Intuitive Astrology

This course is no longer offered in the form noted below. For the new format for these courses, email henry.reed@atlanticuniv.edu

Astrology is an excellent tool for use by anyone who wants to gain insight into their own character, talents, personal challenges, and energies surrounding activities today. Fundamentals of Astrology is for people who want to learn more about themselves … about their own charts in a fun and straightforward way. This 6-part class covers the planets, signs, houses, aspects (relationships between planets), and planetary patterns and configurations. It combines traditional class material, with more intuitive, experiential methods. Once taken, students will be able to attend any astrological lecture or workshop and understand the language being spoken.

Tuition includes a syllabus, 3 2-hour audio cassette tapes, the workbook, Fundamentals of Astrology, creation of the student’s birth chart (using the date, time and location of birth), and phone consultation time with your mentor.

Q: “In what way should astrology be used to help man live better in the present physical plane?

A: “In that which the position of the planets give the tendencies in a given life, without reference to the will. Then let man, the individual, understand how will may overcome, for we all must overcome, if we would, in any wise, enter in.”
-- Edgar Cayce, #3744-4

We are all born with an astrological thumbprint. This thumbprint is the same whether we are 5 or 95, and reflects certain tendencies and probabilities in our character, spiritual development, and in the activities of our day-to-day lives. With knowledge of ourselves as seen through the astrological birth chart, we can utilize our Will most effectively to transcend or transform those parts of ourselves we find particularly challenging and consciously capitalize on those parts of ourselves that further support our development.

Studying astrology, though, can be a very intimidating and left-brained experience. Astrology like any other "language" requires memorization, and usually involves an instructor standing in front of a class lecturing. This class is different. In addition to traditional “lessons”, the class utilizes your own natural intuitive capabilities to deepen your understanding of the material.

To succeed in this class, it is only important that you are willing and open to learn more about yourself and perhaps those closest to you. Geared toward those with little or no astrological knowledge, this series of classes is designed to provide a firm foundation of basic astrological information. If you do have some knowledge, it is a good class to take for a comprehensive review, or if you want to fill in any remaining gaps of knowledge on the fundamentals. As your mentor, I will work with you to answer any questions and provide feedback.

It is intended that your birth chart be used as an example chart over the course of the class. So, remember to provide your birth date, time and location when registering.

Extra materials costs are Alan Oken’s book, Complete Astrology, and the telephone bills for the calls to the mentor.

You know what the signs represent, and the planets and houses. You know the keyword descriptors for aspects and even what an aspect pattern might represent overall. But, how do you pull together the information you know, interpret it, and make it truly meaningful?

This class discusses and practices, using student and other example charts, different Interpretive Techniques. By experimenting, we will discover the technique and style most comfortable to you, and discuss the accurate, artful and ethical communication of the horoscope. In the process, we will rely on your previous astrological knowledge and your intuition, and learn how to organize planetary details, recognize planetary patterns, and weave one integrated story.

Tuition includes a syllabus, 3 2-hour audio cassette tapes, the workbook, Astrology: Interpretive Techniques, creation of the student’s birth chart (using the date, time and location of birth), and phone consultation time with your mentor.

“The inclinations of man are ruled by the planets under which he is born, for the destiny of man lies within the sphere or scope of the planets.”
-- Edgar Cayce #3744-4

Now that you know the language of astrology, it is time to apply that language in a meaningful way so that you can grow from that knowledge. This class covers a review of basic astrological concepts; a look at the big picture as well as how to organize the details; how I read a chart; storytelling as part of the astrologer’s craft; how other astrologers read charts; ethics; and, a discussion of astrology & your shadow … overcoming fear and negativity. The class culminates in a one-hour “reading” of a birth chart.

At first, the amount of information in a birth chart can be overwhelming. It is very difficult to see the forest for the trees. As your mentor, I will step you through the process of organizing information and preparing for a reading of a birth chart. During this process, you will discover how your intuitive abilities are enhanced through the study of astrology, and how the most important elements of a chart will simply “pop” out at you!

The class combines traditional teaching techniques with experiential methods. As your mentor, I will work with you to answer any questions and provide feedback. It is intended that your birth chart be used as an example chart over the course of the class. So, remember to provide your birth date, time and location when registering.

Students need to have taken the Fundamentals class, or its equivalent in self-study or other classes.

Extra materials costs are Alan Oken’s book, Complete Astrology, and the telephone bills for the calls to the mentor. Recommended, though, optional are the following texts: Alan Oken’s Rulers of the Horoscope, Dr. Marc Edmund Jones’ Guide to Horoscope Interpretation, Alan Leo’s The Art of Synthesis, Tracy Marks’ The Art of Chart Interpretation and Stephen Arroyo’s Chart Interpretation Handbook. Suggested over the course of the class: that you receive a reading from a professional astrologer (other than your mentor).

Astrology is a study of tendencies and probabilities. Knowing that there is free will and that there are many different levels of interpretation based on the individual’s own personal and spiritual development, it is impossible to predict with 100% accuracy when or if an event will occur. Astrology, though, can provide perspective and insight, and help make you more consciously aware of the energies at work in your life today. In that light and in this class, we will learn how to apply different Predictive Techniques to our charts and the charts of close relatives and friends, and then interpret what we find. We will also look at the timing of specific events. The techniques covered will include looking at current, transiting (moving) planets, progressions (including solar arc theory), and the solar return (the birthday chart).

Tuition includes a syllabus, 3 2-hour audio cassette tapes, the workbook, Astrology: Predictive Techniques, creation of the student’s birth chart (using the date, time and location of birth) and other dependent charts, and phone consultation time with your mentor.

“Know these are influences, but thy will, thy purpose is the deciding factor. Mere influences cannot or do not cause thee to do this, save that they are a part of thee.”
-- Edgar Cayce #1537-1

As we found in the Fundamentals class, your birth chart is your birth chart whether you are 5 or 95. But, different sides of your personality will emerge and be more open for development at certain times in your life than at others. From an astrological perspective, this is determined by the position of the planets today in relationship to the position of the planets when you were born ... so-called “transits”. Transits tend to emphasize those aspects of our lives that are prime for development, and areas of our lives where we are experiencing the most challenge, benefit and change. Other devices (progressions and solar returns) also reflect the energetic environment of the individual, and provide an additional layer of interpretation and understanding.

Students need to have taken the Fundamentals class, or its equivalent in self-study or other classes.

Extra materials costs are Alan Oken’s book, Complete Astrology, Neil F. Michelsen's The American Ephemeris for the 20th (and 21st) Century, Robert Hand’s Planets in Transit, and Mary Shea’s Planets in Solar Return, as well as the telephone bills for the calls to the mentor. Recommended, though, optional texts are: Alan Leo’s The Progressed Horoscope, Robert Blaschke’s Progressions, and Noel Tyl’s Solar Arcs and Prediction in Astrology.


Current Update as of October 12, 2002 Inspired by The Edgar Cayce Institute for Intuitive Studies Edited by HENRY REED, Ph.D.