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10 Tips For Learning Astrology
October 19, 2007 – 3:23 am | 62 Comments

So you want to learn about astrology? Not the generalized Sun-sign stuff that you find in newspapers and magazines, but serious astrology. The advanced type where you can actually determine specific information about a person’s life through the observation of the planets and other celestial phenomena. Here are some tips to help you get started.

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United Astrology Conference 1986 Documentary
June 6, 2014 – 3:18 pm | 5 Comments
United Astrology Conference 1986 Documentary

A video was posted online a few days ago by a filmmaker who did a documentary on the 1986 United Astrology Conference (UAC) in San Diego, California.
This was the very first time that the three …

New Podcast on Astrology
February 13, 2014 – 1:22 pm | 2 Comments
New Podcast on Astrology

About a year and a half ago I started a new podcast on astrology called The Astrology Podcast.
The purpose of the show is to have discussions about technical, historical and philosophical topics related to astrology.
On …

Is it Astrologer or Astrologist?
February 10, 2014 – 3:07 pm | 6 Comments
Is it Astrologer or Astrologist?

I have noticed that there is sometimes confusion over whether the correct professional designation for a person who practices astrology is “astrologer” or “astrologist.” The purpose of this post is to clear up this issue …

Book Review: Biographical Dictionary of Western Astrologers by James Holden
January 10, 2014 – 4:04 pm | No Comment
Book Review: Biographical Dictionary of Western Astrologers by James Holden

Biographical Dictionary of Western Astrologers by James Herschel Holden, American Federation of Astrologers, Tempe, AZ, 2013. Hardcover – 792 pp. – $79.95 (ISBN 0-86690-641-X). Available through Amazon.com.
James Holden spent the vast majority of his life …

Top 10 Astrologers of All Time
September 20, 2012 – 2:38 am | 36 Comments
Top 10 Astrologers of All Time

This is a list of the most famous and most influential astrologers of all time.
The list mainly covers astrologers who played an important role in the astrological tradition over the past 3,000 years, and it …

Advice for Astrologers: Document Your Lives
June 7, 2010 – 8:03 am | 21 Comments
Advice for Astrologers: Document Your Lives

One of the best pieces of advice that I could give to people who are just getting into the field of astrology, or to astrologers who are already in the field, is to document your …

New Portable Astrology Program for Nintendo DS
December 30, 2009 – 10:24 am | 9 Comments
New Portable Astrology Program for Nintendo DS

In September the video game company Nintendo released a new title in North America for their portable video game console  called Astrology DS.
Astrology DS is essential a compact astrology program that runs on Nintendo’s handheld touchscreen …

27 Astrologers Interviewed at NORWAC 2009
December 3, 2009 – 4:25 pm | No Comment
27 Astrologers Interviewed at NORWAC 2009

27 astrologers were interviewed at the Northwest Astrological Conference (NORWAC) in May of 2009, and MP3s of those interviews were recently released online for free.
The podcast series is titled The Art and Science of Astrology, …

Rob Hand Wins Lifetime Achievement Award, Kanye West Interrupts Acceptance Speech
October 23, 2009 – 4:33 pm | 7 Comments
Rob Hand Wins Lifetime Achievement Award, Kanye West Interrupts Acceptance Speech

Rob Hand wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the United Astrological Conference in 2008, but is then unexpectedly interrupted during his acceptance speech…

The Traditional Astrology Radio Podcast
October 20, 2009 – 9:47 pm | One Comment
The Traditional Astrology Radio Podcast

One of the up-and-coming trends in the astrological community right now is podcasts and astrologically themed internet radio shows, and at this point my favorite is Traditional Astrology Radio.
I began listening to it earlier this …

Nick Dagan Best on Venus and Mars Retrograde Cycles
September 10, 2009 – 5:19 pm | 2 Comments
Nick Dagan Best on Venus and Mars Retrograde Cycles

Back in March of 2007 I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the first Blast Astrology Conference in Sedona, Arizona.  The conference was organized single-handedly by Moses Siregar, and it was a smashing …

Astrologer Kelly Lee Phipps on Wife Swap Tonight
April 24, 2009 – 5:53 pm | 2 Comments
Astrologer Kelly Lee Phipps on Wife Swap Tonight

Astrologer Kelly Lee Phipps and his family agreed to participate in ABC’s popular show Wife Swap a few months ago, and the episode that they are in is set to premiere tonight at 8:00 PM …

Astrologer Diana Brownstone Featured on Fox News Health
January 19, 2009 – 6:01 am | One Comment
Astrologer Diana Brownstone Featured on Fox News Health

Fox News recently ran a segment on astrology and health that featured New York astrologer Diana Brownstone.  In what has become a somewhat infrequent occurrence, a major news outlet actually did a somewhat favorable story …

CNN Confuses Astrologers With Psychics
December 27, 2008 – 2:17 pm | 13 Comments
CNN Confuses Astrologers With Psychics

CNN has been running a story today about how the difficult economic times have seen a rise in business for “psychics” and “fortune tellers”.   The majority of the segment focuses on an interview with …