Traditionally the twelfth house has links with misfortune, bondage, persecution, imprisonment, confinement, banishment and exile. Judging by these descriptions, the twelfth house has clearly retained a disquieting reputation, and is without doubt a house full of complexities. However, now in the 21st Century, a question we might ask is: are there better ways in which to understand this much maligned and frequently misunderstood astrological house?

Astrologer Cate Reidy studied at Centre for Transpersonal Astrology and has taught astrology in various settings with an established astrological practice with a particular focus on a therapeutic approach to astrological consultations. Her professional interests in addiction, homelessness, dreams and surgical dreams, all tend to resonate with the concerns of the twelfth house. Rather than shy away from this part of the birth chart, after all the one where planets have just risen, we can find ways to enter in to it and bring out the positive.

Archeographer Liz Poraj-Wilczynska has spent three years investigating Belas Knap long barrow near Winchcombe and the ancient landscape around it. Collating archeological research and adding intuition, dowsing and sensory archaeology, Liz has uncovered many different reasons why the barrow builders chose to build a home for their ancestors in this location. Animal tracks, underground water, folklore and ancient burial rites are just some of the topics explored in this ground-breaking research project. 

In the second part of the talk, Liz will introduce us to recent thinking about another important local megalithic site, the Rollright Stones.  This is a prelude to our Midsummer field trip field trip to this impressive stone circle and outliers near Chipping Norton.

Liz brings an engaging combination of researched archaeology, dowsing and sensory perception for an all-round perspective on megalithic sites. She is co-author with Tom Graves of The Disciplines of Dowsing.

Please bring a picnic lunch, after which Liz Poraj-Wilczynska will guide us around the main circle, and the outlying "King Stone" and "Whispering Knights", relating folklore, archeography of the site, strange tales of sensory experiences and the Dragon Project which used scientific gadgetry, photographers, dowsers, psychics and sensitives to try tracking down at the Stones the elusive "earth energy" experienced by dowsers.

There will be an opportunity for us to dowse at the site with rods, or pendulum - which is particularly useful for sensing individual stones. If you've never tried dowsing before, it's a good place to have a go - dowsing rods will be available.

Afterwards (probably about 3ish) we will sojourn at a local tea shop and finish with an optional short walk.

Note you don't have to have come to the 14th. June talk to enjoy the field trip.

Getting there
The Rollrights are on the Warwickshire-Oxfordshire border about 45 mins. drive from Cheltenham. Please check in with other members for car sharing. For map click here. There is parking in the layby nearby and a £1 donation is requested on entry to the stone circle. Please note facilites on site are minimal; there are no seats, visitor centre or loos (the nearby Wyatts Garden Centre at Butlers Hill about a mile further on has an excellent cafe, farm shop and loos.)

British weather
If the weather is bad, please check here or by phoning Kris (01451 822438) to confirm the event is happening before you set out. In the event of cancellation, the event will be re-scheduled.

Booking
Cost is £5 for members and concessions, £7 non-members. You can pay cash on the day (if you are definitely planning to come, please let us know -kris@aquariussevern.com or 01451 822438) or use the online booking below.

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Membership is renewable in April each year, although 6 month membership can be taken out from October 1st (see below).

Annual membership costs only £15 (or £22.50 for joint membership), and entitles you to a range of benefits, including:

• reduced entrance fee (a saving of £2 per talk),
• a free astrological report
• access to our expanding library of astrology books
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Please note that the free gift is only applicable during April and May, when taking out annual membership.

In all you could save up to £50 over the year by joining Aquarius Severn in the Spring!

6 month membership can be taken out starting October 1st, for £7.50, or £11.25 for joint membership.

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Please note that our free gift for members is only available when taking out annual membership during April or May of each year, and is not available when taking out half-year membership. Otherwise all the benefits of joining remain the same.

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