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Friday, September 4
 

9:00am CDT

Activate Aspects with Ancient Timing: Work with the Minor Years and Ascensional Times
Friday September 4, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Discover how different planets, signs and houses become active and influential at different ages through the minor years and ascensional times. Learn when an aspect might express in your chart and life via timing. Explore a fun and accessible way to easily identify important ages and years in your life via the minor years and ascensional times of the planets and your aspects.
Speakers
avatar for Kelly Surtees

Kelly Surtees

Kelly's Astrology
Kelly travels worldwide to teach practical and accessible astrology that combines traditional techniques with a modern mindset. Kelly has established herself in a career that includes client consults, a private membership, plus a slew of online astrology trainings. A class with Kelly... Read More →
Friday September 4, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Traditional Astrology, Intermediate |   Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

The Times of our Life: Breaking Through
Friday September 4, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
As astrologers, we have extraordinary tools to give people hope, especially during a difficult passage. What are the key moments when light breaks through? Different timing techniques can pinpoint junctures that may reconfigure internal systems after a long fallout from crisis, grief or loss. Overlaying progressions, transits and solar arc can help identify a resurgence of life force, a key to the emergence of a renewed self.
Speakers
avatar for Lynn Bell

Lynn Bell

Lynn Bell has been a consulting astrologer, lecturer, and teacher for over four decades. She has a keen interest in the way a chart describes both a psychological and spiritual journey and is intrigued by the overlap between modern and ancient techniques. A long-time tutor for the... Read More →
Friday September 4, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Intermediate, Advanced |   Relationships & Counseling, Intermediate, Advanced |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Intermediate, Advanced

2:30pm CDT

The Ascendant and the Journey Of 1000 Miles
Friday September 4, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
When a planet hits the Ascendant, you’re at a crossroads.The trouble is that you don’t really know what you are doing. Maybe you move to a new city. Maybe you get married. How can you really know what lies ahead? Making your first step the right one requires boldness, faith, and intuition. Your wisest move? Make an ally of the planet that’s triggering this new beginning – Neptune has different plans for you than Mars or Jupiter!
Speakers
avatar for Steven Forrest

Steven Forrest

Forrest Astrology
Steven Forrest is the author of many astrological bestsellers including the classic, THE INNER SKY. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. He travels world-wide teaching choice-centered evolutionary astrology – a system which integrates free will, grounded humanistic... Read More →
Friday September 4, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Intermediate |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Beginner, Intermediate |   Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate

4:30pm CDT

The Talent Trine of Pluto, Neptune and Uranus!
Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
The shift of Outer Planets into new signs herald a change in the collective consciousness of human beings. Pluto into air Aquarius activates a 248 year change of thought and community. Neptune into fiery Aries initiates a 164 year cycle of beliefs societies are willing to fight and die for. Uranus into Airy communicative Gemini offers an 84 year assessment of competing beliefs. All three in a talent trine offers myriad opportunities for us!!
Speakers
avatar for Anne Ortelee

Anne Ortelee

Anne Ortelee is a certified astrologer by ISAR-CAP, AMAFA, NCGR-PAA Level 3 and OPA. She started to study astrology in 1994 and in 2001 became a full-time astrologer. Anne was trained as a traditional Western Predictive Astrologer with a psychological Jungian approach. She’s studied... Read More →
Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Political & Mundane, Beginner, Intermediate |   Financial Astrology & Economics, Beginner, Intermediate |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Beginner, Intermediate
 
Saturday, September 5
 

9:00am CDT

How Hellenistic Astrology Came to America
Saturday September 5, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Hellenistic astrology began arriving to America in the 1950’s. The early 1990’s foreshadowed a renaissance of traditional astrology. Demetra will recount the lineage of academic scholars and contemporary astrologers who brought news of these ancient doctrines. Personal anecdotes about how these luminaries became inspired and then handed over their discoveries, excitement, and insights to those now carrying on this tradition for modern times.


Speakers
avatar for Demetra George

Demetra George

Demetra George, scholar, translator, practitioner, brings contemporary astrology back to its ancient roots, looking to cross-cultural mythologies for the archetypal meanings of newly available planetary bodies. Turning to Greek and Latin texts, she has articulated the history, cosmology... Read More →
Saturday September 5, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Traditional Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate |   Historical & Research, Beginner, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Four Elements, Four Epochs
Saturday September 5, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Jupiter and Saturn’s conjunctions form the backbone of the astrological study of history. Their orderly reunions move through the zodiac slowly, forming repeating 200 year periods characterized by the four elements: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. These two century epochs are especially relevant today, as we have just entered a new elemental epoch—Air. Using historical comparison, we will explore and define each era, with a special focus on Air.
Speakers
avatar for Austin Coppock

Austin Coppock

Austin Coppock is an astrologer based in Southern Oregon. His perspective is deeply informed by Hellenistic and Vedic astrology. Austin's written work includes hundreds of weekly columns and articles, and the books 36 Faces (2014), and The Celestial Art (2018). Austin served as President... Read More →
Saturday September 5, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Political & Mundane, Beginner, Intermediate |   Historical & Research, Beginner, Intermediate |   Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

What the !@#$%^& Is Happening: The Lunar Nodes and Their Correlation To Mundane Astrology
Saturday September 5, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
The 18.6-year Lunar Nodal cycle has a fascinating correlation to human activity. On an individual level, it indicates shifts in states of consciousness. On a global level, it has historical correlations to economic and geopolitical peaks and valleys. We will identify what is happening in the world today, per the Lunar Nodal and other outer planetary cycles, as well as what to anticipate based on their history to mundane and economic changes.

Speakers
avatar for Raymond Merriman

Raymond Merriman

Merriman Market Analyst, Inc
President of the Merriman Market Analyst; founder of Merriman Market Timing Academy. Author of the 5-volume series on The Ultimate Book on Stock Market Timing (1997-2017) and The Gold Book: Geocosmic Correlations to Gold Price Cycles (1982), the first empirical study on planetar... Read More →
Saturday September 5, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Political & Mundane, Beginner, Intermediate |   Financial Astrology & Economics, Beginner, Intermediate |   Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Intermediate

4:30pm CDT

Three Decades of Quantum Astrology: Reframing Astrological Traditions for the Future
Saturday September 5, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
100 years ago, quantum physics shook the foundations of science. For 30 years, I’ve observed shifts in astrological practices that echo the quantum breakthroughs. As we recover our classical origins, it’s helpful to consider how these evolutionary shifts in consciousness impact modern astrology. Join me on a magical exploration into the microcosm and macrocosm that will expand your understanding of the horoscope and the cosmos in which we live.
Speakers
avatar for Rick Levine

Rick Levine

Rick Levine is an active voice in the modern world of astrology. His philosophy is simple: Astrology is a tool for empowerment, understanding, and creativity. A Founding Trustee of Kepler College. Coauthor of Barnes and Noble's mass market annual Your Astrology Guides (2006-2013). His Online Horoscope Column reached millions daily for over 20 years. His instructional YouTube videos and courses currently reach tens of thousands of students every month... Read More →
Saturday September 5, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Beginner, Advanced |   Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Advanced |   Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Advanced
 
Sunday, September 6
 

9:00am CDT

Ancient Astrologer Asteroids
Sunday September 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Discover which asteroids that bear the names of ancient historical astrologers, philosophers, and geographical hubs of astrological activity are “turned on” in your chart. Use this as a guide to help focus your studies, approaches, and specialty areas of research and practice. A short guide to who was who when, and how their placement in your chart intersects your life now. Of the many, which few are reaching out to you with their wisdom?
Speakers
avatar for Demetra George

Demetra George

Demetra George, scholar, translator, practitioner, brings contemporary astrology back to its ancient roots, looking to cross-cultural mythologies for the archetypal meanings of newly available planetary bodies. Turning to Greek and Latin texts, she has articulated the history, cosmology... Read More →
Sunday September 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Astrological Specialties, Intermediate |   Historical & Research, Intermediate |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Forecasting Strategies
Sunday September 6, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
How can you prepare for a Uranus transit? How should you best honour Pluto when it transits your natal chart? What would you say to a client experiencing a series of Neptune transits? In this session, Frank Clifford will offer strategies to prepare, prioritize and plan your upcoming transits. He will work with the charts of some willing audience members to demonstrate how best to recognize and participate in the seasons ahead.
Speakers
avatar for Frank Clifford

Frank Clifford

The London School of Astrology
Frank has built an eclectic, 35-year career as the writer of a dozen books, a consultant astrologer and palmist, a publisher/editor, a researcher of birth data, and the Principal of the London School of Astrology. Frank has written for The Mountain Astrologer since 2008. In 2012... Read More →
Sunday September 6, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

Yod-Relations Between Houses
Sunday September 6, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Planets or house rulers in a house can show possible problems there, but often these planets and house rulers are a kind of ‘victim’ themselves of dynamics in other houses. All houses in the chart are related to other houses, but especially their yod-connection is very revealing in understanding our otherwise hard to understand struggles in certain fields, and offers unexpected practical solutions.
Speakers
avatar for Karen Hamaker-Zondag

Karen Hamaker-Zondag

Karen is a professional astrologer since 1975 and published 36 books on astrology and psychology, but also on tarot, I Ging and mythology. She runs a school in astrology (since 1980) and Jungian psychology (since 1986). Karen won the prestigious Regulus Award for Education in 1998... Read More →
Sunday September 6, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Relationships & Counseling, Intermediate

4:30pm CDT

Horary Discoveries: the Magic of Rings and Things
Sunday September 6, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Horary is not a cold, soulless astrological technique, but one that fosters active engagement in symbolism, ‘brought to life’ by the (perhaps unrealised) emotive participation of querent and practitioner. Nowhere is the ‘magic’ of horary more apparent than in its power to discover missing things. How does this work? Why does the loss of a material thing concern the Cosmic Mind, and what might the loss and rediscovery of an object portray, at a deeper, spiritual level?
Speakers
avatar for Deborah Houlding

Deborah Houlding

STA School of Traditional Astrology
Deborah Houlding is founder of the STA School of Traditional Astrology (www.sta.co), creator of the Skyscript website (www.skyscript.co.uk), author of The Houses: Temples of the Sky, and editor of various modern editions of historical works. Recipient of the AA’s Charles Harvey... Read More →
Sunday September 6, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Horary & Electional, Intermediate |   Astrological Magic & Theurgy, Intermediate
 
Monday, September 7
 

9:00am CDT

Work With Fortune and Spirit: Explore Hidden Potential and Core Purpose in a Birth Chart
Monday September 7, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Discover the Lots of Fortune and Spirit in the natal chart. Learn their meaning and uncover how they change the quality and function of a house or planet. Explore how the Lot of Fortune adds energy and special potential to specific houses in the chart. Learn about the place of Acquisition and of Fame. Discover how the Lot of Spirit can describe a deeper purpose to your chart and life.
Speakers
avatar for Kelly Surtees

Kelly Surtees

Kelly's Astrology
Kelly travels worldwide to teach practical and accessible astrology that combines traditional techniques with a modern mindset. Kelly has established herself in a career that includes client consults, a private membership, plus a slew of online astrology trainings. A class with Kelly... Read More →
Monday September 7, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Traditional Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate |   Astrological Specialties, Beginner, Intermediate |   Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Planning Your Day with Electional Astrology
Monday September 7, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
During any given day there are better and worse times to take action, based on the principles of electional astrology. We will look at the main electional factors to focus on as we compare the twelve rising signs that occur over a 24-hour period, giving you the tools to more effectively select which rising signs to use in planning your days to achieve success in your endeavors.
Speakers
avatar for Leisa Schaim

Leisa Schaim

Auspicious Elections, The Astrology Podcast
Leisa Schaim co-hosts the Electional Astrology Podcast, has written for The Mountain Astrologer and Wellbeing Magazine, and has spoken at national and international conferences. She uses a blend of Hellenistic and modern techniques, and clients have praised her depth, clarity, and... Read More →
Monday September 7, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Horary & Electional, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
Monday September 7, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
How are extremes in temperament - the mythic, the monstrous, and the unbounded - described in a birth chart? At a time when what is “normal’ is rapidly changing, what are the factors in both traditional and modern astrology, that give rise to disrupters? Angular outer planets, as well as malefics, are both creative and destructive; they may defy our divine nature, changing the parameters of what is socially and morally acceptable.


Speakers
avatar for Lynn Bell

Lynn Bell

Lynn Bell has been a consulting astrologer, lecturer, and teacher for over four decades. She has a keen interest in the way a chart describes both a psychological and spiritual journey and is intrigued by the overlap between modern and ancient techniques. A long-time tutor for the... Read More →
Monday September 7, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Mythological & Archetypal, Intermediate |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Intermediate |   Relationships & Counseling, Intermediate

4:30pm CDT

The Planetary Odd Couple of Mercury and Pluto
Monday September 7, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
Although Mercury is often dismissed as a planetary lightweight, this assumption distracts us from its more serious side. Hermes served as a psychopomp, a guide of souls journeying into the Underworld. Mercury reveals the unconscious hell realms of disincarnate consciousness through talk therapy to recover our Persephone-like abducted thoughts. Explore Mercury’s complex archetype, its psychedelic functions, and its role in individual shadow work.
Speakers
avatar for Rick Levine

Rick Levine

Rick Levine is an active voice in the modern world of astrology. His philosophy is simple: Astrology is a tool for empowerment, understanding, and creativity. A Founding Trustee of Kepler College. Coauthor of Barnes and Noble's mass market annual Your Astrology Guides (2006-2013). His Online Horoscope Column reached millions daily for over 20 years. His instructional YouTube videos and courses currently reach tens of thousands of students every month... Read More →
Monday September 7, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Advanced |   Mythological & Archetypal, Beginner, Advanced |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Beginner, Advanced
 
Tuesday, September 8
 

9:00am CDT

The Uranus Cycle
Tuesday September 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
With its 84 year orbit, Uranus mirrors the human lifespan. At age 21, roughly a quarter of the way around: leaving home. At 42, halfway: welcome to midlife, At around age 63 we enter elderhood,. Each turning point presents minefields and opportunities. The stakes are high too – every really cool old person you’ve ever met got each step right. Ditto, only backwards, for the tedious old folks you want to avoid.
Speakers
avatar for Steven Forrest

Steven Forrest

Forrest Astrology
Steven Forrest is the author of many astrological bestsellers including the classic, THE INNER SKY. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. He travels world-wide teaching choice-centered evolutionary astrology – a system which integrates free will, grounded humanistic... Read More →
Tuesday September 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Intermediate |   Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Beginner, Intermediate |   Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

The Descent: Exploring Fallen Planets
Tuesday September 8, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor
This lecture is a plunge back into the basics, but with depth and technical nuance. In an attempt to move beyond “Exaltation good, Fall bad,” we’ll conduct a detailed survey of the qualities, pitfalls, mitigations, remedies, and hidden potentials of Fallen planets. As Falls are present in both Vedic and Western astrology, we will make use of insights from both to paint a fuller picture of what it means to fall, and rise again.
Speakers
avatar for Austin Coppock

Austin Coppock

Austin Coppock is an astrologer based in Southern Oregon. His perspective is deeply informed by Hellenistic and Vedic astrology. Austin's written work includes hundreds of weekly columns and articles, and the books 36 Faces (2014), and The Celestial Art (2018). Austin served as President... Read More →
Tuesday September 8, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Addison/Clark Room - 4th floor 4th floor
  Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate |   Traditional Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate |   Vedic Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate
 

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