Next Meeting - The Subtle Aspects (5 April 2009)

Our next meeting will be led by Jane Tilly. She will be talking on the subject of the subtle aspects - the quintile, the septile and the novile. Jane will be showing charts of individuals to illustrate the meaning of each of these lesser known aspect relationships.

The meeting starts at 2:30PM at the Friends Meeting House, Exeter. Full details of the meeting and group can be found on our website.

We look forward to seeing you.

Next Meeting - Social Group 22 March 2009

The next meeting will be the social group on Sunday evening, 22 March 2009. We will be getting together at the George Meeting House, South Street, Exeter, from about 5:30PM. All welcome.

See you there.

Spring Equinox 2009

The Spring Equinox this year is on 20 March at 11:43:39 UT. The chart above shows the moment set for Exeter, UK.

The dominant feature of this chart is the Sun-Pluto square at the beginning of Aries-Capricorn. Pluto is the planet associated with deep transformation, and the entry of the Sun into the seasonal quarters during 2008-2010 will highlight the transformational qualities of our time.

Locally, the Moon is setting, and Mercury is high in the chart on the MC. In the southwest of England, the long-running Saturn-Uranus opposition is aligned with meridian. The planet Saturn lies close to the IC, on the fourth house cusp, for Exeter.

This chart neatly shows the high tension that has characterised the northern winter months with Saturn facing all the other planets and Sun across the zodiac. Now that the Sun has moved passed the opposition to Saturn, a more balanced perspective will be available as the Mercury, Venus and Mars move, with the Sun, through the zodiac.

The only counterpoint, apart from Saturn, to the heavyweight transpersonal planets, Chiron and Jupiter that has been available since the conjunction of Sun and Pluto at the Winter Solstice 2008, has been the rapidly moving Moon. The following chart, set for the Winter Solstice, Exeter, shows this well:


Note the conjunction of Sun and Pluto, at the midheaven for Exeter at the Solstice, with Saturn and Uranus lying across the horizon.

New Diary Dates

The website has been updated with new diary dates through to the summer of 2009. Sunday meetings include a look at the subtle aspects in astrology, a look at the Tarot from an astrological point of view, a session on Mercury's phases and a mundane astrology talk on the changes in consciousness and social organisation that we are experiencing.

Please come along and enjoy what we have to offer. Further details can be found at the website: www.exeterastrologygroup.org.uk.

We also have a monthly social session, alternating with the group meeting. This occurs on a Sunday evening, generally the last Sunday in the month. Specific dates can be found on the website.

See you at the group.

Welcome

This is the new blog for the Exeter Astrology Group. We will update you with important news about the group here.

Our next activity is the Social Meeting at the George Meeting House on South Street, Exeter, beginning 5:30PM on Sunday 22 March 2009. This is a date change from the previous advertised date of 29 March.

Come and celebrate the Sun's journey into Aries, which will just have occurred at the Spring Equinox.

We will look forward to seeing you.

EAG