Winter-Spring 2008 Newsletter

NCGR Northern NJ Chapter

National Council for Geocosmic Research Winter/Spring 2008
An International Astrology Organization




Its time for elections again. Our bylaws demand that we do this every two years. Usually, its more a matter of who is willing to do the job. I can’t recall anyone ever fighting for a post. Oh, but a girl can dream…..

I, Joanne Castro, am willing to remain as President and Jackie Slevin as VP.
Eileen King has agreed to stay on as Secretary and Adele Puleo will step in as Treasurer. If anyone that is a member of this chapter actually wants to serve or run for a post I need to know by January 15.

Ballots will be sent out and will be counted by the Ballot Committee chair Joy Taylor. She will have help to witness the count. At this point, it is merely a formality unless indeed someone wants to be included on the ballot.

This Mars Rx has really been jamming up the cardinal signs. I see the Libras overworked and struggling to keep pace. Capricorns have full plates and struggle to keep everything going. One Cancer I know is having her kitchen redone during this period and can’t cook! It certainly brings frustrations in different forms. I feel as if “my car” is stuck in neutral and I’m trying to gun it with the wheels whirring and spinning. Unfortunately, we have to suffer another month with it, but by them it’ll be driving those with late degrees in the mutables batty.

The New Year is sure to come in with a bang or a boom or some serious event with the Jupiter/Pluto conjunction triggering the Aries Point. We’ll see what Pluto does to or for the Capricorns. One Capricorn I know just told me death has been good for him lately. One unfriendly apartment neighboor passed away across the hall. He had been trying to move and the apartment he desired was given to someone else. Low and behold, the person died and the apartment is now being offered to him. He just has to wait until the family removes the belongings. I had told him I saw him getting the apartment. I even mentioned that he should expect a phone call changing things. I was trully puzzled at first when he told me he didn’t get it. I love it when I’m right.

I’ve started a blog, http://astrojo.blogspot.com, it will list meeting dates and a copy of the newsletter as well as other information and writing.




NCGR Northern NJ Chapter
Executive Council




CERTIFICATION TESTING

Please contact me if you are interested in testing.
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 11:00 AM

You must pre-register in advance.
Contact: Joanne Castro
908-418-0365
Location: 85-½ Main Street, Lebanon, NJ 08833








Officers
President:Joanne Castro
Cell: 908/418-0365
Jocat0413@aol.com
Vice President:
Jackie Slevin 973/744-5347
jcslevin@earthlink.net
Secretary:
Eileen King 845/359-3383
Eking6666@aol.com
Treasurer:
Adele Puleo 201/257-8128

Board of Directors
Publicity & Advertising:
Jackie Slevin
PLEASE NOTE:

We have gone Email on the Chapter newsletter! Please forward your email address to Joanne Castro at Jocat0413@aol.com. All members who do not have email will still receive a mailed copy. If you are NOT a member you must provide us with an email address to still receive a copy or you will need to send $3.00 payable to NCGR to Joanne Castro, PO Box 244, Lebanon, NJ 08833 in order to receive two issues of upcoming newsletters.

Education Director:
Joanne Castro



Advisory Board
Paul Bottigliero

Nancy Basenese
Ariesx2cap@aol.com

Chapter Staff
Newsletter:Joanne Castro

Advertising Information

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Tape Sales:
Eileen King 845/624-8563
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Open Positions:
Speaker Transportation
Audio-Visual
Newsletter Ad Coordinator
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for consideration





Friday, January 18, 2008
Janet StraightArrow – Shamanic Astrology: Preparing for 2012: Alchemy of Nine Dimensions and the Mayan Code
7:30 PM Members $15, Senior Members $10, Non-Members $20

To be held at the home of Nancy Basenese. 53 Rock Road, Wayne, N.J.

Enjoy an evening of Shamanic experiences and learning. Janet will share teachings from renowned astrologer and Mayan and Cherokee Shaman Barbara Clow Hand’s transformative work and books. Tonight’s presentation will offer understandings on what it means to us as we near 2012, bridging astrology with the cycles of the Mayan Calendar and our lives today.

Janet StraightArrow is a Shaman, Medical Intuitive, Energy Healer and Astrology Practitioner dedicated to assisting people in manifesting their best health, happiness, relationships, work and purpose. Janet is completing her first book – Be Your Own Medicine. Janet trained with Barbara and her husband Gerry Clow in 2006 in order to teach this work and offer ceremony and initiations.

Janet will offer the complete class, ceremony and initiations on a separate day if enough people are interested. See www.handclow2012.com and www.oasisforthesoul.com for more information.






Friday, February 15, 2008
Jackie Slevin – Unaspected Planets: Where the Wild Things Are
7:30 PM Members $15, Senior Members $10, Non-Members $20

To be held at the home of Jackie Smith, 268 Ivy Place, Ridgewood, NJ

The Unaspected Planet is a planet that has no Ptolemaic aspects. Noel Tyl calls this peregrine, but tonight Jackie will tell us why she prefers the term Feral. The ancients called these planets feral or wild. Discover how these “stray cats” can be domesticated and integrated into the chart.

Jackie Slevin, CA. NCGR is the NNJ Chapter’s Vice President. She has served as Education Director and Conference Coordinator for NGCR National. A former President of the chapter, her service extends decades. She is the Dean of UGS, The University of Geocosmic Studies, a school dedicated to preparation for NCGR’s highly esteemed certification program.








Friday, March 14, 2008
Arlene Nimark – New York, New York – That Toddling Town
7:30 PM $15 Members, $10 Senior Members, $20 Non-Members

To be held at the home of Joy Taylor, 709 Washington Drive, Ramsey, NJ

George Washington, our first President, was inaugurated in downtown Manhattan. The first US World Fair was also in Manhattan. We will explore the charts of both the incorporation of Manhattan Island and the consolidation of the five boroughs to explore its colorful past, its present and its possible future.
These charts will be examined using the Uranian system, which includes the 90-degree dial and the transneptunian planets. If you are unfamiliar with the system don’t worry as it Arlene plans to explain it so that everyone can follow her. I

Arlene Nimark, NCGR CA. has been a full time astrologer since 1980. She is on the faculty of the New York City Chapter of NCGR and her specialty is the full system of Uranian Astrology.

She has lectured at four UAC’s, many NCGR conferences, SOTA, and some AFA conferences. Arlene has held many workshops throughout the US and Mexico. Her articles have been published in the Memberletter and NCGR Journals.
Her article, “Bill Clinton through the Chart of Chelsea Clinton” was published in the April 1999 issue of the Journal of the British Astrological Association. In Oct. 2005 The Mountain Astrologer published her article, “A New Look at the Royal Triangle.”

Her service to NCGR includes conference coordinator, trade show coordinator, program guide advertising manager and currently still going on twenty years, NCGR’s Advertising Manager. Arlene can be reached at Arlenima@aol.com



Friday April 18, 2008
Daisy Orr – The Astrology of Multiple Intelligences
7:30 PM

Members $15, Senior Members $10, Non-members $20
To be held at the home of Iris Kippycash, 22 Jade Lane, Denville, NJ

In this lecture, the work of Howard Gardner (professor of cognition at the Harvard Graduate School of Education) will be discussed. Gardner formulated a list of seven “intelligences” which closely match the symbolic nature of the seven visible planets. This lecture will show how to combine these ideas with astrological principles in order to gain unique insights into the nature of personality.

Daisy Orr became interested in astrology at the age of eight. When she entered Rutgers University she studied with Ken Negus. She has been a member of the Astrological Society of Princeton, NJ since 1975. She has served on the board of ASP in various capacities. Daisy holds a BA in Art and a Masters in Teaching.