Beyond the hype, 2012 promises to be a quite powerful year full of opportunities for those who navigate carefully. Some hints? It will prove to be an exciting presidential election year. Our up-and-down economy may improve. We’ll have unique opportunities to grow intuitively. You may be called to reboot your career or business, find a soul mate, or move geographically to make yourself more successful.

Two of our favorite local speakers—both Llewellyn authors and internationally known—team up to give us their outlook on the portentous year ahead.

Admission: $10; $8 seniors & students

Sherrie Dillard, M. Div., will begin the evening with her intuitive view of 2012. It promises to be a year of unfolding and a loosening of boundaries between established and conventional worldly power and the individual and collective spirit. Spiritual energy of tsunami proportions is approaching, she says; she will describe political, environmental, and social changes she foresees in the coming year and suggest how we can make the most of the opportunities that are presented.

In the second half of the program, Durham astrologer Bernie Ashman will give us his astrological forecast. He’ll peek at the astrological charts of the key presidential candidates and how 2012 looks for them. On the economy, he’ll describe “fascinating windows” to greater wealth through business success, inventing new ideas to present to the world, or taking a hobby or idea into marketable wealth. In general, we can expect a lot of creative and economic stimulation from astrological cycles that rarely arrive together as they will in 2012:

•    A major opportunity to refresh our vision of the future, to tune in more deeply to a soul purpose, and
even to manifest creative passion arrives with the 14-year Neptune in Pisces cycle that begins on February 3. This cycle last occurred in the 1800s and launched the Impressionists; the current cycle will push us to rely more on our intuition and offer a new wave of creativity for everyone.
•    The Saturn in Libra cycle that ends in October 2012 suggests forward movement that could benefit more of the 99% who aren’t millionaires.
•    Beginning on June 11 and lasting for a year, Jupiter in Gemini will be great for the world economy, for travel on the mental and physical levels, and for an overall lift in the human spirit.
•    From October 6 through December 16, Mars in Sagittarius provides a boost in energy and enthusiasm for those who need it. Because the United States is a Sagittarius Ascendant country, this push from the heavens should get us to move in new, growth-promoting directions.

“It is an exciting year,” Bernie predicts, “and people can enjoy the ride if they tune into the right frequencies.”

About our speakers

A professional psychic, medium, counselor, and teacher for over 25 years, Sherrie serves an international clientele from her practice in Durham and has been a frequent participant in SFF’s annual Psychic & Healing Fairs. She is dedicated to her own intuitive-psychic and spiritual journey and believes that intuitive development is a spiritual refinement process that manifests in one’s life as joy, connectedness to all of life, and an inner conscious communion with the divine. Her writing has appeared in Glamour magazine, Belief.net, New Age Journal, and the Yahoo home page, and she has been featured on radio and television for her innovative books and for her work as a psychic detective and medium. She has published two books to help others discover and develop their intuitive skills: Discover Your Psychic Type (2008) and Love and Intuition (2010); her third book, due out in March, is The Miracle Workers Handbook: Seven Levels of Power and Manifestation of the Virgin Mary. To learn more about Sherrie and her work, go to www.SherrieDillard.com.

Bernie has clients from all over the world, and has widened his scope to include writing, lecturing, teaching, and mentoring. He has published several popular astrology books, most recently Sun Signs & Past Lives: Your Soul’s Evolutionary Path in 2010; a 2001 Llewellyn book, Civilization Under Attack, includes a chapter by Bernie, “Psychology of Terrorism.” He’s also the author of a number of astrology software programs. He has a marvelous gift for explaining astrology in clear enough terms for the uninitiated to understand, while providing enough technical details to satisfy professionals and serious amateurs. He has proven to be one of our best and most popular speakers. Learn more about Bernie and his work atwww.BernieAshman.com.

Books by both of our speakers and several of Bernie’s personalized astrological reports will be available for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to support SFF.