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Interview with Demetra George ID Email: [email protected] Website: www.demetrageorge.com Your family: Mom, 2 sisters, 1 daughter, 1 son, 2 grandchildren, boyfriend Religious background & condition- ing? Greek Orthodox Spiritual orientation – do you fol- low any specific practice? Tibetan Buddhism since 1981 What’s the worst thing and then, the best thing about you? Sun/Saturn workaholic; Moon/Uranus curi- osity and openness to the new and untried You can’t refuse… the wind in my face What is playtime for you? A day on shyest people either of us knew, to host the Meet and Greet for new participants. This lesson continues to help me reach out to others Your chart – July 25, 1946; 6:22 am CST; Chicago IL YOUR PRACTICE Where do you live and practice? Eugene Oregon How long have you been prac- ticing – How did it start? 1971 - teaching myself to cast a chart from the ABC Horoscope Maker and Delineator; after majoring in Math and Philosophy at college, finally finding a satisfactory direction to exploring the mysteries of the inner and outer cosmos. Your Astrology teachers? 3 favorite Astrology books? DeVore’s Encyclopedia of Astrology, The Ephemeris, The Book of Astronomy by Guido Bonatti What is the great thing and the hard thing about being an astrol- oger? A fertile and seemingly infinite field for my intellectual creativity is the great thing. The hard thing is the econom- ic insecurity and realization of the respon- sibility entailed for looking into someone’s soul and saying or not what you see. What are your future ambitions in the field of astrology? To anchor Your animal totem? Elephant Oceanside Rosicrucians, Dane Rudhyar, Virginia Dayan, Zip Dobyns, Joanne Wickenburg, Robert Zoller, Robert Schmidt, Alan White Your superstition? Don’t stand Your Astrology hero? Vettius Valens What inspires you to be an OPA member? Building community with my the ocean, walking about in nature, trav- el to new places under an eclipse Your Chinese sign? Fire Dog Your favorite place on earth? What do you feel is your great- est achievement to date in your astrology career? Participation in Oregon Coast reconstructing the history and tech- niques of ancient astrology What would you define is an important evolutionary lesson for you in this life? In 1993 I volun- What made it possible for you to become a full time astrologer? teered to help at UAC. Marion March asked me and Gloria Star, the two socially The support in multiple ways of my chil- dren’s father, JAF. what we have discovered about ancient astrology into the future of our tradition colleagues Any advice for those who would like to become professional astrologers? If the Lady Astrologia claims you as one of her devotees, she will be a very jealous mistress. Thank you! R OPA Has a New Website and URL!! Visit us online at www.OPAastrology.org The Career Astrologer OPA’s Quarterly Magazine V23 -04 2014 WINTER page 10