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Present day astrology has been impacted by modern psychology in many positive ways. Clinical objectification can be helpful but it can also cause the unwitting astrologer (or therapist) to describe deep human experiences as something you’d only pick up with tweezer
Looking at Mars and Venus: How often do we describe Venus as the planet that indicates our “values,” “what we attract,” or “affections,” and Mars as “energy” and “force” and “how we go after what we want.” Those are accurate to a point but they don’t begin to touch the deep primal levels at which these planetary forces operate, and they certainly don’t describe what happens when we are caught in their currents and being tumbled all over the place by them. How differently we look at these two planets/gods through the stories of their mythic origins that remind us that their relationship was outside the bounds of marriage, meaning they are outside what is considered conventional or acceptable.
Astrology is a symbolic language that expresses powerful archetypal forces. When these forces are in operation standard prose language is limited in its ability to describe and touch those deep places such energies demand contact with.
Deborah Smith Parker will throw away the tweezers and use a language of images to connect us to planetary archetypal and mythic sources, using some excerpts from her newly published book, Humanus Astrologicus, and encourage those in the audience to tap into the images that reveal their own stories. Check out her website at: www.humanusastrologicus.com
Bio:
Deborah Smith Parker is an astrologer, writer and poet who passes for normal as a public policy specialist in health-related issues. A long-time member of the San Diego Astrological Society (SDAS) , she is currently the SDAS Vice President. Her prize-winning poetry works have been printed in more than 30 publications. She is the author of the recently published Humanus Astrologicus, an astrology book you can have fun with as well as take away deep insights whether you know astrology or not. Humanus takes the reader through Sun signs and beyond to give insightful descriptions of the reader's key astrological placements uniquely expressed in clever verse woven with various astrology related myths. Visit her website at www.humanusastrologicus.com She lives in San Diego with her husband, Jeff, and two Cattle Dogs.
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Wednesday April 14, 2010 Dinner at 6:00 pm lecture at 7:00 pm New Location "Polly's Bakery Cafe" 23701 Moulton Parkway Laguna Hills, Ca. 92653 949-380-8383
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