Category Archives: Thoughts on astrology

The Foundations of Prediction

This is an expansion of the opening session of the Prediction Day given at the Astrological Lodge of London on 9th October 2004 and was first published in Astrology Quarterly Winter 2004.
The title of this talk is “The Foundations of Prediction” and most of the material should be relevant to most astrologers most of the [...]

Sophia Centre Graduation Day

Originally published Autumn 2004
An account of the day by Alice Ekrek and astrological analysis by Claire Chandler
On Saturday, 24 July 2004, the first six graduates of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology attended their graduation ceremony at Bath Spa University College. One of their tutors, Nick Campion, received his doctoral award (PhD) at the [...]

Astrological Education in the 21st Century

Originally published May 2004
Soapbox warning
What’s the use of having your own website if you can’t have a rant now and again. I do try to keep everything on the site balanced and I hope this piece will also stay within my editorial policy.
There have been several events and conversations which have taken place over the [...]

Traditional Astrology – how relevant can it be?

Originally published February 2000

Does Traditional Astrology have anything to offer us?
There has been over the last 30 years a rejection of traditional techniques and an adoption of psychology as the basis for Astrology to go forward. I would question how much we are loosing if we blithely throw away many centuries of considered experience and [...]