Monthly Meeting—Friday, February 17, 2012
From 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. at in the Lunds Community Room
at 1450 W Lake Street—Minneapolis, MN 55408
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Chris Brennan talks about:
Hellenistic Astrology: Rediscovering the Origins of Western Astrology
The system of astrology that the majority of western astrologers use today originated in the Mediterranean in the first century BC.
This system represents a synthesis of the earlier Babylonian and Egyptian astrological traditions.
It includes many of the techniques and concepts that modern astrologers still employ today, including the signs of the zodiac,
the houses, aspects, planetary significations, transits, synastry, and electional astrology.
However, the system was not originally used solely in order to study the character or the psyche of the native,
but rather it was designed and used in order to study the totality of an individual's life, which included both internal dispositions and concrete external events.
This system has only recently been rediscovered and revived through the translation of ancient astrological texts in Greek and Latin.
This lecture will provide an overview of what has been reconstructed of this ancient system so far, and how it can improve the accuracy of astrology in the modern world.
Chris Brennan is a practicing astrologer and researcher from Denver.
He holds a degree from Kepler College, where he focused on cross-cultural comparisons between the astrological traditions, and he also spent two years studying at Project Hindsight.
He is the former President of the Association for Young Astrologers, as well as the former Research Director of the National Council for Geocosmic Research.
His forthcoming book is entitled Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate.
Find out more about Chris Brennan on his website: www.ChrisBrennanAstrologer.com.
Suggested Donation: $7 for NCGR Members—$10 for Non-Members
Directions: This is the Uptown Lunds, conveniently located between Lake and Lagoon, just 2 blocks west of Hennepin Avenue,
within walking distance of the uptown bus depot and the Calhoun Square shopping center.
The Community Room is upstairs:
Take the steps by the flower shop and then proceed all the way to the back of the hallway.
