Hello!

Since 1981, Aquarius Severn has provided a forum for astrology and related subjects, encouraging exchange of ideas, learning and an exploration of the nature and meaning of astrology.

We provide a gathering place where you can find out more about the many facets of this fascinating subject. Our talks are an opportunity to meet with people from a variety of backgrounds and ages with a shared interest and experience of astrology.
Wolseley Terrace, CheltenhamThe Isbourne
​We hold monthly talks and lectures (prior to the pandemic this was at The Isbourne in Cheltenham), and on occasions astrology classes and workshops with national speakers, together with occasional social walks and meals.

Our usual talk format includes:
  • a 1-hour talk by an invited speaker
  • 15m Q&A session
  • 30m relaxed informal conversation

Below you can see our current programme. You can also sign up to our talk reminder service (see right).

Aquarius Severn, which has been hosting talks, classes, workshops and social events since 1981, is a not-for-profit society run by volunteers, whose aim is to educate and bring astrology to a wider audience.

Can you help Aquarius Severn?

The Aquarius Severn Astrology Society is run on a voluntary basis by a committee and helpers, so we're always keen to hear from folk who are interested in helping us or standing for election to the Committee.

Please get in touch if that interests you and we can tell you more! 

Specific tasks the Society needs help with are:
  • Treasurer - You don’t need to be an accountant or an astrologer, but familiarity with spreadsheets is necessary, and there will be a handover period.
  • Video editing - Someone with good video-editing software skills.
  • Publicity & Social Media - Press releases, Twitter, Facebook, advertising, email event notifications.

Involvement in the Society can entail overseeing one or more tasks or can be at a committee level. If you would like to help to keep the Society going, please get in touch with Kris or Christine by email via our contact page.

To make a general donation to the society use the button below.
Current Programme
Our talks are online!
​click here
to scroll down to our guide on how you can join us live for our talks

Thurs. 5th October 2023  7:30pm (UK time BST). Entrance from 7.15pm
Surfing the Galactic Highways
with Barry Goddard

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Astrology has the power to take our breath away, to enchant us through the eerie synchronicities it reveals between sky events and earth events. Life presents us all with periods that are both challenging and potentially transformative. This month's talk will explore topics from his recent book about astrology, 'Surfing the Galactic Highways Adventures in Divinatory Astrology' and will be an informal and wide-ranging conversation with Barry as he shares his personal experiences of working with astrology in intimate detail.  We will talk about how the outer planets can be used to help navigate and illuminate those testing times and how astrology can guide us through the deep initiatory and transformative experiences that life, if we are willing, offers us - providing an affirmation of an intuitive, non-rational means of knowing that's central to who we are as humans, but undervalued and even denied in our modern age. 

​Bring along your questions for Barry, who will answer as many as possible during the extended Q&A in his time with us.  He has also kindly offered to give a few live 'mini' readings; if you would like to participate, you can submit your birth data by clicking here or you can ask him specific questions about your chart on the night.  Please note that these readings will be on the recording we place on YouTube.

In his twenties and thirties Barry was engaged in Buddhist practice, but for the last 25 years the main currents have been astrology and shamanism. He regularly writes blogs and Facebook posts about both shamanism and astrology, to which he brings a fresh and sometimes controversial perspective. He also does astrology readings and runs courses on Shamanism. . Barry lives on Dartmoor in Devon, UK.

You must register in advance for this webinar.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing information about joining the meeting.

To attend on the evening, click the 'Click Here to Join' link in your registration email.

How to donate:

Aquarius Severn is a non-profit group run by a volunteer committee and helpers.

Please support our wonderful speakers by making a small donation of £1 to £5 GBP (£1 is approximately US$1.26 or €1.17 - check current rates or see what £1 is in your own currency) when you register for one of our online talks. Most of what you give goes to the speaker after a small deduction to help us cover costs. We're very grateful for any donations and you can give more if you wish. 

​To donate by card or paypal, select how much wish to give and click the button below. You can donate for multiple talks by adding donations to your shopping cart, then going to the checkout. For donations via bank transfer or cheque, please contact our Treasurer Kris at kris@aquariussevern.com.
Thanks for showing your appreciation

Thurs. 2nd November 2023  7:30pm (UK time BST). Entrance from 7.15pm
Exodus and Hallelujah: the astrology of Bob Marley and Leonard Cohen​
with Christine Cleere

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In this talk we shall explore the lives, work and influence on wider culture of two extraordinary musicians and personalities through the lens of astrology: Bob Marley and Leonard Cohen.

Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter on the Caribbean island of Jamaica, to a white father and a black mother. He sold more than 20 million records and became an international superstar of reggae music, a genre that he helped popularize with his distinctive voice and style. He was a Rastafari hero who expressed his spirituality and Jamaican identity in his songs.

Leonard Cohen was one of the most iconic Canadian artists of the 20th century. A sage, mystic, bohemian and romantic, he built an acclaimed body of literary work and a revered career in pop music. In his poetry, novels and music, he constantly probed the human condition, exploring themes of love, loss, death, and religion.

Christine has had a lifetime interest in the esoteric and mysterious; she is an astrologer, animist, shamanic practitioner, teacher, celebrant, ritualist, and Druid.  She trained in astrology with the CPA, MISPA and Chris Brennan's Astrology School.  She holds courses and workshops on the Celtic Mysteries and shamanic practice through the ancient myths of the islands of Britain and Ireland. She is a qualified funeral celebrant and studied Magical and Shamanic Consciousness at the University of Sussex.

You must register in advance for this webinar.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing information about joining the meeting.

To attend on the evening, click the 'Click Here to Join' link in your registration email.

How to donate:

Aquarius Severn is a non-profit group run by a volunteer committee and helpers.

Please support our wonderful speakers by making a small donation of £1 to £5 GBP (£1 is approximately US$1.26 or €1.17 - check current rates or see what £1 is in your own currency) when you register for one of our online talks. Most of what you give goes to the speaker after a small deduction to help us cover costs. We're very grateful for any donations and you can give more if you wish. 

​To donate by card or paypal, select how much wish to give and click the button below. You can donate for multiple talks by adding donations to your shopping cart, then going to the checkout. For donations via bank transfer or cheque, please contact our Treasurer Kris at kris@aquariussevern.com.
Thanks for showing your appreciation
Our online talks

In order to support our astrological community during the coronavirus pandemic we moved our talks online and will continue online for the foreseeable future. For locals - in Gloucestershire, England - we also have occasional social get-togethers.

You can watch some of our previous webinars on our YouTube channel.

​Timings

Our webinars (which use the popular Zoom platform) start at our usual time of 7.25pm (but please join from 7.15pm in order to settle in) and most will end at 8.45pm (including a 15m Q&A session at the end).

After the webinar ends there will be a further half an hour or so in which you are free to stay on and make contact with friends and acquaintances or just 'hang out' in the company of fellow astrology enthusiasts :-)
Donations

Aquarius Severn is a non-profit group run by a volunteer committee and helpers.

Please support our wonderful speakers by making a small donation of £1 to £5 GBP (£1 is approximately US$1.26 or €1.17 - check current rates or see what £1 is in your own currency) when you register for one of our online talks. Most of what you give goes to the speaker after a small deduction to help us cover costs. We're very grateful for any donations and you can give more if you wish.  You can find the donate button with each talk description, including after the talk date on our recent talks page.

​To make a donation unallocated to a speaker, click the button below and enter how much wish to give. 
​ For donations via bank transfer or cheque, please contact our Treasurer Kris at kris@aquariussevern.com.

Keep in touch
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​If you don't already subscribe, please sign up to our newsletter and get reminders about forthcoming webinars.
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Using Zoom

For best results download the Zoom Client for Meetings on your computer or laptop. We recommend you do this now so that you are familiar with Zoom before attending your first webinar or meeting. The software will also automatically download when click the 'Click here to Join' link in your webinar registration email.

You can also experience our webinars on a tablet or smartphone - though we don't recommend the latter unless you've got very good eyesight since the presenters will be sharing horoscope chartwheels on the screen. To do so, download the Zoom Cloud Meetings app (free) at Google Play or on the Apple App Store (iPad and iPhone only).
No microphone or speakers? No problem!

If you don't have speakers (or a microphone) on or attached to your computer, don't worry, you can use a phone to listen to the talk and to speak during the social parts of the event. In the email invitations Zoom sends out when you register for a webinar, UK, US and French phone numbers to call, plus the meeting ID and password, will be included, as well as a link if calling from other countries.
Important - Your Privacy

Please be aware that if you keep your video camera/webcam switched on in a Zoom meeting that you - and what is behind you in your room - can be seen by other attendees. If you are concerned about your privacy, you can turn your camera off by clicking the 'Video' button and participants will see only a black square with your name on it. You can also rename yourself, for example using your first name only.

Aquarius Severn records the presentation section of most of our webinars and may make these available online via our YouTube account. Please be assured however that we will not include faces or other personally identifiable information. During the webinar whilst the speaker shares their presentation you may be able to see the other participants' faces, but their (and your) video thumbnails will not be included in our recordings.

We do not allow attendees to record our Zoom webinars but please be aware that an attendee can record and share the webinar online if he or she possesses the right software or technical skill.

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Get updates on your mobile: www.twitter.com/AquariusSevern or visit us on Facebook (Aquarius Severn Astrology Society).

Nearby astrology groups

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Oxford Astrology Group
hosts regular workshops with top astrologers, for which Aquarius Severn members pay a concessionary rate.
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Birmingham Astrology Group
meet on the 1st Saturday of each month.
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Bath Astrologers' Forum
Seems to be suspended for the time being.

Other online talks

The UK Astrological Association have a listing of online talks by various groups.

Contacts

Pamela Armstrong 
pamela@aquariussevern.com
Christine Cleere  
christine@aquariussevern.com
Gillian Crawford
gillian@aquariussevern.com
Kris Lee (treasurer) kris@aquariussevern.com

Donations

Aquarius Severn is run on a not-for-profit basis by the unpaid committee and other volunteer helpers. Since we have moved online, our expenses are our monthly Zoom fees, speaker fees, and occasional software fees - for example to help us manage emailing registrants who aren't on our mailing list.

You can support us by giving a small donation per talk, using the donation button within each talk description. Please do not feel obliged however as we recognise that many are experiencing financial difficulties in the current situation.

Library

Our library (available to members only) is growing, after we received a large donation of books recently, and we have two library cupboards at 2 Wolseley Terrace. Members of Aquarius Severn can borrow books displayed at our talks and workshops, as well now as those we share with the Bristol and Bath Astrology Circle.
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Astrological Symbols

Yes we know the Sun, Moon and Node (and possibly Chiron and Pluto) aren't "planets", but it's the shorthand way of referring to them!
Table of Planet Glyphs

Free birthchart with interpretation!
Fill in the form on the left and click 'Select Service'. For a free birthchart and brief interpretation, select 'Astrology Report'. Other reports, some paid, are also available.
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Alternatively, for a birthchart you can store and print, click here to go to the Free Birthchart page at Astro.com. Astro.com has many resources available for free, and more if you create a free account with them. You can bring your printed birthchart to our talks. 

For an interpretation, it is probably best to have a consultation with an astrologer, as it is easy to be overwhelmed by the information contained in printed or web interpretations.