Welcome to the Urania Trust

The Urania Trust was founded as an educational charity on the 9th November 1970 by a group of highly esteemed astrologers. Our continuing purpose is to further the advancement of education regarding the relationship between man's knowledge and beliefs about the heavens and every aspect of art science, philosophy and religion.

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Platonic Philosophy, Part 4: Ethics

Plato and Socrates, medieval depiction

The direction of Plato's ethical system is based on the nature of the human self and its destiny: if we are, as he thinks, immortal and intellectual creatures, unfolding our potential in the world of time, then the pursuit of material wealth and temporal security is of little value.

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Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

Johannes Kepler

Throughout his troubled life, Kepler sought a Pythagorean unity between Astronomy and Astrology. He invented three new astrological aspects, along with his three laws of planetary motion. These were part of his quest for the Harmonices Mundi, his magnum opus.

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The Astronomy of Houses

The Astronomy of Houses

There is general agreement amongst astrologers about the signs and what they signify. Houses are much more controversial. There are many different ways to define the location of the house cusps, and so to determine in which house a planet is located.

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