The Gods of Time

Traces of Eternity

April 6 - May 4, 2025, with Brian Clark

(A companion course to 'The Gods of Place' online course)

Whatever happens in a given moment has inevitably the quality peculiar to that moment - C G Jung 

16th C fresco by Francesco de’ Rossi ‘Time as Prudence seizes Occasion by the hair’, an allegorical image that evokes the duality of time. Prudence as Time takes hold of the forelock of Occasion, reminding us of the interrelationship between Chronos and Kairos, temporal and psychic time.

4-week online course, with or without live sessions

Live sessions suitable for UK/Europe/Asia/Australia/NZ time zones

Participants in Canada, USA and South America may wish to book without the live sessions, contributing to the conversations and asking questions via the online forum.

Live sessions take place 0n April 13, 20, 27 & May 4

Tutor: Brian Clark

One of astrology’s great gifts is that it enriches our participation with time. Each cycle, no matter its length, renews itself in the dawn of a new cycle. There is a past and a future in each moment of every celestial orbit, but how do we engage with these mysteries in the present? Our classes endeavour to amplify ways of participating and honouring astrological cycles and timing techniques.

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Philosophy and physics question the ‘reality’ of time - the way we commonly accept its movement from past to future, often judging the passage of time as illusionary. Yet, we experience this passing of time on our watches, embedded in the wrinkles of our skin, the ache in our bones or in our final mortgage payment. As astrologers, do we consider the complexities of time enough, given that these ambiguities underscore our birth chart, each timing technique and forecast? Have we sufficiently contemplated the intricacies of time to hold our own views on predictive techniques, ageing and recurrence?

The Course

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In this series of classes we encounter the divinities of Time who oversee its mysteries - we will engage the Horae, the Season Keepers; Chronos, the Timekeeper; Occasio, the goddess of Occasion; Kairos, Psyche’s time;  Ouroboros, Eternal time; Oneiros, the time of the Dream, and a host of other mythic time lords. Our journey will also visit some philosophers, physicists and poets, all who have explored its mysteries and synchronies.  We will also reflect on Synchronicity, Emotion and Memory, drawing on these images to amplify how the qualitative, emotional and symbolic nature of time infuses our practice.

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In this, four-part series, weexplore the mysteries and ambiguities of astrological time through myth, symbol, archetype, technique, cycle, ageing and the unconscious. We will travel through time with planetary transitions, progressions, cycles, passages and returns.

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Course Format

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Each class consists of a pre-recorded lecture of about 75 minutes, followed by a 60-minute live on-line discussion session held on Zoom. A reading list and suggestions for self-study will also be included with the course. The course is limited to 25 participants.

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Each pre-recorded lecture will be made available one week in advance of the live discussion session. The live sessions will be recorded and the recordings will be available for you to rewatch in your own time. If you know you will miss a session, you are welcome to send in your questions ahead of it and then listen to the recording afterwards. 

You will retain access to all the recordings for 3 months from the end of the course.