Year: 2017

  • Medical Astrology: Age Old, not New Age; A Herbalist’s Tale

    Medical Astrology: Age Old, not New Age; A Herbalist’s Tale

    Medical astrology is old. Perhaps – in some form – as old as medicine itself. Historically, and prehistorically, divination was used alongside medicine as an integral part of holistic approaches to treatment. Illness was perceived as a form of imbalance subject to redress, just as environmental or social disasters were, and all were subject to…

  • Halloween special: The Dark Side of the Zodiac

    In these three videos, the Academy tutors chat about the dark side of the signs of the Zodiac. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo and Virgo Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces For more videos by the tutors, check out the Academy’s YouTube channel.

  • Weinstein and the Anaretic Degree

    Weinstein and the Anaretic Degree

    The film industry was rocked by allegations in the New York Times on 5th October 2017 that producer and studio executive Harvey Weinstein had been sexually harassing young women, mostly actresses, for decades. Following the first wave of accusations, on October 8th, he was fired from his own business, The Weinstein Company. He was also…

  • Retrogrades – good or bad?

    Retrogrades – good or bad?

    In traditional astrology, retrogrades and stationary points are often seen as maleficent. First at all, we must treat retrogrades and stationary as two separate concepts when we talk about them. When we talk about stationary planets most astrologers believe that it brings “ bad luck “ when planets change its motion from direct to retrograde.…

  • Working with Eclipses

    Working with Eclipses

    You might have noticed that there was a total Solar Eclipse recently across the USA! It certainly got a lot of attention, not least amongst the online astrology community, where it was the subject of many predictions, most of them related to the US President. But did you know that there are at least two…

  • Music to the ears – astrology and the planets

    Music to the ears – astrology and the planets

    Astrology is hard to define, being variously known as a science, an art form, a language, or divination, amongst other definitions. If we go back in history, it was once thought poetically that the cycles of the planets – the vital essence of astrological thought – moved in their orbits as ‘the music of the…

  • The astrology of Mars in Cancer

    The astrology of Mars in Cancer

    As of mid-June 2017, Mars is transiting through the astrological sign of Cancer. Cancer is the sign of Mars’ fall, a position which, in traditional astrology, signifies difficulties – a planet feels weak and struggles to express itself in the sign of its fall, which may give rise to over-compensation or dysfunctional behaviours. In the…

  • Saturn and Prince Harry (video)

    Mandi talks about Saturn in Prince Harry’s chart where it sits prominently on his MC (the Midheaven).  Learn more about Saturn (and the chart of Prince Harry) The meaning of Saturn Saturn in Scorpio Traditional astrology’s view on Saturn

  • Learning astrology

    Learning astrology

    There are many choices nowadays for a person who is keen to start learning astrology. Unlike when I started to study – I’m talking about 30 odd years ago (before the internet!) I started my one to one learning with the Faculty of Astrological Studies with a tutor. In those times, I did my exercises,…

  • Traditional astrology’s view on Saturn (video)

    Using Prince Harry’s chart as an example, Marcos talks about Saturn from a traditional astrology’s perspective – how Saturn is considered to function better in the charts of people who are born during the, and when it proceeds the Sun (when it’s oriental). Learn more about Saturn (and the chart of Prince Harry) Saturn and…