Foundation course
Our foundation course, starting in Sep 2024, is suitable for total beginners and for those who know some astrology but want to fill in gaps in their knowledge, or learn the basics in a structured way.
Led by our experienced tutors, astrological theory will be taught alongside practical experience of reading charts. By the end of the foundation year, you will have gained the knowledge and experience required to interpret any birth chart.
The course will be made up of three terms with ten lessons in each term.
Term 1
- The anatomy of the astrological chart and the basic astronomy behind it
- The meanings and classifications of the astrological planets – Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron
- The elements: fire, earth, air and water
- The modes: cardinal, mutable and fixed
- Calculating and interpreting element and mode balances in any birth chart
- The meanings of the astrological signs from Aries to Pisces
- Easy, effective methods to interpret planets in signs
Term 2
- Practical experience in combining planets and signs and interpreting elements and modes
- The angles – Ascendant, Descendant, Immum Coeli (IC) and Medium Coeli (MC)
- The houses – 1 through 12
- Interpreting planets in houses
- Putting it all together – interpreting planets in signs and houses
- Basic introduction to conjunctions and major aspects – sextiles, squares, trines and oppositions and how to spot them in a birth chart
- Chart case studies
Term 3
- Practical experience in combining planets in signs and houses
- Rulerships
- Interpreting conjunctions and major aspects
- Minor aspects: semi-sextiles, semi-squares, quincunxes and sesquiquadrates
- Identifying and interpreting aspect patterns – stelliums, t-squares, grand trines, kites, grand crosses and yods
- An introduction to Moon phases, retrograde planets and the Lunar Nodes
- Synthesis – putting it all together; checklists for interpretation; easy ways to get ‘into’ a chart
- Chart case studies
Supervision Groups
A unique feature of the Foundation Year is our Supervision Groups, which consist of three small group sessions each term, where you will work on charts of your choice with fellow students, supervised by one of our tutors. At other schools, this opportunity usually only comes at advanced levels of study, but we feel it is essential for beginners to practice interpretation and to ‘speak’ the language of astrology right from the outset.
Our Supervision Groups are free for students who sign up for the whole Foundation Course and available for a small charge to those who sign up term by term.
We are now enrolling for July 2024. Click on Enrol or email us at academyofastrologyuk@gmail.com to reserve your place.