Ah, Monty Python.
Anyway.
This weekend, I’m going off to the Texas Astrology Retreat in nowhere, TX. In fact, I scheduled this post to publish while I’m on the road to nowhere.
If you follow me on Google Latitude you can watch me wherever I go! (you need to know my gmail address though).
I get to sit out, camp out, dine well and partake of immense expertise in the field of Astrology with my wife.
We went last year and had a great time. I was declared to be the designated “fire pit guy” based on my activities last year as well as my penchant for fire pits. You may or may not recall that I not only have many impressive skills such as Chief Sarcastic Officer, Class Clown, Alpha Geek, Annoying Positive Guy, Little Punny PhooPhoo and Crazy LOLcat Republican, I’m also a certified astrologer. Now, don’t get all excited or ask me for a reading or anything… I’ve done a few blog posts on Astrology here and there, but my wife is the REAL astrologer. I only got certified to help her out.
The featured presenter is Chris Brennan, who maintains a consulting practice at www.astrologicalconsultingservices.com, writes an astrology blog at www.horoscopicastrologyblog.com and is heading up a cooperative translation project for Hellenistic astrological texts at www.hellenisticastrology.com. The guy knows his stuff – we listened to him last night at our Astrological Society of Austin (ASA) monthly meeting where he gave a short presentation of the History of Western Astrology.
The special appearance by Maria Mateus is also something we’re looking forward to. She’s a fellow board member of the ASA and always has new knowledge for us. She’s wonderful to listen to, so if you ever get the chance, take it.
The retreat takes place way out in nowhere and is a fantastic place to unwind.
Just look at our schedule:
Friday: 2/27
6:00 – 7:00 Arrival and Welcome Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 The History and Philosophy of Ancient Astrology
Saturday: 2/28
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 – 12:00 Overview of Hellenistic techniques
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch and Labyrinth racing
2:00 – 5:00 Time-lords: Annual Profections
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner
8:30 – Late Babylonian Fireside Stargazing with Maria Mateus
Sunday: 3/1
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 – 11:30 Time-lords: Zodiacal Releasing – Timing the peak periods in a native’s life.
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 Synthesis and application of techniques to natal chart examples.
Trust me. ANYTHING with the name “Time Lords” *HAS* to be fun.
