Kepler College, Spring 2026 semester
5-week online course

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Circumambulations through the bounds is an ancient timing technique, often attributed to the astrologers Nechepso and Petosiris. For over 2,000 years, astrologers have regarded it as a powerful predictive tool, capable of mapping distinct “chapters” of a person’s life.

Join me this May to gain a comprehensive and practical understanding of circumambulations through the bounds, based on the teachings of Demetra George. By the end of this course, you’ll have hands-on experience using circumambulations as a precise tool for timing life events in natal chart interpretation.

For more information and to register please visit the course page at Kepler College.

Course Description

DAY: Sunday, beginning May 3, 2026*
TIME: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific Time
COURSE LENGTH: 5-week online course (all live sessions are recorded)
*on break the week of May 24, resuming May 31

In this course, you’ll gain a comprehensive and practical understanding of circumambulations through the bounds, equipping you to apply the technique with confidence. Each lesson will cover core concepts and interpretive principles, reinforced through real chart examples. By the end of this course, you’ll have hands-on experience using circumambulations as a precise tool for timing life events in natal chart interpretation.

Over the course of five-weeks you will:

• Learn the fundamental rules for practicing circumambulations through the bounds.

• Develop interpretive principles for using time lord periods in natal charts.

• Learn the astronomical basis for the technique.

• Deepen your understanding of the long history of the technique, including class reading from our earliest ancient astrological sources.

• Explore the conceptual implications of time lords and their relationship to natal promise.

Key Astrological Material Covered:

Time Lords · The Bounds · Fundamental concepts & vocabulary · Interpretive principles · Software resources

Key Historical & Astronomical Material Covered:

Primary Motion · Historical survey of the technique’s use · Reading from key primary source texts

Weekly Topics:

WEEK 1. Overview

• What are time lord techniques?

• What is circumambulations through the bounds?

• Historical background

• Overview of timing structure and sequence in circumambulations

WEEK 2. The Releaser

• Visualizing circumambulations with primary motion

• Determining the Releaser

• Assessing the natal condition of the Releaser

• Calculating the Releaser (Mathematical Overview + Software Resources and Tutorial)

• Chart example exercises

 WEEK 3. Primary Time Lords & The Bounds

• The Bounds: Astrological history & significance

• Putting the “bounds” in Circumambulating through the bounds

• Determining primary time lords

• Interpretive principles for primary time lords

• Chart example exercises

 WEEK 4. Participating Time Lords & Planetary Rays

• Determining participating time lords

• Partnership between time lords

• Handing over between time lords

• Chart example exercises

 WEEK 5. Putting it All Together

• Chart example exercises

• Layering in annual profections & solar returns

• Final Reflections

• What does the technique tell us about natal promise?

• Real vs symbolic time

• Resources for further study