Dragon Power The Chinese Celestial Dragon Rises Again to Rule the Sky A Comprehensive Overview of Ba Zi & its Links to The Chinese 28 Lunar Mansions
Sat, April 20th & Sun, April 21st
Join the SAA for weekend workshop this spring with Jennifer Ng! Recording will be made available to all those register. SAA Members will receive a 20% reduction on workshop fees. £20 for Members / £25 for Non-members Registration and Payment here: https://forms.gle/kiFJM3DVF7GD7Pqx5
0Saturday, April 20th, Session 1 Uniting Heaven and Earth - Circumpolar Astrology of the Ancient Chinese Sunday, April 21st, Session 2 Ba'Zi - A Distinct System, Honouring the Return of the Wood Dragon Both start 10am EDT / 3pm BST (Two 3-hour Sessions)
The Dragon Return of 2024 heralds deep mystical and tangible transformation echoing Pluto's Ingress into Aquarius. This talk gives a comprehensive overview of Ba Zi (八 字) also known as Four Pillars, its history, cultural context and links through animals to the more ancient circumpolar system of The Chinese 28 Lunar Mansions and its sovereign stars like Draco and Arcturus. Come deepen your understanding of how the ancient Chinese represent the unification of Heaven and Earth within us, with the Yin Yang, Wu Jing as core foundations as well as how this applies to what the majestic and imperial Celestial Wood Dragon, ruler of the Heavens bestows upon humankind for 2024.
jeningress.com Jennifer Ng provides Western horary, forecasting, and synastry consultations, and holds the Medical Astrology Diploma and the Horary Practitioner from The School of Traditional Astrology. Jen also practices Four Pillars (八字 Ba’Zi) and Feng Shui (風水) from the Yellow Hat Sect widely practised in East Asia, and teaches Four Pillars at The International Academy of Astrology (IAA). She currently serves as Secretary for Kepler Toastmasters and has served as Co-President of ATI as well as on the Board of IAA. Jen was the host of The Cosmic Pulse Podcast, has been a guest on Talk Cosmos and given talks for astrological associations. She has completed the AFAN (now OPA) Mentorship Program 2022-2023, has a passion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, environmental justice, and cultural history. Her social media handle is @jen_ingress.
Past Events & Workshops
LOCATIONAL ASTROLOGY AS THE PATH OF FREE WILL
with ALEXANDER KOLESNIKOV, MSC, PHD Saturday, June 10th, 10:00am-4:30pm BST (Hybrid) & Sunday, June 11th 10:30am-3:00pm BST (In-Person Only)
In-Person at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Edinburgh & Online via Zoom Recordings and other relevant materials will be sent to all registrants attending in-person or online. For those attending in-person, there will be a social event on Saturday evening. All timings and relevant details, for both in-person and online, will be confirmed one month prior to the course.
Day 1: A series of lectures will focused on theory and technique with examples Day 2: An optional workshop focused on application using the charts of participants. Day 1 attendance is required to attend Day 2.
Course Outline DAY 1 RELOCATION, A PROGRESSION IN SPACE Rules for creating a relocation chart. How to create it using popular software titles (both free and commercial). To go or to stay? Criteria to define the desirability of relocation. How to find the best place? Practice. Relocation for a birthday: can it influence the future? The idea of astro-surfing. Examples.
ASTROCARTOGRAPHY AS AN EXTENSION OF RELOCATION CHARTS The basics of astrocartography, how to create ACG maps using popular software titles (both free and commercial). Interpretation of planetary lines — universal and specific. Parans. Interpretation of parans, universal and specific. Examples. The least and the most aspected planets, and their possible role in astrocartography. The “shaded” planet. The “treasure maps”. The importance of the 9th harmonic aspects and of the midpoints. Mundane and other special uses of astrocartography.
CYCLOCARTOGRAPHY: ASTROCARTOGRAPHY IN DYNAMICS What cyclocartography is, its different varieties. How to create cyclocartograms using existing software. Different approaches to interpreting a cyclocartogram. Examples.
LOCAL SPACE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT OFFERS IN RELOCATION ASTROLOGY Horizontal system of coordinates and its two dimensions: the azimuth and the altitude. How to use popular software titles (both free and commercial) to create Local Space maps and charts. Planetary lines: local and global. Their use a la Feng Shui. Additional objects and midpoints. Destiny Points. Examples. The aspects of azimuth: can they be more important than the aspects of longitude? Transformation of aspects in Local Space. The parallels of altitude, how to find them. How planets are emphasized in Local Space: angularity, zero altitude, the highest, the deepest. Examples.
DAY 2 GEODETIC PROJECTIONS The idea of geodetic projections, underlining the fact that, unlike other relocation astrology techniques, they can be used when birth time is uncertain. Different varieties of geodetic projections: by Sepharial, Johndro, Grimm-Friedrich. Geodetic charts and geodetic maps, how to create them using different software packages. Resonance Charts, and a practice of finding resonance locations. The uses of geodetic projections in natal and mundane astrology. Examples.
PRACTICE WITH THE CHARTS OF PARTICIPANTS Alexander will demonstrate the methods and approaches presented through the course on the examples of volunteers from the audience.
With his scientific and engineering background, Alexander has shocked everyone when in the end of the 1980s he decided to abandon his successful career of a researcher and to become a full-time student of astrology, numerology, and other esoteric subjects. However, he never looked back, and in a few years' time he was already lecturing on astrology in different cities, writing books and articles, teaching classes.
Alexander believes that the traditional esoteric knowledge, when properly understood, can make people happier, can help them to better realise their potential, to understand others, and to live in peace and friendship.
Alexander is a successful author. His books on astrology and numerology are bestsellers in Russia, and he also has several self-published books in English. With his knowledge of new technologies, Alexander is constantly looking for ways of presenting esoteric knowledge in the easiest and most efficient ways, so that it could be understood and appreciated by as many people as possible. He has successful websites, mobile apps, and is now beginning to offer video courses.