19th March 2006 - The Astrology of Relationships

'In Spring a young man's fancy turns to love'

So it was that the Lodge's Spring Seminar should devote itself to looking at several different aspect of Relationships. The day was well attended and lunch was once again delightfully served by Gail Cornish. We would also like to thank those members of the Committee and the stalwart volunteers who helped to make the day a success. The day was chaired by Andrew Morton.

The day opened with a talk by Claire Chandler. Our expectations of the world form the framework within which we conduct our relationships. We have to understand our own capacity for relationships before we can assess how we will relate to other people. So among other factors, Claire concentrated on looking at a not very often used method of deeper examination into the personality via the seventh harmonic. This allowed her to looked particularly at romance.

After tea we were treated to a talk by Clare Martin, President of the Faculty of Astrological Studies and a Supervisor at the Centre for Psychological Astrology. Her talk, which she called Angels and Daemons, focused on the nodal axis, which she saw as the doorway to the other world, the soul's inheritance. She looked planets conjunct the nodal axis (forcing us to remember why we are here,) and aspects,(remember our destiny). She also looked at the outer planets through the generations for romantic fantasies.

Lara Owen took the floor and looked at Astrology and Friendship. Whilst it is commonly thought that friendships resided in the 11th house, it is largely agreed that it is only benign relationships, colleagues with a shared purpose, groups of friends are actually considered from this house. The 5th housed friends for drinks and good times, the 4th for family friends ad the 7th for lasting friends. Lara then went on to look at the signs for identity as friends and transits to the houses indicating the type of friendships we might encounter.

After lunch the day continued with a talk with a difference. Judith Levy heads up a very successful family business and she looked at the Synastry at Work and the Significance of Relationships within the World of Business. She looked at the key elements that make a business a success and the skills needed to deal with suppliers, investors and clients. Her astrological knowledge gives her a different perspective on observation of her staff and their work.

The day finished with Richard Swatton considering relationships by looking at the composite chart, the chart of a relationship between two people. It reveals the core of the dynamic between them. Richard went on to talk about the interpretation of the planets within the chart and the signs. If you wanted to have a look at current trends you could progress the charts of the couple and then produce a new composite chart.

The day was a very happy light hearted day and we look forward to our next event on the weekend of July 8th and 9th.

Carole West