PRACTICE WITH THE PLANETS with BEAR RYVER (Individual Classes)

536 Grand Avenue,Oakland CA 94610

09 April, 2023

Description

Building on participant's personal charts, Bear will facilitate an interactive conversation about building a direct relationship with the planets. From simply learning and observing to ritual devotion, the possibilities are endless. Learn about each planet’s day (and night) and how your chart can help guide you in building your own practice. You'll walk away with the concrete steps you need to begin working with the planets, tuning into their frequencies through various practices: making art, chores and running errands (seriously), maintaining an altar, prayer and evocation, from the clothes you wear to the food you cook in the kitchen... the possibilities are endless. Week 1 is an introduction to the planetary days and nights and will be more lecture heavy than the rest of the series. In weeks 2 - 8 we'll run with the same general format: taking a closer look at that week's planet, and their day and night of the week. Building upon the introductory class, participants will learn about the traditional planetary correspondences : colors, people, places, and more. Then we'll explore how each day might be approached differently based on a person’s rising sign and where the planet falls in their chart. While weeks 2 - 8 don’t build on one another, it’s highly recommended that you attend the whole series if you can (and we're offering a nice discount if you purchase the series as a bundle!). March 12th, Week 1: Intro An introduction to working with the planets! In this first session we’ll walk through an overview of the planetary days and nights – when do they fall, which planets are involved. Then, Bear will walk participants through creating a personalized weekly calendar based on each person’s rising sign. March 19th, Week 2: Lusciously Lunar We start with the Moon because they’re closest to home. Bear will talk a bit about the correspondences for the Moon, share a tarot spread for Mondays, and lead participants through a casual conversation about building a direct relationship with the Moon based on their own Moon placement and Cancer’s house in their chart. March 26th, Week 3: Mad Mercurial Mercury is the next fastest planet, after the Moon. Mercury’s correspondences are important for everyone, one way or another – from astrology to commerce to communication itself. Taking a look at Mercury’s placement as well as both Gemini and Virgo’s houses we’ll chat about building a personal practice for Wednesdays. April 2nd, Week 4: Very Venusian Venus rules beauty, harmony, grace, and relationships. Where Venus lands in the chart, and what Taurus and Libra are ‘doing’ can inform devotional practice on Fridays (as well as Monday nights). April 9th, Week 5: Salutations to the Sun Right there in the name, Sun-day, the center of the Solar system is the symbol for the center of our experience: our Self. You don’t have to watch the sunrise to build a personal practice with Sol. Learn what your Sun placement and Leo’s house have to say about building a relationship with the Sun’s days and nights. April 16th, Week 6: Maximally Martial Mars may be called a malefic, but building a relationship with the hot and spicy planet can be beneficial and quite fulfilling – when handled with care. In addition to correspondences, a tarot spread, and a discussion about various Mars placements and Aries/Scorpio house variations, Bear will run down a list of precautions for planetary devotion on Tuesdays. April 23rd, Week 7: Justly Jovial Relationship with Jupiter comes with thunderous laughter and expansive wisdom. The houses that hold Sagittarius and Pisces, plus Jupiter’s placement can help you get your bearings when beginning a planetary practice on Thursdays. April 30th, Week 8: Seriously Saturnine Saturn is a planet whose gifts come with time. Whether you’ve had your first Saturn return, or your second, or you’re still not there yet – you can still build a relationship with the planet who stands at the threshold of the stars. Saturday’s devotions can be fun and silly too (Saturn does rule clowns...). Emphasizing gentle and mundane ways of working with Saturn, we’ll wrap up the series with a look at what an ongoing (or even lifelong) practice with the planet can look like. NOTES - PLEASE READ: We are offering a discounted package on the series up until the first class begins. Thereafter only the individual classes will be available and you can attend as few or as many as you choose. Enrollment is accepted up until the day of the event.Please know that we are only able to offer refund if we have to cancel on our end.This is an In-Person event at our Oakland store and is limited to 10 attendees. Masks will be required.The Raven's Wing endeavors to create and maintain a safe environment in which all attendees can feel well met. As such we do not tolerate racist, sexist, ageist, ableist, transphobic or homophobic speech or actions in our spaces. When shopping with us or attending one of our events, you agree to monitor your speech and behavior to uphold this atmosphere of mutual respect. Anyone found violating this agreement will be asked to leave.Have a question we didn't address? Please feel free to drop us a line at [email protected] Bear Ryver is a professional astrologer helping his clients hone strategies for grounded growth and embodied empowerment by bringing them back to the BASICS. Winner of OPA’s Most Promising Astrologer in 2018, Bear has lectured at conferences like NORWAC and ISAR. He holds certifications in Hellenistic, Electional, and Horary astrology, and specializes in Intersectional Astrology. He was a teacher for the Portland School of Astrology, and has volunteered as a mentor for AFAN. When he’s not talking stars or pulling cards, you can find him climbing rocks and playing guitar. IG: @bearryver http://www.bearryver.com