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International Astrology Day * San Francisco

March 19th in a celebration of Astrology

International Astrology Day (IAD) is an annual observance/holiday celebrated by astrologers and astrology enthusiasts. It is held on the spring equinox, the day the Sun enters Aries, which is the first sign of the Tropical  Zodiac, and has long been considered the astrological new year. In observance of IAD the Association For Astrological Networking (AFAN) co-ordinates astrological lectures and events around the world.

Here are the lectures:

• 2011 AND BEYOND: A NEW WORLD EMERGING FROM THE SEA

  Dale O’Brien

  Dale O’Brien, 59, has studied astrology since 1969 and is a certified full-time astrologer and Astro*Carto*Graphy Interpreter since 1991. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and is a former Federal Government employee. Besides personal astrological and A*C*G consultations, Dale has taught astrology to non-astrologers as well as astrology students from beginning to advanced levels. He has presented for local, regional and international astrological conferences and has shared astrology on FM and internet radio. His articles have appeared in The Mountain Astrologer and other publications. He is also trained in Dream Tending (Pacifica Graduate Institute). He lives in “green” Eugene, Oregon. Dale can be reached at docchiron@yahoo.com or phone: 541-485-9772.

  Visit Dale’s websites: www.DocChiron.comwww.ChironSoulJourneyTruth.com (in development)

• URANUS IN ARIES: TAKING CHARGE OF OUR WELL-BEING

  Stephanie Gailing

  Stephanie Gailing, MS, CN is an astrologer, wellness consultant, and natural health writer. She is author of Planetary Apothecary: An Astrological Approach to Health and Wellness (Crossing Press, 2009). In addition to the herbal astrology series she crafted for StarIQ, she has written on nutrition, dietary supplements, yoga, and other wellness topics for various publications and is an ongoing consultant to the World’s Healthiest Foods website. She holds a masters degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University and currently serves as Co-President of the Washington State Astrological Association. Her daily writings on astrology and wellness can be found on her blog.

  Visit Stephanie’s blog: www.PlanetaryApothecary.com

• WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENS: HOW TO FLOURISH FINANCIALLY IN THE NEW AGE

  Dorothy Kovach

  Dorothy Kovach, is an astrologer, writer and researcher who utilizes the traditional methods of both east and west. Her specialties are horary and finding the ‘best times’ to start projects for success. She was a contributing editor for the first traditional astrology magazine of its kind, ‘The Horary Practitioner.’ A decade and a half ago, she began to apply ancient methods to the markets and has never looked back. She correctly called the tech/dot-com bubble burst five years ahead, and warned her clients off the markets well before the 2008 debacle. More recently, she predicted the demise of the then-mighty Euro to a very skeptical audience. She has been writing the economic trends for Llewellyn’s Moon Sign Book since 2001. Her predictions have been featured on www.msnbc.com. Her clients hail from six of the seven continents. She can be reached via her website: www.worldastrology.net or dstar@mcn.org.

  Visit Dorothy’s website: www.worldastrology.net

• URANUS/PLUTO: AN ASTROLOGICAL HERO’S JOURNEY

  Ralfee Finn

  Ralfee Finn is the creator of the Aquarium Age a weekly astrology column published nation-wide. She has an MA in Cultural Astronomy and is currently teaching “Astrology in World Religion” at Hunter College, City University of New York. Committed to compassion, knowledge, and growth, Ralfee brings the gifts of clarity and common sense to the often-confusing waters of metaphysics and new age philosophy. Her greatest ally is humor, and her ability to laugh at the ironies of life, gives birth to a broad, down to earth, spiritual perspective. As a writer and a teacher, Ralfee shares her heart, offering readers inspiration and useful wisdom born from experience.

  Visit Ralfee’s website: www.aquariumage.com

• KEYNOTE ADDRESS: BRING ON THE HUMAN FUTURE!

  Steven Forrest

  Steven Forrest, our KEYNOTE Speaker, has been practicing astrology professionally since 1978. He is the author of several astrological bestsellers, including THE INNER SKY, THE CHANGING SKY, THE BOOK OF PLUTO, THE NIGHT SPEAKS, MEASURING THE NIGHT (with Jeffrey Wolf Green), SKYMATES, Volumes One and Two (with Jodie Forrest), and the mystery novel, STALKING ANUBIS. In November 2008, Seven Paws Press published his YESTERDAY’S SKY: Astrology and Reincarnation. His most recent work is THE BOOK OF THE MOON, published in Fall 2010. Steven’s work has been translated into a dozen languages. He maintains active Astrological Apprenticeship programs in California and Australia, as well as traveling constantly around the world to teach his brand of Evolutionary Astrology. He was Chair of the Kepler College Advisory Counsel and served as a member of the Ethics Committee for the International Society for Astrological Research. Steve lives in Borrego Springs, California, with his wife, Jodie Forrest and three tyrannical felines.

  Visit Steve’s website: www.forrestastrology.com

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Sponsored By: NCGR San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and San Francisco Astrological Society