from the President,

The season of Signs of Long

Ascension is upon us – autumn

signs rise more slowly. The notion

of going a bit slower is very

attractive just now – it has been

a busy summer.

Yesterday, Sunday 26th Feb, was

one of the busy days – I

presented the medical

astrology lecture in South Perth,

featuring the many charts cast

for just one case, - that of my now-recovered husband. Sunday

was eclipse day – and this eclipse was opposite to the one of

Sept 1st that heralded the husbandly crisis which provided our

subject material. They fell on Keith’s ascendant and

descendant respectively.

What I find so enticing about this [medical] form of astrology is

– firstly – it gives proof of our Art over and over again; and –

secondly – apart from the use of some special antiquities, this is

still very normal astrology; nothing overly exotic. Natal charts

plus horary are used for most purposes.

There is a real treat coming up in a month’s time: our friend

Terry MacKinnell is coming back. His presentation is explained

later in this newsletter. Terry is very much an ‘applied

astrologer.’ His own system of defining the ages – including

mini-ages – is proving itself on an ongoing basis. Terry’s studies

of the Trump phenomenon, whole-sign houses and lunations

are a revelation and they show a basic system that we can

and should be using in our own astrology as a major player.

Please don’t miss this fascinating day – Terry lives in the Gold

Coast hinterland and drops in here on his way to Bali; he is a

special guest whose talks are increasingly popular in the East.

Here’s wishing all a very happy March and good fortune all

around.

Jeannette Lewis – Hill

FAAWA President. FAA NC liaison rep

Mercury Messenger

Find us on facebook FAAWA www.faawa.org

Federation of Australian Astrologers WA Inc March Issue / 2017

look inside

Presidents letter. Page 1.

Editorial. Page 2.

FAAWA catalogue now on the

Home Page of our website. Page 2

Next Event: Terry MacKinnell –

Sunday 2nd April 2017 - SPLC Page 3.

Student Page – Samantha

Bakewell - Part 1. Page 4. and 10.

Notices. Page 5, 6,8

Treasurer – Patricia Johns Page 6.

Astrology Classes Page 7.

Planet Watch. Page 9.

How to find South Perth Learning

Centre - MAP. Page 10.

Advertising Fees. Page 11.

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Editor:

Carol Jenkins

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Editorial:

Another month has passed by and last Sunday was the day of

Jeannette’s Medical Astrology presentation. There were 10 of us

there on the afternoon to share an interesting and very informative day.

I know more were unfortunately unable to attend.

Thursday March 2nd (or TOMORROW) is the first of Jeannette’s Horary Club dates for 2017.

Be sure to be there and have your questions all ready. The lady disects an horary chart

like a brain surgeon. Look for the details later in this issue.

The remainder of March is slow for us but we are getting ready for another very welcome

Terry McKinnell visit for a day workshop on Sunnday 2nd April. All costings can be found

on the flyer as well as details of the day’s progression follow in this issue.

Our popular Hellenistic Astrologer, Samantha Bakewell, begins a series on the subject

here with us. Part one on “Sect”can be found following.

Many members wonder what exactly they are paying their membership fees for and our

Treasurer, Patricia Johns, has a whole page to herself this month setting out the details

clearly for us all.

Remember, members can advertise for FREE in the MM. Feel free to share your astrology

or astrology related endeavours with us.You could be pleasantly surprised.

If any of you have a favourite topic and would like to have a little monthly column of your

own or maybe a “one off” article to include I would love to hear from you.

Warm regards,

Carol Jenkins

Mercury Messenger Editor carol.j@westnet.com.au

The FAAWA Library Catalogue can now be found

on

the Home Page of our website

www.faawa.org

The library has moved and is now housed at

3 Elizabeth Street, Bayswater.

Members are now welcome to come and read on

the Premises or borrow the books.

The library is at the house of our Vice President, Margie Crocker.

Margie is lecturing at TAFE during the week Monday to Thursday.

Friday afternoon is the easiest time to borrow or read but late

afternoon or weekends are available through a phone call -

9272 7861

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... NEXT EVENT ...

Terry MacKinell

(is back in Perth)

Sunday 2nd April 2017

South Perth Learning Centre

10 am to 4 pm

Includes 3 stimulating “stand alone”

parts.

Session 1: History of house systems in western astrology

Session 2: Donald Trump as a Guinea pig to examine house systems

… (afternoon) …

Session 3: Where is the World Heading in the Age of Aquarius?

Early Bird (payment must be received by Wednesday 15th March 2017)

$85 concession(members only) $90 members $100 non-members

Later payment or on the day payment

$90 concession (members only) $100 members $125 non-members

Payment options

Forward cheque or money order to: The Treasurer of the FAA WA Inc, 51a Rome Rd, Melville 6156.

Or pay directly into account: Account no: 416267-2 BSB no: 306-084

(Please bring your own packed lunch – Tea, coffee biscuits are provided)

(Please see map following in newsletter)

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... STUDENT PAGE ...

Planetary Sect with Samantha Bakewell

Part One:

If you know a little about Traditional Astrologers then you may have observed we spend a considerable

amount of time ascertaining what condition the seven visible planets are in. Sect is another extension

with regards to this factor.

An informative soft covered book on sect by author Robert S. Hand, called Night & Day Planetary Sect in

Astrology, is an excellent thorough and easy to understand text about the techniques and history. You can

find this in the FAAWA library. Chris Brennan is one of our leading Hellenistic Astrologers and you can

simply Google Planetary Sect by Chris Brennan, his explanation on sect is quick and concise and he has

chart examples showing how to apply sect to a natal chart.

You will want to use the whole house system when looking at this

technique.

The Latin word Seco means to divide.

There are two sects diurnal (daytime) and nocturnal (night time)

A diurnal chart is when the Sun is above the horizon.

A nocturnal chart is when the Sun is below the horizon.

Simply draw a line from the Ascendant to the Descendant this

establishes your individual horizon. Is the Sun above your horizon or

below? If the Sun is above horizon it is a diurnal chart and if it is

below it is a nocturnal chart.

Each sect has its very own team members. Whether the planets associated with the luminary of sect, the

Sun or Moon, is a good team player will depend on other factors incorporating sect, such as; on the

placement, what sign they are in, if it is Retrograde, and the aspect it makes.

Diurnal - Diurnal planets are the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn

Nocturnal - Nocturnal planets are the Moon, Venus and Mars

Vettius Valens calls the above sect planets the co-workers and guardians.

These sect co-workers are the same in everyone’s chart.

Both diurnal and nocturnal have a luminary, a benefic, and a malefic. The diurnal sects are the superior

planets and nocturnal are the inferior planets.

When a planet is in sect, the chart supports what the planet represents. The malefic out of sect will cause

the disunity, challenges and discomfort for the native.

Out of sect malefic planets are our problem planets:

The diurnal out of sect planet is Mars

The nocturnal out of sect planet is Saturn

Continued on page 10

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... NOTICES ...

Terry MacKinnell in Perth on Sunday 2nd

April 2017

More details on the format of the day.

3 stimulating “stand alone” parts.

Session 1: History of house systems in western astrology

This session will begin with the original house system employed by the Hellenistic astrologers and

outlines their evolution to the range of the most commonly used house systems by astrologers

today. This is not a technical session based on the different mathematics involved in dividing the

sky into the 12 houses developed over the last 2,000 years, but a contextual history.

Session 2: Donald Trump as a Guinea pig to examine house systems

From just before Donald Trump was elected president I have followed his path to presidency and

his performance since being president using lunar astrology. Lunar astrology is based upon the

monthly lunar cycle combined with full moons and embellished with eclipses. The quality of

insights provided by lunar astrology is, at a minimum, equal to the combined insights of all the

applicable transits to his natal chart. My experience is that lunar astrology is actually superior to

transits. The lunar insights will be used to delineate between major differences in available house

systems and is an example of qualitative research in astrology.

… (afternoon) …

Session 3: Where is the World Heading in the Age of Aquarius?

Society and politics are never static and in this session we will examine how socio-political and

cultural developments in the world are closely shadowing the sub-ages, sub-age decans, micro-

ages and micro-age decans within the Age of Aquarius. When examined from the perspective of

these sub-periods of the Age of Aquarius, there are no surprises or anomalies. This session will

incorporate some of the material I will be presenting at the January 2018 FAA conference in

Melbourne where I will be doing a talk “The Future of Western Society in the Age of Aquarius”

(Please bring your own packed lunch – Tea, coffee biscuits provided )

(Please see map following in newsletter)

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Do YOU know how your membership

fee is distributed?

Your membership is important to us. We your committee members

strive to bring all of you the most for your membership fees.

Please be aware that two-thirds of your membership fee is paid to

the national body of the FAA Inc, as affiliation fees, for which you

get:-

- a quarterly journal,

- are entitled to attend any conferences run by the

association

- take the various astrological examinations set by the FAA, and

- speak at the bi-annual conference if elected to.

The one-third of the fee WA gets helps us provide you with:-

- your Mercury Messenger,

- pay for costs incurred in running the FAAWA,

- such as our annual insurance, internet costs for our site, any postage and

- printing, hire of halls, advertising, paying our speakers and any other

- costs incurred.

-

Your committee members:-

- are all paid up members in their own right,

- do not get paid

- are all very generous with their time and the energy they expend, and

- work to do what is best for their fellow members.

-

Be kind to yourselves, be happy,

Patricia Johns

FAAWA Treasurer 2017/18

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Membership fees: Notice 2017

Dear Members it is that time of the year when membership fees are due. Our financial year is

from April 1st till March 31st each year. I will be invoicing you by email soon. Please do not feel

that you have to wait until you receive your invoice.

It will be greatly appreciated if you can deposit your money directly into our account.

Name: Federation of Australian Astrologers, Western Australia

(FAAWA)

BSB No: 306- 084

Account No: 416 267 2

It is regrettable that we have had to increase your subscription by a modest $10.00 per annum,

to bring them into line with those paid by all other FAA member states. It will mean that our

normal membership fee will be $70.00 pa; while those on a concession

will pay $50.00 pa.

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. . . ASTROLOGY CLASSES . .

Beginners’ classes are on Saturday afternoon from 3-5 each

fortnight. The next one is March 11 in Bayswater $25 per class-

"A crash course in the Basics of Astrology!"

Wednesday nights from 7-9 each week is an ongoing class for those

who already have the basics of astrology. This looks at chart

delineation, predictions and different areas of astrology. $25 per

class.

Contact Margie Crocker 9272 7861 for details or email

margie@constellationsastrology.com.au

Dip. International Guild of Astrologers;

B.Ed, Grad.Dip (Psychotherapy and Counselling)

Horary Astrology Study Group

The horary group will be starting up again in March, and I have

plenty of charts to start out on. As always, your own questions

and charts have priority.

There is a change of day necessary this year: we will meet on

Thursdays. We will do the 1st Thursday of each month, so the

very first meeting will be held on

Thursday, March 2nd, 7.00 PM

Marjorie Ave Studio, 53 Marjorie Ave, Riverton

Please text me if you are coming: 045 909 6959.

Thanks, Jeannette Lewis-Hill. All are Welcome.

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Why not advertise your upcoming

Astrology related events

in the Mercury Messenger for FREE

if you are a member.

http://www.qfa.net.au/page_9.html

Ctrl+Click on the link

OR copy and paste it into your browser

to see what other states

are doing.

President: Jeanette Lewis-Hill (08) 9457 1790 jlewis33@bigpond.com Vice President: Margie Crocker (08) 9272 7861 margiecrocker@westnet.com.au Treasurer: Patricia Johns 0450 921 946 patriciajohns46@gmail.com Secretary: Barbie Davidson (08) 9342 1064 bbambola@lizzy.com.au

MM Editor: Carol Jenkins (08) 9456 2232 carol.j@westnet.com.au Committee Joanna Clifton (08) 9401 3143, 0415 763 743 joclif@bigpond.com Samantha Bakewell 0418 918 466 samantha-bakewell@hotmail.com

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. . . PLANET WATCH . .

Day and Night world map

The world map below shows the area and degree of shade and light on our

beautiful planet Earth at the moment of the March Equinox 2017 positioned

for Perth Western Australia at 6:29 pm AWST

March Equinox in Perth, Western Australia

Monday, 20th March 2017 at 6:29 pm AWST.

OR

Monday, 20th March 2017 at 10:29 UTC

from: timeanddate.com

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Continued from page 10…

There are specific rules for Mercury the rules are as follows:

Diurnal charts

Mercury favours rising before the Sun, which is called oriental of the Sun, and in a masculine sign

Nocturnal charts

Mercury favours setting after the Sun, which is called occidental of the Sun, in a feminine sign

Mars is always a contentious issue for Astrologers to whether he rejoices in a masculine sign or feminine

sign. Many astrologers’ through-out time have contradicted whether Mars is in sect in a feminine sign

however at the current time I use Mars in a feminine sign.

More on sect (with Samantha Bakewell) in our next edition of the MM.

HOW TO FIND SOUTH PERTH LEARNING CENTRE

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Advertising Fees for All Others

Advertising Fees (repeats)

$25 for ¼ page ($20)

FREE to FAAWA Members $40 for ½ page ($35)

$70 for full page ($60)

(content must be relevant) Ad to be received by 20th month.

(or by prior arrangement with Editor)

Payment in FULL to be received

before publishing

. We’re looking forward to seeing

you next month.