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Saturn and Neptune Electional Astrology Ask an Astrologer CAAE Classes C a N a E D I a a N a C a S N S O O I C THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICALAutumn EDUCATION 2016 VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 √IDEAS The Newsletter of the Canadian Association for Astrological Education Saturn and Neptune Electional Astrology Ask an Astrologer CAAE Classes C a n a E d i A a n A C A s n s o o i c t i a a t c i u o d n E f l o a r c A i g s o t l r o 1 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICAL EDUCATION VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 In this issue Saturn Square Neptune, Eh? by Joanne McDonough 4 Electional Astrology: Listing a House by Laurie Dixon 9 Ask An Astrologer by Joan Ann Evelyn 12 President’s Message by Joan Ann Evelyn 13 Classes Listing – CAAE Curriculum 14 Classes Listing - Alternative 27 2 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICAL EDUCATION VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 President Joan Ann Evelyn From the Editor [email protected] Treasurer Lisa Evelyn [email protected] Dear Readers, Secretary Welcome to the Autumn edition of Ideas. Lina Grosso We have two new voices from the ranks of the many astrologers and [email protected] astrology students who are members of the CAAE. Joanne McDonough and Laurie Dixon are both first time writers for Educational Consultant (Toronto) Ideas. This is an exciting time as it clearly shows the caliber, diversity and development of astrological thought from both of these women. Janet Markham The current transit of Saturn square Neptune is investigated in our first [email protected] feature article by Toronto astrologer Joanne McDonough as she explores this challenging aspect as it develops this year. Registrar Our second feature looks at how electional astrology is shown in a real Catherine Preston life situation as Laurie Dixon, based in Gravenhurst, explains about the ever popular election question regarding when to list a house for sale. [email protected] I hope the articles in this edition will inspire those of you who have something to say to think about sharing your thoughts with us. Special Projects If you are a new student, lifetime student or seasoned professional Joan Bennell astrologer we would love to hear from you. Speak to your teacher or [email protected] contact us directly. Social Convener Have a prosperous day, Shannon Cunningham [email protected] Alison Price Editor Editor and Board Consultant [email protected] (Vancouver) Alison Price [email protected] 3 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICAL EDUCATION VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 Saturn Square Neptune Eh? By Joanne McDonough A September 10, 2016 waning square between Saturn Christie Clark gave voice to what many around the and Neptune is the last of three face offs between country believed true, “We have a uniquely Canadian these two planetary players before a 2026 conjunction duty to share the luck... and make sure that children renews an approximate 36 year, long cycle. Old man and families like Alan Kurdi's find their way to Saturn uncomfortable in restless, inspired Sagittarius Canada, so they don't have to face that kind of has been working hard to constrain and control distress, that kind of loss."1 Neptune’s dreamy illusions of cosmic oneness in the The October 19th federal election ended Stephen sign of its dignity, Pisces. Collectively, Canadians have Harper’s conservative government, originally voted responded to the square’s tensions through shifts in into power as Saturn and Neptune moved into the shared areas of government and culture unique to opposition in the summer of 2006. Voters registered its national character and history. their disillusionment over many issues surrounding the In the summer of 2015, the world watched as over a 11 week campaign, including the Duffy Trial, the million migrants fleeing economic and civil unrest niqab ban and the Syrian refugee crisis. Change was in crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas to the the air, and the new liberal Prime Minister, Justin perceived safety of Europe. Testing physical Trudeau in a CBC interview of November 24th boundaries and constitutional authority, these victims answered with his government’s intentions of settling many from war torn Syria experienced varying 25,000 Syrian refugees: “This is not just about amounts of compassion and disillusionment; all Saturn welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees, it’s welcoming in square Neptune themes. Canadians in the middle of a 25,000 new Canadians.” 2 federal election awoke on September 2nd to see the Over 300 communities from coast to coast put out the searing image of Alan Kurdi, age 3 washed up on a welcome mat, while over 10,000 refugees were Turkish shore. His mother and an older sibling were matched with private individual and group sponsors among those drowned. His father, Abdullah had eager to introduce them to hockey, double- doubles survived but the dream of joining his sister Tima living and maple syrup. As of August 2016, Trudeau’s outside of Vancouver, BC was over. BC Premier 4 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICAL EDUCATION VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 liberal refugee policy has been a hard won success, neighbor’s down south. The natal chart is bucket with over 29,000 new Canadians settling in.i shaped with Saturn serving as the isolated handle. The unique Canadian response to the Syrian refugee With a fourth house Sun in Cancer conjunct with crisis weaves seamlessly with the country’s nativity and Uranus, deep attachment to the land and it’s mysteries ongoing astro-development. The Dominion of Canada merge with an independent and quirky nature. A third was born on July 1, 1867, in the capital city of Ottawa, house balsamic Moon in Gemini signifies the a legal entity at 12:00 am. Seven natal planets lie below transformative power of shared resources such as the horizon, giving credence to the quiet, interior education, a dual language identity, a deep Canadian persona that is never as loud as the appreciation of literature and other technical, 5 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICAL EDUCATION VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 communitive arts. Also in Gemini, a second house Canadians’ sense of self and their place in the larger Venus enjoys spending resources on the arts and international community. shared social pleasures developed in the third. On November 26, 2015, Saturn and Neptune formed Mercury in Leo lies in the fifth house, supporting once the first of three waning squares, shown in the outer again the creative side of life and underlying the ring of the Canadian tri-wheel. Allowing for a seven importance of children and their development in the degree orb, the archetypal energies of this aspect nation’s psyche. began to rumble in the collective unconscious A twelfth house Neptune conjuncts the ascendant, beginning in the spring of 2015 and will continue both in active, independent Aries, suggesting a public through the spring of 2017. This three stage waning persona bursting with humanitarian energy in the best square maturely integrates the newborn energies of the of times, contrasting with confusion, blurred identity Saturn and Neptune conjunction in Capricorn of and victimization in the worst. An intercepted Jupiter 1989. Saturn demands form and mastery, while in Pisces joins Neptune in the twelfth, underlying the Neptune fades and dissolves the earthly realities into a importance of higher law and the need for justice in shared unity and idealism. Together this odd couple areas society would prefer to keep hidden. Joining reforms the dreams of an inherently imperfect society Jupiter and Neptune in the uterine waters of the 12th into concretized form. house, intercepted Chiron reminds modern citizens of Transiting through the eighth house in the sign of wounds delivered to the many indigenous Sagittarius, Saturn in November 2015 teamed with communities incorporated into the modern nation and quick footed Mercury and the Sun to form a the role of reconciliation in public policy. Contrasting conjunction with the progressed Sun, new Moon and Jupiter is an intercepted, analytical sixth house Mars in Mars also in Sagittarius. Energies break down, reform Virgo underscoring the public’s inchoate demand for and rebuild in the hidden watery depths of the eighth, health care and other civil services that fill society’s and the Canadian psyche reworked it’s concept of general needs. life’s mysteries: living, dying, and the use of resources A first house Pluto in steady, determined Taurus and shouldering of debt for the benefit of the many. speaks to public regeneration in times of national In humanitarian Pisces, transiting Neptune joined and disaster or crisis. Seventh house Saturn in Scorpio enhanced twelfth house natal Jupiter. The twelfth opposes Pluto, indicating an intense, duty driven house recalls the nation’s inheritance, its greatest identity in foreign affairs. With Neptune’s location so strength and its greatest weakness. With timely cosmic close to the ascendant and Saturn’s isolation in the synchronicity, Canadians recalled the years 1979-1980, global identity of the seventh, any transits or when they welcomed 50,000 Vietnamese, Cambodian progressions to these sensitive points will challenge and Laos Boat People to their shores. 6 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASTROLOGICAL EDUCATION VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 21 | AUTUMN 2016 Similarly, in September 1979 through June 1980, a the practical demands of a sixth house Saturn in Virgo. waning Saturn Neptune square formed, weaving the “It was a rare time in Canadian history,” the former experience of those years into the fabric of the current immigration minister Ron Atkey said. “What Syrian refugee crisis. In September of ’79, transiting permitted this to go ahead was a genuine change of Neptune in Sagittarius moved through the eighth and heart by the Canadian community.” 3 into the ninth house of the national chart, forming a A year has passed since the fateful summer of 2015, trine with Canada’s natal Neptune in Aries placed in and Abdullah Kurdi remains in northern Iraq, while a the twelfth.
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