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Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11 am PT
The Importance of Lots; Fortune and Spirit
with Charlie Obert
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Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
This class is a study of the structure and use of the Lots, concentrating on the two most important of the Lots, Fortune and Spirit, emphasizing how to use the Lots in natal and predictive work.
The session will include
- The formulas of the two Lots.
- The geometry of the Lots and how that shows their importance.
- The connection of the ancient formula for the Lots with modern astrology discoveries, especially Uranian astrology.
- Most importantly, the class will teach how to use these two Lots in practice; what to look for in the natal chart, in transits, and in synastry between charts.
Charlie Obert is a long time student of astrology. He has published six books on traditional techniques that have well received, three of which are being used as textbooks at Kepler College, and he was an instructor at Kepler College for several years.
You can find out more about Charlie’s writing and other work at his website, https://studentofastrology.com.
Please Note: Charlie will be speaking via Zoom; she will not be at the Encinitas Community Center, but you will be able to engage with Charlie and ask questions.
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You will receive the Zoom link in a separate email. (Please note it may take several hours before you receive the Zoom link). This meeting will be recorded. All participants registered will receive a link to download the recording.
Or join us in-person on June 21, 2025 at 11 am
Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 11 am PT
Electional Astrology: The Art of Co-Creating Your Future
with Diane Elizabeth Clark
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Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Based on 12 fundamental principles, astrology provides you with a unique and amazing system for understanding your makeup, motivations, innate talents and challenges — as well as those of others in your personal sphere.
Equally important, astrology also provides an effective timing method for developing your natural potentials, projecting into the future and co-creating the reality you would like to experience. Electional Astrology offers useful and numerous tools for choosing (electing) an ideal, or at least appropriate, time for initiating a new project or business, getting married, signing contracts, investing money, taking a trip, scheduling medical or dental procedures, getting a haircut, planting a garden or planning a successful party.
In this Zoom presentation, we will explore easy-to-learn techniques and tools that will hopefully inspire you to utilize astrological timing for further self-development and for making better-informed choices for your future. In the course of this talk, we will cover the Sun and Moon cycles, with a special emphasis on Moon transits & aspects. Planet transits, progressions and solar returns will also be discussed. Bring your horoscope (along with current progressions & transits if possible) — and your questions for the Q & A session following the talk.
So, instead of wondering how upcoming planetary transits & progressions will be affecting you, know that you have the power to take control of your own destiny and put yourself into the driver’s seat. Experience your life from a more intentional perspective through astrology in action!
Diane Elizabeth Clarke is a professional astrologer, teacher, writer and researcher, and has been in private practice since 1972. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara and a former social worker for LA County, she blends her astrological expertise with an extensive background in philosophical, metaphysical & spiritual studies, alternative health disciplines and feng shui. She has been writing her monthly COSMIC WEATHER REPORT (dianeclarke.com) since 1986. Diane has been carrying on the work of the pioneering astrologer, Carl Payne Tobey, and is currently completing her book based on his innovative house system. She has previously given talks to this group on the Clockwise House System and the Decanate Chart.
A long-time member of NCGR and former San Diegan, Diane is also the founder/facilitator of the Astrology Forum of Southern Nevada. A Virgo with a Libra Moon & Ascendant, she has lived in Las Vegas for the past 24 years, where she also enjoys spending time with family, friends & pets, landscape design, swimming, color-pencil drawing and music performance. She plays flute in the UNLV Community Concert Band and the Sirocco Flute Choir of Las Vegas.
Please Note: Diane will be speaking via Zoom; she will not be at the Encinitas Community Center, but you will be able to engage with Diane and ask questions.
You will receive the Zoom link in a separate email. (Please note it may take several hours before you receive the Zoom link). This meeting will be recorded. All participants registered will receive a link to download the recording.
Or join us in-person on July 19, 2025 at 11 am
Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 11 am PT
Defining the Moon’s Inner Resources
with Lesley Francis
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Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Defining the Moon’s Inner Resources
Join Lesley as she explores a new technique for delving into the Moon and how it functions in our lives by taking a look at the two planets underpinning and guiding the Moon. They play a powerful and illuminating role, providing the Moon with inner support as well as a path to follow. PLEASE bring your charts. This will be interactive.
A full-time practising astrologer, intuitive, author and workshop facilitator, Lesley is currently planning to launch two new podcasts – AstroSoup and Things I Learned from Falling on My Face, a follow-up to
Coloring Outside the Box. She is the author of the 2019 and 2020 Llewellyn Sun Sign Books. A founding member and current president as well as programming director of the Edmonton Astrological Society, Lesley does webinars for groups as diverse as ISAR and ISAR Canada, Kepler College, NCGR San Diego, the International Academy of Astrology, the Astrologers Den, the Fraser Valley Astrological Guild and Astrology Niagara, as well as speaking at conferences in Canada and the US, including NORWAC, the Canadian Astrology Conference, and SOTA. Visit
her website at lesleyfrancis.com.
Please Note: Lesley will be speaking via Zoom; she will not be at the Encinitas Community Center, but you will be able to engage with Lesley and ask questions.
You will receive the Zoom link in a separate email. (Please note it may take several hours before you receive the Zoom link). This meeting will be recorded. All participants registered will receive a link to download the recording.
Or join us in-person on August 16, 2025 at 11 am
Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 11 am PT
Astro*Carto*Graphy
with Elliott Jay Tanzer
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Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
ASTRO*CARTO*GRAPHY
Often misunderstood, misused, and underutilized in Birth Chart analysis. Many, otherwise excellent astrologers, though proficient in how to use many other astrological tools and techniques, whether relying on free online mapping services or the mapping modules available for their home computers, often lack proper training in how to properly approach ACG Map evaluations. In this presentation, after having evaluated over 3000 ACG Maps, Elliot will clarify each of the above issues.
Elliot Jay Tanzer has offered Astrology services since 1973 and Feng Shui consultations since 1995. He has presented at UAC ‘86, many Whole Life Expos, astrology and international feng shui conferences and metaphysical societies. To find out more about his books, meditation CD, Feng Shui Master Formula Study Guides, and to read his many published articles, offering practical advice easy enough for anyone to use immediately, go to www.ElliotTanzer.com.
Author of Exercises for the Spiritual Body: Meditation and Metaphysics and Their Practical Application, Feng Shui Secrets: Health, Wealth & Relationship Harmony, featuring an innovative Checklist Format, and Evaluating Astro*Carto*Graphy Maps: Finding the Best Places to Live – the only instruction book on the subject based on Jim Lewis’ Certification Course.
In Elliot provides both astrological and feng shui services to an international clientele – in person, by phone, FaceTime or Zoom. He can be reached by phone: 310-281-6798 or by email: et@elliottanzer.com.
Please Note: Elliott will be speaking via Zoom; he will not be at the Encinitas Community Center, but you will be able to engage with Elliott and ask questions.
You will receive the Zoom link in a separate email. (Please note it may take several hours before you receive the Zoom link). This meeting will be recorded. All participants registered will receive a link to download the recording.
Or join us in-person on November 15, 2025 at 11 am
Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11 am PT
Topic: TBA
with Armand Diaz
Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 11 am PT
Quincunx – The Underdog of Aspects
with Tracy Quinlan
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Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
Quincunx – The Underdog of Aspects
They’re not squares, they’re not oppositions, and they’re definitely not subtle. Quincunxes are the itch you can’t scratch – persistent, puzzling, and profoundly revealing.
In this lecture, we’ll explore the potent energy of quincunxes (a.k.a. inconjuncts) – aspects often misunderstood, overlooked, or underestimated. We’ll discuss their role in natal charts, the tension they create, and the peculiar way they demand constant adjustment.
What you’ll get:
A fresh perspective on the 150 degree aspect and its psychological, energetic, and practical implications
Tools for interpreting quincunxes in natal charts and transits
Case studies that reveal how these aspects show up in real life
A framework for working with this tension in client sessions
Quincunxes reflect the inconsistencies we live with every day – between body and mind, duty and desire, confidence and doubt. Understanding them gives us better language for those hard-to-define inner conflicts.
Join us as we discuss one of astrology’s most persistent puzzles – bring your charts, your curiosity, and your willingness to explore the most awkward of the astrological aspects.
Tracy Quinlan is a contemporary astrologer with a BA in Sociology and Psychology. She writes horoscopes for the annual Llewellyn Astrological Calendar, has been a regular contributor in the OPA magazine, and has spoken at NORWAC, UAC, and the Canadian Astrology Conference. Tracy is also a certified Acutonics practitioner and teacher, integrating sound healing into her astrology work for a truly holistic approach.
She has served on the boards of both local and international astrology organizations and brings decades of astrological passion and exploration to her teaching and consulting. Her book, Charting Love Through Astrology, will be released By Llewellyn February 2026 – all about finding love, self-discovery, and what our charts say about our personal relationship story.
Please Note: Tracy will be speaking via Zoom; she will not be at the Encinitas Community Center, but you will be able to engage with Tracy and ask questions.
You will receive the Zoom link in a separate email. (Please note it may take several hours before you receive the Zoom link). This meeting will be recorded. All participants registered will receive a link to download the recording.
Or join us in-person on November 15, 2025 at 11 am
Encinitas Community Center
1140 Oakcrest Park Dr.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(Cross-streets Encinitas Blvd. & Balour Dr.)
Cottonwood Room #120
October 2020: We have some sad news to share with you all about one of our NCGR San Diego Board members. Our beloved Vice President, Diane Ronngren, recently transitioned from this earthly plane. She is now with the stars she loved and watched for many, many years, and reuniting with family, friends, and pets she’s not been with in quite some time.
This is a devastating loss for many of us who held Diane close in our hearts, and she will be greatly missed. Because of the pandemic, we are unable to gather together in person to celebrate Diane’s life. If you wish to do something to commemorate Diane’s life and contribution to astrology, I’m sure she would be honored to have donations made in her name to the Helen Woodward Animal Center https://animalcenter.org/
