Workshops and short courses
Our online workshops and short courses offer focused, detailed and high-quality teaching over a wide range of subjects. They give a distilled and comprehensive picture of the subject, so that you can then apply the ideas to your own chart and/or use them in your own astrological work.
In each class, there will be time set aside for interactive discussion, so that you can ask questions, apply the ideas to charts, and develop your understanding of the material.
They are suitable for different stages of study. The focus will be on deepening into the symbolism, to extend your skills, encourage deep engagement and develop fluency in chart work.
Classes take place on Saturdays, 3-5pm UK time, online via Zoom.
Please use the form at the bottom of this page to register for any workshop or short course. We will then send you details of how to pay.
Each workshop includes an in-depth presentation by the tutor along with time for questions and chart work. A recording is made of each workshop and you will have access to the recording for 30 days. You will also receive a PDF of the slide presentation.
Each workshop will be recorded and you will have access to stream the recording for 30 days. The PDF of the slides is yours to keep.
Workshops (per session): £40.
Every term we offer a free workshop which anyone is welcome to attend. This gives you a chance to meet us and see how we work, but it is also our way of offering something back to the community and a way to bring people together to enjoy and discuss astrology.
Free Workshop Series:
Zodiac Stories
Zodiac Stories part 1: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer
Kim Farley & Carole Taylor
6 December 2025
3-5pm UK time (GMT)
This workshop is free of charge
The Zodiac is both the framework and the heart of the horoscope, the sacred road travelled by the planets and the rich ground whose archetypal images and ancient myths have given context, depth and meaning to the astrological art of planetary interpretation for two and a half millennia.
In this series of three free workshops, Kim and Carole will tell the stories of the zodiac signs as they come to us through myths, astrological literature, poetry and images. We will draw from the signs’ ancient origins in the myths of the constellations, as well as from our own understanding gleaned from professional practice, working into each sign’s deeper meanings, patterns and significance. We will explore the signs in the charts of participants in the group too, so have a copy of your chart to hand if you are happy to share!
Zodiac Stories part 2: Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio – spring term 2026
Zodiac Stories part 3: Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces – summer term 2026
Workshop Series:
An Astrological View of Death
The Passing of the Soul at Death (Evelyn de Morgan, 1919)
This series of three workshops explores one of the most challenging subjects which astrologers can (and do) encounter in their work and on which astrologers in past centuries have offered different perspectives. Bearing in mind that most astrologers do not have training in bereavement counselling, when clients bring their experiences or concerns around mortality, bereavement or death, how can we usefully, safely and appropriately respond?
Astrology and Sacred Space: Death and Ritual
Kim Farley
25th October 2025
3-5pm UK time (BST)
Astrological symbolism offers so much that is both useful and beautiful when it comes to ritual acts and intention. Though any approach taken naturally flows from one’s own values, needs and perspective, astrology is a vivid guide and a strong container for working with death and dying. In this session we’ll explore ways of relating to our dead, from devising funeral ceremonies for those we love, to honouring ancestors and creating private, individual rituals that hold and acknowledge loss.
“That, I think, is the power of ceremony. It marries the mundane to the sacred. The water turns to wine;
the coffee to a prayer.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer
“When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred.” –Allen Ginsberg
Death and the Birth Chart
Carole Taylor
8 November 2025
3-5pm UK time (GMT)
As a subject for contemplation, death is perhaps one of our most powerful modern taboos. In past centuries, astrologers were expected to answer questions around it, and they no doubt did so with varying degrees of sensitivity or usefulness. In modern times we quite rightly shy away on grounds of ethics or lack of therapeutic expertise. Yet death remains a basic human concern, from experiences of loss and bereavement to fears around our own mortality and that of loved ones. Clients regularly bring these issues to the consultation space and whilst it may often be appropriate to refer them to a qualified counsellor, the astrologer still has the potential, perhaps even a duty, to offer something helpful and supportive – a perspective that is rooted in the patterns of the individual’s birth chart. We will examine what astrologers have historically had to say about death, bringing this into a more meaningful contemporary context. Exploring these questions inevitably means contemplating own philosophy of life and death, and reflecting honestly on our own personal feelings and experiences.
In This Lifetime: Astrology, Karma and Past Lives
Kim Farley and Carole Taylor
22 November 2025
3-5pm UK time (GMT)
Modern astrology has been shaped by Theosophy and the ‘new age’ thinking which flowed from it in the 20th century, embracing the notion of reincarnation and past lives. Many astrologers take the idea of past lives for granted and that clues to those lives can be found in the current birth chart – the phrase ‘in this lifetime’ is not uncommon in contemporary astrology, often accompanied by the notion of ‘karma’. Indeed, Evolutionary Astrology, rooted in the work of Jeffrey Wolf Green, incorporates past lives as part of its philosophy, as does Esoteric Astrology from the lineage of Alice Bailey.
In this workshop, we will explore questions of past lives, reincarnation and karma – how do we engage with these concepts and how do those beliefs impact the ways in which we think about astrology and engage with charts, including our own? Whilst we need some theoretical background on this, it will be a practical workshop, where we can look at the charts of people in the group and share stories of our experiences.