Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences

The Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences emerged in the 1990s as one of the most ambitious projects of the contemporary astrological revival and an important activity to return astrology into the mainstream of Western culture. As envisioned, Kepler College is to be a four-year liberal arts college that will have an entire curriculum, from astronomy to history, based on astrology and that will, in addition, grant degrees in astrology. Kepler is creating a curriculum that will reintegrate astrological concepts into all of the humanities, arts, and sciences. The college is scheduled to accept its first students in the year 2000. As designed, Kepler will be a professional school that will train those who are focused on building a career as an astrologer and will provide those already practicing with additional professional skills in business, science, education, and other related areas.

Heading the project to create Kepler is astrologer Joanne Wickenburg, who serves as chairperson of the board of trustees. She is assisted by a ten-member board of astrologers and educators sympathetic to astrology. The board has also assembled a large advisory council that includes a number of the most important leaders in the astrological community, including Steven Forrest, the chairperson, Donna Cunningham, Zipporah Dobyns, Demetra George, Robert Hand, Marion March, and Noel Tyl.

Even as classes open, it is recognized that the faculty, student body, and full curriculum will take time to develop. Many of the potential students, especially among people already into their professional career, will be unable to drop their work and return to school. Thus, in the spring of 2000, the first of the quarterly seven-day symposia was held. Each quarter students will be invited to the college for intensive study, which in combination with participation in the Distance Learning Program, students may use to work toward their bachelor's degree. Ongoing contact with students continues through the Internet.

Kepler College is located at 4630 200th St. S.W., Ste. L-1, Lynnwood, WA 098036. It has an Internet presence at http://www.keplercollege.org/.

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Kepler College. http://www.keplercollege.org/. March 15, 2000.