Volume 23 • Number 2 • Summer 2014
THE CAREER ASTROLOGER
The Newsletter for Professional Astrology
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M AURICE F ERNANDEZ
elcome to the new edition of
The Career Astrologer with the
Jupiter in Leo theme. This is the
first one under our new board. The OPA
elections and our recent reorganization
prompted us to postpone the summer issue
of the magazine so we could include the
latest updates from our annual board meet-
ing in Boulder in July. I’m excited to say
that we had a very productive time with an
abundance of ideas and a strong vision for
the development of our organization, (and
Jupiter wasn’t even in Leo yet!)
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Our next retreat is confirmed for October
22-25, 2015 in Asilomar (Pacific Grove),
California. We have a very special line up of
Track Leaders, including some of our well
known and beloved presenters, such as
Monica Dimino and Arlan Wise, as well
as new presenters, such as Anne Ortelee
and Chris Brennan. We are excited to be
back on the West Coast and presenting this
diverse and high level program.
While the retreat may seem to be far in
the future, OPA will be both developing
ongoing programs and creating new ones
during this year’s term. In order to comple-
ment OPA’s signature program, intended
essentially for professionals, the Peer
Group Work, we will now be offering a
new program for those who are not profes-
sionals yet. The purpose of this new pro-
gram is to help those who intend to begin
a new practice, or enhance their existing
one, launch their career as astrologers and
generate greater mass appeal and lasting
success. Stay tuned for I-Astrologer!
OPA will also be developing its interna-
tional outreach to benefit astrologers across
the world. In this issue you will meet the rep-
resentatives of the different OPA Satellites, in
Greece, Norway, Russia, and Israel (see page
16). We are humbled by the growing interest
in OPA’s program in the US and abroad, and
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IN THIS ISSUE
President’s Report................................1
Mercury Retrograde..........................10
Interview with Frank Clifford ..............1 Palmistry Today ..................................12
Jupiter in Leo — OPA
Astrologers Share Insights ................3 OPA International Satellites ............16
The OPA Retreat 2014 ......................18
Fasting, the Moon & Astrology..........8 OPA Book Review..............................20
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BY M AURICE
F ERNANDEZ
Tell us about your
family status: I’m a
son, brother and uncle.
Religious background
and conditioning?
Unusual. My father was
an avowed atheist, but my parents sent me
to a secondary (high) school when I was 9
(very early!) and the school taught eastern
philosophies, Sanskrit and Hinduism. This
wasn’t in the prospectus, but looking back it
was a great education! (By Solar Arc, my
preferred method of direction/ progression,
Jupiter had reached my MC in Aquarius.)
My father ‘conditioned’ me to think for my-
self and although he didn’t ‘believe’ in as-
trology (preferring to worship the Sun,
Moon and seasons!), he respected my intel-
ligence enough to know there must be
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‘something’ in it.
THE CAREER ASTROLOGER
SUMMER 2014