Orcus 101 - 2023

Welcome to the Orcus course! Here you can connect with other students,

get updates, watch videos and post assignments.

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Here is the Course Schedule:

Orcus Welcome and Introduction

27 May, 21:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting

This class will provide an introduction to the course and an opportunity to get to know Alan and your other class mates, as well as provide an open Q&A session for all those burning questions. - This meeting will occur in the new Orcus Zoom classroom here: https://events.zoom.us/e/view/5ih0cV-ES9eaETGGnGfhzg

Orcus House Webinar posted

28 May, 1:00 GMT

Course Blog & Video tabs

This webinar will provide an overview of the astrological meaning of Orcus and look at the 12 house interpretations. The Houses are where we see this energy manifesting most clearly in our personal lives.

Orcus House Assignment due

3 June, 21:00 GMT

Course Blog

Watch the webinar interpretation of your Orcus House position and in a post on the class blog, simply let us know what, if anything, you related to in the interpretation and tell us how you see it manifesting in your life. And please also mention any other ways you see it manifesting.

Orcus House Q&A

10 June, 21:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting

Alan will talk about the assignments and this is your chance to ask anything that has come up in the work on Houses. This meeting will occur in the Orcus Zoom classroom here: https://events.zoom.us/e/view/5ih0cV-ES9eaETGGnGfhzg

Orcus Aspect Webinar posted

11 June, 1:00 GMT

Course Blog & Videos tabs

The aspects show us how our ability to transmute shadow into light is variously enabled and/or challenged. In this webinar the aspects of case studies will be presented and interpreted.

Orcus Aspect Assignment due

17 June, 21:00 GMT

Course Blog

Watch the case studies aspect webinar and in a post on the class blog please tell us how you see your Orcus variously enabled and/or challenged by the aspects in your chart. Please talk about the planets in each aspects and the area of life - house - in which it acts.

Orcus Aspect Q&A

24 June, 21:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting

Alan will talk about the assignments and this is your chance to ask anything that has come up in the work on aspects. - This meeting will occur in the Orcus Zoom classroom here: https://events.zoom.us/e/view/5ih0cV-ES9eaETGGnGfhzg

Orcus Transit Webinar posted

25 June, 1:00 GMT

Course Blog and Videos tabs

The transits of Orcus, and transits to our natal Orcus, reveals the unfolding potential for transmuting shadow into light in our lives. In this webinar the transits of case studies will be presented and interpreted.

Orcus Transit Assignment due

1 July, 21:00 GMT

Course Blog

Study the transiting cycles of Saturn and Pluto to your natal Orcus, especially conjunctions, oppositions and squares, & see how these relate to life events. Then do Orcus transits to your natal planets, these represent phases in our lives. Please share your discoveries in a post on the class blog.

Orcus Transit Q&A

8 July, 21:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting

Alan will talk about the assignments and this is your chance to ask anything that has come up in the work on Orcus transits. - This meeting will occur in the Orcus Zoom classroom here: https://events.zoom.us/e/view/5ih0cV-ES9eaETGGnGfhzg