Description

Instructors: Lee Lehman, PhD, & Will Morris PhD, DAOM

Day: Sunday, beginning January 19, 2025

Time: 8:00 – 10:00 AM Pacific Time

Course Length : 10 weeks – All live sessions are recorded

Upon completion of this course, successful learners will be able to:

— Situate astrological practice as a transdiscipline, professionally, historically, and cross-culturally.

• Analyze the development of alchemically based medicines within their astrological and Hermetic context.
• Explore anatomical and humoral concepts relative to the assessment and remediation of astrologically informed care.

— Discuss omen-based symbolism relative to functional magical-medical praxis.

— For herbal thought, explore the doctrine of signatures, botanical rulerships, and taxonomical relations between plant medicine and astrology.

• Use electional techniques for medicine-making especially related to gathering, dispensing and administering.

— Apply astrology to public health concerns.

• Apply astrological techniques to social change, plagues, war, and migration.
• Apply sign mutations of Jupiter and Saturn.
• Consider ingresses and eclipses in public health matters.
• Identify climate, pandemics, and lifestyle as features of regular medical practice.

— Review systems of care that can be informed astrologically. 

• Develop concepts of preserving ancient medicines within various national health traditions.

Weekly Topics:

1. Babylon, Akkadia, and Mesopotamia 
2. Antiquity – Hellenistic
3. Middle Ages
4. Paracelsus 
5. Renaissance
6. Homeopathy
7. Modernity and Herbalism: Terrain and Germ Theory 
8. Flexner and Straight Medicalism
9. Astrologically Informed Manual Therapeutics and Physical Agents 
10. Learners’ Presentations

Required Reading:

Lehman, J.L., Traditional Medical Astrology: Medical Astrology from Celestial Omens to 1930  Illustrated edition ed. 2012: Red Feather.

Pre-requisites:

Kepler College Fundamentals Certificate or equivalent.

**This course is required for the Certificate and Diploma in the Kepler College Astrology of Healing Program.

View J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D.’s bio here

View Will Morris, Ph.D., DAOM’s bio here

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registration closes at 7:00am on Wednesday January 22nd, 2025