Jodie Forrest's Astrological Mentoring Program

Presents

Venus and Mars : Eros and Risk

October 3-4, 2009
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Oakland, CA

$280

To make reservations,
please contact Chris Zydel.
Click here for contact information.

This pair of planets represents two archetypal forces at work within you. Bonding and boundaries. Attachment and aversion. Merging and assertion. Relaxation and energy. The taste for pleasure and beauty, and the power of the will. They should be considered together, not just for the obvious reasons, but because their dance within your psyche reveals so much about the internal and external dynamics of your relationships, creativity and drive.

There will be lots of practice with participants' charts--please give your birth data to the coordinator when you register.

About Jodie Forrest:

Since 1983, Jodie Forrest has maintained a busy practice as an astrological consultant, teacher, writer, editor and publisher. With her husband Steven Forrest, she co-authored Skymates: Love, Sex and Evolutionary Astrology; Skymates II: The Composite Chart, and the text for three synastry report writers. She's the author of the historical fantasy Rhymer trilogy, beginning with The Rhymer and The Ravens. Her latest book is a solo effort, The Ascendant (Seven Paws Press, 2007). She lives in southern California with her husband Steven, an uppity cast of her fictional characters and painted bone creatures, several electric basses, and two extravagantly spoiled cats. Visit her at her website, www.JodieForrest.com.

Registration:

The course fee of $280 includes lunch, coffee, tea, and light snacks. If you are interested in attending, please contact Chris Zydel. Click here for contact information.

Transportation:

The closest airport is the Oakland International Airport (OAK), which is about a 20 minute drive to the Creative Juices Arts Studio and neighboring hotels.

Past participants have recommended these sources for locating inexpensive airline tickets:

Southwest Airlines: www.southwest.com
Expedia: www.expedia.com
Travelocity: www.travelocity.com

Others who have purchased on-line airline tickets recommend that after you have located your best priced ticket from Expedia or Travelocity, before you purchase tickets from them, check out the same flight on the website of the applicable airline and see what their lowest fare is for that flight. Sometimes it costs even less to buy direct!

Car rental services are available at the airport. Please check with your chosen airline to see if you can reserve a car along with your flight. Alternatively, you can use public transportation (see below for public transit information).

Please ask us for hotel recommendations.

Public Transportation from the Airport:

The BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train service can help you travel from the airport to our studio. First, after you get off the plane, you'll need to take an "AirBART" shuttle-bus from the airport to the train station. Then you'll ride the train into downtown Oakland. Finally, another municipal bus can bring you within a short walking distance from our studio.

Travel light! The bus and train rides are easy and convenient, but please don't bring large or heavy luggage, nor any irreplaceable valuables.

From the airport, take the "AirBART" shuttle bus to the Coliseum / Oakland Airport BART train station. Please click here for more information about the AirBART shuttle bus service from the airport to the train station.

Exit the AirBART bus at the Coliseum / Oakland Airport BART train station. Board the next BART train bound for "Richmond". (The city of Richmond is at the end of the line -- you won't be going that far.)

The BART train will take you past the "Fruitvale" BART station, then past the "Lake Merritt" station (DO NOT exit the train at the Lake Merritt station!) ... Stay on the train as it takes you past the "Oakland City Center / 12th St." station. Exit the train at the 19th St. Oakland station.

At the 19th St. Oakland BART station, find the station attendant's booth and ask for directions to the intersection of Broadway and 20th St. Exit the station and walk to the intersection of Broadway and 20th.

Go to the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadway & 20th, where you'll find an AC Transit Bus stop. Wait for a bus which has a destination sign that says: "Eastmont Transit Ctr." Ride to Grand Avenue at Perkins Street.

Exit the bus on Grand Avenue at Perkins, and walk 3 blocks east to Bellevue Avenue. Turn left on Bellevue. Our studio is located at 432 Bellevue, on the right-hand side of the street.
Click here to see a map of our studio location.

Visit Jodie Forrest's web site at www.JodieForrest.com