Program Goals, Work Habits, and Basic Skills

The trained astrologer must be able to answer two questions asked implicitly by every client: During this lifetime, What may I expect and When?

Answering these two questions requires that you are able to detect the person's motivations and drives.

And that is the goal of our program - Furnish you with the requisite training and work habits to uncover the horoscope's purpose and satisfy your client's inquires.

To that end, our Program addresses four specific areas 

1. Provide techniques that permit gaining a feeling for Signs and Planets based on one's life experience,
2. Illustrate a structured systematic approach to delineation,
3. Inculcate solid practical work habits, i.e. provide ways to prioritize, simplify, and economize one's thinking,
4. Introduce a methodology that promotes synthesis, i.e. Seeing the chart as a unit

Methodology: The contributions of Morin  and Mason
The approach to grasping the chart as an integrated whole is based on the tradition engendered and systematized by the brilliant 17th century reformer of astrology, Morin de Villefranche.

Morin's method of horoscope delineation, which permits viewing the chart as a whole living unit, was superbly practiced, successfully taught, and brilliantly enlarged upon most recently by the late Zoltan Mason of New York for almost seventy years.

And that is our goal at ForumOnAstrology. We teach the technique and perhaps as important the development of good work habits that are such a vital complement to that technique... and without which the student will never acquire the most important skill needed to seeing the chart as a living whole… Chart Synthesis. It is the ability to synthesize that animates or makes the horoscope come alive. Without this ability, the chart remain forever lifeless.

To guide you towards the goal of  synthesis, Quarter 1 introduces an  orderly structural framework for chart analysis,  fundamental astrological concepts, and sensitivity techniques. Specifically:

Concepts,Skills, and Exercises introduced in Quarter 1

• A definition of Astrology and the role of the Astrologer
• The respective responsibilities of the teacher and the student
• Human Pursuits - The basis for a person's motivation and drive
• Methodology, Work Habits, and Sensitivity exercises
• Analysis and Synthesis
• Creating an image of a sign
• Sensitivity exercises - Turning astrology into an instinct
• Why the Ascendant is considered to be 80% of the chart and the rationale to justify its pivotal importance in interpretation
• The 5-step structured approach to analysis

The Art of Interpretation based on the ability to Synthesize
To interpret, you must be able to synthesize, that means all of your observations or inferences about a particular chart must flash together as a single image in an instant. The only way to accomplish this goal of horoscope synthesis is the develop the skills that lead to good habits and process, skills that form the basis of our training program. 

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