Conjunction

Newsletter/Magazine, November 2013, Issue No. 59

News and Comment

2 Going to Ground by Joyce Hopewell 3 Richard wins Charles Harvey Award 3 Astrological Association Conference 2013 5 Forthcoming UK events 6 New Book: Using Age Progression 7 Maggies Musings 7 APA Contacts Please note that pages 8 onwards are only available to APA members, who must be logged in to view them.

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8 From Africa to Europe by Wanda Smit

From the Archives

22 The Chart of A.C.Swinburne by Rikki Rooksby

11 Invitation into The Crystal Maze by Kim Earl

Reviews
24 Using Age Progression by Joyce Hopewell

13 Talk Therapy for Astrologers 4 by Wolfhard Knig

16 Esoteric Rulers and Seed Thoughts for the Signs by Joyce Hopewell

25 A Way of Being by Carl Rogers

19 The Amphora by Barry Hopewell

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26 Pioneeers of Esotericism

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Going to Ground
At this time of year when days shorten, nights lengthen and temperatures fall, we tend to mirror nature and hunker down somewhere warm and cosy. In the UK, wildlife such as frogs, newts, toads, bats, dormice and hedgehogs take things further and hibernate over winter, as do some species of butterfly. They are joined in other parts of the globe by snails, bees, turtles, lemurs and marmots, to mention just a few. Growth in nature closes down too, as trees shed leaves, plants die down and lawns no longer need mowing. External, observable active life appears to go to ground. Nothing seems to be going on. Ah but is that so? In the natural world hibernating creatures sleep and the trees take a rest. What they are doing could be described as reculer pour mieux sauter stepping back in order to make a better jump forwards thats the dictionary definition of this phrase given in Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. When we hunker down at this time of year the Scorpio time of year which Maggie mentions in her regular Musings column do we go into stasis and hibernate, or are we able to use the darker days and longer nights to go inside and connect with what we need to move towards in our own lives? Or when we

Notes from the 11th House by Joyce Hopewell

reach a Low Point in the Age Points journey around the chart, does everything stop? I suspect not. In many ways it can feel as if theres more going on when were on a Low Point and that is because we are closer to the circle in the centre of the chart. Going inward can be an important time as Maggie suggests, it is a time of composting finding riches embedded in the darkness within. Only when we are prepared to look inside of ourselves and acknowledge that changes could be made, and then take action, can transformation begin to take place. In order to transform be it an attitude, a way of life, or outworn feelings and resentments we are hanging on to we have to take an inner journey. And to do this we have to go to ground our own inner ground and space. At a workshop where Pluto was being discussed, I remember the graphic description a student offered on the essence of this planet. Pluto, she said, is like prunes. It goes into the interior and does good work. At this darkening time of year, whether you consciously use the time to go to ground and transform a little or a lot, or simply hibernate and let things happen, may you find warmth and comfort in the darker days to fuel your own jump forwards. And dont forget the prunes.

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News and Comment

Astrological Association Conference 2013 with Thoughts on Cosmic Responsibility prompted by Rick Tarnas This years conference 27-29 September included many talks of high intellectual content, and fewer dedicated to predicting outcomes or demonstrating multiple ways of reading unattractive charts overloaded with data. Archetypal Astrology On Friday afternoon, Rick Tarnas gave a masterclass exploring the archetypal perspective of the comic genius, as the jester/trickster figure, who generallybut not alwaysgets away with exposing those unconscious urges that are often politically incorrect. His interest was stimulated by his friendship with John Cleese. Their Suns make an exact trine aspect in water signs and both have Moon in Aries (see charts below). Note the greater sign strength of Cleeses Moon in a one-way conjunction with Saturn in Aries opposing his Sun at the start of Scorpio. Opposition and quincunx aspects between those two Martian signs make triangular figures with fixed Mars in Aquarius, Uranus in Taurus and Pluto in Leo, triggering the incisive black humour and intransigent postures with which Cleese entertains the public. Tarnas illustrated his talk with YouTube clips of Cleese and other stand-up comedians. On Saturday, he gave the Carter Memorial Lecture on The Role of a Astrology in a Civilization in Crisis, which will be published in the journals of the Astrological Association and the Astrological Lodge. His talk was in two parts, the first focusing on the importance of astrology as a source of insight into human self-understanding, through which we establish a participatory relationship with the cosmos. An illustrative podcast by Cleese as a scientist pontificating on the recent discovery

Richard wins Charles Harvey Award The Charles Harvey Award 2013 for Special Service to Astrology was this year awarded jointly to APA founder Richard Llewellyn and Darby Costello. Although Richard was unable to attend the conference in person, he was beamed onto the big screen in the dining room on Friday evening Richard with to graciously accept this the Award Trophy well deserved honour. Many congratulations from all us!
of the god gene emphasized the ludicrous nature of fundamentalism, whether scientific or religious. Not unlike the Hubers, Ricks approach to the cosmos is participatory, encouraging us to raise awareness, take moral responsibility, and reconnect with the anima mundi, acknowledging the uncertainties that form part of any powerful initiatory transformation. Astrological symbolism provides us not so much with certainties as with doorways to the mystery and its transformative dynamism. In the second part of his talk which he developed further at a meeting of the London Group of Scientific and Medical Network a couple of days later Tarnas emphasized the role of heroic communities in the quest for a higher truth beyond the purposeless material and social realities with which we live. After deconstructing the iron

21.02.1950, 12:30, Geneva, Switzerland

Rick Tarnas

27.10.1939, 03:15, Weston-super-Mare, England

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John Cleese

cage of modernity, our communities of the postmodern era in its mature phase need to develop a hermeneutics of trust to enable them to hold initiatory experiences with the potential for procreative participation with the anima mundi. During discussion at SMN, Tarnas responded to a question on how to choose what to follow when marketing for good causes confronts us at every turn by recommending we commit ourselves to what we love. We must also beware of the ugly shadow of exclusivity that can arise in some communities and recognize that we are simultaneously participants in the wider world with all its shortcomings. If you would like to know more about his perception of the way forward, Tarnas has made several YouTube videos, and articles on archetypal astrology by him and his colleagues can be downloaded at www.archaijournal. org and www.cosmosandpsyche.com essays Archaeoastronomy Bernadette Brady initiated the archaeoastronomy stream with a Friday evening plenary on the Pyramid Texts of Sakkaraone of the earliest expressions of the power of the word. Well-researched and enthusiastic seminars on the skyscape and landscape interfaces at English barrows, Irish tombs, and Maltese temples engaged my interest during Saturday. Below is a clear definition of this evolving discipline taken from Pamela Armstrongs article, in the September 2013 issue of the Astrological Journal (p. 31): Archaeoastronomy is the study of how we, as humans, have incorporated celestial alignments or symbolism into the architecture of our built environments. These alignments are often towards celestial horizon events related to the passage of the sun, the moon, or the stars. If a building or a stone circle, or cairn, or dolmen, or henge, or earthen mound, or city or pyramid, or temple, or standing stone is thought to be aligned to the movement of anything in the firmament, we would say it is archaeoastronomically aligned. You can take an online module on archaeoastronomy at the Sophia Centre without commitment to the full MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales, see www.cosmology-and-culture.org/Sophia. The European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) is holding a conference on The Materiality of the Sky in Valletta, Malta, from 22-26 September 2014. For more information, go to www.seac2014.com. The Magic of Astrology On Sunday, the guiding theme of the conference, The Magic of Astrology was more explicitly addressed at various seminars on making talismans, and the occult uses of astrology in the Western mystery tradition, most of them using Marsilio Ficino and Israel Regardie as their main source of reference. Our APA speaker, Ghislaine Adams, took the Theosophical perspective, quoting from Alan Leos description of the centre of the chart as the divine
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fragment (Esoteric Astrology, pp. 241-42) as a prelude to focusing our gaze on the aspect pattern. By tuning into the unconscious motivation depicted by the aspect pattern and expressed through cardinal, fixed, or mutable energy, we can better understand our personality and how we might align it with the souls purpose. Recordings of the conference will be available at www. astrologicalassociation.com/shop/recordings/mp3-index. html. A new MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred is being offered by Angela Voss, Geoffrey Cornelius, and Wilma Fraser at Canterbury Christ Church University. The course starting in January 2014 would require students to attend seminars in Canterbury but it is hoped to have a distance learning option in place from 2015. More information can be found at www.canterbury. ac.uk/education/pcet or by contacting Michelle Childs on 01227 863458 or at post.compulsory.education@ canterbury.ac.uk. Astrological Association Conference, 12-14 September 2014 The theme of next years conference will be The Power of Astrology, and it will be held again at Wyboston Lakes, which is an expensive but comfortable venue for an intensive weekend. Proposals for conference talks will begin shortly and APAs membership of the Advisory Panel for Astrological Education (APAE) entitles it to one slot. Sue Lewis Reconnecting with Pam Tyler In June 1983, Richard Llewellyn and American astrologer Pam Tyler jointly founded the English Huber School/ API(UK), the organisation that eventually became APA. Richard went on to establish the Courses and become Principal, while Pam returned to the USA to develop a varied career involving law, the church and a spiritual retreat and guest house in New Mexico. However Pam has always retained her interest in astrology and the Huber approach, so arranged to meet members of APA while she was passing through London in July. Here she is catching up over lunch with your editor, Joyce Hopewell and Sue Lewis.

Barry

Joyce

Pam

Sue

You can find more about the centre Pam established (San Geronimo Lodge) at http://tinyurl.com/l86k59v.

Brighton Workshop 1st September 2013 Who am I really exploring your inner Motivations Marilyn Burnett and Frankie Sidhu led the first Huberbased workshop to be held in Brighton. It turned out to be a great success! In the morning participants were presented with an introduction to the basics of astrological psychology and Huber Method. After looking at the Five Layers of the chart, Frankie Sidhu (a practicing psychosynthesis psychotherapist) went on to lead a meditation linking the circle at the centre with Assagolis Egg Diagram. After coffee and biscuits participants were shown the chart of two famous people and were invited to use their intuition to come up with an image for the aspect patterns and to explore what this might tell them about the unconscious motivations of these people. When the identity of each person was revealed they were amazed at how much they had been able to glean about the person in this way. The group then

went on to intuit the images of each others charts in the same way at this point there were some thrilled and enthusiastic revelations and responses! A tasty vegetarian curry was provided for lunch, prepared by Frankie. In the afternoon participants were presented with the first steps of chart interpretation the aspect direction, colour and orientation etc. and they were then able to relate these to their own charts. Then they were given an opportunity to experience the energy of each of the individual Ptolemaic aspects for themselves through, what turned out to be, some fairly entertaining and even hilarious role play! The feedback from the day was extremely positive with each person expressing how much they had enjoyed the experience and also that they had learned a great deal. Another opportunity to attend this workshop will be on 2nd November - see below. Marilyn Burnett

Transpersonal Perspectives Day, 13 October, London The Journey from the South Node to the North Node of the Moon, Sue Lewis This workshop gathered a number of participants trained in transpersonal psychology including therapists, teachers, artists, and publishers, with astrological knowledge ranging from nearly nonexistent to pretty comprehensive but more Liz Greene than Huber, together with a sprinkling of Huber astrologers. I chose my topic carefully, wanting to give the day the depth and purpose of an insightful journey within the context of Huber astrology, but without demanding much technical expertise in our astrological methods. It was a successful day at the end of which one or two people said it had helped them to discover where they are at the present time and, as I left, one Huber astrologer encouraged me to write a report on for Conjunction, while another said how much she missed the group work we used to enjoy at Face to Face. Holding a full-day workshop in a spacious venue, where you can introduce your subject with a slide presentation and then move on to exercises that include visualization and imaging for participants to record in their own creative way, and share in groups of two or three to deepen their experience, generates an energy well beyond that which is possible in the general conversation following a slide show in ones own small flat.

In todays world, where most people shop around the Internet for the information they require, and have to be highly committed to go to workshops, the resuscitation of Face to Face in its previous form may be unrealistic, but recognition of the spiritual dimension in Huber astrology is emerging and perhaps we should seek further opportunities for cooperating with similarly oriented groups. Sue Lewis Forthcoming UK events Saturday 2 November, 10.30am-5.30pm, Birmingham The Living Birth Chart Introductory Workshop with Joyce Hopewell Contact talktogillbryant@googlemail.com Saturday 2 November, 10.30am-4.30pm, Brighton Who am I really?... Exploring your Inner Motivations Experiential Workshop with Marilyn Burnett and Frankie Sidhu Contact astrofocus@talktalk.net Saturday 16 November, London WC1H Astrological Psychology in the Western Esoteric Tradition Sue Lewis speaking at Kepler Research Conference www.astrologicalassociation.com

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New Book: Using Age Progression Understanding Lifes Journey The timing system of Age Progression through the Life Clock is perhaps the most sophisticated astrological approach to understanding the psychologically significant life experiences that are reflected in the birth chart. It was developed after extensive research by Bruno & Louise Huber. As Huber students will be aware, you can use Age Progression to seek meaning in the jumble of events in your life. It can show what sort of influences are likely to be at work at different stages of this particular lifetime. As you give meaning to particular times of your life, you tell stories of how Historic Birth Times Have you ever had confusing results from your Huber chart software when producing charts for 'historic' birth times? I certainly have, as I frequently have cause to print the charts of historic celebrities for various book and/ or magazine articles. I eventually resolved to clarify for myself what was going on, so contacted Juan Saba of Cathar Software. Each of the programs AstroCora, Regulus and MegaStar makes corrections to the supplied local time depending on the normal time zone for the country or region. For every country/region there is a date when Standard Time starts, before which standard time zones did not exist. These dates are given in the American Atlas or The International Atlas, both published by ACS Publications Inc. Some examples are given below. England 1/1/1880 France 15/3/1891 Germany 01/04/1893 Italy 22/09/1866 USA 18/11/1883 For earlier birth dates, the programs calculate the Local Mean Time (LMT) for a location, based on its longitude, or in fact the Sun's position at the Midheaven (noon) of the place. This is assumed to correspond most closely with the time that would have actually been in use in that place at that time. The difference between the Local Mean Time and the normal time for the country/ region is shown in the 'Summer Time Correction' box, so you can see the adjustment that has been made. However, before 2007 the Cathar programs used a different atlas (not ACS), which means that the time correction made was sometimes slightly different. Thus, for example, you may find instances where the chart you find in an old book is slightly different from that produced by your current program today. Indeed, if you are still using a pre-2007 version of AstroCora, Regulus or MegaStar some charts you generate may be slightly different from the modern versions.
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things are and how they might be. Naturally this helps in navigating your way forwards through life. Of course, you can use Age Progression in consultation with a friend or client. Many practitioners regard it as a gilt edged technique saving many hours of counselling. In this welcome new book, published August 2013, Joyce Hopewell explores the different facets of Age Progression, illuminated by extensive examples with full colour charts, to help you to understand how to apply it to yourself and to helping others. Available from APA bookshop at www. astrologicalpsychology.org. For more information see the Review by Marilyn Burnett on page 24. Unfortunately, there is a further complication. The 2007 implementation of the Local Mean Time adjustment included a rounding to the number of minutes of time, so that resulting adjustment is not always strictly mathematically proportional. The charts produced by the Lois Rodden Databank on www.astro. com also use the Local Mean Time system, but do not round the adjustment to minutes so you may find a discrepancy of a few minutes of arc in the position of the chart's AC, when compared with the Cathar programs. The maximum difference from a fully proportional LMT is 30 seconds of time. Since birth times are not normally accurate to more than a minute (if that, particularly hundreds of years ago), we are really talking about an issue of consistency between programs, rather than a question of which chart is in some sense 'correct'. Finally, this rounding has been changed in the latest versions of the Cathar software, so that the AC resulting should be the same as that on www.astro.com, but possibly slightly different from that produced with an earlier version of the software. These changes are in the following versions: MegaStar 8.80, AstroCora 7.80, Regulus 5 and Regulus Platinum. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any way in the programs of 'switching off' the LMT adjustment for early dates, so if you want to generate a chart that is identical to one produced by earlier versions of the software (unusual, I know), you need to adjust the birth time with a corresponding anti-compensation. Of course, Local Mean Time itself was only used from the early 19th century, when Solar Time or Sundial Time was last used so for even earlier dates LMT is only an approximation to the time then in use. What does it all mean? Well, if you did not take some care in handling very historic birth times, this should ensure that from now on you are very wary of them, and maybe consider the implications of the state of timing in those periods of history! Barry Hopewell

Maggies Musings How does the cycle of our life compare with the yearly cycle of Nature? Ive been pondering about our emergence into the world and see the parallel with the new green shoots that appear above the surface of the Earth at the Spring Equinox. I contemplated the months making a comparison between the development of the growing human being and the life of plants. Then of course it all got a bit confusing because Natures Life Span above ground is much shorter. And as I write this in October, we are approaching the Scorpio month after all the harvesting and clearing. According to the Life Clock, at 42 we reach a similar point in the cycle of our life and I recalled my own journey around that time. During the years that had followed the Low Point of the Seventh House my health had declined and as I reached the Cusp of the Eighth House, I reluctantly accepted that I could no longer continue my nursing career. My faith in orthodox medicine was somewhat dented by its failure to help me and I had to fall back on my own resources. What was called for was a letting go of past certainties and beliefs. This was scary stuff and but my need drove me to a point where despite my fear and trying to protect myself (Saturn) I had to let go, surrender to the unknown, and take a leap in the dark. And I landed with the discovery of new ways of self-healing. By 48 a profound inner change had been triggered and my life APA Contacts
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took a different pathway. I had been composted with a vengeance! Am I being fanciful in making a comparison with the Scorpio month in nature? We have an allotment and recycle everything from the kitchen and Ive become fascinated by the compost heap! Next year, a wonderful friable rich dark soil will have been created from those messy veggie peelings, roots and shoots, worms and busy beetles. The magic mixture will hold the richness of the past yet has been transformed so that it will feed and nurture the new green shoots of Spring. I havent quite sussed out a comparison between the natural cycle and the Ninth Sagittarian House of the Age Point. So if you have any inspiration about this, do share it! Love and Blessings for 2014 Maggie Jeffery www.intentioncoaching.co.uk

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