth: Images and Repre-

sentations of the Sky in Sacred Space

will be held on June 28-29, 2014 at theBath Royal Literary and ScientificInstitution, Bath, England. For informa-tion on registration, go tohistoryofastrology.org.uk/conferences/

HeavenAndEarth/booking.html. Forspeakers and abstracts go tohistoryofastrology.org.uk/conferences/

HeavenAndEarth/speakers.html. Forinformation about the distance learningprogram, conferences, and publications,contact Nick Campion, n.campion@lamp.

ac.uk, www.lamp.ac.uk/sophia.edu.

Institute for the Study of the Ancient

World, part of New York University, is agraduate program dedicated to the study ofthe ancient world (including astrology). Forinformation about upcoming lectures andevents and to put your name on the mailinglist: www.nyu.edu/isaw.com.

Astrology and the Media.

Congratulations to Linda Furiate,who was cast in the comedic docu-stylereality television program Take Me To

Your Mother airing on the NickMomchannel in July 2014. For the entire story,turn to p. 19. Astrology News Service (ANS) has acollection of articles on the history ofastrology, studies that validate astrologicalfactors, and controversies that keeppopping 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.

Cyril Fagan Back in Print. Selected

columns from Western sidereal astrologer

Cyril Fagan’s acclaimed “Solunars,” the

monthly column he wrote for American

Astrology magazine from 1953-1970, are

once again available to read. They are

posted on westernsiderealastrology.com

or facebook.com/CyrilFaganSolunars.

The Rubin Museum in New York

City, dedicated to Himalayan art, is

Mountain Astrologer is being redesignedand the size in is being reduced. LorettaLopez is designing this ad and an ad forthe ISAR conference brochure. NCGR Conference. Discussion of afuture NCGR conference was put off until

this summer.

Nominating Committee. Joyce will emailLinda Fei and ask her to Chair theNominating Committee. Judy Johnson,Director, and Joyce Levine, Clerk, are upfor re-election. Next meeting. The next board meetingwill be held Sunday, August 10, 2014.

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce Levine, Clerk

Media and Communications News.

The NCGR Forum is Here, and upand running. The NCGR Forum offerscurrent NCGR members an open space toshare astrological ideas, research, hypoth-eses, questions, and other astrologicalrelated topics. The forum is also used as acom-munity space that allows for theNCGR members to network and meet.How to Register on 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 firstand last name), PASSWORD, and a VALIDE-MAIL. (NOTE: Using your full first andlast name is the only way to be acceptedinto the Forum.) Step 4: Agree to the Terms of Service andClick Submit my Registration Step 5: Wait for the confirmation page Step 6: That’s it! The NCGR ForumAdmin will then make sure you’re acurrent NCGR member and you’ll receivean email-confirmation once you’ve beenapproved for the Forum.

Kyle Ukes

Media and Communication Director

YouTube Channel. NCGR has aYouTube Channel where you can see

interviews that Lynn Koiner and Linda

Furiate, members of NCGR’s InternationalLiaison committee, conducted interviewswith our international members at UAC2012 in New Orleans. Go to youtube.com/

thegeocosmic where you can see and hearthe following astrologers speak abouthow they practice astrology and what it

hosting a new exhibition and accompany-

ing lectures on Tibetan Medicine, which is

inextricably connected with Tibetan

Astrology. For information about this

wonderful exhibit, and information about

the leture series, go to rubinmuseum.org/

nav/exhibitions/view/2349. For the

glowing review of the exhibit in the New

York Times, go to nytimes.com/2014/03/

15/arts/design/bodies-in-balance-the-

rubins-exhibition-on-tibetan-healing.

html?ref = arts&_r =0rmanyc.org.

Call for Articles for the

NCGR Fall/Winter 2014

Geocosmic Journal

We welcome submissions for

the NCGR Fall/Winter 2014

Geocosmic Journal. There is no

specific theme to the journals. Articles

on all astrological topics will be

considered. The work is expected to

be original and never published

anywhere else before.

Please send your abstract (80 words

maximum) to Trish Buckley,

Publications Director, at the email

below no later than August 1, 2014.

The abstract must clearly state the

objective of the article. The actual

article, which should be 6000 words

maximum, will be due September 1,

2014. The guidelines will be avail-

able after the abstract submission.

Invitation to submit an article is open

to all and it includes the veteran

writers as well as newcomers to

participate and share their ideas with

others. If you have questions, please

send an email to publications@

geocosmic.org.

Thank you for your participation.

Trish Buckley

Publications Director

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State of the Art Conference (SOTA) will

take place October 23-26, 2014 at

Sheraton at the Falls in Niagara Falls, NY.

Speakers include: JJ Acolyte, Michael

Barwick, Dr. Patricia Bell, Ellen Bourn,

Cassandra Butler, Reagan Jane

Connaughton, Armand Diaz, Joan Ann

Evelyn, Franco, Adam Gainsburg, Pam

Gallagher, Michelle Gould, Elizabeth

Hazel, Jacqueline Janes, Brad Kochunas,

Lynn Koiner, Janet Markham, Maria

Mateus, Kenneth Miller, Deirdre

Norman, Chantal Patenaude, Frank

Piechoski, Joe Polise, Alison Price,

Samuel Reynolds, Julie Simmons,

Rodney Smith, Georgia Stathis, Kelly

Surtees, Kay Taylor, and Donna Van

Toen. For information and registration

www.donnavantoen.com.

We extend happy birthday wishes to

astrologer and author Pat Geisler

who is 80 years young. Our sincere

condolences go to NCGR advisory board

member Donna Van Toen on the passing

of her husband Charlie.

Please send tidbits about NCGR members,

media reports, news about births, mar-

riages, promotions, passings, recognition,

etc. to: memberletter@geocosmic.org.

Around NCGR-PAA

NCGR-PAA Education and Certifica-

tion News. Congratulations to the

following NCGR-PAA test-takers and also

NCGR members who have attained

proficiency in a level of testing:

Level I. New York City Chapter. Erin

McDonald; Yumin Tan-Gutierrez; Ohio

Valley Chapter. Claire Kramer.

I want to thank John Marchesella and

Libby Allen for proctoring the above-

mentioned Level I tests, as well as Gene

Shaw for proctoring a Level I test.

Please visit astrologersalliance.org for a

complete listing of all NCGR-PAA Certified

Astrologers, testing venues and fees,

webinars, and educational programs, and

information about our certification program.

Shirley Soffer, C.A., NCGR-PAA

Director of Education

:

Astrologer Cast in HollywoodReality TV Show

by Linda Furiate

IAM LINDA FURIATE, a Columbia, Mary-

land-based astrologer who was

recently cast in the comedic docu-

style reality television program “Take Me

To Your Mother” airing on the NickMom

channel—a network geared toward new

Moms. The show’s lead character

comedian, Andrea Rosen, who was

pregnant with her second child, due in

May 2014, is seeking the advice of

various professionals to—in her words—

“not to raise a jerk.” In this episode, I

played myself—a professional astrologer.

I flew out to Los Angeles to do the

filming on the late morning of March 30,

2014. Ironically, or synchronistically, the

transiting Sun-Moon conjunction at 9°

Aries at the start time of the shoot was

making an exact conjunction to my

current Solar Return chart where the

Moon and Uranus are both positioned at

9° Aries.

Filming took place in Andrea’s home.

Andrea and I sat at the kitchen table

reviewing Andrea’s chart as she asked

typical and some unusual comedic

questions about life and how it is about

to change as baby #2 enters this world.

Little Odin, Andrea’s 2 ½ year (Leo) son,

who is also a big part of the show, had his

chart reviewed as Mom wondered how he

might fare as he would no longer be the

main center of attention.

I offer a big thank you to Andrea, the

entire production crew, and the NickMom

network for making me feel so welcomed

and appreciated all for the work I LOVE

doing. After auditioning for the part, I was

cast in this role because of the amazing

connection I had with Andrea’s chart and

the fact that I too am a mom.

This episode of “Take Me To Your

Mother” is projected to air in July 2014. It

will also be available online.

Postscript

As a postscript to this article, which was

first submitted in April 2014, I was been

informed by the casting director of the

show that the producer was unable to “fit

the astrology” into this episode. However,

the producer and the entire crew, includ-

ing the NickMom network, assured me

that they loved my work on the show, as

well as everything that Andrea and I

talked about.

As a result, they have decided to create a

separate video web piece from the raw

footage that Andrea and I shot together. A

link to the video is promised to be

available on the NickMom website in July

2014. Stay tuned for the link.

LINDA FURIATE, Dipl.,IAA, has a

background in marketing, writing and

creating television programming. She is

the Program Director for the NCGR

Annapolis Group and the Media Director

for the IAA and BDTB conferences. She

may be reached through her website at

www.ofuniversalmind.net.

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Sky and Symbol: Proceedings of the Ninth

Annual Sophia Centre Conference 2011,

edited by Nicholas Campion and Liz Greene,

Sophia Centre Press, sophiacentrepress.

com, 2013. Paper. 350 pp. £25 Br.

This book consists of papers, most of

which were presented at the ninth

annual Sophia Centre Conference in

2011. The theme is celestial phenomena as

symbols in art, in psychology, in

mythological literature, in the landscape,

and more. Material spans from the ancient

world to the modern one. They are

scholarly papers, each with an abstract

and each heavily footnoted.

Now don’t let that word “scholarly” scare

you, because there are some excellent

thought-provoking discussions here,

starting with “Is Astrology A Symbolic

Language?” by Nicholas Campion. This

chapter should be must reading for anyone

who describes astrology as a symbolic

language.

As Campion makes clear, the question may

be less one of whether it is a symbolic

language than one of which symbolic

language you are looking at. He defines

Book Reviews

by Donna VanToen

three—one a language of metaphor, one a

language of order, and a third more

representational one. This last one, by the

way, has strong Theosophical

underpinnings.

A chapter on the Perugia Fountain by

Darrelyn Gunzburg, at first glance didn’t

look like my cup of tea, but Gunzburg did a

masterful job of showing how this

structure linked the townspeople of

Perugia to the sky, the earth, and the

seasonal rhythms of the year. The material

is fascinating and Gunzburg has presented

it well.

Jennifer Zahrt presents an interesting view

of celestial symbolism in Weimar cinema,

including the film Golem and the Golem

myth itself. Much of this material was new

to me and again extremely interesting as

well as well-written.

And there’s more—a chapter on the

astrology of Jung’s Red Book (Liber

Novus) by Liz Greene, a chapter on art,

astronomy, and symbolism in the age of

science by Gary Wells, another by

Anthony Thorley on the origins of the

Glastonbury Landscape Zodiac, and five

more chapters. There is also a lengthy

bibliography and a very thorough index.

If you’re looking for interpretive material

and find history and/or scholarly

presentations off-putting, this may not be

the book for you. However, there’s a

wealth of wonderful information and

thought here, all meant to be savored.

Should you be lucky enough to run across

Sky and Symbol in a library or bookstore,

you may want to use care opening it—

because even if you think there’s nothing

here for you, you may find yourself unable

to put it down.

I thoroughly enjoyed most of it, despite

my initial misgivings about the format and

subject matter.

Celestial Events

May-July 2014

Lunations

May 14, 2014. Full Moon. 7:15 PM. 23°

Scorpio 54'. Sidereal 29° Libra 56’. Vishaka.

May 28, 2014. New Moon. 4:06 PM. 7°

Gemini 21'. Sidereal 13° Taurus 23’. Rohini..

June 13, 2014 . Full Moon. 4:11 AM. 22°

Sag-ittarius 05’. Sidereal. 28° Scorpio 8’.

Jyestha

June 27, 2014. New Moon. 8:08 AM. 5°

Cancer 37'. Sidereal.11° Gemini 39’. Ardra.

July 12, 2014. Full Moon. 11:24 AM. 20°

Capricorn 03’. Sidereal. 26° Sagittarius 5’.

Purvasadha.

July 26, 2014. New Moon. 10:41 AM. 3° Leo

51'. Sidereal. 9° Cancer 53’. Pusya.

Planetary Stations May 20, 2014. Mars stations direct. 9° Libra

1'. Sidereal. 15° Virgo 3’. Hasta.

June 7, 2014. Mercury stations retrograde.

3° Cancer 10’. Sidereal. 9° Gemini 12’. Ardra.

June 9, 2014. Neptune stations retrograde.

7° Pisces 35’. Sidereal. 13° Aquarius 37’.

Shatabhisa.

July 1, 2014. Mercury stations direct. 24°

Gemini 22’. Sidereal. 0° Gemini 24’. Mrgashira.

July 20, 2014. Saturn stations direct. 16°

Scorpio 38'. Sidereal. 22° Libra 40’. Vishakha.

July 22, 2014. Uranus stations retrograde.

16°Aries 30'. Sidereal. 22° Pisces 32’. Revati

Tropical Ingresses May 3, 2014. Venus enters Aries. 1:21 AM.

May 7, 2014. Mercury enters Gemini.. 2:56

PM.

May 21, 2014. Sun enters Gemini. 2:59 AM.

May 29, 2014. Venus enters Taurus. 1:45 AM.

May 29, 2014. Mercury enters Cancer. 9:11

AM.

June 17, 2014. Mercury enters Gemini. 10:04

AM.

June 21, 2014. Sun enters Cancer. 10:51 AM.

June 23, 2014. Venus enters Gemini. 12:33

PM.

July 13, 2014. Mercury enters Cancer. 4:44

AM.

July 16, 2014. Jupiter enters Leo. 10:30 AM.

July 18, 2014. Venus enters Cancer. 2:06 PM.

July 22, 2014. Sun enters Leo. 9:41 PM.

July 26, 2014. Mars enters Scorpio. 2:24 AM.

Sidereal Ingresses May 4, 2014. Mercury enters Taurus. 3:29

PM.

May 14, 2014. Sun enters Taurus. 8:33 PM.

May 22, 2014. Mercury enters Gemini. 6:49

PM.

May 23, 2014. Venus enters Aries. 9:29 PM.

June 15, 2014. Sun enters Gemini. 3:06 AM.

June 18, 2014. Venus enters Taurus. 10:30

AM.

June 18, 2014. Jupiter enters Cancer.. 4: 14

PM.

July 13, 2014. Venus enters Gemini. 1:46 PM.

July 13, 2014. Mars enters Libra. 10:17 PM.

July 14, 2014. Rahu enters Virgo. 6:05 AM.

July 16, 2014. Sun enters Cancer. 1:56 PM.

July 28, 2014. Mercury enters Cancer. 10:58

PM.

All times are listed according to GMT

(Greenwich Mean Time). Krishnamurti

ayanamsha is used for sidereal positions.

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All charts in this issue, except where

otherwise noted, are constructed using

Solar Fire Gold and are used courtesy of

Astrolabe, Inc.

Separating Aspects: The Astrology of

Break-Ups, Divorce, and Other Partings,

by Armand Diaz, Ph.D., Integral

Transformation, LLC, IntegralAstrology.

net, 2014. Paper. 197 pp. Price not marked.

OK, let’s begin at the beginning.

This is not a book about applying

and separating aspects or even a

book about just separating aspects. It’s a

book about the astrology of break-ups,

something most of us go through and some-

thing that many clients talk about with us.

Diaz discusses various relationship

patterns as shown in the natal chart,

including complementary relationships,

supplementary relationships, catalytic

relationships, karmic relationships, and

outer planet patterns such as Saturnian

relationships (“It is what it is”). This is

followed by an extensive chapter on

timing. This covers transits, progressions,

aspects to the composite, etc.

Diaz uses quite a wide orb for the outer

planets when applying, ranging from six

degrees for Pluto to ten degrees for

Saturn, and a two degree orb for all

separating aspects from these planets. I

have run across this concept before, but

haven’t had a great deal of success in

terms of using in. I may try it again, this

time specifically in the area of

relationships.

Next you’ll find chapters on each of the

outer planets discussing the style of

change, the pitfalls and opportunities of

each transit, and things to do during the

transit. For example, Saturn transits often

indicate the need to make a difficult

decision. So what do you do? You deal

with it of course. And you try to be

patient.

Business, friendships, and family

relationships are touched on briefly. There

is also a chapter on approaches to the

astrological consultation.

No charts, no index. The latter isn’t really

necessary anyway.

Diaz writes well. He is both knowledgeable

and readable as well as being sensible in

the best possible non-judgmental way. He

makes you think without straining your

brain, and you’ll probably come away with

some new insights as a result. Separating

Aspects definitely adds to the existing

body of literature on relationship

astrology. If you’re a consulting

astrologer, you can’t go wrong with this

one. Just buy it!

Bringing Astrology Back to Basics, by

Peter Burns, Grove Publishing,

www.astrologystudies.com, 2014. Paper.

138 pp. Price not marked.

This small book contains 55 short

articles on pretty much all areas of

basic astrology plus three brief

articles on astro-palmistry. The goal is to

clarify underlying principles of astrology,

highlight some basic facets of astrology

that are often overlooked, and—above all

else to promote simplicity and logic in astro-

logy. The author is a traditional astrologer

who has studied with John Frawley.

Many of the articles here appeared on

Facebook in discussion form. Sometimes

heated discussion form because Burns is

quite passionate and quite definite in his

opinions. And why not? Judging from this

book, his techniques have served him well.

There are sections on predictions,

techniques, the planets, mundane

astrology, and more. There is also a brief

section on the houses that gives a very

thorough explanation of the 11th house

but is otherwise quite sketchy. I would

have loved to see this section expanded,

as I’ve heard Peter expound on some of

the other houses and he’s very interesting

indeed.

Among the topics discussed are whether

or not to reverse the signs for the

Southern Hemisphere, whether or not to

reverse the Part (Lot) of Fortune for night

births, and whether or not Neptune is a

benefic. (There’s actually quite a bit of

discussion on Neptune in this little book.)

There’s a good explanation of profections

and how to use them. There are half a

dozen very interesting horaries, clearly

explained, with outcomes. And there is

lots of discussion on planets and other

basic principles.

Judging from the discussions on

Facebook, it is quite possible that you will

not agree with everything Burns has to

say. Many don’t. But you’ll probably

enjoy much, if not all, of his commentary.

And if nothing else, you may be forced to

look at things from another angle.

Changing your opinion is optional, but be

prepared for a good read in any case. And

note that the size of this book and the

length of the articles makes it an ideal

waiting-room or travel companion.

Definitely worth looking at!

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

Steering 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 consul-

tations at 905-525-0646, dvantoen@

rogers.com, www.donnavantoen.com.

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Transitions

Stephanie Jean Clement,

Ph.D., FAFA, passed away

April 23, 2014. A long-time

member of the AFA Board of Dir-

ectors, she served as president of

the organization from 2008 until her death. She was named a

Fellow of the American Federation of Astrologers in 2013, in

recognition of her long and loyal service and leadership to the

organization.

Both a teacher and consulting astrologer, she was also the author

of astrology courses on relationships and horary astrology and

more than a dozen astrology books, including The Astrology of

Development, Planet-Centered Astrology, Aspect Patterns,

Charting Your Spiritual Path with Astrology, Mapping Your

Birthchart, Mapping Your Family Relationships, Mapping Your

Sex Life, and Power of the Midheaven. She also wrote reports for

several software companies, articles for astrological publications,

and several print and online columns.

Stephanie taught courses at Kepler College and for AFA, and was

a frequent speaker at astrological conferences and for local

astrology groups around the United States. She also worked in

marketing and acquisitions for Llewellyn Publications.

Stephanie held a master’s degree in library science and a Ph.D in

humanistic and transpersonal astrology, and was certified in

neuro-linguistic programming and hypnotherapy. She is survived

by her husband, brother, and children.

Kris Brandt Riske

Born: November 17, 1944, 5:28 PM MWT, Pueblo CO

Died: April 23, 2014, Pueblo CO

What do you say when

your best friend passes

away? I never in my

wildest dreams ever imagined

myself in just such a situation.

Yet, here I am. I have not only lost a significant person in my

personal life, but I feel that the world has lost a brilliant, creative

soul who was our finest astrologer. Kelly Lee Phipps was a man

of many talents and interests, a modern-day “polymath” as he

would say. While he is best known as an astrologer, he was

also a teacher, story teller, gamer, and athlete.

Kelly lived to write. His gift of communication was such that he

uplifted the reader in whatever he wrote, be it an astrology

book, a blog (Travelling Magi), or a fantasy novel

(Brazenwood). Even when he was not writing about astrology

directly, his enthusiasm for the subject was always in the

background. For instance, he had visions of expanding the

story of Brazenwood into a series of 12 books and movies, each

with an appropriate astrological undertone.

As a poet, he had an amazing memory for poems, not only for

those which he wrote himself, but also those of other poets.

Poetry was a key medium through which Kelly shared his

teachings, readings, insights, and wisdom.

Kelly’s gift of communication was not limited to writing. When

speaking to others in person, he was quite inspirational. He

knew how to incite laughter with his quick wit. As a master

storyteller, Kelly would often share engrossing experiences in

his life not only to entertain his audience, but also to subtly

motivate people to take their life to the next level by following

their passion. This message was a big theme in Kelly’s life,

given that he was a model of living authentically. He loved to

socialize with people and was always willing to help the

downtrodden in some way, even if it was only to lift their spirits.

Those who listened to his Cosmic Weather podcasts could hear

his jovial personality as he sought to educate the masses in an

entertaining and engaging manner.

As an astrologer, Kelly was able to gain a unique and profound

grasp of the subject through integrating it with his knowledge

of physics, astronomy, mathematics, mythology, linguistics,

religion and philosophy. It was this unique perspective of

astrology that played a major part in bringing us together for

the first time at the 1998 Atlanta UAC. I will always cherish the

conversations we have had since then which have included

Stephanie Jean

Clement

(1944-2014)

Kelly Lee

Phipps

(1944-2014)

exchanging new astrological concepts that we had developed.

Kelly was an incredible scholar. He was a voracious reader of any

book that called to him. Almost inevitably, whatever book he did

read seemed to stimulate his creativity in some fashion and help

him arrive at some new astrological insight.

His e-book, Elemental Wave, Chronicles demonstrates his

scholarliness as he describes Jupiter-Saturn cycles in the context

of world history over the last five thousand years. This book and

his other masterpiece, Celestial Renaissance, will go a long way

in showing readers that astrology is more than just a cookbook of

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David LaGrone

(1939-2014)

tired predictions. It is an art form of self-

knowledge, whether the “self” is a person,

a relationship or a society.

A most prolific writer, Kelly had some

brilliant works in progress when he

passed. I and others are working on

publishing his unfinished magnum opus,

The Tao of Astrology, (which he had been

working on intensely over the last two

years), so that we all can benefit from the

creative insights that he wanted to share

with the world. Some of his students and

colleagues have already been exposed to

some of the material from this work, and

they will, no doubt, spread his message.

Another significant work that we are in

the process of publishing is his book

called The Physics of Consciousness.

Kelly’s film, The Return of the Magi, was

ground-breaking in bringing astrological

understanding to the masses. As far as I

know, he is the only person to make a

movie to educate people about what

astrology is and what it is not. In this film

he interviews many modern astrologers

for their perspective on the subject,

nestling these interviews within a

storyline that shows how astrology can

be an asset for bettering one’s life.

Even though I am still in shock over his

absence in my life, I believe that in time,

Kelly’s legacy will be noticed not only

from the profound impact he had on

clients via recorded astrological readings,

but also from the influence he had on his

students as they mature into fine astrologers

using the techniques and approaches that

he taught. Of course, as more people read

his written works, they will come to

appreciate his profound insight.

Rest in peace, my brother. You are with us

always!

Kelly is survived by his son Arian

Brazenwood, as well as his mother, father,

stepmother, and three brothers.

Contributions can be sent to Arian’s

educational fund through paypal at

arianbrazenwood@gmail.com.

Peter B. Roth

Born: February 5, 1971, 3:14 AM, Jackson,

MS

Died: March 25, 2014, 9:02 PM, Lafayette,

CO

According to his official obituary, Charles David

LaGrone was born October 19, 1939, in Oklahoma

City and passed away on March 16, 2014. “He

worked as a computer specialist for over 35 years at

TI/Raytheon, and retired to Glen Rose TX. His life

was always one of gratefulness and positive energy.

He had many friends from all walks of life and

cherished each one. He proudly participated in a

bird sanctuary on his land and enjoyed

honoring the animals and life in gene-

ral.” David is survived by his children,

grandchildren, brother, other family

members and many friends. Contributions

in David’s name can be made to one of the

following charities. The Wilderness Soc-

iety, P.O. Box 97321, Washington, D.C.

20090-7231 or the USO, P.O. Box 96860,

Washington DC 20090-6860. I remember

David from Vedic astrology conferences,

and for his generosity, donating money

and books to astrology organizations.

In the following tribute Joni Patry

writes about David’s gift to her, and how

it led to a journey she will never forget.

Ronnie Dreyer, memberletter Editor

Vedic astrologer David LaGrone, an

active part of the Fort Worth

astrological community, passed

away on March 16. Many years ago I

attended my first Vedic astrology class

taught by David. He was brilliant and

completely dedicated to Vedic astrology.

Over the years we remained friends. He

called me about six months ago and we

exchanged pleasantries. Then he asked if

he could put me in his will for his very

extensive collection of Vedic astrology

books and tapes. I told him I would be

honored, and then asked if there was

anything wrong. He said no not at all, he

was just putting together a will. In March,

his daughter-in-law, Deb, called me with

this message. “I am David's daughter-in-

law and I have been asked by his children

to contact you regarding the items that

David has bequeathed to you.”

I called immediately with a heavy, sad

heart but a sense of honor. We arranged to

meet at his home in Glen Rose, Texas,

which is about an hour and half drive from

where I live in Dallas. In addition to

picking up the gifts David left me, the day

that my husband and I took the delightful

drive into the heart of Texas where David

lived, became another of his extraordinary

gifts to me.

The countryside changes dramatically in

such a short distance between Dallas and

Glen Rose. David lived in the country in a

lovely oasis immersed in an intellectual

haven full of books of Eastern spiritual

philosophies. Ironically, he was in a very

conservative Texas town.

But what made the trip the most enjoyable

was the amazing Texas hospitality for

everywhere you went everyone greeted

you with a wholehearted smile and a hello.

We had lunch in a busy restaurant called

the Green Pickle Café. Everyone in there

began talking to us from all around. From

the table next to us came the comment,

“Why I remember my first hamburger

costing 17 cents.” Then another table

asked where we were from, and then a

conversation about Dallas started up. We

heard about the 50th wedding anniversary

that was to be celebrated the next week-

end and the same couple told us about the

wonderful water that they got from their

wells. Now I am wondering, maybe there is

magic in that water! Everywhere you went

it seemed like Mayberry from the Andy

Griffith show. Many new best friends were

made in an instant. But I dare not tell them

why I was there and what I did. It was

much nicer just enjoying the happiness

and simplicity of this blast from the past.

The books I received from David exempli-

fied his quest for enlightenment and

spirituality. I am thinking he was attracted

to this town for the reasons I felt while

there. It was like a getaway from all the

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issues and problems the world is facing

right now. It was comforting to see people

living together in complete harmony with

simplicity, caring for their fellow human

beings.

David must have somehow known this

mini adventure would be meaningful and

special to me. I came to understand and

realize his truths that he practiced. Deb

told me that he felt it was very important

to give to others, this is why he wanted

his books to go to others who would

enjoy and appreciate them. He had other

book topics willed with their name on the

boxes. She said he was very giving and

that was what David was all about. Also in

his will he arranged for some underprivi-

leged children to receive an education

paid for by him until age 18.

Looking back as my husband and I were

driving, we both commented on how

magical and mystical the day was—

meeting Deb, talking about David and

receiving his beautiful library. He must

have known how I cherish books. It was

like a mystical journey back in time and it

all seemed like a dream. Even the conver-

sations with so many seemed dream-like.

I have my very special friend David

LaGrone to thank for this mystical day of

intrigue for it helped me realize what is

important in this life, the simple happiness

of sharing and giving. The energy I felt in

this sweet little town is something I have

not experienced in so many years from a

simpler time. It was like an escape from

this world. My husband Daniel and I

commented that we couldn’t have had a

better time anywhere in world.

Thank you for everything David, you will

be dearly missed.

Joni Patry

Born: October 19, 1939, 6:53 pm, Tulsa, OK

Died: March 16, 2014, 4:45 am, Glen Rose,

TX

These and other tributes can be found on

the Astrologers’ Memorial Website at

solsticepoint.com/astrologersmemorial.

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CHAPTER CONTACTSwww.geocosmic.org/chapters

The following events occur May-August, though

many chapers break for the summer. Many chap-

ters and SIGS have their own websites listed

below. Longer descriptions can be found in

Around the World with NCGR.

CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles County Chapter. Jack Taube,President, 6333 Canoga Ave. #391, Woodland HillsCA 91367,818-716-1765, arlenekrmr@aol.com,www.ncgrla. com. Mtgs. 3rd Thurs. Coco's Res-taurant: 18355 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana. 6:00-7:30pm. Eat, Visit, and Talk Astrology, 7:30 pm.Speaker. Members: $3 Visitors: $5. Sacramento Area Chapter. Sacramento AreaChapter. Linda Byrd, President, 2351 Sunset Blvd.,#170-404, Rocklin CA 95765, 916-721-4838,Fax:916-722-4223, info@ncgrsacramento.org,.ncgrsacramento.org. 4th Sun. 1-3:30 PM. (seeweb for updates)The Reserves at the GalleriaClubhouse, 501 Gibson Dr., Roseville CA. Call oremail for gate code. Schedule subject to change.Contact us to confirm. Door fee $5 NCGR mem-bers/$15 for non-members unless noted. Spe-cial events individually priced with advance reg-istration discounts (members only) up to a weekahead. 5/18. Aleksandar Imsiragic. Fixed Stars

and Love. 6/8. Special Event. Joni Patry.Vedic

Astrology for Westerners; Thurs. 6/12.Transpersonal Astrology SIG, Chet Zdrowski,7:30-9:00 pm; Fri.-Sat. 6/27 and 6/28. SpecialWorkshop. Maurice Fernandez. Neptune/12th

House and The Yod.

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter. StevePincus, President, P.O. Box 4834, Mountain View,CA 94040; 408-962-0596, Fax: 408-962-0709;stardial@earthlink.net; ncgrsanfrancisco. org.Meetings TBA Weekday evenings, 7:30-9:30 PM;Fort Mason Center, Building C. San Francisco.Advance Reg. $12 Members/$15 non-members.Day:$15 Members/$18 non-members. Work-shops Half Day: Noon-4 PM, Advance Reg: $25Members/$30 Non-Members. Day of Event. $30Members/$35 Non-Members. Full Day: 10:30 AM-5:30 PM; Advance Reg: $50 Members/$60 Non-Members. Day of Event:$60 Members/ $70 Non-Members. 5/13. David Perloff. A Legacy of Marc

Edmund Jones: Mental Chemistry; Wed. 6/11. KayTaylor. The Astrosynthesis of Love and Sex; Thurs.7/10. Gary P. Caton. Making the Most of Mercury

Retrograde; Sat. 8/2. 1-5 PM. ChristopherRenstrom. Saturn: A Newer Look at an Older Devil;

Sat. 8/23. NCGR's Second Annual Stellar SummerAstrology Social. 1-6 PM. Holly Park, Holly ParkCircle, 94110. Free Event. NCGR-SF will providethe entrees, some side dishes, snacks, and bev-erages. There are two charcoal pits so bring what-ever you want to BBQ. Let us know you're attend-ing. Email pr@ncgrsanfrancisco.org to RSVP andbe eligible to win the raffle. San Diego Chapter. Tina Miles, President,president@ncgrsandiego.org, 760.271.6773. KellyO'Tillery, Publicity Director, publicity@ncgrsandiego.org, 760.683.5191; ncgr sandiego.org. Mtgs. 3rd Saturday featuring local and re-gional astrologers. 11am-1 pm. February on the15th US Bank Building, Community Room, 131 NorthEl Camino Real, Encinitas, CA. 92024. Meetings-$5.Members/ $8.non-members. Sat. 6/21. GayeNelson. The Male/Female Balance-8 Things to

Do to Get Along Better with Almost Anyone; Sat. 7/19. Douglas Noblehorse - As Above, So Below.

COLORADO. Rocky Mountain (Denver) Chap-ter. Karen Anderson, Presdent, P.O. Box 328,Collinsville, CO 80474; DistantStarkA @cs.com;303-258-7258; Mtgs. Generally1st Fri. 7:00 PM,September through June. Nic Nac Nook, 4280Morrison Rd, Denver, Colorado, (303) 922-9063.5/2. Karen Anderson.The Secondary Progressed

Moon; 6/13. Eric Myers. Spiritual Astrology.

CONNECTICUT. Berkshire-Fairfield Chapter. Pamela Vitko,pamsstars@aol.com, Sharon McNeal,mac813@charter.net, ctastrologers. org, Studygroups 2nd Sun, 2-4:00 PM. $5. Monthly studygroups. Study-group locations will be announcedvia e-mail prior to each meeting, so please sendus your email address. Study groups will takeplace 5/18.

FLORIDA. Florida Atlantic Chapter. Mimi Alonso, Presi-dent, 954-296-1211, mysticmimi@ gmail.com; VisitVisit meetup.com/astrologers or our websiteastrologyfla.com. Like us on Facebook. Time: Usu-ally 3rd Sat. 10:30 am-5:00 to sign in. Lunchapprox. 12:30-1:45 in Food Court. Location: NovaSoutheastern University, Carl DiSantis Bldg. 3301College Avenue, Ft. Laud.-Davie, FL 33314. AllDay Worshop. 10-5. $40/$45 Members/Non-Members; Morning lecture only. $15. AfternoonOnly. $25. Sat. 5/17. Tim Bost. Financial Week-end. Morning Session: The NYSE at 222; After-noon Session: Have you got the right chart for

success in the markets? Special 5/18 sessionSunday Intensive. What Really Works in Astro-

Trading.

ILLINOIS. Northern Illinois Chapter. Judy Johnson,President, 7807 Eleanor Place, Willowbrook, IL60527, judyjohnson7807@yahoo.com, 630-303-3187, Janet Berres, VP, janetberres@sbcglobal.net, chicagoland astrology.com. MtgsMarch-December, 2nd Tuesday 7:30 PM at theDance 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. 6/10. HarrietSheeley. The Astrology of Fukushima.

Southwest Suburban Chicago Chapter.Pat Hanus-Dussman, President, 6501 PatriciaAvenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477, 708-444-8323,patriciahanus @aol.com, Julie Camery, 219-880-6603. Mtgs. 1st Friday. 7-9 PM. Palos HeightsRecreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. PalosHeights. Members $5.00; Non-Members:$10.00.(Note: Always bring your natal chart to lecturesif you have one.) 5/2. Dave Gunning. Esoteric

Astrology; 6/6. Grace Morris. Transits and How

Best to Use Them In Your Personal Chart and

How They Affect Your Personal Chart.

MARYLAND. Annapolis Chapter. Lynn Koiner, President,301-589-2074, koiner@starpower.net. For speak-er scheduling, contact Linda Furiate, LMFuriate@verizon.net Mtgs. 2nd Sat. 10:30 AM-2:30 PM.The Country Inn and Suites, Annapolis. 5$ Mem-bers/$10 Non-Members. Workshops $40 Members/

$50 Non-Members. The group meets at the ItalianMarket, 26 Defense Highway, Annapolis for lunchand a round table discussion. 5/10. Linda Furiate.Hidden Souls–Bringing Addictive Behavior to

Light.

Baltimore Astrological Society. Teri Taylor,President, 410-794-9126, terilee2306@ gmail.com,Kari Noren-Horshal, VP, karinorenhoshal@ aol.com, baltimoreastrology.org, 410-662-4676,meetup.com/Baltimore-Astrological-Society. Mtgs.monthly (usually 3rd Friday) 7-9 PM. CommunityRoom at Ruscombe Community Health Center, 4801Yellowwood Rd. (Ruscombe Mansion lower level),Baltimore. NOTE: This is a shoeless facility. Pleasebring socks. $10 members/non-members. 5/16. LynnKoiner. Regressing Your Chart Into Your Parent's

Past.

MASSACHUSETTS. Boston Chapter. Joyce Levine, President,joycel@joycelevine.com, 617-354-7075;ncgrboston astrology. org. Mtgs. One weekendday per month. Registration and Networking. 12-12:30 PM. Lecture. 12:30-4:30 PM. All meetingsat Beech Street Center, Belmont.

MICHIGAN. Ann Arbor Chapter. Southeast MichiganAstrologers' Round Table. (SMART). RodneySmith, President, 734-879-0035, astrologer@delaney-smith.net. Sundays. Classic Cup Café.4389 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor, MI 481032-4:30pm, $15 members/$18 non-members.

MINNESOTA. STARS Chapter. Heather Roan Robbins, Presi-dent. RoanRobbins@aol.com, 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. Sun. 6/15. Jason Aeric Hueneke. Astro-

logical Spiritual Guidance--Methods and Ap-

proaches.

NEVADA. Las Vegas Stargazers Chapter. Gayle Kirk,President, lasvegasstargazers @yahoo.com,702.558.6594, Mark Wargin, 702 812-4866,ncgrlasvegas.org, facebook.com/NcgrLasVegasStar-gazers. We meet on the last Tuesday of themonth except August and December, 6:30-8:30pm, East Las Vegas Community Center, Confer-ence Room 1, 250 North Eastern Avenue, Las Ve-gas, NV 89101. Please check out our websiteand Facebook page for the most up to date in-formation about our meetings and workshops.If interested in speaking or just going to be inLas Vegas and would like to attend one of ourmeetings, we'd love to hear from you.

NEW JERSEY. Northern New Jersey Chapter. JoanneCastro, President, PO Box 244, Lebanon, NJ08833, 908-418-0365, Jocat0413 @aol.com,Jackie Slevin, 973-7445347, jcslevin@verizon.net. Mtgs. Friday eves 7:30 PM at vari-ous locations. Fees: Members $20, Seniors $10,Non-members $20. Contact Joanne for infor-mation regarding NCGR-PAA testing.

NEW MEXICO. New Mexico “Enchantment” Chapter. SandyBryan, President. 505-255-5001;

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sstars@thuntek.net, swcp.com/~nmncgr. Mtgs.1st Wed. at 7 PM. 721 Jefferson NE, Albuquer-que, NM. 5/7. Catherine Boyer. Venus Starpoint

Astrology.

NEW YORK.

Long Island Chapter. Bonnie Simms, Presi-dent, 302 Sycamore Ave, Merrick, NY 11566,

bringlite@aol.com, Angelita De Christopher, Sec-

retary, Astro1Angel@aol.com, lincgr.com. Mtgs.2nd Friday. 7:30-9:30 PM, 302 Sycamore Ave,

Merrick, NY; Members $10, Non-members $15. 5/

9. Adam Elenbass. Past Life Parables: The Art of

Past Life Storytelling in the Birth Chart.; 6/13. Dr.

Judy Tsafrir M.D. Another Light on the Planets: Un-

derstanding Essential Spiritual Lessons in the Chart;

7/11. John Marchesella. Everything You Wanted to

Know About the Moon and Never Knew to Ask; 8/8.

Alphee Lavoie. TBA. Mid Hudson Upstate Chapter. Susan Campbell,

President, 48 Elm Street, Saugerties, NY 12477,

campbellsusan077@gmail.com, 845-246-2062,midhudsonupstatencgr.net. Mtgs. Mondays. Home

of Susan Campbell, Saugerties NY.

New York City Chapter. Eileen McCabe, Presi-dent, 212-431-9834, eileenmccabe@msn.com;

John Marchesella (classes and workshops),

astrojohn@ earthlink.net; NCGR Hotline: 212-255-3236. astrologynyc.org

NORTH CAROLINA.

Queen Charlotte Chapter. Co-Presidents.

Hazel Isaac, President. 704-795-5890,

HazelHIsaac@yahoo.com. Mtgs held 3rd Sunday2-5 PM at Earth Fare, Pineville, NC. One hour of

basic natal instruction and one hour of current

transit discussion.  Fees:$ 5 for members; $10for non-members. Out to dinner afterwards.

Raleigh-Durham. Network of Triangle As-

trologers. Elizabeth Wilson, President, 919-602-6507, TWilson851@aol.com, Nancy Dimitrios, VP

& Membership Director, www.ntastrology.org.

Mtgs. 3rd Thurs. Sept.-May, 7 PM. The DancingMoon Bookstore, 1840 Wake Forest Road, Ralegh

NC, 919-833-8081. $8 members/$10 non-mem-

bers. 5/15. Drew Becker. TBA.

OHIO.

Ohio Valley Chapter. Sandie Friedrich, Presi-dent, beachie347@yahoo.com, www.ncgr-

ohiovalley.org, Mtgs., 4th Fri. 7-9 pm, Maderia Mu-

nicipal Bldg, Euclid & Miami Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Fri.5/30 7-9pm. Julene Packer. Psychological Astrol-

ogy.

OREGON.

Southern Oregon Chapter (SONCGR). Mary

Plumb, President, 141 Crocker St., Ashland OR97520, 541-488-3048, mary@maryplumb.com,

Doug Kellogg at 541-482-8988, www.astrologyin

ashland.org; Mtgs. 3rd Monday, 7 pm. Septem-ber-May. eadwaters Environmental Center (now

called GEOS). This is at the corner of Fourth

Street and 'C' Street in Ashland just down thestreet from the Fire Station and across from the

Unitarian Center. $6 General, $5 Seniors 62+, $4

NCGR Members. To get on email list of announce-ments sign up on our website. We are now broad-

casting some of our lectures free on the web!

Visit www.Ustream.tv and search for the show

"Astrology in Ashland.” Now anyone anywhere iin

the world can join us on the web to watch ourllectures.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Philadelphia Chapter. Frank Piechoski, Presi

dent, proastrologer@comcast.net. The Philadelphia

NCGR Chapter meets on the second Sunday ofeach month at 3:30 p.m. in Philadelphia. Location:

Mt . Café, 7165 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia.

TEXAS.

Gulf Coast Chapter. Jagdish Maheshri,

jmaheshri@astroinsight.com. For information aboutmeetings please contact Jagdish Maheshri at

above email address.

VIRGINIA.

Richmond Chapter. Edna Matthews,

President, PO Box 8412, Richmond VA 23226,edna.matthews@doe.virginia.gov, or Ruth Barrett,

planetwise@verizon.net, 804-740-1133. Mtgs. Sat.

2:00 PM. at the Weinstein Jewish Community Cen-ter, 5403 Monument Ave., Richmond.

WISCONSIN.

Milwaukee Chapter. Nancy K. Simpson, Presi-

dent. 8707 N 52nd Street, Brown Deer, WI 53223,

nksimpson@wi.rr.com, 414-339-5428. Mtgs. 7:15pm. Fritz’s Pub, 3086 S. 20th Street, Milwaukee,

WI. Fee: Members $10, Non-members $15.

INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS

JAPAN.

Tokyo Chapter. Terumi Kondo, President. JANet

Inc./JANet School of Astrology, 2-2-6-1101, Minami-

Aoyama, Minato-Ward, Tokyo, 107-0062: ncgr-tokyo@astrology.jp, tel. 81-90-7823-6159. Fax:03-

3406-8608; www.astrology. jp; discussion

group: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

Tapiros. Members: \2,000 (JPY) / Non-Members:2,500 (JPY); Includes Tea/Coffee with Sweets.

Participation is open to everyone, so feel free to

join us. Every month meeting includes UruannaHohkyu’s short lecture about above theme.

MEXICO.

AstroMéxico Chapter. Mónica Escalante-

Ochoa, President, Cerrada de Miguel Noreña #

23 casa 2, Col. San José Insur-gentes, CP 03900México DF, México, Tel. 525 651-6598,

astromonica@yahoo.com; www.astromexico.

com. Julene Packer. 5/16-18. Luna Progresada

(Progressed Moon); Astrología de las

relaciones (Astrology of Relationships);

Tecnicas útiles en la predicción (Useful tech-

niques for prediction); 6/1. Komilla Sutton. Rahu

y Ketu (Nodo Norte y Nodo sur) (online). 6/8.

Victor Rosillo. El mecanismo de Anticera (Video)

7/6. Angel Leyva. La casa 7 y el otro (House 7

and the other).

Mexico City Chapter. Cecilia Ortiz Bullé Goyri,

President. Orizaba 156 Col Roma Ciudad de México

D. F. 06700 (44) 5554 021438, ceci.ortiz56@gmail.com. facebook.com/astroCmig; Lo-

cation. Centro Universitario Incarnate Word,

Tlacoquemecatl 433, Del Valle, Benito Juárez,

03100 Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, SalónF12. 5/25. Martha Goenaga. Técnicas de la

astrología medieval. 6/29. Yuriria Robles.

Correlación astronómica y astrológica del Sol;

7/27. Walter Anliker. Astrología Horaria. 8/1-8/3.

Encuentro de Astrólogos en México

IInternacional. Mexico City chapter sponsorsENASTROME; 8/31. Adriana Palafox. Astrología/

Tarot: dos disciplinas hermanas

THAILAND.

Thailand Chapter. Winai Ouypornprasert,

President, UACT (Uranian Astrologers Club, Thai-land) 28/27 Soi Nakhaniwas 48 Yak 18

Nakhaniwas Road, Ladphrao, Bangkok 10230

Thailand,Tel./Fax. +662-935-4252; buddhaluck2002@yahoo.com; rasa michanpbh.com.

Bimonthly members meeting, 2:00-4:00 P.M. at

UACT.

TURKEY.

Istanbul-Turkey Chapter. Baris Ilhan,Av.Sureyya Agaoglu Sok. 12/5 Tesvikiye, Istanbul

80200, barisilhan@superonline.com, www.ncgr-

turkey.com.

SIGS (Special Interest Groups)

AST SIG (Asteroids). For information, contri-

butions to newsletter (GAIA) and sample copies

for $1.50: Nona Gwynn Press, 77-35 113th St.Apt.4A, Forest Hills, NY 11375; 718-263-8084,

synona@earthlink.net; www. geocosmic. org/

astsig. Membership send dues $15; $24 over-seas to: Richard Wright, P.O. Box 1993, Hartford,

CT 06144, phoenyx_us5@hotmail. com, 203-982-

1653, For asteroid positions or ephemerides: DaveCampbell, Vice President, astrologystore@

aol.com, 623-463-6286.

DECL SIG (Declination). Nelda L. Tanner, Presi-

dent, PO Box 153, Chino Valley, AZ 86323.

r_l_graphics@hotmail.com, www.declination.org.Dedicated to declination application and research,

it publishes The Other Dimension, a 16-page

quarterly journal. To subscribe, send check ormoney order made out to Declination SIG, $18

U.S.,$20 Canada and Mexico, $25 elsewhere (all

in US$) to Treasurer, Martha Ramsey, 400 Av-enue D, Roswell NM 88203. Send author contri-

butions to Leigh Westin declsig@ sbcglobal.net.

URANIAN SOCIETY SIG. (Uranian/

Cosmobiology). For information, back issues

and contributions to the Urania Journal, Liane Tho-mas Wade, President and Editor, 531Main St.,

#1612, New York, NY 10044. 917-855-8824,

liane@panix.com, www.uraniansociety.com. Formembership, send $25 U.S./$35 others to Chiemi

Matsumoto, 68 Garden St., #7L, Brooklyn, NY

11206.

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NCGR Balance Sheet Comparison as of June 30, 2013

ASSETS

Current Assets

Checking/Savings

1000 · Unrestricted Cash Account 90,929

1050 · Money Market Account 58,490

1060 · Titunik MM 12,115

Total Checking/Savings 161,534

Accounts Receivable

1250 · Receivable from PAA 2,226

Total Accounts Receivable 2,226

Other Current Assets

1300 · Prepaid Expense 7,671

1400 · Inventory 2,372

Total Other Current Assets 10,043

Total Current Assets 173,803

Other Assets

1850 · Loans Receivable 9,400

Total Other Assets 9,400

TOTAL ASSETS 183,203

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable

2000 · Accounts Payable 2,377

Total Accounts Payable 2,377

Credit Cards

2150 · Bank of America Credit Cards 263

Total Credit Cards 263

Other Current Liabilities

2200 Payroll Liabilities 61

2250 ·Accrued Expenses 430

2270 Accrued Corporate Tax 327

2300 · Sales Tax Payable 6

2400 · Deferred Revenue 14,137

Total Other Current Liabilities 14,961

Total Current Liabilities 17,600

Long Term Liabilities

2600 · Chapter Rebates 21,959

Total Long Term Liabilities 21,959

Total Liabilities 39,559

Equity

3200 · Temp. Restricted Net Assets 24,732

3500 Net Assets - Unallocated 75,095

Net Income 43,817

Total Equity 143,644

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 183,203

Profit & Loss Statement July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

4100 · Membership Dues 62,375

4190 · Discounts on Dues (374)

4200 · Conference/Special Event Rev. 64,946

4700 · Product/Publication Sales 2,790

4850 · Shipping & Handling Revenue 231

4900 · Investment Income 210

4920 · Interest on / Payment Loan 0

4950 · Other Operating Income 455

Total Income 130,633

Cost of Goods Sold

4800 · Discounts Given 345

5100 · COGS 484

5118 · COGS - T-shirts 26

5119 · Inventory Adjustment 10,448

Total COGS 11,303

Gross Profit 119,330

Expense

5250 · Bank Charges 494

5260 · Credit Card Processing Fees 3,157

5270 · Interest Expense 6

5280 · Penalties 5

5600 · Equipment - Non Capital 580

5700 · Honorariums 1,550

5800 · Insurance 391

5900 · Licenses & Permits 30

6100 · Marketing & Promotions 408

6250 · Payroll Expenses 43,884

6300 · Postage & Delivery 3,203

6350 · Printing & Reproductions 4,583

6450 · Professional Fees 10,465

6550 · Repairs & Maintenance (R&M) 60

6650 · Scholarships & Awards 498

6690 · Reconciliation Discrepancies (35)

6700 · Speaker Fees 450

6750 · Subcontracts 9,294

6800 · Supplies & Materials 689

6850 · Telecommunications 2,452

Total Expense 82,163

Net Ordinary Income 37,167

Other Income/Expense

Other Income

8000 · Special Purpose Fund Contrib 1,890

8350 · PAA Overhead 678

8500 · Taxable Ad Sales 5,157

Total Other Income 7,725

Other Expense

9500 · Commission on Ad Sales 609

9700 · Income Taxes 466

Total Other Expense 1,076

Net Other Income 6,650

Net Income 43,817

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