An Introduction to Astrological Interpretation
An Introduction to Astrological Interpretation
Tuition and Coaching in Intuitive Astrology
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Are you interested in learning more about the application of Intuitive Astrology to your everyday life?
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Would you like to be able to work with your own birth chart as a learning tool, to discover more about yourself, your potential and the practice of astrology at the same time?
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Would you like to know more about reading a birth chart but just don’t know where to start?
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Or perhaps you know a bit about astrology but want to take your knowledge deeper and unlock the more profound truths of your chart and those of your friends and loved ones?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, my Introduction to Astrological Interpretation course could be just the thing for you!
Why learn astrology?
Needless to say, I have a deep love of astrology and a profound gratitude for its presence in my life. Learning how to read a natal chart many years ago changed my life and it can do the same for you too. The insight and wisdom available in our birth chart is truly breathtaking once we know how to decode it. The lines and symbols that form an astrological chart reflect the patterns and order of the universe as it impacts us in our everyday lives. Our birth chart reveals our personality and psychological makeup, our spiritual path, the qualities we need to develop and those we need to let go, our strengths and challenges, gifts and graces.
One of the most frequent comments I hear from my students is that they simply didn’t realise how in depth a birth chart is and the amount and specificity of the information it provides. The common perception that astrology just divides the population of the planet into twelve rudimentary personality types according to the 12 signs of the zodiac couldn’t be further from the truth! Your birth chart is a unique reflection of you. No one else’s is exactly like it. Even twins have differences in their birth charts. Astrology provides such personally accurate and nuanced information that there’s no aspect of ourselves and our lives on which it cannot speak. All we need to know is where and how to look.
What is the aim of this course?
The course aim is to provide you with the basic knowledge and skills required to work in an intuitive way with your own natal chart and those of your family and friends. Furthermore, participation in this course will assist you in the development of self-awareness and understanding, and will contribute dynamically to your personal and spiritual growth. You’ll find it stimulating, inspiring and a catalyst for deeper insight into yourself, your life and your potential. You’ll learn about astrology primarily through the study of your own chart, decoding and demystifying its wisdom messages for you along the way, bringing the study of astrology alive and immediately applicable to your everyday life and experience.
If you want to hear me talking about the course and my motivation for developing it, you can watch my video: (recorded just prior to the launch of the course in January 2013)
STOP PRESS!
This course has been very popular and all places are full. I’m therefore unable to take on any new students at present. I do, however, provide a self-study version of this course which you can find out more about here
Thank you for your interest!
What is Intuitive Astrology?
There are many ways to practice astrology and countless ways to apply its wisdom. From medical astrology to financial, from event prediction to the identification of key dates in advance of planning an event, to its use to reveal the nature of our psyche, personality and spiritual path, to relationship compatibility astrology, to the use of astrology in the political arena, to…. oh so many other ways…..astrology is something that has been used and applied in virtually every area of life at some point in the history of human kind. There are as many ways to practice astrology as there are, and have been, astrologers. Each person brings their own strengths and weaknesses, traits and habits, insight and wisdom to their application of astrological knowledge, and whilst the common ‘cook book approach’ to astrology is often used to create ‘off the peg’ interpretations of particular planetary placements and astrological phenomena, it often fails to create a cohesive whole that reflects the essence of the individual in question when used for birth chart interpretation. Which is not to say that it isn’t a useful way to learn about astrology (which it is!), but it is to say that it lacks the ‘beating heart’ of a natal chart which reflects the life force that courses through the individual born at the very moment of the heavenly configurations reflected therein.
So throughout this course you’ll be encouraged to do just that: to embrace the wholeness of your own natal chart, in order to penetrate its meaning in a dynamic and immediate way that resonates with your experience of yourself and your life. Not deconstruct it into its component parts which, when interpreted separately, often paint a picture of a fractured, divided soul full of irreconcilable differences and paradoxes! Yes, we all contain all manner of paradoxical contradictions, but we still live as one whole person each day, and we need to develop an understanding of a birth chart which reflects that one whole person not its many component parts!
There will be no ‘cook book’ interpretations in this course. No ‘you have Jupiter in Capricorn so therefore you’re like this….’. Instead we’ll be looking at the energy of Capricorn, the resonance of Jupiter and the way that this combination channels itself through you along with everything else in your chart. As you work through the units you’ll be building a deeper appreciation of your chart as a whole, in order to apply that understanding to yourself and your everyday life, enabling you to comprehend your own inner world better, and how to best live your life in order to fulfill your potential. And as you learn how to do this for yourself you’ll also be learning how to do this for others too, enabling you to reach out to friends and family and offer a guiding hand at times of stress or crisis, achievement or celebration, for astrology has something to say about every moment of life, and embracing its messages will always take us deeper and more richly into life’s mystery.
How is the course structured?
The course consists of nine units. I recommend that each unit be worked through over the course of 4 to 8 weeks, although you can take longer if you prefer. A much shorter period of time would not necessarily afford the opportunity to work and live with the information being studied sufficiently, so I wouldn’t recommend taking much less than one month on each unit. However, an additional coaching charge will be made for any units outstanding after two years from course enrollment.
The topics covered include (this is by no means an exhaustive list!):
- The angles, quadrants and hemispheres as the skeleton of a chart
- Zodiac signs as archetypal imprints
- Astrological houses as the locations of our life experience
- The planets as tools, drives, desires and qualities of being
- The Moon’s Nodes as indicators of our developmental path
- The seven planetary aspects necessary to read any chart in depth
- Four asteroids that add depth and nuance to a chart reading
- Black Moon Lilith and our relationship with power
- The difference between personal and spiritual development and how this difference impacts understanding of a chart
- Ten large aspect structures as indicators of key life-themes and orientation
- Three meanings of retrograde natal planets
- Providing issue specific chart readings
- Identifying and understanding early life indicators in a natal chart
- Working with astrological energies in daily life
The course is conducted on-line via e mail. Course materials include an e book plus course notes (in excess of 300 pages) and a teaching audio for each unit (totalling 12 hours of audio teaching). Assignments are submitted by e mail at the end of each unit. They are designed to encourage an intuitive approach to your application of the material covered, together with an opportunity for you to work on specific aspects of your own chart. They are marked and returned to you along with my comments and suggestions of ways to enter into your chart more deeply and apply the principles being studied in ever more revelatory ways. Thus, as you work through the course you’ll build up an astrological ‘port-folio’ of your own work on your chart together with my further reflections and suggestions as to what your chart has to say to you. This will enable me to get to know you better as you work through the course and ensure that you’re getting the most out of your studies according to your specific needs.
There is also a private Facebook Group available for all students to join if they wish. This is a place in which you can meet other students, ask questions, engage in discussions about astrology, receive support and read charts together. Joining the group is not a compulsory part of the course, which can be completed fully without group membership, but it does provide an additional ‘arm’ to your studies which many students will find very helpful. I would also encourage you to journal as you work through the course, as this can enable insights to occur which often remain at the edges of awareness until the pen hits the paper!! Or you may prefer to ‘journal’ through the use of drawing or other artistic modalities. Whatever helps you process the course content and its personal meaning for you is encouraged!
Please Note: This is a course in Astrological Interpretation specifically. You will not, therefore, be taught how to calculate and draw up a natal chart from scratch. All charts and data required will be supplied to you with your course materials.
Who is the course suitable for?
This course is suitable for anyone with an interest in astrology. You may know nothing at all, or may know a fair bit already. Wherever you are on the spectrum of knowledge I would ask you to leave what you know at the door and enter into the process of this course with an open mind and heart. You may well discover things you never realised, have old assumptions challenged and learn things that run contrary to the mainstream astro-knowledge out there. That’s because this isn’t just astrology, this is Intuitive Astrology, and how we apply it to our everyday lives and experiences can shift and change as we do. This is a deeply personal process through which we can discover our essence: not something that can be described to us in a text book!!
How much does the course cost?
The course costs £250, with reductions available depending upon the payment plan chosen. This fee covers all course materials and copies of your own natal chart to work on plus coaching and tuition by e mail.
