The talk on declinations yesterday at our SBAS meeting was fabulous. I only understood declinations from the point of view of setting up a telescope, so it was fascinating to learn how astrologers use them and the differences from the usual way we use planetary positions. Donnalyn stressed that she combines the methods, and one is not a replacement for the other. She found using declinations particularly helpful in seeing accidents occur in people’s lives. In fact, she used me as an example for the day I broke my foot badly two years ago.

She saw immediately the Pluto aspects that set me up for this accident, but the declinations showed yet another Pluto and Uranus square that had not shown in the regular calculations of the chart. Really interesting!

We then went over celebrity charts, seeing the main events of their lifes. For this exercise Donnalyn had done their charts in graph form so you can easily see where planets cross each other’s paths. It became very apparent at a glance when major events in a person’s life occured. And the fun part was, she did a graph for each of us with her nifty laptop and portable color printer.

The talk was great for all the usual reasons: she’s well spoken, personable, and knows her stuff. But also because she made her talk very interactive, by including our natal data as well. In addition, Donnalyn gave us printouts we could take home, with some urls where we could learn more.

In all, an excellent talk and meeting. Hope to meet more of you there in the future!

~Dana

Astrology is for guidance, to help us make the most of life, to improve our weak points, and to add direction to our strengths. Astrology provides a means to discover why we’re here and what we are healing from, so that we leave this life more spiritually richer than when we entered it. Astrology provides the journey from the plan and potential we start with at birth to the spiritual development and karmic release when it’s time to leave this plane.

~Dana