Friday June 28th 2002 - edited by Bernard Fitzwalter This week in Astro News: ~ Summer ~ ~ AstroDiary ~ ~ Astrology & Fertility - Can you help with some research? ~ Are you enjoying the summer? Are you enjoying the summer? I am. I'm enjoying the long evenings with plenty of light, which seem somehow to let me put more into each day; even though I know I could work by electric light, somehow it's not the same. Or are you one of those people for whom all days are the same, and the seasons don't really matter? Even if you say yes, I'm not sure I believe you - because there is a personal annual cycle built into each one of us, and we live it whether we recognise it or not. It works like this. Just as the seasons in Nature promote growth in spring and summer, followed by rest and recuperation in autumn and winter, so the path of the sun round your chart creates a similar cycle as it goes through the signs. Start it at your birthday. In the first three months after your birthday you should be starting new things and working hard. You will be busy, but you won't have much to show for it. In the next three months you're more familiar with what you're doing, and you start to enjoy yourself. The third three months are also busy, but profitable; this is the peak of the cycle. The final three months are also profitable, but there's no more work to be done - the harvest is over, and you're selling the crop, as it were. This is also the time to be thinking about what you want to do in the following year. People born at the start of the year find that their personal year coincides with the actual seasons; others, of course, don't. You'll probably find that your own favourite time of the year is either the third or fourth quarter of your personal year. Whichever way your personal year falls, make sure you're doing the right thing at the right time, bringing yourself into line with the celestial rhythm. Not only does it make you feel better, but it will make you more successful, too. That eclipse on America's Mars just keeps on going, doesn't it? Mars is not only the astrological symbol of war but also of fire, and in the U.S. chart it represents not just the actions of the government but also the land itself: mountains, forests, the lot. Right now there are some massive forest fires raging in Arizona. It all fits. AstroDiary Saturday 29th: Oasthouse Astrology: Eclipses Unveiled, 10am-4pm. Intermediate level. £75 (includes gourmet lunch). Discounts available. Paul Wade: 01435 813479. www.astrologywizard.com Sunday 30th: Healing Your Birth Story, Pam Carruthers. One-day workshop, Hammersmith, West London. Book: 020 8741 4770; PamHealingStars@aol.com. www.healingstars.co.uk Monday 1st July: 7.00: Astrological Lodge of London. 7pm, Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1. Fertility, Astrology & Counselling (members), Mavis Klein. £5 (£3 members/conc.) Tuesday 2nd July: South Trafford College, Altrincham, 10am. Day course on astrological psychology. Book: 0161 952 4686/4653. Tuesday 2nd July: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Astrological Society. Experiential Astrology, Bob Milne. 7.45pm, The Black Boy, Guildhall St., Info: 01284 768756. Advance booking: July 18-24. Mystery of Space & Time. United Astrology Conference, Wyndam Palace Resort and Spa, Orlando, Florida, USA. Register via www.uacastrology.com Please double-check with the organisation before attending any events listed here - we cannot accept any responsibility for events changed/cancelled. Are you holding an astrological event - especially one outside London!! - that you would like others to know about? Write to jon@cainer.com with subject heading: Astro Events with website links. Please note - we cannot promise to include ALL submissions but will do our best. Research into Astrology and Infertility by Pat Harris, MSc., D.F.Astrol.S. I would like to thank everyone who has responded to my earlier notices on Jonathan's website and who volunteered to take part in the research that I am conducting as part of my PhD in astrology and health psychology at Southampton University, UK. I now have quite a number of people taking part which will help me in conducting my study into factors that may or may not correlate with fertility treatment outcome. I should have a progress report out soon. However, I am still looking for women who are currently pregnant - not necessarily as a result of fertility treatment - and who would like to contact me about details of my research to see if they would like to take part. My email address is: pharris@interalpha.co.uk New Service is Top for the Charts The Astrological Association of Great Britain is proud to announce that you can now speak LIVE to an expert astrologer. 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"I rang last Tuesday and spoke to an astrologer called Maria. Within moments, she was telling me details about my childhood that she could not possibly have known... then she said some fascinating things about my future. If you missed any of Friday's Astronews articles, click on the Archive Thought for the Day link in the left hand frame.