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In March 2020, with the implementation of physical-distancing restrictions in Victoria due to the COVID-19 outbreak, lecture meetings were put on hold. Despite the uncertain future ahead, the VAA Committee discussed the situation and decided that somehow “the show must go on”… After researching and comparing a number of available options, a few weeks later the lecture program recommenced online via Zoom.
The inaugural Zoom Meeting was presented free to VAA Members in April 2020 by Julie Deitz. Her inspiring talk “Astrology and the Spiritual Path” was recorded as an MP3 audio file AND an MP4 video file, and both formats are available to purchase below.
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2025 Lectures
About The Speaker
Dijana Dawe is a professional astrologer with over 25 years of experience and the founder of Aspect Astrology. Her passion for astrology was sparked during her first Saturn Return, leading her to study at the Melbourne School of Astrology and train with renowned mentors. Specialising in psychological and evolutionary astrology, Dijana offers readings, workshops, and mentoring, with a particular focus on relationships. A former publishing professional with Penguin Australia and Hay House, she also integrates industry expertise into her astro-branding services for budding MBS authors. Dijana is a member of FAA, VAA, and is co satellite representative for the Australian arm of OPA (Organisation of Professional Astrologers).
Website: www.aspectastrology.com.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Aspectastrology/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AspectAstrology
Julian Venables presents enlightenment for astrologers, and demonstrates how it can be found in the Birth Chart by showing you how to shift your perception from Third-person Heliocentric consciousness to First-person Geocentric consciousness.
This talk is an easy philosophical journey that will show you the difference between awareness and consciousness – which is the difference between Primary Motion (angles & houses) and Secondary Motion (planets on the Ecliptic) an important consideration in this time of awakening, with Pluto now in Aquarius.
Julian’s theory helps to create the bridge to unify traditional and modern psychological astrology through an understanding of perception- of how to ‘see’ the world.
This talk will also include the real secret of the “Rising Sign”, and what a “Transit” really is, as well as the opening of your Third Eye, your ‘All-Seeing Eye’.
We will journey with Dante through the Paradise, and realise why Shakespeare called his theatre the Globe.
About The Speaker
UK astrologer Julian Venables has taught astrology at all levels and currently provides 1-to-1 astrology tuition online via Zoom and offers astrology readings.
Between 2008-2019 he wrote Daily Horoscopes for the New York based celebrity website Uinterview. Julian was also Chairman of the Brighton & Hove Astrology Circle for 12 years from 2011 – 2023 and hosted regular webinars from astrologers all over the world.
He published his first novel, “The Astrologers Apprentice” in 2015, which is available on Amazon & Kindle. Julian has also self-published an astrology book called “The Divine Order” available on Amazon.
Visit his website – londonastrologer.co.uk
Find Julian on…
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@julianvenablesastrologer
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMz9HhFIgcCCNx1SHWBzH-w/videos
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelondonastrologer/
In 2025 and 2026 we will witness four major planets changing signs. This speaks of major transformation in our lives and the world we live in. How can we harness these high-vibrational energies, urging us to expand and transform? How can we ensure we do not get carried away by Fire’s exciting influence and utilize it in a creative and productive way? This year, the Mother archetype holds the key…
About The Speaker
Vesna Drusko is a professional astrologer, working with Western and Chinese astrology systems. Vesna offers individual consultations, relationship charts, children’s charts, annual forecasts, and date selection. She delivers presentations and lectures on various astrological topics to groups and corporate audiences. Her training in Tarot, Feng Shui, Numerology and Mythology informs her work.
Vesna also offers complementary Cutting the Ties That Bind consultations. All consultations are offered via Zoom/Skype.
Location: Wallan
Phone: 0421 639 398
Website: cosmic-path-astrology.com.au
Diploma of Astrology FAA
Advanced Certificate in Four Pillars of Destiny (Chinese Astrology)
Certificate in Flying Stars Feng Shui
Level 2 Reiki Certificate
Certificate in Spirale Colour Healing
2024 Lectures
Neptune is a mysterious archetype, which functions as a collective and unconscious process. It represents the universal desire to experience meaning and a sense of belonging. With an orbit of 165 years, planet Neptune spends 13 years in each sign of the Tropical Zodiac, each period illustrating the ambience, themes and symbols we collectively experience.
With nebulous Neptune about to shift into forthright Aries in 2025, in this presentation, Michele Finey explores the symbols and images linked to Neptune in Aries. We also step back in time to examine notable historic events to see what this mysterious cycle can tell us about the coming decade and beyond.
About The Speaker
Michele Finey began studying astrology in 1980. A modern, psychological astrologer and hypnotherapist, Michele has a passion for writing and research. Her work has appeared in a host of astrological publications, and she produces a comprehensive annual astrology calendar. Michele is the author of Solar Fire’s Health and Wellbeing Report and her books include Secrets of the Zodiac (2009) The Sacred Dance of Venus and Mars (2012) and The Test of Time, Exploring Stationary Planets (2022). She is currently working on her next book.
Email: mfiney@cinsight.com.au
Website: www.celestialinsight.com.au
These and other questions can be answered just by knowing where to look in the chart. We will look at examples of the famous and non famous. We will explore some supplementary techniques that can give us even further information – adding in solar returns and looking at them from a health perspective. What to do if there is no time of birth? I missed the time of the onset of illness – what can I do now? These are topics we will cover as we explore the revelatory world of traditional medical astrology. We will go over multiple examples so that you will become very familiar with the easy principles involved in looking at the medical chart, so should you require this technique you will know how to understand the mysteries of the medical chart.
About The Speaker
Mercedes is a registered acupuncturist and medical astrologer who has had a passion for studying health, astrology and eastern philosophy all her life. She trained and worked as an RN for many years and as a Chinese medical practitioner, whilst studying astrology for the past 40 years. She is NCGR level certified in astrology with a keen interest in traditional astrology especially medical and horary astrology. She has a practitioners level certification in horary astrology and a masters level certification in medical astrology from the School of Traditional Astrology (S.T.A.) and Lee Lehman. She relishes using the information that a medical astrology chart can provide to improve a persons health and well being on a body, mind, spirit level.
Instagram: mercedess2552
About The Speaker
Rob Bailey is an astrologer living in Canberra, Australia. He is passionate about the history of astrology and is currently focused on the study and revival of early medieval horary astrology. His approach to astrology combines traditional techniques with modern counselling skills and a client-led approach to readings. Rob is preparing a course on horary astrology with the well-known American astrologer Chris Brennan, host of The Astrology Podcast.
Website: https://oldschoolastrology.com/
About The Speaker
Peter Burns began reading palms in 1984 and spent seven years consulting at the Fremantle markets in Western Australia, seeing approximately 1,500 people each year. Since then, Peter Burns has been teaching and lecturing in Australia and the USA.
His extensive research of the literature on palmistry revealed several basic errors which have been perpetuated over many decades. When corrected profound psychological insights can be obtained from reading the hands. For therapists and healers, these insights provide invaluable assistance for the care and assistance of clients. Peter is also an active astrologer and was president of the Victorian Astrologers Association 2006-2008. Peter has been a regular guest speaker on ABC radio in WA and on 3RRR in Melbourne Australia. He has been the national editor of the quarterly Journal for the Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA) since 2000 and has published numerous articles in the Horizons newsletter for the Victorian Astrologers Association, and in the Australian Wellbeing magazine.
He now focuses on teaching palmistry and astrology through his online courses.
Yods have a rich tradition in Jewish mysticism (yodh) as well as in astrology. In astrology it is just another aspect pattern but one with deep spiritual/karmic implications.
In this lecture we will learn more about the symbolism of the Yod as well as its astrological intent. There will be many chart examples. Start looking in your chart to see if you have one. Don’t forget that they can also form via progressions and transits (especially the slow moving outer planets).
About The Speaker
Jo-Anne Cardosi is a professional astrological counsellor, teacher, lecturer and researcher. She has been studying and practising astrology for the last 25 years. Her special interest is in child/parent dynamics, understanding trauma and charting a new life direction free of fear. She also has a special interest in understanding current world trends/larger picture views on planetary patterning throughout history. Now practising in Reservoir, Melbourne.
About The Speaker
Vanessa Couto, MA, PPC, is a Life Purpose Coach, astrologer, teacher, and artist. In her work, she weaves mythology, fairy tales, Jungian psychology, and a good dose of practical and grounded common sense to guide her clients at their intersection of life purpose and livelihood. In addition to coaching, she teaches various classes and workshops.
Vanessa holds a B.A. in Social Communication and Advertising from PUC-MG, an M.A. in Teaching from New York University, and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis on Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Originally from Brazil, she lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, their two Gemini cats, and an ever-growing collection of books, printed art, and vinyl records.
Website: https://vanessacouto.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archetypalcosmos
We are at the threshold of monumental changes to the world we live in and a deep transformation of the human consciousness.
Chinese Astrology highlights 2024 as a milestone year, marking the commencement of the Age of Fire, which will last 20 years. As this new year began, we had our first New Moon of the year, in the power-packed sign of Capricorn. This supports my three-word forecast for 2024: it’s about power. An enormous power is waking up in the world now. Will it enhance governments and armies, or will it wake up humanity to fight for freedom and create a new world? How can we work constructively with so much power activating so many aspects of our lives?
About The Speaker
Vesna Ljesnicanin is a professional astrologer, holding a Diploma of Western Astrology and a Certificate in Advanced Four Pillars of Destiny Astrology. Her long-term studies of Tarot, Feng Shui, Numerology, Mythology, Reiki, Spirale Colour Therapy and crystal healing inform her work and benefit her clients.
Vesna offers individual consultations, relationship charts and chart analysis for children, based on Western Astrology and Chinese Astrology systems. In addition, Vesna utilizes both Western and Chinese Astrology in Electional Astrology consultations. Vesna also offers complementary Cutting The Ties That Bind workshops, delivered at fundamental and advanced levels.
Vesna’s Qualifications
Diploma of Astrology FAA
Advanced Certificate in Four Pillars of Destiny (Chinese Astrology)
Certificate in Flying Starts Feng Shui
Level 2 Reiki Certificate
Certificate in Spirale Colour Healing
Email: vesna.au@hotmail.com
Website: https://www.cosmic-path-astrology.com.au
Includes lecture notes as a PDF.
About The Speaker
Mari Garcia is a consulting astrologer, writer, speaker and educator, and co-principal of ASTRO MUNDI, one of Australia’s successful astrological schools. Mari has lectured at international conferences and astrological associations both in person and on-line. Her works include – Scala Coeli: A Ladder to Heaven, The Congress papers, Book of Notable Births, and Traditional Astrology Glossary of Terms. Mari’s interests include mundane and political astrology, mythology and traditional astrology and the research and application of traditional techniques in a modern setting.
For information and articles visit mariastrologer.com or astromundi.com
The Solar Return chart gives us a glimpse of the incidental images that will likely surround us for the year. Finding a place in our lives for the significant planetary signatures found within the Solar Return chart can help us to create purposeful opportunities for ourselves. Most planetary signatures can be put to use when we align our personal goals with the lots given to us that year.
In this talk, we explore the idea of remediation in line with the concept of fate and freewill and will look at the Solar Return chart to see which parts of our lives are more fixed in course and which are more adaptable through conscious effort.
About The Speaker
Shu Yap is a consulting astrologer, teacher and writer from Central Victoria, Australia on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. For Shu, astrology is a way of life, not just a livelihood! Her practice influences every aspect of her life as a grower, beekeeper and regenerative farmer.
Inspired by the Hermetic philosophy, Shu practices traditional astrology, embodies a sky-centered approach to her art. Certified at the Melbourne School of Astrology and the School of Traditional Astrology in Horary and Traditional Medical Astrology, Shu runs an international consulting practice, lectures worldwide, teaches for Kepler College, mentors individual students and writes weekly planetary news on The Interpsycle Observator.
Website: interpsycle.com
Instagram: instagram.com/interpsycle_astrology
2023 Lectures
During my lecture, I show my photos and explain the astrological and astronomical symbolism in this tomb, and more from other temples like Esna and Dendera. Join me on my virtual mystical and magical tour of Egypt!
About The Speaker
Olga Morales is the founder of Astrology for Gann Traders and a professional astrologer, author, educator and Gann researcher.
After obtaining a BA in Psychology from Melbourne University, she received a professional certificate from the Australian Academy of Astrology and Cosmobiology in 1993 and later, in 2003, an advanced certificate in Cosmobiology from the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology with a High Distinction.
Her focus changed somewhat in 2005, when a small group of traders contacted her wanting to learn astrology so they could decipher the cycles encoded within W.D. Gann’s novel “The Tunnel Thru the Air.” Once she started seeing the underlying planetary patterns, Olga initiated an intensive study of stock market and commodity cycles using W.D. Gann’s trading methodologies. She has travelled the world teaching and lecturing about financial astrology and the astrological trading methods of W.D. Gann. Following in W.D. Gann’s footsteps, she has travelled to Egypt three times so far searching for the sacred encoded knowledge on the walls and ceilings in temple and tombs.
Website: Astrology for Gann Traders
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OM618
About The Speaker
Julija Simas is the founder and chief astrologer at the C*I*A, the Cosmic Intelligence Agency. Julija has been practicing, teaching and circulating astrology since starting the C*I*A in 2005. Having lectured and presented online and in many parts of the globe at various conferences, schools and retreats Julija devotes most of her time to the C*I*A, managing the membership, content and speakers schedule managing C*I*A’s social media channels and C*I*A’s online Timelords Magazine. Julija is also a keen researcher particularly interested in the cycles and patterns of our living cosmos.
Email: julija@cosmicintelligenceagency.com
Website: cosmicintelligenceagency.com
What does the natal horoscope say about how you obtain money, how lucky are you… and similar questions. “Will I win the lottery?” is a question often asked. Peter draws from both traditional and modern natal astrology to answer this question. The charts of lottery winners are then examined to establish whether these indicators are relevant.
Also we’ll look for indicators in your horoscope that show:
- How to make money
- Times in life when you are more likely to be prosperous
- Ways to maximise your opportunities if you are challenged in the money
About The Speaker
Peter Burns took up astrology in the late 1980s, received his Astrology Diploma (FAA) in 1997, was VAA President 2006-2008, editor of the FAA Journal 2000-2015, guest speaker on ABC radio in WA and 3RRR in Melbourne, published & wrote The Palmistry Textbook in 2011, Peter has lectured in Australia and USA.
Peter is dedicated to integrating the wisdom gained from modern astrology with traditional astrology and establishing a bridge of open-mindedness between the two points of view. He is a dedicated astrologer, lecturer, writer and teacher.
Website: https://westernastrology.net/
Mobile: 0411 530 762
Sometimes heaven cracks and reveals a powerful message that irrevocably changes the way a mere mortal views life on earth. From near-death encounters to flashes of cosmic understanding, Alex Trenoweth investigates the astrological statistics behind the planetary aspects of mystic moments and delivers a first hand account of her own out of body experience.
About The Speaker
Alex Trenoweth, DfAstrolS, ISAR CAP, MA (CAA) is a professional schoolteacher as well as an astrologer specialising in child development, particularly the important life stage of adolescence. She has spoken at astrology conferences around the world, contributed to important astrological publications and has won several major awards for her unique research based on her book “Growing Pains: The Astrology of Adolescence” by The Wessex Astrologer. Her new book “Mirror Mirror: Famous People and the Actors Who Portrayed Them” contains a foreword by the legendary Julia Parker. Alex is the Director of Education for Kepler College and is also the principal of her own school, Rohini Academy of Astrology.
Her website is alextrenoweth.co.uk
In this lecture Sara unpacks the series of T Squares, Grand Trines, Yods and Kites concerned, delving into the mythology of the archetypes they involve, as well as what this may mean for us, personally and collectively, as we proceed through Pluto’s 20 year cycle in the sign of Aquarius.
About The Speaker
Sara Gilbert is a member of the APA and holds the FAA Diploma in Astrology. She has a special interest in the Lunar Nodes and Evolutionary Astrology, studying with Steven Forrest for 9 years and vicariously supplementing this with the work of Jeffrey Wolf Green and Dane Rudhyar, through their written work, and attending many courses and workshops with their students, (Mark Jones, Kaypacha, Jason Holley and Maurice Fernandez). Sara has over 12 years of her own personal experience, working with clients in this field through her own business Life Spirit Connections.
Sara has been inspired by myths and archetypes since childhood, extensively researching the effect of some 60 asteroids, (named for intuitive characters from myth), in the charts of mystical healers and environmentalists, since becoming involved in astrology. She has an equal fascination with dragons and Planetary Nodes in general, writing and lecturing on them over the last couple of year for the VAA, OPA and the CIA on these subjects extensively during the last couple of years.
2022 Lectures
About The Speaker
Olga Morales has a BA in Psychology from Melbourne University, and an Advanced Certificate in Cosmobiology with a High Distinction from the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology.
Since 1999, Olga has been consulting private clients, writing articles, teaching personal astrology to local private groups and lecturing overseas. From 2005, Olga initiated an intensive study of Stock Market and Commodity cycles using W.D. Gann’s trading methodologies and subsequently founded Astrology for Gann Traders. She now teaches all over the world through lectures and her DVDs. Olga has lectured for the VAA (2005-2018) and the FAA (2012/2016), at ATAA (2010 – 2012) and UAC New Orleans 2012 & Chicago 2018, in New York City with Bill Meridian (2013), also in Hong Kong, London, and the UAE (2013-2017).
Olga can be contacted via her website: www.astrologyforganntraders.com.au
During this lecture Fay will explore an overview of grief; its physical reactions, the theories of grief and how Astrology might support us.
About The Speaker
Fay Reynolds has spent her adult life working with people, often in very difficult times or at emotional crossroads in their lives. Fay works with a person-centred, psychological Astrology focus.
About The Speaker
Michael Heenan has lived in Melbourne since he was three years old, growing up in Glen Waverley and attending High School in Toorak. For most of his adult life Michael has lived in and around Richmond, and his current flat is near “The Skipping Girl”, which is opposite Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre. The idea of a horoscope for Melbourne was born in 1990 while Michael was attending Astrosynthesis. Michael was also a student of the late Neville Lang, from whom he learnt “The Systems Approach to Vedic Astrology”. During Covid Lockdown, Michael wrote his first book “The Science of Destiny”. Currently he is a Tennis Coach at Kew Tennis Club.
By focusing on the evolution of our understanding of Pluto, and drawing from significant world events, Margaret Wood intends to expand our awareness of the extraordinary force of Pluto. She will also use case notes to highlight some of the pitfalls and potentials of working with Pluto.
About The Speaker
Margaret Wood is in private practice as an astrologer, naturopath/homeopath and psychotherapist.
Margaret’s interest in astrology began in 1977 and she quickly incorporated this into her work with clients. She has lectured professionally in astrology, counselling skills and homeopathy, has a Masters in Gestalt Therapy, and, in 2021, she completed her training in EMDR therapy. In everything she does, Margaret is passionate and thorough, which is evident in her work with clients and students.
Margaret and husband, Kerrin Cassidy, ran the Living Astrology school for 12 years. In 2019, they published “Homoeopathy in the Home,” a textbook on homoeopathy. Currently, they are working on their textbook for astrological students, and Margaret’s research in Astrohom – the subtle link between astrology and homeopathy – will be made available through their website in 2023.
Margaret and Kerrin live on 40 acres in rural Victoria, caring for the land and for a growing family of Welsummer hens.
Email: margwood7@gmail.com
This lecture analyzes the 168 year cycle of Uranus and the North Node in Taurus and its historical impact, as an introduction to what can be expected from the current eighteen and a half month Nodal cycle from January 2022 to July 2023.
About The Speaker
Shu Yap is a consulting astrologer, teacher and writer from Central Victoria, Australia on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.
For Shu, astrology is a way of life, not just a livelihood. Her practice influences every aspect of her life as a grower, beekeeper, artist, mother of three and off-grid homesteader. Inspired by the Hermetic philosophy, Shu practices traditional astrology, is a student of alchemy and embodies a sky-centred approach to her art. Somewhat a solitary scholar, Shu has been certified with the Melbourne School of Astrology and the School of Traditional Astrology in Horary and Traditional Medical Astrology.
Website: www.interpsycle.com
Instagram: @interpsycle_astrology
Facebook: @interpsycleastrology
This lecture analyzes the 168 year cycle of Uranus and the North Node in Taurus and its historical impact, as an introduction to what can be expected from the current eighteen and a half month Nodal cycle from January 2022 to July 2023.
About The Speaker
Sara Gilbert is a member of the APA and holds the FAA Diploma in Astrology. She has a special interest in the Lunar Nodes and Evolutionary Astrology, studying with Steven Forrest, for 9 years and vicariously supplementing this with the work of Jeffrey Wolf Green and Dane Rudhyar, through their written work, and attending many courses and workshops with their students, (Mark Jones, Kaypacha, Jason Holley and Maurice Fernandez). Sara has over 12 years of her own personal experience, working with clients in this field, through her own business Life Spirit Connections.
Sara has been inspired by myths and archetypes since childhood, extensively researching the effect of some 60 asteroids, (named for intuitive characters from myth), in the charts of mystical healers and environmentalists, since becoming involved in astrology. She has an equal fascination with dragons and Planetary Nodes in general, writing and lecturing on them over the last couple of year for the VAA, OPA and the CIA on these subjects extensively during the last couple of years.
This lecture looks at the dynamics and potentials of 2022, the Chinese Year of the Water Tiger. After 6 – 8 years dominated by the cooler constraining elements of Earth and Metal and Water, but particularly Metal, the Tiger ushers in the ‘Wood’ element. Wood is the element of creativity, birth, new growth, freedom, expression, movement forward, new ideology, initiatives, and breaking free, all of which we are seeing and you may be experiencing.
Four Pillars of Destiny is Solar based astrology, and examines the elemental and energy dynamics of a Year. The solar New Year began on February 4 (as it always does) and the lunar New Year on February 1. Each Chinese Year is defined by 2 characters, a Yin foundational character and its associated Yang counterpart. They are shown in a column formation, called a Pillar.
The lecture will give some introduction and background to the Year and the meaning of the elemental configuration.
About The Speaker
Vic Ketis is the founder and Principal of The Australian Academy of Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and I Ching (1999). The Academy is a leading provider of practitioner education of Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology in Australia. Vic also consults and teaches courses on the Tarot, Sacred Geometry, Western Astrology and the Divination and Scholars method of the Chinese philosophy of the I Ching. His twenty‐five years of research and training includes Chinese Medicine, Symbolism, Art History, Psychology and Mythology, Ecology and the Natural Sciences – Sociology, Science. Also the integration of Sacred Geometry principles into the Feng Shui paradigm and building design. Vic lectures extensively and presents ongoing seminars in Australia and overseas. Lectures have included the FAA conferences, UAC in Denver (2008) and New Orleans in 2012.
Contact Vic through The Australian Academy of Feng Shui on 0408 554 987 or via email: vicketis@comcen.com.au
Michele is feeling positive about 2022. There could not be a better time to harness the creative potential of Venus and Mars. Personally, and for the wider community, these conjunctions offer us a unique opportunity to experience rebirth.
Michele says that during lockdown it was good to have a big project to focus on, and, since the timing is right, she has chosen this meeting, in conjunction with her presentation, to officially launch her new book, ‘The Test of Time.’
‘The Test of Time’ examines the celestial mechanics of stations as well as their meaning and interpretation. How should we interpret motionless planets? What challenges and opportunities do they symbolise? The book also includes a host of fascinating case histories of well-known people and events, and covers a range of dwarf planets and asteroids.
About The Speaker
Michele Finey began studying astrology in 1980.
With a passion for research, Michele’s feature articles have appeared in numerous publications including The Mountain Astrologer, Dell Horoscope and Wellbeing Astrology Annual to name a few. The second edition of her book, Secrets of the Zodiac has recently been released in the US and Canada and will soon to be translated into Chinese for release in mainland China. She is also the author of Solar Fire’s Health and Wellbeing Report. Michele has been a practising astrologer and hypnotherapist for over twenty years and has recently published ‘The Test of Time’ about the cycle of Venus and Mars.
Website: https://www.celestialinsight.com.au/
2021 Lectures
While modern women now have the right to vote and the freedom to choose whether they marry or have children they still grieve the loss of the sovereign Feminine. Reclamation of Her power has been lamentably slow with the Feminine arts still disregarded, mature women still largely invisible to society and the homeless woman now the new ‘witch’.
In this lecture we meet Asteroid 100, named in honour of Hekate, a potent ancient Greek goddess associated with the Crone archetype and the Dark Moon lunar phase. We take a look at her mythology, a range of methods for working with her in the chart, and we consider the fuller implications of the Crone’s return to the Collective consciousness.
About The Speaker
Kerri Stewart is a Melbourne-based astrologer with a special interest in evolutionary astrology. Her interest in astrology was piqued many years ago when she recognised her sensitivity to full moon energies.
Kerri first studied astrology with Pamela Rowe back in the day of hand drawn charts then with Stella Woods for two years and most recently completed her Astro*Synthesis Diploma of Applied Astrology with her Diploma thesis on the Asteroid Hekate. Kerri has been a member of the VAA for more than 10 years.
Contact Kerri at triplemoon@outlook.com or check out her website www.triplemoon.com.au
About The Speaker
Julija Simas is the founder, motivator, designer and instigator of the C*I*A — Cosmic Intelligence Agency. Known as ‘Agent 12’, Julija started the C*I*A in 2005 as a project to raise consciousness and global awareness to the fascinating world of astrology. The C*I*A has been her life’s mission, work and inspiration in the world of astrology.
Julija has worked as a consultant, mentor, teacher and promoted astrology around the globe through the C*I*A website and social media and now has a following of 1.4 million Facebook fans. She continues to manage the C*I*A website and the C*I* Academy program to connect astrologers from around the globe in the C*I*A’s unified cause.
Julija has facilitated many C*I*A Retreats and Star Camps since 2011; lectured and presented at many workshops and conferences locally and internationally including: UAC US 2012; ISAR US 2014 and 2016; Astrology Rising – Costa Rica 2017; Intl Vedic Astrology Conference, India 2018; Astrology Days Istanbul 2019; C*I*A Star Camps – 2011 to 2018; Online Conferences and Schools for C*I*A’s Symposiums and Masterclasses; New Paradigm Astrology; Organisation for Professional Astrologers; Kepler College (US); The Astrological Lodge (UK); Astrology Hub, Astro Twins and many more.
About The Speaker
Charles Jameson has been studying and applying astrology for more than 25 years. He originally learnt astrology with VAA member Kay Raymer in the 1990s, and eventually gained his FAA Astrology qualification.
Over the years he’s been particularly interested in traditional and horary astrology – learning horary from John Frawley. He has presented several times at VAA meetings as well as the FAA national conferences held in Melbourne in 2018 (The Astrology of Cult Leaders) and 2020 (Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction Cycles).
Charles was also co-organiser of two Melbourne mini-conferences relating to traditional astrology, held in 2008 and 2011.
He has co-run an astrology readings stall at Melbourne’s Mind, Body, Spirit Festival; and answered more than 2,400 astrology-related questions on the Q&A social media site, Quora.com. A site where his astrology content has drawn approximately 1,000 Quora followers and 2.9 million views of his content.
In August and September, the Sun, Mercury and Mars will all be conjunct your Virgo factors. What about the outer planet transits? How do you deal with a T‐Square from the Nodes in August and September, if you have anything at 3° to 8° Virgo? What about an opposition from Neptune, if you have anything at 21° or 22° Virgo? How can you gain from a trine from Uranus or Pluto if you have anything at 14°, 24° or 25° Virgo?
See how Virgo season will affect you and the world. Jessica uses a live Tarot reading for your Sun Sign to fine‐tune predictions and also answers natal chart questions.
About The Speaker
Jessica Adams lives in Tasmania and her astrology predictions have most recently appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Sun. She is also a regular guest on This Morning (ITV) and Studio 10 (Channel Ten).
Website: jessicaadams.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/jessicaadamsastrology
In this talk, Kira looks at what a natal chart can reveal about having a family, fertility, conception, and how to calculate lunar phase conception days. Kira also examines how Chiron and other asteroids are involved with fertility, and she considers the transits that help to influence these processes.
About The Speaker
Kira Sutherland is a highly experienced, award-winning naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist and medical astrologer living in Australia. She divides her time between clinical practice and writing/lecturing on these subjects, and is known and loved for her vibrant, straightforward teaching style. Using her 25 years of clinical experience, Kira combines her knowledge in natural medicine with her passion for medical astrology into a wonderful mix of mind/body medicine.
Website: www.astrologyofhealth.com
The Neptune square Neptune transit dissolves anything that is not in alignment with our inner purpose. Feeling emotionally naked, we are now faced with having to release the person we thought we were. Our personal myth is now slipping away. Emotions that have never been felt before begin to emerge. This can be a time of transcendent awakening for some or a frantic clutching at straws for others. Life is now being diluted; the set is being cleared to get your life ‘in tune’ for the second act.
About The Speaker
Marc Laurenson is a consulting Astrologer, Teacher and Speaker with over 25 years experience. He is an Accredited Astrology Teacher (AAT) with the Federation of Australian Astrologers as well as receiving their Gold Medal with his Diploma.
Marc is the creator and key facilitator of the Sydney Astrology School, which has been running successfully in Australia since 2007, and went online in 2017. He also runs a busy consulting business, Marc Laurenson Astrology, helping and guiding clients to live more fulfilling lives.
Marc has an Evolutionary approach to Astrology, using Astrology as a tool for personal and spiritual development. He has shared his knowledge on the talk and lecture circuit throughout Australia and New Zealand, including the 2020 FAA Conference, as well as sharing his knowledge on the Sydney Astrology School YouTube channel. He has written for many publications including Wellbeing Astrology Magazine and the FAA Journal. Marc has also been featured on the evening news in Australia with his Astro-Updates.
Website: marclaurenson.com
Sydney Astrology School: sydneyastrologyschool.com
Since ancient times many astrologers have also been skilled palmists, although this skill has been neglected in modern times.
In his May lecture Peter Burns will explain the real connection between astrology and hand analysis and how to relate one to the other.
He will outline some of the basic principles of hand analysis, how the hands reveal deep psychological insights, and how these insights support and add to those found in the birth chart. Peter will also explain a method of timing the lines of the palm and how to correlate this method with important transits.
The combination of astrology with palmistry offers a potent technique for psychological understanding. Astrologers who are also skilled in palmistry have an important advantage when consulting and seeking enabling solutions for clients.
About The Speaker
Peter Burns began reading palms in 1984 and spent seven years consulting at the Fremantle Markets seeing approximately 1500 people each year. Since then he has been teaching and lecturing throughout Australia. Peter took up astrology in the late 1980’s. He has an Astrology Diploma (FAA) and a Certificate of Horary Craftsmanship from John Frawley.
He was VAA President 2006-2008, FAA Vice-president for 3 years and editor of the FAA Journal for 16 years. Peter was a regular guest speaker on ABC radio in Perth and 3RRR in Melbourne. Peter has lectured on palmistry and astrology in most capital cities of Australia and did lecture tours in the USA and Canada in 2011 and 2012.
He now writes and teaches and organises public exhibitions of astrologers and other readers through his business, Body n Soul Expos
Website: westernastrology.net
Facebook: facebook.com/westernastrology
Publications: The Palmistry Textbook (2012) and The Astrology Collection of Techniques and Principles (2014).
The Almuten of the Figure: Identifying Your Soul’s Purpose – presented by Eve Dembowski - March 2021
The astrological calculation of the Almuten of the Figure identifies the planet that rules the life and signifies our personal guardian Daemon. Daemons were demigods, lesser deities who functioned as guardians or attendant spirits of places and people. While the concept of a personal guardian angel or guiding spirit is found throughout the world, identifying our guardian daemon as a planet in our chart provides us with a blueprint on how to consciously work with and encourage our relationship with them. That relationship helps steer us onto our rightful path & towards the unfoldment of the soul’s purpose in this life.
In this presentation you will learn how to find the planet that is the Almuten of the Figure, how to consciously work with it, in order to find the key to unlock and light the path we are meant to follow. Using example charts, we will explore the benefits of and ways we can practically work with our Almuten of the figure, by feeding our guardian Daemon.
About The Speaker
Eve Dembowski is a practicing astrologer, flower essence therapist, published writer and teacher, with a particular interest in horary, medical & traditional astrology. Her ruling planet Jupiter directs her passion for reconnecting people to the power and magic of their astrological lineage through her teaching. She is a tutor for the School of Traditional Astrology and has presented the STA horary course on line and in Australia since 2013; she also teaches of ‘The Foundation of Astrology’ course and runs weekly Open Chart Night.
If you are interested in any courses or to have a chart reading or horary Eve can be contacted by phone 0401 847 412 or email schoolofclassicalastrology@gmail.com
2020 Lectures
Looked on as the planet of restriction, limitation and hardship, no wonder we cringe when we see it coming by transit or worry about its position in our chart. By taking heed and listening to what Saturn is trying to teach us it can actually become the most inspiring of all the planets.
In this talk we will discuss Saturn as the good cop rather than the bad and how following its guidance in a productive way can get you on track to a life of real purpose.
About The Speaker
Marc Laurenson is a consulting Astrologer, Teacher and Speaker with over 25 years’ experience. He is the creator and key facilitator of Sydney Astrology School in Australia which has been running successfully since 2007, going online to international students in 2017.
Marc is an Accredited Astrology Teacher (AAT) with the Federation of Australian Astrologers as well as receiving their Gold Medal with his Diploma. He also runs a busy consulting business, Marc Laurenson Astrology, helping and guiding clients to live more fulfilling lives
Marc has an Evolutionary approach to Astrology using Astrology as a tool for personal and spiritual development.
Marc has shared his knowledge on the talk and lecture circuit throughout Australia and New Zealand, including the 2020 FAA Conference, AANSW, SARS, QFA and AFNZ as well as sharing his knowledge on the Sydney Astrology School You Tube channel. He has written for many publications, including Wellbeing Astrology Magazine and the FAA Journal, and has also been featured on the Evening News in Australia with ‘Astro Updates’.
We will have an interactive look at some of your charts and discuss transitional patterns as well as strategies that are best suited for your nature.
About The Speaker
Brian Clark has been a consulting astrologer and educator for most of his adult life.
He is the creator of the Astro*Synthesis distance learning program, which has been shaped from his experience as an astrological educator over the past 40 years.
Brian’s books and articles have been translated into numerous languages. At this juncture, Brian is contemplating his participation with astrology and this is reflected in his most recent publication – Soul, Symbol & Imagination: the Artistry of Astrology – which is available via Amazon.
Website: www.astrosynthesis.com.au
How we handle these eventualities, and the role they have in our life, is determined by the planets that rule these houses, as well as those placed in them.
About The Speaker
Mari Garcia is a consulting astrologer who completed formal astrological studies with Astro Logos in Adelaide, South Australia. She received the Practitioners Certificate from the Federation of Australian Astrologers in 1995 and was awarded the Alan Johnson Gold Medal for achieving the highest marks in that year.
Mari has also completed the Robert Zoller Medieval Course, the Post Graduate Certificate in Medieval Astrology and Bernadette Brady’s Fixed Star Course.
She has lectured in Australia at the Federation of Australian Astrologers bi-annual conferences, at the United Astrology Conference (UAC) in the USA, the inaugural Regulus Astrology Conference on Traditional Astrology and on-line at the International Breaking Down the Borders Conference. Mari speaks regularly for FAA- SA, and has been a guest speaker for the International Academy of Astrology, the VAA, QFA and FAAWA.
Mari is co-author of the book, Scala Coeli: A Ladder to Heaven- A Collection of Astrological Essays published in 2012. She edited the compilation An Ancient Art in the Modern World: Australis 97 Congress papers and was also a contributor to the anthology with the article “A Mundane Look at Australian Images”. She has also compiled student publications including The Book of Notable Births, Astro Mundi Astrology Primers, and the Traditional Astrology Glossary of Terms. Mari also writes regularly for local, national and international and publications including WellBeing Astrology and her work is also available from her website https://www.mariastrologer.com/ or from Astro Mundi at https://www.astromundi.com/
Mari’s interests include mundane and political astrology, mythology and traditional astrology and the research and application of traditional techniques in a modern setting.
She runs a consulting practice and is co-principal of ASTRO MUNDI, a school offering a three year astrology course, studies in Traditional Astrology as well as Master Classes covering a wide range of topics.
After 6 months coping with all the changes, publicity and talk about it, let us look objectively at the astrological patterns we are dealing with and use our knowledge to help us through it.
About The Speaker
Pamela Rowe commenced her astrological studies with Doris Greaves in 1971. She holds the following qualifications:-
- Diploma of Cosmobiology (High Distinction) – Regulus Ebertin Study Groups of Australia 1977
- Certificate of Proficiency Cosmobiology – The Cosmobiology Research Foundation, Inc. Denver Colorado
- Professional Certificate of Proficiency – American Federation of Astrologers Inc. 1992
- FAA Certificate (1st Class Honours) 1971 & FAA Practitioner’s Diploma 2008 – Federation of Australian Astrologers Inc.
Pamela served the FAA for 15 years as Victorian Branch President, National Secretary and National Vice-President and convened the 5th FAA International Convention.
She was awarded FAA Fellow membership, AFA Life Membership and was a member of the AFA Board of Directors for over 18 years, 17 years as 2nd Vice-President. She received the AFA Catherine T. Grant Award for ‘Outstanding Education/Research Achievements in Astrology’ in Chicago 1996.
Pamela has written 2 books and been involved in many radio and television presentations, plus written columns for the Melbourne Sunday Herald-Sun (nearly 2 years) and Perth Times (15 years). Her research interest is health and her article on kidney disease was published in an Australian medical journal.
In 1978, on a quest for self-understanding, Margaret Wood discovered Solar Arcs and was immediately inspired to use them regularly.
In this lecture, Margaret will give you the information you need to build your own skills in this area. She will take you on an informative and inspiring personal journey to equip you to explore your life with the use of Solar Arcs. To further your understanding, the life of Albert Einstein will be used to illustrate the value of this rich astrological tool.
About The Speaker
Margaret Wood’s interest in astrology was inspired in 1977 at a complex time astrologically:
– Solar Arc Uranus square natal Ascendant/Descendant (unexpected divorce)
– Solar Arc Neptune square natal Mercury in the 10th (confusion, inspiring career change towards the esoteric)
– Transiting Chiron conjunct natal Ascendant (pain, bringing awareness of self as healer).
Margaret commenced practice as an astrologer in 1978 and has lectured professionally in homeopathy and counselling skills for many years. She has also run workshops in astrology in Australia and America. With her husband Kerrin Cassidy, she ran a professional astrology school, Living Astrology, for 12 years. Together they published a textbook in homeopathy and they are currently editing an astrological textbook.
Margaret has a Diploma of Naturopathy and a Masters in Gestalt Therapy. She is passionate and thorough about all she does, and this is evident in her work with clients and as a lecturer.
She will demonstrate their use in the charts of famous individuals, clients and world events. Sara will also demonstrate how to add these extra points to a chart using Solar Fire.
About The Speaker
Sara Gilbert is a psychological astrologer with an evolutionary focus. Sara consults and teaches through Life Spirit Connections, near Frankston in Victoria. She holds the FAA Diploma, is an APA member, and a Level Two Apprentice with Steven Forrest. Her astrology course focuses on the FAA syllabus.
Sara’s special gift is helping people decode the patterns in their lives so they feel comfortable in their own skin. She draws on the wisdom of multi-faceted esoteric systems: astrology, tarot, tree of life, numerology, and palmistry/hand analysis.
Sara has run workshops and presented for astrology associations around Australia, including Victoria, Newcastle, Tasmania, South Australia, and Queensland. She has had several articles published in Horizons and the FAA Journal, and since 2013, Sara has developed a following of her daily astrology posts on Facebook.
Contact details:
Website: www.lifespiritconnections.com.au
Email: sara@lifespiritconnections.com.au
Ph: 0412 235 935
In this highly informative, beginners-level lecture, Peter discusses the over-riding importance of the Sun in astrology, and some of the reasons why solar transits should be considered and included in our toolbox of techniques.
He also outlines a method for interpreting solar transits to your natal planets, and explains how to set up a calendar that shows their repeating pattern, year after year.
NOTE: The audio recording is accompanied by Peter’s copyrighted PDF of charts & images.
About The Speaker
Peter Burns began reading palms in 1984 and spent seven years consulting at the Fremantle Markets seeing approximately 1500 people each year. Since then he has been teaching and lecturing throughout Australia.
Peter took up astrology in the late 1980’s. He has an Astrology Diploma (FAA) and a Certificate of Horary Craftsmanship from John Frawley.
He was VAA President 2006-2008, FAA Vice-president for 3 years and editor of the FAA Journal for 16 years. Peter was a regular guest speaker on ABC radio in Perth and 3RRR in Melbourne.
Peter has lectured on palmistry and astrology in most capital cities of Australia and did lecture tours in the USA and Canada in 2011 and 2012. He now writes and teaches and organises public exhibitions of astrologers and other readers through his business: Body n Soul Expos.
Peter’s new book, Solar-Powered Astrology, is due to be released in 2020.
Website: westernastrology.net
In this talk, Julie Deitz plays with the theories and concepts behind astrology and spirituality and investigates the nature of our life on this planet in order to understand who we really are and why we are here.
The birth chart portrays the choice we made to incarnate.
The Cross of Matter in the chart describes the lens we see the world through
The archetypal nature of the signs, polarities, and planets describe how we express ourselves in the world.
And then there is the question of karma – the mysterious magnetic force that underpins the chart.
NOTE: This high quality audio recording – the first online Lecture Meeting presented by the VAA – is very generously accompanied by Julie’s extensive and copyrighted notes and slides.
About The Speaker
Julie Deitz received the FAA Practitioners Diploma in 2016 and currently runs a consulting astrology practice in Mt Eliza.
Many years ago, while living in an Ashram community, Julie was introduced to western astrology by a visiting Buddhist swami and she soon realized it offered a technology that could advance and enliven a spiritual practice. For several years she ran astrology and guided self-inquiry groups within the Ashram, and in late 2014 she decided to offer classes to the broader community.
Since then, Julie has taught introductory astrology – always from a spiritual or karmic perspective, and also runs the Mt Eliza Astrology Meetup with Stephanie Johnson.
Contact Julie via her website www.juliedeitz.com
& Facebook facebook.com/julie.ambika.deitz
This lecture is divided into two sections.
In the first half, Vic Ketis examines the upcoming Chinese year, 2020 being the Year of the ‘Metal Rat’. According to the Chinese Astrological paradigm, a new cycle begins in 2020. The previous year of the Rat, 2008, was the time of the GFC, and the last year of the Metal Rat was 1960, the year that ushered in the revolutionary 60’s. In 2020, we also come to the end of a Chinese 20 Year Cycle as well as the governing 180 Year cycle. In this lecture, Vic makes reference to these cycles as being critical to the interpretation of the year. 2020 also ushers in the Saturn-Pluto conjunction and the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction..
In the second half, spurred on by the decimation of forests, landscapes and ecologies by bushfires etc.,Vic draws upon principles of Feng Shui to ascertain what makes a landscape ‘auspicious’ and ‘life enhancing’, ultimately to answer the question, “what are the optimal conditions that are required for a healthy and abundant life?” He then correlates this with the relevant planets and the current astrological cycles – a merging of a Feng Shui and Astrological narrative.
About The Speaker
Vic Ketis BSc (Mon) is the founder and Principal of The Australian Academy of Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and I Ching (1999). The Academy is a leading provider of practitioner education of Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology in Australia. Vic also consults and teaches courses on the Tarot, Sacred Geometry, Western Astrology and the Divination and Scholars method of the Chinese philosophy of the I Ching. Twenty-five years of research and training has also included Chinese Medicine, Symbolism, Art History, Psychology and Mythology, Ecology and the Natural Sciences – Sociology, Science, and the integration of Sacred Geometry principles into the Feng Shui paradigm and building design.
Vic lectures extensively and presents ongoing seminars in Australia and overseas. Lectures have included the FAA conferences, and UAC in Denver (2008) and New Orleans in 2012.
Contact Vic through The Australian Academy of Feng Shui 0408 554 987 or via email
2019 Lectures
In this presentation, Brian considers Mercury’s thoroughfare through the heavens, which forms an extraordinary cycle with the Sun.
He focuses on Mercury’s planetary course through the heavens taking into account the phases it creates with the Sun, its retrograde periods, its rising and setting and fondness for numbers and astrology.
Brian Clark has been a consulting astrologer and educator for most of his adult life.
He is the creator of the Astro*Synthesis distance learning program, which has been shaped from his experience as an astrological educator over the past 40 years.
Brian’s books and articles have been translated into numerous languages. At this juncture, Brian is contemplating his participation with astrology and this is reflected in his most recent publication – Soul, Symbol & Imagination: the Artistry of Astrology – which will be available on the day of the lecture or via Amazon.
Astrology reveals our position within the cosmic wheel of time, helping us identify the waves of planetary cycles.
Planets speak through their cycles, zodiacal connection and the beauty of their celestial appearance.
Plants communicate through their ‘doctrine of signature’ and their most potent messengers, the flowers.
In this lecture, Eve explores the potent beauty of flowers and how they may assist with difficult planetary configurations, challenging planetary periods and the integration of astrological revelation.
Eve Dembowski is a flower essence therapist, published writer and astrologer with a particular interest in horary and traditional medical astrology. She was one of the conveners of the 2009 and 2010 Regulus Traditional Astrology Conferences held in Melbourne, Australia. She is an international speaker having presented at the AFA conference in the US and the AA in England.
Since 2013 she has been a tutor at STA, School of Traditional Astrology presenting the STA Practitioner’s Level Horary course as intensives, small weekly classes and online. Her article on Medical Horary appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of the Mountain Astrologer.
For readings or information on upcoming courses: M 0401847412 
In this talk, Neil reviews the history and principles of numerology, commonly used techniques, and correspondences to astrology.
He then explores and discusses several examples of event prediction using both techniques.
Dr. Neil Hair is principal of Sydney School of Numerology where he runs a numerology and astrology based business.
Neil also teaches at The Awareness Institute in Crows Nest and other Sydney venues.
He consults to individuals and businesses on matters relating to personal growth and business development, using a unique blend of numerology & astrology.
Contact Neil at Sydney School of Numerology — 02 9451 5752
In this lecture Christine shares her understanding of Saturn developed over her years as a practising astrologer.
She also explores the soul challenges that Saturn presents to us and looks at productive ways of working with the archetype, both in the natal chart and by transit.
Christine Rothwell is a Professional Member of the Federation of Australian Astrologers [P.M.F.A.A.], an Accredited Astrology Teacher [AAT] and is currently an examiner on the F.A.A. National Examination Board.
Christine has been working as a full time professional astrologer and teacher of astrology since 1990 and has lectured at the Australian International Astrology Conferences hosted by the FAA in Melbourne and Sydney. She currently teaches a four year astrology course and prepares students to sit the FAA examinations.
Christine’s work is influenced by an interest in mythology and archetypal psychology, as well as training in counselling, psychotherapy and family therapy. Her special areas of interest are deepening awareness of the feminine points in the horoscope and combining spiritual and psychological perspectives in both her teaching and consulting work.
To contact Christine: www.christinerothwell.com
In this workshop-styled lecture, we get to play and have fun with astrology, and Kerry Galea is our Astro Play guide.
Astro Play is a combination of imaginative discussion and creative application used to enhance the experience of astrology. Through a variety of exercises, Kerry demonstrates how games can illustrate and inform us about group dynamics and interactions. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned professional, the session is informative and fun.
Kerry Galea lives and works in Gippsland in Victoria and has been an Astrologer and Palmist for over 20 years. For many years she worked as a Scientist and also trained and worked as a Teacher. These roles bought in amazing experiences and useful skills to the world of Astrology and Palmistry. Kerry is also an avid gardener, and is immersed in the love and awareness of nature which she shares in her work. She enjoys public speaking and has experience with groups large and small. In this role, she likes to inspire her audience through a fun-filled approach.
Kerry’s qualifications include – Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical); Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary); FAA Diploma of Astrology; Astro*Synthesis Diploma in Applied Astrology; AstroLogos Practitioners Diploma of Medieval Astrology; ICP Certificate in Palmistry.
To contact Kerry: www.kerrygalea.com.au
By just using these four points in the horoscope, you will be surprised at what you will learn about yourself.
About The Speaker
Through a simple twist of fate, Glorija Lawrence started studying Cosmobiology in 1983 with Doris Greaves, and a whole new world opened up. Since then, astrology has become a life-long journey, which she considers a wonderful tool for self-improvement.
Glorija has lectured in Australia, New Zealand, Finland, India, and the USA, and considers it a privilege to share her thoughts and ideas on how to transform your life through the multi-faceted medium of astrology.
Contact Glorija via her website www.cosmoastrology.com
If you have never thought about yourself or your life cycles in terms of Western, Indian and Asian, you can pick up this knowledge in this lecture by Jessica Adams. Her book The Secret Language of the Stars (Penguin/Michael Joseph) is about this very subject.
About The Speaker
Jessica Adams began her astrology studies at age 14 with an Australian Women’s Weekly pull-out booklet and zodiac wheel from the master with the moustache, Richard Sterling.
Jessica lives between Melbourne, Tasmania – and England – and writes horoscope columns for Family Circle USA.
Her books include Essential Astrology for Women (HarperCollins), the ebook 2020 Astrology: Your Five-Year Horoscope Guide, and the new book The Secret Language of the Stars (Penguin/Michael Joseph) published in Great Britain in October 2019.
Jessica’s astrology and tarot website jessicaadams.com had 2 million visitors in 2018.
In April 2019, she will launch The Sun Sign School with Barbara Dunn, Maggie Hyde, Stephanie Johnson, Susan Miller, Joanne Madeline Moore, Victor Olliver and Penny Thornton.
More specifically, she looks at Gaea, Ceres, Diana, Flora, Atlantis, Hopi, Pele, Sedna, Orcus and Haumea in the charts of pioneers of the environmental movement and those working tirelessly to save the world for future generations.
About The Speaker
Sara Gilbert is a psychological astrologer with an evolutionary focus. Sara consults and teaches through Life Spirit Connections, near Frankston in Victoria. She holds the FAA Diploma, is an APA member, and a Level Two Apprentice with Steven Forrest. Her astrology course focuses on the FAA syllabus.
Sara’s special gift is helping people decode the patterns in their lives so they feel comfortable in their own skin. She draws on the wisdom of multi-faceted esoteric systems: astrology, tarot, tree of life, numerology, and palmistry/hand analysis.
Sara has run workshops and presented for astrology associations around Australia, including Victoria, Newcastle, Tasmania, South Australia, and Queensland. She has had several articles published in Horizons and the FAA Journal, and since 2013, Sara has developed a following of her daily astrology posts on Facebook.
Contact Sara via her website: www.lifespiritconnections.com.au
In this lecture, Vic Ketis explores what Chinese astrology indicates about the upcoming influences of the year ahead
Prominent Western astrological transits and ingresses are also considered. In particular Vic looks at Pluto, which he refers to as the ‘Progression of Pluto.’ He also looks at numerous discoveries in Science and Astronomy and what they might mean when viewed through a mythic narrative.
As background to this lecture, Vic briefly introduces the system of Classical Chinese Astrology, a ‘solar’ system of astrology based on the system of 5 Elements, which, along with Yin and Yang, form the foundations of Chinese Philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
About The Speaker
Vic Ketis BSc (Mon) is the founder and Principal of The Australian Academy of Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and I Ching (1999). The Academy is a leading provider of practitioner education of Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology in Australia. Vic also consults and teaches courses on the Tarot, Sacred Geometry, Western Astrology and the Divination and Scholars method of the Chinese philosophy of the I Ching. Twenty-five years of research and training has also included Chinese Medicine, Symbolism, Art History, Psychology and Mythology, Ecology and the Natural Sciences – Sociology, Science, and the integration of Sacred Geometry principles into the Feng Shui paradigm and building design.
Vic lectures extensively and presents ongoing seminars in Australia and overseas. Lectures have included the FAA conferences, and UAC in Denver (2008) and New Orleans in 2012.
Contact Vic through The Australian Academy of Feng Shui 0408 554 987 or via email
2018 Lectures
Alan draws the connection between Sedna and the centaur, Pholus, because they both have a ‘space weathering’ process that turns the surface of each red, so they both have to do with growth and illumination. And he links it with Ceres, because they both likely have internal oceans, so they both speak of a nurturing process. And with Saturn, because their daily rate of spin is the same, so they have the same day to day practical perspective and both speak of limits.
Discover the evolutionary spiritual power of Sedna, the new esoteric outer limit of our solar system.
Alan Clay is a New Zealand astrologer, and an award winning film director and novelist.
For over 30 years he has conducted a deep research into people through his extensive work as a clown teacher.
For the past two years he has been researching a book on Sedna, which includes a comprehensive aspect analysis using all the new dwarf planets. Titled ‘Sedna Consciousness, the Soul’s Path of Destiny’, his book was launched this year at UAC in Chicago.
More information: www.sednaconsciousness.com
He also summarises his research surrounding ten infamous cult leaders. He looks at their astrological similarities and differences via example charts to illustrate key points.
Charles Jameson is an astrology blogger, researcher and educator.
Charles began his astrological journey in 1993, learning from Kay Raymer. This culminated in his gaining the F.A.A. Practitioner Diploma about four years later. Charles is a graduate of John Frawley’s Horary Apprenticeship, and Robert Zoller’s Foundation of Medieval Astrology. He was a co-convenor of the two instances of the Regulus Traditional Astrology Conference in 2009 and 2011.
He has presented at the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) on several occasions. Presentation topics included the astrological life and times of cult leaders Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite; Elizabethan astrologer Simon Forman, and Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycles.
Contact him via
Website: http://astrologyschool.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrologyschool.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/astro_school
Fay’s investigation and subsequent findings led to the writing of her Astro*Synthesis Thesis. As part of her thesis, Fay explored the image of ‘mother’ in the birth chart, and whether it mirrored the relationship with both mothers. She also interviewed a cross section of adopted people and incorporated their personal stories, significant planetary findings, and of course the Moon in their charts.
Fay’s presentation covers all of this and more.
Astrology has been part of Fay Reynolds’ life for over 30 years. Her passion has always been working with people. In astrology consultations, Fay allows the chart’s imagery to gently guide the direction of a client’s self exploration, knowledge and reflection towards healing and growth.
Fay is a qualified Astrologer with an Advanced Diploma of Applied Astrology (Astro*Synthesis), and is a member of the APA and the FAA.
Fay lives in Fawkner.
Fay can be contacted via her website: fayreynoldsastrology.com
The partial solar eclipse on 13 July 2018 was at 20⁰ 41’ Cancer, conjunct the fixed star Castor. It was followed by a total lunar eclipse on July 28 at 4⁰ 44’ Aquarius, and another partial solar eclipse two weeks later, on August 11, this time at 18⁰ 41’ Leo. Peter enlightens us with his take on them all.
Peter Burns has been consulting, teaching and lecturing since the early 1990’s at the FAAWA and VAA. He has a Diploma of Astrology (FAA) and a Horary Craftsman Certificate.
Peter was guest speaker on palmistry on ABC radio in Western Australia and 3RRR in 2002. He has lectured at FAA International Conferences in Australia, and extensively in the USA — Niagara Falls at the SOTA Conference, Toronto and NCGR Boston, and San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and New Orleans (the UAC Conference).
Peter was editor of the FAA Journal 2000-2015, and has written articles on palmistry and astrology for various astrological publications over the last 20 years. He authored “The Palmistry Textbook” in 2011 and the “Astrology Collection” in 2014.
Peter published his prediction concerning the Global Financial Crisis on his web site in November 2007 and on the basis of this prediction Peter and Alison sold their house in St Kilda as well as his publishing business, and moved to Ocean Grove.
Peter’s main focus is now on teaching and horary astrology consultations.
Contact him via his website – astrologycoursesonline.com
The 36 Year Hebrew Cycle starts on the 21st of March of each year, and Pisces, the 12th sign of the zodiac, marks the end of the cycle. As recently as 2016, the end of a Sun in Pisces cycle occurred (1981-2016). Therefore, a completely new cycle began on the 21st March 2017. This new cycle is Aries-ruled-by-Saturn for 36 years, and the last time Saturn in Aries ruled the 36 Year period was in 1008 BCE, 3024 years ago. Note that 7 planets x 12 signs x 36 Years (Decans) = 3024 years = the completion of the whole cycle!
Olga Morales has a BA in Psychology from Melbourne University, and an Advanced Certificate in Cosmobiology with a High Distinction from the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology.
Since 1999, Olga has been consulting private clients, writing articles, teaching personal astrology to local private groups and lecturing overseas. From 2005, Olga initiated an intensive study of Stock Market and Commodity cycles using W.D. Gann’s trading methodologies and subsequently founded Astrology for Gann Traders. She now teaches all over the world through lectures and her DVDs. Olga has lectured for the VAA (2005-2018) and the FAA (2012/2016), at ATAA (2010 – 2012) and UAC New Orleans 2012 & Chicago 2018, in New York City with Bill Meridian (2013), also in Hong Kong, London, and the UAE (2013-2017).
Olga can be contacted via her website: www.astrologyforganntraders.com.au
Solar Returns were one of the techniques that classical astrologers used to predict future events, but their methodology differed somewhat from modern methods. Almost every astrologer has tried to use solar returns. However, there have been so many methods proposed, that the beginner in this technique is often bewildered about how to get the core meanings out of this system.
Lee Lehman has a Ph.D. in Botany from Rutgers University, and she is the author of ten astrology books.
Lee teaches at IAA, the Midwest School of Astrology, Avalon School of Astrology and Kepler College, and she is a tutor for the School of Traditional Astrology in horary and a medical course that she designed. Her online courses bring classical astrology to the forefront as an astrological system, and Lee’s Perennial Herbal takes ancient astrological herbalism onto the web.
Lee can be contacted via her website: leelehman.com
In 1995, Lee was the recipient of the Marc Edmund Jones Award, and in 2008 she received the Regulus Award for Education.
Mercury is the inner planet that acts like an outer planet, and nobody notices. He has always been a tricky and somewhat mysterious member of our cosmic family. Mercury was the original maverick of the chart, going his own way and abiding by his own rules. His close position to the Sun, his unique cycle, his ever-changing speed and direction makes Mercury elusive and hard to keep up with. This fascinating and enigmatic little planet is often overlooked.
Eve Dembowski is a flower essence therapist, published writer and astrologer with a particular interest in horary and traditional medical astrology. She was one of the conveners of the 2009 and 2010 Regulus Traditional Astrology Conferences held in Melbourne, Australia. She is an international speaker having presented at the AFA conference in the US and the AA in England.
Since 2013 she has been a tutor at STA, School of Traditional Astrology presenting the STA Practitioner’s Level Horary course as intensives, small weekly classes and online. Her article on Medical Horary appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of the Mountain Astrologer.
Eve can be contacted by phone 0401847412 or by email
Black Moon Lilith symbolizes the potent and primal energy of the Great Goddess. Her placement in the horoscope tells a story about where and how we may meet Her energy and be called to experience initiation into Her Mysteries, especially the Law of Cycles.
Christine Rothwell is a Professional Member of the Federation of Australian Astrologers [P.M.F.A.A.], an Accredited Astrology Teacher [AAT] and is currently an examiner on the F.A.A. National Examination Board.
Christine has been working as a full time professional astrologer and teacher of astrology since 1990 and has lectured at the Australian International Astrology Conferences hosted by the FAA in Melbourne and Sydney. She recently spoke at the 22nd FAA Astrology Conference held in Melbourne in January 2018, and currently teaches a four year astrology course that prepares students to sit the FAA examinations.
Christine’s work is influenced by an interest in mythology and archetypal psychology, as well as training in counselling, psychotherapy and family therapy. Her special areas of interest are deepening awareness of the feminine points in the horoscope and combining spiritual and psychological perspectives in both her teaching and consulting work.
Contact Christine via her website — www.christinerothwell.com
2017 Lectures
One of astrology’s great offerings is reflecting on time through diverse techniques. Each cycle, no matter its length, has a beginning, a middle and an end, renewing itself in the birth of another cycle. There is a past and a future in every present moment marked on the path of every celestial orbit.
Time is also considered from the perspective of the unconscious and how it shapes the way we foresee transits and transitions. As astrologers, do we consider the mysteries of time enough? Have we sufficiently contemplated the intricacies of time to hold our own views on prediction, predictive techniques, ageing and recurrence?
Brian Clark has been a consulting astrologer and educator for most of his adult life. He is the creator of the Astro*Synthesis distance learning program, which has been shaped from his experience as an astrological educator over the past 35 years. www.astrosynthesis.com.au
Brian has been honoured with lifetime membership of the VAA, FAA and APA for his contributions to astrology. This year, Brian has been nominated for the prestigious Charles Harvey Award.
Recently Brian released two new books, The Family Legacy: Astrological Imprints on Life, Love and Relationship and Vocation: The Astrology of Career, Creativity and Calling, both receiving excellent reviews. His new book From the Moment We Met: the Astrology of Adult Relationships will be released in 2018.
Saturn’s cycle of 29 years occurs 2-3 times in a person’s lifetime and embodies the principle of structure and boundaries. It is the incarnation of responsibility and represents the individual’s material reality.
Mari Garcia is a consulting astrologer and educator who started formal astrological studies in 1990 with Astro Logos in Adelaide, South Australia. She received the Practitioners Certificate from the Federation of Australian Astrologers in 1995 and was awarded the Alan Johnson Gold Medal for receiving the highest marks.
Mari has also undertaken the Robert Zoller Medieval Course, as well as the Post Graduate Certificate in Medieval Astrology awarded by Astro Logos., and successfully completed Bernadette Brady’s Fixed Star Course.
She has lectured widely, both in Australia and the USA, has published articles in Australia and overseas and writes for several local and national publications.
Mari is a Council Member of The Astrological Guild of Educators International and is a founding member of the Forum of Professional Astrologers. She runs a consulting practice in Adelaide and is co-principal of ASTRO MUNDI, which offers a four year course.
Lyndall describes them as archetypal energies that filter how we perceive the world and define the learning patterns of each generation.
The Astrological Temples program is based on a visioning technique where each of the 4 planets is explored as a unique temple. The inner child is placed in the South (fire; trust; innocence); the adolescent self in the West (water and the sacred dream); the adult self in the North (earth; strength; wisdom); and ancestors in the East (air; illumination).
Lyndall McQuinn’s interest in Astrology began in the 1980’s. Over the course of 30 years she established her own business, bringing together her passion for astrology, tarot, wicca, ritual, meditation and personal development in a unique and grounded way. From her study of these fields, Lyndall has developed her own way of working with Astrology, a technique she calls Shamanic Astrology. Her five publications on Shamanic Astrology, Tarot and Astrological Ritual reflect her lifetime of study and practice in these fields.
Lyndall has taught Astrology in many situations, beginning in 1985 with Lancaster County Prison, USA. She has lead workshops at the Rainbow Festivals 1981-1996, and been a guest speaker at the Sydney Festival of Dreams, the VAA, the AANSW, the 2016 FAA Astrology Conference, and internationally in Portugal in 2017.
The first is a partial lunar eclipse in Aquarius on Monday August 7,
and the second is a total solar eclipse in Leo on Monday August 21.
In internet forums, the second eclipse has frequently been referred to as the “Great American Eclipse”
Peter discusses the nature of eclipses, the logic behind their astrological meaning, the current situation in America, and of course Donald Trump and the White House. He also looks at these 2 eclipses in relation to the current international situation regarding China, the heightened tensions in North Korea, and other relevant issues.
Peter Burns has a Diploma of Astrology (FAA), and a Horary Craftsman Certificate, and has been consulting teaching and lecturing since the early 1990’s at the Western Australian and Victorian Astrological Associations.
Peter was guest speaker on palmistry on ABC radio in Western Australia and 3RRR in 2002; has lectured at International FAA Conferences in Australia; in the US—Niagara Falls at the SOTA Conference, Toronto and NCGR Boston, and San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and New Orleans (the UAC Conference). He was editor of the FAA Journal 2000-2015, and has written articles on palmistry and astrology for various astrological publications over the last 20 years. He authored “The Palmistry Textbook” in 2011 and the “Astrology Collection” in 2014.
Peter published his prediction concerning the Global Financial Crisis on his web site in November 2007 and on the basis of this prediction Peter and Alison sold their house in St Kilda as well as his publishing business, and moved to Ocean Grove.
Peter’s main focus is now on teaching and horary astrology consultations. Contact him via his website astrologycoursesonline.com and via email astropalmistrycourses@gmail.com
It starts on Melbourne Cup day in 1984 and continues to unfold in 2017. She illustrates the story through the lens of Cosmobiology, which uses the 90 degree dial, as well as through the more familiar 360 degree wheel. See what you make of this dark and fascinating story.
Glorija Lawrence is a public speaker who has been lucky enough to travel the world lecturing and teaching on her favourite subject of astrology. In the beginning, Glorija didn’t know what the word meant, but through a simple twist of fate she started studying cosmobiology in 1983 with Doris Greaves where a whole new world opened up.
She considers it a privilege to share her thoughts and ideas on how to transform your life through the multifaceted medium of astrology.
Glorija can be contacted through her website www.cosmoastrology.com
Charles first introduces and illustrates the principles involved, then looks at how to use Solar Arc Directions using Astro Gold software. For the rest of the presentation Charles explores Solar Arc Directions in action – alongside transits and progressions – drawing on example charts of the famous and infamous: politicians, criminals, musicians and many others. This comprehensive lecture is full of interesting stories and anecdotes and makes Solar Arc Directions easy to understand and use.
Charles Jameson’s astrological studies started in the early 1990s, learning in a small group led by Kay Raymer. In the late 1990s he qualified as an FAA Practitioner, and later completed Robert Zoller’s Foundation of Medieval Astrology and John Frawley’s Horary Apprenticeship. In the mid 2000s, Charles co-organised the two iterations of the Regulus Conference, a small conference focused on traditional astrology.
Over the years, Charles has presented at the VAA on topics such as medieval astrologer Simon Forman, cult leaders Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite, and Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycles.
His blog is astrologyschool.net
and @astro_school on Twitter.
Using her own chart, and the charts of other well known identities, Jacqui examines how they relate to the themes raised in the myth. Key themes include: rejection, unworthiness or a sense of isolation; physical disablement, illness or inner emotional wounds; suffering and pain in personal growth; and healing, wholeness and the laws of nature. As Melanie Reinhart suggests, an open minded contemplation of Chiron in an astrological chart, alongside an understanding of the key concepts in the myth, can lead to an intuitive and healing approach to assist us, or a client, with understanding in order to integrate these themes in a personally helpful way.
Jacqui Godfrey has been working as a Naturopath for over 15 years, incorporating nutrition, herbal medicine, flower essences and homeopathy. She also integrates astrology into her naturopathic consultations, which provides her with greater depth and understanding of her clients.
Jacqui’s personal journey began a week before her 13th birthday when she contracted Transverse Myelitis. It resulted in paraplegia, a permanent disability, which created major change in her life, altering her future and the way she saw the world.
A year into a Science degree, she switched to Naturopathy, which resonated more closely with her budding spiritual growth. Whilst completing the Naturopathy degree, she began to practice meditation and became intrigued with astrology, psychotherapy and alternative therapies, such as homeopathy and kinesiology.
In 2008, Jacqui began formal study of astrology with Christine Rothwell and in 2016 completed the FAA Practitioner’s Diploma, receiving the FAA Silver Medal Doris Greaves Award for both the Interpretation and Dynamic exams. In May 2017, Jacqui was presented with the prestigious FAA Gold Medal for Excellence!
In fact, Ayurveda is the only contemporary health-care system that still incorporates astrology for diagnosis and patient care. As such, it is important from both an historical and an applied perspective. Learn more about this ancient and practical approach to health. Discover how you can integrate astrological principles with an holistic approach to your wellness that can be integrated at an everyday level.
Damian Rocks is a professional astrologer, teacher and writer. He runs a busy practice in Sydney, Australia and manages www.starslikeyou.com.au, a well known website visited by thousands of people each month. His focus is client-centred, with an emphasis on astrology, health and wellbeing.
In 2014, Damian opened his wellness centre in Sydney dedicated to holistic health and astrology. He holds an MA from Bath Spa University England (Cultural Astrology and Astronomy), Adv Dip Ayurveda, an FAA Diploma of Astrology, and in 2012 was awarded the FAA Gold Medal for Excellence.
He currently teaches a Diploma of Predictive and Therapeutic Astrology in association with the London School of Astrology and is available for private consultations, tuition and speaking engagements.
Email: damian@starslikeyou.com.au
Ancient mystery schools of Pythagoras, Plato and Ptolemy understood that philosophy, astronomy, astrology, mathematics, numerology and magic were inter-related and relevant parts of the same wisdom source. What is now separate was once part of the same all-encompassing knowledge system. Archetypes were allocated to what was visible at the time, based on practical experience of what their presence in the sky brought about. Modern technology has enabled us to identify and learn about thousands of additional planetary bodies and hypothetical points. Jung taught that we all carry the same myths and archetypes in our collective unconscious. Does size or other astronomical characteristics stop Pluto from being an incredibly powerful influence in the charts of our clients? Why shouldn’t asteroids, centaurs or plutoids have just as important a part to play in astrology as the bodies we have been familiar with for centuries?
Sara Gilbert has consolidated a childhood love of mythology, into astrological research and practice with intuitive asteroid archetypes. A psychological astrologer with an evolutionary focus, Sara runs her astrology school and consultancy Life Spirit Connections in Melbourne. She is an APA member, holding the FAA Diploma and Level 2 Forrest Apprentice status. She has been published in many journals and has presented lectures for most Australian State Associations as well as the 2016 FAA International Astrology Conference held in Sydney.
Sara can be contacted through her website www.lifespiritconnections.com.au
2016 Lectures
In this upcoming lecture, Glorija will present her research on how progressions foretold of an impending disaster in the unfolding story of a family involved in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Fate, destiny and free will are all tied up in a neat little bundle, but how much is fate and how much is free will, and can a possible disaster be avoided?
Glorija will also identify and investigate the mundane chart for the city (when one was not available) and will back it up with some fascinating data from a previous disaster and a society murder.
She will also ponder the age-old question of moral and ethical cornerstones surrounding our predictions: “Do we have the right to intervene and warn our loved ones of impending gloom and doom?” or, as always with astrology, the more questions that are answered the more we find left unanswered.
Glorija Lawrence embarked on a life long journey of astrology and Cosmobiology in 1983 and considers it a wonderful tool for self improvement.
She has lectured in Australia, New Zealand, Finland, India and the United States and considers it a privilege to share her thoughts and ideas on how to transform your life through this multifaceted medium.
Glorija can be contacted through her website www.cosmoastrology.com
Various methods of soul astrology use different planets, points and/or houses to help indicate the intention of this lifetime. In this lecture, Clementine uses the main planets as used by Jeffrey Wolf Green adherents – that being Pluto, Uranus, the lunar nodes and the Moon. She explores each player in detail and shows reason as to why these particular planets and points are used in, what is loosely referred to as, past life astrology.
Clementine uses the chart of a well known celebrity throughout the presentation to help us understand the role these planets and points play in determining a soul’s story and to gain some awareness of our own soul’s journey.
Clementine Adkins has been passionate about astrology ever since she first discovered the power of a birth chart back in 1998. She has studied with a number of prominent astrologers, culminating with an FAA Practitioner’s Diploma in 2005. Her study continued such that she now uses the Evolutionary Astrology of Steven Forrest and Jeffrey Wolf Green in her interactions with clients and students.
Clementine also holds a Practitioners Certificate in Deep Memory Process (a form of past life regression) and she is a Practitioner Member of the APA.
Clementine runs her successful astrology business from the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, where she is based. It is from this base that Clementine conducts readings, holds workshops, teaches astrology classes, writes articles and newsletters and gives presentations, all based on her love for Evolutionary Astrology.
Clementine can be contacted through her website Aquamoon Astrology
There’s nothing mainstream about Harmonic 11 (11H for short). When the circle is divided by this prime number we get the keys to some of the secret doors of the soul. Here are dimensions of the inner life, drives of the inner being which may or may not be acted upon. 11H energies burn quietly in deep dark places: yearning, obsessive, sometimes compulsive, sometimes even barking mad. You can run but you can’t really hide.
Roderick Kidston was an early fan of adding asteroids to the astrological repertoire and now regards a select group as essential for horoscope delineation. He has had a long interest in harmonics as well as a more integral approach to astrology linked to depth and transpersonal psychology, metaphysics and the new physics.
In recent years, Roderick has returned to older work he did on the fixed stars, which is coming together in a forthcoming book The Magic of the Stars. He has published on astrology in several places, taught it, given talks and workshops in several cities and he has spoken at several conferences since 2003.
The Moon’s phase and position coincides with changes in plant growth and vitality. The ancients have been using this knowledge for thousands of years. Gardening becomes easier, plants thrive, flowers are beautiful, crops are productive, and diseases and parasites in animals and crops are easily controlled!
In this lecture, we will cover when to plant, prune, weed, spray, fertilize and when to rest. You can even use Moon timing to easily perform housework, for long lasting haircuts, colours and for much more. It is easy to use, and it works. We will also cover personal gardening via local horizon charts. Those interested in working in harmony with Mother Nature will be keen to discover more about Moon Gardening.
Kerry Galea is a fully qualified Astrologer and Palmist working in Gippsland, Victoria and is an avid gardener using Moon Gardening techniques. Kerry publishes the Ancient Moon Gardening Almanac annually.
Kerry holds a Diploma in Applied Astrology from Astro*Synthesis and is a member of the APA (Association of Professional Astrologers). She also has the Practitioners Diploma of Medieval Astrology from AstroLogos, and has a P.I Certificate in Palmistry. Originally she became a Medical Scientist, and still keeps one foot in that field today. Kerry was also a Secondary School Teacher, and enjoys giving workshops and presentations in Ancient Moon Gardening, Astrology and Palmistry.
Contact Kerry through her website www.ancientmoongardening.com.au
The magic comes from us; we decide to shift or alter a thought, action, or situation at a given time so it may function in a different way in our lives. Magic does interact with unseen forces to create change in our everyday world. However, it needs our intent to make it work. The energies are with us every day and astrology gives a name to these energies and describes, via element and mode, how these energies operate. It is not a matter of needing special moments to interact with the energies; it is more about being aware of the energies every day and living/working with them.
Working with the elements is the basis of all magic. Most systems operate with four or five elements, and there are other systems that use more, but for the moment let’s just work with five.
To work with elements we need to work within wheels. A wheel is often used to contain, illustrate or define space. Wheels can then be broken down into many equal parts to illustrate various information. The wheels I will be working with in this talk are the Wiccan and the Astrological wheel. I will work firstly with the elements, then pentagrams and finally with lunar astrology.
Lyndall McQuinn’s interest in Astrology began in the 1980’s. Over the course of 30 years, she has established her own business bringing together her passion for astrology, tarot, wicca, ritual, meditation and personal development in a unique and grounded way. From her study of these fields, Lyndall has developed her own way of working with Astrology, a technique she has called Shamanic Astrology. Her five publications on Shamanic Astrology, Tarot and Astrological Ritual reflect her lifetime of study and practice in these fields.
Lyndall has taught Astrology in many situations over the course of twenty-nine years, beginning within Lancaster County Prison USA in 1985. She has lead workshops at Festivals and Retreats, and been a guest speaker at the VAA, the AANSW and the FAA Astrology Conference in 2016.
Contact Lyndall through her website www.lyndallmcquinn.com
Planetary Declination is often called the hidden dimension. Taken from the celestial equator, the swings of the planets north and south of the equator reveal symbolic summer and winter cycles in our growth.
In this presentation, Olga explains how to determine what is your current season is and how the planets are symmetrically related. In order to gain the most from the lecture recording, Olga has recorded a short video demonstrating how to plot your Secondary Progressed Declination Cycle viewable at this link: How to plot your SecProgDec cycle graph.
Olga Morales is the founder of Astrology for Gann Traders. She is a Professional Astrologer, Author, Educator and Gann Trader. After obtaining a BA in Psychology from Melbourne University, she received a professional certificate from the Australian Academy of Astrology and Cosmobiology in 1993 and later, in 2003, an Advanced Certificate in Cosmobiology from the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology with a High Distinction.
Her mission is to teach what W.D. Gann called the “greatest science”, that is Astrology, to those who are ready and willing. Besides her Home Study CD’s, Olga also offers annual Gann Astro-Trading Workshops in Australia and internationally in NYC with Bill Meridian.
You can contact Olga at: astrologyforganntraders@gmail.com, or through her website www.astrologyforganntraders.com.au
This is combined with the erroneous notion that horary is simply the application of a lot of “rules” in order to answer a question with little bearing on the psychological processes being experienced by the client. Horary is much more. It is the astrology of the moment, and it provides answers and understanding of issues that are of immediate concern to the client, as well as revealing the deeper connection that today’s question has to the past and to the future.
Through the presentation of charts pulled from her own practice, Eve explores the depth that can be gleaned from the symbolism in a horary chart. She presents the horary chart as a gateway; an oracle providing the client with transformative insights into the processes that have brought them to the circumstances in which they find themselves.
Eve Dembowski is a flower essence therapist, published writer and astrologer with a particular interest in horary and traditional medical astrology. Her article on Medical Horary appeared in the March/April 2016 issue of The Mountain Astrologer.
In 2009 and 2010 Eve was co-convener and a speaker at the Regulus Traditional Astrology Conference held in Melbourne, Australia. She is also an international speaker having presented at the AFA conference in the US and the AA in England.
Since 2013 Eve has been a tutor with STA, School of Traditional Astrology, presenting the STA Practitioner’s Level Horary course as intensives, small weekly classes and online.
Eve can be contacted by phone 0401847412 or email eve@sta.co
We learn about the Other Values, those that are demoted or misunderstood in the West – values that can only be disclosed via a path of sacrifice and betrayal. There are examples of the evolved and the unevolved natal Neptune and of the lasting emotional and spiritual legacy of a strong Neptune transit.
Jane Ahlquist has been a practising astrologer for over 35 years. Jane has lectured on astrology and related topics and she pioneered workshops on women’s spirituality in Sydney in the 1980s. In her “other life” Jane has adapted a number of traditional tales for theatre, in which she has utilized her understanding of astrological symbolism. She lives, with her kelpie dog Ruby, in the tiny town of Majors Creek, N.S.W., where she also paints, plays the violin and competes with the wallabies over ownership of the vege patch.
Jane is the author of the book “ASTROLOGY: history and purpose”, plus a number of plays. She can be contacted at artandspirit@antmail.com.au
In this lecture, Peter explores the qualities – the fundamental building blocks of astrology – and how these combine with the planetary rulers of the signs to give us the interpretations we are familiar with. Peter proposes a method of understanding the zodiac signs that both challenges modern perceptions and clarifies their real meaning.
Peter Burns took up astrology in the late 1980’s and gained his Astrology Diploma (FAA) in 1997. He now runs correspondence courses in Horary Astrology and Palmistry, and his current passion is integrating ancient techniques with modern astrological practice.
He served as president of the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) from 2006 to 2008, and was the editor of the FAA Journal from 2000 to 2015. Peter has been a regular guest speaker on ABC radio in WA and on 3RRR in Melbourne Australia. Publications include “The Palmistry Textbook” (2012) and “The Astrology Collection of Techniques and Principles” (2014).
We are pushed to overcome adversity with the help of Mars and his aspects, aspects which also describe recurring inner battles between different levels of the personality. These wars call up both outer conflict and inner crises. Mars can describe splits in the soul that may pull us forward or push us apart. What can we do to redirect the powerful destructive qualities of this planet towards the higher aspects of self? Mars brings great joy and aliveness when it breaks through to its best qualities..
Lynn Bell is a Paris-based astrologer whose work spans multiple cultures as a speaker, teacher, author and consultant in astrology with international clientele. After many years of teaching and lecturing throughout France, she was invited to join the Centre for Psychological Astrology in London in 1995.
Lynn’s work combines psychological and spiritual perspectives, with an interest in working with familial patterns. Her book “Planetary Threads”, on planetary patterns in families, was first published in 1998.
Lynn is interested in many aspects of astrology, from mundane cycles to archetypes and mythology. Her expertise in Solar Returns resulted in publishing “Cycles of Light” in 2005. She is also one of the co-authors of “The Mars Quartet”, and numerous journal and magazine articles. Lynn has been a featured speaker at many of the major astrology conferences in the world: UAC, ISAR, the World Congress in Switzerland and the FAA in Australia, as well as many other venues in the UK, Europe, Mexico, and the US.
In the UK she teaches for The Faculty of Astrological Studies Summer school in Oxford, and the LSA, as well as the CPA, and she continues to consult from her home in Paris.
2015 Lectures
In this presentation, Charles will review the era of earth sign conjunctions during the last 200+ years. He’ll then focus on recent times, particularly 1960 onwards, and examine how these conjunctions might reflect recent world history, and what might lie in store for us from 2020 onwards.
Charles Jameson has been studying astrology for about 22 years. He was originally taught by Kay Raymer, and gained his F.A.A. Diploma in the late 1990s. He later completed John Frawley’s Horary Apprenticeship and Robert Zoller’s Foundation of Medieval Astrology course.
More recently, Charles was co-founder of the Regulus Conference for traditional astrology, and has previously presented to the VAA on Elizabethan astrologer Simon Forman and the astrology of death cult leaders Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite.
This year he also ran an astrology workshop at Qi Crystals in Elsternwick. Although trained in modern astrology, Charles gravitates towards the traditional approaches (Saturn in the 9th!) and has a keen interest in astrology of the 17th century and history in general.
His blog can be found at www.astrologyschool.net
As gatekeeper to this realm, Pluto calls humanity to a new level of consciousness that requires us to find ways to honour and work with his energy. Pluto’s presence – whether through natal or transiting aspects – often reveals fear and anxiety, but this fear can also be experienced as an awakening and a doorway to something larger.
In this lecture Christine explores fear as a rite of passage
At the end, there is a meditation to reflect on the plutonic process and what it is asking of us at this moment in time.
Christine Rothwell is a Professional Member of the Federation of Australian Astrologers [P.M.F.A.A.], an Accredited Astrology Teacher [AAT] and is currently an examiner on the F.A.A. National Examination Board.
Christine has been working as a full time professional astrologer and teacher of astrology since 1990 and has lectured at the Australian International Astrology Conferences hosted by the FAA in Melbourne and Sydney. She currently teaches a four year astrology course and prepares students to sit the FAA examinations.
Christine’s work is influenced by an interest in mythology and archetypal psychology, as well as training in counselling, psychotherapy and family therapy. Her special areas of interest are deepening awareness of the feminine points in the horoscope and combining spiritual and psychological perspectives in both her teaching and consulting work.
She also explores the benefits of this work through a number of case studies.
Margaret Wood has been a practising Astrologer, Homoeopath, Naturopath for 37 years, a psychotherapist for 24 years and gained her Masters in Gestalt Therapy in 2012. She has been lecturing professionally in Homoeopathy for 35 years and in psychotherapeutic subjects for 30 years. Currently, Margaret is in private practice in Croydon Hills and lectures at the Southern School of Natural Therapies both face to face and online. Her practice is an eclectic blend of skills including spiritual healing and the Tarot./p>
You can contact Marg via email margwood7@gmail.com or mobile 0403 050 310
The charts of the four women are examined from three points of view – using aspect patterns, the nodal axis and asteroids.
Sara Gilbert has consolidated a childhood love of stories from mythology into astrological research and practice with intuitive asteroid archetypes that associate back to myth. Sara is a psychological astrologer with an evolutionary focus, and practises, through Life Spirit Connections, near Frankston in Victoria. She holds the FAA Diploma, APA membership and Level Two Apprentice status with Steven Forrest. Sara runs astrology courses that focus on the FAA syllabus, and has presented workshops and lectures in many states of Australia. She has also developed a following for her daily astrology posts on Facebook and the C*I*A website, and has published articles in Horizons and the FAA Journal.
Her website is www.lifespiritconnections.com.au
Questions include – How does the astrology model tie in with mind-body medicine and psychosomatic conditions? How does stress affect our immune system and how do our choices and circumstances impact on our health? Most importantly, what can we do to reclaim our health and wellbeing?
Michele Finey began teaching herself astrology in 1980. Her interest in healing and mind-body medicine led her to study hypnotherapy in the early 90s. Michele is the author of Solar Fire’s Health and Wellbeing Report and two books, Secrets of the Zodiac (2009) and The Sacred Dance of Venus and Mars (2012). She has presented her research across Australia, in the US and via webinar, and her feature articles have appeared in numerous publications including Dell Horoscope, Wellbeing Astrology Guide, The Mountain Astrologer and the NCGR Journal. Apart from her ongoing work as a consulting astrologer and hypnotherapist, Michele produces an annual astrology calendar and provides mentoring and coaching to up-and-coming astrologers.
Michele can be contacted via her website www.celestialinsight.com.au and email mfiney@cinsight.com.au
She also explores their history and re-examines their discovery charts, bringing a different perspective to these three renegade members of the solar system.
Eve Dembowski lives in Melbourne, Australia. She trained as a musician and flower essence therapist, holds a Diploma of Applied Astrology from Astro*Synthesis, FAA certification, a certificate in Medieval Astrology and the STA Master’s level Diploma in Horary Astrology. She continues with her own study and research with a special focus on horary and medical astrology. Since 2013 she has been an STA (School of Traditional Astrology) tutor presenting the Practitioner’s level horary course online and in Melbourne.
Eve lectures, is a published author, sees private clients and runs classical astrology classes.
She can be contacted on (03) 9537 2254 or 0401 847 412 or via email eve@sta.co
Jessica also uses The Astrology Oracle card deck to experiment with live readings on the day.
Jessica Adams graduated with a degree in Ancient Civilisations, Religious Studies and Philosophy from the University of Tasmania and became a professional astrologer for Elle magazine in her twenties. Today she works as a Contributing Editor at Cosmopolitan magazine in London and spends half the year in Melbourne and Tasmania where she is the astrologer for The Australian Women’s Weekly. She is the author of Essential Astrology for Women (HarperCollins) and Handbag Horoscopes (Penguin). Her website is www.jessicaadams.com
Ed also provides a captivating analysis of how belief – and planetary cycles – can overcome even the most basic instinct of all – survival. This presentation also probes the controversial issue of whether thought can physically change matter.
Ed Tamplin is recognized as one of the world’s premier mundane and predictive astrologers. He operates a full time consultancy from his Sydney home base, and is the co-principle of the Sirius Astrology School. For over decade he co-hosted an astrological program on Sydney commercial radio that rated number one, attracting a quarter of the Sydney listening audience. Ed is also a past VP of AANSW and Secretary/President of SARS. He remains dedicated to astrological research regularly contributing the ‘Eye In The Sky’ column to the FAA Journal and also providing weekly updates on his popular mundane website www.edtamplin.com
This includes elemental, sign and house imbalances, distribution of the planets in the chart wheel, and unaspected planets. What is missing in the birth chart is just as important as what is present, because whatever is missing tends to have great power over us. Whatever is missing in some areas may also indicate a dominant function elsewhere.
Sue Farebrother has been a professional astrologer and tarot consultant for more than 20 years in private practice in London.
She teaches astrology for both the Faculty of Astrological Studies, where she trained, and the London School of Astrology (LSA). She also teaches courses in the tarot for the LSA and privately.
Sue gained a distinction for her Cultural Astronomy and Astrology MA dissertation (for the Sophia Centre) in 2007, which was on the links between astrology and tarot in the 19th century. Her beginners book, Astrology Decoded, was recently published by Rider/Random House to critical acclaim.
Continuing professional development is important to her, and she is currently taking a Life Coaching course, having trained as a psychotherapist in Psychosynthesis in the 1980s. She plans to incorporate the coaching training into her work with astrological and tarot clients.
She also discusses psychological approaches, eg. CBT, Transactional analysis, psycho-dynamics approaches etc., and how they integrate with astrology. The content overall adds to an astrologer’s abilities to understand the underlying motivations of their clients’ relationship issues, give the astrologer enhanced skills to apply the psychology of relationships with clients, and to have greater boundary setting and referral ability.
Jenne Perlstein [MBBS (Medical Degree), BSW (Social Work), AASW, CertIV TAE, Prof Member Tarot Guild, Cert. Appl. Astrology, Member VAA, CMC (Celebrant), student (One Spirit Interfaith Seminary]
Jenne is a Tarot Counsellor and Astrologer combining 25 years experience as a professional Social Worker with a degree in Medicine (including study of psychology and psychiatry), in the areas of health, education, and aged care. Her work as a Social Worker, using the knowledge gained in Medicine, has encompassed counselling, family work, case work, community development and policy, and extensive work in brain injury, mental health, vocational rehabilitation, and Aboriginal justice.
2014 Lectures
He also presents ideas drawn from a variety of sources to illustrate and explore basic astrological principles for chart interpretation. There are hundreds potentially to learn, which might say something about why they’re mostly ignored. Yet understanding some essential elements of some major stars opens up the horoscope like a distant nebula in a telescope, and deepens anything we can say about the interplay of planets and asteroids.
Peter Burns took up astrology in the late 1980’s and gained his Astrology Diploma (FAA) in 1997.
He now runs correspondence courses in Horary Astrology and Palmistry, and his current passion is integrating ancient techniques with modern astrological practice.He served as president of the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) 2006-2008, and has been the editor of the quarterly national FAA Journal since 2000. Peter has been a regular guest speaker on ABC radio in WA and on 3RRR in Melbourne Australia.
Publications include “The Palmistry Textbook” (2012) and “The Astrology Collection of Techniques and Principles” (2014).
Roderick was an early fan of adding asteroids to the astrologer’s repertoire, and now finds it impossible to read a horoscope fully without the so-called ‘minor planets’.
The study of harmonics has also been a passion, and he is interested in a more integral approach to astrology that links with developments in depth and transpersonal psychology, metaphysics and the new physics. This includes the new insights offered by the spiral dynamics theory of the evolution of consciousness.
Roderick has published on astrology in several places over the years, taught it, given talks and workshops in several cities, and he has spoken at several conferences since 2003. He spoke most recently at the 2014 FAA Conference in Hobart on astrology and the evolution of consciousness.
Dip.Teaching (ATTI), Dip.Naturopathy (SSNT), Dip.Homoeopathy (honorary HERA), Dip.Astrology (FAA), Adv.Dip.Gestalt Therapy (GTA), Master Gestalt therapy (GTB)
In 1977, Margaret Wood began studying astrology independently, developing her knowledge and understanding through conversation with colleagues and application in practice. In 1978 she began teaching fellow naturopathic students the mathematics of chart construction and in 1992 started teaching an introductory course in astrology. Later on this developed into a school for professional astrological training which ran until 2012.
In 1985 Marg commenced training as a psychotherapist and went on to become a Master of Gestalt Therapy. She is in private practice in Ringwood, teaches at the Southern School of Natural Therapies and gives numerous public presentations in her areas of expertise. Her book, Astrohom: the subtle link between astrology and homoeopathy, is still being written!
Olga Morales is a professional Astrologer, Author, Educator and Gann Trader.
She has a BA in Psychology, a professional certificate from the Australian Academy of Astrology and Cosmobiology and an advanced certificate in Cosmobiology from the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology. In 2005, Olga began teaching financial astrology (specifically related to the work of W.D. Gann) to traders, and her website was launched offering on-line courses. Her specialities are Cosmobiology and Financial Astrology.
The following questions are tackled and answered: What does it mean to have a planet stationary in one’s chart? What is the difference between stationary retrograde and stationary direct and how can we spot the difference? What orb of exactness can we apply to stationary planets? How slow does a planet have to be to have an altered effect, and what is that effect? What are the different preference settings in Solar Fire and how do they work? What about the so-called shadow period? Just how should we interpret these motionless planets that appear to be changing course?
Michele is an astrologer, hypnotherapist and author based in the inner west of Melbourne.
Michele began teaching herself astrology in 1980, receiving her FAA Diploma in the mid 1980s. Her feature articles have been published in a variety of publications including TMA and the NCGR Journal, Wellbeing and Dell Horoscope. Michele is the author of two books and wrote the comprehensive Health and Wellbeing Report Writer for Solar Fire.Michele has run astrology workshops for writers at the Williamstown Literary Festival and at libraries across Melbourne and has presented her work to astrology audiences in Sydney, Brisbane and Seattle in the US. Michele now runs a mentoring program for up and coming astrologers and produces an annual 32-page astrological wall calendar.A member of the VAA (and FAA) since 1985 Michele is also a member of the Association of Professional Astrologers and is their Victorian Liaison Officer.
Julija Simas, a Diploma graduate of Astrosynthesis, Melbourne, is the founder of the Cosmic Intelligence Agency.
She devotes much of her time and astrological writing to maintaining a busy website and ever expanding social network. A keen researcher, teacher, workshop and event organiser, Julija has spoken at C*I*A events on various topics, and holds regular webinars and astrological workshops.
In conclusion, Charles will look briefly at the notion of ‘evil’, and why some people incline towards criminal behaviour.
Charles Jameson has been studying astrology since 1993.
He was taught privately by Kay Raymer, and qualified with an F.A.A. Diploma in the late 1990s. Since then, he’s completed Robert Zoller’s Foundation of Medieval Astrology, and John Frawley’s Horary Apprenticeship. He has also studied Four Pillars Chinese astrology and Feng Shui with Vic Ketis.Charles co-founded the Regulus Astrology Conference, where he gave two presentations: one on the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycle, the other on the astrological work of Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654). He previously presented to the VAA in 2008 on Astrology and the Elizabethan Era.
Jessica Adams is the author of Essential Astrology for Women (HarperCollins), 2020 Vision (Viking) and Astrolove (Corgi).
She is the astrologer for The Australian Women’s Weekly, Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar magazine.She is a graduate of the University of Tasmania and lives between England and Australia.
Shamanic astrology is experiential. Rather than sitting outside the chart and verbalising learned concepts it steps inside to define where strengths and blockages actually exist.
Lyndall McQuinn’s interest in Astrology began in the 1980’s and she gained her Certificate in Astrology in 1985.
Since then Lyndall has established her own business based in Daylesford and South Yarra. She has written five publications on Shamanic Astrology, Tarot and Astrological Ritual and numerous articles located on her web site.
Lyndall has taught Astrology in many situations over the course of twenty-nine years, beginning within Lancaster County Prison USA in 1985. Lyndall has lead workshops at the Rainbow Festivals of 1986-1991, Descent of Inanna Retreat for Womyn 1991 and independently from then on. She now teaches online both locally and overseas.
Peter Burns took up astrology in the late 1980’s and gained his Astrology Diploma (FAA) in 1997.
He now runs correspondence courses in Horary Astrology and Palmistry, and his current passion is integrating ancient techniques with modern astrological practice.He served as president of the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) 2006-2008, and has been the editor of the quarterly national FAA Journal since 2000. Peter has been a regular guest speaker on ABC radio in WA and on 3RRR in Melbourne Australia.
Publications include “The Palmistry Textbook” (2012) and “The Astrology Collection of Techniques and Principles” (2014).
2013 Lectures
While the early Greeks did not literally observe the skyscape astrologically as their Egyptian and Babylonian counterparts did, nonetheless early references to the heavens are embedded in their myths and epic literature. Astrology, as divination by the stars, is still in part revelation from the night world and its imagination reminds us of the right-hemisphere of the heavens, long before the left hemisphere’s measurements cleaved its distance from the imaginative reading of the stars.
Brian Clark is the co-founder of the Chiron Centre.
As a consultant astrologer for over 30 years he is deeply interested in astrology’s resonance with the soul. Having taught a successful four-year teaching program in astrology for over 25 years, Brian has redeveloped the syllabus as a distance learning program (www.astrosynthesis.com.au) leading to the Diploma in Applied Astrology.He has his BA (Hons) and MA in Classics and Archaeology from University of Melbourne. As a Philhellene he feels blessed to have led so many tours to the sanctuaries of ancient Greece with hopefully more to come. Brian has been honoured with a Life Membership from the Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA).
Roderick Kidston was an early fan of adding asteroids to the astrologer’s repertoire, and now finds it impossible to read a horoscope without the so-called ‘minor planets’.
Roderick has published on astrology in several places over the years, taught it, given talks and workshops in several cities, and he has spoken at several conferences since 2003, including every FAA conference. He will speak again at the 2014 FAA Conference in Hobart, on the topic of astrology and its role in understanding the ongoing evolution of human consciousness.
Sara also looks at when they become part of an ongoing birth potential for the individuals born at the times when they present themselves in the sky.
Sara Gilbert is a professional astrologer, palmist and tarot consultant.
She teaches numerology, kabbalah Tree of Life, tarot and palmistry as well as running a 3 year astrology course focused on the FAA syllabus through her consultancy Life Spirit Connections in Carrum Downs near Frankston. Sara is a member of the APA and holds the FAA Diploma. Sara has a special interest in Evolutionary Astrology holding Level 1 Apprentice status with Steven Forrest in this field, focusing on the Moon’s Nodes and Past Lives. Sara is also Vice-President of the Tarot Guild of Australia.
Eve combines this with the Solar return chart, bringing important planetary movements into focus and enhancing the delineation and judgment of a chart.
Eve Dembowski STA DipH is a flower essence therapist, published writer and traditional astrologer and STA tutor.
She has a particular interest in horary and traditional medical astrology. Eve was one of the conveners of the 2009 and 2010 Regulus Traditional Astrology Conferences held in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a diploma of Applied Astrology from Astro-synthesis, the FAA Practioner’s diploma, a certificate in Medieval Astrology, the STA Practitioner’s Level Horary certificate and the STA diploma of Traditional Horary Astrology.Eve lectures, sees private clients and teaches traditional astrology and horary. She has had numerous articles published in the FAA journal, Mountain Astrologer and Astrolog.
As part of the Doris Greaves Memorial Lecture, Pam introduces Glorija Lawrence who will talk for 10 to 15 minutes on how psychic perception and the accurate timing of cosmobiology saved a life.
Pamela Rowe FMFAA, LPMAFA commenced studying astrology in 1971 with Doris Greaves and began teaching in 1977.
She was co-Principal of the Melbourne Academy of Cosmobiology with Doris and Gillian Helfgott for some years and has been Principal of the Australian Academy of Astrology & Cosmobiology since 1984. She is a Fellow Member of FAA, for which she served as Branch Secretary and President, National Secretary and National Vice-President.Pamela was awarded Life membership of the American Federation of Astrologers, Inc., for which she was Second Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors for 18 years. She sat the AFA examinations and holds Professional qualifications in Traditional Astrology with AFA, plus the Diploma in Cosmobiology with Doris Greaves. Recently she worked with AFA to rewrite their examinations.
Pamela has authored two books on astrology and many magazine articles, including an article on her own medical astrology research, which was published in an Australian medical Journal. Also an article translated and published in German by Reinhold Ebertin, the founder of Cosmobiology. She has lectured throughout Australia and USA and in New Zealand.
(Part 2) Looking at your Progressed Moon, Thomas uses a ‘cheat sheet’ to help calculate where your Progressed Moon is at the moment – no prior knowledge is necessary, only the degree and sign of your natal moon (available from any ephemeris).
Since retiring from seeing clients on a one-to-one basis, Thomas Muldoon has concentrated his attention on writing (fiction and non-fiction) and to the production of eBooks where he shares his knowledge at an affordable cost.
His website introduces visitors to Numerology, Tarot and Palmistry and of course his fascination for Solar Astrology.
The goal of the lecture is to assist astrologers in reading the horoscope to support their clients in gaining confidence and strength in themselves.
Glennys Lawton has been an integral figure in the development of humanistic astrology in Melbourne, having taught person-centred astrology in an ongoing structured format for the past 30 years, first with the College of Humanistic Astrology and then with Astro*Synthesis.
Glennys is an Accredited Astrology Teacher with the Federation of Australian Astrologers and holds the Southern Cross State award from this organisation. She is the Past President of the Association for Professional Astrologers and has also been honoured as its first Life Member.As well as her astrological qualifications, Glennys is a Clinical Member of the Australian Association of Family Therapists (AAFT). She has been involved in lecturing to international astrological and Family Therapy conferences in Australia, Europe, New Zealand and North America as well as presenting workshops to the CPA in London, England and to SFER in Zurich, Switzerland. For these 30 years Glennys has had an active and vital astrological consulting practice at the Abbotsford Convent.
Frank Clifford is an astrologer, palmist and writer who has run the London School of Astrology since 2004.
He writes for The Mountain Astrologer (‘Horoscope Detective’) and recently acted as Guest Editor of their June 2013 issue.Frank’s dozen books have been published in eight languages and include Palmistry 4 Today, Solar Arc Directions and his textbook Getting to the Heart of Your Chart. A data collector, researcher and consultant, Frank compiled The Clifford Data Compendium for Solar Fire.
In September 2012, he was awarded the UK’s Charles Harvey Award for Exceptional Service to Astrology.
Christine Rothwell is a Professional Member of the Federation of Australian Astrologers [P.M.F.A.A.], an Accredited Astrology Teacher [AAT] and is currently an examiner on the FAA National Examination Board.
Christine has been working as a full time professional astrologer and teacher of astrology since 1990. She currently teaches a four year astrology course and prepares students to sit the FAA examinations.Christine’s work is influenced by an interest in mythology and archetypal psychology, as well as training in counselling, psychotherapy and family therapy.
Each one of us belongs to an eclipse group. Hermetic astrologers in ancient times believed eclipses showed how an incarnating soul was connected to the earth plane. The shadow of the prenatal or postnatal eclipse was considered a karmic beacon to be used to navigate through life. In particular, people and experiences we encounter during our lifetime relate to our eclipse paths around the globe.
Olga Morales is a professional Astrologer, Author, Educator and Gann Trader.
She has a BA in Psychology, a professional certificate from the Australian Academy of Astrology and Cosmobiology and an advanced certificate in Cosmobiology from the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology. In 2005, Olga began teaching financial astrology (specifically related to the work of W.D. Gann) to traders, and her website was launched offering on-line courses. Her specialities are Cosmobiology and Financial Astrology.
2012 Lectures
This talk is divided into 3 parts
- The current Chinese astrological cycles: insights revealed by the I Ching for successfully navigating and negotiating the path ahead
- Saturn and current Feng Shui implications: examines Feng Shui and building implications of the transit of Saturn through Libra, and the upcoming transit through Scorpio.
- The Chinese Astrology of Obama and Romney: the charts of Obama and Romney are briefly examined in relation to their election prospects and the prospects of the country in the next few years.
Vic Ketis is the founder and principal of the Australian Academy of Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and I Ching, which presents courses and programs for practitioner training and general interest.
His other interests include the integration of Feng Shui with the principles of Sacred Geometry, and the synthesis of Chinese and Western Planetary astrology.He also teaches courses in The Philosophy and Divination of the I Ching and the Tarot.
Peter will also explain some applications of the planetary hours in horary and natal astrology.
Peter Burns took up astrology in the late 1980’s and gained his Astrology Diploma (FAA) in 1997, and now runs correspondence courses in Horary Astrology, Palmistry and Astro-Palmistry.
He served as president of the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) 2006-2008, and has been the editor of the FAA Journal since 2000.Peter is dedicated to integrating the wisdom gained from modern astrology with traditional astrology and establishing a bridge of open-mindedness between the two points of view.
Ray Factor has been involved in astrology for nearly 30 years.
He teaches 2-year courses and more advanced level classes (including FAA examination preparation) at the Melbourne School of Astrology.In addition to maintaining a private consulting practice, Ray also devotes considerable time to research where he focuses on Mundane Astrology and the symbolism behind current major world issues, the verification of birth times (principally based on the NADI system) and the investigation of life’s ‘fated’ events (via Primary Directions).
Janet Sansoni has studied Astrology and Cosmobiology for over forty years. As she is the daughter of Doris Greaves she started young!
In her twenties she was President of the Victorian Branch of the FAA, a member of the National FAA committee and a Director of the Regulus-Ebertin Cosmobiology Study Group. At the same time she also taught astrology classes for many years. She has lectured at international and local astrology conferences.
Specifically, Sara includes the many asteroids that are associated with healing, oracular practice and magic.
Her findings are validated against a control group of scientists, rationalists, astronomers and anti-astrologers who reject the validity of working with spirit, or any methodology which lacks material cause-and-effect validation.
Sara Gilbert works full-time as a professional astrologer, palmist and tarot consultant.
She teaches numerology, tarot and palmistry as well as running a 3 year astrology course focused on the FAA syllabus.Sara is a member of the APA and holds the Practitioners Diploma in Astrology from the FAA. She has a special interest in Evolutionary Astrology and holds Level 1 Apprentice status with Steven Forrest in this field, which focuses on the Moon’s Nodes and Past Lives. She is also a Professional Member of the Tarot Guild of Australia and has studied the Kabbalah Tree of Life with Evelynne Joffe for the past 4 years.
Contact details:
Website: www.lifespiritconnections.com.au
Email: sara@lifespiritconnections.com.au
Ph: 0412 235 935
Nikki Worth learned astrology from her mother, so astrology was in her life early on.
After many years in private study and practice, she went on to formal study and received a Diploma in Applied Astrology in 2007. Today’s talk comes directly from her final year thesis. Nikki teaches astrology, sees clients privately and has been on the VAA Committee since 2008, currently as Web Administrator and Horizons Editor.
Contact details:
Website: www.astrosense.net
Email: info@astrosense.net
Ph: 0402 140 525
Glorija Lawrence started her training in astrology under the watchful eye of Doris Greaves, who was affiliated with the Cosmobiology Academy Aalen West Germany and authorised by Reinhold Ebertin, to teach his methods in Australia.
Glorija earned her Diploma in Cosmobiology (Hons) in 1989. She has lectured in countries throughout the world and has many articles published in magazines, journals and newsletters in countries like Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
2011 Lectures
Brian Clark is the co-founder of the Chiron Center, now located at WellBeing at the Convent, a wing of the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne.
He has written numerous articles on psychology, mythology and astrology, is a contributing author to Intimate Relationships (Llewellyn: 1991), the author of The Sibling Constellation (Penguin: 1999) Celestial Tarot (U.S. Games, Inc. 2007), Ancient Feminine Wisdom (oracle cards U.S. Games Inc. 2008) as well as a series of astrological publications designed for students at Astro*Synthesis.His books have been translated into Japanese and French and articles have been translated into Italian, German, French, Spanish and Dutch. As well he is the author of Kindred Spirits and Vocation and co-author of Goddess, report writers distributed by Esoteric Technologies.
If you want to know where your personal power is, what some of your deepest talents are – though possibly unclaimed and unexpressed, or only partially manifested – then you need to engage with and make friends with Juno.
Roderick Kidston was an early fan of adding asteroids to the astrologer’s repertoire, and now finds it impossible to read a horoscope fully without the so-called ‘minor planets’.
The study of harmonics has also been a passion, and he is interested in a more integral approach to astrology that links with developments in depth and transpersonal psychology, metaphysics and the new physics. This includes the new insights offered by the spiral dynamics theory of the evolution of consciousness.Roderick has published on astrology in several places over the years, taught it, given talks and workshops in several cities, and he has spoken at several conferences since 2003. He will speak again at the FAA Conference in Melbourne in 2012, this time on Ceres, and on the two other goddesses of the agricultural cycle, Flora and Pomona.
Kelly Surtees holds the FAA Practitioner’s Diploma and regularly lectures at international conferences (eg. UAC in May 2012).
Traditionally focused, her specialty areas include predictive cycles and combining forecasting techniques. A past committee member of the NSW FAA, her written work has appeared in many publications, including The Mountain Astrologer and WellBeing. Kelly travels regularly between her dual home countries of Australia and Canada, teaching and consulting in both. Kelly also hold qualifications in counselling and life coaching.
Olga Morales gained her professional certificate in 1993 at the Australian Academy of Astrology and Cosmobiology, and in 2003 she completed an advanced course at the Regulus Ebertin School of Astrology — founded by Doris Greaves.
Olga has been teaching astrology since 1999, and specifically to Gann Traders since 2005. She launched her website to offer independent online study courses on Gann Astro-Trading techniques. Her articles have been published in both Australia and the USA.
Glennys Lawton has been an integral figure in the development of humanistic astrology in Melbourne, having taught person-centred astrology in an ongoing structured format for the past 30 years, first with the College of Humanistic Astrology and then with Astro*Synthesis.
Glennys is an Accredited Astrology Teacher with the Federation of Australian Astrologers and holds the Southern Cross State award from this organisation. She is the Past President of the Association for Professional Astrologers and has also been honoured as its first Life Member.As well as her astrological qualifications, Glennys is a Clinical Member of the Australian Association of Family Therapists (AAFT). She has been involved in lecturing to international astrological and Family Therapy conferences in Australia, Europe, New Zealand and North America as well as presenting workshops to the CPA in London, England and to SFER in Zurich, Switzerland. For these 30 years Glennys has had an active and vital astrological consulting practice at the Abbotsford Convent.
Michele Finey began studying astrology in 1980.
With a passion for research, Michele’s feature articles have appeared in numerous publications including The Mountain Astrologer, Dell Horoscope and Wellbeing Astrology Annual to name a few. The second edition of her book, Secrets of the Zodiac has recently been released in the US and Canada and will soon to be translated into Chinese for release in mainland China. She is also the author of Solar Fire’s Health and Wellbeing Report. Michele has been a practising astrologer and hypnotherapist for over twenty years and is currently writing her next book about the cycle of Venus and Mars.
Eve Dembowski has a Diploma of Applied Astrology from Astro*Synthesis, the FAA Practitioner’s Diploma and a Certificate in Medieval Astrology. She continues with her own study and research, with an emphasis on classical, medical and horary astrology.
Eve continues to combine the insights of astrology with the healing support of flower essences in her private practice. Much of her astrological understanding comes from direct application in raising four children. She lectures, is a published author, sees private clients, runs classical astrology classes and writes a blog.
Peter Burns has studied contemporary and ancient astrology and lectured at the WA, NSW and Victorian Associations, FAA International Astrology Conferences and recently in the USA.
He was FAA vice president and VAA president 2006-2008. He has been national FAA Journal editor since 2000. Peter Burns now runs online distance education correspondence courses in Astrology Foundation Studies, Horary Astrology and Palmistry through his school Ambrosia Academy of Astrology.
2010 Lectures
Since he began his practise in the early 70’s Thomas Muldoon has helped many people achieve their goals using Numerology, Tarot and Astrology as tools for transformation, self awareness, development and self- discovery.
He continues to share his passion via the World Wide Web. Thomas has written numerous articles, is the author of four books, and has made many personal appearances for corporate and charity organisations.
Zane Stein has been studying Chiron since its discovery in 1977 when he contacted Dr Brian Marsden, then-head of the Minor Planet Centre at the Smithsonian astrophysical Observatory, who provided him with an ephemeris of this new body. He formed The Association for Studying Chiron which published and distributed Chiron information and research worldwide. In 1983 Zane published the first Chiron reference, “Interpreting Chiron” which he included two years later in his book, Essence and Application:A View From Chiron.
Zane has lectured widely and is published author of books and articles and is known as the world’s leading astrological authority on Chiron. For his work in this field, he received the Canopus Award For Excellence in 1998.
In this lecture, points for discussion include:
* The use of astrology to make better investing and trading decisions
* What to look for when buying and selling stocks based on astrological positions
* The significators in an individual’s natal chart for making money on the stock market.
Juls Rollnik has been involved with tarot and astrology for the best part of 12 years. Juls first studied modern astrology then medieval astrology and later undertook a Diploma in Medieval Astrology at Astro Logos.
Juls’ client base is Australia wide from Melbourne, and Sydney to Perth and internationally in London, Los Angeles and Chicago. Juls periodically travels to Los Angeles where she combines work with catching up with her internationally renowned psychic sister Lyn.
Together they create the potential for a huge lift in culture and in the individual. Some of the most important spiritual exemplars and great thinkers in world history have been born with close Iris-Flora aspects. The conjunctions are especially important in this regard, yielding a group as diverse as Joan of Arc, Isaac Newton and the timing of the publication of his seminal studies of the nature of light, a grab bag of top 20th Century scientists, Martin Luther King, and Sri Aurobindo.
Roderick Kidston is the author of Iris, The Rainbow Messenger
Roderick Kidston began learning astrology in 1974 at the age of thirteen from his self-taught mother. An early fan of adding asteroids to the astrologer’s repertoire, he now considers it difficult to read a horoscope without the ‘minor planets’. The study of harmonics has also been a passion, and for the last decade he has investigated how harmonics may explain both material evolutionary potential and the inner drives of mind and soul.
Roderick is interested in a more ‘integral’ approach to astrology that links with developments in depth psychology and metaphysics, including the new insights offered by the spiral dynamics theory of consciousness.
Tess Cullen has taught Astrology for the past sixteen years and is an APA member (Association of Professional Astrologers) with a practice in Byron Bay, Northern NSW. Tess combines mythology and psychology with the study of ancient astrological techniques and is particularly interested in the interweaving of spiritual wisdom into our everyday lives.
With a background in the performing and creative arts, Tess encourages interactive processes and inspires all with a joy of learning. She has become well known around the Australian speaking circuit, including numerous FAA Conferences, presenting some fascinating astrological insights into the use of Asteroids and the Goddess Mythologies. View Tess’ website at www.tesscullen.com
Colin McIntyre focuses on simple, practical methods in which astrologers can present talks, lectures and related activities to peers and the general public. A strongly visual presentation combining audience participation.
The Part of Fortune
In this lecture you will hear about the origins of the Arabic Parts and specifically the Part of Fortune. Valeria Metter explains how to correctly calculate the POF and the Part of Spirit for diurnal and nocturnal charts. She then discusses, through examples, if the Part of Fortune is a significator of the native’s fortune.
For the last 12 years Colin McIntyre has been working directly with people to improve their ability to present information in a coherent, persuasive and succinct manner.
Currently, he is working with new small businesses. By assisting these businesses to focus their marketing efforts (price, place, position) in a way that their potential clientele will sit up and take notice, the correlation between promotional effort on behalf of the business, and real interest on behalf the clientele, becomes very high.
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Until 1980, Valeria Metter lived in the country with a totalitarian regime, where there was no possibility to even familiarise herself with astrology.
She had a degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked in Mechanical Design. She emigrated to Australia in 1980.
Valeria started studying Astrology in 1982 after walking into a newsagency and picking up a popular yearly astrological book on her Sun sign. Since then, astrology became her major interest. Subsequently she took astrology courses with Nareme Collins and Pamela Rowe and was reading practically only astrological literature. She finished the Certificate course and later enrolled for the Diploma course with the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London, United Kingdom, and received her FAS diploma in 2003.
Her natal astrological consultancy has been running since 1996. Valeria specialises in personality analysis, relationships and vocations. Although she is a modern astrologer, she believes in combining traditional methods with the modern approach.
Valeria has conducted astrology lectures within the Russian community in Melbourne. She is a member of Association of Professional Astrologers (Australasia).
Jupiter ruled and Neptunian led, always intrigued by the mysteries of life, magic and alchemy, Julija Simas started a serious study with astrology, when Mercury went Rx by progression in her 5th bouse and trined Pluto in the 10th, a passion for astrology was born and still continues.
Completing a Diploma with Astrosynthesis in 2005, Julija founded the Cosmic Intelligence Agency, as an attempt to make astrology part of conscious global evolution. The C*I*A is a growing network of agents devoted to spreading the word and contributing though articles and ideas. Julija has experience in dream work, tarot and astrology, and writes regularly for the C*I*A website.
With graphics, art direction and animation skills, Julija is now branching out into the world of filmmaking with C*I*A colleague Nick Owens, as a way of melding all of these interests and talents together and producing stories that reach non-astrological audiences through the world of film.