Orcus 101 - 2025

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Zoom times

Saturdays - April 19 to May 31, 2025 (6 weeks) at 9pm GMT

9pm in London, 10pm in Europe, 1pm in LA, 4pm in Toronto, 8am on Sunday in Sydney and 10am on Sunday in Auckland.

Or:

Sundays - Aril 20 to June 1, 2025 (6 weeks) at 7am GMT

7am in London, 8am in Europe, 10am in Ankara, 3pm in Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong & Tokyo, 6pm in Sydney and 8pm in Auckland.

Course Schedule

Orcus Welcome and Introduction 

19 April, 21:00 GMT

Or 20 April, 7:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting 

This class will provide an introduction to the course and an opportunity to get to know Alan and Melissa 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 Orcus Zoom classroom.

Orcus House Webinar posted 

20 April, 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 

26 April

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 

3 May, 21:00 GMT

Or 4 May, 7:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting 

Alan and Melissa 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.

Orcus Aspect Webinar posted

4 May, 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

10 May

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

17 May, 21:00 GMT

Or 18 May, 7:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting

Alan and Melissa 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.

Orcus Transit Webinar posted

18 May, 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

24 May

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

31 May, 21:00 GMT

Or 1 June, 7:00 GMT

Zoom Meeting 

Alan and Melissa will interpret the current Orcus transits, and transits to natal Orcus, for the students who are live in the Zoom - This meeting will occur in the Orcus Zoom classroom.