Astrology and the Symbolic Imagination: Online Course

Centre for the Study of Astrology, Myth & Symbol

With Brian Clark, Carole Taylor, Safron Rossi & Jason Holley

June 3 - 24, 2025

Astrology and the Symbolic Imagination is the signature course of the Centre for the Study of Astrology, Myth & Symbol enshrining our approach to astrology. It is taught by four of the core contributors to the CAMS project. Each of these tutors is an experienced individual voice in contemporary astrology and each offers their unique perspective – yet together we are united in the ground of our approach, placing central importance on the faculty of symbolic imagination and on the inspiration of the archetypes as a living presence. 

Together, these perspectives create a prism through which to understand the complex and often elusive and mysterious subject of astrology. The emphasis in this course is on astrology as an invitation into dialogue with the archetypal world, as participants in an ensouled cosmos.

All four tutors are practising astrologers and the course flows out of our many decades of client work and teaching. The aim is to provide you with ideas and tools to enrich your understanding and practice.

Astrology abounds with techniques, but these can sometimes serve to build technical knowledge at the expense of a deeper and more meaningful view. The work of CAMS is to invite astrologers into a participatory mode that acknowledges technique as being in service to the symbol, the symbol as a threshold into psyche, and the chart as sacred space.  

Course outline and details

1. Astrology, Symbol and Imagination with Brian Clark

2. The Living Symbol – Astrology, Dialogue and Divination with Carole Taylor

3. Astrology as Cosmology for Soul with Safron Rossi

4. Engaging with Symbolism in Astrology with Jason Holley

The course is arranged in four sections, with two pre-recorded videos and one live discussion session in each section. Click here for full course details, live session dates, and to register.

Sacred Songs in Contemporary Times:

An astrological reading of the Homeric Hymns

A CAMS course with Carole Taylor, Brian Clark, Jason Holley and Safron Rossi

Let’s step back in time to when the ancients honoured their gods and goddesses through song and poetry; when epics, hymns and plays told tales of their birth and ancestry, portrayed their character, and illustrated their adventures. In this class, we return to ancient hands who compiled the extant 33 devotions that praised the Olympians and other immortals, known as The Homeric Hymns.

Timing and authorship of the hymns are uncertain. They were composed in the Homeric style by a variety of poets, mainly in the 7th and 6th Centuries BCE;  some hymns are later, like the Hymn to Ares, which may be as late as the Hellenistic period. These inspired the mythic narratives of later poets, playwrights and authors - and for contemporary astrologers who find a depth of meaning through mythic images.

In our classes we will focus on four of the thirty-three Homeric Hymns. The mythic lineages and stories of these deities are vital to our astrological tradition. The Hymns to Aphrodite, Apollo, Demeter and Hermes are the longest of the hymns and these will be our main focus. All four deities are archetypal presences that inhabit each horoscope; therefore, widening our mythological gaze ensouls our planetary pantheon.

Our engagement with the ancient hymns will focus and reflect on how these mythic images amplify a deeper appreciation of their presence in our lives. Carole, Brian, Jason and Safron will be your guides into the sacred sanctuary of each deity.

Join us for a 4 - Week Online Course, with or without live sessions

Classes: The program includes eight pre-recorded video classes and two interactive sessions with each tutor. The pre-recorded video classes will be available for all who register for the course. You can also choose to participate in eight online classes which will be reflective, interactive and explorative, mythologically and astrologically.

The interactive classes will be limited to 18 participants.

Click here to visit the CAMS website for full course details and options. If you have questions about the course, please contact CAMS.