Dean’s Update, Late May 2025

We begin Gemini season this year with some exciting news about our classes and programs here at the FCEA. We will have a new series of advanced classes at the 400-level addressing many of the special topics students requested we cover. Several years ago, Steven and I worked together to create the curriculum that was designed to introduce students to a number of useful topics in astrology, in order to give these subjects an evolutionary spin. Since then, we have been very busy running and growing the FCEA, but now we are ready to start rolling out these 400-level courses one at a time in the months ahead. This will be a gradual process, so please be patient! We want to make sure we have everything properly in place with each new offering. 

Please read on to hear about the program changes and the first 400-level class opening: FCEA 405: The Asteroids: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Juno. With synchronicity and grace, when this newsletter article comes out, we will be traveling in Greece to a few of the many sacred temples and sites associated with these well-known Goddesses in Greek mythology. What a blessing and gift to be able to commune with them, feel Divine inspiration, and connect with our hearts through pilgrimage with one another in this sacred landscape. I am so thrilled to be joined by so many FCEA students and members on this Greek odyssey with Steven. But I also look forward to sharing this rich topic in evolutionary astrology together with those who wish to join FCEA 405. 

Eventually, there will be a variety of optional elective 400-level courses available to 300 Master Level students and FCEA graduates. These will include electional astrology, astromapping, and chart rectification, to name just a few. Students who complete three 400-level electives will earn an Honors Designation on their FCEA Master’s diploma, and students completing all six 400-level electives will earn a Distinguished Honors Designation. By participating and receiving credit in these classes, students will be able to add recognition of a specialty (a focus upon certain advanced skill sets in evolutionary astrology) to their practice, and the two-tiered honors designation will be noted on graduate listings on the FCEA website and added to their FCEA diploma. I am hopeful this new 400-level curriculum will provide an additional layer of support for students who are expanding their professional practice. 

In FCEA 405: The Asteroids: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Juno, we focus upon these “Big Four” because they were the first asteroids (Astronomers now call Ceres a dwarf planet, along with Pluto. We astrologers continue to call it an asteroid.) to be discovered and introduced into astrological study and analysis. Personally, I am very excited about this course! As I write this newsletter article, the asteroid Vesta is transiting my natal Neptune/Juno/Pallas conjunction in Scorpio, 8th house. It feels as if synchronicity is saying this is the right time to open the class with its maiden run. In FCEA 405, we will explore Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno in both the natal chart and by transit, progression and solar arc. We will investigate these four asteroids in the context of various charts, including their possible role in the nodal story or when the lunar nodes are being activated. 

For this initial class offering, FCEA 405 will run July 25th through August 15th, four weeks long with Zoom meetups on Fridays between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm, Pacific time. In addition to live weekly tutor-led class sessions, the course includes written discussions, handouts, charts and videos by Steven. Course tuition is $399. If you are currently in the 300-level or an FCEA graduate, please consider joining us in class! Our catalog includes enrollment information. I hope to see many of you participate down the road, as well, as we open each of these exciting new courses.