Instructor: Bruce Scofield.

10-week online class. Students will have a course site with course materials, discussion forums and more. Students will also meet once a week for an online conference to discuss the materials.

Most chart interpretation is done on the ecliptic using standard aspects and sign and house positions. But there are other ways to get similar information from a chart that are based entirely on symmetry. Probably best known of the symmetrical techniques is declination, planet distance relative to the celestial equator. Other traditional techniques that employ symmetry include antisia and Arabic points. The Hamburg School, aka Uranian Astrology, and later Ebertin's Cosmobiology, place a major emphais on symmetry and nearly all interpretive work is based on it.

This is a 10-week in-depth online class. The class website will have readings, discussion forums, assignments and more. There is also a live 1 hour online meeting each week to discuss the material and ask questions (if you miss the live session, you will get a copy of the recording).

• Week 1: Coordinate systems - measuring the sky
  • Week 2: Declination and Latitude
    • Week 3: Antiscia and proportional arcs, equal openings
      • Week 4: Lots (Arabic Parts)
        • Week 5: Intro to Uranian Astrology
          • Week 6: Midpoints and Planetary Pictures on the 360 degree dial
            • Week 7: Midpoint trees, midpoint sorts, arc openings
              • Week 8: The 90 degree dial and houses
                • Week 9: Solar arc and the TNPs
                  • Week 10: Edith Wageman and the Composite Chart

From Bruce:

Symmetry is a fundamental property of the universe. The definition that I use, is that symmetry of a physical system is a physical or mathematical feature of the system that is preserved under change.

There is another term, isometric, which has to do with equal measure. This term is also relevant. When things reflect, there is a match-up, an equal measure that occurs. These fundamental principles were of great interest to the Greeks. They are core components of geometry and they play an important role in astrology because astrology can be organized around symmetry.

Take for example, the sequence of the signs of the zodiac. We give them qualities and label them according to a scheme of elements. There is symmetry in that scheme. Aries is a fire sign, and another fire sign is a third of the way through the zodiac and so on. You can also see symmetry in regard to aspects, for example in applying and separating orbs. We see symmetry in synodic cycles, such as the quarters of the lunar cycle. There is also a kind of symmetry related to declination and the use of the anticia. Midpoint astrology as developed by Uranian Astrology and Cosmobiology is a further development of the idea of symmetry.

My good friend Gary Christen has worked with these ideas in depth and developed the concept of symmetrical astrology. This course looks at all these ideas, bringing them together as Gary has, into a broader and more emcompassing principle.

To read some additional information on the development of Symmetrical Astrology, please see Gary Christen's articles at Astrolabe: 

• Symmetrical Astrology: An Overview of Its Origins
• Planetary Pictures: An Introduction
• Planetary Pictures 101 

Instructor: J. Lee Lehman, PhD

This workshop can be taken as an independent class or as a prelude for CS102 Traditional Medical Astrology and CS101 Horary Astrology in depth (this workshop or the equivalent is required for these two courses).

How do you determine which planet is stronger when looking at aspects? How do you quickly find the strongest planets in the chart? Or which planets may pose more challenges even if they aren't aspected or mainly have trines? Classical astrologers used essential dignities and debilities.These were their building blocks for interpretation.

In the history of Astrology there were five Essential Dignities. In the last two centuries, three of them have often been ignored, but in this workshop, we will present them in their entirety.

Students will meet using an online conference service for 4 hours each day. There will be a short assignment to be completed between the end of class on Saturday and the beginning of class on Sunday. Supplemental materials will be provided on the course website.

Saturday: 10 am - 12 pm Pacific (1 pm - 3 pm Eastern)
                 1 pm - 3 pm Pacific (4 pm - 6 pm Eastern)

Sunday: 10 am - 12 pm Pacific (1 pm - 3 pm Eastern)
               1 pm - 3 pm Pacific (4 pm - 6 pm Eastern)

This is a survey course for astrological counseling and ethics.

In this course, students will be introduced to considerations involved in astrological counseling as a profession, and to the process of working on relationship issues with clients, including finding relationships in the chart, organizing a session, methods of delivering content, ethical issues and referral strategies.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Through completing designated readings and assignments, actively participating in discussion forums, internet conferences, and written assignments, the student will be able to:
• Differentiate astrological counseling from other healing and helping modalities.
• Understand the importance of and be able to identify specific listening, focusing and communication skills integral to successful counseling interactions.
• Demonstrate ability to develop specific parameters for counseling sessions.
• Locate relationship needs and potential in the natal chart.
• Demonstrate understanding of the major ideas and practices which led to the development of modern astrological counseling as a field of practice.
• Demonstrate understanding of approaches to ethical dilemmas inherent in counseling.

This course is required for the Certificate Diploma and as a pre-requisite for WR202 and WR203 in the Relationship certificate, and can also be taken as an elective.

Instructor: Karen McCauley

Students who want a well-rounded introduction to astrological practice and philosophy are encouraged to complete a Diploma. The core diploma also grants them NCGR Level III certification. It will take approximately 2-1/2 years to complete this diploma if students take a single class each term.

How do you determine what is the appropriate tool for the problem at hand?

Students taking the Certificate Diploma can fulfill the requirements for this class by taking one of the following:

• W112 Movement Certificate: Rectification Class
• WR202 Relationship Certificate: Families
• WR203 Relationship Certificate: Intimate Relationships
• Practicum (coming soon)
• Intermediate or Advanced Delineation (coming soon - Instructors will be Christine Arens and Joe Polise)

This course provides introduction to the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe, as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models. However, the primary focus will be on solar system astronomy as seen from the perspective of someone looking up into the sky.

This course is required for the Certificate Diploma, but can also be taken as an elective.

This class offers a survey of the history of astrology, primarily in the West.

Students will:

• Exmaine how astrology originated in various cultures and what questions it sought to address
• See how astrology became embedded in mainstream culture in these socieities
• Study the lineages in which different astrological theoris developed
• Examine the relationship between the history of science and religion, philosophy and mythology
• Examine the changes in cosmology throughout history and how these changes affected society's attitudes.
• Critique the intellectual shifts in religion and philosophy that led to the modern scientific and secular worldview, and the rejection of intuitive ways of knowing
• Explore how changes in 20th century philosophy and science affected the arts and sciences, and how 21st century research is moving toward a more inclusive world view.

This course is required for the Certificate Diploma, although it can also be taken as an elective. 

You don't need years of study to understand the basics of Jyotish. This certificate covers the foundations of Vedic astrology, including an introduction to Hinduism and its key philosophical concepts and the principles of judging a chart; the meanings of planets, signs & houses; chart organization & styles; rasis, aspects, yogas, nakshatras, forecasting, remedial measures, Panchanga and Muhurta (electional) and Prashna (horary), spiritual orientation, and alternate methods of chart interpretation.

Primary Instructor: Gary Gomes
Gary is a Hindu Swami and former president of the Council for Vedic Astrology. Through careful organization, Gary has designed a course that gives students a solid grounding in one year instead of the usual two.

The Hellenistic underpinnings of modern astrology are being re-discovered as more texts are translated. Using primary texts of the Hellenistic astrological tradition and modern commentaries, this certificate introduces the student to Hellenistic techniques and procedures plus develops basic chart interpretation skills in both natal and predictive. This certificate includes the basics of Hellenistic astrology, predictive techniques and advanced concepts. The student should have a good background in the basics of modern astrology prior to taking this certificate.

Every serious student of astrology should at least take an introduction to this tradition in order to fully appreciate the richness of our own astrological history!

Using primary texts of the Hellenistic astrological tradition and modern commentaries, this certificate introduces the student to Hellenistic techniques and procedures plus develops basic chart interpretation skills in both natal and predictive. Primary Instructor: Joseph Crane

This certificate covers different areas of classical astrology, including Horary, and Medical.

Horary Astrology is the art of answering questions, is a basic skill that all consulting astrologers can use to answer specific questions that the natal chart cannot address.

Medical astrology ranges from the astrology of a healthy lifestyle, to examining the chart for a medical event, to picking surgery times.