by NCGRSac | Jun 5, 2012 | Events, Meetings
Shadowlands:
Eclipse Cycles in the Natal Chart
SPECIAL EVENT:
Sunday, July 29, 2012
1:00 – 3:00 PM
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FEATURED PLANET: SUN
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Eclipses are often used in mundane astrology, but their 19-year cycles also offer rich insights into the natal chart. As eclipses move through the houses of the natal chart and aspect natal planets, they describe where you’re currently most interesting — where you are confronting developmental crisis. Which natal patterns currently demand your attention and willingness to change? When have you confronted similar challenges in the past — and how might you handle them more effectively in the present? Join astrologer and author April Elliott Kent for an exploration of natal eclipse cycles, an overview of 2012’s eclipses, and thoughts about what they’ll mean for you.
Including:
- A brief explanation of the Saros and Metonic eclipse cycles
- Interpretations of eclipses in natal houses and in aspect to natal planets
- A demonstration of how to use these cycles to identify and understand crucial turning points in your own life.
April Elliott Kent
April Elliott Kent has been a professional astrologer since 1990. She is the author of The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology (Alpha/Penguin 2011) and Star Guide to Weddings (Llewellyn 2008). April’s astrology articles have also appeared in The Mountain Astrologer and Dell Horoscope magazines, in Llewellyn’s Moon Sign and Sun Sign books, and online at MoonCircles, Beliefnet, and AOL Horoscopes. A graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Communication, April is a member of ISAR and the San Diego Astrological Society. She makes her home in San Diego, California. Website: www.bigskyastrology.com.
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Registration
Pre-registration price: $20 NCGR members, $25 non-members – available thru July 22.
Price at the door: $25 NCGR members, $30 non-members
Let us know if you’re joining us for dinner afterwards with April and her husband at California Pizza Kitchen at The Fountains, Roseville Parkway & Galleria Blvd.
ADVANCED REGISTRATION CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT
Preregistration is important for this event, as space is limited.
- Preregistration with prepayment must be received one week prior to the event (by July 22). After that, only the pay at the door price is available, space permitting. Contact us at [email protected] for updates on seats available. You may also pay by check made out to NCGR-Sacramento Area. Mail to 2351 Sunset Blvd., Suite 170-404, Rocklin, CA 95765. Your check must be received no later than Saturday, July 21.
- Details on dinner with April afterwards TBA.
Refund Policy for Lectures/Workshops
- There will be NO CASH REFUNDS offered for workshop or lecture preregistrations
- If the leadership team is advised at least 24 hours prior to the event that a registrant will not be able to attend the event, the registrant will be offered the choice of transferring the payment to one of these options:
(a) a future NCGR Sacramento Area event; OR,
(b) membership in NCGR Sacramento Area
- Please notify us at [email protected] if you will be unable to attend. The email stamp will be used to determine the time of notification. If you are unable to notify us by email, please call (916)276-1858.
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Location
The Reserves at the Galleria Clubhouse
501 Gibson Drive, Roseville, CA
E-mail [email protected] for Gate Entry Code and More Details
Important Parking Information
Because The Reserves at the Galleria is a gated community, we do not publish the gate code publicly. Please email us for that information: [email protected]. There are only a few guest parking spots the complex, but there are plenty of parking spaces right across the street. Here are pictures and instructions.
More information about our meetings.
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by NCGRSac | Mar 1, 2012 | Events, Meetings
Workshop with
Peter Burns
HORARY ASTROLOGY
Timing events Exactly when?
SPECIAL EVENT:
Sunday, May 20, 2012
1:00 – 5:00 PM (Special Time)
The Reserves at the Galleria Clubhouse
501 Gibson Drive, Roseville, CA
E-mail [email protected] for Gate Entry Code and More Details
Pre-registration price: $35 NCGR members, $40 non-members
Price at the door: $40 NCGR members, $50 non-members
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FEATURED PLANET: MERCURY
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HORARY ASTROLOGY: Timing events Exactly when?
Horary astrology is predictive astrology at its finest. It contains the basic first principles of astrology in a clear format and is especially suited to answering questions that concern the timing of an event.
When will he call? When will the check arrive? When will the pet dog return home? When will I meet my soul mate?These and similar questions are answerable using the simple techniques offered by the ancient art of horary astrology.
Peter Burns
In this workshop Peter Burns will discuss and explain some of the important techniques used to answer questions on timing in horary astrology.
BIOGRAPHY
Peter Burns is a specialist astrology teacher running distance education courses. He served as president of the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) 2006-2008, and has been the editor of the quarterly national Journal for the Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA) since 2000. His successful predictions include the recent global financial crisis.
Peter has lectured extensively in Australia since 1998 and more recently in the US. Peter is passionate about the need for astrologers to acquire a solid foundation in the ‘first principles’ of astrology, and runs the Horary Astrology Diploma Course by distance education.
- Preregistration is important for this event, as space is limited. Preregistration with prepayment must be received one week prior to the event (by May 13). After that, only the pay at the door price is available, space permitting. Contact us at [email protected] for updates on seats available.
- Attendees are welcome to join us after the meeting at a local restaurant for a no-host dinner with Peter. Please RSVP with your PayPal payment or write a note with your check if you plan to attend.
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ADVANCED REGISTRATION – available thru May 13
You may also pay by check made out to NCGR-Sacramento Area. Mail to 2351 Sunset Blvd., Suite 170-404, Rocklin, CA 95765. Your check must be received no later than Saturday, May 12.
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Refund Policy for Lectures/Workshops
- There will be NO CASH REFUNDS offered for workshop or lecture preregistrations
- If the leadership team is advised at least 24 hours prior to the event that a registrant will not be able to attend the event, the registrant will be offered the choice of transferring the payment to one of these options:
(a) a future NCGR Sacramento Area event; OR,
(b) membership in NCGR Sacramento Area
- Please notify us at [email protected] if you will be unable to attend. The email stamp will be used to determine the time of notification. If you are unable to notify us by email, please call (916)276-1858.
by NCGRSac | Feb 1, 2012 | Events, Meetings
Yggdrasil, The Norse Tree of Life
Don Cerow / Earth Day Potluck Breakfast
SPECIAL EVENT:
Sunday, April 22, 2012
10:00 AM-1:00 PM
(Special Time – Earth Day Breakfast Potluck starts promptly at 10:00 a.m. to capture a good event chart!)
The Reserves at the Galleria Clubhouse
501 Gibson Drive, Roseville, CA
E-mail [email protected] for Gate Entry Code and More Details
Pre-registration price: $20 NCGR members, $25 non-members
Price at the door: $25 NCGR members, $30 non-members
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FEATURED PLANET: VENUS
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Myth, Prophecy & the End of Time: Waiting for the Dawn of the Age of Aquarius
We currently stand at the Dawn of the Age of Aquarius. This New Covenant with heaven will bring with it a new vibration and a new attitude toward life. We are leaving behind a period of darkness and misunderstanding, of isolation and ignorance. The role of astrology will be carried by this celestial current to a new ascendancy, as the tide of time turns once again upon a new epoch. We’ll look at how the wise men of old viewed this cultural transformation as they then stood at the threshold of a new age.
This presentation will tie together the ‘End Time’ traditions of various cultures, looking specifically at some Greek Myths, Hindu, Norse, Native American and Mayan sources. For those versed in the various threads which weave the tales of time, there are similar textures which reappear, telling a consistent story. We will examine a few of these, and follow where they lead.
Don Cerow
Don Cerow has been an astrologer since 1972. He holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1976 Magna Cum Laude with a major in Classics, and a minor in Astrology in the Ancient World. He continued his graduate work at both Boston University and Brandeis. In 1983, Don was voted Best Astrologer in the Valley Advocate’s “Best of” series. In 1992, he was the featured speaker before 50 astronomers and physicists in a presentation Don likes to call, “Athena in the Lion’s Den.”
Athena’s Web ran in The Advocate Newspapers from 1984 to 1992. From 1992 until 2010, Don’s work was picked up by the Amherst Bulletin. Since February of 1999, the columnn has been available on-line, and every weekly issue since that date can be found under the ‘Columns Archives’ link. Don is a NCGR Level IV professional astrologer, and has written and produced shows for radio and television. Together with his wife Gail, Don led groups to Belize from 1998 to 2000, studying Mayan medicine and relating tales about the stars. He’s produced two one-hour videos which are available for purchase, Myths, Dragons and the Ages in 2003,
Preregistration is important for this event, as space is limited. Preregistration with prepayment must be received one week prior to the event (by April 15). After that, only the pay at the door price is available, space permitting. Contact us at [email protected] for updates on seats available.
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ADVANCED REGISTRATION
The advanced registration deadline has passed for this event.
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Refund Policy for Lectures/Workshops
- There will be NO CASH REFUNDS offered for workshop or lecture preregistrations
- If the leadership team is advised at least 24 hours prior to the event that a registrant will not be able to attend the event, the registrant will be offered the choice of transferring the payment to one of these options:
(a) a future NCGR Sacramento Area event; OR,
(b) membership in NCGR Sacramento Area
- Please notify us at [email protected] if you will be unable to attend. The email stamp will be used to determine the time of notification. If you are unable to notify us by email, please call (916)276-1858.
by NCGRSac | Dec 16, 2011 | Meetings, News
New location for 2012 – The Reserves at the Galleria – 501 Gibson Drive, Roseville
Our Big News:
The December meeting will be our last at Planet Earth Rising.
As you might imagine, this was a difficult decision for the LT, given the beautiful and welcoming ambiance of PER. However, if you were at the September or October meetings, the need is obvious. We’re bursting at the seams. To keep our organization vital, it needs to have room to grow. A secondary reason was our need to change to the 4th Sunday,
when PER is not available in the time slot we need. The switch to the 4th Sunday allows us to take advantage of tandem speaker opportunities with San Francisco Astrology Society (SFAS), which meets on the 4th Thursday.
We’ll have many more details for you in this month’s e-mails and at the meeting, but here’s the rub. Co-Treasurer Betty O’Hara was able to arrange for us to meet in her condo clubhouse, located in Roseville, just behind the Galleria Mall. Address, maps and condo gate access code will be available to you, including a handy biz-sized card for your wallet to remind you which numbers to punch to get into the gate. The space is light, roomy, there’s ample parking, and it has both a kitchen and onsite storage. This will enable us to leave our equipment and save the LT the burden of transporting it to every meeting, which risks damage to our backs and our techno-tools. Not only that, there’s a dramatic overall cost savings in rental fees. Here are some preview pictures.
New Meeting Location as of January 22, 2012
The Reserves at The Galleria Clubhouse
501 Gibson Drive, Roseville, CA
Parking across the street in the Shea Business Center
NOTE: We are not affiliated with the Reserves condominium complex,
for community related questions please contact The Reserves at the Galleria directly.
Change is difficult for all of us, and I know that for some of you, the Galleria area location will actually seem farther–and for a few of you, it might actually be a bit of a longer drive. It’s two miles closer than Planet Earth Rising, measuring from the a midpoint in downtown Sacramento.(I chose 15th & K). It’s simply off the I-80 rather than I-50 corridor.
We really need your support to keep an open mind and willingness to learn a slightly new routine and location. We’re not sure the condo clubhouse is the solution for the long-term, but for the short-term, it has so many perks; we felt it was essential to try it for 2012 to see if it meets our needs for this stage of our development. If not, we’ll continue to look for our more permanent home.
We are so grateful to Planet Earth Rising for its support in our first year-plus, we are honoring Paula, Darrell and Staff with a small gift from our group at approximately 1:30 pm, during the meeting and potluck. They have been completely understanding about our growth needs, and we hope to partner with them, again, in the future for events when a smaller venue works for us.
Grateful for our past and excited about our future,
Joyce
by NCGRSac | Nov 16, 2011 | Events, Meetings, News
2012
Our 2012 NCGR-SAA Calendar
Guests, Member Shares, Chart Interpretation–and Other Surprises!
Your Leadership Team (LT) has been busy since early autumn brainstorming and formulating our 2012 calendar. Coming into Year 2 of our resurrection, we felt a need to add the spice of variety to our programming. In part, this will help us determine the right mix of programs to continue into the future.
Another major consideration: The LT has put enormous energy into getting the new NCGR-SAA off the ground. Quite frankly, we’re exhausted and need to coast a little. Half our offerings last year were special guests, and while we think that’s a good mix, the scheduling happened to work out that most guest speakers joined us the second half of the year. Guest appearances take a lot more work in arrangements and promotion. The first three months of 2011 were spent getting NCGR-SAA reorganized and submitting the paperwork to recharter. We had no breathers. For the LT, it was like running a marathon. Knowing you wouldn’t want us to burn out on this important job, we’ve decided to pace ourselves in 2012. Here are the reasons behind some of the changes you’ll see on the schedule. Please download a copy on the link in the first paragraph of this item. Keep it on your fridge, in your planner–or wherever your special place for ongoing notice is located!
Meeting Dues Structure. The dues at the door are a small contribution to the resources it takes to hold regular meetings, items such as snacks, postage, and various internet services needed to keep you and the public informed about what we do. To encourage membership in NCGR, we have restructured the dues to $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. If you’re a non-member, please consider joining NCGR (see item below) to get our discounts. We receive $18 per person each year for NCGR members. Because members are already contributing toward our operating expenses, they are offered these discounts.
Special Guest Pre-Registration Discounts. We’ll continue to offer pre-paid, pre-registration discounts in 2011. However, we are making a significant change in the deadline. The purpose of pre-registration and pre-payment are to thank you for helping us plan. Extremes of turnout, whether large or small, impact our arrangements. We have been allowing you to pre-register as late as the day before the event. Registrations that come in that late do not allow us to make planning adjustments. Therefore, the new policy for 2012 is pre-registration by one week prior to the event.
Change to 4th Sunday. Most of our meetings in 2012 will be held on the 4th rather than our currently customary 3rd Sunday. Exceptions are May, November and December when we revert to the 3rd because the 4th Sunday falls on holiday weekends.
This change has been made for better accommodation of speakers who speak at San Francisco Astrological Society (SFAS) on the 4th Thursday. An out-of-town guest speaker can then present in SF and Sacramento on the same weekend. This expands our access to excellent speakers.
Chart Interpretation Meetings. Mastery of chart reading skills is where the rubber hits the road, transferring theory to practice in astrology. The LT felt the addition of this type of meeting in 2012 will serve many purposes:
- Sharpen our skills on what’s important in a chart reading
- Increase our chart synthesis skills
- Increase confidence in our interpretations
- Enjoy the support of others at all ends of the learning spectrum on chart reading in an environment of non-judgment and encouragement
- Get live practice or be the live recipient of pooled astrological knowledge
Here’s how it works: Each month, we’ll read two charts–a mundane chart and a personal one. Examples of mundane are any event or personality in the news, charts of cities or countries, etc. Personal chart readings will be limited to people on the NCGR-SAA mailing list. We will limit it to one reading a year per person unless there are unused slots. E-mail Joyce if you would like to propose a mundane topic or have your chart read in the group during any of these meetings in 2012: Feb. 26, May 20, June 24, Oct. 28, Nov. 18, and Dec. 16. Please indicate if you have a date preference. Get your names in early to participate!
Other notes: If there are no mundane suggestions in a given month, we may do two personal chart interpretations. We may also substitute a special guest for one or more of these Chart Interpretation meetings, if the opportunity presents itself.
Got a Guest in Mind? Next year’s guests booked to date are Don Cerow from Santa Cruz on The Age of Aquarius and two San Diego astrologers: April Elliott Kent, speaking on Shadowlands: Eclipse Cycles and the Birth Chart and Deborah Smith Parker, presenting on Pluto and the Chart of the USA. If you would like to recommend other speakers, please contact Joyce Mason or Linda Byrd.
Other Surprises. NCGR-SAA skipped right through its toddler stage. We’re growing up! To fit our next stage of evolution, we have some other positive changes in the offing that we will be ready to announce by December. Don’t miss the holiday season meeting or newsletter for more details.
by NCGRSac | Dec 29, 2010 | Events, FrontPage, Meetings, SAA
Don’t miss Sacramento Area Astrologers’ first special event as popular San Francisco astrologer Linea Van Horn’s presents The Galactic Embrace:
Sunday, January 9, 1:00 – 3:00 pm at Planet Earth Rising in Folsom. $25 at the door, cash preferred.
Cut through the morass of 2012 misinformation. Learn to recognize the visible astronomical event that defines this era: something every astrologer and astrology student should know. But wait! No astrology charts will be used in this multi-media presentation, so bring your friends who are interested in topics such as metaphysics, consciousness, and cultural shifts.
This presentation includes a clear description of the 26,000 precession cycle and the significant alignment occurring in our lifetimes. See how the Mayans foresaw this moment in time and calibrated their calendar to it. Enjoy an inspiring, image-rich presentation with suggestions to help you thrive during these momentous times.
The time–is now!
Contact Joyce Mason for more information: (916) 276-1858 or joyce [at] joycemason.com.
Linea Van Horn, Astrologer at Large, is a full-time professional astrologer, president of the San Francisco Astrological Society; Vice-President and Education Director of the San Francisco Chapter of NCGR; and former Astrological Content Developer and Editor for the website, The Astrologer. Linea is known to her colleagues as an “all-round astrological wonder woman and bloody marvel.”
Join us January 26 for Rose Marcus with 2025, A World in Transition 
Take a (sometimes virtual) Sunday drive to one of our monthly meetings to laugh and learn with us. 