Direction
and Destiny in the Birth Chart
Howard
Sasportas
Since
the death of Howard Sasportas, students have repeatedly requested
transcripts of his CPA seminars. It seems appropriate now,
perhaps more as a celebration of his birth than a memorial
to his death, to publish three of the best of the seminars
in book form. Howard would have been fifty years old on 12
April, 1998. The publication of this volume has been timed
to coincide with that date; it is an honouring of his entry
into life, and a distillation of what he was able to contribute
to astrology in the time he was given. These three seminars
all deal with the themes of direction and destiny in the birth
chart, a subject with which he, as an Aries with a Capricorn
Ascendant, was deeply concerned. In personal consultation
work he had the gift of inspiring his clients and highlighting
potentials for the future which gave them renewed hope and
new directions to pursue in life. These seminars convey the
same optimism and boundless vision of human possibilities.
Howard's astrology was always on the side of the individual,
and on the side of that which supports and enhances life and
freedom of choice.
These
seminars were given during 1990 and 1991, but the interpretations
and perspectives offered do not date, and are as relevant
to the astrologer in the next millennium as they were to the
astrologer in the 1990's. We cannot know how Howard's astrology
might have developed, had he been able to continue his work.
I have no doubt that he would have continued to grow in stature
and depth, offering innovative perspectives which incorporated
any new astrological and psychological insights that came
his way. Howard's work never stood still, as befits a cardinal
sign; he was perpetually seeking new ways of looking at things,
astrologically, psychologically, and spiritually. We can only
mourn what we have lost, yet at the same time celebrate what
we have - a legacy which can help us all to become not only
better astrologers but also better human beings.
Liz
Greene
