NCGR - Northern Illinois Chapter

Madalyn Hillis-Dineen - The Astrology of Tomorrow Today

Join Us for Our Monthly Meeting!
Still on Zoom! Still at Your Home.
Tuesday June 9, 2026
Sign in Starts at 7:00 pm Central Time
Meeting is from 7:30-9:00 pm
Northern IL Chapter Members: $5.00
Non-members: $10.00

It is no coincidence that the sub-title of the Uranian classic by Witte and Lefeldt, "Rules for Planetary Pictures," is The Astrology of Tomorrow. This lecture provides an overview of the system, touching on the main aspects of Uranian astrology: a discussion of the 6 personal points; the cardinal axis and antiscia; midpoints, sensitive points and planetary pictures; the use of the 360- and 90-degree dials; the hypothetical planets and their meaning in both a personal and mundane context; forecasting the general trends for the year as well as daily transits; and, the use of the dials, midpoints and planetary pictures in synastry.

Madalyn Hillis-Dineen began her study of astrology with the Uranian system in 1979 and has taught, lectured and practiced Uranian (Symmetrical Astrology) techniques for more than 40 years; she is also a certified Astro*Carto*Graphy interpreter and is a CA NCGR-PAA. She has written for a variety of publications, StarIQ.com, and is a contributor to the Llewellyn anthology, "Astrology for Women: Roles and Relationships." Madalyn is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Astrolabe, Inc. An active leader in the astrological community, Madalyn is the winner of the 1995 UAC Regulus Award for Community Service, was the national Chair of NCGR and was one of the coordinators of UACs 2008 and 2012.

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A Methodological Approach to Integrating the Sabian Symbols (Ancient Mind Matrix) into your Astrological Practice

In this talk we will explore:
- What are the Sabian Symbols & their origin and development
- Marc Edmund Jones & Dane Rudhyar's Concepts of the Symbols
- A holistic approach to integrating them into your chart interpretations with clients

We will also go over several chart examples with their usage.

Justin Crockett Elzie is a full time consulting Archetypal Jyotish Astrologer, and Teacher. He combines both Western Ancient Astrology and Modern psychological Astrology with Eastern Jyotish Astrology. He specializes in Predictive/Electional, Mundane, and Karmic Astrology. He participates in several monthly podcasts; New Moon, Full Moon, and Monthly Forecasts. He also writes a weekly Horoscope for the Port Townsend WA., Leader Newspaper for the communities on the Olympic Peninsula.

He has studied at Kepler College and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. He is a member of NCGR, OPA, Astrological Lodge of London and the Washington State Association of Astrologers. He is currently writing a book on the Sabian Symbols and will be giving a talk at the upcoming UAC, United Astrology Conference in Chicago on the Sabian Symbols.

http://www,youtube.com/astrologicalyogi

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Dawn Silver – Astrological Outlook for 2026
Can we gallop unbridled into the Year of the Fire Horse with greater confidence and freedom? 2026 brings the perfection of a Historic Alignment. The Ambassadors of our Galaxy, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, along with benefic Jupiter, shapeshift into fire and air. What will this mean for us and the rest of the World? 2026 may be a year to have your mind blown, through technology, healing (natural & medical), linguistics, music, and more. The operating systems of our reality are being rewritten. Are you ready for communications that bypass text and tongue?
Dawn Silver is a Naprapath, Astrologer, Herbalist, Crystal Healer, and Aromatherapist. Her book & oracle, the Jewels of the Lotus Tibetan Gemstone Oracle received the Coalition of Visionary Arts Award.
Dawn has lectured internationally at a variety of conferences including SOTA, TAG, ISAR, and NCGR Astrological Conferences. Currently, she is doing Sky of Jewels Sea of Pearls Astrology and Intuitive sessions, via phone, Skype or Zoom. For more information email: [email protected]

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New Special Interest Research Groups are now active. Here's one some of our members might be interested in:

The Second Saturn Return
https://ncgrastrology.org/the-second-saturn-return/

Much is written and known about the first Saturn Return that we experience at 29 years old. However, less is known about the experience of the Second Saturn Return that takes place at age 59.

To promote more learning about the Second Saturn Return, NCGR is going to lead a Focus Group on the life cycle.

A Focus Group is a small group of individuals of a similar demographic description to share their experiences of a particular theme. It is a qualitative research project rather than a statistical one.

Under the leadership of John Marchesella, NCGR will apply this technique to the theme of the Second Saturn Return by gathering a dozen individuals who are between the ages of 60 and 65 to share the experiences of their personal development, professional lives, romantic and platonic relationships as well as with family, and social perspectives.

Astrologers will recognize that age range as post Second Saturn Return, but before the opening square of the Saturn life. We hope this will hold the focus on just that transit and not the views that come later in the maturation process.

The Focus Group will take place in a roundtable discussion, which will be transcribed into a report to share with the NCGR membership.

We hope to gather a small group of individuals of various backgrounds from across the country, and both men and women.

Identities, of course, will be held in confidence in order to assure the openness in sharing experiences in the discussion. However, we will ask participants to appear on camera to enhance the sharing too.

This will be held on Zoom for about three hours on Feb 1st.

If you are between the ages of 60 and 65, and would like to participate, please contact John Marchesella on [email protected].

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