"Obviously astrology has much to offer psychology, but what the latter can offer its elder sister is less evident. So far as I judge, it would seem to me advantageous for astrology to take the existence of psychology into account, above all the psychology of the personality and of the unconscious." – Carl G. Jung

Astrology is the gateway to humanity's quest for order, meaning, and purpose throughout one's life. The history of Western astrology shows the Babylonians excelled at observing the night skies and developing the symbolic seeds of astrology. However, it was Socrates, Plato and subsequent philosophers such as Plato’s student, Aristotle, who created a geocentric link between the planets and divinity, thus, providing a subjective ideology for humans to aspire towards a similar state of divinity. Later, Polish scientist, Nicolaus Copernicus, proposed that the planets revolved around the sun ultimately changing our view of the universe from a theological geocentric model to a more scientifically precise (rational) heliocentric astronomical model regarding the sun as the unmoving center of our solar system and identifying the earth as functioning similarly to the other planets.

The history of Eastern astrology (Jyotisha) is rooted more in the oral tradition based on intuition rather than the more Western tradition of the preciseness of visual or written knowledge. Thousands of years ago, Jyotisha, along with other sacred knowledge, was thought to be cognized by ancient Seers (aka rishis) who passed this deep knowledge on orally via extraordinary intuition and memory from generation to generation. The first texts bearing this cognized knowledge were the Vedas, often seen in Hinduism, and are made up of a collection of hymns which provide humanity with symbolic keys for understanding esoteric wisdom as it applies to our reality here on earth. These keys give us virtues to assist us through the complexities of life.

Who can benefit from taking the course:

Anyone interested in developing greater self-awareness to make better decisions in life.