The stars say the Dems will meet in Denver, but first come nearly 200 astrologers

We should have seen it in the stars, but next month in preparation for the potentially rancorous Democratic National Convention in Denver in late August, nearly 200 "highly respected astrologers" will gather in the same city.

There, they'll discuss such things as business and financial astrology, Pluto's entry into Capricorn and legal issues facing today's astrologers.

Who knows they might even get into the business of predicting who the heck is gonna win this drawn-out Democratic Party primary process -- Princess Hillary or Prince Barack.

What's happening just about three moons before the Democrats gather in the Mile High City is the United Astrology Conference, promising sessions that go way beyond standard newspaper horoscope fare, although here at The Ticket on LATimes.com we find absolutely nothing wrong with standard newspaper horoscope fare.

In  fact, we consult the stars before we write every item. Honest.

A conference news release predicts some 1,500 attendees, although how they can say that with Leo rising stretches credulity.

There'll be some 270 classes examining topics such as romantic and political compatibility, the future of the Iraq war and China's role in the world as well as astrometeorology (predicting the weather by the stars) and predictions about 2012 which, The Ticket predicts, will see yet another presidential election.

According to Mark Wolz, an astrologer who's also into yoga and meditation, the Internet has changed the business of astrology because it gives clients access to much more information and star charts and that kind of stuff. "People are dissatisfied with answers from traditional sources," he says, "and they're looking more and more to the symbolic arts for insight."

Somehow, we could have predicted he was going to say that.

--Andrew Malcolm

Comments

[Core Democrat]

If Obama wins this nomination, the whole sky will fall and therefore end astrology!

[dave]

with RON PAUL, to stop forever hoping for - start being change. to see liberty and justice rise, and the world grow up.
freedom loving people go on to shape the future, their destiny and universe - leaving the disheartened to rummage for some clue in coffee grounds and lose their minds in outer space. see the fairest constellation?
there. its's in the stars if you will just look up and pick the brightest.

[Crabby Golightly]

More Fun Than Primary Elections: Astrological Predictions for President!
DON'T SCOFF: Barack Obama and his supporters are keeping their eyes crossed that astrologers meeting this week in Denver are correct when they predict the Illinois Senator will become the next U.S. president.

Stargazers from 44 countries gathered at the United Astrology Conference to attend workshops on such topics as "The Moon: It's Subtle but Powerful Impact," "Your Unique Way of Working with Time," "Finding Your Natural Mate," "Pluto and the Path of Regeneration," as well as "Medical Astrology in Action."

OnTuesday seven panelists during a discussion on this season's presidential election foresaw the Illinois Senator winning "thanks to a Saturn-Jupiter conjunction spelling change." But New York astrologer Shelley Ackerman warned, "There are things that are going to happen in the next couple of months that could turn the game into something different than we think it is right now."

Hmmm. Could Hillary Clinton's practice of "The Secret" confuse the planets' presidential edict? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Crabby Golightly.com.