Tonight’s lecture  based on the tradition of Morin de Villefrance teaches how to delineate a horoscope starting with a solid understanding of the Ascendant, the horoscope’s pivotal component. By using a structured systematic approach, Morin’s techniques allow us to detect a person’s motivations and drives: those persons and things that strongly attract and push us in life. These skills  give the astrologer the tools needed to answer two questions asked by every client: What may I expect during this lifetime and when may I expect it?

It is strongly recommended that you attend this session, as tomorrow’s workshop on Transits depends on a basic understanding of the above techniques. Please join us for what promises to be a novel and practical application that I am sure will complement your own studies and practice.

SATURDAY Workshop - "On Transits – A Traditional Approach to Forecasting the Events of Life"

This age-old, yet ever popular and reliable timing method is based on  the  relationship of the planets in the current sky to the natal chart. Drawing on  the  tradition of Morin de Villefranche, Robert's talk illustrates how interpretation of a planet’s passage depends on the ability to understand its meaning within the context of the natal chart.

Our workshop, based on Morin’s Book 24, “On Transits and Progressions”  (which will be available at the Book Table) begins with an understanding of  two basic ideas: First,  the need to be thoroughly acquainted with the natal chart, and second, that nothing can happen to a person that is not already foreseen in the natal. Transits, like all timing methods, only reveal when something existing already in potential may become a reality. This leads to a clarification of a   very common misunderstanding many people have about prediction versus forecasting.

We will make use of horoscopes discussed during the previous evening’s lecture to illustrate the impact of transits on the lives of those individuals during critical times in their life. Perhaps more than any other forecasting technique, transits dramatically illustrate  to the astrologer how planets operate in a particular chart.