Category: Astrology

  • It had to be them

    It had to be them

    This post was written by Pam Tyler, who was joint founder of APA in 1983. The Hubers rocked my world in 1978. The first time I heard them speak was in Atlanta at the American Federation of Astrologers Conference. I had come from London to sit for the AFA’s Teacher and Professional Certification exam. My…

  • The strange case of the Astrology Centre of America

    The strange case of the Astrology Centre of America

    Updated version 27 Jan 16. If you live in the USA you may well be aware of the online astrological bookshop of the Astrology Centre of America, which holds stocks of, and sells many books on astrology and astrological psychology, including those by Bruno & Louise Huber and by Joyce Hopewell. It has been brought…

  • Classical Indicators of Intelligence in the Horoscope

    Classical Indicators of Intelligence in the Horoscope

    Bruno Huber summarises the three classical indicators of intelligence in the horoscope – Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter, in this extract from his book ‘Astrological Psychosynthesis’. This material was first published in German in 1981 under the title ‘Intelligenz im Horoskop’, and provides a good astrological-psychological background to the previous blog post ‘Why did I do…

  • Leo Rising

    Leo Rising

    Leo Rising: The story of the Astrological Lodge of London, by Kim Farnell (Maidstone: My Spirit Books, 2015), www.astrolodge.co.uk As many readers will know, the Astrological Lodge of London was founded by Alan Leo (1860-1917) on 13 July 1915 and held its first meeting on 13 September the same year. So, in 2015, we have…

  • Dear Pluto

    Dear Pluto

    It’s good to see you back in the news after that terrible time in August 2006 when you were demoted from your status as a planet in our solar system by a group of scientists and astronomers who’d got together in Prague to do the deed. You were downgraded to a dwarf planet. That meant…

  • Ryland Aspects

    Ryland Aspects

    I have many times walked down Deansgate in central Manchester, England and admired the exterior of the grand Victorian gothic building that is the John Rylands Library, now part of the University of Manchester Library. It was only a few weeks ago that I first entered the building, on impulse while showing some French people…

  • The High and Mighties in a Face-off

    The High and Mighties in a Face-off

    The title of this very first post on our spanking new blog could refer to Uranus and Pluto, who edged into yet another exact square aspect on 21st April as they continue to reflect the the revolutionary changes taking place in the world. Alternatively, and possibly appropriately, this could also refer to the stand-off between…