annie besant - an extraordinary woman
Annie Besant was a social activist who fought for woman’s access to birth control, marriage reform, labour reform and Indian Nationalism in the nineteenth century in England and India. A gifted and prodigious author and orator, she was involved with various social and political advocacy organisations lecturing worldwide, becoming President of the Indian National Congress. She joined the Theosophical Society after meeting Helena Blavatsky, becoming her protégé and later the Society’s President for over 25 years of what was a successful and sometimes controversial career. She presents a fascinating case study and after reviewing her life story we will examine her chart looking at some significant life events, her relationship with Leadbeater, and if time allows, explore the powerful esoteric signatures in this highly individual woman’s chart.
About the Speaker:
B. Architecture, FAA Grad. Dip., Grad. Dip. Psychology, Masters Art History, MSE Esoteric Psychology, PhD Esoteric Philosophy (USR).
Adrienne has been a consulting astrologer and psychotherapist in private practice for over 30 years. Specialising in Esoteric Astrology, she has a deep interest in wisdom traditions having studied with the Rosicrucian Society, the Theosophical Society, the Anthroposophical Society, the University of the Seven Rays of which she was a faculty member, and the International Academy of Esoteric Astrologers.
She has worked for many years in astrological and esoteric education, as a curriculum developer, teacher, national and international conference organiser, has written articles and columns for several publications and lectured at conferences and public forums in Australia and overseas. Now retired from private practice, Adrienne’s current focus is on research and writing.
