Cultural Astrology Workshops - Starry Talks & Hekate Nemoralia

Name: Cultural Astrology Workshops - Starry Talks & Hekate Nemoralia
Start: 2025-08-16T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-16T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Chicago College of Healing Arts

Schedule

Sat Aug 16 2025 at 12:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Chicago College of Healing Arts | Evanston, IL

Announcing the first in an occasional series of Cultural Astrology Workshops. Five different astrology presentations include a talk about Hekate & Nemoralia are scheduled. Handouts will be provided. Doors open at 11:30 AM, the program begins at 12:00 PM.
PLEASE NOTE: Your personal horoscope star information can be part of the program if you submit your birth data at Pre-registration. Birth data must be sent in Before the workshop so we can cast horoscopes to be ready for the workshop.
Admissions for individual presentations are $15 each or attend for the entire day: five talks for $50. Light refreshments are included, with breaks and discussion between presentations. Senior discount available. Pre-register with Demetria Nanos by PayPal or Zelle.
Speakers & abstracts of the talks:
Demetria Nanos
"Behenian Stars and Their Antecedents"
The focus of this talk and slideshow are the Behenian Stars, emphasized in the Middle Ages and Renaissance as the West's most important stars for spiritual, religious, and magical purposes. We’ll discuss these 15 stars of the first magnitude, how they were viewed and commented on in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, the Levant, and Greece. Handouts on the Behenian stars will be provided.
Kenneth Johnson -
“Gifts from the Past: Ancient Astrological Wisdom for Modern Astrologers.” Most of the ideas I will present were gleaned from my time with Project Hindsight. I will focus on IDEAS, basic concepts from the earliest astrologers, especially their philosophy. It is worth mentioning that all the earliest astrology writers explicitly identify themselves as Hermetic philosophers.
Victoria Martin - ‘64 Stars You Need to Know’ (PowerPoint)
Special! Participant’s Sun, Moon, & Asc. are worked into the show! (Participant’s birth data OR TROPICAL DEGREES OF Sun, Moon, & Asc is submitted at registration ). Handouts include a long map (5”x17” on cardstock) of CONSTELLATION SECTORS noting these stars.
Dawn Silver - 'Epic Planetary Shifts: 2025-2026 frequency reset starring the "Ambassadors of Our Galaxy" Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto'. Prepare for radical Cosmic Shifts. The Dynamic trio of outer planets - Sky God Uranus, Master of Surrealistic Illusions Neptune, and Dark God of the Transformations align in harmony to usher in a new vision for humanity. Our current Zeitgeist is, collectively, preparing for this new journey in human consciousness and existence.
Demetria Nanos - Hekataean Ides and Nemoralia - A short talk & slideshow about the Hellenic Moon and Magic goddess Hekate and Italic/Roman goddess Diana Nemorensis. Their festivals were traditionally held in mid-August (Aug. 13 - 16, depending on the calendar in use). We touch on the cultural and religious significance of those festival days in the past and how they remain with us today.
For more information about the workshop and program, please call or send a text message to Demetria at 773-505-1724.