UAC 2026: Full Schedule

1:00pm CDT

Astrology: The Premier Key to Market Timing

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

What is Financial Astrology? How can it be used to time important turning points in financial markets for investors and traders? Using actual research studies, this workshop will demonstrate how certain astrological factors have correlated with important trend reversals in any financial market and thus offering traders and investors a guideline for high probability trading and investment opportunities. Projections will be applied to the Stock Market, Gold, and Bitcoin.

Speakers

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 →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Pre-Conference Workshop

1:00pm CDT

Birth Chart Analysis: Synthesis, Signatures and Strategies

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

Once you’re familiar with the essential components of a horoscope, the next step is to develop confidence in preparing and sharing your analysis. In this new workshop, Frank will help you identify the most significant themes of a horoscope as well as articulate its overall essence. He’ll then work with you to go deeper with interpretation and offer strategies to make the very most of a planet’s potential. Bring your charts – some will be used in this interactive day.

Speakers

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 →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Pre-Conference Workshop

1:00pm CDT

Hellenistic Aspects and Rays of Light

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

The rays of light that planets emanate play a much larger role than simply modifying the expression of planets in aspect. These rays are also critical components of understanding planetary and house condition, empty houses, all kinds of rulership relations, the master of the nativity and length of life, and various time lord procedures. This presentation will be set in the context of Empedocles’ optical theory, Aristotle’s form and matter, and Al Kindi’s stellar rays.

Speakers

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 →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Pre-Conference Workshop

1:00pm CDT

How to be an Effective Astrologer

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

The meaning of the birth chart must be translated into the life experience of the client; understanding the nature of projection and the important insight that astrology is not real, but you are! Mark provides a clear technical strategy for understanding the natal chart including: A model for understanding the nature of aspects, hemisphere emphasis and chart shapes, understanding the personal, social and transpersonal planets and the nature and power of the moon’s nodes.

Speakers

Mark Jones

Mark Jones Astrology

Mark Jones is an Astrologer, Psychosynthesis Therapist and Hypnotherapist working with clients and students all over the world. Mark’s books: Healing the Soul: Pluto, Uranus and the Lunar Nodes; The Soul Speaks: the Therapeutic Power of Astrology; The Planetary Nodes and Collective... Read More →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Pre-Conference Workshop

1:00pm CDT

Prioritizing the Principles of Electional Astrology

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

Electional astrology allows us to look ahead to select the best moment to begin something important (while also having a fascinating ability to expose strengths & weaknesses in our plans). Electional techniques can seem complex, but practice is greatly eased by prioritizing core principles around the concept of radicality. This workshop explores the history & philosophical basis of this ancient branch of astrology and demonstrates its value through various case histories

Speakers

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 →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Pre-Conference Workshop

1:00pm CDT

The Lunar Nodes, Health and Medical Astrology

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

Discover the hidden key to whole body wellness through the wisdom of the Lunar Nodes. Explore their profound connection to your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual lessons, and discover how to support your healing journey. With practical insights, chart examples, and astrological tools, you'll learn to work with both natal and transiting nodes to align yourself with your nodal energetics and natal blueprint.

Speakers

Kira Sutherland

Astrology of Health

Kira is an award-winning naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, and medical astrologer. She divides her time between clinical practice and writing/lecturing on these subjects and is known for her vibrant, straightforward teaching style. She has lectured worldwide and combines her 30... Read More →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

Pre-Conference Workshop

10:00am CDT

Building and Integrating a Successful Life Using Astrology

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

For 32 years, Anne has helped students integrate astrology into their lives. In an integrative hands-on approach, we will explore each person’s chart for the various ways their chart is drawn to work with astrology. Using prompts, dyads, small groups, meditations, as well as basic business, marketing tools and analysis, each participant will leave with a clear focus, detailed approach as well as a to-do list to become the queen or king of astrology in their life. *If you have registered, please email Anne with your birth data - [email protected].

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT
TBA

Post-Conference Workshop

10:00am CDT

Dorothean Elections

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT

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Dorotheus’ Carmen Astrologicum is the oldest comprehensive text on electional astrology. It contains not only general principles, but also specific criteria for different endeavors. In this workshop, we will go through the criteria for activities such as buying and selling, accepting and leaving a job, hiring and firing employees, asking for favors, scheduling surgeries, getting married, as well as some less common tasks, like scheduling an exorcism or getting arrested.

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT
TBA

Post-Conference Workshop

10:00am CDT

Revisioning Transits: Understanding Moments in Time as Aspects of Repeating Cycles

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote, “It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over.” Unfortunately, we tend to interpret transits as singular events, but they do not occur in a vacuum. For example, Saturn’s opening square to one’s Sun is related to the previous conjunction, closing square, opposition, etc. Transits always have historical precedence and these cycles tell powerful stories that enable us to navigate change.

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT
TBA

Post-Conference Workshop

10:00am CDT

The Moment of Eros: The Soul Takes Wing.

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

Certain encounters have a quality of soul quickening, which the Greeks called eros. We most commonly associate this with romantic love, but eros is about a movement of the soul, an awakening of a quality of being, and at times, an activation of destiny. It can enter one’s life through a blind push, an obsession, a call to action. We will look at different timing techniques: Transits. progressions, Solar Arcs,to see when these powerful awakenings happen.

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT
TBA

Post-Conference Workshop

10:00am CDT

The Skillful Synthesis of Planets, Signs, and Houses

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

We can talk theoretically all day long about Mercury or Venus, but they only take on living human meaning in the context of their signs and houses. The heart of the craft of astrology lies in blending these three levels of astrological symbolism. A 3rd house Venus in Libra is a different beast entirely than a 12th house Venus in Aries. Join Steven Forrest for a step-by-step analysis of this critical integrative process.

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT
TBA

Post-Conference Workshop

10:00am CDT

Your Life in Chapters: Timing Highs, Lows and Everything in Between with Zodiacal Releasing

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT

TBA

Timing from the Lot of Fortune can show when you will bump into luck or fate, and whether or not this will be fortunate and welcome or challenging and frustrating. This workshop will take you on a deep dive into the Lot of Fortune, both in the natal chart and via timing, using Zodiacal Releasing. Through the lens of Fortune, learn to decipher your most auspicious and problematic signs/houses and time periods for health, pleasure, prosperity, chance and more.

Speakers

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 →

Wednesday September 9, 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm CDT
TBA

Post-Conference Workshop