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2026 Winter – Spring Term

1 April: Astrological Tarot for Astrologers: When the Stars meet the Cards! with Fernanda Paiva

What happens when the Stars meet the Cards? Astrology and Tarot are two symbolic systems that speak in archetypes, imagery, and storytelling, but when woven together they can create an even richer language for insight and guidance. In this talk we will explore how Tarot can become a powerful companion to astrological practice via three powerful themes: Imagery, Dialogue, and Guidance.

Fernanda Paiva is a Tarot reader, certified astrologer (London School of Astrology), with a BA in History, a Masters’ degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology (UWTSD) and a certified Highly Sensitive Practitioner (The Highly Sensitive Human Academy).

She is also the head and heart behind the Hitchhiking Stars blog and YouTube channel, as well as the resident astrologer for the Witches of Instagram (@witches.of.insta). She has been published by Flare UK and at the astrodienst website, amongst others.

18 March: Beyond Venus & Mars: Why the Moon and Mercury Are the Real Priority in Relationships  with Margaret Gray

For years, Relationship Astrology has prioritized the importance of natal Venus and Mars. Yet, all our close relationships rely far more on the Moon – our emotional needs and Mercury – our style of communication. Join me in exploring how these two planets and aspects to them, impact our ability to share emotional intimacy and mutual understanding, as well as their combined impact on Emotional Intelligence.

Margaret Gray has been a consulting and teaching astrologer for over 30 years. She is currently based in her native Dublin, although part of her heart remains in Hawaii! Margaret offers birth chart readings to clients internationally, as well as presentations at astrology conferences worldwide. Margaret’s work is grounded in a Jungian based psychological approach. She is passionate about the Astrology of Relationships and is the co-founder and director of The Centre for Relationships and Astrology, which offers certificate courses in the Astrology of Relationships. Margaret also set up and co-runs Astrology Ireland. She is a practicing psychotherapist and works extensively with couples.

Website: astrologypsychological.com

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 14 March: Traditional Astrology Workshop

This introductory workshop is suitable for everyone and presents traditional astrology in a clear and accessible way. You’ll learn to view your horoscope from a fresh perspective, following a few simple steps that show how traditional techniques work in practice. Trav will keep things straightforward by using whole sign houses and the seven traditional planets.

Working mainly with your own chart, we will explore the use of sect, planetary dignities and debilities, and derived houses. While a few example charts will be shown, the focus of the day will be on participants’ charts. Handouts will be provided, and you will be asked to submit your birth details in advance so Trav can prepare your chart. All information received will be treated as confidential.

Trav Travers has been running his traditional astrology group “The Astrological Explorers” for several years. His interest in astrology started in childhood. A devotee and advocate of traditional astrology since 1990. He is a qualified Horary Practitioner and Medical Astrologer from the School of Traditional Astrology.

4 March: Intercepted Houses with Patricia Godden

In some house systems, signs, called intercepting signs, fall entirely within houses. Intercepting signs are often thought of as presenting frustrations but they offer the soul opportunities to develop its own way of expressing the energies of those signs.  Interception also modifies the interpretation of any planets that fall within intercepting signs. In addition, the presence of intercepting signs means that other signs fall on two house cusps, again offering specific opportunities for soul growth.

Patricia Godden was a scientist in academia and then industry. A developing interest in spirituality led her to study astrology with the White Eagle School of Astrology. She now teaches, gives talks and is a consultant astrologer. Patricia has written three books: Housing Your Planets, Astrology, Crystals and Spirituality and Seeking the Soul. Each book gives spiritual insights into facets of astrology.

18 February: The Karmic Meaning of Retrograde Planets with Giorgia Pecora

Why do certain patterns in our lives feel so familiar, as if echoing through time? In this webinar, we’ll explore the karmic dimension of natal retrograde planets—astrological indicators of past life themes, inner rewinds, and lessons still in motion. Often misunderstood, retrogrades can reveal where the soul is revisiting unresolved stories, inner conflicts, or forgotten wisdom. We’ll unpack how to interpret them with nuance and how to work with their energy consciously—so we can stop repeating and start integrating.

Giorgia Pecora is a psychological astro-consultant and teacher whose work lives at the intersection of astrology, lineage healing, and the body. She specializes in karmic dynamics, shadow work, relationship astrology, and astro-genealogy, weaving in influences from theosophy, somatic practices, and shamanic work. She holds an MA in Astrogenealogy and is certified in Psychogenealogy through the International School of Psychogenealogy, giving her a unique ability to map ancestral patterns and emotional inheritance with precision. Since 2017, Giorgia has taught over thousands students with a style that’s clear, warm, and unmistakably Italian (yes, the hand gestures are part of the method).

Discover more at www.visionaryastrology.org.

4 February: Childhood Matters with Faye Blake

Astrology provides a unique framework for examining time and cycles. Initial triggers in childhood to important chart points set deep imprints, leading to important patterns in later life. Faye will discuss Inner Child theory and examine planets near the Ascendant to clarify these patterns. One astrological technique has proved invaluable for this work. The Huber Life Clock offers a really clear way of pinpointing where conclusions about life are formed. Once you understand these conclusions it can help you create healing strategies that can lead to a better future. Faye will discuss client examples and also discuss some from the audience . So bring your charts with Koch houses and include Ceres.

Faye Blake, founder of the Amsterdam School of Astrology, holds an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology. She is an astrologer, therapist, business consultant and writer. Her free monthly blog, which she has published since 2006, can be found on her personal website. Faye is a noted speaker at international conferences, and her book, Vocational Astrology, forms the basis of her Vocational Apprenticeship program. Apart from encouraging personal development, her other passions include Ceres and the Huber Life Clock. She trained with the Hubers in Switzerland and has a background in Inner Child work, which she combines with astrology in her practice.

www.fayeblake.nl   Faye’s other website www.asastrology.nl offers some free material for astrologers and shows upcoming astrological events.

21 January: Saturn Transits: Growing Up and Growing Down with Carole Taylor

Saturn encompasses both the heaviness of lead and the clarity of crystal. It can bind and trap us through depression, fear or envy, but equally it can bring focus, maturity and discernment. It reminds us of mortality and the passage of time – and yet the lead can also transmute into precious gold, slowly revealed through our labours. We will explore the meaning of Saturn, via myths, alchemy and the Hermetic tradition. We will then turn to the Saturn cycle and the transits of Saturn, which encourage the ripening of our gifts and the unfolding of our mature sense of achievement and purpose in the world.

Carole Taylor has been a full-time astrological consultant and teacher since 2000. A former President and Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies, she is founder of the Centre for Astrology, Myth & Symbol and co-founder of Asteria Teaching. She is also a tutor for Astrology University and for the Centre for Relationships & Astrology. Carole has an MA in Myth, Cosmology & the Sacred from Canterbury Christ Church University, and taught for several years on the MA in Cultural Astronomy & Astrology at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

www.caroletaylorastrology.com      www.astrologymythsymbol.com      www.asteria-teraching.com

7 January: The William Lilly Soap Opera with Chris Mitchell

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2025 Autumn Term

3 December: Under the Gaze of the Gorgon: Astrology’s Stony Lens on 2026 with Alex Trenoweth

As several heavyweight outer planets step across the earliest degrees of new signs, 2026 arrives under one of the most striking astrological shifts in years. Uranus edges past Algol, Pluto presses deeper into Aquarius, Neptune steams into Aries, and Saturn brings its weight to the same fiery territory. Through this unblinking, mythic lens, Alex Trenoweth explores how these sky movements echo through education, AI, heavyweight sports, and the biographical films shaping the cultural mood. When we face the Gorgon, we either freeze in fear — or become the reflection that transforms it.

Alex Trenoweth is an international speaker, award-winning astrologer, and practicing school teacher whose work bridges astrology with real-world education. She is the author of several books, including a widely praised study of biographical cinema, and the creator and host of the Astrology in Real Life podcast. A lifelong film fan with a gift for making astrology practical, Alex blends research, humour, and heart in every presentation. With three new books in the pipeline and a 2026 Australian tour ahead, she invites you to explore deeper: book a consultation or join her classes at alextrenoweth.co.uk, and follow her work on YouTube at @AlexTrenowethAstrology.

19 November: Navigating with No Good Option with Wade Caves

Some horary charts describe situations where no clear resolution is possible – when every option appears blocked, or each path comes at too high a cost. This talk explores how astrology can still offer meaningful support, clarifying fears, steadying the heart, and helping clients face difficult truths. Through a selection of case studies, we’ll reflect on the role of the astrologer when the aim is not to fix, but to companion someone through uncertainty.

Wade Caves, based in Brooklyn, NY, is an astrological consultant and educator specialising in problem-solving applications of astrology. He teaches specialist astrological subjects and astronomy at the School of Traditional Astrology, and publishes his work on world affairs through Skyscript’s In Mundo publishing desk. He is the host of the World Astrology Summit, a conference dedicated to the advancement of astrology for global problem-solving. Website: wadecaves.com • skyscript.co.uk/inmundo  Email: hello@wadecaves.com.

5 November: ‘Remember, Remember the 5th of November’: the Astrology of Rebels, Villains and Saints with Alejo López

How is the spirit of rebellion signified in a birth chart, and what different types of rebels are out there? Let’s explore the symbolism of dissenting voices through the lens of astrology and Jungian psychology. We’ll look at planetary patterns and transits that could ignite the spark of dissent, and reflect on the hidden urges inside rebellious attitudes. What drives a rebel, and what shadows do they cast, both personally and collectively? Join us as we delve into the complex interplay between individuality, resistance, revolution and the unconscious, seeking to illuminate the mythic forces that shape every act of defiance.

Alejo López holds degrees in Psychology and Performing Arts, as well as a Master’s in Astronomy and Cultural Astrology from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. In 2024, he earned the university’s award for best dissertation. Alejo serves as a tutor at the Faculty of Astrological Studies and is a board member of the Astrological Association of Great Britain. He has studied horary astrology at Deborah Houlding’s School of Traditional Astrology and is a candidate for the International Association of Analytical Psychology in Zurich. He founded Revista Stellium, a Spanish-based astrological magazine, and has contributed articles to The Astrological Journal, The Mountain Astrologer and Watkins Magazine.

He currently works as a consulting astrologer in private practice and as a psychologist, supporting longer-term processes aimed at fostering self-awareness. Alejo views the symbolic language of astrology as a profound means of engaging with hidden aspects of the self and as the opportunity to create a dialogue with the divine.   alejolopezastrology.com   IG: @alejolopezastrology

 

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 1 November: “From Darkness to Light: Working with the Shadow in Astrology”

What hidden patterns or archetypes might be shaping your life?

Astrology shines a light on what we keep hidden. This workshop explores the shadow, both psychological and archetypal. In the morning we’ll uncover how childhood defences shape the chart. In the afternoon we’ll meet Algol, Lilith and Eris: dark figures with powerful gifts. It’s a day for discovery, insight and transformation. Bring your chart and join the exploration.

Morning Session: The Gift in the Shadow – The Astrology of Characterology With Rebekah J S Hirsch

Afternoon Session: Living With Three Dark Ladies: From Demons to Guardians – Algol, Lilith and Eris With Ana Isabel

15 October: Finding Purpose in Our Challenging Aspects with Mandi Lockley

We are taught that the aspects in our birth chart which reflect where we feel blocked, stressed, constricted and challenged, are here to help us to learn and grow. Even if we accept this as truth, we are sometimes at a loss as to how to help ourselves (and clients) to work with these aspects constructively. In this talk, we will discuss how consciously working to raise our vibration from fear, guilt and shame into the higher vibrations of courage, willingness, acceptance and even love, can help us to facilitate that growth and find purpose.

Mandi Lockley has studied and practised astrology for more than 20 years with a focus on psychological and spiritual astrology and holds the London School of Astrology Diploma. As well as offering consultations to clients, Mandi is an experienced speaker, delivering talks to groups and conferences. She is also a Reiki Master and psychic medium. Her new book The On Purpose Life – Your Guide to Finding and Living Your Life Purpose was published earlier this year.  Website: onpurposeastrology.com

1 October: Astrological Woodcuts: Every Picture Tells a Story with Trav Travers

Woodcuts. Early printed images carved into wooden blocks, inked, then used to illustrate books, posters and manuscripts centuries before modern printing. A powerful way to communicate ideas. Archaic and mesmerising images from ages past, convey complex astrological knowledge quickly and more vividly than words can. They provide both a lasting impression and emotional stimulation. Fortunately, a vast reservoir of woodcuts survives, striking illustrations of celestial motions, astrological medicine, temperament and much more. Trav will present a selection from this rich pictorial treasury, a glimpse on how Astrology once used them to teach, inspire and preserve their art. A neglected treasure worth rediscovering.

Trav Travers has been running his traditional astrology group “The Astrological Explorers” for several years, based in Sussex, looking at Natal, Mundane, Electional and Horary astrology through the ages, based on traditional source texts. His interest in astrology originally started in childhood. A devotee and advocate of traditional astrology since 1990, Trav has studied with many well-known traditional astrologers. He holds workshops, lectures and talks and still ‘does charts’.

17 September: Autumn Equinox Insights: Politics, Society and Economy 2025 with Anita Chakraburtty

Keen to know what may unfold for the UK Socially, Politically & Economically between 21^st Sept-Dec 21^st 2025? What about foreseeable events that may happen in the USA, Russia, Ukraine? The Autumn Equinox Chart may hold the key to forecasting future world events.

‘Mundo’ is the Latin for ‘World’ and hence Mundane Astrology is the study of the World. It delves into the charts of countries, political leaders and a country’s economic, political & cultural climate against the backdrop of Equinoxes & Solstices. The Autumn Equinox chart for a country gives us an indication of what may unfold between the September Equinox and the Winter Solstice in December. Medieval Astrologer Anita Chakraburtty will be sharing her insights as to what may unfold for the UK, USA, Ukraine, Russia & other countries making news headlines mid-Sept 2025.

Anita Chakraburtty has an MSc in Chemistry & worked as a Research Scientist for Astra Zeneca before moving into a 20 year Banking Career that took her to Sydney. Whilst in Sydney she completed her Naturopathy degree (Herbal Medicine & Nutrition) as well as her 4 year Diploma in Medieval Astrology. She also trained for 7 years with Medicine Crow, a Cherokee Chief to learn Shamanic Techniques. Anita has been working for over 15 years as a full-time Naturopath, Astrologer & Shamanic Healer. She has given talks at the Astrological Lodge of London, and other UK Astrology groups. Anita has also been on Wandsworth Radio & Riverside Radio sharing her health & Astrological insights with listeners. Anita is on the Committee of the Astrological Lodge of London & has written several articles for their Journal. She also runs 3 monthly Shamanic Circles in London.

3 September: Astrological Games of Luck and Chance: The Astrology of Fortune with Israel Ajose

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2025 Summer Term

16 July: Medical Conditions and the Art of Decumbiture with Wanda Sellar

‘Decumbiture’ is the name given to a chart drawn up when “sickness invades the infirm”. It is basically an event chart with certain designated rules, which are quite easy to follow, though like all astrology charts, it is up to the practitioner to put it all together. Such a chart can be drawn up in any situation where something needs to be known about a medical condition, such as the time of feeling ill, of course, or a doctor’s appointment, or a fall, or waiting for the results of a medical test. A Decumbiture chart was frequently erected by medieval and 17^th century astrologers when recourse to a doctor wasn’t always possible by the infirm. The chart would suggest the type of medication – usually herbs – to be administered as well.

Wanda Sellar is President of the Astrological Lodge of London. She is also its programme organiser and co-editor of the Astrology Quarterly magazine. She edits the Astrological Association’s Astrology & Medicine Newsletter. She has taught in Europe and Japan and has several books on astrology to her credit. One is on the subject of Decumbiture, though her most recent is Chart Shapes: the Code to Interpretation. Wanda holds a Diploma from the Mayo School of Astrology and is a Qualifying Horary Practitioner. She has also trained as a counsellor and Regression Therapist.

2 July: A New World for Astrologers: Through the Eyes of Juno with Lianne McCafferty

18 June: Zeus on the Loose: Jupiter’s Impact on Childhood Development and its Impact on Adulthood with Alex Trenoweth

‘Zeus on the Loose’ offers a fresh, insightful look at childhood development and its impact on adulthood through the lens of astrology. Perfect for astrologers, educators, and curious minds alike, this lecture will explore how Jupiter’s placement reveals learning style, motivation, and its unlimited potential. With practical guidance and rich symbolism, it bridges astrology and education to support the next generation’s growth and brilliance.

Alex Trenoweth is a distinguished author, educator, and award-winning astrologer renowned for her unique integration of astrology into educational contexts. She holds an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology, a diploma from the Faculty of Astrological Studies, the ISAR CAP and she was awarded with an honorary PhD from the Krishnamurti Institute of Astrology for her groundbreaking research on adolescent behaviour and lunar phases. Trenoweth’s dedication to astrology and education has taken her across the globe, lecturing at conferences, workshops, and local astrology groups. Her work has been translated into several languages, including Farsi, Mandarin, and Hindi, reflecting her commitment to making astrology accessible to diverse audiences.

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 14 June:  The ‘Magic’ of Astrology

Morning: The Magician Journey – Follow the Stars With Pam Carruthers

In this talk Pam weaves together various connections that astrology has with magic. According to the Internet, “Astrology and magic are two concepts that have been around for thousands of years. While astrology is the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial objects, magic refers to the use of supernatural powers or beliefs to influence or control events.” Astrology is not considered magic. However let’s look at the definition.

“A magician, also known as a magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practises magic derived from supernatural, occult or arcane sources.  Magicians enjoy a rich history in mythology, legends, fiction and folklore.”  Merlin is just one example.

Astrology is steeped in mythology and is often referred to as occult. The magical journey began with the Magi, the three Wise Men who were astronomers and astrologers who followed the stars, the alignment of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction in Pisces in 7 BC. This was a rare conjunction visible in the night sky.

Pam will show the chart for the Birth of Jesus.

The tarot is linked to astrology, magic and divination and Pam has used it for over 20 years.

She will examine the Kabbalah, the Tree of Life with its connection to the planets and its influence in the Aura-Soma Colour system. Pam will end her talk and take you on a journey with The Inner Guide Meditation by Ed Steinbrecher. This connects you with the 9^th house in your birth chart, so please bring it with you.

Pam Carruthers is a qualified professional Vedic and Western astrologer. She holds the Certificate with the Faculty of Astrological Studies since 1994 in Western Astrology and the Associate of Arts in Jyotish (Vedic Astrology) in 2001. She qualified as an NLP Practitioner in 1998. She teaches and has lectured with the International Conference for the British Association of Vedic Astrology and her local astrology group since 2003. An experienced Life Coach and Trainer, Pam helps clients discover the hidden patterns that are holding them back in their lives. She works from a spiritual perspective and is a student of A Course in Miracles. A consultation with her is a life enhancing and healing experience. Based in the UK, Pam has an international clientele. She works extensively via Zoom. Contact her via her website: www.healingstars.com

Afternoon: Astrological Magic: Medieval Technology for the 21st Century With Marcos Patchett

In this talk, celebrated medical and horary astrologer Marcos Patchett discusses his personal experiments with astrological magic over the past 15 years – what can it do? Did it work? Is it all made up? Expect numerous charts and details of what happened afterwards, plus some pondering on what this work suggests about belief systems and the nature of reality.

Marcos Patchett is a herbalist, medical and horary astrologer, and head of the Plan*tarium school teaching medical astrology to therapists of all kinds. He is formerly clinical supervisor at Middlesex University’s Western Herbal Medicine BSc & MSc courses (2013-2018), Westminster University (2021-2022), and Heartwood online herbal medicine programmes (2020-2023). He teaches at Kepler College (USA), QHP, and the Academy of Astrology (UK). His first book, The Secret Life of Chocolate, was released in 2020.

4 June: In 2025, How to Harness your Solar Power! with Lindsay Gladstone

The 2025 Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere takes place on the 21^st June at 03.43 hrs BST. This annual event is a global cultural phenomenon celebrated by millions, but how much attention do we pay to our own individual spark of divine light? Tonight, we will ponder on the wondrous philosophies honouring this life-giving star and consider simple astrological techniques that can consciously enhance our awareness of this life-giving essence.

Lindsay Gladstone is an astrological consultant and workshop leader. She has a Diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies (DFAstrolS), as well as an M.A. in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred. ​For a number of years, she was a tutor for the Faculty of Astrological Studies, as well as Registrar for the Faculty’s prestigious Summer School. Her journey has evolved into Axis Mundi Astrology, giving client consultations, curating in-person workshops, as well as lecturing in the UK and abroad. Website: https://www.axismundiastrology.co.uk.

21 May: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Astrological Health with Steve Judd

Having been an ‘outsider’ to most of the astrological community for 40+ years, Steve has learnt his own techniques as opposed to reading books or being taught by others.  In this time, he’s done over 30,000 readings, many brief and some very long. He has developed his own forms of astrological diagnosis relating to physical, emotional and mental health, and he would like to share these with you. None of this is evidential – it is all experiential, born of both diagnostic astrology and large amounts of feedback from clients.

Steve Judd is one of the ‘stars’ of the astrology world. He has 119,000 subscribers to his Steve Judd Astrology channel on YouTube. In July 2005, he was awarded the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from the Sophia Centre at Bath Spa University, the eleventh person in the world at that time to hold this qualification. Steve’s ability to define and explain past situations from an impersonal and objective perspective gives him the potential to expand on current situations and then explore and project into possible options for the future. For more information, visit: www.stevejudd.co, and www.astrobabbleproductions.com.

7 May: The Astronomical Ceilings of Dendera & Temple Alignments of Ancient Egypt with John Wadsworth

The astronomical ceilings that decorate the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt, offer us a source of rich astronomical information that not only tells us much about the way the Ancient Egyptians engaged with the night sky, but which also provides a lot of historical, religious and mythological context for the development of astrology.

In this richly illustrated talk, John will explore in detail both the circular Zodiac of Dendera (the original of which is now housed in the Louvre in Paris), and the spectacular Pronaos astronomical ceiling that adorns the Hypostyle Hall of the temple. John will also explore the more ancient context for these late kingdom designed star maps, with reference to the 18^th dynasty tomb of Senenmut which depicts the earliest known star map of the ancient world. And, as part of a broader discussion, John will also refer to the specific alignments of certain Egyptian temples to the heliacal rising and culmination of particular stars, which demonstrates a sophisticated ancient understanding of the Precessional Cycle.

John Wadsworth has been practising as an astrologer since the early 1990s and has been running the (APAI accredited) Kairos School of Astrology since 2010. He is the author of the book Your Zodiac Soul, and is the founder of The Alchemical Journey, a zodiac mystery school based in Glastonbury. John is also an experienced tour guide of sacred sites: he regularly leads pilgrimages in the Glastonbury Zodiac and, inspired by his long-term passion for all things Egyptian, he has recently begun leading tours of Ancient Egypt, focussing on its ancient star-lore.

The Kairos School of Astrology: www.kairosastrology.co.uk.

16 April: The Great Escape: Looking at Everyday Addictions Using the Horoscope with Faye Blake

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2025 Spring Term

2 April: Astrology for Business Success: Aligning with Purpose & Timing with Stormie Grace

How to make astrology a commercial success for you! Come and let me share my methods for getting to know your business on a deeper level using astrology! Your business has its own energy, rhythm, and highest purpose – just like you. By understanding its astrological blueprint, you can align your offerings, marketing, and decisions with the best cosmic timing. Whether you’re launching, growing, or pivoting, astrology can reveal the ideal moments for success and flow. Join me to explore how planetary cycles and personal placements can help your business thrive with clarity, confidence, and perfect timing!

Stormie Grace is a practising astrologer with her own successful and channel on YouTube where she shares a wealth of knowledge. Her crowd-funded YouTube Astrology Academy brings the community together by providing FREE basic astrology classes taught by the finest Astrologers from around the world. She has been consulting around the globe since 2014. Stormie holds a Doctorate of Business which enables her to apply those skills to help Creative Entrepreneurs build their own profitable and impactful businesses through her business school Legatia Academy! She is a member of OPA, ISAR, and NCGR, a contributor to Evolving Astrologer, Astrologyhub.com and Midheaven Magazine.

19 March: Splendid Isolation: Unaspected Planets with Carole Taylor

By definition, unaspected planets are not connected by aspect to other planets in the chart. Unmodified therefore by other psychological drives, they exist within their own mythical space, strong and pure in their expression and powerful as a driving force within the person’s life and character, yet often operating under the radar of conscious awareness. An unaspected planet tends towards extremes, sometimes feeling overwhelming in its presence and intensity, at other times seeming to disappear through denial, repression or absence of connection. This talk will explore the challenges and potentials offered by unaspected planets, including the slow process of integration brought about by transits and progressions.

Carole Taylor FFAstrolS is co-director of The Centre for Astrology, Myth & Symbol and of Asteria Teaching. She is a former President and Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies where she taught for 23 years and currently teaches for Astrology University and for Relationships & Astrology. Carole holds the Practitioner’s Certificate in Horary from the School of Traditional Astrology, as well as an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and was a tutor for several years on the Sophia MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

5 March: The Magic of Signification with Richard Swatton

Signification is a concept of such vital importance in astrology it is strange that little has been written about it. This talk seeks to correct this omission. Astrological Signification not only leads to the ability of the astrologer to see particular details of a person’s life from a birth chart, it also fortifies his confidence in foreseeing the future with accuracy. This talk, sometimes humorously, explores this most important concept of signification as well as providing ideas for cultivating it in practice. Using event-type, horary and birth charts we see signification come to life in clear and conclusive ways.

Richard Swatton’s astrology education began in 1976 when he learned traditional, horary, and Theosophical approaches to the subject. Later, he studied the work and system of Noel Tyl. Between 1985-88 Richard undertook the three-year diploma at the Centre for Psychological Astrology in London studying under Jungian Analyst and astrologers Dr. Liz Greene and Humanistic therapist Howard Sasportas. In 1992, Richard decided to train as a psychotherapist, moving his career path from music towards therapy and astrology. After already engaging various forms of psychotherapy from 1982 onward, it was during 1988-2002 he undertook a 14-year Jungian analysis as well as learning and practising various forms of mediation and spirituality.

As a therapist Richard has worked at St Thomas’s Hospital, Islington MIND the mental health charity, the Inner Way Consultancy, his own clinic – The City Psychotherapy Service – and the South Gloucestershire Council therapy services department. He is now in private practice in Bristol, online and face-to-face.

The Horary Process  – a book about the practice of astrological divination – is due in late 2025 in collaboration with Frank Clifford. Hobbies; mythology; chess, and poker.

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 22 February: The Liz Greene Workshop: Saturn and Chiron

Morning: Saturn – Guardian of the Threshold! With Lindsay Gladstone

This workshop has been inspired by Liz Greene’s brilliant book Saturn – A New Look at an Old Devil. During its 29.5-year cycle Saturn acts as our mentor as we journey towards adulthood, maturity and beyond. In her book Liz Greene explains that through psychological and emotional experiences, particularly related to authority, duty, relationship and responsibility, Saturn’s function is to build a solid framework from which the psyche can operate effectively in its authentic wholeness.

Not an easy task! Often evoking within us feelings of fear, depression, and inadequacy. However, through perseverance, and self-recognition, Saturn can help us gain mastery over any perceived sense of non-achievement.

In the zodiac wheel Saturn rules Capricorn, the Cardinal, Earth sign, and is the traditional ruler of Aquarius, the Fixed, Air sign. In this workshop, supported by a visualisation of Saturn and through interpreting the placement of Saturn in the natal chart and reviewing the house it is currently transiting, we will attempt to identify the areas of life that pose a challenge for us.

Lindsay Gladstone is an astrological consultant and workshop leader. She has a Diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies (DFAstrolS), as well as an M.A. in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred. ​For a number of years she was a tutor for the Faculty of Astrological Studies, as well as Registrar for the Faculty’s prestigious Summer School. Her journey has evolved into Axis Mundi Astrology, giving client consultations, curating in-person workshops, as well as lecturing in the UK and abroad. Website: https://www.axismundiastrology.co.uk.

To what extent are we truly aware of all our emotional, psychological or psychological wounds? What happens when they are left to fester in the dark cupboards of the unconscious? In this workshop, we will be looking at the ways in which hidden wounds can lead us to be defensive, overprotective, and hurtful to others, by examining Chiron in the birth chart. We may not always be able to cure a wound, but there is a process called ‘healing’.

Ana Isabel writes of her life and work: “When I left teaching and broadcasting, I decided to work as an astrologer. I began to give consultations, but I also began to teach astrology. I love watching my students as their interest grows in this wonderful subject. I am always delighted when they use their knowledge, and it helps them better understand themselves and others.

​“Besides teaching astrology, I also write about it and have appeared on many radio stations including the BBC to talk about astrology and take calls from listeners. More recently I had my own radio show, Lightways on My Spirit Radio.

​“Further training in Analytical Hypnotherapy and Past-Life Regression has led to working with clients to help them better understand their life’s purpose. Life is most joyful when it has meaning. To that end, I continue to work with my clients and students, helping them to fulfil their soul’s purpose.”

Ana Isabel’s website: lifeastrologer.com

19 February: Astro-Genealogy: Weaving Our Future from Threads of the Past with Jayne Logan

Weaving is a past-time handed down through generations of elders…family and ancestors. As a spiritual practice, it concentrates and stills the mind so we can hear the voices of our ancestors. Family history is more than genealogy, a collection of names and dates. It is a rich tapestry woven with stories, traditions, and a unique lineage that contributes to who we are. But how do we unravel the threads that influence our lives? Astro-genealogy enables us to reach back in time, where the thread(s) began, to help resolve the stray fibres and rework the yarn to reconnect us with our Soul’s purpose.

Jayne Logan is a passionate ‘Astro-Genealogist’ and founder of Astro Book Club. After experiencing the healing potential of astrology to give context to some of life’s most difficult moments, Jayne undertook the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology and now practices a unique and potent blend of genealogy and evolutionary astrology.  From the edge of the Canadian wilderness, Jayne works with clients around the world, guiding them to reconnect with Soul purpose through the lens of family and ancestral dynamics. Currently based in Canada, Jayne divides her time between North America and the UK, serving clients around the world.

5 February: Healing Your Birth Story – From Conception! with Pam Carruthers

Pam Carruthers is a qualified professional Vedic and Western astrologer. She works from a spiritual perspective and is a student of A Course in Miracles. An experienced Spiritual Life Coach and Trainer leading workshops since 2000, Pam helps clients discover the hidden patterns that are holding them back in their lives. A consultation with her is a life-enhancing and healing experience. Pam specialises in exploring the nodal axis in the birth chart and its connection to a past life where your soul level gifts were blocked. She facilitates an online course entitled The Planets Within. It’s for beginners and those who wish to deepen their knowledge with guided meditations. Subscribe to her newsletters with Key Dates for 2025 and notification of her Master Classes on astrology and healing. Contact her via her website www.healingstars.com

15 January: Dread Fixed Star Algol and the British Royal Family with Alex Trenoweth

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4 December: How to be a Super-Sensor Through the Zodiac: Humanity is Developing a Soul/Spirit Awareness with Patricia Godden

As humanity is evolving it is becoming more aware of subtle energies. These are means of sensing what is happening to other people and in events around the world. Such enhanced awareness is also reflected in how higher vibrations of the signs of the zodiac are gradually manifesting. The draconic and heliocentric zodiacs may be used to understand finer facets of the human being:  the soul and spirit.

Patricia Godden was a scientist in academia and then industry. A developing interest in spirituality led her to study astrology with the White Eagle School of Astrology. She now teaches, gives talks and is a consultant astrologer. Patricia has written three books: Housing Your Planets, Astrology, Crystal’s and Spirituality and Seeking the Soul. Each book gives spiritual insights into facets of astrology.

20 November: Black Moon Lilith – A Conduit to The Preternatural with Lianne McCafferty

Lilith represents all that is primal within us, a force that refuses to submit. It can manifest as a rebellious, untameable energy – therefore often demonised or repressed by those who fear it. But, as a non-physical point situated between the Moon and Earth, what if this innate force is also a metaphysical doorway, a channel to a higher plane of consciousness? Another dimension or vibrational energy even…so in this talk we will explore this possibility through Lilith’s mythology and various natal examples of those who demonstrate heightened intuitive and psychic abilities.

Lianne McCafferty holds the Mayo Diploma (with Distinction) in both Natal & Mundane Astrology as well as being a member of the APAI. She is also a tutor for the Mayo. Based in the UK (North-East) she consults internationally with a busy and varied client base, but she takes a particular interest in how astrology can be utilised in sport to help enhance performance. She is herself a former high-level equestrian. Along with a busy family life she is an accomplished musician and enjoys a more recent sporting passion, martial arts, in which she recently gained Shodan 1st Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. Lianne is now training towards 2nd Dan in late 2024 and has started learning Japanese.

6 November: Why Fixed Stars Are Essential. And What They Tell Us Of The Tragic Madelaine McCann Case. Plus, the US Election with Oscar Hofman

The Fixed Stars are not just an interesting add-on, they are part of the very basic structure of astrology. Apart from the planets, the signs and the houses, you need the stars to get the message the chart is trying to convey to you. If you leave them out you will miss far too much. This is also true with natal charts, forecasts, progressions, returns, profections and firdaria. In this talk the Madeleine McCann story is examined. (Also we will look at my prediction for the US presidential election (on 5 November!) which I made publicly in August. Was I right?

Oscar Hofman is a traditional astrologer from The Netherlands. His book, Fixed Stars in the Chart: Constellations, Lunar Mansions and Mythology and The Lunar Mansions Guide: Rediscovering the Western Lunar Zodiac are published by The Wessex Astrologer. E-mail: oshofman@xs4all.nl.  Phone: 0031-183649405.

www.pegasus-advies.com (Use Google translation for English).

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 2 November:- Cosmic Turning Point! How the New-Sign Transits Will Change All Our Lives

Morning: Globally and nationally – A Time of Change, Revolution, AI and Possible Tumult. We Live in Interesting Times… With Victor Olliver

Pluto in Aquarius; Uranus in Gemini; The Moon’s Nodes into Pisces/Virgo and more – it never rains but it pours. How will these new ingresses and transits affect us? An analysis of themes, of what happened last time planets were in certain signs. Are you brave enough for the brave new world we are entering?

Victor Olliver is Chair of the Brighton Astrology Circle and editor of the Astrological Association’s magazines The Astrological Journal and new online title Stellar.

Victor is a graduate of the Mayo School of Astrology with a distinction diploma in natal and mundane astrology. He recently completed The School of Traditional Astrology’s Practitioner’s Level Certificate in Horary.

His website: victorolliver.co.uk

Afternoon: Experiential Astrology: Exploring What the New-Sign Transits Mean at a Personal and Collective Level With Phoebe Wyss

In this workshop we’ll be exploring the new season’s transits experientially. We will use group exercises such as guided fantasy, sitting in the zodiac circle laid out on the floor and forming small groups to discuss personal examples to find answers to the key questions that arise. The aim will be to reach a deeper understanding of the themes of 2025 both personal and collective and like the boy scouts say to ‘Be prepared!’

Phoebe Wyss is the founder of the Brighton Astrology Circle. Her most recent book is: Inside the Cosmic Mind: Archetypal Astrology and the New Cosmology.

Phoebe’s books and games have been created with the aim of spreading an appreciation of astrology to a wider section of the population, as she considers it the most valuable tool there is for personal and spiritual development.

Phoebe’s website: astrophoebe.com

16 October: Goodbye Pluto in Capricorn and Hello Pluto in Aquarius, Individually and in Relationships with Margaret Gray

With Pluto finally getting ready to leave the last degrees of Capricorn and fully embrace the early degrees of Aquarius, it can easily feel like we are in the final laps of an exhausting obstacle course. To complete the challenge, it may help to look back at what the start of this journey felt like for you individually and in your relationships. What was seeded when Pluto first moved into Capricorn in 2008 and how might this be reaching a sense of completion?

Margaret Gray, MSW, B.A. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Diploma Psychological Astrology (CPA)

Margaret has been a consulting and teaching astrologer for over 30 years. She is currently based in her native Dublin, although part of her heart remains in Hawaii! Margaret offers birth chart readings to clients internationally, as well as presentations at astrology conferences worldwide. Margaret’s work is grounded in a Jungian based psychological approach. She is passionate about the Astrology of Relationships and is the co-founder and director of The Centre for Relationships and Astrology, which offers certificate courses in the Astrology of Relationships. Margaret also set up and co-runs Astrology Ireland. She is a practising psychotherapist and works extensively with couples.

Website: astrologypsychological.com

2 October: The Astrology of Highly Sensitive People with Fernanda Paiva

High Sensitivity, also known as Sensory-Processing Sensitivity, is a trait found amongst 15-20% of the population and a term coined by psychologist and researcher Elaine Aron in the early 90s. In this talk we will be exploring this fascinating theme, searching for astrological signatures, and analysing the astrological charts of HSPs.

Fernanda Paiva is an HSP, teacher and practising astrologer, with a certificate from the London School of Astrology, a BA. in History, and MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She has been published by Flare UK and at the Astrodienst (astro.com) website, amongst others. Fernanda is originally from Brazil but has lived in the UK for over 16 years.

Website: fernandapaiva.co

18 September: Talking to the Dead. The Astrology of Psychics and Mediums with Mandi Lockley

Mandi Lockley has studied and practised astrology for more than 20 years with a focus on psychological and spiritual astrology and holds the London School of Astrology Diploma. As well as offering private consultations to clients, Mandi is an experienced speaker, delivering talks to groups and conferences. She is also a Reiki Master and is currently training in psychic mediumship at the College of Psychic Studies.

Website: onpurposeastrology.com

4 September: How to Make the Most of Mercury, Direct and Retrograde with Jadranka Coic

 

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2024 Summer Term

17 July: Tales of Lost Astrologers – Including the One Who Ran a Brothel and the One Ran Away to Join a Fair with Kim Farnell

Though they were famous in their day, many of the astrologers of the last century or so have already faded from history. But they weren’t all studious and strait-laced middle-aged white men as it would be so easy to believe. They were much more interesting and diverse than that. These are the stories of some of their lives and work. Tales include those of the astrologer who wrote the first British newspaper column in 1911, the astrologer who ran a brothel, the astrologer who ran away to join the fair, and the astrologers who didn’t really exist.

Kim Farnell is currently completing a PhD on the history of the horoscope column in women’s magazines. For twelve years, she was President of the Astrological Lodge of London. She’s written a number of books including biographies of Alan and Bessie Leo, a biography of Cheiro, and a history of Sun sign astrology.

3 July: How to Shape up Your Astrology? Chart Shapes: the Path to Analysis with Wanda Sellar

Understanding chart shapes – created by the arrangement of planets in the horoscope – can be a helpful route to interpretation, and certainly gives a starting point. Each shape has its own theme, modified by the core planet/s. Most charts fit into the seven idealised patterns, and their variations, but not all, though that’s helpful, too. Sometimes it’s the planet that stands outside the idealised shape that reveals the core of the personality.

Wanda Sellar holds a diploma in astrology with the Mayo School of Astrology and is a Qualifying Horary Practitioner. She also has a long-standing interest in the spiritual side of astrology and is a devotee of the Alice Bailey books.  She has worked as a holistic therapist and counselling astrologer, and now mainly, though not exclusively, works as a writer and speaker. She has four books to her name in astrology, and two in aromatherapy. She has for a number of years edited the Astrological Association’s Astrology & Medicine Newsletter, and now co-edits the Astrology Lodge of London’s (A.L.L.) magazine, Astrology Quarterly She continues to put the Lodge’s programme together, and most of its workshops. Last year she was inducted, for the second time, as the president of the A.L.L.

19 June: Solar Returns: A Vivid Guide to the Year Ahead with Kim Farley

Kim Farley discovered astrology at the end of the 1980s and since then it has enhanced her life in countless ways. She has tutored generations of students over more than thirty years in London classes and internationally. A contributor to the volumes Journey Through Astrology and The Book of Music Horoscopes, she’s also the author of the booklet Astro Mind Maps and has been published in The Mountain Astrologer and The Astrological Journal. Describing her own approach to the art as the practice of applied imagination, she consults from home as well as worldwide online, and continues to teach with her independent school Asteria as well as for the LSA and Astrology University. Kim lives in central London with her beloved and is also a vegan cook, poet and funeral celebrant.

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 15 June:  “Our Inner Journey – Therapies and the Heavens”

Part One: Highly Talented People and the Archetype of the Puer and Puella Aeternus with Rebekah Hirsch

In this special workshop (do bring your horoscope), we will be exploring the archetype of the Puer Aeternus, the eternal youth and the Puella, the eternal maiden. This archetype describes a Peter Pan type of character – magical and charismatic but unable to cross the threshold into maturity and take on adult responsibilities. People who are strongly influenced by the Puer and the Puella are often highly talented. However, this archetype connects to our growing understanding of ADHD, the Puer struggles to meet the demands of the physical world and they often experience the disappointment of being unable to manifest their gifts. We’ll be exploring some of the mythology associated with the Puer and its encounter with the archetypes of the Senex and the Gorgon. And we’ll look at how the Puer and Puella appear in the horoscope through the placements of Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and the signs they rule.

Part Two: Sins Of The Forefathers with Ana Isabel

To what extent is an individual’s karma shaped by the experience of previous generations? Do we choose families according to the ancestral karma being played out? How can this help the Soul’s evolution? In this workshop, Ana Isabel draws on her experience as an astrologer and Past-Life Regressionist to look at how Chiron provides important information about the nature of a Soul’s karmic wounds as inherited from the chosen family of incarnation.

5 June: Mercury as Psychopomp: Our Guide to the Afterlife? with Alison Boulton

The mythical role of Hermes/Mercury as psychopomp is recorded in The Odyssey and it continues to pervade our consciousness today. Through investigation of the death charts of famous people in relation to their natal charts, this talk explores the nature and role of ‘the guide of souls’ asking whether Mercury does indeed fill this role and whether this can be evidenced through astrology. The tentative conclusion is ‘yes’. In the death chart, Mercury is frequently active by transit or progression. The extraordinary privilege of a conversation with an actual psychopomp offers insights into how this might translate into some kind of reality.

 

Alison Boulton MA, D.F.Astrol.S. is a writer, teacher and professional astrologer who has contributed articles to The Astrological Journal. She has a BA Hons in Anthropology and an MA in Creative Writing. In the 1980s, after an intense consultation with Liz Greene, she began studying with the Faculty of Astrological Studies, gaining the Foundation certificate in 1988. Liz Greene’s work led her to Jung and to psychological astrology which she has explored extensively. In 2021, she returned to the Faculty and gained her Diploma, just three Jupiter cycles after passing the Foundation. Alison is based in the southern French countryside beneath a canopy of stars where she teaches astrology and has a busy consultancy practice. Email; alisonsastrology@gmail.com Website; www.alisonsastrology.net.

15 May: The Divinatory Art of Horary Astrology with Wade Caves

Horary astrology is a remarkably decisive technique that allows both astrologer and client to cut to the chase of a seemingly unsolvable dilemma. Through chart delineation, the client’s range of options are assessed and thoroughly explored. In this workshop we will study the guiding principles of horary technique, using both historical and modern examples. We will explore charts related to the most common client concern, with a mind to what is generalisable across fields of questioning. Suitable for all levels, regardless of prior horary experience.

Wade Caves, based in Brooklyn, NY, is an astrological consultant and educator specialising in problem-solving applications of astrology. He teaches specialist astrological subjects and astronomy at the School of Traditional Astrology, and publishes his work on world affairs through Skyscript’s In Mundo publishing desk. He is the host of the World Astrology Summit, a conference dedicated to the advancement of astrology for global problem-solving. Website: wadecaves.com • skyscript.co.uk/inmundo.

1 May: The Joy of Sects – Day and Night Charts with Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell is a certified geek, and since childhood has had a fascination with obscure languages, whether human languages (he’s learning Welsh), computer programming languages, or the mysterious symbols and language of astrology. He was therefore astonished to learn that he could actually get paid enough for writing computer programs to pay the bills and was allowed to do a PhD in medieval astrology which opened doors allowing him the right to wander, Harry Potter-style, through hidden basements of ancient buildings and magical libraries poring over arcane medieval manuscripts written on parchment.

17 April: Siblings – love them or hate them – they matter! with Faye Blake

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2024 Spring Term

20 March: Astrology, Divination and Symbol: the Connection between Revealed and Concealed Worlds with Carole Taylor

In his book The Moment of Astrology, Geoffrey Cornelius asserts that all astrology involving judgement of birth charts is a form of divination, a view also reflected in the work of other influential astrologers. This has profound implications for any kind of chart work, ones which I think astrologers often struggle to work with in practice.

This talk explores the concept of divination within our ordinary practice of astrology, with the aim of showing how we might acknowledge the potency of the divinatory mindset without losing our fundamental view of the chart as an objective map of character. We will look at how divinatory modes of thinking have influenced astrology over the centuries. We will also think about the nature of symbols as connection between revealed and concealed worlds, inviting encounter with the symbol’s archetypal presence, where the astrologer is themselves part of the symbol’s manifestation. Throughout the talk, I will ground the ideas in practical examples, drawn from my own client practice and personal experience.

Carole Taylor is a full-time astrological consultant and educator, informed by a deep love of mythology, symbolism and the power of astrology to speak to the felt depths of human experience. She is a former President and Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies, founder of its online classes programme and an extensive contributor to its course material. She is co-director of Asteria Teaching and of the Centre for Astrology, Myth and Symbol. She holds an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and is a tutor on the Sophia MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

Carole is the author of Astrology: Using the Wisdom of the Stars in Your Everyday Life and co-author of Journey Through Astrology.

6 March: The Karmic Ghosts of your Natal Chart with Giorgia Pecora

Giorgia Pecora is a certified psychological astroconsultant and teacher, specializing in karmic dynamics, shadow work, relationship astrology, and astro genealogy. Her astrological approach is influenced by studies in theosophy, somatic work, shamanic practices, and sexological bodywork. In addition to her extensive background in Intercultural studies and Pedagogy, Giorgia holds an MA in Astrogenealogy from the School of Systemic Therapy “Astroconstelationes” under the guidance of Cecilia Garcia Robles. Since founding her school in 2017, she has passionately shared her knowledge with over 200 students. Giorgia’s teaching method is characterized as fun, dynamic, and community-oriented, creating an enriching learning experience for all. Expect lots of hand gestures in typical Italian style as well. For more information about her work, please visit www.visionairastrology.com.

21 February: Saturn and Neptune in Pisces: Wading Through Muddy Waters…to Find Mystery and Romance with Wendy Stacey

With Saturn and Neptune in Pisces muddying the waters, it is often difficult to see how deep and unsettling things may be… however, whilst these transits trigger planets in mutable signs – we can alter our perception and sink ourselves into mystery and vision, beauty, and romance. Saturn is the co-ruler of Aquarius and its position feeds into how Pluto’s transition from Capricorn to Aquarius may play out. This talk will explore the positive ways one can experience these transits and what we might expect. A reminder of Muddy Waters quote, ‘The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll’.

Wendy Stacey (BA, MA, Dip LSA) is the principal of the international Mayo School of Astrology (since 2007) and Chair of the Astrological Association (since 2002). She has written numerous articles for the Astrological Journal and is the author of Consulting With Astrology (2012) and Uranus Square Pluto (2012). She has contributed to The New Generation (2012), The Professional Astrologer (2016) and Bitcoin (2018). In 2014 Wendy received the Charles Harvey award for ‘Exceptional Service to Astrology’. Wendy is also a tutor on the MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology course at the University of Wales. Email: wendy@mayoastrology.com  website: wendy@wendystacey.com

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 17 February: In person Astrology Day – the Astrology of Dreamwork with Alex Trenoweth

Brighton Astrology Circle is pleased to welcome First Nation culture for a very special full day workshop on Dreamwork.

Although we know her better as an astrologer, teacher and author, our frequent guest speaker Alex Trenoweth is a registered band member of the Saugeen reservation (the Ojibway tribe) in Ontario Canada and has grown up understanding the value of dreams. After working with South African Sangoma Rod Suskin, Alex learned how astrology can help reveal the hidden meaning of our unconscious thoughts.

For her morning lecture, she will reach into her files to present case studies of dreams from (consenting) clients and will invite the BAC audience to share their dreams to demonstrate the power of the unconscious as well as the peace of mind that comes from understanding its messages.

In the afternoon, Alex will provide us the materials and invite us to learn how to make dreamcatchers. She will also share Ojibway stories and history. Before the workshop, Alex will post you her dreamkit which will help make your dreams more memorable so you can share them with our group.

Alex Trenoweth, MA (CAA), DFAstrolS, is an astrological researcher, author and professional school teacher in London, UK. In 2015, she was awarded ‘International Astrologer of the Year’ by the Krishnamurti Institute of Astrology (KIA) for her ground-breaking and innovative research on ‘astrology and education’ based on her book Growing Pains: Astrology in Adolescence (The Wessex Astrologer). Since then, she has spoken at astrology conferences around the world and contributed to major astrological magazines and publications. She has also authored ‘The Adolescent Astrology Report’ which was created to help parents and teachers understand the children they care for. Her most recent book Mirror Mirror: The Astrology of Famous People and the Actors Who Portrayed Them contains a foreword by the legendary astrologer Julia Parker. Alex is Director of Education for Kepler College and her website is: alextrenoweth.co.uk.

7 February: The Astrology of the Courtesan in History – neither Prostitute nor Mistress. Yet What?  with Sue Brayne

The courtesan is often wrongly dismissed as either prostitute or mistress. She was (and possibly still is) neither. In history she occupied an ambivalent role, usually a highly independent woman who attached herself to men of power, monarchs or plutocrats. She was a feminist forerunner – and I have always been fascinated by courtesans. These extraordinary self-made earthly goddesses – often born in the gutter – possessed such magnetism, beauty, wit, and intelligence that male aristocracy fell at their feet and showered them with fabulous gifts. How did they do it? We will compare the astrological charts of famous courtesans to explore whether they possess similar themes and aspects and look at how the asteroids Casanova (the great seducer) and Phryne (ancient Greek courtesan) might play their part. So, get ready to explore if you, too, have what it takes to set hearts ablaze with passion and yearning…

Sue Brayne, MA, D.F.Astrol.S. Sue is a writer and astrological journalist and has an MA in Religious Studies and a second MA in Creative Writing. She is also a TEDx speaker and host of the ‘Embracing Your Mortality’ podcast. Sue’s passion for astrology began 30 years ago – she recently gained her Diploma with the Faculty of Astrological Studies – and her interviews with master astrologers appear regularly in The Astrological Journal. Her website: suebrayne.co.uk

17 January: The Jupiter-Uranus Conjunction of 20 April 2024 – What Can Boomsters (or Gloomsters) Expect? with Anne Whitaker

Anne Whitaker is a widely published astrologer with a regular column in The Astrological Journal. She also wrote a column for the old DELL HOROSCOPE magazine, and her work appears regularly on Astrodienst (astro.com) and in The Mountain Astrologer. Her latest book, Postcards to the Future – a collection of her essays – was highly praised. Her e-book Jupiter Meets Uranus has been rereleased with new material: further details on the e-book are at two websites: anne-whitaker.com/books-2/ and jupitermeetsuranus.wordpress.com.

In 2001 she co-founded the Scotland-based Aquarius Rising ‘tribe’ or group in Glasgow. And her blog ‘Writing from the Twelfth House’ (anne-whitaker.com) is hugely popular, showcasing her interests in planetary cycles (transits and progressions) and her delight in debates with fellow astrologers.

3 January: Big News! A Bright New Comet is Heralded for 2024. What Does it Mean Astrologically? with Rod Chang

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2023 Autumn Term

6 December: Astrological House Division and the Symbolism of the Celestial Circles with Rhys Chatham

Rhys Chatham explains how the major house division systems are calculated in a way that does not require any math. Rather than advocate the use of one house system over another, we will simply compare them and look at the various celestial circles they are based on, reflecting upon the symbolic implications of each of them and how they might impact on chart interpretation. We’ll discuss what distinguishes one house system from another, allowing you to make informed choices on which ones to use, for what, and when. In this talk we will cover the ecliptic-based (whole sign, equal and Porphyry), space-based (Meridian, Regiomontanus, Campanus), and time-based houses (Alcabitius, Koch and Placidus).

Rhys Chatham – STA DipH,  AFAN/OPA, APAI – is a professional astrologer based in Paris, France with clients from all over the world. He studied 20^th century astrology with Charles and Vivian Jayne in the late sixties and seventies, and more recently has been immersed in the practice of traditional astrology, having studied Hellenistic astrology with Chris Brennan, Renaissance astrology and magic with Christopher Warnock, primary directions with Dr. Martin Gansten, and holds the advanced horary diploma from the School of Traditional Astrology (Deborah Houlding, Lee Lehman, Wade Caves). Rhys is also a hermetic kabbalist and has been a member of various lodges in the U.K. since the year 2000.

15 November: The Draconics of a Nightmare Relationship: Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Disaster or Opportunity? with Victor Olliver

It is customary to dismiss partnerships of love that have not worked out as ‘a big mistake’ or ‘an error of judgement’. But what does draconic astrology have to say? Using the example of Wilde and his boyfriend Douglas (aka ‘Bosie’), Victor analyses their ‘doomed’ bond through their draconic soul purpose charts and discovers valuable life lessons for both. A knowledge of draconic astrology is not essential to follow the talk. All will be explained.

 

Victor Olliver has been editor of the Astrological Association’s membership magazine, The Astrological Journal, for nearly eight years. He also writes the stars column for The Lady magazine. He has a distinction diploma in mundane and natal astrology from the Mayo School of Astrology. Before becoming a full-time astrologer, he was an award-winning feature writer and editor and his many interviews and features appeared in such publications as Marie Claire, Woman’s Journal, The Sunday Times Magazine and The Times. He lives in West Sussex, UK. He is the author of Chasing The Dragons: An Introduction to Draconic Astrology (Wessex) and of Astrology: Secrets of the Signs and Planets (Flame Tree). His website: victorolliver.co.uk.

1 November: What Happens When There is the Separation of Self from the Divine? with Smiljana Gavrančić 

18 October: The Water Houses and the Soul of the Family with Carole Taylor

The 4th, 8th and 12th houses are said to have an affinity with the water signs. Water can be taken as a symbol of the unconscious, an element outside of time where we encounter soul and the deep mysteries of psychic life. These houses also connect us to our family, the 4^th as the alembic of home and the lineage of our family tree, the 8^th as hidden elements below the surface of family life, and the 12^th as unresolved disturbances inherited from the past. The water houses say a great deal about these emotional and psychological legacies as elements of the soul of the family, the arc of something working itself out through successive generations.

We will explore the idea of the family soul through the lens of the water houses, thinking about how the ancestors create the context of our own lives and how our life contributes to the ongoing story of the family to which we belong.

Carole Taylor is a full-time astrological consultant and educator, informed by a deep love of mythology, symbolism and the power of astrology to speak to the felt depths of human experience. She is a former President and Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies, founder of its online classes programme and an extensive contributor to its course material. She is co-director of Asteria Teaching and of the Centre for Astrology, Myth and Symbol. She holds an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and is a tutor on the Sophia MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

Carole is the author of Astrology: Using the Wisdom of the Stars in Your Everyday Life and co-author of Journey Through Astrology.

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 7 October: The Astrology of Relationships

Lindsay Gladstone is an astrological consultant. Her passionate exploration of the soul’s connection with the cosmos culminated in the Diploma of the Faculty of Astrological Studies (DFAstrolS), as well as an M.A. in Myth, Cosmology, and the Sacred from Canterbury Christ Church University.

For several years Lindsay was Head of Exams and a Council member and tutor for the Faculty of Astrological Studies. Lecturing and curating workshops in the UK and Europe, her journey has evolved into Axis Mundi Astrology.

Visit her website www.axismundiastrology.co.uk

4 October: Chiron In Synastry- Healer/Wounder with Ana Isabel

Relationships act as mirrors showing us who we are through the way we transfer our view of ourselves onto others and by projecting our desires and expectations onto them. They can be a Hall of Mirrors in which we see distorted images of ourselves and others. So, what can Chiron in Synastry show us about the role we play by touching a beloved’s wounds to help bring healing, or by wounding and bringing old pain to the surface? In this talk we will look how Chiron can bring both great pain and healing in relationships.

 

Ana Isabel – Astrologer, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Past Life Regressionist. Ana is an Astrologer, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Past Life Regressionist, Teacher and Broadcaster. Ana combines Hypnotherapy and Astrology to help unblock repressed aspects of the personality as well as working on the links between the Birth Chart, Karma and Pre-birth experiences. She has worked with the Queen’s Doctor at his clinic in Belgravia and has two podcasts on Astrology and another on Spirituality.

Website: www.lifeastrologer.com

20 September: Astrological Nutrition: Vitamins, Minerals, Metals, and the Planets with Judith Hill

Judith Hill is an award winning author of thirteen books including the classics: Medical Astrology: A Guide to Planetary Pathology; The Astrological Body Types, and Vocational Astrology (winner of an A.F.A., Inc. “Best Book Award”, 1999.), and Medical Astrology for Health Practitioners. Hill founded The Academy for Astrological Medicine IN 2021, previously producing the Renaissance Medicine Conferences, and created multiple online courses including Medical Astrology 101. Hill was possibly the first to introduce Western Medical Astrology to Szechuan, China. Hill is a Chartered Herbalist with Dominion Herbal College, and a faculty member for The Matthew Wood Institute of Herbalism; and Kepler College. She also pioneered medical studies of the Lunar Nodes, and the medical impact of eclipses, initiating the first nodal polarity conscious eclipse calendar.

An internationally recognized researcher, Hill internationally published significant statistical research on astro-genetics and astro-seismology, and has served as the Educational Director for the San Francisco NCGR; and as the private assistant to the great physicist Arthur M. Young at the Institute for the Study of Consciousness. Hill successfully matched five biographies to five natal charts in an NCGR sponsored skeptic’s challenge in 1989.. She is one of the longest practicing full time astrological consultants in America.

6 September: Shamanic Overtone of Venus Exploring the 5 Archetypes of Feminine Power with Pam Carruthers

Pam Carruthers is a qualified professional Vedic and Western astrologer. She works from a spiritual perspective and is a student of A Course in Miracles. An experienced Spiritual Life Coach and Trainer leading workshops since 2000, Pam helps clients discover the hidden patterns that are holding them back in their lives. A consultation with her is a life enhancing and healing experience. Pam specialises in exploring the nodal axis in the birth chart and its connection to a past life where your soul level gifts were blocked. She facilitates an online course entitled The Planets Within. It’s for beginners and those who wish to deepen their knowledge. Subscribe for her newsletters with Key Dates for 2023 and notification of her MasterClasses on astrology and healing. Contact her via her website www.healingstars.com

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2023 Summer Term

19 July: Astrology and Medicinal Plants with Anita Chakraburtty

Did you know that Medicinal plants have planetary rulers? Are associated with the elements (Fire/Water/Earth/Air). Hence, based on your Sun sign, there may be some Medicinal plants that are more aligned with you and your health than others. Astrologers such as William Lily and Nicholas Culpeper were well-versed with the link between Medicinal Plants, the Humours, the Planets and the Elements. Anita Chakraburtty is a full-time Herbalist/Nutritionist as well as a full-time Astrologer. In this talk she will discuss a variety of Medicinal Plants/Bach Flower essences and how they are connected to Astrology and Sun signs.

 

Anita Chakraburtty completed her 4 year Diploma in Medieval Astrology in 2012 via Astro Mundi, a school run by the Astrologers Joy Usher and Mari Garcia in Adelaide, Australia. Anita is also a full-time Registered Herbalist/Nutritionist with 13+ years clinical experience. She also trained with a Cherokee Chief for 7 years to become a Shamanic Healer. In her previous careers Anita worked as a Research Scientist for Astra Zeneca and as a Risk Manager in Banking in the UK & Sydney.  On moving back to the UK in 2015 after 12 years in Sydney Anita has appeared on Wandsworth Radio and Riverside Radio as well as having given lectures for the Astrological Lodge of London and other UK Astrology groups.

5 July: Missing with Wanda Sellar  

Thousands of people go missing every year in the UK and worldwide. Usually for different reasons.   Thousands are never found. It has to be an unusual or baffling case for a missing person (MISPER as referred to by Police) to hit the headlines. Some of the following ideas for seeking a missing person are from 17th century astrologer William Lilly, if unrelated to the enquirer. This will be a step-by-step guide. Many astrologers set up a chart for LAST SEEN TIME as may be reported by an acquaintance or family member of the missing person.

 

Wanda Sellar DMS.astrol., Q.H.P., also holds a Diploma in Psychology and Counselling from University of London’s Institute of Education and is keenly interested in the psychology and pathology of the human psyche.  She has also practised as a holistic therapist including aromatherapy and crystal healing. She has written two books on aromatherapy, and her books on astrology include The Consultation Chart, Introduction to Medical Astrology, Introduction to Decumbiture and Chart Shapes: The Code to Interpretation.. She is a past president of the Astrological Lodge of London, its current Vice President and  programme organiser. She is also the editor of the A.A’s Astrology and Medicine Newsletter, a post she has held for 25 years.

21 June: Where can I be at home?! with Fernanda Paiva

According to Geoff Mulgan ‘Where can I be at home?’ was a question that Albert Camus called once ‘the most painful of our time’ and, if home is where the heart is and the IC is one of the astrological symbols reflecting home, then the subject is worth being explored further. In this talk we will take a closer look at different notions of home and what kinds of deeper insight they can offer to the astrological interpretation of the IC, as well as what the star signs might be reflecting about our deeper selves in this most hidden part of the horoscope.

 

Fernanda Paiva is a teacher and practicing astrologer with a BA. in History and she acquired her astrology certificate with distinction at the London School of Astrology. She has been published by Flare UK, IAM Infinity magazine, the AA Journal and at the astrodienst website, and she is currently working on her thesis for the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales. Fernanda is originally from Brazil but has been living in the UK for the past 13 years.

7 June: To dignity and beyond! with Trav Travers

Trav Travers has been running his traditional astrology group “The Astrological Explorers” for several years, based in Sussex, looking at Natal, Mundane, Electional and Horary astrology through the ages, based on traditional source texts. His interest in astrology originally started in childhood. A devotee and advocate of traditional astrology since 1990, Trav has studied with many well-known traditional astrologers. He holds workshops, lectures and talks and still ‘does charts’.

17 May: The Part of Spirit, The Part of Marriage and Their Uses with Israel Ajose

3 May: Venus Retrograde: Relationships in Reflection with Lori Barnes

Lori Barnes is a bi-continental astrologer living in Rome, Italy and Illinois, USA. Her never ending love of learning and adventure has taken her from her small town upbringing in downstate Illinois to Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Palm Springs, San Diego, and Rome, Italy. She has earned a BA in business, MA in psychology, MA in marketing. Astrology education includes the three-year astrology program with Rod Suskin, Hellenistic certification with Chris Brennan Astrology School, Medieval and Prediction courses with Bernadette Brady, and mentoring with Kelly Surtees. She is a licensed marriage and family psychotherapist. Lori started studying astrology in 1994, and has incorporated hellenistic astrology since 2017. Lori is an astrology coach who mixes her background in counselling with coaching, modern, and traditional astrology to help people navigate their life calling. She was elected to the Association for Astrological Networking (AFAN) board in 2019, is a co-host for the monthly Transit Talk series, and serves on their Mentoring Committees. Lori is currently the marketing director for Kepler College and will be teaching ‘Marketing for Astrologers’ at Kepler later this year.

 

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2023 Spring Term

19 April: The Hermetic Journey Through The Zodiac with Smiljana Gavrancic   

There are 36 decans within the Zodiac (as well as 72 pentades).72 is number of Angel ,and it speaks about the primar relationship between the Sun and Venus (Pentagram) Smiljana is going to explain you how there are 3 cycles within the whole Zodiac (each includes  4 signs, i.e. 12 decans, 24 pentades). From 0 Aries-0 Leo we have the cycle which is speaking on our Present Life. From 0 Leo-0 Sagittarius we have the cycle which is speaking on our Past Life. From 0 Saggtarius -0 Aries we have the cycle which is speaking on our Future Life. Within every cycle we have several important spots (of exaltation and fall of planets), but also Smiljana developed her own degrees system within mundane astrological work in last 12th years which she is going to present you.Every country is linked with some specific degree. We will choose few decans (within each cycle) and demonstrate how it works in real life. Join Smiljana’s lecture and unlock the hermetic zodiac.

Smiljana Gavrančić was born in Serbia. She is Professional ISAR CAP Astrologer since March 2011. She finished her astrological studies at The Institute for Astrological Research and Education Johannes Kepler (Belgrade, Serbia). Before astrology, Smiljana studied International Law (the University of Belgrade, Serbia). Her articles were published at the Mountain Astrology blog, in the Astrological Journal, ISAR Journal, NCGR Geocosmic Journal, Infinity Astrological Magazine, at Astrodienst (astro.com). She gives her talks at astrological conferences: AA Conference 2016, 2022, The Astrological Lodge of London 2016, 2021, 2022, CINASTRO online conference 2015

5 April: The Part of Fortune and its Uses with Israel Ajose

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 25 March: SkyPortal – The Big Transits of 2023

Part Two: Saturn Enters Pisces – When the Structure Begins to Shift and Change with Julian Venables

Julian Venables is a Faculty diploma holder and has been chair of the Brighton Astrology group since 2012. Subscribe to his YouTube channel, “Julian Venables astrologer” to watch his videos, or see his website www.Londonastrologer.com for readings and to sign up for his free newsletter. In 2023, he will have his first astrology book published: The Divine Order is revolutionary and groundbreaking, bridging together traditional astrology with modern psychology. This book introduces an amazing rediscovered perception for astrologers to enjoy, bringing opportunity for instant enlightenment whilst illuminating our divine link to the Creation. His other major project in 2023 is to create a complete set of cast pewter talismans, using well-timed electional charts to birth the planetary spirits into the earthly realm.

 

15 March: Van Gogh with Claudia Bader

“I am a fanatic! I feel a power in me…a fire that I may not quench but must keep ablaze.” Van Gogh 1881

A client contacts you for an appointment: no one loves him and his career is going nowhere. His name is Vincent Van Gogh.This lecture is a psychoaesthetic deep dive into his life and psychodynamics as expressed through his chart and his artwork; particularly the troubles of excessive Jupiter energy. What do you say? How do you say it? How do you manage the session/s? What heals/helps? Key principles the astrologer can use to best be of service: knowing the chart, reading the room, dosage/timing, empathic resonance.

Claudia Bader, NCGR-PAA Level IV Counseling Astrologer, licensed psychoanalyst and creative arts therapist, has pioneered the interface of psychoanalysis, astrology, alchemy, art, and mandalas since 1973, teaching at universities and conferences. She served on the boards of AFAN, the Association of Astrology and Psychology, and was head of the Institute for Expressive Analysis and “out” as an astrologer. Published in the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion and different astrology journals, her PhD explores the relationship of astrologers to astrology through the lens of transitional phenomena and the transformational object. Co-author of the bestselling Love Planets, in private practice in NYC, she also takes people to their soul homes with past life and spiritual regression.

1 March: You Can Do Magic: A Guide to the Timing and Making of a Talisman with Liz Hathway 

One of the most fascinating areas of astrology is the ancient art of amulet and talisman making. By strengthening a weak planet, fortifying, embellishing or possibly restraining areas of the chart, it is possible to change the relationship to your horoscope in active and creative ways, without using molten metals! In this talk, I will be revisiting the above lecture first presented at the Astrological Association of Great Britain’s, Magic conference in September 2013.

Liz Hathway, Master of Arts in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology (with distinction), DFAstrolS, Qualified Horary Craftswoman (Frawley school) is a Welsh born, Dutch based astrologer, with many years experience in teaching, lecturing and writing about astrology. Taking a ‘can do’ approach to talisman making, Liz made many during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s including an altar cloth painted during the 1999 grand cross eclipse. During her Masters at the University of Wales, Liz explored magic and divination under the tutelage of Liz Greene, Dorian Greenbaum among others.

15 February: Declination – the Forgotten Key to Time, Weather and Markets with Tania Daniels

Declination is often considered a tool of modern astrology, but reading carefully through traditional text sources, we can find many hints to its use since antiquity. In the declination cycle, a planet moves from his southernmost position in relation to the equator to its northernmost position where it stands still for a while before it starts descending south, crosses the equator and finally reaches the southernmost position again. These declination periods are not all the same. The Moon reaches her so called lunistices only every 18.6 years, the other planets have different periods.  In this talk we will look at these so often forgotten cycles and how to use them.

Tania Daniels holds a degree in business administration and became interested in Astrology in 1998 after having read an astrological analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s last Supper. She finished training in psychological astrology in 2002 at the Berlin school of the German Astrology Association (DAV). In 2009 she was introduced to traditional astrology by Deborah Houlding. She holds the STA Horary Diploma (master course), has studied Robert Zoeller’s Medieval Astrology Course and gained her certificate in Hellenistic Astrology in early 2017 from Chris Brennan. Tania is deeply interested in the very foundations of astrology and fascinated by the hidden information in cosmologies and religions from all over the world, religion and Ayurveda, natural health and medical astrology, as well as in the forecasting techniques of ancient astrology. She has published more than 50 articles which have been published in German, Spanish, English, Italian and Turkish on www.astro.com, in the English Astrological Journal, the German Meridian Fachzeitschrift für Astrologie and the Italian Linguaggio Astrale, the ISAR Magazine, the Spanish Stellium magazine, the AFAN magazine, in the publication The Ascendant and in the Infinity Astrological Magazine . She is a tutor for the QHP and an international speaker. Tania is currently finishing her book on Latitude, declination, nodes and apogee: The lost secrets of our ancestors. She lives in Italy and offers horary and natal consultations in person and via zoom.

 

1 February: Esoteric Rulership – Who rules that sign? with Michael Bartlett

While traditional astrology teaches us the rulers of the signs as Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, Venus rules Taurus and Libra, Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, etcetera –did you know there is another octave of rulership? In esoteric or soul-centered astrology there are additional views and approaches to the Zodiac. As we become more personal to the impersonal and more impersonal to the personal, a larger perspective and plan can be glimpsed, guided and supported. Weaving the works of Alice Bailey, Madame Blavatsky and Alan Oken, metaphysical astrologer Michael Bartlett will illustrate the more elevated expressions of the planets when in and/or aspecting their esoteric kingdoms.

Michael Bartlett focuses on esoteric astrology and traditional while incorporating the depths of the outer planets. His Core Energetic training, highly intuitive nature, three decades of business experience and over two decades of astrological wisdom give him an extensively resourced toolbox. Michael is the author of Astrological Mavericks: Do you have what it takes to change the world? A book about individuals with planets on their chart’s angles and AstroTheatre: A revolutionary approach to the ancient art of astrology. In addition to being a past interim president of Kepler College and offering webinars, workshops, through them, he also offers experiential intensives, readings, speaking engagements and workshop intensives and does a monthly forecast on his YouTube channel.

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18 January: Enlightenment Through your Rising Sign, and Using Divine Nature to Unify Traditional and Modern Psychological Astrology with Julian Venables

If you’ve been wondering what the next big thing in Astrology might be, then this talk just possibly opens the box of treasure! Julian brings a philosophical lecture to the Brighton astrology group, and points out a whole new direction for astrology to go towards in the 21st century, that can be developed by the soon-to-arrive plutonic Aquarian phase that was already started by the Jupiter and Saturn Aquarius conjunction in 2020. There is a simple method and experiment that brings instant enlightenment to astrologers and their clients, that comes about from a simple shift of perception. The astrologer at once becomes divine and begins to observe planetary creation arising from moment to moment. By experimenting with a shift from the heliocentric to the geocentric, then astrologers can perceive a unity of the above and the below, of the within and the without, simultaneously.  This talk will set in motion a revolution in the world of astrology, based around our perception.

4 January: The Highs and Lows of the Life of the Astrologer, Alchemist, Mathematician & Mystic Dr John Dee (1527-1608) with Anita Chakraburtty

Did you know 007 was Dr John Dee’s secret insignia, used in his private communications with Queen Elizabeth I? He was the original James Bond! Did you know that he chose the date for Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation? Or that his navigational calculations helped with the discovery of the New World? He was also accused of using ‘enchantments’ against Queen Mary which led to him being confined. As a mystic, Dr John Dee dabbled in the art of using Spirits to divine the future with Edward Kelly. Despite his connection to two Queens and a King, Dr John Dee died in poverty. His rollercoaster life will be the focus of Anita Chakraburtty’s talk which will also include the interpretation of various key Astrology charts.

Anita Chakraburtty completed her 4 year Diploma in Medieval Astrology in 2012 via Astro Mundi, a school run by the Astrologers Joy Usher and Mari Garcia in Adelaide, Australia. Anita is also a full-time Registered Herbalist/Nutritionist with 13+ years clinical experience. She also trained with a Cherokee Chief for 7 years to become a Shamanic Healer. In her previous careers Anita worked as a Research Scientist for Astra Zeneca and as a Risk Manager in Banking in the UK & Sydney.  On moving back to the UK in 2015 after 12 years in Sydney Anita has appeared on Wandsworth Radio and Riverside Radio as well as having given lectures for the Astrological Lodge of London and other UK Astrology groups.

 

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2022 Autumn Term

7 December: What just happened? with Trav Travers

A useful and interesting look at events and the astrology behind them. The catastrophic, the audacious. Events that touch nations on a grand scale, the root of conspiracy theories. Suitable for all and not a Mundane book in sight. Very simple traditional rules will guide us to see what just happened, astrologically speaking. The easy rules used in this session are a useful astrological tool you will use again and again.

Trav Travers has been running his traditional astrology group “The Astrological Explorers” for several years, based in Sussex, looking at Natal, Mundane, Electional and Horary astrology through the ages, based on traditional source texts. His interest in astrology originally started in childhood. A devotee and advocate of traditional astrology since 1990, Trav has studied with many well-known traditional astrologers. He holds workshops, lectures and talks and still ‘does charts’.

 

16 November: Houses and Rectification with Chris Mitchell

Houses had an incredible depth of meaning in traditional astrology, and we’ll look at some of these. For houses to work, you need an accurate birth time – how did they do that in an age when nobody had a wristwatch?

Chris Mitchell has a PhD from the University of Leicester on the topic of medieval astrology, is a tutor on the MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology course at the University of Wales, and holds a diploma in Medieval Astrology from Astrologos. He has been actively involved in promoting and teaching astrology for 20 years, is on the board of the Astrological Association, and has given talks to groups and conferences in Europe and the US.

 

2 November: The Astrology of ‘The Crown’ with Alex Trenoweth

For centuries, astrology and royalty have been linked. In recent times, we have all become riveted by The Crown Netflix series which tells the tangled tale of the current British Royal Family through an abdication crisis, divorce and infidelity, public dramas and behind-the-scenes heartache as well as several Prime Ministers. But is it all down to juicy plotlines and good acting? Alex has been studying the astrology of famous people and the actors who portray them and what she has discovered is that there are strong astrological links that tell the real story. So grab some popcorn and settle in for a very interesting screening starring Astrology and Royalty.

Alex Trenoweth is a professional schoolteacher as well as an astrologer specialising in child development, particularly the important life stage of adolescence. She has spoken at astrology conferences around the world, contributed to important astrological publications and has won several major awards for her unique research based on her book “Growing Pains: The Astrology of Adolescence” by The Wessex Astrologer. She has also authored “The Adolescent Astrology Report” which was created to help parents and teachers understand the children they care for. Her new book “Mirror Mirror: Famous People and the Actors who have Portrayed Them” contains a foreword by the legendary astrologer Julia Parker. Alex has recently started her own astrology school, Rohini Academy of Astrology and is currently very busy with clients and students. Her website is www.alextrenoweth.co.uk

19 October: Quick Delineations or How to get to the Heart of the Chart in Easy Steps with Sharon Knight

We will look at traditional methods of delineating a chart whether natal, mundane or horary,  and see how easy it is to quickly get to the heart of the chart by using just a couple of planets and a few simple  techniques. With some knowledge of the planetary cycles, you will be able to inform your friends or clients ahead of time when they may need an umbrella or sunscreen. If anyone is brave enough to share their chart details in public, we can make the session interactive and have some fun.

Sharon Knight has worked as a professional astrologer for nearly 30 years. Initially studying with the Faculty, passing the Intermediate Diploma before qualifying as a QHP with Olivia Barclay. She gained her MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology in 2004. She’s a Fellow of the Association of Professional Astrologers International and Chair of the same. Sharon is currently a tutor & convenor of the QHP, as well as teaching her own APAI accredited course on traditional natal astrology. Sharon won the Astrologer of the Year title in 2016 with her lecture on Sect & Triplicity. She has spoken at the AA Conferences, The Lodge, taught traditional methods at schools in Taiwan, Turkey and to groups in South Africa & around the UK.  She’s written columns for various women’s magazines, newspapers and astrological journals, and for the past 12 years has had a regular slot on local radio.

5 October: Water and the Thirst for Oneness with Ana Isabel

Our emotional landscape is as boundless as the sea. We yearn to connect with others. Sometimes this causes confusion as we forget about boundaries. What can the Element of water tell us about this yearning? In this talk, Ana Isabel explores a deeper understanding of the psyche, consciousness and the Soul through an exploration of the deeper lessons that the element of water offers us.

Ana Isabel – Astrologer, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Past Life Regressionist. Ana is an Astrologer, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Past Life Regressionist, Teacher and Broadcaster. Ana combines Hypnotherapy and Astrology to help unblock repressed aspects of the personality as well as working on the links between the Birth Chart, Karma and Pre-birth experiences. She has worked with the Queen’s Doctor at his clinic in Belgravia and has two podcasts on Astrology and another on Spirituality. Website: www.lifeastrologer.com

Astrology Workshop – Saturday 24 September: Saturn square Uranus – the Clash of the Titans

Julian Venables has started writing a new and original format of media horoscopes which he calls ‘The Weekly Almanac’, it is available to view every week on his website  https://www.londonastrologer.com/blog-post/ where you can also sign up for a free newsletter. Julian is currently researching and writing his first astrology book, which doesn’t promise enlightenment through astrology, but guarantees a new perspective and the opportunity for eternal happiness through knowing your planets!  He is a local astrologer with the Faculty Diploma (D.F.Astrol.S). He offers client consultations, teaches and lectures in astrology. Julian has written a novel about William Lilly.

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21 September: Psyche and Symbol: Astrology, Art, and the Chart with Claudia Bader

Psychoaesthetics is the study of how psyche expresses through the arts. The psyche speaks to us through art in line, form, colour, images and archetypes; and these elements have astrological correlates. Richly illustrated with examples of artists (famous and not), a result of over 25 years of research on art elements, psychology, and astrology, we’re going to look at the specific art characteristics of the signs and planets to see how someone’s astrology and psychology shows in their art.

Claudia Bader, NCGR-PAA Level IV Counseling Astrologer, licensed psychoanalyst and creative arts therapist, has pioneered the interface of psychoanalysis, astrology, alchemy, art, and mandalas since 1973, teaching at universities and conferences. She served on the boards of AFAN, the Association of Astrology and Psychology, and was head of the Institute for Expressive Analysis and “out” as an astrologer. Published in the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion and different astrology journals, her PhD explores the relationship of astrologers to astrology through the lens of transitional phenomena and the transformational object. Co-author of the bestselling Love Planets, in private practice in NYC, she also takes people to their soul homes with past life and spiritual regression. Contact information: abzudusk@gmail.com   website: heartandsoulsource.com

7  September: Unlock the Secrets of the Moon Phases with Robyn Ray

Understanding the Phases of the Moon enriches our Astrological knowledge and helps us to predict and Time Events in the future. Why, when we are watching the Transits to a Chart, do we also need to follow the current Moon Phase? How are we able to know and understand where we are in a particular Story and how do we link the different events together? What does a First Quarter and Last Quarter Moon really mean? Can we begin to understand how events will play out as we watch these Moon Phases develop? Why do Transits also need a Moon Phase? What periods are going to be important both in our own lives and in World events, as they unfold?

Robyn Ray, DFAstrolS, RCAstrol, STA, FAPAI has been an Astrologer since the late eighties, firstly qualifying with the Faculty of Astrological Studies, followed by a Counselling Diploma based on Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology. Robyn also obtained her STA certificate in 2013 and for many years she was an active member of the APAI Council. Robyn specialises in Timing Events using the Moon Phases.

 

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2022 Summer Term

20 July: The Role of Light in Astrology – A Cosmology of Light, Vision and Reflection with Michael Ofek

In this lecture Michael will share the fruits of his longtime research into the cosmological structure of astrology based on the principle of light. Ancient astrology has a rich tapestry of concepts revolving around light, characterizing astrological dynamics in terms of relationships of light and dark, vision and reflection, with many elements defined and measured by their differing quality and magnitude of light. The lecture will explore the primary role of light, philosophically and practically, and show how it’s embedded in astrological symbolism, and how to interpret it through the many layers of chart delineation.

Michael Ofek is a professional neo-traditional astrologer, philosopher, astral magician, and shamanic practitioner from Israel. He has been practicing astrology and magic for more then two decades, avidly researching all branches of the ancient tradition, with an emphasis on Hellenistic astrology and its connection with Greco-Egyptian cosmology, philosophy, theurgy, and magic. His passion lies in unveiling and reconstructing the conceptual  roots of the tradition, and the practical re-figuring of these ancient arts. Michael is an international speaker, and gives workshops and lectures worldwide, including magical retreats. He is the co-founder of the Israeli professional astrology magazine “Urania”, which also produces yearly conferences and workshops.

6 July: Lunar Applications and Separations with Israel  Ajose

The Moon is said to represent our emotions, mother and how receptive we are. While all the above is true, this powerful feminine luminary may have a lot more to say about our lives than that. Moon signs, house placements, aspects, sect, condition and phases all point towards our physical circumstances, experiences and wellbeing in this physical world. In this lecture we will be exploring how the Moon in our natal charts encompasses all of our life’s experiences and stories of past, present and to come.

Israel Ajose D.Psych.Astrol is a dedicated student and teacher of astrology, tarot, and a consultant. He studied and completed full honours in psychological astrology at the centre of psychological astrology in London with Liz Greene. By combining traditional, mediaeval, and psychological and Vedic techniques and methods, he is now a full-time practitioner & teacher of astrology, tarot, philosophical and esoteric teachings. He is currently the President of the Astrological Lodge of London. Much of his studies and practices also include cosmology, mythology, occult sciences, Kabbalah, shamanism, and divination.

Astrology workshop – Saturday 18 June: Astrology Day with Roy Gillett – The Method and Importance of Mundane Astrology

15 June: Encountering the Archetypes in Astrology with Becca Tarnas

What is an archetype, and how does it relate to astrology? This presentation will introduce the theory of archetypes from a philosophical and psychological perspective, exploring a lineage that extends from Plato in ancient Greece through C.G. Jung in 20th century Switzerland, to the contemporary disciplines of transpersonal psychology, participatory spirituality, and archetypal astrology. Learning to perceive the archetypal principles in the particulars of everyday life can deepen any astrological practice, and be applied methodologically to any branch of astrology.

Becca Tarnas, PhD, is a scholar, artist, and editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. She received her doctorate in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), with her dissertation titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C. G. Jung and J. R. R. Tolkien. Her research interests include depth psychology, archetypal studies, literature, philosophy, and the ecological imagination. She teaches at both Pacifica Graduate Institute and CIIS, and is the author of the book Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Becca lives in Northern California, where she has an astrological counselling practice.

1 June: In Honour of Her Majesty with Pam Carruthers

On the eve of the celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pam Carruthers explores the Queen’s chart and key times in her life. With Capricorn rising and Saturn in Scorpio on her midheaven the Queen’s life is dedicated to service. She also has the North Node of the Moon in Cancer conjunct Pluto, so the transits of Pluto are highly relevant.

Key charts will include:

• The Abdication of her uncle King Edward VIII in December 1936 which propelled her into being second in line to the throne.
• The chart of King George VI, her father and his sudden death on February 6th 1952 when she become Queen.
• The chart of the Coronation on June 2nd 1953 when she was anointed and changed from “a woman to a goddess”. It has Regulus the Royal Star rising at the start of the ceremony.
• The chart of February 6th 2022 and the relevance of the eclipses in Taurus and Scorpio which closely affects both her and Prince Charles’s charts.
• The Solar Eclipse October 25th 2022 and the Lunar Eclipse on November 8th.
• Along with the actual eclipses the transiting nodes are of special significance as they transit from 29 degrees Taurus on January 1st to 10 degrees Taurus by the end of the year.

Pam Carruthers is a qualified professional Vedic and Western astrologer. She works from a spiritual perspective and is a student of A Course in Miracles. An experienced Spiritual Life Coach and Trainer leading workshops since 2000, Pam helps clients discover the hidden patterns that are holding them back in their lives. A consultation with her is a life enhancing and healing experience. Pam specialises in exploring the nodal axis in the birth chart and its connection to a past life where your soul level gifts were blocked. She facilitates an online course entitled The Planets Within. It’s for beginners and those who wish to deepen their knowledge. Subscribe for her free webinars on astrology and Key Dates for 2022. Contact her via her website www.healingstars.com

18 May: Sacred Astronomy as Taught by our Mysterious Glyphs with Gemini Brett

The symbols we use in modern times to represent the Signs are veiled vows to the marriage of Heaven and Earth. Though I cannot say when the sign glyphs arrived on our scene, this presentation will reveal them to be undeniable devices of tropical astronomy. As we journey into the shadows of these sigils’ mysteries, we will find fascinating light that shines upon a potential need for us to reframe our zodiacal heritage and, therefore, the very history of astrology.

Gemini Brett’s terrestrial translations of the celestial conversation expressed through the ancient arts of sacred geometry, musical harmony, embodied astronomy, and number magic activate seasoned sages as much as they initiate students new to the cosmic curriculum. He is a world-renowned astrologer, shamanic StarryTeller, and inspiring educator best known for his devotion to reconnecting astrologers with the sacred astronomy of the living sky. Brett’s passion, dedication, and innovation were recently honoured by the Organization for Professional astrology who presented him with the 2020 Orion Award for Outstanding Contribution to Astrology.

Learn more about Brett at GeminiBrett.com

4 May: Do You Have What it Takes to Change the World? Astrological Mavericks with Michael Bartlett

Michael Bartlett focuses on traditional and esoteric astrology. His Core Energetic training, highly intuitive nature, three decades of business experience and two decades of astrological wisdom gives him an extensively resourced toolbox he offers to his clients. Author of Astrological Mavericks and AstroTheatre. He offers webinars, workshops, experiential intensives, readings, speaking engagements, teaches classes and is a member of the Board of trustees for Kepler College. He also co-hosts a weekly YouTube show with fellow Aquarian Sun and Scorpio Moon astrologer Merrylin LeBlanc. He offers resources at coremichael.com and can be reached at michael@coremichael.com or 505.690.3860                Facilitating the Change You Seek

20  April: The Houses and Health with Wanda Sellar 

Biography: Wanda Sellar DMS.astrol., Q.H.P., also holds a Diploma in Psychology and Counselling from University of London’s Institute of Education and is keenly interested in the psychology and pathology of the human psyche.  She has also practised as a holistic therapist including aromatherapy and crystal healing. She has written two books on aromatherapy, and her books on astrology include The Consultation Chart, Introduction to Medical Astrology, Introduction to Decumbiture and Chart Shapes: The Code to Interpretation.. She is a past president of the Astrological Lodge of London, its current Vice President and  programme organiser. She is also the editor of the A.A’s Astrology and Medicine Newsletter, a post she has held for 25 years.

 

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2022 Spring Term

6 April: Jupiter Conjuncts Neptune – Before, Now and After with Roy Gillett

Just six days before the only conjunction this time round, Roy will briefly review the astrology of events leading to the emotional intensity of recent months. Then focus a sharing on the present, to prepare understanding of the new personal and societal experiences likely as Jupiter enters Aries, and then the other outer-planets change sign in the years immediately ahead.

Roy Gillett, President of The Astrological Association, full-time astrologer and writer since 1976, advises on astrology software, speaks at many international conferences and studies Tibetan Buddhism. Since 1978, Roy has published mundane forecasts, with a compassionate emphasis. He has edited English translations of André Barbault books and written The Secret Language of Astrology, Astrology and Compassion the Convenient Truth, Economy Ecology and Kindness, Reversing the Race to Global Destruction and Working with the Planets Clearer Understanding Better Decisions [2021] – an enhanced compilation, with commentary and historical references, from his 2002-2021 bi-monthly Astrological Journal column. See sample pages at http://crucialastrotools.co.uk

16 March: The Art of Astrological Relationship Counseling: Six Vignettes with Greg Bogart

Astrology is a beacon in the relational sphere, shedding light on patterns of relating, the phases and seasons of relationships. Knowledge of my own astrological profile and consideration of the natal traits and current challenges of spouses, friends, and family members aids us in creating more emotionally fulfilling and more committed relationships with others. In this presentation we’ll look at examples of how astrological work can aid an individual’s or a couple’s understanding of relational experiences and patterns of behaviour. We learn how relationships have been damaged; we envision ways they might be repaired. Rather than emphasizing synastry (chart comparison) and composite charts, this presentation focuses delineating the individual charts and the challenges and tasks each person is facing as a means to heal and harmonize relationships. We’ll discuss the power astrology has to transform consciousness and behaviour in the relational sphere, enhancing our lives in the home and workplace.

Greg Bogart, PhD, MFT, has practiced astrology professionally since 1981 and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who utilizes astrology in his work as a psychotherapist. He is also a lecturer in psychology at Sonoma State University. He is the author of Astrology’s Higher Octaves; Astrology and Spiritual Awakening; Planets in Therapy: Predictive Technique and the Art of Counseling; and Astrology and Meditation: The Fearless Contemplation of Change. His other books include In the Company of Sages; Dreamwork and Self-Healing; and Dreamwork in Holistic Psychotherapy of Depression. Visit his website at www.dawnmountain.com, or email Greg at gbogart7@sbcglobal.net.

2 March: Retrograde Planets: the Intricate Dance with Patricia Godden

Much inner work is done while a planet is retrograde. During a retrograde period, deeper levels of that planet’s energies rise from the subconscious to manifest in conscious awareness. As the different stages of the retrograde phase each play a role in this process, understanding it helps in the interpretation of natal horoscopes.  Recognising the different stages of retrogradation in progressions and transits can help a person make the most of these cycles. Mandalas are used to illustrate the variation in retrograde periods throughout the orbit of each planet.

Patricia Godden BSc PhD dipWESA FAPAI is a professional astrologer who gained a diploma from the White Eagle School of Astrology (WESA) in 2007. She is tutor on the WESA Beginner’s Course as well as having her own introductory course, which is available via her website. She has a particular interest in spiritual astrology and the purpose of the soul. This led to an in-depth study of draconic astrology. Patricia has written two books: Housing Your Planets: everyday interpretations and spiritual perspectives and Astrology, Crystals and Spirituality.

Website: www.patriciagodden.com

16 February: The Outer Planets and the New Paradigm with Nick Oakley-Smith

Nick Oakley-Smith has been a practising astrologer and student of the I-Ching for over 35 years.  He pretends to be a leadership coach in international businesses whilst introducing business leaders globally to both astrology and the I-Ching. He has talked regularly at local UK astrology groups, the AA conference and the Dutch AA conference.

2 February: Past Life Patterns in the Birth Chart with Phoebe Wyss

In this talk Phoebe will introduce her take on karmic astrology based on her experiences as a past-life regression therapist. It repeats the subject of our successful in-person workshop held in Hove last November for a wider audience. Phoebe writes: “In 1986, while working as an astrologer in Germany, I was curious about the newly introduced past-life therapy and booked a session for myself. What I experienced immediately illustrated the meaning of my South Node in the 8^th house in Aries, which I’d never understood. I was so impressed I signed up to train as a past life therapist, and afterwards for many years combined regression therapy with natal astrology in my work. This gave me wide experience of correlations between patterns in the natal charts of my clients and the past life experiences they recounted during their regression sessions.

I’ll be illustrating this with chart examples matched with extracts from the regression protocols of their owners, and will also attempt the experiment on Zoom of putting you, the audience, into a light trance so you can experience possible past life events to illuminate the karmic symbolism in your birth charts!”

Phoebe Wyss is a Hove astrologer with 40 years experience in giving consultations, courses and workshops and is an experienced public speaker. She also trained to be a past-life therapist back in the 1980s in Germany, and for many years combined regression work with natal astrology in her practice.  She’s published an astrological board game, two books on the astrological archetypes and her latest book – Inside the Cosmic Mind: Archetypal Astrology and the New Cosmology – was published in 2014.

19 January: Ideas and Composite Charts with Fernanda Paiva

Fernanda Paiva is a teacher and practicing astrologer with a BA. in History and she acquired her astrology certificate with distinction at the London School of Astrology. She has been published by Flare UK, IAM Infinity magazine, the AA Journal and at the astrodienst website, and she is currently working on her thesis for the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales. Fernanda is originally from Brazil but has been living in the UK for the past 13 years.

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hitchhikingstars/

Website: www.fernandapaiva.co

5  January: Who Are You? with Ana Isabel

Ana Isabel – Astrologer, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Past Life Regressionist. Ana is an Astrologer, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Past Life Regressionist, Teacher and Broadcaster. Ana combines Hypnotherapy and Astrology to help unblock repressed aspects of the personality as well as working on the links between the Birth Chart, Karma and Pre-birth experiences. She has worked with the Queen’s Doctor at his clinic in Belgravia and has two podcasts on Astrology and another on Spirituality.

Website: www.lifeastrologer.com

 

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2021 Autumn Term

1 December: Dharma Chart and Karma Chart A Virtual Talk with Michael Erlewine

Michael is a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner of 36 years, and The 17^th Karmapa (Ogyen Trinley Dorje) gave him the name “Tenzin Nyima,” “Holder of the Sun.” This very special lecture presents an astrology based buddhist teaching AND an empowerment, as Michael shows us the difference between the traditional geocentric chart, the Karma Chart and what is called the Dharma Chart, the heliocentric chart. 

Michael Erlewine has had several careers. As a musician, he was active in the Michigan folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961 he hitchhiked with Bob Dylan, and had travelled to Greenwich Village, Venice, California, and San Francisco. He and his brother Dan founded a blues band called The Prime Movers. When the drummer left, they replaced him with Iggy Pop (James Osterberg), then 18 years old, giving him the nickname “Iggy”. Michael Erlewine and his band, the Prime Movers, were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2015.

In 1977 Erlewine founded Matrix Software. He was the first person to program astrology on microcomputers and make astrological programs available to the astrological community. He began to study astrology in the early ’60’s. From 1972, he and his wife Margaret operated the Heart Center School, turning out thousands of students. He was a member of the Board of Directors of ARC, a Director of ACT, and a member of the AFA Research team. He was elected to the AFAN Steering Committee in 1994 and to the ISAR Board in 1995. Erlewine was the recipient of the Regulus Award for Professional Image, recognizing astrology at work in business and the public. He has published more than forty books on astrology and related topics.

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17 November: Devotional Astrological Magic A Virtual Talk with Christopher Warnock

Christopher Warnock of Renaissance Astrology will discuss astrological magic and his part in the revival of astrological magic as well as his devotional style practice.

Christopher Warnock has been a traditional astrologer and Renaissance astrological magician since 1998. He has been called “the father of the traditional astrological magic revival” and the “elder statesman” of astrological magic. With John Michael Greer, Mr. Warnock translated the Latin Picatrix, the most important grimoire of traditional astrological magic and has written and published many books on astrological magic and traditional astrology. Mr. Warnock also teaches astrology and magic courses and offers authentic astrological talismans.

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Astrology workshop – 6 November: Past Life Patterns in Your Birth Chart 

Experience the Perspective of Karmic Astrology in an In-person Study Day with Ana Isabel and Phoebe Wyss

Part One: Phoebe will introduce the theme of the day and report on her experiences with combining past-life regression therapy with natal astrology. Phoebe writes: “In 1986, while working as an astrologer in Germany, I was curious about the newly introduced past-life therapy and booked a session. What I experienced  immediately illustrated the meaning of my south node in the 8^th house in Aries, which I’d not understood before.  I was so impressed I signed up to train as a past life therapist, and, afterwards, combined regression therapy with astrology in my work for many years. This gave me wide experience of how patterns in natal charts can correlate symbolically with the past life experiences their owners recounted during regression sessions. I’ll be presenting some of this material in the workshop, and will also offer you the experience of a regression into a past life, which, hopefully, will help to illuminate the karmic symbolism in your birth chart.”

Part Two: Ana Isabel will take over after the lunch break.  She writes, “My interest in Past Lives developed even as I was learning about Astrology. I learned about Past Life Regression at the same time as I was learning the symbols of the Zodiac and planets. Then one day, I learned about the Moon’s Nodes and my two passions fused. Yet, I was practicing as a Psychological Astrologer for a number of years before training as an analytical and clinical Hypnotherapist. Then came my training as a Past Life and Life Between Life Regressionist.  The birth chart took on deeper meanings as I began to see it as the story of the Soul’s path. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to look at your Soul’s journey as I give you readings of Pluto’s place as well as that of the Nodes in your chart. You will have the opportunity to discuss your experiences in small groups sharing the same or similar planet positions, so that you can see how these themes manifest in your and other people’s lives.”

 

3 November: The Yogas of Vedic Astrology: Special Planetary Combinations A Virtual Talk with Richard Fidler

One of the most intriguing and useful features of Jyotish is its vast canon of ‘Yogas’ and associated aphorisms. The word ‘yoga’ essentially means to join or unite, and here can be translated as an astrological combination or ‘union of factors’ with specific implications. The Yogas of Jyotish are the fruit of centuries of observation, codified into a rich body of lore regarding the effects of several hundreds of possible permutations of the heavens. Even if you’re not particularly interested in studying Vedic astrology, the core rules and principles of Western and Vedic astrology are so similar that in many instances the logic behind these Yogas can offer Western astrologers valuable food for thought.

Richard Fidler is a professional astrologer and teacher with more than 30 years of experience in the field. He has served the as the chairperson of the Cape Town based Cape Astrology Association, and has contributed as both a speaker and organizer at several international astrology conferences. His work has been published in journals such as the Mountain Astrologer Magazine, the Astrological Journal (UK), and several others, including political forecasts in mainstream publications such as Business Insider.

Richard’s practice is an eclectic combination of Western and Vedic astrology. He believes both systems have a lot to teach each other, and so he regularly shares insights from Vedic astrology with Westerners, and effective techniques of Western astrology in India. Richard was recently appointed ISAR’s Global Director for the UK. He currently resides in Oxfordshire.

www.richardfidler.com

 

20 October: The Music of your Spheres A Virtual Talk with Julian Venables

Julian Venables has started writing a new and original format of media horoscopes which he calls ‘The Weekly Almanac’, it is available to view every week on his website  https://www.londonastrologer.com/blog-post/ where you can also sign up for a free newsletter. Julian is currently researching and writing his first astrology book, which doesn’t promise enlightenment through astrology, but guarantees a new perspective and the opportunity for eternal happiness through knowing your planets!  He is a local astrologer with the Faculty Diploma (D.F.Astrol.S). He offers client consultations, teaches and lectures in astrology. Julian has written a novel about William Lilly.

 

6 October: Black Moon Lilith Transits: Microphysics of Time A Virtual Talk with Vanessa Guazzelli

How to work with Black Moon Lilith in time? How to interpret its transits? BML points to what psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan called the Real, the rawest dimension of experience – beyond words and images, the underlying current of sensations. And it is Black Moon Lilith who rules the microphysics of time. Addressing the principles for its interpretation, we will look into the collective transits of this visceral and sublime astrological point, Black Moon Lilith.

Subtopics: Black Moon Lilith interpretation, mean node vs. oscillating node, time periods for BML in transit, mythological reference for BML transits, fundamental tips for BML in personal transits, BML in collective transits through each of the 12 signs.

Vanessa Guazzelli is an Italian-Brazilian astrologer and psychoanalyst, currently based on an island of the South Atlantic. Speaker in several astrology conferences around the world, lecturing in more than a dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. A deep investigator in astrology, known for being a specialist in Black Moon Lilith. Vanessa takes into great consideration the cardinal, fixed and mutable principles in her work, having these three zodiac crosses always on her horizon in both personal and geopolitical astrology. Agent 55 at the Cosmic Intelligence Agency. Former president of the Brazilian astrology association CNA (2012-2015). Awarded for Best Unprecedented Work by Audience’s Choice in SINARJ Astrology Symposium (Rio, 2005), with The Theory of IC-MC in the light of Psychoanalysis. She has a bachelor degree in psychology, specialist in diagnosis and treatment of development disorders by Centro Lydia Coriat (postgraduate). Psychoanalysis studies at APPOA.

 

15 September: When a Flower Speaks A Virtual Talk with Alex Trenoweth

Sometimes heaven cracks and reveals a powerful message that irrevocably changes the way a mere mortal views life on earth. From near-death encounters to flashes of cosmic understanding, Alex investigates the astrological statistics behind the planetary aspects of mystic moments and delivers a first hand account of her own out of body experience. Alex’s research on this topic provides a delicate balance between statistical analysis and profoundly moving narratives of life-changing experiences. What moment has changed your life? Bring your time-detailed stories to share or learn how to recognise the signs that your life will be forever altered.

Alex Trenoweth, MA (CAA), DFAstrolS, CIA Agent 144 is an astrological researcher and professional schoolteacher in London UK. In 2015, she was awarded “International Astrologer of the Year” by the Krishnamurti Institute of Astrology (KIA) for her ground-breaking and innovative research on Astrology and Education based on her book “Growing Pains” (The Wessex Astrologer). Since then she has spoken at astrology conferences around the world and has contributed to major astrological magazines and publications. Her newest book “Mirror Mirror: Famous People and the Actors Who Have Portryed Them” was released in 2021. Alex is now President of CAPISAR and has recently started her own astrology school, Rohini Academy of Astrology. Her website is www.alextrenoweth.co.uk

 

1 September: Where does the Great Conjunction Cycle begin? – A Virtual Talk with Gary Caton

Gary P Caton is an Hermetic practitioner integrating diverse traditions, art forms and practices gathered from his spiritual quest over a full Saturn cycle. Initiated an astrologer by a magnificent dream in 1993, he’s since become an accomplished counselor, writer, podcaster, teacher, photographer and mage. Gary is the author of Hermetica Triptycha: The Mercury Elemental Year, and host of the popular Hermetic Astrology Podcast. Connect with him at www.DreamAstrologer.com

e-mail: dreamastrologer@yahoo.com            Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DreamAstrologer

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIh4umUcCrA25wpZLxysB-Q

Book (publisher): http://rubedo.press/hermetica-triptycha

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2021 Summer Term

18 August: Mystical Saturn: A Planet for All Ages – A Virtual Talk with Acyuta- bhava Das (Adam Elenbaas)

When the planet Neptune was seen for the very first time through a telescope, it was conjunct Saturn. In this talk, we shall explore the symbolism of Saturn across the ages, while also exploring the possibility that the ancient Saturn is just as mystical and other- worldly as any of the modern, outer planets – including Neptune!

Acyuta-bhava Das (Adam Elenbaas) is a professional astrologer, author, and yoga instructor/studio owner from the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Adam holds an M.A. and MFA in Creative Writing. His first book, a Publisher’s Weekly top book of the year, called Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest was published by Tarcher/Penguin in 2010. Adam was one of the founding writers of RealitySandwich.com, and when he isn’t writing, teaching, or seeing clients, Adam is usually immersed in his practice of Bhakti yoga.  You can find his work at www.nightlightastrology.com

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4 August: The Astrological Neptune – the Ancient Cult of Water – A Virtual Talk with Cate Reidy 

Astrologically, Neptune is traditionally associated with the element of water, the sign of Pisces and also the 12th house.  However, in studying a horoscope, we consider its watery presence in any one of the houses and signs, and weigh up its influence on various planets, angles, nodes and other sensitive degrees within the birth-chart.  In doing so, we discover how Neptune has a full range of metaphorical presentations, from that of a wellspring, a fast moving current, and even a flood.  And, during those times of personal transition when previous structures in our lives are plunged into deep waters, the experience of just ‘holding one’s head above water’ is a common one.  Afterwards, such structures end up dissolved, cleansed or washed away, by which time, a sensitivity to new insights – frequently communicated in our dreams – have been ushered in, along with a tidal change and possibilities of new beginnings.   During this talk, Cate will consider the ancient ‘Cult of Water’ – a spiritual tradition rich in symbolism, still relevant for today – and how we might understand Neptune’s presence within the horoscope from both psychological and spiritual perspectives.

Cate Reidy is a psycho-spiritual astrologer with a special interest in transpersonal transitions including awakenings.  Having originally trained in traditional, psychological, and transpersonal approaches, her long-held interest in this branch of Astrology, stems from many years experience of working in mental health, homelessness projects and addiction treatment settings, as well as in private practice.  And further, from many years exploring archetypal patterning communicated in dreams; inherited patterns in family histories, and pre-rebirth narratives.  Cate’s approach reflects sensitivity to spiritual/mental/emotional challenges occurring during those times when the ‘emerging self’ awakens. She has a deep respect for the creative resources underpinning each individual’s patterning and their inbuilt capacity to regulate their own well-being.  In addition to her astrological work, she is a Jungian Sand Play practitioner, a director at Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN), and a Folklorist – a member of the Folklore Society.   She is currently undergoing sensitivity training at the College of Psychic Studies in London – a work in progress and a privilege.   For more information, visit:  www.catereidy.uk

21 July: Karmic Echoes  

If we look at three generations of birth charts within a family, we will see synchronic astrological links. The same and repeating four to five Zodiac signs, playing out between the Sun, Moon, Ascendant and Mid-heaven. Strong links between first and third generations e.g. grandparents and grandchildren seem especially emphasised. It appears these connections weave as karmic threads through  the generations. It raises the question of do unresolved areas of parents birth charts pass to their children, grandchildren. Are we simply patterns of energy seeking to resolve ourselves ? Do we enter our lives through our Ascendant into a soul group, that will enable us to expand our consciousness, until we no longer need to return here in a physical form ? Or are we so attached within our personal family ancestry, that the process of entering and departing this Earth plane, is about continuing evolving and teaching our family members?

Jean Maclean B.A. is a qualified teacher and an experienced, practising astrologer of over 40 years. Having taught in state and further education all her working life, she brings learned skills in communicating ideas and information. Her Aries Sun is in her 3^rd House and Jupiter in Sagittarius in her 11^th House. She facilitates the South Downs Astrology Circle that meets monthly at her home in Eastbourne. With Covid, astrology topics are now discussed in weekly Zoom sessions with other East Sussex astrologers. She has a regular flow of clients and also gives astrology lessons to students.

“ My astrology journey began in childhood, growing up in Somerset. My father took me outside on starry nights showing me the star groups and constellations. The wonder of the those skies was magic, and by the age of twenty one, I was studying and researching astrology “

Courses, workshops and study with The White Eagle Lodge, Liz Greene, Jonathan Cainer and other astrologers, were important learning. In the eighties, she facilitated the weekly meet-ups of astrologers in the Medway Towns. She created and organised two landmark spiritual festivals in Whitstable, Lightwaves 2011 and Lightwaves 2012. Jean completed an introductory course in Astronomy at Herstmonceux Observatories, adding depth to her astrology insights. She is at present researching ancestry and astrological patterns.

www.birthchart-insights.co.uk                           jean@birthchart-insights.co.uk

7 July: Lunar Nodes and Case Studies  – A Virtual Talk with Christeen Skinner

In this talk we examine your natal Moon and the rhythms and pulses it sets up with regard to your financial affairs. Along the way we will look at how the lunar node can be used to identify key years. This talk includes case histories and how astrology has helped clients improve their wealth and well-being.

Christeen Skinner D.F.Astrol. S, F.R.S.A is a Director of Cityscopes London Ltd providing future-casting services to investors and traders across the world.  She is author of several books, including Navigating the Financial Universe (published 2019) in which she forecast the current pandemic. In 2020, Christeen began collaboration with the developers of a new trading platform using astro-cycles. She is a Trustee of the Urania Trust and a Director of the Alexandria I-base project.

https://www.alexandriaibase.org/

16 June: Firdaria, What They Are and How to Use Them – A Virtual Talk with Sharon Knight

Sharon will be speaking on the Persian predictive technique of Firdaria:  Firdaria associates different periods of life with different planets defining a theme for each period enabling you to predict far ahead into the future. It is a simple method and easy to follow.

Sharon Knight has worked as a professional astrologer for nearly 30 years. Initially studying with the Faculty, passing the Intermediate Diploma before qualifying as a QHP with Olivia Barclay. She gained her MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology in 2004. She’s a Fellow of the Association of Professional Astrologers International and Chair of the same. Sharon is currently a tutor & convenor of the QHP, as well as teaching her own APAI accredited course on traditional natal astrology. Sharon won the Astrologer of the Year title in 2016 with her lecture on Sect & Triplicity. She has spoken at the AA Conferences, The Lodge, taught traditional methods at schools in Taiwan, Turkey and to groups in South Africa & around the UK.  She’s written columns for various women’s magazines, newspapers and astrological journals, and for the past 12 years has had a regular slot on local radio.

2 June: Interacting with the Four Elements; the Mythic Forces of the Greek Philosophers – A Virtual Talk with Julian Venables

Julian Venables has started writing a new and original format of media horoscopes which he calls ‘The Weekly Almanac’, it is available to view every week on his website  https://www.londonastrologer.com/blog-post/ where you can also sign up for a free newsletter. Julian is currently researching and writing his first astrology book, which doesn’t promise enlightenment through astrology, but guarantees a new perspective and the opportunity for eternal happiness through knowing your planets!  He is a local astrologer with the Faculty Diploma (D.F.Astrol.S). He offers client consultations, teaches and lectures in astrology. Julian has written a novel about William Lilly.

19 May: Discovering the Personal Daimon in Your Birth Chart – A Virtual Talk with Cat Neligan

Have you ever felt yourself being pulled towards something? A calling to paint, write, dance, sing, travel, teach…? Whatever you’ve felt, and whether you’ve followed that call or not, that is the work of your personal daimon. The daimon goes by many names and guises. For some, it’s their Holy Guardian Angel. For others, it’s their calling. Others see it as trickster, or worse, a demon. In this talk, we explore the cultural variations on the daimon, the origins of it and why it’s been so sought after (intellectually, spiritually or otherwise) for thousands of years. We’ll focus on the use of astrology to understand the personal daimon, identify your own daimonic experiences and explore how it shows up for you, using your birth chart.

Cat Neligan‘s fascination with astrology began as an extension of her interest in personality typology. She soon found out the study of the stars had much, much more to offer, and she has been learning as much as she can ever since. Cat now incorporates astrology into her work coaching creative introverts, helping artists, writers, musicians and all kinds of creatives to better understand themselves, identify their calling, and share their work with the world.

You can find out more about her services at http://thecreativeintrovert.com/

5 May: Local Space & Cycles or Circles, Centers and Circulation – A Virtual Talk with Michael Erlewine

Michael shows us how Local Space is no subtle plane, but a personal landscape in bold and clear strokes and tailor-made to fit the psyche of each individual. He will then present a key introduction to the empowerment of space; to the use and meaning of astrological coordinate systems and centres.

Michael Erlewine has had several careers. As a musician, he was active in the Michigan folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961 he hitchhiked with Bob Dylan, and had travelled to Greenwich Village, Venice, California, and San Francisco. He and his brother Dan founded a blues band called The Prime Movers. When the drummer left, they replaced him with Iggy Pop (James Osterberg), then 18 years old, giving him the nickname “Iggy”. Michael Erlewine and his band, the Prime Movers, were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2015.

In 1977 Erlewine founded Matrix Software. He was the first person to program astrology on microcomputers and make astrological programs available to the astrological community. He began to study astrology in the early ’60’s. From 1972, he and his wife Margaret operated the Heart Center School, turning out thousands of students. He was a member of the Board of Directors of ARC, a Director of ACT, and a member of the AFA Research team. He was elected to the AFAN Steering Committee in 1994 and to the ISAR Board in 1995. Erlewine was the recipient of the Regulus Award for Professional Image, recognizing astrology at work in business and the public. He has published more than forty books on astrology and related topics.

21 April: The Venus/Sun Cycle – A Virtual Talk with Angela Cornish

Angela Cornish has practised and taught astrology in classes, talks and workshops for many years. Her special interests are horary and forecasting techniques. She holds a Diploma of the Mayo School of Astrology and the STA Diploma of Traditional Horary Astrology. She is currently Secretary to the Astrological Association of Great Britain and Secretary of the Association of Professional Astrologers International. She was honoured with the Charles Harvey award for Exceptional Services to Astrology in 2018.

 

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2021 Spring Term

7 April: My Moon is on your Mars, are we compatible?! – A Virtual Talk with Fernanda Paiva

Astrology is famous for promising enlightening insights about love: sun sign compatibility, chart comparison (also known as synastry), composite charts… There are a myriad of different techniques that promise revealing the amount of compatibility between people. But how do they work? Is it really possible to tell from 2 astrology charts if their owners would get along or not? In this talk we will be having fun exploring some of these techniques and using a few examples in order to understand compatibility astrology a bit further (to make the most of this evening, a basic understanding of astrology is required).

Fernanda Paiva is a practicing astrologer with a BA. in History and she acquired her astrology certificate with distinction at the London School of Astrology. She has been published by Flare UK, IAM Infinity magazine, the AA Journal and at the astrodienst website, and she is currently doing her masters’ thesis for the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales. Fernanda is originally from Brazil but has been living in the UK for the past 13 years and she did her first talk at the Astrological Association Conference in 2020 on the Astrology of The Handmaid’s Tale.

17 March: Predictions and Promises Unfolding – Part 2 – A Virtual Talk with Israel Ajose

Primary clockwise house prediction technique is a very old predictive technique hardly used in modern astrology, but is a way to predict very crucial pivotal changes, periods and themes in our life. In this technique each house shows chapter after chapter through a 7 year cycle, which further shows us specific years of the unfolding of the natal chart promise.

Israel Ajose D.Psych.Astrol is a dedicated student and teacher of astrology, tarot, and a consultant. He studied and completed full honours in psychological astrology at the centre of psychological astrology in London with Liz Greene. By combining traditional, mediaeval, and psychological and Vedic techniques and methods, he is now a full-time practitioner & teacher of astrology, tarot, philosophical and esoteric teachings. He is currently the President of the astrological lodge of London. Much of his studies and practices also include cosmology, mythology, occult sciences, Kabbalah, shamanism, and divination

3 March: How Medieval Astrologers Knew What You Really Wanted – A Virtual Talk with Chris Mitchell

The twelfth century saw a huge translation movement in Western Europe, when Arabic texts were translated into Latin for the first time. The 12th-century scholar Roger of Hereford was teaching schoolkids some pretty sophisticated astrology based on these texts, including some techniques to find out what the client *really* wanted, in his book of “Intentions”. Knowing what the client’s intention in visiting the astrologer might almost be considered an early version of psychological astrology – just as a modern astrologer might draw up a consultation chart.

Chris Mitchell has a PhD from the University of Leicester on the topic of medieval astrology, is a tutor on the MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology course at the University of Wales, and holds a diploma in Medieval Astrology from Astrologos. He has been actively involved in promoting and teaching astrology for 20 years, is on the board of the Astrological Association, and has given talks to groups and conferences in Europe and the US.

3 February: Astrological Mavericks – A Virtual Talk with Michael Bartlett 

Some of us are walking billboards for the planets. We wear their mark in a way that is simultaneously unseen, yet seen by all. If you or someone you know has a planet conjunct one of the birth chart’s angles, this is a big billboard and the mark is not likely washed away.  Planets conjunct the AS/DS and/or MC/IC are super powered archetypal energies expressed in a person’s life. Michael will present observations from research for his book Astrological Mavericks which illustrate the dramatic effects such placements make in an individual’s life and how they impact society and thereby change the world. Surprising examples of both negative and positive expression will be illustrated for the 48 placements for each planet -not just the standard two of sign and house. Join us on Wednesday 3 February 2021 for a lively and informative talk presenting anecdotal evidence from the lives of numerous mavericks who continue to change our world. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion.

Michael Bartlett focuses on traditional and esoteric astrology. His Core Energetic training, highly intuitive nature, three decades of business experience and two decades of astrological wisdom gives him an extensively resourced toolbox he offers to his clients. He offers webinars, workshops, experiential intensives, readings, speaking engagements, teaches classes for Kepler College and co-hosts a weekly YouTube show. He offers resources at coremichael.com and can be reached at michael@coremichael.com

20 January: Celebrating the Venus Shamanic Cycle and the Influential Women of the Year – A Virtual Talk with Pam Carruthers

From Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Greta Thunberg, from Jacinda Arden to Kamala Harris, 2020 has seen the remarkable rise of women in the news and taking centre stage. Looking at the charts of some of these influential women of 2020, Pam will explore which Venus Shamanic Archetype they embody. When Venus is 10 degrees ahead of the Sun while still retrograde, it is rising as a Morning Star. This is called the heliacal rise and shamanic astrology calls this “The Shamanic Overtone.” Venus rose as a Morning Star on June 10 2020 and began a new 19 month cycle, so we are currently in the Shamanic Overtone of Gemini.

When Venus is retrograde she conjuncts the Sun in only five signs of the Zodiac in a lifetime! From 1966 through 2047 these are Aries; Scorpio; Gemini; Capricorn; Leo/Virgo. In this presentation find out which if these is your Shamanic Overtone.

2021 sees Venus change direction to become an Evening Star. Key Dates to watch are when Venus disappears from the morning sky on February 13th at 15 degrees Aquarius. Venus then meets with the Sun on 25th March at 6 degrees Aries. Venus rises as an Evening Star on May 3rd at 24 degrees Taurus. While Venus is invisible you may find you are less inclined to be social. Venus will begin her retrograde period on December 19th 2021 in Capricorn conjunct Pluto and start a new Morning Star Shamanic Cycle on January 13th 2022 at 15 degrees Capricorn.

Pam Carruthers is a qualified professional Vedic and Western astrologer. She works from a spiritual perspective and is a student of A Course in Miracles. An experienced Spiritual Life Coach and Trainer leading workshops since 2000, Pam helps clients discover the hidden patterns that are holding them back in their lives. A consultation with her is a life enhancing and healing experience. Pam specialises in exploring the nodal axis in the birth chart and its connection to a past life where your soul level gifts were blocked. She facilitates an online course entitled The Planets Within. It’s for beginners and those who wish to deepen their knowledge.  Subscribe for her free webinars on astrology and Key Dates for 2021. Contact her via her website www.healingstars.com

6 January: How Astrology is Becoming the New ‘Lingua Franca’ of the Emerging Consciousness Revolution – A Virtual Talk with Steve Judd

Steve Judd is an astrologer with 40 years experience, bringing astrology to the world. He works on character analysis, location and relationship issues, past explanation, present expansion and future exploration. After leaving the army at twenty, Steve found his first astrological book in 1977 and then spent a decade learning astrological basics. He is totally self-taught. Since then, he expanded his ability by doing many thousands of chart readings. Steve has considerable experience on local media and has appeared on national TV. In 1994, after many years working in the Glastonbury Festival Green Fields, Steve was a founding member of the Big Green Gathering. In July 2005 he was awarded the Master of Arts Degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the Sophia Centre, Bath Spa University, making him at the time only the thirteenth person in the world to hold that qualification.

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2020 Autumn Term

• 16 December: Predictions of the Natal Promises Unfolding – A Virtual Talk with Israel Ajose
• 2 December: The Planetary Days and Hours – the Time of Your Life – A Virtual Talk with Trav Travers
• 18 November: 2020 Insight: The Death-Rebirth Struggle of the Human Psyche – A Virtual Talk with Renn Butler
• 4 November: How Archetypal Astrology Works: an Experiential Approach to Churchill’s Chart – A Virtual Talk with  Phoebe Wyss
• 21 October: Boris and Dominic’s Testing Transits – A Virtual Talk with Julian Venables
• 7 October: Why Mundane Astrology is Anything but Mundane in the Tumultuous Times We Live in – A Virtual Talk with Lisa Lazuli 
• 16 September: Journey to the Centre of the Twelfth House – A Virtual Talk with Michael Bartlett
• 2 September: Beyond the Bounds: Black Moon Lilith – A Virtual Talk with Carole Taylor 

 

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2020 Summer Term

• 19 August: Intro to Holistic Locational Astrology – A Virtual Talk with Moses Siregar 
• 5 August: Ars Magna, The Great Art of Transformation via Astrology, Alchemy & Magic – A Virtual Talk with Gary P Caton 
• 15 July: Horary Astrology and the Natal Promise – A Virtual Talk with Mychal A. Bryan  
• 1 July: Aspect Patterns Made Easy – A Virtual Talk with Rod Chang 
• 17 June: The Astrology of Now, 2020 and Beyond – A Virtual Talk with Julian Venables
• 3 June: The Terrible Forty-fives and Other Critical Ages – A Virtual Talk with Faye Blake-Cossar
• 20 May: Fighting a Losing Battle: Oppositions in Synastry and the Birth Chart – A Virtual Talk with Phoebe Wyss
• 6 May: Cosmic Chocolate: the Mesoamerican mythology and Western astrology of Theobroma cacao – A Virtual Talk with Marcos Patchett
• 22 April: The Astrology of the Lockdown – A Virtual Talk with Julian Venables

 

 

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Archive:

2020

2020 Spring Term Programme

14 March 2020: Astrology Day – A Workshop with Sue Tompkins, Aspects & Chart Interpretation

2019

2017

2017 Autumn Term Programme 

18 November: Astrology Day with Phoebe Wyss, Pam Carruthers and Julian Venables – Exploring Saturn

2017 Summer Term Programme

10 June: Astrology Day with Julian Venables, Tim Burness, Phoebe Wyss and Pam Carruthers – Jupiter – Hope for the Future

2017 Spring Term Programme

18 March Astrology Day with Pam Carruthers, Julian Venables, Phoebe Wyss and Tim Burness – Exploring Pluto

2016

2016 Autumn Term Programme

22 October: Astrology Day with Julian Venables, Alex Trenoweth and Phoebe Wyss – The Great Sky God and the Winged Messenger – A Mercury-Uranus Astrology Day

2016 Summer Term Programme

2 June: Astrology Day with Tad Mann – Astrology & Reincarnation: Clarifying Your Karma

2016 Spring Term Programme 

9 January: Astrology Day with Tad Mann – Why Time Flies: Using Life Time Astrology

2015

2015 Autumn Term Programme 

26 September: Astrology Day with Phoebe Wyss, Julian Venables, Israel Ajose and Gill Dorren – A Day Exploring Neptune

2015 Summer Term Programme

13 June: Astrology Day with Phoebe Wyss, Alex Trenoweth, Nick Kollerstrom – Astrology in Everyday Life

2015 Spring Term Programme 

7 March: Astrology Day with Trav Travers, Julian Venables, Pam Carruthers – Venus and Mars: The Lovers