Course Content And Description
Lesson 1
Introduction/An Overall Look
The Three Basic Components Of A Chart; Planet And Sign Symbols; The Zodiac, And How
The Planets Move Through It; The Ascendant Or Rising Sign; How A Planet Influences A
House Through A Sign; Planetary Rulership; Introduction To Keywords; The Elements
And Qualities Of The Signs; Introduction To The Programmed Learning Device (Binder
Edition).
Lesson 2
The Planets: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus And Mars
The Planets As The Active Elements In A Chart; How To Understand The Planets As
Facets Of Yourself; Planetary Meanings; The Keyword Book.
Lesson 3
The Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune And Pluto
Understanding the influence of the planets on the outer side of our solar system.
Lesson 4
Planets In The Zodiac
A Closer Look At The Elements And Qualities Of The 12 Signs Of The Zodiac; The
Elements: Fire, Earth, Air, Water; The Qualities: Cardinal, Fixed, And Mutable; The
Polarities; The Quadrants And Hemispheres.
Lesson 5
A Closer Look at the Signs
The 12 signs, Aries through Pisces; how the elements and qualities give the signs
their basic meanings; planetary rulership of signs.
Lesson 6
Planets in Signs
How to delineate a planet in a sign; choosing and using the appropriate keywords;
exaltation; dignities; decanters; chart patterns..
Lesson 7
Erecting the Horoscope, Part I
The ephemeris and how to use it; finding the 24-hour motion of a planet; retrograde
motion; time zones and how to find Greenwich time; the modern direct method of
horoscope erection; calculating the planetary placements; how to use a calculator
for all astrological calculations; declinations; placing the planets in the chart.
Lesson 8
The Aspects and Finding Them
Aspects, what they are and what they do; the four major aspects; how divisions of
the circle produce aspects; the other aspects; aspect orbs; how elements and
qualities help to identify aspects; the basis for the aspects’ meanings; aspect
keywords; a more detailed discussion of each of the 10 aspects.
Lesson 9
Erecting the Horoscope, Part II and Part III
A review of the solar system’s mechanics, understanding the houses, the difference
between sidereal and solar time, the ephemeris key that unlocks the house door,
and calculating the house cusps.
Lesson 10
The Houses and Their Meanings, Houses One Through Six
Different house systems: the Ascendant and Midheaven; the natural chart;
classification of houses: angular, succedent, and cadent; the first six houses in detail,
along with their meanings and keywords.
Lesson 11
The Houses and Their Meanings, Houses Seven Through Twelve
Detailed meanings and keywords for these houses; house rulership; grouping of
houses and how to form the groups; movement of the planets in a chart; counting the
houses; how the houses fit into the overall delineation scheme; more on your
keyword book.
Lesson 12
Introduction to Chart Delineation
How to put all the bits and pieces into a coherent interpretation; how to use house
ruler ships as the framework for delineation; the value of astrology as a
psychological tool; the delineation outline: your ticket to a superior reading.
Lesson 13
Delineating Your First Chart
The right way to delineate, using the outline as a guide, how to string keywords
together into a meaningful statement; each step of the analysis is present, then
the reasoning behind that particular interpretation follows next.
Lesson 14
Chart Erection
If you ever plan to take an AFA accreditation exam, you cannot use printed forms
with instructions. The procedure has to come out of your head, so this lesson focuses
on a simple method you can easily remember.
Lesson 15
More Chart Delineation
Use of the overview to cover additional material; delineating the chart step-by-step..
Lesson 16
Special Planetary Configurations; the Plan Sheet
More complex formations created by several planets: stellium, T-square, grand
trine, etc.; an alternate house-sequence procedure that gives a better delineation;
your master guide to successful delineation to get the most out of the information
from the chart; using the Plan Sheet to help prevent contradictions in delineation.
Lesson 17
Another Natal Chart Delineation
An interesting chart for a young lady, Emily, illustrates the psychological value of
astrology; the lesson includes a sample write-up in a form so you can see one way how we
“package” the delineation notes for the individual.
Lesson 18
The Planets in Motion, Introduction to Progressions
The many simple calculations needed to work with the moving planets; the ACD,
the date for which you can erect a progressed chart without the usual calculations;
finding the progressed Midheaven and Ascendant; declinations.
Lesson 19
More About Progressions, Introducing the Transits
The progress aspects: how to find and time the moving planets; how a special
calculation page makes the impossible job of timing a progressed aspect almost
as easy as writing your name; how the Transit Sheet makes order out of logistical chaos;
how to make the progressed Plan Sheet from all the information gathered. Now, you’ll calculate the progressions for the natal chart you erected in the last lesson..
Lesson 20
Delineating the Progressed Chart
We begin with the overview, an easy way to see the significant changes from natal
to progressed. The next step is to examine changes in planetary positions and the
major progressed aspects. Finally, they examin the effect of the transits in the natal
progressed chart. You delineate month-by-month in chronological order,
observing the progressions for a chart you were working on earlier.
Lesson 21 & 22
Erect and Delineate a Chart All the Way Through
This chart is for a man (a Hollywood cameraman), beginning with the birth
information and progressing chart delineation; then, you do the same with the
given birth information