The Spirit of the Times | Optimize Your Life - free online summit
My friend Tamara Childs recently asked me if I wanted to be part of a free, online Summit she is hosting, called "Optimize Your Life," which begins Tuesday, July 12. We ended up recording a talk called, "The Spirit of the Times." You can catch it for free by signing up for the Summit at the following link here or in by bio: https://rebrand.ly/Shawn-Nygaard
My talk with Tamara is #11 in the series.
MISPA Webinar | 29 May 2022
“I sit and wait… does an Angel contemplate my Fate?” sings Robbie Williams in his song, “Angels.”
In our modern culture of billions and trillions of email messages, text messages, and instant messages transmitting back and forth across the world from smartphones, tablets, and personal computers, it’s easy to forget the original instant messengers: the angels (from the Greek word “angelos,” meaning: “messenger, one that announces”), known in ancient Greece as daimons. In our modern culture saturated with technology, social media, ultra-high definition, and everything we need seemingly within grasp or easily delivered, are angels and daimons even relevant? And what do they have to do with astrology?
Influenced by James Hillman’s “The Soul’s Code,” among other sources, this webinar explores angels, daimons, the Roman genius, and the North African genie – all variations on the same theme of the spirit that is born with us, within us, the spirit that remembers our soul’s reasons for being here on earth. How can we approach the natal chart with the daimon in mind? How might we experience transits if we imagine a daimon behind the scenes? We will look at chart examples for glimpses of the daimon within, and we’ll see how angels and daimons and genius and genies show up archetypally via the imagination of popular culture in movies, literature, and songs, and how they can enhance our astrological imagination, keeping us in close contact with soul.
Saturday 6 November 2021, 12:00pm–2:30pm Eastern Time
"Pluto in Aquarius - Pathways of Power"
Pluto begins its move from Capricorn into Aquarius in March 2023, yet intimations of its ingress currently percolate in our collective and personal lives via Saturn's presence in Aquarius. Considering that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all made their way through Aquarius during the 1990s and early 2000s into 2012, Pluto's entrance into Aquarius is like the long Third Act of a drama that began decades (if not centuries) ago.
In astrology we typically associate Pluto with power. Each planet represents different kinds of power, so what makes Pluto's power unique? This webinar explores Pluto's pathways of power in the sign of Aquarius, at the historical and societal levels, and perhaps most importantly at the soul (psychological) and archetypal levels. We will look at what Pluto has been up to in the sign of Capricorn (activating the Cancer-Capricorn axis), and how Pluto activates the Leo-Aquarius axis. With on-point guidance along the way via the words of Jung, Hillman, a Nobel Laureate or three, and perhaps even a fairy tale, this webinar will start preparing us for the profound shifts ahead.
MISPA (Mercury Internet School of Psychological Astrology)
Sunday 7 November 2021, 15.30-18.00 GMT
“Astrology & Fairy Tales - Spinning Straw into Gold”
Fairy tales have gained a reputation in modern times as being a step removed from so-called “reality,” largely due to the wish for a happy ending that never really seems to arrive in “real” life. As reflections of psychic reality, however, fairy tales suggest that the soul seems far less interested in happy endings than in expressing through these varied tales the wider dynamic range of its inherent, archetypal complexity – the same archetypal complexity reflected in an astrological chart.
This webinar explores the nature of fairy tales, their roots and role in history and culture, and how they can enhance our astrological imagination, turning charts themselves into fairy tales. Whether entering the dark forest or an enchanted wood, or longing to go to the ball, fairy tale imagery aligns with the planets, signs, houses, and aspects familiar to all of us. Specific examples will help start spinning the straw of a chart into golden threads of insight. Along the way we will also look at how fairy tales can be particularly relevant as Jupiter, Saturn, and eventually Pluto all make their way through the sign of Aquarius now and in the coming years.
