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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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