I have consulted and taught professionally for over 50 years. In 1984, I received the Professional Member of the Federation of Australian Astrologers (PMFAA) qualification and then became an Examiner for the FAA in 1986-1988.

I have spoken at several Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA) conferences, the most recent being in Melbourne in January 2006, so am really looking forward to this Conference!

My major skill is in Tropical Astrology, but I am also a long-term student of Vedic Astrology and Chinese Astrology.

I am a ‘general practitioner’ in astrology as I have been a consultant for people from all walks of life and in almost all situations of life. I am fascinated by all forms of mundane astrology.

Website: aliceportman.com

Duads, the powerful connections in family, relationships and business

Duads and Dwads are a mini zodiac within each zodiac sign – a sadly underrated astrological technique that shows how each 2 degrees 30 minutes of sign will have a different astrological signature e.g. someone born at 5 degrees Sagittarius will be in the Aquarius section of Sagittarius and be very different to someone born at 18 degrees Sagittarius in the Cancer section of that sign.

I have taken this further and worked out a technique that gives the duad degrees of each planet and angle, called a duad chart, which Graham Dawson of Esoteric Technologies kindly incorporated in the Solar Fire Program. This is so accurate that it shows the differences between twins born even a minute apart. It also shows genetic inheritance down the family line to such a finely tuned point that in a natural birth there is a clear connection between the Moon of the child and the Ascendant-Descendant axis of a parent (or vice versa). And for those who are relationship oriented it will often show the people to whom you are attracted and whether this is reciprocated.

Age Harmonics, the best time for events I have ever found

I was first taught Age Harmonics by the wonderful Dymock Brose in the late ‘90’s or early 2000’s. At that stage we were calculating these by hand with the help of tables he had devised to speed up the process, later Solar Fire incorporated the calculations (thank goodness) and it has been plain sailing ever since. I have worked with this system every day and have fined tuned it to a considerable degree of accuracy.

YEAR Age Harmonics are even better than Solar Returns to describe the type of year you will have and the areas that will be emphasised. DAY Age Harmonics are the best timer for events that I have ever found in my 50+years as an astrologer and they are so precise that they can rectify your chart to seconds. BIRTHDAY Harmonics can show which years will have a big impact on your life.