Perhaps it’s because I have Leo rising that I’ve experienced being an astrologer as a Leonine role. You are in the position of The One who Knows. The others, your group of students and your clients, are there to be ministered to. You have followers who believe in you. You are like a central sun orbited by planets.
But the more Leo you get, the more other astrologers appear as rivals. Not only are they in competition for your clients, they are rival solar systems. When you cross paths you cross swords, and there is aloofness and suspicion on both sides. Secretly you believe you are the best astrologer, although on the surface you may be more modest. Thus, although on a national level, at conferences and on the internet, astrologers make friends and learn from each other, in the local scene they tend to keep apart.
With Saturn in Leo and Uranus on my sun, it was time to move towards the Aquarian pole. Founding an astrology circle, and inviting other local astrologers to take part and share the power, through giving talks and running events, was a move away from ‘I’ to ‘We’. The Brighton and Hove Astrology Circle was inaugurated on 15th September 2006, when the moon was in Aquarius, of course, and over twenty people came to the first evening.
It seems both beginners and people who know some astrology are attracted to the group, whose aim is “To promote astrology as a tool for self-development and spiritual growth”. We meet weekly on Thursdays, and our evenings follow a varied programme of monthly talks held by different astrologers, astrodrama and experiential astrology, , chart discussion and games evenings with the oracle game Lebensrad. The programme can be found on my website www.astrophoebe.com
The numbers have kept up well. There is the option of meeting beforehand in Planet Janet café for a drink or snack to socialise, where the group’s Aquarian moon can also be felt. It is fun being the coordinator, and I’ve met many lovely new people, and had some exciting evenings talking and also listening and learning. We’re not only part of a solar system; we’re all stars in a galaxy of stars.
