In 2024, we celebrate 40 years of the Northwest Astrology Conference (NORWAC) & 8 years as the standard-bearer for diversity in the astrology community! We need your support.

NORWAC has quickly become one of the most diverse astrology conferences in the world, along lines of gender, sexual identity, class and race. Last year, we added a new dimension to diversity: a scholarship for seniors (60+ at their 2nd Saturn Return and onward).  The conference transformed from a smallish regional conference in 2018 , eclipsing all of its previous records for attendance, to a conference that even surpasses conferences organized by international astrology organizations in size.  And it has continued to do so. 2024's conference is A HYBRID conference and its 40th (synodic Venus return). You can sign up to attend in-person or virtually! Also, our previous Diversity Scholarship fellows have gone on to have very illustrious careers as astrologers: Mecca Woods, Colin Bedell, Janelle Belgrave, Chris Lam, Lindsey Turner, Daniel Norman, Taylor Shuler, and Cameron Allen to name a few.

But there are plenty more to reach and NORWAC is ready to do more there.

If you’re interested in applying for one of the TWENTY scholarships we’re offering this year, read on.

If you would like to donate toward this catalyst of change in the astrology community, please click here!

The 40th Northwest Astrology Conference in Seattle is happening on May 23-27, 2024!

If you’re interested in applying, here’s what you need to know:

NORWAC will provide TEN Full In-Person registrations (without meals or workshops), FIVE Full (virtual or in-person) (without meals or workshops) registrations for seniors over 60, and FIVE Full Virtual registrations (without workshops) to astrology students who are under-represented at astrology conferences.

The IN-PERSON Diversity Scholarship recipients will be granted a conference registration along $400 to cover expenses for live attendance. This does not include meals or workshops. The $400 can only be collected in person while attending the conference.

VIRTUAL Diversity Scholarship recipients will be offered a full registration to the virtual conference.  No monies are awarded for the online scholarship. This scholarship also does not include meals or workshops.

YOU CAN ONLY APPLY TO ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS, EITHER IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL, BUT NOT BOTH.

Qualified applicants  may be physically challenged, a member of a historically marginalized ethnic, gender or sexual minority, or over 60+,  or an intersection of any of the above, within the United States, Canada, or Mexico.

Applicants must write a 300-500 word statement in the application form that details the following:

• Their brief personal history
• Their interest and level of astrological study
• Their existing impact in the astrology community, whether historically, presently, online or in-person.
• Their perceived impact by attending the conference
• Tick a box that states that you are in financial need on our application form

Click HERE to apply using the form.

Deadline to submit the form is February 6, 2024.

We will notify applicants of their awards by late February or early March 2024 to attend the conference.

Scholarship Recipients are

~ Expected to participate in this conference at the best of their ability, including attending as many sessions as physically able and willing.

~ Required to write a short 250-500 word write up of what they got out of the NORWAC experience within 30 days of the conclusion of the conference, both in terms of positive or challenging experiences.

~ Agree to take a group photo with other scholarship recipients.

~ Encouraged to attend a Saturday morning breakfast with Samuel Reynolds and other scholarship recipients.

To apply, CLICK HERE

To donate, CLICK HERE