OPA Members Contribute to Transpersonal Astrology
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN & THOUGHTFUL A delightful and nicely written book that places astrology in the broad context of society and human evolution . Each chapter is a small gem in itself . A pleasure to read . — Allan L . Combs
I N C L U D E D Benjamin Bernstein : Shamamic Astrology
Faye Cossar : Is the Transpersonal Becoming Personal ?
Dena DeCastro : Neptune and Opening to Creativity
Armand Diaz : Tracking the Evolution of Collective Consciousness
Adam Elenbaas : No Such Thing as Source Maurice Fernandez : The Death Chart
Adam Gainsburg : The Archetype of Masculine Transformation Through the Mars Cycle
Margaret Gray : Changing Relationships : A Transpersonal Approach
Mark Jones : The Transpersonal Dimension : The Higher Octave of the Personal Planets
Eric Meyers : A Transpersonal Vision for Astrology
Jessica Murray : The World Moment Rafael Nasser : Astrology : A Noetic Science
Julene Packer-Louis : The Vertex : Fate , Serendipity and Attraction
Sherene Schostak : The Killer Within
Andrew Smith : Locational Astrology A Transpersonal Perspective
Bill Streett : The Telos of Techne : Technological Development and the Uranus-Pluto Cycle
AVAILABLE ON a Pisces but my Libra moon is no nurse ! Hospitals are the last place I want to be . Luckily , I was spared hospitals for the most part , but I still had to help administer and monitor his chemotherapy treatments at home . This was my beloved ; my soul mate , so I would do whatever was required .
His determination was impressive . He continued to work . If we weren ’ t flying to MD Anderson in Houston for check-ups , we were flying to the Bahamas to check on the construction of the house . The home was completed in May 1998 and we spent weeks at a time there , entertaining friends , fishing and diving . He insisted on squeezing every last moment out of the time he had left .
We had a New Year ’ s Eve party in the Bahamas to celebrate with our local friends . Then two days later , he decided we should get back to Florida and 3 weeks later he died . This story is just the prelude . Six years later , I was surfing the Internet looking for a vocational vacation . I had been studying metaphysical subjects since the Uranus- Neptune conjunction of 1993 , even though I didn ’ t know astrology then . The word CPA caught my eye . I was not interested in anything accounting related , having left that profession behind years ago .
This CPA was the Centre for Psychological Astrology in England . They were offering an intensive beginners course in San Francisco for a week . Just what I was looking for ! I signed up and headed to California . My “ AH HAH !” moment was when the instructor glanced at my chart after I told her that my husband had died . She said , “ it ’ s right here in your chart , Pluto went over your IC ”. I was dumbfounded that my husband ’ s death was showing up in
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my astrology chart . Why would that be ?
I didn ’ t know much astrology then , but that was the spark that propelled me to continue on this path . As I would learn in the coming years , my marriage was part of an eclipse cycle . It lasted 18-1 / 2 years . Looking back , there was a solar eclipse on August 10 , 1980 ( 20 days before the wedding ) at 18 ° Leo 17 ’. My natal Pluto is 18 ° Leo 16 ’ in the 12th house . The next eclipse in that cycle was a solar eclipse on August 11 , 1999 ( 6-1 / 2 months after his death ) at 18 ° Leo 21 ’.
I experienced some very intense , disturbing events in the months following that August eclipse . My metaphysical studies taught me that there are no accidents and everything happens for a reason . Still reeling from the transition of wife to widow , I was vulnerable . I no longer had the protection of the husband I had deferred to all these years . Other people did not have my best interests at heart . After the worst loss of my life , there were more losses to come : Losses of wealth and self-esteem . It was like being sucked into a vortex with no way out . I consoled myself with the thought that , whatever happened was for my highest good . I would be okay . I was divinely protected even if I didn ’ t feel like it .
It has now been 14 years since I journeyed to the underworld on that Pluto eclipse . I have been blessed with new friends who encourage my authenticity . I continue to deepen my knowledge of astrology and connect with my colleagues at conferences and workshops . I ’ ve got 4 more years before the next eclipse in this cycle hits in 2018 . I ’ m counting on my astrology awareness to moderate my next meeting with Pluto . s n v
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