James Burgess is a British astrologer, Sufi teacher, and spiritual educator born in Bristol in 1951, now living in Kerry, Ireland. He is the founder of the Sacred 7 Academy, an online school offering weekly Zoom-based courses integrating astrology, Sabian Symbols, the Elven Star, Sufism, and the 7 Words system. A long-standing specialist in the Sabian Symbols - the 360 degree images of the zodiac developed by Marc Edmund Jones and Dane Rudhyar - James has created an extensive body of original interpretive work on their meaning and application, available through the Sacred 7 Academy website. His astrological approach blends symbolic depth with Sufi philosophy and spiritual psychology, exploring the inner dimensions of chart interpretation. He has contributed articles to the astrology and spirituality platform Forever Conscious and has lectured and facilitated workshops across Ireland and online.