At the Lodge - September 22nd 2003

Lodge Lecture | Charts Discussion

Lodge Lecture: The Carter Memorial Lecture

There is something very special about the autumn term. It commences around the Autumn Equinox and our first lecture is always the Carter Memorial Lecture. Although we are always honoured by special speakers, this year surpassed itself. We were delighted to welcome Darby Costello. She was born in America and studied astrology in Boston in the 1960s. From there she went to Africa, where she worked with tribal healers and diviners. Now she lives in London where she teaches and writes books for the Centre for Psychological Astrology. Her first book was The Astrological Moon. She is also a visiting tutor for the Faculty of Astrological Studies and teaches and lectures throughout Europe and America.

Her lecture was entitled Heaven Obscured; Confusion in the People; Navigating the Tides of Change.

'Astrologers everywhere are living in a heightened state of awareness this year because Uranus is changing signs. Even more interesting, it is entering into mutual reception with Neptune. We are all looking for clues in history, watching the news, and observing each other and ourselves for signs of the new conditions we might expect. For an astrologer the pleasure of this leads to the work of translating what we discover into every chart we do; bringing the patterns of the outer planets with their sweeping, collective stories right into the heart of personal lives. We are the navigators, reading the winds and tides for those who call on our skill and art.'

The rest of this wonderful lecture can be read on her website. Full text will be included in the winter edition of Astrology Quarterly.

Carole West

Charts Discussion

Looking at the charts of Dr David Kelly, the various bombs which have shaken Iraq and the charts of the major players - Blair, Bush and USA uncovered a set of repeating degrees around 6-8 of the fixed degrees. This section of the zodiac has been well and truly worked over due to the extended stay of Neptune and Jupiter here over the last few years.

The Pluto Mercury square of Dr Kelly at 6 Leo Scorpio almost seems to pin the other charts together. We also looked at the chart for Dr Kelly's walk from which he never returned.

Claire Chandler

Lodge Lecture | Charts Discussion