UAC only occurs every few years, when all major astrological organizations together and pool their resources in order to host a Conference of huge, with hundreds of thousands of attendees and speakers.
The last United Astrology Conference held in Denver in 2008 and was a really amazing Conference, so expectations are high that this will happen.Organizations that sponsor the Conference are the National Council of research Geocosmic (NCGR), the international society for Astrological Research (ISAR), astrological Association Networking (AFAN), the Council of Vedic Astrology (CVA) and the American College of Vedic Astrology (ACVA).
Personally I look forward the Conference because there is a great lineup of speakers, and there are a lot of conferences I am interested in attending. In more normal astrological conferences there could be only one or two conferences that really want to attend, but with UAC you have so many conferences will envelope in so many different areas that the real problem becomes to choose between them.I think the organizers made a mistake by not creating a specific clue for traditional astrology, which is somewhat disappointing, but the track of the story that is being organized by Nick Campion appears now will have a decent mix of technical and historical discussions, and there are a number of traditional conversations scattered in the other tracks.
They will be presenting two conferences in the Conference, entitled Hellenistic Astrology as the study of fate and another entitled the theory and practice of Arabic parts or lots.Regulus AwardsOne of the highlights of each United Astrology Conference is Marion D. March Regulus Awards, which is a ceremony where the members of the astrological community are recognized for the contributions that have been made in the field.
Regulus Awards nominations are carried out several months in advance, and the members of each of the sponsoring organizations are able to cast their vote, with the results announced at the ceremony during the UAC.Regulus Awards have been going on since 1989, and because UAC is one of the only cases where a large portion of the professional astrological community met in the same place, the prize is easily the most prestigious that exists today in the field.
There are five different categories that are voted in:Nomination of discovery, innovation and ResearchEducationTheory and UnderstandingCommunity ServiceProfessional ImageThe I feel stronger about this year is the fourth category, where Alois Treindl has been nominated for an award for service to the community. Treindl is the founder and director of the company Astrodienst, which is mainly known for its Web site that offers free astrological calculation, www.astro.com.
Anyone who has read my blog awhile knows that I am a big fan of Astrodienst, as its calculation of free astrological services and other resources were instrumental in the early years of my studies of astrology. Without your Web site do not think would have been able to move forward as quickly as I did, and I think that this is true for many other people who are now in the field.Therefore, even if it is only for calculation of astrological services free only I think that Alois Treindl deserves a Regulus Award for service to the community, taking into account the effect of your company to help new people to enter the field. But not all Astrodienst has done for the community. Swiss, which has been the standard for the majority of astrological software programs to calculate charts also produce the ephemeris.
More recently, in 2009, known as AstroDatabank birth data collection was acquired and then proceeded to publish the complete database online for free on their website. They have also taken steps to expand and improve the database, ensuring that it will continue to grow in the future. You can not underestimate the importance of his work here, from the collection of data of birth has far-reaching for the viability of our field implications, as it is what many of us depend on research in natal astrology.So for these reasons that I will vote by Alois Treindl for Regulus Award for community service and would encourage others to do the same.
Another EventsOther that Regulus Awards, there will also be a lot of other events at the Conference. All organizations are celebrating pre-conference workshops on various topics, community-oriented, and there are a number of other technical workshops as well. Michael Lutin is organizing a game for entertainment and there is some kind of bowling night, although I am sure that most of the best entertainment held during some of the parties in the suites later in the night.Everything should be a great Conference, and I am really looking forward to it. I hope to see you there!
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