Friday August 16th 2002 - edited by Bernard Fitzwalter This week in Astro News: ~ Jupiter ~ ~ AstroDiary ~ ~ Astrology & Fertility - Can you help with some research? ~ A reader wrote to Jonathan a few days ago to say that she had been looking forward to feeling the good effects of Jupiter in Leo, but that she had read elsewhere that since her birthday was late in the sign – today, August 16 – she wouldn't feel the benefit until the middle of next year, and was now disappointed. Well, I'm not sure we should reward such obvious disloyalty to the world's finest team of astrologers – this one – but Happy Birthday anyway, Zella, and here's your answer. It's true that Jupiter won't reach that exact degree of Leo until next summer, but that's only part of the story. As long as a planet is in the sign, then any part of your own chart which is in that sign will start to resonate with it, and the effect will become more intense as the planet gets closer to the exact degree. It's like getting 'warmer' or 'cooler' when looking for a hidden object – and Jupiter will be 'very warm' in November and December this year, as well as during next summer. There's more. Mercury and Venus are never far from the sun, so as well as having the sun in Leo, there's a good chance that you have Mercury or Venus there as well, and of course Jupiter in Leo will affect them too. And no matter what sign you are, if you're 23, 35, 47 or 59 years old (go up in twelves) then you were probably born with Jupiter in Leo too. Or Saturn, if you are in your mid-20s or mid-50s. Or Uranus, if you're in your early 40s. Or Pluto, if you're between 45 and 62. The point being that because of where the outer planets were in the second half of the twentieth century, almost all of us were born with something in Leo, spread over every part of the sign – and Jupiter is going to bring us all something good, somehow, as he passes through the sign. We are all 'tuned in' to him now that he has entered Leo, and we won't have to wait until next summer before we feel the benefit. You'll have noticed that there are some gaps in the age ranges I've just mentioned. People older than 40 have almost all got at least one planet in Leo, but people in their early or late 30s, unless born in July or August, probably haven't. This is what the generation gap is all about. What counts is not age or ability, but the view the outer planets give us. AstroDiary Advance booking now: September 6 – 8: Astrological Association of GB, Annual Conference. Swansea University. Call: 0208 880 4848 or email: astrological.association@zetnet.co.uk; web: www.astrologicalassociation.com Aug 16 – 23: Faculty of Astrological Studies, Annual Residential Summerschool. Brasenose College, Oxford. Email: summerschool@astrology.org.uk or visit www.astrology.org.uk. August 18: Healing Your Birth Story. One-day interactive workshop, £70 in advance. Grove Neighbourhood Centre, 7 Bradmore Park Rd, London W6 0DT. Book: 020 8741 4770. Info at: www.healingstars.co.uk. Tuesday (August 20): Suffolk Astrological Society. Sally Sharman on Moon Phases. 7.45pm, The Black Boy, Guildhall Street, Bury St.Edmunds. 01284 768756 or email: glenda@silvermead.net September 1 – 8: Company of Astrologers - Greek Island Summer School, contact COA at: PO Box 792, Canterbury, Kent CT2 8WR, UK; admin@coa.org.uk; https://coa.hubcom.net September 6: Woking Astrology Group. Toni Allen on the basics of midpoint trees, Maybury Centre, Board School Road, Woking. 8pm. £4 (£6 non-members). 01252 653086; email: b.mcauliffe@ntlworld.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. For an instant in-depth telephone consultation about your full horoscope call 0845 120 1416 or +44 207 436 9101 (a confidential 30-minute reading costs £29.50, payable by credit card. Or cheque/postal order from UK.) Lines are open 9am-9pm GMT, Monday to Friday. A few weeks ago, the Astrological Association of Great Britain launched this new, live fixed-fee, telephone chart reading service. It has since proved big hit with callers from all over the world. AA President Roy Gillett told Astro News: "I am delighted with the warm response that we have had. Once, if you wanted a reading of your full birth chart, you would have to struggle to find a genuine, reputable astrologer. Then, you would have had to make an appointment and travel miles. Now, at last, there's a quick and easy way to get your questions answered by a real expert - from the comfort of your own home." Mirror reader Julie Roberts from Rochester was equally enthusiastic. "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.