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  • Terms and conditions

    Terms and conditions:     Note that: class may refer to a class (in person or online), conference, webinar or a course (in person or online). “You”, refers to you, the student or class participant The programme and timing of any class is subject to change, if necessary.   For online classes, webinar and conference,…

  • Invisible worlds: the outer planets (video)

    In the first of these two videos, Marcos discusses the outer planets – Uranus, Neptune and Pluto – invisible to the naked eye and symbolic of powerful subconscious and collective processes. And find out how Uranus’ themes were reflected in the life of scientist Marie Curie who was a pioneer in radioactivity research and how…

  • Uranus in Taurus: shake your body (video)

    Uranus moves into Taurus in May 2018, where it will stay until 2026. In this video, Mandi highlights the major themes including the rise of body technology, what it means for the currency and money markets and how it’s an opportunity to revolutionize our relationship with nature. For more videos by the Academy, visit our…

  • Saturn goes home entering its own sign of Capricorn (video)

    Saturn moved into Capricorn in December 2017, where it remains until July 2020. In our most popular video to date, Sue reviews Saturn in Sagittarius and analyses the major themes of Saturn in Capricorn. What are the themes and challenges and where are the opportunities? For more videos by the Academy, visit our YouTube channel.

  • 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…