Upcoming Meetings for 2010
NCGR Seminars: August 29, 2010 - March 19, 2011
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
Sun Aug 29
415-566-8174 |
10:00 AM |
NCGR-PAA CERTIFICATION EXAM |
Linea Van Horn |
Tue Sep 14
C-370 |
7:30 – 9:30 PM |
UNDERSTANDING OUR MOMENT IN HISTORY |
Rick Tarnas |
Sat Sep 18
C-370 |
10:30 AM – 5:30 PM |
THE COMIC GENIUS: AN ARCHETYPAL PERSPECTIVE |
Rick Tarnas |
Sat - Sun
Oct 23 - 24
Macondray Room – First Unitarian Universalist Church |
Sat Oct 23: 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM Sun Oct 24: 1:30 – 5:30 PM |
A WEEKEND ON HORARY AND ELECTIONAL ASTROLOGY |
Deb Houlding |
Sat Dec 18
C-370 |
Noon – 4:00 PM |
THE YEAR AHEAD: 2011 |
Jack Fertig |
Sat Feb 26 2011
C-370 |
10:30 AM – 5:30 PM |
MARS AND PLANETARY RESONANCE - BIRTH TO PRESENT |
Dorothy Oja |
Sat Mar 19 2011
Starr King Room – First Unitarian Universalist Church |
10 AM – 8:30 PM |
 URANUS IN ARIES: BRAVE NEW WORLD |
Steven Forrest Keynote Speaker Selection in Progress (Event Co-sponsored by NCGR and San Francisco Astrological Society: SFAS) |
Sunday, August 29, 2010 in San Francisco
NCGR-PAA Astrology Certification Exam
10:00 AM, Room C205, WALK-INS NOT ACCEPTED! Contact Linea Van Horn in Advance for Admission.
If you have ever dreamed of becoming a certified astrologer, now's the time! Take advantage of this rare opportunity to take the test locally, not at some faraway conference. The exam will be offered on Sunday, August 29 in San Francisco at 10 AM. Preregistration is required. For info on the NCGR-PAA certification process, see http://www.astrologersalliance.org/certification.html. To register for the exam, or for questions regarding Level 1 and Level 2 Preparation Classes, please contact Linea Van Horn, Astrologer at Large, NCGR-PAA Certified Astrologer PHONE: 415-566-8174, EMAIL: Linea Van Horn
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Rick Tarnas: UNDERSTANDING OUR MOMENT IN HISTORY
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Building C, Room C370
We live in a dramatic period in the history of the world with high stakes for the planetary future. To help us navigate this threshold of transformation, we need every available source of relevant insight. Approaching history and current events through the lens of archetypal astrology can provide an extraordinarily nuanced and coherent overview of the evolving patterns of collective human experience. More than any other form of analysis, astrology can illuminate synchronistic waves of events and trends occurring throughout the world at a given time, while also revealing larger historical patterns that unfold cyclically through the centuries. At both the collective and the individual levels, knowing the planetary transits can be invaluable for a more intelligent participation in life, like knowing the weather reports before setting out to sail on a windy day. Join Richard Tarnas at Fort Mason for this Tuesday evening lecture as he surveys the major planetary alignments and archetypal forces at work in these next years, especially the critical period of 2010-12.
Rick Tarnas is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also frequently lectures on archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. He is the author of Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, which received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network in the UK. He is also the author of Prometheus the Awakener, a monograph, and The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern which became both a best seller and a required text in many universities.
Advance Registration: $12 NCGR Members / $15 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $15 NCGR Members / $18 Non-Members.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Rick Tarnas: THE COMIC GENIUS: AN ARCHETYPAL PERSPECTIVE
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Building C, Room C370, with Break for Lunch
This workshop is based on a four-day graduate seminar that Tarnas and John Cleese taught together last year at CIIS. We will explore the nature of comedic creativity from several overlapping approaches – depth psychology, cultural history, biography, politics – with archetypal astrology as the encompassing perspective which integrates all the rest. Using natal and transit analysis, we will consider major figures in the history of modern comedy from Chaplin and the Marx Brothers through Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Peter Sellers, and Woody Allen to Monty Python, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, and Stephen Colbert. Brief clips of individual performances will be viewed as a basis for the analysis. A major focus will be on understanding how the different planetary archetypes and combinations distinctively shape comedy and reflect specific elements in comic creativity. Another topic will be the powerful political and social influence that comedy has had in the recent past, such as during the 2006 and 2008 election campaigns in the U.S.
Advance Registration: $50 NCGR Members / $60 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $60 NCGR Members / $70 Non-Members.
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$60 for Non-Members |
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Saturday and Sunday October 23-24, 2010
Deb Houlding: A WEEKEND ON HORARY AND ELECTIONAL ASTROLOGY
Saturday, October 23rd 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM and Sunday, October 24th 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM , Macondray Room - First Unitarian Universalist Church 1187 Franklin at Geary. Macondray Room is "DOWNSTAIRS." It's the only room downstairs in the building.
Deborah Houlding is well known internationally as an expert on practical traditional astrology techniques, which she teaches to students worldwide through seminars, workshops and courses. She has been an active researcher and practitioner of astrology for over 20 years, and is past editor of the Traditional Astrologer magazine and currently the proprietor of the Skyscript astrology website (www.skyscript.co.uk). Deborah is also the author of The Houses: Temples of the Sky (Wessex), and the Principal of the STA school of traditional horary astrology.
See the Flyer: A WEEKEND ON HORARY AND ELECTIONAL ASTROLOGY.
Saturday, October 23: Key Principles of Horary Astrology
Morning theme: Details from Dignities and Receptions
In horary and traditional applications of astrology, it is crucial to understand the essential dignity and accidental strength of a planet when deciding upon its influence. This talk clarifies the use of dignities and debilities in practical chart-work, and explains how, and in what circumstances, receptions become important. It then demonstrates how to judge the effect of aspects with this additional information taken into account (it looks, for example, at the difference between harmonious aspects involving debilitated planets, and difficult aspects involving dignified planets). This level of detail is useful in many situations, and allows the astrologer to judge whether a client should be encouraged to avoid an impending problem, or whether they should be encouraged to tackle it head-on, with the intention of surmounting it.
Afternoon theme: Relationship Charts
This presentation is mainly focussed upon horary astrology, but it reviews a number of traditional principles related to ‘relationship issues’ which cut across a broad spectrum of modern and traditional techniques. It explains (and clarifies) the traditional concepts that underlie the horary judgement of intimate relationships: from the principles that determine significators and co-significators, to differentiating between 5th and 7th house 'love issues', the importance of reception, and the astrological indications of dominance, desire or disinterest. Modern examples will be referred to in a highly practical explanation of the philosophies that are embedded in the horary art, and which need to be properly understood to bring clarity to the chart.
Demonstrated with practical examples; all presentations are suitable for all levels of experience, including beginners.
Sunday, October 24: Astro-Picking: How to Get it Right
Electional astrology is the technique that allows us to look ahead and select the ideal moment to undertake or begin something important. But it offers more than that, because electional charts have a fascinating ability to expose the strengths and weaknesses in our plans. This workshop explains the technique of electional astrology, looking first at its philosophical basis, and the most important sources, and then demonstrating its usefulness through a number of case histories relating to the themes that are most relevant for the modern client. You will be provided with a full set of notes to take away after the event.
Advance Registration Full Weekend October 23-24: $100 NCGR Members / $120 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $120 NCGR Members / $140 Non-Members.
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$120 for Non-Members |
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Advance Registration Saturday ONLY October 23: $65 NCGR Members / $75 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $75 NCGR Members / $85 Non-Members.
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$75 for Non-Members |
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Advance Registration Sunday ONLY October 24: $45 NCGR Members / $55 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $55 NCGR Members / $65 Non-Members.
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$55 for Non-Members |
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Friday, Dec 18, 2010
Jack Fertig: THE YEAR AHEAD: 2011
Noon - 4:00 PM, Building C, Room C370
Back by popular demand, another expanded 4 hour presentation, Jack will take a detailed look at the economic, political and social implications of the astrological landscape in 2011. Starting with the tried and true methods of the Experience Astrology technique taught by Jayj Jacobs, Jack will reach out using additional methods including astrocartography, to identify the coming hotspots. Analyzing transits both mundane and specific to charts of nations and rulers, we will see more specifically what's coming up in 2011, focusing especially on Neptune's ingression into Pisces and the beginning of the Uranus-Pluto square.
Jack Fertig has been studying Astrology since 1969 and practicing professionally in San Francisco since 1977. A long time columnist in the San Francisco Bay Times and then the San Francisco Spectrum, he now writes the internationally syndicated Q Scope and has also written for a number of other journals and magazines. He teaches classes and offers both personal and business consultations, but his principle interest is in outer planet motions and their correlations to social and historical changes. He is a member of the San Francisco Astrological Society, the International Society for Astrological Research, the National Council for Geo-Cosmic Research, a founding member and of the Association For Astrological Networking, and on the steering committees of AFAN and the San Francisco Astrological Society. In fall of 2008 Jack joined the faculty of the Online College of Astrology teaching Geo-political Astrology.
Advance Registration: $25 NCGR Members / $30 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $30 NCGR Members / $35 Non-Members.
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$30 for Non-Members |
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Dorothy Oja: MARS AND PLANETARY RESONANCE - BIRTH TO PRESENT
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Building C, Room C370, with Break for Lunch
An innovative method of assessing the influences of the three transformers: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto but also Jupiter and Saturn to your Mars, your identity, your initiative and direction, from birth to the present moment. What is the planetary resonance phase you are in now and what is the one you were born with? What happens when that phase repeats in your lifetime? We’ll use a famous example to illustrate.
Dorothy Oja is a certified (ISAR C.A.P.) career astrologer and astrological professional through her practice MINDWORKS, with over three decades of study, experience and an international clientele. Dorothy is an exciting, knowledgeable teacher, lecturer and writer. She’s authored many articles and two computer interpretive reports: Compatibility & Conflict for Romantic Relationships, and one for Business or Friendship Relationships. Since 1997, she has published, Planet Weather, a free weekly ezine. Her primary interest lies in assisting individuals in practical and honest self-evaluation for maximizing their greatest potential, while understanding the spiritual imperatives of their birth chart. Dorothy’s specialties include: Researching dates for surgery, business, weddings, etc., relationship analysis, political/mundane, and child profiles. Her community service: former Chair of AFAN’s Legal Information Committee, development of ISAR’s Ethics Initiative, Chair of ISAR Ethics Committee, and currently ISAR Board member. Website: www.planetweather.net Email:DOja96@aol.com.
Advance Registration: $50 NCGR Members / $60 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $60 NCGR Members / $70 Non-Members.
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