Pluto's Riches webinar at MISPA - June 5

I'm pleased to be presenting my newly-revised "Pluto's Riches" webinar for the Mercury Internet School of Psychological Astrology (MISPA) on June 5, 2016.

Pluto's Riches (click title for registration details)

Sunday 5th June 2016

15.30-18.00 BST
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In Greek mythology, Hades is the ruler of the Underworld. When a person died, it was said their soul descended into and would reside in the Underworld. Thus, the Underworld is a realm of soul (psyche) and a realm of depth, well-suited for archetypal exploration. The Romans named the god of the Underworld Pluto, which means “riches.” As ancient coins were minted from precious metals under the ground, Pluto’s riches, gems, and jewels can be mined from the materials found in the depths of the psyche. This webinar is an archetypal and astrological look at the symbolism and imagery of Pluto, with a number of chart examples woven throughout.

Shawn Nygaard is an archetypal astrologer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has worked on an astrology hot-line, hosted the internet radio show “Imagine That!” spoke at the 2015 AA conference, and has been published in The Mountain Astrologer. Shawn is a graduate of the CMED Institute in Chicago, where he studied archetypes with Caroline Myss.

Life to Live and Dreams to Dream - The Saturn-Neptune Cycle in Movies and History

I'm so pleased to announce that my article "Life to Live and Dreams to Dream - The Saturn-Neptune Cycle in Movies and History" is published and available now in The Mountain Astrologer's February/March 2016 issue. Click to view the Table of Contents. You can purchase the magazine in stores, or subscribe digitally to view it online. The digital subscription includes beautiful, downloadable, high resolution PDF files.

I taught on the subject of the Saturn-Neptune cycle in the last months of 2015. An MP3 of one of those talks is available here. Presented for STARS, the local (Minneapolis) chapter of NCGR, the talk complements my article and includes a great deal of additional Saturn-Neptune material not included in the article. A PDF of the slides is included with your purchase.

I've got a few exciting events coming up in 2016, including a presentation of "Neptune's Immensities" for the San Francisco Astrological Society on August 25. Stay tuned for further announcements.

Pluto's Riches, Neptune's Mysteries, and the Saturn-Neptune Cycle

I've got some classes and presentations coming up! 

Pluto’s Riches

August 20, 2015

6:00 PM Central Time

In Greek mythology, Hades was the ruler of the Underworld. The Romans named this god Pluto, which means “riches.” When a person died, it was said their soul descended into the Underworld. Thus, the Underworld of Pluto is a realm of soul (psyche) and a realm of depth, well-suited for archetypal exploration.

As ancient coins were minted from metals under the ground, Pluto’s riches can be mined from the materials found in the depths of the psyche. This class is an archetypal and astrological look at the symbolism and imagery of Pluto, with a number of chart examples woven throughout.

Presented through Nightlight Astrology.

For registration details, please email me.

Neptune & The Mystic Chords of Memory

September 12, 2015   |   3:00 PM

I will be speaking on behalf of The London School of Astrology at "The 47th Annual Conference of the Astrological Association: Appreciating our Past and Creating our Future," near Cambridge, in England. The conference is held September 11 - 14th September 2015. Click here for full conference details.

My talk is called "Neptune & the Mystic Chords of Memory," with the following brief description:

Neptune's oceanic nature resonates with a sense of timelessness and eternity, and water has an intimate symbolic connection with memory - both forgetting and remembering. “That which is imagined need never be lost,” writes Clive Barker. This talk explores these themes and how they relate to Neptune's watery ways.

The Saturn-Neptune Cycle – Life to Live and Dreams to Dream

Wednesday, September 16, 2015   |   7:00 PM - 9.30 PM

Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

While I am in London, I will be teaching at the London School of Astrology. The class is about the Saturn-Neptune cycle, the closing square of which becomes exact beginning in Autumn 2015, when Saturn in Sagittarius will square Neptune in Pisces for the remainder of the year and a majority of 2016. A description of the class:

In 1853, prominent art critic, painter, and prolific writer John Ruskin noted, “The imagination is never governed. It is always the ruling and Divine power.” With Ruskin’s statement in mind, the Saturn-Neptune cycle can be seen as the dynamic relationship between two governing forces: Saturn as the concrete world, and Neptune as the reality of imagination. 

In this class, archetypal astrologer Shawn Nygaard explores the 37-year Saturn-Neptune cycle via a mixture of movies, historical events, and people associated with this specific cycle, all of which help reveal the symbolism of how Saturn and Neptune interact with each other. Once we recognize the symbolism, we can in turn recognize not only how this cycle shows up in our lives and in the world, but also how we might imagine possibilities for working with these archetypal patterns as they become active this year.

Please email me if you have any questions about any of the classes.