GREECE – A Journey Through the Symbolism of Planets and Archetypes
🍂 Autumn Equinox – September 2025
The Sun on Her Journey Beneath the Celestial Equator – A Descent to the Hidden Center
with Hilde De Smet (physician - naturopath) and Levi Cosyn (Vedic astrologer, musician)
📅 20 – 27 September 2025
We warmly invite you to join us in Greece for a journey deep into the symbolism of the planets, gods, archetypes, and myths.
We have chosen a luxurious setting in a four-star resort on the Aegean Sea, near the Sounion National Park and the majestic Temple of Poseidon – a location with breathtaking sea views.
The first mentions of Sounion already appear in Homer’s legendary Odyssey.
A journey in symbolism and awareness
During this week, we will dive into the archetypal meaning of the planets in our astrological charts and how they resonate with our inner life.
We do this through interpretation of personal horoscopes, guided meditations, and connection with the world of myth, images, and inner movement.
Greece – with its temples, ruins, and stories – forms the perfect backdrop for this exploration.
We will visit, among others:
– the Acropolis in Athens 🏛
– the Temple of Delphi, the mythical navel of the Earth
– the Temple of Artemis at Vravrona, illuminated through the Sacred Feminine
– the Temple of Poseidon
During these excursions, we will be guided by Fotini, a local guide with insight into the deeper layers of these places.
We will also take a nature walk 🌿 with Aris, an experienced Greek herbalist, who will initiate us into the plants of the region and their connection to mythology and the equinox.
At the same time, there is plenty of time for rest, sun and sea, nature walks, and inner stillness in the surroundings.
The movement of the sun – symbolism of the equinox
Around 22 September, the sun crosses the celestial equator. Day and night are then in balance – a moment of rare symmetry in the sky, which can also be felt within as a quiet transition.
The sun, which has been rising since spring toward her highest point, now turns southward – not as an end, but as a return.
What became visible withdraws into the inner field. This movement is not an abstract symbol, but an archetypal gesture – a mirror of consciousness shifting from outer to inner.
During this week, the transition reveals itself from within — as something lived through the body, sensed in silence, and carried in awareness.
In the astrological chart, the planets speak as powers of consciousness — each moving through the currents of feeling, will, thought, and intuition ✨.
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Living places, living images
The archaeological sites we visit are not merely ruins – they are places where the divine is anchored, where the voice of myth is still audible.
These places invite remembrance – of the past, but also of forgotten layers within ourselves.
In opening to these symbols, movement arises – subtle, still, yet transformative.
Inner forces become recognizable – as projections, figures, desires, or insights. In their recognition, space opens for integration and psychological ripening.
What Jung called individuation – the becoming of the Self in which opposites are held – unfolds in encounter, in experience, in resonance.
This journey offers no ready-made answers, but opens the field in which such processes become possible.
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Guidance
Hilde De Smet – Physician
Hilde graduated as a physician from KU Leuven in 2002. Already during her training, she searched for deeper answers to the mystery of illness and health.
She pursued additional training in acupuncture, orthomolecular medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, hypnosis, and bio-energetic trance.
In recent years, she has deepened her path through healing with color and sound, and through esoteric healing in the tradition of Alice A. Bailey.
Hilde is initiated into the third degree of Reiki and is familiar with shamanic healing traditions from the Andes, Mexico, and the Amazon.
Her work draws nourishment from inner wisdom traditions across cultures – from Indian and Tibetan streams to Western mysticism.
She is the mother of three sons – Alex, Lucas, and Victor.
🔗 schoolofoccultmeditation.com
Levi Cosyn – Vedic Astrologer
Levi earned a Master’s degree from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, and combines his artistic background with many years of experience in Classical/Vedic Astrology and Human Design.
He has had a consultation practice for about eight years and wrote two books, including a groundbreaking revision of Rāśi Dṛṣṭi – an aspect doctrine within the astrological tradition based on Jaimini’s Upadeśa Sūtras.
He composes music, teaches percussion, astrology, and Human Design, and integrates this knowledge into the field of Horse Assisted Coaching.
With a background in psychology, he offers a multidisciplinary approach that brings clarity and direction.
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For whom
This journey is open to everyone – with or without prior knowledge of astrology.
We offer a number of basic principles, interpret personal charts, but focus primarily on the inner experience and integration of the archetypal forces.
It is a journey to the hidden center – both an astrological and philosophical journey of experience.
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Investment
💶 €3600 for the full program
🏨 Supplement single room: €600
Included:
✈️ International round-trip flight Brussels – Athens (incl. 1×23 kg checked baggage and 1×8 kg carry-on)
🏖 7 nights in a double room in a 4* resort by the sea
🥗 All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), except 1 lunch in Athens
🏛 All excursions, guides, and entrance tickets
🪐 Astrological guidance, interpretation, and course materials
Not included:
– Travel insurance
– Gratuities (guides, drivers, hotel – guideline 10 to 15%)
– Lunch in Athens
– Drinks during meals (water included)
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Registration & payment
📝 Register no later than 28 July 2025
📧 Hilde: contact@focusopgezondheid.com
📧 Levi: levicosijn7@gmail.com
Payment terms:
– €600 upon registration
– €2200 by 28 July 2025
– Remaining balance by 18 August 2025
Cancellation policy (in detail below this invitation):
– Until 28 July: full refund
– Between 29 July and 18 August: €2800 forfeited
– From 19 August: no refund possible
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Closing words
This journey is an invitation to slow down – to listen to images, symbols, and silence.
In a world driven by speed, utility, and explanation, we open a different field: a space in which meaning is not only explained, but also felt.
Where myths are not merely told as stories of the past, but as living structures of the inner landscape.
What moves us is the longing for unity – for that quiet place where outer and inner recognize each other.
We do not travel only to find answers, but to deepen our listening.
To remember what has always been present, just beneath the surface, ready for encounter.
We look forward to it.
Hilde & Levi
Cancellation Policy:
– Up to and including July 28: full refund
– Between July 29 and August 18: cancellation fee of €2800
– From August 19 onward: no refund possible
We strongly recommend taking out a comprehensive travel insurance policy in case you need to cancel last minute due to illness or family emergencies.
Since we work with a Greek travel agency and act only as intermediaries, we cannot guarantee refunds if departure from Belgium becomes impossible due to unforeseen events (such as airline strikes, natural disasters, pandemics, etc.).
Please ensure your travel insurance covers such scenarios.
For the same reason, if either Levi or Hilde is unable to attend due to illness or force majeure, the trip will still proceed with one of us present, and cancellation or reimbursement is not possible.
