About This Course

This is course four in our four-year training program. You do not have to be enrolled in the program to take this course. 

In this course we will look at the correlations of the social planets – Jupiter and Saturn – with lived experience. Your instructors will outline what these gas giant planets symbolize and show you how to start interpreting them in the horoscope.

  • Week 1: Jupiter with Darby Costello
  • Week 2: Jupiter with Mark Jones
  • Week 3: Saturn with Mark Jones
  • Week 4: Saturn with Tony Howard
  • Bonus: Saturn Rulership of Aquarius with Tony Howard
  • Bonus Audio: Robert Blaschke audio workshop “Jupiter and Saturn”

You’ll learn why these are called the “social” planets, explore their core meanings, and take first steps in understanding them in the context of the natal chart.

Required texts: Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil by Liz Greene; The Contemporary Astrologer’s Handbook by Sue Tompkins; Exploring Jupiter by Stephen Arroyo

Optional text: Making the Gods Work for You by Caroline Casey (out of print and difficult/costly to find but available in inexpensive audio format. Not required but good supplemental material.)

Next Live Dates: November 30 – December 21, 2022
Pre-recorded lessons plus three live Q&A sessions (all times Pacific Time):
Sunday December 4 at 9:00 am
Sunday December 11 at 9:00 am
Sunday December 18 at 2:00 pm

$295 (audit) / $350 (certification*)

*You may register and start this course and get started today or wait for the next live cohort and take the course at the same time as a group of students and participate in the live question and answer sessions.
**Certification-track students will receive feedback on homework and an exam review. Audit students receive the same study materials and videos but do not receive personal feedback on their work.

Instructors: Mark Jones, Darby Costello and Tony Howard
Course includes: four video classes, three bonus videos, three live Q&A sessions, weekly reading assignments and homework. Video, audio and handouts are available to view and/or download. Certification students will have graded homework assignments and an exam.

Perfect for beginners and those looking to review the core principles of Jupiter and Saturn. 

Instructor(s)

Senior Instructor Mark Jones

Mark Jones is an astrologer, psychosynthesis therapist and author from the UK. Mark is a regular speaker and workshop leader in North America, Europe and Australia. His first book Healing the Soul: Pluto, Uranus and the Lunar Nodes is an excellent introduction to his work as an evolutionary astrologer. His second book The Soul Speaks: The Therapeutic Potential of Astrology explores the transformative power of the natal chart reading while offering invaluable counseling skills to astrologers. Students love working with Mark because of his spiritual approach, his humor, warmth, and depth.

Senior Instructor Tony Howard

Tony Howard graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Colorado. His degree in history and film turned out to be the perfect precursor to his career in astrology, which includes a focus on historical research and chart analysis. His writing has been featured in The Mountain Astrologer magazine and in the anthologies: Astrology, the Next Generation and The Book of Music Horoscopes. Tony is passionate about helping new astrologers find their voice and teaching students to support clients through compassionate mirroring, empowering language and sharing practical tools for conscious co-creative engagement with life.

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Rave Reviews

“Darby Costello is the consummate teacher - thorough, engaging, insightful and vast both in her personal, worldly experience and astrological knowledge.”

– Cindy M.

“I love these classes! so rich with fascinating research and always presented in a clear and concise way. Mark's sessions greatly expand my knowledge and perspective on how valuable and magical the music of the planets are!”

– Mariam B.

“Tony, your lectures have been stellar. It's clear that you're rigorously thinking through the order in which we need to hear the information to facilitate our actually taking it in. Moreover, you're also resisting the temptation to make the meanings formulaic, and thus overly reductive. I think it's quite remarkable that after a mere three lessons, I'm starting to grok how to think astrologically.”

– Susan Shannon

“Tony is an excellent teacher, I’m looking forward to learning more from him and the rest of the instructors at astrology university in the future. ”

– Rachel P.