Description

Instructors: Donna Young & Denise Menton, with Morgan Garriott as TA

Day: Monday, beginning January 13, 2025*

Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM Pacific Time

Course Length : 10 weeks – all live classes are recorded

*Additional Practice Labs will be offered throughout the course

This course is designed to introduce students to the core components of the natal chart and how these individual pieces combine for interpretation. By the end of this course, students will have worked with essential techniques for chart interpretation and can identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Students will be able to synthesize these core astrological components into a basic coherent and meaningful interpretation without relying on outside resources.

What You’ll Learn: 

• An introduction to the astronomical underpinnings of the astrological chart
• Exploration of the interplay between astronomy and the astrological meanings of the planets; comparing meanings from Hellenistic to modern; and an introduction to the mythology and archetypal meaning of the planets
• Introduction to natal retrograde planets and meaning
• Understanding the big picture by working with elements, modes, and polarities; the hemispheres and quadrants, and Marc Edmund Jones modern chart patterns
• Examining the construction of meaning within the astrological signs
• Introduction to the astrological houses and how they are created; the meanings of the houses and their changes over time; how to use the houses to enhance an interpretation
• Introduction to the major aspects
• Introduction to basic dignities, debilities, and dispositor trees to help hone chart interpretation
• Layering all this together to create your own interpretation without any outside resource

By the end, students will have a solid understanding of the planets and how the signs and houses modify their meaning. They will learn to evaluate what planets are highlighted in the chart based on their placement by sign and house, basic dignities, and their interaction through aspects and dispositors. They will be able to synthesize this information into a basic coherent and meaningful interpretation without relying on outside resources.

Weekly Topics:

1. Orientation/Overview
2. Personal Planets · Chaldean Order
3. Outer Planets · Retrogrades
4. Polarity, Mode, Elements
5. Planets in Signs · Dispositor Patterns
6. Foundational Energy · Sect · Chart Patterns/Quadrants
7. Astrological Houses · Natal Promise
8. Aspects · Applying/Separating
9. Essential Dignities
10. Putting it All Together

This course is required for the Professional Diploma

Pre-requisites:

None

If you have a background in astrology you can challenge this course:

https://store.keplercollege.org/category/courses-by-type/challenge-tests/

Required Texts:

• Obert, Charlie. Introduction to Traditional Natal Astrology: A Complete Working Guide for Modern Astrologers. 
• Gillett, Roy. The Secret Language of Astrology.
  
• Houlding, Deborah. The Houses, Temples of the Sky.
• Tompkins, Sue. Aspects in Astrology

Recommended Text:

• Dykes, Benjamin. Traditional Astrology for Today, An Introduction.

View Donna Young’s bio here

View Denise Menton’s bio here

View Morgan Garriott’s bio here

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registration closes at 7:00am on Friday January 17th, 2025