About

Summer School

The Faculty annual Summer School is one of the world’s best-known astrological events, attracting students from many countries to the beautiful city of Oxford to enjoy the weekend and five-day courses.

The programme caters for a range of levels, from relative beginners through to students and practitioners at advanced or professional level. With our world-class team of experienced guest tutors providing an exciting and dynamic programme of study, Summer School offers you a chance to work in depth with astrology, developing knowledge of new subjects and techniques, and deepening your understanding of existing ones. The Faculty will do its very best to make you feel welcome and at home. Our conference team ensures the smooth running of the School, leaving you free to sit back and enjoy astrology, the community atmosphere and the beauty of Exeter College.

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Testimonials

What our students said about Summer School 2024!

Our Expert Tutors

World class tutors

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ERIC FISCHMANN

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is a teacher and a consultant astrologer who holds an MA in English and American Studies. He encountered astrology at 21 and has been a student of this art ever since. He studied with different astrologers and schools, and in 2004 he undertook a two-year training programme in Psychosynthesis before joining the Faculty of Astrological Studies as a student in 2006. He now teaches for the Faculty and enjoys sharing what he’s learnt with other students, especially interpretation skills, Eric’s particular field of interest.

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ITZIAR AZKONA

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is a Faculty tutor. She studied Sociology and Politics and has an MSc from the University of Surrey in Social Research Methods. Since 2000, when she discovered astrology, she has followed a path of studying and practising astrology in depth, especially since enrolling with the Faculty. In her commitment to astrology, Itziar volunteers as one of the editors of Revista Stellium, the main astrological magazine in Spanish; professionally, she is an astrological tutor and facilitates personal initiations through astrology

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STEFANO STRACUZZI

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obtained the Faculty Diploma in 2022 and has been a distance learning tutor since 2023. He is particularly interested in mundane research, which includes studies on financial, political and social trends, as well as seismic events. He is the author of two books: The Cosmic Journey: Astrology Beyond the Self and Mundane Astrology: Outer Cycles Beyond Pluto. He is currently working on his MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. 

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Rod Chang

Guest Tutor

has studied astrology for over thirty years and he has spoken at several international conferences in Poland, UK, Portugal, China, Japan and Australia. Rod has been invited several times to teach at the Faculty of Astrological Studies Summer School in Oxford. His main areas of interest are fixed stars, comets, mundane astrology, financial astrology, astronomy and astromapping, and he takes a humanistic approach to astrology. Rod is also an experienced astrophotographer