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Love, Marriage & Sexuality through the eyes of Vedic astrology

2 Apr

Weekend immersion, June 1-4, 2023, in Sedona, AZ

Greetings, astrological community!

We’re pleased and honored to offer a weekend intensive at the Shine Sanctuary on June 1-4, 2023, in Sedona, AZ. Over the course of the weekend, we’ll explore in great depth various relationship dynamics, including romantic bias, commitment phobia, marital prognosis, sexual tendencies, and much more in the context of personal and intimate relations.

The full program of activities includes presentations by Charlotte Benson, Alan Annand, and Dennis Harness. For those who aren’t already familiar with Jyotisha, Charlotte will provide an optional three-hour introduction to Vedic astrology on Thursday afternoon, June 1st.

The core of the weekend will be two full days, Friday June 2nd and Saturday June 3rd (9am-4pm with lunch breaks), during which Alan Annand will lead participants through key astrological procedures of analysis. Multiple examples will illustrate how an astrologer can assess an individual’s psychological bias for engagement in love and romance, as well as their karmic prospects for marriage and/or sexual expression.

In effect, you’ll learn how to answer these topical questions:

  • Who is inclined versus reluctant to marry?
  • Who will defy tradition to marry against family wishes?
  • Who is attracted to a foreigner or same-sex partner?
  • Who will experience harmony or discord in marriage?
  • Who will engage in multiple relationships?
  • Who is driven by sexual passion, and of what nature?

Dennis Harness, PhD, will deliver a Sunday morning (June 4th) presentation on the ethical standards and challenges in discussing such sensitive subject matter with a client. Following this component, all three speakers (Alan, Charlotte and Dennis) will participate in an interactive Q&A session to conclude the weekend’s program.

Although a virtual live-stream option is available for those who can’t be there in person, attendees at the weekend program will have a range of add-in options, including Saturday night dinner (including standup comedy from Alan and Dennis), a musical concert, healing therapies, personal readings, autographed copies of Alan’s latest book Kama Yoga, and more.

Please note that seating is limited, so take advantage of early registration options. Book now to save $50 on early-bird package pricing that ends April 15th!

Access full details and register for Love, Relationships & Sexuality from the Vedic Viewpoint via the link below:

Sedona Vedic Astrology Immersion Weekend:

June 1-4, 2023, at Shine Sanctuary in Sedona, AZ

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Amazon book review: Parivartana Yoga

6 Sep

Here’s a recent 5-star review I received from an Amazon reader for my book PARIVARTANA YOGA:

“His logical and organized approach makes this book an easy reference guide…

“Alan Annand is a gifted astrological writer and his book, Parivartana Yoga, fills a void in the literature where material on clear interpretations of yogas and all their variations is often lacking in Vedic astrology. His approach is logical and organized and makes using his book an easy reference guide. He generously illustrates his book with key examples from famous people, bringing the principles to life regarding exchanges of planets via signs and houses. I often use this book as a reference guide when this phenomenon comes up in my chart analysis [43% of all clients]. A must for your shelf!”

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FELONIOUS MONK: the NCGR book review

2 Jan

FM ebook thumbThis book review, written by Donna Van Toen, first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of the NCGR Memberletter.

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Axel Crowe is back! And who is Axel Crowe? He’s the astrologer-detective who solves murders while throwing out snippets of Vedic astrology, amazing his friends and irritating his enemies in what Alan Annand calls his NEW AGE NOIR series.

While Felonious Monk is the second book in the series, it won’t take you long to get to know Axel, so don’t think you have to read the first book in the series (Scorpio Rising) before reading this one. Just jump right in – you can go back to the first book later.

The story opens at an ashram in Vermont where a retreat is in progress. However, not all of the participants are exactly peaceful. There’s a reporter there hot on the trail of a story. There’s also an ex-CIA agent who specializes in smuggling antiquities in and out of countries. We first meet them as the smuggler is slugging the reporter. Fortunately, they are observed by the head of the ashram. The smuggler is sent on his way; the reporter is taken back to the retreat house to deal with the damage to his head. Later, the reporter is found dead.

Crowe is called in by the head of the ashram, who knows him from time spent in India, where they had studied Vedanta together. In fact, Crowe chose the electional chart for the ashram. So of course he’s going to help. But before he can do much, the police arrest his friend for the murder.

The plot twists and turns like a winding road – from Montreal to Vermont and New York, to Thailand, to Maine and back again. Along the way, there is the NYC Riverside rapist, sex trafficking, heroin smuggling, and of course all those antiquities being smuggled in and out of countries. And Crowe who, with the aid of astrology, manages to solve a number of mysteries and close some cases.

Annand writes well. His descriptions of people and places are vivid. The plot grabs you and refuses to let you put the book down. And Guruji’s pithy sayings show up at regular intervals, providing wisdom and lead-ins to astrology and Vedic metaphysics. The mix is good – intense and dark in spots, with enough levity and irony to keep it from being too dark.

If you like crime fiction as well as astrology, come and hang out with Axel Crowe. If you’re like me, you’ll never settle for Alex Cross again. In fact, I’m anxiously awaiting the third book in this series, which is due out in 2015. By the time you finish this book, you may be too.

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The National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, education and research organization dedicated to raising the standards of astrological education and research. For more info, visit their site at http://geocosmic.org/

Donna Van Toen is a Canadian astrologer and organizer of the annual SOTA Conference that brings together Canadian and American astrologers, typically on the cusp of the Ontario/New York state border. For more info, visit her site at http://donnavantoen.com/

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Alan Annand is a Canadian astrologer and palmist with an education spanning both eastern and western astrology. He has diplomas from the American College of Vedic Astrology, as well as the British Faculty of Astrological Studies for whom he was their North American correspondence tutor for several years.

He is also a writer of crime fiction, including his NEW AGE NOIR series (Scorpio Rising, Felonious Monk, Soma County) featuring astrologer and palmist Axel Crowe, whom one reviewer has dubbed “Sherlock Holmes with a horoscope.”

Websites: www.navamsa.com, www.sextile.com

Read the highlighted reviews of Scorpio Rising on Pinterest.

Buy Annand’s New Age Noir series and other crime fiction on Amazon, Apple, Barnes&Noble, Flipkart, Kobo and Smashwords.

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