The Uranus keynote is, "Behold; I maketh all things new." Uranus is the wild card in the chart, the genius and guidance coming from the heavens. No one knows what or how Uranus will respond in an astrology chart. But what we do know is it represents the power of change and the gift of insight. Change without pain forces a break from the status quo. Our quest is our incredible Chironic journey back to our spiritual roots.  It is…

Get ready to stretch your Astrological muscles for another round of Fun + Games at MAAS. This 90-minute event will be highly interactive, so come ready to "unmute" + play! We'll play games like Mystery Charts, Trivia, and Pictionary where your collaborative knowledge and application of astrology will be the key to solving each challenging puzzle. Save the date and see you there!

During his lifetime, Marc Edmund Jones was one of the most influential astrologers of the 20th century. Today, he is perhaps best known for the Sabian Symbols. One of the often-overlooked techniques Dr. Jones developed is Planetary Patterns (aka ‘The Temperament Type’) – determined by how the planets are arranged around the wheel. We will look at the seven planetary patterns – Bundle, Bowl, Bucket, Locomotive, Splash, See-Saw and Splay – and see how they can be a powerful tool in…

This is an excellent primer class for capable astrologers who are interested in integrating fixed stars into their practice and are ready to learn basic methods for delineating planet-star combinations. Sample charts are used to demonstrate how to interpret the over-arching life themes that fixed stars give to natal planets, and how different planets channel star energies   Bio: Elizabeth Hazel is an astrologer, tarotist, speaker and author. She is a long-time president of SMARRT/Ann Arbor chapter of NCGR. Her published…

Sometimes planets form a triangle pattern called the Finger of God (also known as a Yod), showing areas in our life where we detour off the path we think we’re consciously choosing. We’re not sure if God is pointing the way or showing us a different finger! Janet explains the main component of such triangles, an aspect of mismatched energies called the quincunx or inconjunct. Using famous examples as well as charts submitted by participants, we’ll explore ways to get…

Keys to a kingdom: dispositorship demystified.’ Despite its ubiquitous nature, leveraging dispositorship (ruling the degree occupied by a planet or point) as a technique has a steep adoption curve, perhaps because so little has been dedicated to its study in the West. Contained within the idea of dispositorship we find acknowledgement of humanity's wrestling with profound spiritual principles: the contrast between restoration and deprivation, theories on the soul's interaction with the material, how energy and ideas are transferred from one…