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The four major asteroids, Ceres, Juno, Vesta, Pall–and the point, the Black Moon Lilith–are the focus of the upcoming course, The Dark Goddess.\u00a0 Classes begin the week of May 15th.<\/p>\n
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Part One, \u201cThe Dark Goddess: Life, Death and the Embodiment of Spirit\u201d\u00a0 (or \u201cSex, Death and the Whole Damn Thing\u201d) is scheduling now.\u00a0 There are limited spaces available, so if you are interested please get in touch with me (alcuin9@gmail.com) asap.\u00a0 IF you have already inquired, please reconfirm your interest.<\/p>\n
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It has become clear over the course of the past couple of decades that the four major asteroids, plus BML (Black Moon Lilith) are providing critically important information in the natal chart, particularly in the way that we relate\u00a0 to the so-called material world.\u00a0 Whether we are male or female, the asteroids provide us with an overview of the journey to maturity, and the difficulties we may encounter along the road to wisdom.\u00a0 They inform us about the use of power and describe the abuses we may suffer regarding our sense of power in the world.\u00a0 Through them, we learn to embrace feminine wisdom\u2013 the wisdom and power which comes from accepting and embracing life.\u00a0 These goddesses reign over life and death, sex and creativity, joy and rage;\u00a0 if we respect them and focus on what they are trying to teach us, they show us how to remake the world according to our own vision.\u00a0\u00a0 Whether we feel creatively empowered or abandoned in maturity depends on our understanding of these asteroids and their role in the chart.\u00a0 Through them, we discover our own magic, and the magic inherent in the world.<\/p>\n
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This course consists of five lessons.\u00a0 In each one we will discuss an aspect of the Dark Goddess and relate it to the study of the relevant asteroid. In addition to exploring the meaning of the asteroids in the chart, we will touch on the topics of the Matriarchy and the Patriarchy (and what may follow), the fear and repression of the feminine and the integration of the masculine and feminine halves of the psyche.\u00a0 We will see through chart illustrations how the asteroids play a crucial part in this integration. While the asteroids are central to psychological wholeness, by transit and progression they also reveal a ruthlessness in getting their agenda across which can leave us breathless.\u00a0 Far from always being the benign and wise goddesses, the asteroids can cause us to face both the glory and the wretchedness of life.\u00a0 Each one relates to one of the elements and behaves as an elemental force.<\/p>\n
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From the class material:<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe Dark Goddess embodies the energy of Chaos and Creativity, Death and Rebirth, Creation and Destruction.\u00a0 She has been called random and ruthless, and at the same time represents the love and divine connected that is at the core of every living spark in the physical world.\u00a0 She forces us to embrace both the joy and the horror, the terrible beauty of life.\u00a0 Her power lies deep within this contradiction, the energy of an atom waiting to be split.\u00a0 There is no change, especially no change in conscious awareness, without her participation\u2026\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from The Dark Goddess, by Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickson.<\/p>\n
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She is emerging again after centuries of repression.\u00a0 The recent re-emergence of the four major asteroids and the growing knowledge surrounding the Black Moon Lilith are heralding a new social paradigm.\u00a0 Can we live in a world where the masculine and feminine hold equal power?\u00a0 In astrological terms, the four major asteroids represent what has long been neglected in this culture\u2013the power of the mature and evolved feminine.\u00a0 She is frightening and sublime, more powerful than Zeus.\u00a0 As controller of life and death, even over the immortals, she was not only the creator of gods (mother) but the slayer of gods.\u00a0 We are destined to rediscover her.<\/p>\n
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The classes will be taught in the following order, though they may be subject to change.<\/p>\n
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Lesson One:<\/p>\n
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An Overview on the Role of the Asteroids<\/p>\n
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Cutting through Materialistic Determinism:\u00a0 Pallas and the Creative Intellect<\/p>\n
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Vesta:\u00a0 Driven Toward the Sacred<\/p>\n
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Juno:\u00a0 Juno and the Struggle for Equilibrium.<\/p>\n
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Ceres:\u00a0 The Scythe and the The Torch, The Crossroads of Birth and Death<\/p>\n
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The Black Moon Lilith:\u00a0 Sex, Madness, Black Holes, Destruction, and Rage\u2013Or the Seat of Creative Power?<\/p>\n
Part one of the class will run five sessions, one per week.\u00a0 The classes will run about an hour and fifteen minutes.\u00a0 The fee for the five classes is $275.\u00a0 Payment is due by May 11th.\u00a0 Only payment confirms your place in the class.\u00a0 [Part one will be a prerequisite for Part Two, The Asteroids in Synastry, when it is offered.\u00a0 There is no need to commit to Part Two. (Though you will miss the juiciest, most scandalous and surprising part of the goddess course.)]<\/p>\n
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As each course section\u00a0consists of only five classes, I would appreciate it if you could pay the full fee for each part at once, but if you can\u2019t, $140 will be due on signing for Part One and $135 will be due before May 25th.\u00a0\u00a0 As usual, fees are payable via Paypal.com to my\u00a0 email address:\u00a0 alcuin9@gmail.com.<\/p>\n
As with all of my classes, these classes will be taught one to one over the phone.\u00a0 The lessons will be recorded and a link to an mp3 will be sent to you right after the session.\u00a0 If you live outside of the U.S. or Canada, you will need to use Skype or have the number of a landline you can use for the sessions. \u00a0I will\u00a0provide charts and class material.\u00a0 You will be sent reading material, folders of charts and sometimes worksheets before each class.<\/p>\n
And again, I\u2019m afraid I have to reinforce my policy regarding missed classes.\u00a0 If you have to miss a class for any reason, you will be given a recording of another student\u2019s session and will have the opportunity to go over any questions the following week, or via email if you prefer.\u00a0 This has become a necessity due to the number of missed classes, with previous five week courses dragging on for months.\u00a0 Classes will be taught between noon and 4:30 pm Eastern time.\u00a0 When you are asked to schedule, please pick a time slot when you know you can be consistently available.<\/p>\n
As I said earlier, there are a limited number of slots in the course and others have already declared an interest,\u00a0 so if you are sure you are in for the class please let me know right away. \u00a0I look forward to exploring this new territory with you.<\/p>\n
Please send an email to me (alcuin9@gmail.com) with the heading DARK GODDESS if you are interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The four major asteroids, Ceres, Juno, Vesta, Pall–and the point, the Black Moon Lilith–are the focus of the upcoming course, The Dark Goddess. Classes begin the week of May 15th. Part One, “The Dark Goddess: Life, Death and the Embodiment of Spirit” (or “Sex, Death and the Whole Damn Thing”) is scheduling now. […]<\/p>\n