The Art within Analytical Techniques To date, there are some 84 “Techniques” Essays archived here (following the present essay). That’s approximately 85,000 words of how-to insights in astrology, in terms of analytical techniques! –How much of this have you read, absorbed, put into practice? In order to be on the high side of utilization of this…
View detailsThe vector of meaning for the word “process” captures the following: a step-by-step progress toward a desired, designated end result. We look at a horoscope to develop understanding of the symbols in order to progress toward serving someone else or an occurrence with knowledge and insight. We must have a process with which to do this. But…
View details‘Coloring’ House Significance New astrologers are so often entrapped with a mania for meaning: every position of every planet is supposed to tell us something specific, life-identifying, of primal significance. With time it becomes clear that this is not so; just as there are not lines of demarcation in the brain that reflect cusp lines within our…
View detailsAssessing the 12th HouseBy guest astrologer Don McBroom Don McBroom is a highest-honors graduate of the Noel Tyl Master’s Degree Certification Program, and he works as teaching assistant to Noel at the annual seminars for students of the Course. Don is the author of Midpoints—-Identify & Integrate Midpoints Into Horoscope Synthesis to be released by Llewellyn Publications…
View detailsOrganizing Blocks of Synthesis It seems for the most part, that it takes astrologers the longest time to get past the magic of measurements. It’s very hard to see past the spell woven into the esoteric and occult trappings of astrology: it is knowledge for the special few, and they don purple robes when they…
View detailsIt’s safe to say that society gets around to labeling as “genius” those who are highly developed individualistically and uniquely productive to world-impacting excess. Such a person’s portion of genius necessarily shows itself early in life –it becomes clear early. Precociousness (from the Latin praecox, “early ripening”) is mesmerizing for us to see, to experience, because…
View detailsA ‘Denkpause’ (daynk’pauseh; or ‘Gedankenpause’ gehdahn’kenpauseh) is a marvelous German word for suspending mental activity to allow the brain to work! If we stop thinking with the self-assuring speed we usually enjoy, some deeper part of our brain gets an opportunity to study, analyze, and evaluate. In the ‘thought pause’ moment, we get ourselves out of…
View detailsSeeing the work of astrologers in great, great volume, I feel that there are short-comings to career growth shared by too many. These short-comings can be corrected; by isolating specific concerns; we can identify what’s getting in the way and fix it! –There are four considerations to address. They are easy to overlook since they…
View detailsHave you Choreographed your Computer Prep? The waste of time in horoscope preparation for so many astrologers is extraordinary … I assure you. The waste comes from not knowing what we need to illuminate the horoscope portrait, from insecurity about the essential measurements that should be coming out of your computer, and from the nagging…
View detailsAll of us should be able to give a clear definition of peregrination: any planet not making a Ptolemeic aspect in the horoscope. [Conjunction, sextile, square, trine, or opposition] Indeed, there are theoretical strictures that Astrology places upon this base definition that involve dignities, debilitations, final dispositorship, and more. In my opinion, trying to define the condition…
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