
Welcome to Earth Campus
Where you can understand your personal Timetable for your studies on Planet Earth
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(C) Fiona Marques 2025
Feeling lost on Campus?
Universities are confusing places if you don’t have your handbook, textbooks and timetable.
Incarnating here on planet Earth can feel like we’ve arrived at University without any of the tools to consciously take advantage of the opportunity to learn - and graduate!
Instead it can feel like complex chaos where innumerable options are whizzing by sending us left-and-right, not knowing what to grab a hold of and what has nothing to do with our studies.
Wouldn’t it be helpful if your karmic lessons came with a University Handbook?
That’s what Vedic Astrology is offering all humans!
Here I will be using the metaphor of a University Campus to explain the value of Vedic Astrology to people with no existing knowledge of Astrology.
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University Handbook - Earth Campus
Your guide to getting the most out of being here …
Introducing your University Handbook
Earth Campus offers 12 teaching venues (the Rasis or Zodiac signs)
Earth Campus makes 12 units compulsory for all students (the Houses)
Earth Campus has a Faculty of 7 professors (the Planets)
Meet the Faculty
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Professor Sun (He/Him)
CHANCELLOR AND FOUNDER
The Sun’s teaching style is demanding and inspiring. The Sun is interested in teaching confidence and ensuring that each student is following their Dharma. For this reason, the Sun is in charge of the classroom that relates to radiant, individual leadership (Leo).
The Sun teaches through inspiration. He uses his Fire energy to be a beacon that students can follow on the path to righteousness.
The Sun expects obedience from his students and that they be willing to make personal sacrifices to be part of the auspicious vision he is outlining as their teacher. He will not tolerate being disrespected and is happy to scold students if they get out of line.
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Professor Moon (She/Her)
VICE-CHANCELLOR
The Moon is interested in teaching students what they truly need. For this reason, the Moon is in charge of the classroom that relates to emotions, inner sanctuary and complete acceptance.
She has two teaching styles. One is supportive and expansive if Professor Moon is on her way to being Full in a timetable (Waxing). Then she is an integrative teacher and her preferred approach is openness and transparency. This approach relies on providing the student with their desires as a way to bring the needs into the student’s awareness. This Moon is teaching students to know their needs and recognise that the material world has things to offer.
She can also be separative and introverted when she is returning to the Sun in this timetable (Waning). As a demanding teacher, her preferred approach is not openness and transparency but separative. This approach relies on depriving the student of their needs as a way to bring the needs into the student’s awareness. This Moon is teaching students to know their needs and recognise that the material world cannot fulfil them.
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Professor Mars (He/Him)
FACULTY
Mars’ teaching style is intense and demanding. Mars is interested in teaching courage, initiative and logical problem-solving. For this reason, Mars is in charge of the classrooms that relate to pioneering (Aries) and psychological courage (Scorpio).
Mars is a demanding professor who teaches through drills and practice, rewarding students by throwing them in the deep end. Through this, Mars allows the student to find out how capable he or she is. By teaching this way, Mars knows his students will have the courage and problems-solving skills to overcome any obstacles life throws at them. Mars is making students proactive and brave.
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Professor Mercury (They / Them)
FACULTY
Mercury’s teaching style is inquisitive. Mercury is interested in teaching curiosity. For this reason, Mercury is in charge of the classrooms that relate to gathering data (Gemini) and learning lessons (Virgo).
Mercury teaches through experiments that gather data and through analysis that reveals lessons learned. Mercury is quick and nimble (the planet that even the layperson is aware goes Retrograde frequently) and teaches the student to not take failure personally as it is a natural by-product of exploration.
Mercury is the only teacher who can be masculine, feminine, gentle and cruel all depending on the company they keep. Mercury is not wedded to any philosophy or belief system because they teach best when free to explore all possibilities. This gives Professor Mercury the unique ability to argue opposite sides of a debate equally well.
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Professor Jupiter (He/Him)
FACULTY
Jupiter’s teaching style is wise and gentle. Jupiter is interested in teaching wisdom, compassion, expansion and the interconnected goodness of the Universe. For this reason, Jupiter is in charge of the classrooms that relate to wise philosophies (Sagittarius) and mind-expansion (Pisces).
Jupiter teaches through myths and stories that impart wisdom and insight. His name in Sanskrit is Guru which means the remover of darkness. He uses the flame of his Fire element to illuminate the reality that was obscured by the student’s ignorance.
Jupiter’s wisdom allows him to wait until the student is ready, so students need to invite Jupiter into their awareness. He will not tolerate being disrespected and instead has the patience to wait until students are ready to learn.
Jupiter will go to extraordinary lengths in service of righteousness and he expects passion and devoted commitment from his students (or as he might see them, to his initiates).
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Professor Venus (She/Her)
FACULTY
Venus’ teaching style is gentle and values harmony. Venus is interested in win-win exchanges where all parties feel respected and where the lives of individuals improve because we all improve through trade. For this reason, Venus is in charge of the classrooms that relate to value (Taurus) and trade (Libra).
As Venus is a gentle teacher, the preferred approach is not war and conflict but mutual exchange. This gentle approach RELIES on a foundation in self-worth. Venus wants to teach all students to have rock-solid self-worth. Without this, no relationships or transactions can be fair.
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Professor Saturn (They/Them)
FACULTY
Saturn’s teaching style is cold and detached. Saturn is interested in teaching students how to endure. For this reason, Saturn is in charge of the classrooms that relate to survival (Capricorn) and communal aid (Aquarius).
As Saturn is a demanding teacher, they teach by withdrawing support. Through this they allow the student to find out how resourceful he or she is. By teaching this way, Saturn knows their students will be able to survive whatever life throws at them. Saturn is making students resilient and sustainable.
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Ghost Professor Ketu
PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY DEGREES
Ghost Professor Ketu represents the students previous expertise that is preventing them from full openness to Earth Campus.
Ghost Professor Ketu teaches by denying satisfaction in the student’s area of prior expertise.
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Ghost Professor Rahu
FUTURE UNIVERSITY DEGREES
Professor Rahu is the craziest member of the Faculty and wants to free the student from the restrictions it learnt in previous incarnations (previous University degrees). It is reckless and willing to go to any lengths to ensure the student breaks-out-of-the-mould.
Ghost Professor Rahu’s teaching style involves obscuring reality with smoke and then recklessly lurching from one hunch to another. As scary and unpredictable as this approach is, only Ghost Professor Rahu is pointing in the direction of our next incarnations.
The Classrooms
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Aries Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· An indoor and outdoor training facility, athletics field, parkour, rock-climbing wall, weights area etc that allows students to test themselves and improve all aspects of their strength using will power and practice as well as compete and play team sports.
· An open air mine for extracting resources from the earth and a smelting forge for engineering weapons and tools.
· A martial arts and military training centre.
The venue of Aries was designed by Mars as a Masculine, Fire sign. The environment is hostile and challenging. However, if students use courage, bravery and willpower they can dominate this territory and have the confidence to explore unknown challenges.
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Taurus Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A large storeroom and pantry that has all the resources required by students.
· A hobby farm that connects students with the soil / Earth and effortlessly produces bounties of nourishing goods.
The venue of Taurus was designed by Venus as a Feminine, Earth sign. There is a slow pace here that allows the fertility of Mother Earth to bring into manifestation the needs of each student. Venus has designed Taurus to ensure all students know they are valuable, worthwhile and deserve to be supported.
As a feminine teaching space, Venus is rewarding students who surrender, turn within and allow the teaching venue to provide experiences that can be absorbed.
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Gemini Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· Earth Campus’ data processing technology centre and secular library.
· Endless science laboratories for running countless experiments to gather data.
· Language, Word-play and Gaming school filled with crosswords, puns, word-searches and all manner of writing and for teaching languages and communication.
The venue of Gemini was designed by Mercury as his Masculine, Air sign. This venue allows for the collection of large volumes of data, writing and language. This allows students to experiment with options and ideas with no expectation of result, just of discovery. This Rajasic, Masculine classroom rewards students who persist in exploring.
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Cancer Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A music conservatory with practice and rehearsal rooms for all manner of instruments as well as concert halls for orchestras and musical groups. The walls of this conservatory as so absorbent that there is a palpable silence that draws out of the student the sounds and frequencies that will be the most healing.
· Sanctuaries and places of worship where acoustics lead the student to enlightenment.
· Sounds sculptures that harness the power of nature to produce sound such as Aeolian harps and curved structures that channel and amplify wind and ocean sounds.
The venue of Cancer was designed by the Moon as a Feminine, Water sign. Through silence it draws out of the student all that is needed. As a Water venue, what comes out is unstructured and adapts to the structures around it. In Cancer we find our deepest needs being siphoned, wicked and leached out. By bringing them into our awareness, this venue at Earth Campus gives each student the potential to be true to themselves.
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Leo Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A performance stage and drama school where students can learn to thrive in the limelight.
· A Leadership Master’s Program where students can learn the skills of inspiring, motivating and leading.
The venue of Leo was designed by the Sun as his Masculine, Fire sign. This venue provides spaces in which students can take their rightful place on the Campus stage. The fiery, masculine nature of this classroom rewards students who are willing to lead, motivate and inspire others.
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Virgo Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A “Lesson Learned” Hub where students can examine the results and findings of previous experiments and experiences to improve daily life.
· Earth Campus’ Teaching Hospital where complex digestion and health problems are meticulously analysed and treated.
· Accountants’ and Editors’ Tally Room where numbers and texts are corrected and balanced through attention to detail.
The venue of Virgo was designed by Mercury as their Feminine, Earth sign. The environment is reality based and focussed on solving real-world problems. Mercury knows that no experience is wasted, so they designed Virgo to be able to go through lessons in detail and extract all the knowledge available.
Mercury designed this venue to teach attention to detail that makes the most out of the opportunity of each incarnation.
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Libra Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A trade convention hall – allowing students to see what is on offer and decide what has value to them.
· A model United Nations – where students can practice diplomacy and negotiating complicated treaties that involve compromise AND ensure value for all parties.
· A souk / market – where exotic goods and services are traded.
· A stock exchange – where companies are valued and traded.
The venue of Libra was designed by Venus as a Masculine, Air sign. There is a lot of movement due to the Air element and a lot of equality as Venus’ main teaching goal is around value and is a Rajasic planet. Venus has designed Libra to ensure all students understand what has value and what things are worth. The textbook “The value of devotion” will help in this regard. As a masculine teaching classroom, Venus is rewarding students who interact and contribute to the learning space.
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Scorpio Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· An Escape-Room that allows students to use their analysis, problem-solving abilities, espionage and psychology skills to free themselves from a locked facility.
· The deep-sea, underwater research centre exploring the uncharted world of the ocean’s Twilight & Midnight Zones plus the Abyss and the Trenches.
· Psychologists’ couches and therapy rooms.
The venue of Scorpio was designed by Mars as his Feminine, Water sign. In his Masculine, Fire sign of Aries, Professor Mars teaches the courage and initiative to conquer the external world. In Scorpio, Mars’ feminine side can teach the courage to confront and resolve a student’s inner fears. Professor Mars is the Martial Arts teacher (among other things) and he knows that one of the best ways a warrior can be defeated is by their own inner-self-talk and psychological fears. The enemy within can be much stronger than any physical warrior a student might encounter. For this reason, Mars puts emphasis on inner courage as well as outer courage.
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Sagittarius Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A civic space where ideas and philosophies are passionately debated in search of the guiding principles that lead to higher fulfilment. Here students can study law, ancient religions, morals, ethics and righteousness.
· An Astronomy tower where observing the macro, (natural cycles and rhythms, fractal patterns, planetary and stellar movements etc.), informs the micro, so students can live in harmony with the natural order.
· A scholarly retreat for monks writing treatises about the meaning of life.
The venue of Sagittarius was designed by Jupiter as his Masculine, Fire sign. This venue provides spaces in which students can find their highest motivations and ideals. The fiery, masculine nature of this classroom rewards students who are willing to stand-up for what they believe in and articulate a vision that will uplift, motivate and inspire others.
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Capricorn Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A colosseum where students must use all they have learned to survive a life-and-death battle.
· A marathon and endurance course.
The venue of Capricorn was designed by Saturn as a Feminine, Earth sign. This teaching venue can be likened to the labour of giving birth. It is the great effort that must be completed and one has no choice but to surrender to. Capricorn classroom has all the resources needed to survive, but the student may have to dig deep into their survival instincts to perform almost super-human feats in order to access these tools.
In Capricorn classroom students learn that they can survive anything.
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Aquarius Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· An NGO field outpost serving refugees.
· Deep space exploration centre where the limits of technology and connectedness can be stretched.
The venue of Aquarius was designed by Saturn as a Masculine, Air sign. The environment is hostile and challenging. However, if students pull together as equals, ‘necessity is the mother of invention’ will kick-in and the pooling of knowledge, ideas and resources will unlock the tools that will help all students thrive.
Aquarius gives Saturn just the right venue to teach that it is our shared resources and organisations that offer our best chance of sustainability. No one human can reach their aspirations unless all humans can. We are interconnected.
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Pisces Classroom
This part of the campus is made up of venues such as:
· A summer festival ground where students from all over campus travel to expand their consciousness in a free, open, unregulated and loving environment.
· A space for experimenting with mind-opening chemicals such as psychedelics etc.
· Pilgrimage sites offering the highest meditation practices and panoramic vistas that allow students to see the interconnected beauty of life and nature.
The venue of Pisces was designed by Jupiter as his Feminine, Water sign. The environment is expansive, liberating and intoxicating. It supports Jupiter’s Ether element and as such is a teaching environment that almost resonates at a frequency too high for the human mind. Through meditation, drugs and ecstatic practices, students can briefly catch a glimpse of the workings of the Universe behind-the-veil.
Jupiter designed this venue to teach the wisdom, interconnectedness and compassion that are the fabric of Consciousness itself.
The Courses
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Unit 1 - Understanding the Self
Body, Lifepath, Personality.
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Unit 2 - My Value and Resources
Self-worth, Speech, Immediate Family.
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Unit 3 - Skills, Interested and Peers
Younger Siblings, Team Mates, Adventure.
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Unit 4 - How to Feel Safe and at Home
Home, Mother, Inner Peace.
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Unit 5 - Creative Legacy and Children
Intelligence, Offspring, Kingdom.
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Unit 6 - Health, Enemies and Chores
Daily Routines, Obstacles, Digestion.
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Unit 7 - Relationships and Exchange
Partnerships, Transactions, “The Other”.
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Unit 8 - Trust and Transformation
Unexpected change, Vulnerability, Intimacy.
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Unit 9 - Meaning, Marriage and Purpose
Faith, Wisdom, Devotion.
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Unit 10 - Career and Status
Fame, Success, Profession.
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Unit 11 - Recognition, Organisations and Gains
Elders, Belonging, Aspirations.
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Unit 12 - Liberation and Loss
Expenses, Endings, Transitions.
How does Earth Campus Work?
Your birth chart (or timetable) defines a unique mix of course across our four main focus areas - Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha giving you your own personal path through the Units and Classroom to work towards graduating!
You don’t have to do any others student’s timetable - just your own!
Sample - Student A
Sample - Student B
The combinations are endless.
Earth Campus has the capacity for all students to reach their potential.
The all important Textbooks
Your timetable defines your ‘College’ or sorority on Earth Campus. Each College has its own list of textbooks. This is the most vital ‘key’ that will unlock what your Professors are trying to teach YOU.
Sample Textbook Lists