Episode 262 interviews astrologers Basil Fearrington and Cathy Rose about the life and work of astrologer Noel Tyll.
Noel Thiel was one of the most prolific astrologers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, authoring nearly 30 books.
He passed away last year on December 31, 2019, on his 83rd birthday.
I almost had an interview with him last fall, but it didn’t come together and I regretted missing the opportunity.
To make up for it, I decided to interview two of Noel’s famous students, Basil and Cathy, who continue to teach his methods.
In the first part of the episode we talk about Noel’s biography and in the second part we talk about his approach to astrology and what makes it special and unique.
Thanks to Matthew Ouimet for helping me plan this episode!
Below you’ll find the show notes, followed by links to listen to the episode.
This episode is available in audio and video versions below.
Show notes and episode outline
Enter
- Noel Jan Thiel (1936-2019)
- Born on December 31, 1936 at 3:57 PM in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Died December 31, 2019 at 11:11 a.m. in Arizona
- He died on his birthday, at the age of 83.
- One of the most effective astrologers of the late 20th century.
Biographical details of Noel’s life
- Born on December 31, 1936 at 3:57 PM in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Big guy: 6 feet 11 inches tall
- Excellent in academics and sports
- Accepted to Harvard
- Learned about astrology after college at age 28 (Saturn Return)
- Went to Zoltan Mason’s bookstore in New York City
- Tyl taught himself through books
- His first published book was Identity as Astrology in 1973.
- Wrote in Germany and assigned to Llewellyn
- Next Series: Principles and Practice of Astrology (12 Volumes)
- More than 30 books were published in his lifetime.
- Strong association with Llewellyn Publishing Company.
- Developed and taught a master’s course
- Founder and first chairman of AFAN
- In 1987, he participated in the establishment of the first United Astrology Conference (UAC).
- In 1998, he received the Regulus Award for Professional Image Enhancement at UAC
Noel Tyl’s Approach to Astrology
- A humanistic astrological focus
- The most important thing was to have a meaningful conversation with the client.
- Influenced by the theory of psychological needs taught by Harvard professor Henry Murray
- Who were Noel’s main influences as an astrologer?
- Alan Leo
- Mark Edmund Jones – personal contact?
- Data Rudhyar
- Reinhold Ebertin
- Developed a technical and psychological approach
- His opposition to the use of the terms beneficial and harmful
- Aspects
- Small things
- The inconjunct was not used.
- Quindecile: 165 degrees – intense focus or obsession
- Quintile: 72 degrees – creativity
- Aspect patterns
- Big triangle
- T-square
- A large area
- Others include quadrant or hemisphere accents
- Emphasis of the hemisphere
- Singleton planet
- Houses
- Houses of Placidus
- He did not reject all traditional home meanings
- Emphasis was placed on psychological and behavioral issues.
- 2nd house – how you see yourself as a resource; self-esteem and self-worth
- Rulers of houses using modern sign meters
- Saturn retrograde interpretation
- Peregrine as an invisible planet
- Timing techniques
- Transits
- Solar arcs
- Secondary progressed moon
- Midpoints
- Through Reinhold Ebertin’s Cosmobiology
- He thought Ebertin’s depictions of World War II were too pessimistic
- “Upgrade” them
- Profession
- Weekly professional exercises on his forum
- Sheep Point
Learn more
- Some of Noel’s books:
- Synthesis and Counseling in Astrology (1994)
- Solar Arcs (2001)
- Predictions in Astrology (1995)
- Professions: New Middle Heaven Expansion Process (2006)
- Intimacy, Sex, and Relationship Astrology (2002)
- Astrological Timing of Critical Illness (1998)
- The Creative Astrologer: Effective One-Session Counseling (2000)
- Noel Tyl’s Guide to Astrological Counseling (2007)
- Principles and Practice of Astrology (12 Volumes)
- Biographical sources:
- Basil’s Blog: https://newwayastrology.tumblr.com
- Cathy’s Website: http://www.roseastrology.com
Time signs
Here are some timestamps for the topics covered at various points in the episode:
00:00:00 Login
00:02:00 Background of Basil Fearrington
00:06:20 Cathy Rose’s background
00:11:04 Noel’s schedule
00:16:45 Noel’s background
00:26:37 Noel’s note
00:30:08 Noel’s 11th House Theory
00:32:36 Noel’s approach
00:49:31 Noel’s main influence
00:56:45 Therapeutic approach
01:00:00 Aversion to useful and harmful things
01:08:40 AFA Lectures
01:10:44 Solids and spheres
01:12:14 Small aspects
01:21:50 Hemispheric emphasis
01:25:25 Single planets
01:30:30 Big triangles
01:35:00 T-squares
01:37:27 Houses
01:42:26 Rulers of houses
01:46:34 Saturn retrograde
01:53:05 Past life and spirituality
01:57:50 Peregrine
02:02:42 Solar arcs, advanced moon
02:14:13 Creating a professional profile
02:18:38 His best books
02:23:00 Basil’s book and website
02:24:52 Cathy conference and course
02:27:45 Tyl masterwork series
02:29:16 Closing remarks
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