Astronomy is the foundation upon which the cathedral of Astrology is built. By understanding the scientific processes which turn the celestial spheres, philosophies and techniques of the practitioner are validated and edified.

In this course, students will learn the skill of chart visualization, build a robust understanding of astrology’s systems and rationales, gain the confidence to speak to skeptics and clients alike with authority, be guided in building a rewarding stargazing practice, and find deeper value in every other course in Kepler’s catalog.

By the end of this course, Students will:

• Be able to describe the sky of a chart they are interpreting poetically
• Feel confident that they recognize what they are looking at while stargazing
• Gain an internal sense of direction and spacial awareness for the ever shifting locations of the Luminaries and Planets
• Be able to speak confidently on scientific rationales behind their practices to skeptics and clients alike
• Have learned immense amounts of information but enjoyed that process

Weekly Topics:

1. The Sun (Primary & Secondary Motion, Sect, Angles/Houses, Equator/Tropics, Great Circles, Declination/Antiscia, 1°)
2. The Moon (Phases, Priapus/Lilith, Nodes, Eclipses, Saros Series, Signs/Mansions)
3. Planets (Synodic Cycles, Cazimi/Combustion, Proximity, Retrograde vs Direct Motion, Venus Star Point, Returns, Thema Mundi)
4. Fixed Stars & Constellations I (Taurus – Libra)
5. Fixed Stars & Constellations II (Scorpio – Aries, Precession of the Equinoxes)
6. Review of Cycles, and Sharing of Stargazing Experiences
7. Unseen Objects (Uranus, Neptune, Kuiper & Asteroid-Belts, Comets, Black Holes)
8. Important Astronomers in History (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler & Brahe)
9. Integrating Astronomy into Astrology
10. Charts with other POV (Heliocentric, Lunarcentric, Martiancentric)