  
Founded at the peak of the Sun’s passage around the earth – as we view it from the earth – on the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer Solstice in 1958, the Astrological Association’s half century was celebrated in style on Saturday 21st June 2008. A goodly number of astrologers gathered together at the Union pub in central London, in order to witness the actual moment of the AA’s inception, fifty years on. The pub chosen was fittingly the one used by many of those who attend the Astrological Lodge lecture evenings on Mondays each week, as of course the AA was itself founded by Lodge members.
A festive atmosphere built as people arrived from 7 o’clock onwards, with the outdoor barbeque aromas drifting across the small terrace, and greetings being exchanged between old friends and acquaintances across the astrological spectrum. As the precise moment approached – 8.22pm BST - glasses were replenished and everyone convened inside the bar. The AA’s President, Roy Gillett, commanded attention by informally standing on a chair to address the large group. Some past AA members and previous Presidents, notably John Addey and the sadly missed Charles Harvey, were remembered and toasted.
At exactly 8.22 pm, all glasses were raised in honour of the passage of fifty years of pursuing the AA’s aims of working to promote greater understanding of astrology in the wider community, and of supporting astrological education and the continuing development of serious astrology in all its branches, through research and critical study. And as befits a Sun Gemini organization (the AA’s Sun is at the very end of Gemini at 29 degrees 53 minutes), on the day after Mercury turned direct, a babble of conversation broke out again as Roy finished speaking. The meeting of minds, the companionship, and the productive networking that was taking place between individuals and small groups made this a special party.
  
Review of Party by AA Member
Sue M. Farebrother D. F. Astrol. S., M.A.
Sue is a tutor with the Faculty of Astrological Studies and a professional Tarot Card Reader. Her Master's Thesis at Bath Spa University, which was awarded a distinction, was on the links between Tarot and Astrology. |
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