QFA Inc. Meetings

QFA Guest Speakers for 2010 Monthly Meeting: 2nd Monday of Month @ 7.30pm Brisbane Theosophical Society Auditorium 335 Wickham Tce, Spring Hill
9th AUGUST		Pauline Hepburn - The Chart of Liberia and the story of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" The Chart of Liberia and the transits looking at how one woman - Leymah Ghowee gathered fellow women from all religions to pray for peace. They dressed in white and staged peaceful protests that demanded peace for their shattered country and won. Peter Lumley - A different way of looking at Mars
28th AUGUST		SATURDAY MEETING 1-4 PM Barbara Hayward - Family Patterns/dynamics The outer planets and how to work with them. Today's format will be a 60 minute talk followed by a group discussion over afternoon tea. Participants are invitied to bring a plate of afternoon delights to share. Normal meeting donation applies to cover hall rental. Contact Beth Clifton beth.clifton@bigpond.com or 07 3300 6330 for further details
13th SEPTEMBER		Babula Clement - Roy Owen Memorial Lecture - Transits of Neptune: Helpless Despair or Sublime Bliss? THEMED NIGHT Tonight we celebrate the transits of the God of the Watery Depths Transits of the slow moving planet Neptune can be mildly bewildering and confusing, intoxicatingly romantic and dreamy but also, extremely devastating and even life-threatening. Spiritually, this planet is very important as it offers redemption, healing and grace through surrender. We can become more open, vulnerable and available to the Mystery that life is and enter the state of oneness that we all long for, but is only fully known to the mystics. For our left-brain dominated existence in this modern world, Neptune is an energy that we don’t really understand and are never truly at ease with as it goes against everything we’re taught. In this talk, Babula will discuss the challenging events and issues that arise during Neptune transits and offer chart examples to illustrate. Neptune’s influence will soon be very strong for all of humanity, as the God of the deep waters will move through oceanic Pisces from 2011 to 2025. What can we expect?
11th OCTOBER		Zane B Stein - Chiron - Taming the Wild Centaus You've all heard of Chiron, but did you kow he is the leader of a herd of Centaurs including the villainous Nessus? Or that Chiron has a wife named Chariklo? Zane takes the group on a journey to meet these often primitive and unrestrained new bodies, and show how they help us to better understand what goes on deep within our unconscious minds. AND WORKSHOP 9th October, see 2010 Program on Events page Cyndi Walls - A Brief Look at the Melbourne Cup
8th NOVEMBER		Beth Clifton - Solar Arcs Lynne Smith - The Nodes and Karmic Patterns
13th DECEMBER		AGM Chirone Witsen - Birth of Jesus CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES

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DISCUSSION - Monthly meetings host lectures by various local Astrologers and visiting Guest Speakers. Members are encouraged to participate as speakers to gain experience.

TUITION - Qualified Practitioners provide support to members in private mentoring and tuition, or group classes and workshops. The QFA organises a venue and invigilator for students sitting national examinations.

STUDY - Our state collection of Books and Periodicals in the QFA Library are available on loan to members. The QFA collection of Conference & Lecture Tapes are available on loan to members.The national collection of Books and Periodicals in the FAA Archives are available on loan to members. A number of suppliers offer discounted purchases of Astrological Books to QFA members.

CERTIFICATION - The FAA national examination system was established to guage accuracy, technical proficiency and interpretive ability of members. Successful participants are awarded the Practitioners Certificate by the FAA on completion of examination modules. PROFESSIONAL STATUS - Qualified Practitioners of the QFA Inc. may apply for membership to the Association of Professional Astrologers.

NETWORKING - Communications amongst members state-wide are enhanced with the publishing of our QFA Newsletter - Acrux. Monthly State meetings are supplemented with local group meetings. The FAA Journal is published quarterly and posted to all members, keeping members in touch with the national news and views.

CONFERENCES - Nationally, membership and support for Astrology grew to enable hosting of the International Astrology Conference, held every two years in a different capital city in Australia. The QFA played host to the highly successful 1998 I.A.C. in Brisbane - "Living Astrology". International Astrologers join the best of Australian Astrologers to deliver a wide variety of lectures and workshops. A favourite I.A.C. highlight is the Southern Cross Banquet, a night of fine food and drink, presentation of national awards, celebration and dancing.