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Career Dear members and readers, Astrologer The MARCH EQUINOX e sincerely hope you are weathering the corona V29 2020 virus global crisis gracefully and that you remain W safe health-wise and financially. Sometimes we as astrologers wish to be wrong, especially when in this case anticipating 2020 to be so challenging. Yet, I don’t think that the best of us would have predicted that the North Node in Cancer would have the whole world grounded home Transits of the with “imposed” family time! No matter how much we may resist, Cancer North Equinox Node will have its needs met! The collective “slow down” has given nature such an unexpected breather, with ASTROLOGY DAY pollution plummeting, shut down of wildlife markets, and animals reengag- ing where human are receding. Must it really be us or them? Will we finally President’s Report P.2 see ourselves as part of nature and not above it? Perhaps this is a Saturnian moment of accountability and a Neptunian moment of surrender with grace. I OPA LIVE: Spring 2020 P.3 personally hope we overcome this challenge promptly, and that we gain a new Transits of the Season P.12 perspective on our consumerism.
Astrology Day Interviews P.18 Sending everyone blessings for safety, support, and health. History of Astrology P.28 Maurice Fernandez President, OPA Forensic Astology P.50 Astrology Research P.56 You likely know by now that our 2020 ASTROLOGY RETREAT is migrating Working with Children’s Charts P.61 online. This was a difficult but inevitable decision. We are happy that the new Interview: Ricky Williams P.64 format will make the retreat more affordable and accessible to many of you, and most importantly, that those of you who signed up will not miss on Saturn in Aquarius P.67 the quality content. These are Jupiter/Pluto times, prompting us to transform Tribute: Noel Tyl P.68 crisis into opportunity. For information about the program, see this edition on PAGE 20, or visit Tribute: Robert Zoller P.70 the OPA website for full details.
Editors: Maurice Fernandez, Donna Young A new 2-year term for the OPA board will begin on May 23. We are glad that many Proofing: Nancy Beale, of the current board members are committed to continue serving the cause, but Jeremy Kanyo, Donna Young important changes are underway! If you wish to volunteer as a board member, we will Design: Sara Fisk provide guidelines on how to submit your candidacy. Stay tuned.
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The Career Astrologer We must be cautious about unfounded The As Jupiter and Pluto meet in Capricorn, hope and optimism when looking for a governments are gearing up to bail out quick way out of the crisis. However, when JUPITER- industries in free-fall, particularly those well-managed, this configuration can related to the travel and entertainment increase inventiveness and resourcefulness— PLUTO services—this is expected to balloon when feeling cornered and diminished, com- national debts of countries to unprecedent- pletely new strategies and ideas may prove conjunction in ed proportions. productive and prompt a reversal of fortune. CAPRICORN Born with a he giant and the dwarf, Jupiter and Jupiter/Pluto Pluto, come together again after 13 Conjunction T years for three meetings on April Bill Gates 4, June 30, and November 12, 2020, Warren Buffet around the 22-24 degrees of Capricorn. Gandhi Mandela Bank of England Jupiter and Pluto both represents an obses- Vladimir Lenin sion with growth – Jupiter goes for “bigger Cult Leader Jim Jones Rupert Murdoch is better” and visible expansion, while Pluto’s Johannes Kepler amplitude is internal and less obvious on the Christine Lagarde surface, deceiving in its petite appearance. Mick Jagger Merging these qualities, people born under Jupiter/Pluto cycles are commonly extremely resourceful and able to turn crises into opportu- nities—there must be a gain in every situation. In some cases, this configuration can engender great wealth, materially and spiritually.