Schola Astronomy is a practical, observational attempt to remedy this. We'll learn to identify and delight in the planets, principal stars, and constellations of the whole sky for every month of the year, learn some of the history and literary connections (where stars and constellations show up in poetry and other literature, including the  myths behind them as well as Biblical connections and use in the Bible), learn to find directions and time by the stars (even when the North Star is not in view), make sundials, and have regular star-gazing assignments. We'll survey ancient, medieval, and modern astronomy and cosmology. No advanced math is involved, although some basic math is, and there are no prerequisites (but note the next paragraph). No equipment except the textbooks is required, although some inexpensive items (binoculars, red map lights, sky atlases, etc.) will be recommended during the course for those who are interested in further exploration.  The real point is to learn to find your way comfortably around the night sky and connect that knowledge with history and literature from Homer to C. S. Lewis.

The course is best suited to students sixteen years old and up, and especially those who have done a fair amount of ancient and medieval literature, but these are not strict requirements.
 

I stayed home today to get some things done, and to have some alone time. While reading Quintilian on The Orator's Education, I came to this: "Again, grammatice cannot be complete without music, because it has to discuss metre and rhythm; nor can it understand the poets without a knowledge of astronomy, since( to mention nothing else) they so often use the risings and settings of constellations as indications of time";...  So true, and this is one reason why I was confused in The Divine Comedy;-)   -- savvy Schola mom