April 2011 Newsletter
Mercury+Uranus=Video
by Steven Forrest
With transiting Uranus and solar arc Mercury both crossing my natal Moon, I am experiencing a lot of change on many levels. I will spare you a confessional about my inner journey, but outwardly one simple piece of what I am seeing is a classic convergence of Mercury (media) and Uranus (technology).
Uranus Intensive
Since 1927, Uranus has swept through the Ecliptic, seeding the human population with geniuses, rebels, paradigm-shifters, and merry trouble-makers who have kept the cultural pot stirred. Let’s celebrate them all, from the Elders down to the newborns. 75 min.Since February, I have recorded on video two full classes and many short pieces. This will be professional-level video, done “live, warts and all,” but with two cameras and proper lighting.
In terms of content, we filmed a basic weekend-long Introduction to Evolutionary Astrology in El Dorado CA in February, and a Moon Intensive in Portland OR in April. In addition we filmed 3 special topics just for video: Venus in the 12 Houses, Your First Saturn Return, and Your Second Saturn Return.
I like the video medium and I am very happy to be creating this record of the “live” feeling of the teaching I do. Much international travel looms on the horizon. In addition to return visits to Canada, Mexico, and Australia over the next few months, I am excited to be going to teach for the first time in Shanghai in October and in Zurich in April 2012. Everywhere I go, there seems to be an instinctive openness to the basic message of evolutionary astrology. My jokes don’t work everywhere, but the idea of the soul’s long journey does!
I am looking forward to presenting my program, “Dreaming the Volcano,” for my apprenticeship programs in Alpine CA (May) and Calistoga CA (September). This program is about the current tensions in the sky, along with the entry of Neptune into Pisces. Most astrologers deal with this material in terms of its worldwide, global meaning. What I want to explore in these programs is what these planetary configurations mean for us each personally as individuals. I believe that the rise or fall of humanity under the influence of these epochal structures will be determined by the responses of people, one at a time, to their own issues and fears.
-Steven
FEATURED MP3 Release
Lineage: The Hidden Magic of the 6th House
In this lecture, Steven describes the overlooked dimension of the 6th House: Mentoring. Mentoring has become a pop-cultural buzzword for an excellent reason - it is a critical part of human experience. Where are our "uncles and aunts"? Where are those to whom we can "apprentice" ourselves, and those we can mentor? Explore this hidden and often overlooked dimension of the traditionally "boring" sixth house.