Join us for our Annual Meeting with a review of business from 2023 and Board of Directors elections. The meeting begins with a Salon presentation, “Fairy Tales & Astrology” by Shane M. Nygaard:
“I was driven to ask myself in all seriousness: ‘What is the myth you are living?’ I did not know that I was living a myth, and even if I had known it, I would not have known what sort of myth was ordering my life without my knowledge…I simply had to know what unconscious or preconscious myth was forming me.”
Carl G. Jung, CW 5:xxiv-xxv
As Jung observed, we all live some kind of myth, whether consciously or unconsciously. Sometimes we find we’re even living a Fairy Tale! Do you have a favorite Fairy Tale? Are you living your favorite Fairy Tale? Once upon a time I worked with a woman whose favorite Fairy Tale was “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs,” and she was the one female executive in an organization with seven other male executives. Symbolically, she was living her favorite Fairy Tale!
Fairy Tales, their characters and storylines are part of collective consciousness. So, too, are the astrological signs and planets. As the interactions of the characters in Fairy Tales create wonderfully complex and enchanting stories, the movements of the planets also reflect such stories. In “Astrology & Fairy Tales” we’ll look into how Fairy Tales appear in an astrological birth chart and how these enchanting stories can be animated in our lives. Whether we’re on our way to grandmother’s house, climbing a giant beanstalk, or anticipating the clock striking midnight, each story has its particular correlation to the astrological signs, planets, and houses. Join us for this look at the intersections of Fairy Tales and Astrology!
Bio: Shane M. Nygaard studied archetypes in the “Sacred Contracts” course at the Caroline Myss Educational Institute (CMED), where he earned his Archetype Consultant certification. His studies at CMED also included astrology, and he’s been exploring archetypes and astrology ever since! His work includes presentations for the Minnesota Jung Association (“The Supernatural in Popular Culture,” “The Art of Darkness,” and “Astrology & the Collective Unconscious”); and his work “From Sunrise Through Nightfall: The 12 Houses of the Zodiac,” has been presented for OPA, NCGR Minnesota STARS, and Stormie Grace’s Eat & Greet YouTube series; as well as published in The Mountain Astrologer. Shane also presented at the Organization for Professional Astrology’s “Great Awakening” Conference about the themes of Utopia and Dystopia in The Age of Aquarius, and earned his “The Art of Fairy Tale Analysis” certification at the Assisi Institute. His most recent article, “Yves Saint Laurent: Fashioning Fantasy Into Reality,” is featured on astro.com. Shane’s influences include the Pre-Raphaelite Romantics, James Hillman, Liz Greene, opera, drag, haute couture, Jung, and things with wings.
