UAC 2026: Full Schedule

9:00am CDT

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 11:30am CDT

Join OPA’s panel of leading mundane astrologers for a timely exploration of the political, climate, and financial forces shaping our rapidly changing world. What do the skies reveal about the challenges ahead—and the opportunities for hope? Each expert will share key astrological insights on global trends, followed by a dynamic Q&A and audience dialogue to inspire clarity, resilience, and proactive action.

Free event, no registration required.

Wednesday September 2, 2026 9:00am - 11:30am CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Sponsoring Org Events

2:00pm CDT

OPA - Thriving in the AI Era: Business Strategies for Astrologers

Wednesday September 2, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Step into the future of professional astrology with OPA’s expert panel on business, branding, and marketing in the age of AI. Discover cutting-edge strategies to elevate your practice, expand your reach, and stay relevant in a rapidly evolving world. Our specialists will share practical tips, innovative tools, and insider insights from their unique niches, followed by an open discussion where your questions take center stage.

Free event, no registration required.

Wednesday September 2, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Sponsoring Org Events

11:00am CDT

Beneath a Blessed Blade: Surgery and Astrology

Friday September 4, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Guidelines for optimal surgical elections are included in some of the earliest astrological texts. Many aphorisms have worked their way into common knowledge for medical and non-medical astrologers alike. Let's explore the philosophy and evolution of these guidelines so we can apply them while working with modern scheduling factors to select safe surgery dates. We'll also look to celebrity surgeries to see how the presence or absence of certain rules shaped the outcome.

Speakers

Ryhan Butler

ISAR Board

Ryhan is a professional astrologer based in the Dallas area specializing in the intersection between astrology, magic, and medical history. A student of herbal medicine, Ryhan seeks to incorporate astrology into a holistic form of healing. From 2014-18 he served on the AFAN board... Read More →

Friday September 4, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Health & Wellness, Intermediate | Traditional Astrology, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

Heliacal Transits: Planet & Star Phases Through the Houses

Friday September 4, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

The Sun awakens and extinguishes the stars and planets as they all revolve around the spheres of the cosmic mind. Each day, new stars are born, old ones die & planets come in & out of the underworld. Sometimes, planets & stars are born or die together, bringing mystical fusions of their powers. Learn about the phases of the stars & planets from Babylonian & Egyptian sources, as they light up & turn off, through the signs & houses of heaven.

Speakers

Cameron Cassidy

NEW Speaker

Cameron Cassidy is an astrologer & yoga teacher from Salem, MA. He is also an instructor for Kepler College, as well as the editor for the CAELi Review astrological journal. Centered in the ancient eyes of Babylonian & Egyptian astrology, Cameron blends old & new traditions, seeing... Read More →

Friday September 4, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Beginner, Intermediate | Mythological & Archetypal, Beginner, Intermediate | Traditional Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate

4:30pm CDT

Electional Astrology: Choosing a Good Time

Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

The presentation will focus on the practical application of Electional Astrology, which will be demonstrated through sample charts. Basic rules will be provided and used to evaluate acceptability of an electional chart given the desired outcome. Emphasis will be placed on marriage and divorce election charts including a future wedding date in 2027.

Speakers

Omari Martin

Soular Wisdom™

Dr. Omari is a certified professional astrologer, life and board member with the American Federation Astrologers, life member of the OPA, President of The Friends of Astrology, Inc., and Former Board Chair and faculty member of Kepler College. He is the owner of SOULAR WISDOM™ and... Read More →

Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Horary & Electional, Intermediate

9:00am CDT

Planets As Parts

Saturday September 5, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

If you’ve ever argued with yourself, you already understand parts. Planets are doorways to your parts with their individual needs and desires. There’s an illusion that our parts are all supposed to get on the same page and cohere into some integrated “self.” That’s impossible and sounds pretty boring. Your parts don’t have to agree. You can get to know them better, and all move forward together. Join me to actively engage more of your parts, from the chart to life.

Speakers

Tara Aal

Tara Aal is an evolutionary astrologer, writer, educator, artist, and tarot reader. She’s the co-author of “Astrology by Moonlight,” and her speaking engagements include NORWAC, UAC, Kepler College, ISAR, and Living Astrologies Conference. Tara began practicing in 2011. As an... Read More →

Saturday September 5, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Mythological & Archetypal, Beginner, Intermediate | Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Beginner, Intermediate | Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

Holographic Progressions

Saturday September 5, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Every so often a pattern in your natal chart recurs by transit, even though it doesn’t directly contact your natal placements. These phase angle returns can have immense power by transit. This talk examines them across three scales of progressions (secondary, tertiary, and minor) to reveal new layers of unfolding chart promise. Learn how to identify resonant signatures in progressed time and unlock the potency of the future for your clients.

Speakers

Jenn Zahrt

Founder, Revelore Press

Jenn Zahrt, PhD is an author, artist, astrologer, publisher, podcaster, poet, translator, teacher, and founder of both Revelore Press and the Celestial Arts Education Library Institute in Olympia, WA. Together with Nick Campion, Zahrt is a director of the Sophia Centre Press. She's... Read More →

Saturday September 5, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Advanced | Astrological Specialties, Advanced

4:30pm CDT

Neptune/Pluto Cycle from 1891 and the Purpose of the Renaissance of Astrology

Saturday September 5, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Along with the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions, Theosophy and the Golden Dawn, came the rediscovery of astrology. It was to build steadily, then enjoy vast expansion through 20th / 21st century computer revolution. Do this century’s outer-planetary transits reveal astrology is destined to play a central role in transforming the destructive contemporary personal and world obsession with self-interest into supportive healing relationships?

Speakers

Roy Gillett

Roy Gillett, Astrological Association UK President, full-time astrologer since 1976. Supports Solar Fire software. From 1980 organized and spoke at international conferences and published mundane forecasts from karmic Tibetan Buddhist perspective; since 2002 in the bi-monthly Astrological... Read More →

Saturday September 5, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Philosophical/Spiritual/Esoteric, Intermediate, Advanced | Political & Mundane, Intermediate, Advanced | Historical & Research, Intermediate, Advanced

9:00am CDT

Invisible Points of Power: Finding and using Antiscia and Arabic Parts

Sunday September 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

The seven traditional Arabic Parts define alternative placements of the seven traditional planets. Similarly, antiscia are shadow placements of the planets. When either of these form conjunctions and oppositions to physical planets, they illuminate significant hidden connections. We’ll see how to add and interpret these points in natal and predictive charts.

Speakers

Kathy Allan

AFA Board, UAC Planning Committee

Kathy Allan is an accomplished astrologer, writer, and teacher with a scientific background that includes a Ph.D. in Molecular Toxicology and post graduate research in Infectious Disease. She is the author of Working With Midpoints, and When Worlds Collide: Another Look at the Lunar... Read More →

Sunday September 6, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Traditional Astrology, Intermediate | Astrological Specialties, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Lost in the Wilderness and Becoming a Self

Sunday September 6, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

When the Sun or Moon contacts the outer planets—natally or by transit—the individual is thrust into deep engagement with both personal and collective unconscious forces. The Sun’s identity will face upheaval (Uranus), dissolution (Neptune), or rebirth (Pluto), while the Moon’s emotional core is destabilized, awakened, or transformed. These initiatory experiences, often tumultuous, propel profound self-development. Relevant case material presented.

Speakers

Yvonne Smith-Tarnas

Senior Analyst with the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Jungian Marriage & Family Therapy

Yvonne Smith Tarnas, MFT, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of San Francisco and has a private therapy practice. She has practiced astrology since 1973. Yvonne has her doctorate from Pacifica Graduate Institute from her dissertation, “Destined... Read More →

Sunday September 6, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Relationships & Counseling, Beginner, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

The New Economic Era: Structured Transformation for the Late-2020s

Sunday September 6, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Join this lecture to learn about applying key mundane astrological techniques towards financial markets. These tools are critical for investors and trades to have an edge and dramatically increase their chances of outperforming the benchmark in financial markets in the long-run. Various economic archetypes will be examined and applied to financial markets with respect to the past, present, and future.

Speakers

Gianni Di-Poce

NEW Speaker

Gianni Di Poce is the author of Esoteric Economics, a trader, educator, and observer of the cosmos. Gianni has over 14 years of real trading and investment experience, and has worked as an analyst with MMA Cycles since 2018. Gianni was the Director of the Merriman Market Timing Academy from 2021-2024, which is the world's premier... Read More →

Sunday September 6, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Financial Astrology & Economics, Intermediate | Mythological & Archetypal, Intermediate | Political & Mundane, Intermediate

4:30pm CDT

Manipulation and Magnetism: Exploring Cult Leadership with Uranian Astrology

Sunday September 6, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

What makes someone a cult leader? This talk explores the astrological markers of charisma, control, and deception, with a focus on Uranian astrology's unique approach to planetary relationships and TransNeptunian Planets. By analyzing symmetrical connections in the charts of infamous leaders, we’ll uncover how specific alignments shape the power dynamics, illusions, and magnetic influence that define cult leadership.

Speakers

Eboni Bledsoe

NEW Speaker

With a tight Venus-Saturn conjunction in Scorpio, Eboni Bledsoe, founder of Homegirl Astrology, is known for going deep while blending fun and practicality into her work. She integrates expertise in astrology, hypnosis, strategic foresight, and Qabalistic Tarot to provide transformative... Read More →

Sunday September 6, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Uranian/Symmetrical Astrology, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Happy Cycles: Solar Arcs and Transits Linked to Lucky Breaks, Blessings, and Rewards

Monday September 7, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

There are certain planetary combinations in Solar Arcs and Transits that carry the clear potential for lucky breaks, blessings and rewards. Viewing long-term arc development overlapping with transits allows us to see when there may be periods of good fortune. When we find future cycles that suggest positivity, then we need to strategically plan to do the work that will earn the rewards. Practical work must meet the potential and promise of the astrological signatures.

Speakers

Kathy Rose

Rose Astrology

For more than 40 years Kathy Rose has been a full-time consulting astrologer, lecturer and teacher with a thriving international practice. She brings an intuitive, therapeutic approach to consultations. Kathy has a popular YouTube channel plus The Maverick Podcast. She lectures for... Read More →

Monday September 7, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Cycles/Forecasting Techniques, Intermediate

2:30pm CDT

Finding Remedies with Medical Astrology

Monday September 7, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Within Medical Astrology traditions, a variety of approaches have been used to choose remedies in support of clients. We are in a time in which we have the privilege to gather information like never before, giving us access to multiple schools of thought on remediation as well as innovations made in the healing arts that needs to be integrated in the system. This lecture will be an exploration of a holistic template for finding remedies using Medical Astrology.

Speakers

Cameron Allen

Cameron is an Astrologer & Herbalist that synthesizes multiple lineages of Astrology into his practice of various healing arts modalities. With a degree in Health and Sports Science and Psychology, direct experience with nature, Astrology, Herbalism, Yoga, Ayurveda, Embodiment practices... Read More →

Monday September 7, 2026 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Health & Wellness, Intermediate, Advanced | Astrological Magic & Theurgy, Intermediate, Advanced | Astrological Specialties, Intermediate, Advanced

4:30pm CDT

ASTROTROPIA - The Art of Turning With the Stars

Monday September 7, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

Just as sunflowers turn with the sun (Heliotropia "sun-turning"), Astrotropia ("star-turning") is the cultivation of our innate capacity to consciously align and participate in celestial cycles. Blending astral magic, theurgy, and shamanic skywalking, it extends beyond occasional talismanic rites, fostering continuous engagement in the living magical process and harnessing the subtle stellar fire. It offers methods for natal remediation and navigating difficult transits.

Speakers

Michael Ofek

Michael is a professional astrologer, philosopher, and astral magician from Israel. He specializes in ancient traditional astrology and its profound ties to Greco-Egyptian cosmology, theurgy, and magic. Drawing on over two decades of research and practice, he devoted his work to reconstructing... Read More →

Monday September 7, 2026 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Astrological Magic & Theurgy, Intermediate, Advanced

9:00am CDT

Asc, Desc, MC & IC, Are They Angles or Poles?

Tuesday September 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

The angles are vital in the chart. We call them ‘angles’ but in Islamic era astrology, these weren’t angles but rather the tent poles. At that time and area, many people were living in tents. The tent needed to be sturdy. Likewise, those four angles are the poles that carry one’s being in this material realm. All angles need to be used well in this earth to be balanced and strong. In this presentation we’ll talk about how to make them strong.

Speakers

Baris Ilhan

Ilhan Astrology Institute

Bariş Ilhan, C.A., NCGR is a leading astrologer in Turkey since 1993. Owner of "Bariş Ilhan Publishing" and "Ilhan Astrology Institute", Bariş teaches, writes, lectures regularly. She has been a speaker at several regional and international conferences, including UAC, NCGR, SOTA... Read More →

Tuesday September 8, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Venus And the Search for Love

Tuesday September 8, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT

Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor

The planet Venus has been the primary significator for love throughout the astrological tradition since ancient times. But what do we mean by ‘love’? How might we ground our understanding of Venus in perspectives of love that refuse the distortions of patriarchy? Drawing on ancient sources and the work of contemporary feminist thinkers, this presentation explores the breadth and depth of what love can mean in our lives and in our astrology.

Speakers

Michael Morris

NEW Speaker

Michael J. Morris, PhD, is a queer feminist astrologer whose practice is primarily rooted in the Hellenistic tradition. They have previously presented at the Annual Conference of the Astrological Association, the World Astrology Summit, NORWAC, the Astrology and Climate Change Conference... Read More →

Tuesday September 8, 2026 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Lincolnshire Room - 6th floor 6th floor

Essentials of Astrology, Beginner, Intermediate | Relationships & Counseling, Beginner, Intermediate