On September 10th we will experience a new moon at 18 degrees of Virgo. This is a very harmonious new moon, with the ruler of the luminaries, Mercury, making a trine to both Uranus and Pluto, while making a sextile to Neptune. This creates a “kite” pattern in the heavens, activating the fire and air signs, known for creative inspiration, innovative thinking, and integrating intuition with intellect. This next week is an excellent time for connecting your creative ideas with action.
Also, on September 11th we celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year of 5787. This begins ten sacred days of inner journeys to review, understand, and resolve the past year, to make amends where needed, and to pray for a clean slate or be “written in the book of life” for another year. As we approach the fall equinox, I love immersing myself in these ancient rituals, prayers, and melodies of my ancestors. If you wish to celebrate, dip a slice of apple in honey, and let the taste attract sweetness for the coming year.
On a more personal note, I just returned from Chicago, IL and the 10th UAC, the United Astrology Conference. Approximately 1500 national and international astrologers and students of astrology gathered for five or more days of lectures, panels, conversations, parties and more. I saw attendees from Canada, Mexico, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy, Turkey, China, and even South Africa. For many of us it was the first time we met in person, although we’d connected on Zoom. It was an exhilarating experience to be in a hotel overrun with so many people wearing their UAC badges and exchange greetings, laughter and kindness. Everywhere I went I saw excitement, enthusiasm, curiosity, and generosity. Organizers had been working for two years to make this event happen and it was excellent.
I was honored to be a UAC presenter! I had no expectations or ideas about the interest in my topic, but that morning before my lecture I went to the bookstore and found that all the 32 Death Chart books I’d carried on the airplane had been sold. (So excited). As I walked toward the conference room, incidentally, named the Minnesota room, I noticed the hall was extremely crowded and full of lively conversation. 60 folks crowded into my small room to listen to me speak about Death Charts, while 40 other folks were turned away. I know this because they contacted me afterwards to request my notes.
This experience affirmed even more deeply that using a Death Chart, a chart cast for the date, place and time of death, can bring clarity, understanding and hope to the people who are grieving the loss of someone they loved. Astrology brings the gift of “making meaning” from events in our lives that can seem chaotic and confusing. It does that with a death as well. It’s been 21 years since my twin, Lou Ann, left this earthly plane, yet I felt her by my side in that conference room as I discussed the basics of Death Chart delineation. In Judaism, when someone dies, we say “may their life be for a blessing” meaning may all their good works continue even from the other side. I believe that together Lou Ann and I are bringing blessings into the world.
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