Study Notes

These pages prepared by the School’s Principal, Simon Bentley, while accessible to all, are aimed particularly at students of astrology, and will help them to build up a body of useful information and advice on various facets of astrological knowledge. Most were written originally as handouts for workshops and talks in various places over the last decade or so.

A new page will be added every quarter, so that a collection is gradually built up which you can refer to whenever you need. As the years go by, a sizeable body of knowledge will accumulate for the benefit of students at all levels. We hope that you will enjoy studying them!

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             The importance of the Ascendant in the natal chart - why it should not be treated lightly!

             An illustration of a rising sign - May - Taurus Rising - Martin Luther King

            The Moon is symbolic of the 'little earthly self' - with all its faults, foibles and imperfections

             The Sun represents the ‘soul lesson’ of the life and fundamental reason behind the incarnation

            Draconic Astrology uses a zodiac which takes the Moon's north node as 0° Aries

             The use of the Moon's nodes in the horoscope is very ancient and goes back many centuries