Astrology’s Value to Society

ISAR Conference:  August 20-August 23, 2009

Pre-Conference Workshops August 19; Post-Conference Workshops August 24

Our 2009 conference will be an exciting event with over 60 world-class speakers from around the world offering thought-provoking sessions.  A fantastic entertainment program and trade show cap off the experience. What an opportunity to learn from, and network with, the faculty and other colleagues in a beautiful setting and have fun too!  You won’t want to miss out. 

Registration is open.  To lock in the current low rate and to guarantee a hotel room at the conference hotel, book now. For more information and to register, click here.
Welcome to ISAR

ISAR is dedicated to encouraging the highest standards of quality in astrology. We do that in several ways: by offering a certification program that emphasizes ethics awareness, competence in techniques and interpretation, and empathic consulting skills; by promoting data accuracy and the reporting of original sources; by networking with other organizations to provide the best astrological educational services available anywhere; by sponsoring research to help build the body of proven scientific evidence relevant to astrology; by issuing a professionally written Journal and a weekly e-newsletter.

ISAR provides members with several benefits.  Its journal, The International Astrologer, mailed three times per year, provides thought-provoking and educational articles with a variety of astrological perspectives.  The weekly e-newsletter allows each member to share ideas, ask for help, or provide perspective.  Membership includes reduced admission fees to conferences, a free biennial membership directory, and a free annual astrological pocket calendar.  Perhaps most important of all is the sense of community that members share as we work together on our common goal of promoting professionalism in astrology.

Stay informed of the latest astrological discoveries, and be a part of the most prestigious international organization in the world! Click here to join or renew today!
 
Nominations for Best Article

ISAR is now accepting nominations for “best article” for the ISAR journal, The International Astrologer. The nomination should be for an article (or column article) that was published in the Journal between 2006 through the Aries issue of 2009. Please submit nominations to Gisele Terry at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by June 23, 2009.  A full listing of articles from 2006 through Spring 2009 is available below. You can also download this list by clicking here: (link)


Nominations should be for articles that exemplify good writing, scholarship, and an original contribution to the field. The top five nominations will be selected by the ISAR board and posted on our website for a final online vote by ISAR members. 

The award for Best Article will be given at the ISAR AWARDS BANQUET at our Chicago Conference in August 2009.
 
Thank you for participating in this selection process!

06 Spring-Aries Issue

A Qualitative Approach to Testing Reincarnational Astrology

Glenn Perry, Ph.D.

An Astrological Iran and Future Prospects

Hakan Kirkoglu

Astrological Techniques and Uncertain Birthtimes

Hank Friedman

Neptune: The Embodiment of Mystery

Roxana Muise

Oil: End of an Age

Adrian Ross Duncan

Pluto in Capricorn

Joyce Hoen

The Jupiter Cycles of Lady Di

Nick Kollerstrom

Unraveling the Mysteries of Love through the Composite Chart

Pemo Theodore

Planetary Aspects and Gravitational Harmonics

Brian Johnston

America's Mars does an About-Face

Bryan Trussler

The Seven Rays

Marguerite dar Boggia

Pre-Natal Predictive Astrology: An Ancient Technique Retrieved for the 21st Century

Gerson Pelafsky

 

 

06 Gemini-Leo lssue

Mundane Outlook for 2006

Hakan Kirkoglu

Neptune: The Embodiment of Consciousness (Part II)

Roxana Muise

Astrological Observations from Past Life Therapy

Patrician Walsh

2006 Jupiter/Saturn/Neptune T-Square – ‘BushGate’

Gary Caton

Astrological Influences in Effect at the Time of the Three Major NASA Accidents

Marcha Fox

Six Easy Ways to Market Your Astrology Business

Linda Berry

Chiron: A New Look at a “Two?Faced” Old Devil

John S. Dawson

Cosmic Energy Controlled by Planets and Zodiacs Affecting Human Life

Tapan Das

The Secret Blend of Astrology and Film

Aleksandar Imsiragic

A Life Eclipsed

Boots Hart

Kismet & Codes: Leonardo da Vinci & Dan Brown

Raye Robertson

Albert Schweitzer – A Man Possessed of More Gifts Than He Can Hold

Alice Kashuba

Astrological Twins Indicate the Importance of the Seven Cosmic Rays

Marguerite dar Boggia

 

 

06 Libra-Sag Issue

Saturn-Neptune Opposition and Its Relation with Jupiter in Sagittarius

Hakan Kirkoglu

Pluto’s New Persona – an Interview with a Recently Demoted 75 year old Curmudgeon

Roxana Muise

Is Neptune a Native or an Alien

Iain McLaren-Owens

What on Earth is Declination?

Leigh Westin

Pluto Demoted Lisa

Dale Miller

Reincarnational Astrology and the Self-Sealing Doctrine

Glenn Perry, Ph.D.

In Snych & Out-of-Synch: Pluto-in-Sagittarius Children and an Astrological Perspective on the Senses

Raye Robertson

A Cosmic Week in Italy: An Alchemical Journey of Art and Soul

Kelly Hunter

A Modern Day Tragedy Meets the Fine Line of Hard Aspect Configurations

Carol Cohen

Pluto/Saturn Issues in the Consultation

Joyce Hoen

The Cycles of Love…and How They Move Us! (Part I)

Pemo Theodore

 

 

07 Aries Issue

Mundane Outlook: Major Mundane Trends in 2007

Hakan Kirkoglu

New Directions in Astrological Research: A Hybrid Design Proposal

Glenn Perry, Ph.D.

Long Range Weather Forecasting

Carolyn Egan

On the Use of Science to Measure Astrological Theory

Joe Landwehr

The United States and its President

Raymond A. Merriman

Synastry (Relationship) Mapping

Martin Davis

Artists and Astrology

Frank Piechoski

Going Deep – Repeating Planetary Patterns as Opportunity for Healing

Paula Gassman

The Princess of Witches World

Anthon Evdokimov

 

 

07 Gemini-Leo Issue

Mundane Outlook: Mundane Trends in Summer 2007

Hakam Kirkoglu

Saturn and the Shift in Consciousness

Roxana Muise

Astrology and the Social Sciences – Looking Inside the Black Box Of Astrological Theory

Ken McRitchie

The Apgar score and Accuracy of Birth Times: A Windfall for Astrologers

Lynn H. Bootes, M.D.

Electional Astrology: Choosing the Right Dates in Life

Grazia Mirti

Romancing the Psyche: Investigating Carl Jung’s Love-Life

Pemo Theodore

Mercury: Mind in Matter – Part One, Low IQ

Margarette Kaylor

In Search of the Best House System

Alova

A World of Change

A.R. Wheatcroft

 

 

07 Sagittarius Issue

Mundane Outlook: Shifting Realities – Saturn in Virgo

Hakan Kirkoglu

Lax or Parallax?

Alova

Positive Disintegration; Toward a New Plutonic Humanism in Astrology

Gary Caton

The Tungess Meteorite Horoscope as a Script of Mundane Historical Drama: “The Globalization Process,” and the Key to a new Method of Historical Prognostics

Tatiana Konovalova

History of Astrology in Russia

Karine Dilanyan

Emerson and the Transcendental Legacy for Contemporary Astrology

Brad Kochunas

A Preview of “The Yod: Its Esoteric Meaning: Volume Two”

J. Kellog & W. Moody

Yod and Astro*Carto*Graphy in the Lives of Nations

Wayne Moody

Economic Long Cycles & Precession

Terry MacKinnell

Energy Flow in Solar System Affecting Earth

Tapan Das

Astrological Predictions: Accuracy < 0.33

M.D. Sharma

 

 

08 Aquarius-Aries Issue

Current issues in Astrology Education

Carol Tebbs

Pluto in Capricorn: The Good, the Bad, Even Worse, and Redemption

Raymond Merriman

The Solstice System of Aspect Energy Assignment and Analysis: a New Method of Astro-Diagnosis

James Pinter

The Student’s Critical Thinking Guide Regarding Science and Astrology

Ken McRitchie

Attraction – Chemistry or Synastry?

Paul Westran

The Astrological Chart of Alexander the Great

Thomas D. Gazis

Year Ahead Report for 2008

Maggie Kerr

The Theme of the Wolf in the Work of Jack London

Paula R. Gassman

The Next President of the United States

Frank Piechoski

 

 

08 Gemini-Leo Issue

Pluto Ingress into Capricorn and its Effect on Weather and Earthquakes in a Geodetic Equivalent Framework

Chris McRae

Planetary Nodes from Saturn to Pluto

Maurice Fernandez

Soul Centered Purpose of Venus in Your Natal Chart

Alan Oken

Astrology and Psychopathology

M. De Chiara & A. Lodi

Ten Essential Concepts in Psychological Astrology

Glenn Perry, Ph.D.

Foundations of Psychological Astrology

Greg Bogart

Unlocking the Code of Our Love Puzzles: Investigating Chemistry Between Couples through Composite Charts

Pemo Theodore

Professional Astrological Practitioner Survey Kepler College, Final Submission for Senior Project

Jacqueline Menkes

 

 

09 Aries Issue

Mundane Outlook: Crunch Time for Everyone

Hakam Kirkoglu

Education and Professionalism in the Age of Pluto in Capricorn

J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D.

2009 Year Ahead Report: Bring on the Green Revolution

Maggie Kerr

The Horoscope as Evolving Story

Glenn Perry, Ph.D.

Uranus?Neptune Cycles and a Brief History of the Civil Rights Movement

Shelly Jordan

Planet Mandalas and a New Kind of Science: The Relationship of the Work of Stephen Wolfram and Ray Kurzweil to Cosmic Cybernetic Theory

David Cochrane

An Electronic Library Resource for Astrologers: Speakers, Researchers and Writers

Carol A Tebbs

Evolution and the Hands of the Cosmic Clock

Alan R. Wheatcroft

The Three Astrological Crosses

Marguerite dar Boggia

 

 
 
ISAR Reduces Membership Fees for Current Members

At its recent meeting, the ISAR board had a serious discussion about the world economic crisis that has now started. Many people are suffering due to this downturn, and the directors began to think: is there a way we can show a little compassion for our members in these difficult times? Is their some symbol of appreciation we can demonstrate on their behalf? And this is what we came up with:

ISAR is going to reduce its membership fees by $5.00 to every member who renews or extends their membership over the next year. We know it doesn’t sound like much at first, but when you consider that we were discussing how much to raise our membership fees, to be in line with comparable service and benefits of other professional astrology organizations, the difference is indeed considerable.

And it is not like we need to make this gesture to attract even more members, for now, for the first time ever, ISAR’s membership is well above 1500 world-wide members. We expect this double by the end of this decade. The reason for reducing the annual or three-year membership ? for current members only ? is is purely to express an awareness of the difficult financial times we are living in. With the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto T-square looming ahead for another 1-2 years, this financially critical time may not end too soon. And we don’t want to risk losing those who have been good members of this wonderful organization by raising our rates in these difficult times.

So for the next year, October 2008 through 2009, all 1-year membership renewals and/or extensions of memberships by renewal will be reduced to from $39.00 to $34.00 for USA residents and from $44.00 to $39.00 for members from other countries. Three-year memberships will be reduced to $85.00 for USA residents and $110.00 for all others.  And also remember that as ISAR members, you will qualify for a great discount to the ISAR 2009 conference. In fact, if you sign up by November 15, you will get an amazing discount of only $195.00! That is a HUGE discount off the $460.00 it will cost to attend after July 25, 2009 if you are not a member. So, fight the financial crisis, by locking in big savings now. Renew your membership if you are coming due, and sign up for ISAR 2009 in this special super-saver discount window time frame for the ISAR 2009 conference: “Astrology’s Value to Society,” taking place August 19-24, 20009 at the beautiful Oakbrook Hills Marriott Resort, just outside Chicago! Go to www.isar2009.com. It is all coming upon line now.
 
Code of Ethics

The International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR) is an educational and professional organization whose members are dedicated to promoting a high level of data accuracy, educational services, counseling standards, and ongoing research in astrology across a variety of disciplines.
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ISAR's Certification Program (C.A.P.)

The profession of astrology is advancing rapidly.   More and more people are recognizing that astrology provides valuable insight into the complexity of 21st century living.  Our members need to be professionally prepared to meet the demand for astrological services.

To this end, ISAR provides resources for members to advance their skills including its CAP (Certified Astrological Professional) program. The program includes education/training, consulting skills, and ethics.  In establishing the educational requirements for ISAR Certification, educators from top astrology schools around the world have been consulted.  Many of their recommendations have been incorporated into this program.

Click here for complete details of ISAR's certification program.