Elliot Tanzer, Author, seminar leader and counselor with over 35 years experience teaching astrology, Tarot, metaphysics, and meditation. He presented at UAC ‘86 and many Feng Shui conferences and maintains an international clientele. His books: “Exercises for the Spiritual Body – Meditation and Metaphysics and Their Practical Application”, “Choose the Best House for You: The Feng Shui Checklist”, and “Evaluating Astro*Carto*Graphy Maps: Finding Your Best Places to Live & Travel”, are all examples of Elliot’s ability to communicate abstract concepts in easy to understand language, while making the techniques discussed practical and easy to use. His many published articles can be found on his website: www.ElliotTanzer.com under “Article Archives.” Elliot can be reached at: 310-281-6798.

Advance Registration: $50 NCGR Members / $60 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $60 NCGR Members / $70 Non-Members.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Ken Bowser: ADVANCED PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Building C, Room C210

The use of the speculum, primary directions and aspects in mundo are the most accurate timing tools in astrology. Advocated by Ptolemy and used by ancient and medieval astrologers, these tools show the hidden aspects in both natal and return charts. Lecture will include examples in both natal and mundane astrology.

Ken Bowser author of An Introduction to Western Sidereal Astrology, has studied both astrology and ancient history for over forty years. Known for his careful scholarship in the field of ancient astrology, Ken lectures at astrological conferences in the US and Europe and regularly teaches classes on a variety of astrological subjects. He can be reached at www.WesternSiderealAstrology.com. Book Signing: Bring your copy of Ken’s new book, An Introduction to Western Sidereal Astrology (AFA, April, 2012) for Ken to sign after the lecture. Books will also be available at the lecture.

Advance Registration: $12 NCGR Members / $15 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $15 NCGR Members / $18 Non-Members.

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Michael Lutin: REGULUS IN VIRGO

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Building C, Room C260

per corem leonis in signo virginis
in sororitatem steallarum te salvamus

Literal translation: Through the heart of the Lion in the Sign of the Woman we welcome you into the Sisterhood of the Stars.

Popular translation: Move over, Boys. The patriarchy's fucked.

Michael Lutin, currently practices astrology and speaks in several Earth cities, before astrology groups; recently at the National Press Club, Washington D.C. Michael writes for Vogue Germany, FEM Germany, VOGUE Korea and Huffington Post. Most recent project OMG THE MAYANS WERE RIGHT, An apocalyptic musical evening for 2012. Website: www.michaellutin.com.

Advance Registration: $12 NCGR Members / $15 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $15 NCGR Members / $18 Non-Members.

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Dorothy Kovach: IT’S YOUR FUTURE: Everything you ever wanted to know about prediction… but were afraid to ask

Noon - 4:00 PM, Building C, Room C230

Western astrologers are often very well versed on how each outer planetary transit affects them, but all too often, know very little or nothing about the celestial cycles they are presently experiencing. These cycles, or ‘time czars’ will almost always overshadow even the transit of Pluto. Utilizing the methods of the ancients of the east and west, we will explore the best times to push forward, and most importantly, when to pull back. Armed with multiple charts, such as profections, shadow charts, and real life situations, we will learn to make predictions that come true, not just once in a while, but on a regular basis. Come join us and see how astrology can be a beacon of light in murky times.

Dorothy Kovach is an astrologer, writer and researcher who utilizes the traditional methods of both east and west. Her specialties are horary and finding the ‘best times’ to start projects for success. She was a contributing editor for the first traditional astrology magazine of its kind, ‘The Horary Practitioner.’ A decade and a half ago, she began to apply ancient methods to the markets and has never looked back. She correctly called the tech/dot-com bubble burst five years ahead, and warned her clients off the markets well before the 2008 debacle. More recently, she predicted the demise of the then-mighty Euro to a very skeptical audience. She has been writing the economic trends for Llewellyn’s Moon Sign Book since 2001. Her predictions have been featured on www.msnbc.com. Her clients hail from six of the seven continents. She can be reached via her website: www.worldastrology.net or dstar@mcn.org.

Advance Registration: $25 NCGR Members / $30 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $30 NCGR Members / $35 Non-Members.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Austin Coppock: THE (RE)BIRTH CANAL: Transiting Saturn and the North Node in Scorpio

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Building C, Room C210

On October 5th, 2012, Saturn enters Scorpio, beginning a new chapter in our individual and collective lives.  Saturn will be in the stingered sign until 2015, auditing our personal and collective underworld and churning up all sorts of charged subjects- sex, death, corruption, transformation and paranoia. Saturn won’t be all alone in the Scorpion’s den, though.  The North Node, the head of the mythic Eclipse Dragon, will be keeping Saturn company in Scorpio until 2014.  The North Node directs our evolutionary trajectory straight down the winding tunnels of transformation and into the underworld majesty that Saturn in Scorpio reveals. Join us on October 11th for a symbolic and historical examination of what Saturn and the North Node’s time in Scorpio means for both you and your world.

Austin Coppock is an astrologer and student of esoteric lore. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Social Science and Philosophy from Antioch College. He works as an astrological consultant, teacher, writer and speaker. His has an international clientele and is noted for his rare fusion of pragmatism, vision and insight. He has written extensively on astrology, including hundreds of weekly columns, dozens of articles, and Astrological Almanacs for 2011 and 2012. His website austincoppock.com hosts a regularly updated collection of of writings and news of writings and news about upcoming projects.

Advance Registration: $12 NCGR Members / $15 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $15 NCGR Members / $18 Non-Members.

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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Don Cerow: MYTH, ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY: Mythology And The Roots Of Astrology Workshop

10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Building C, Room C-370, with Break for Lunch

Mythology and Astrology are branches of the same tree. Together, they are rooted in a common soil and draw nourishment from a way of looking at life. By examining two works from the Classical tradition, we find the key to this unity opening ancient mysteries from the past, and offering insights into both our present, and the future. Homer's Iliad, the oldest work in the western literary tradition, lays out the astrological year in its chapters, providing specific examples of behavior influenced by the twelve signs of the zodiac. It is a choreography of the seasons and how they affect us as individuals. Written almost one thousand years earlier than our oldest translated works on astrology (Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos), it is a fascinating glimpse of life in what is still held as basic astrological principles today. The second key is Ovid's Fasti, a work on the Roman calendar, illustrating how astrological motion and lunar phases provide direct evidence of planetary placement and the myths which are associated with them. One of the earliest uses of astrology and astronomy was to set up the calendar in an effort to coordinate time. Time now gives us back the same key to reopen the door of mystery in the myths.

Don Cerow is a certified NCGR Level IV astrologer known for the warmth, insight and depth he brings to his counseling practice. An astrologer since ‘72, his interest has been in how astrology evolved from the mythology and astronomy of ancient peoples. He received a degree in Classics, Magna cum Laude from UMass in ‘76, has been writing a weekly column  (www.AthenasWeb.com) for various newspapers since ‘83, and in 2003 reconstructed an early model of Stonehenge in a story picked up by the New York Times. In ‘05 he wrote and produced a multi-media show for Fiske Planetarium at the U of Colorado, Boulder entitled Star, Myths and Dragons, pushing back the limits of what our forbearers knew about the heavens. This same theme is now a book entitled The Dragon’s Path. He's produced shows for radio and television and taught at colleges, universities and planetariums across the country.

Advance Registration: $50 NCGR Members / $60 Non-Members.
Day of Event: $60 NCGR Members / $70 Non-Members.

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