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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A few days ago a friend of mine told me that she had never learned how to draw the astrological symbols or “glyphs” because she had always used computerized charts.
So, I decided to make a …
I recently launched a new module for the Hellenistic time-lord technique Zodiacal Releasing on my online course site.
Since I just launched the module, the introductory price is only $30 to sign up. This price will …
The purpose of this article is to provide some tips for starting and organizing a local astrology group that holds regular meetings.
Over the past few years I’ve been involved in forming two separate groups in …
A “yod” is an aspect pattern that some astrologers use. It involves two planets in a close sextile (60°), with a third planet ‘quincunx’ (150°) to both of the planets in sextile. Click here to …
I posted a video on the origins of horary astrology today on YouTube, as a response to a video that Kevin Burk recently posted on the subject.
The specific point of the video was to counter …
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 …
A new astrologically themed movie called Five Star Day premiered yesterday at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California.
Unlike the romantic comedy that came out in India last year titled What’s Your Rasshee, Five Star …
The National Council of Geocosmic Research (NCGR) is hosting a large astrological conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts next week.
The conference is titled ‘Planetary Revolution: Geocosmic Alchemy II’, as a followup to their previous successful conference in …
Several years ago I made this animation which depicts the story of how the five classical planets came to rule two signs of the zodiac each.
It is loosely based on a Medieval Persian story that …
Today the President of Kepler College, Enid Newberg, sent out an announcement effectively saying that the school will be closing down in the near future.
The announcement confirmed rumors that had been circulating around the astrological …
On the front cover of Steven Forrest’s latest book, entitled Yesterday’s Sky, there is an endorsement from the actor Robert Downey Jr., who is one of the leading actors in Hollywood right now. Most recently …
Ever wanted to see a romantic comedy that involves astrology as one of its main plot devices? If so, then you are in luck!
A new movie came out in India a few months ago called …
The astrological community is abuzz today after political commentator Rachel Maddow discussed the current Mercury retrograde period last night on her popular television show on MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show.
Mercury has been retrograde since December …
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 …
I recently participated in a debate on the topic of modern versus traditional astrology, with astrologer Eric Meyers representing the modern approach, while I represented the traditional approach.
As part of the debate each of us …
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 …
Rob Hand wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the United Astrological Conference in 2008, but is then unexpectedly interrupted during his acceptance speech…
I recently released a new set of posters that depict the astrology of 2018, and while I was working on creating those it gave me some time to reflect on the major planetary alignments that …
I am pleased to announce that my long-awaited book on ancient astrology has finally been released, and it is titled Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune.
The book was actually published in February, but …
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 …
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 …
