ISBA Newsletter September
2004
1) Members Corner
2) Workshop – Vladimir Gorbatceivich
3) ISBA - Lilly
4) New Business Astrology Book from Maarit Laurento
5) Members Area Articles
6) Congress
1) Members Corner
In September, we have welcomed two new members to our society – and we are approaching 200
members worldwide in our quite select company!New to ISBA are:
Loveen Israni - USA. Associated member
Larry Velman - USA. Supporting memberWe hope that you both will feel comfortable in our astrological
family. If you have questions regarding the organization, astrology or the social aspects of ISBA,
please do not hesitate to contact us, using this address: info@businessastrologers.com
2) Workshop – Vladimir Gorbatceivich
We have received step 3 of the work shop from Vladimir (please find it at the end of this newsletter).
The workshop starts this Winter, and all who wish to participate should please mail: info@businessastrologers.com
putting ISBA Workshop in the subject line. We look forward to hear from you!3) ISBA Lilly
Following our established tradition, we will also this year bestow the honorary award –
the ISBA Lilly. This award is given to a person, whom our members feel have done something special
for ISBA and/or business astrology or financial astrology I the past year.
The recipient is announced in our Christmas letter and we look forward to hearing you nominations
for this 2004 honorary title.
Please mail your nominations to: info@businessastrologers.com – Subject: ISBA Lilly4) New
Business Astrology Book from Maarit LaurentoOur Finnish Board Member Maarit Laurento has written
a book about business astrology. Congratulations Maarit, the world still lacks this type of information.
The book is in Finnish and we look very much forward to it being translated to English. Hereinformation
from Maarit on the book:
My new book has been published and been on the market from 3rd of September. It is in Finnish
and about team building and personal timings. Here you'll find some information about it, and
see the cover.
WSOY is the biggest publisher in Finland.
See http://www.wsoy.fi/index.jsp?c=product&isbn=951-0-29467-5
With regards, Maarit5) Members Area Articles
We have placed 2 new articles in the Members area this month, and we think they will interest
you very much. The contributors are Maarit Laurento, Finland: ”Some ideas of business astrology
“ and Robert Gover, We thank both authors warmly!6) Congress
A small reminder: If you are planning on participating in the 2005 astrological event of the year,
the ISBA Congress in Amsterdam, May 2005, you can participate at the discount rate if you register
and pay before the end of 2004.
We have sent the congress agenda earlier this year, and to our mind it is enchantingly interesting
– no matter if your main interest is business astrology or financial astrology. The subject
of mundane astrology is, of course, also included, as we all know that global finances influence
the individual company.
If the agenda is no longer in your mailbox, you can always read it on the ISBA web:
www.businessastrologers.com – What is New?And we will mail it once again in the beginning
of December.
Best wishes,Karen & Hannah
Workshop STEP 3
Vladimir Gorbatceivich
An interpretation of an AC as a whole.Here is the MAIN IDEA of an interpretation of any AC:ALL ASTROLOGICAL RULES FOR NATAL CHARTS ARE VALID FOR AC TOO !
First of all, a general view of a chart is very important. Take a look at the AC
for any of your examples and try to establish some symbolic correspondences between this chart
and your image of the group in question.For example, all points of concentration of planetary
energies (planetary stelliums and so on) in AS are very important.
Interpretations of planetsPlanets and some their meanings in ACWe are now at the point of te workwhop,
where I expect you to have selected some sample groups and have done some calculations to find
a date and time for AC. So now, you can find the positions of all planets and angular points (ASC,
DSC, MC, IC). It makes no difference what house system you use (Placidus, Koch, Topocentric and
so on) – the angular points are the same.Now we begin to analyze our AC in detail. First
of all, we consider planets, their positions and, later on (see STEP 4) their aspects.Two main
“planets” are the Sun and the Moon. By the way, we can check our calculations of AC
by means of comparing positions of the Sun and the Moon in AC with some midpoints.A position of
the Sun in AC for two people is almost the same Zodiacal point as one of two midpoints between
the Suns in the charts of these two people. This is so because the speed of the Sun is almost
constant in any moment of time.
It is very interesting that in the AC we get only ONE of two possible midpoints. This midpoint
may be considered the most important for these two people.EXAMPLE. I take two formal dates D1
and D2 (a hypothetical group):D1 12.08.1999 GMT = 15h00m
DI tare two datesntsstem do you use (Placidus, Koch, Topocentric - cardinal all these may be used
(after some reformulation, of2 25.09.2004 GMT = 12h00mYou will get this result:AC 05.03.2002 GMT
= 1h30mPlease, check this AC date by direct calculations (it is a control task for the STEP 2).
So we get:SUN2: 02/45 Libra
Midpoints between these Suns: 11/06 Virgo and Pisces.SUN in AC: 14/18 Pisces.You see that the
Sun in AC is near the midpoint 11/06 Libra.
Just the same is true for the position of the Moon in AC and midpoints between the Moons.Example
(for D1, D2 – see above).MOON1: 04/21 Virgo
MOON2: 23/35 Aquarius
Midpoints: 28/58 Scorpio and Taurus.MOON in AC: 02/02 Sagittarius.Also we can calculate positions
in the AC of all other planets for our “artificial” group:MERCURY 20/00 Aquarius
VENUS 26/15 Pisces
MARS 2/26 Taurus
JUPITER 5/39 Cancer
SATURN 8/37 Gemini
Now some words about of interpretation of the planets. Below you’ll find onlysome functions and meanings of planets in AC, they give you some general approaches to AC for a group.SUN a general goal for this group, an essence of group interests. A person which is a center of this group.MOON the group’s general reactions, emotional atmosphere in this group, all group members as a whole in an everyday life.MERCURY specific ways of working with information in this group. Education, documents, letters (private and business one’s), phone calls and SMS and so on.VENUS forms of choice, general values for this group, a type of interrelations between this group as a whole and other groups.MARS some forms of actions for this group. An effort, a group’s will.
SATURN a structure, an organization of this group.
The planets Uranus, Neptune, Pluto for AC have no individual meanings - but we can use their aspects to the seven planets).
Some words about planets in the Houses – here I give now only some trivial hints (using the MAIN IDEA above):Planets in angular houses: their manifestations are very “visible”.Planets in conjunctions with Angles: they are very important for AC.For any group it is necessary to choose some SPECIAL meanings for planets (especially for Mercury and Mars) and only then it is possible to give a detailed interpretation of AC, using these special meanings.Some special remarks:For creative groups it is very good to have the Sun in an angular House.For administrative groups – consider Saturn and its position in AC. A little later we’ll investigate aspects to Saturn – it is very important for business groups.
Homework for STEP 3.1. Give an interpretation of the positions of the Sun and the Moon (in the Signs and Houses) for your group of two partners. Please do not use general terms but use those terms which are more appropriate for your special kind of group (business, sport, family etc.)
3. What do you think about the role of Mercury in AC for your groups? Can you express
this role in nonastrological terms?Please, compare these expressions with real role of Mercurian
functions (information, communication and so on) for your real group.You may use descriptions
of Mercury in Zodiacal signs (as in classical astrology) and, if you want, some information about
aspect.4. How can you describe Martian functions for AC of your group?
What do you know about special forms of activity for these groups?It is necessary to use not only
the Zodiacal placement of Mars, but also aspects to Mars.In our “artificial” group,
Mars is in Taurus, so any activity of this group is very practical, it is very close to Nature
(in some sense). But we have a very exact aspect (150 deg.) from the Moon to Mars. So all Martian
functions (efforts etc.) have a =trong emotional component.Some details of aspects in AC will
be discussed later, in the STEP 4.
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