Management of Measurement Constructs Our Vulnerability to the Negative We want our work with every client to be maximally helpful; we want to see our clients fulfilling themselves and developing in league with their strategies, hopes, and dreams. We want to support, illuminate, and build on that process of positive development. We want to make…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs’Didn’t Happen’ doesn’t mean ‘It Won’t’! Astrology too easily feels “scheduled” to an extreme, to the end that, should measurements pass without manifestation in the client’s life, we think they won’t! We hear this from people all too often: “Well, you said my life would change, and it didn’t.” First of all, for…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs The Power of Simplification So many astrologers clutter and shade themselves with jargon, over-measurement, and technical detail; they lose sight of the target, the reality being experienced by their client. Some of the measurements are simply untenable, extraneous, archaic, inscrutable (like transits to Arced or Progressed positions!). All these measurements are supposed…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Enforcing Efficiency with Horoscope Preparation Within the Peter Principle pantheon of insights, there’s a phrase recognizing the obvious that applies importantly to our work preparing horoscopes: work fills the time that exists. –Not the time that is required, but all the time possible! The new astrologer will spend daaaaaays poring over horoscope drawings and sheets of measurement…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Connecting the Dots…. 15 Indispensable Keys to Analysismay be a great DVD title [See MENU, BOOK LIST], but the list of “Keys” must pay off, must have something more going for it than mere description and explanation of measurement items. The Keys have to work together, every single time we analyze a…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs How we progressively do more than collect Data in Astrology It seems there is a 30-year long generation period in Astrology. There are peaks and troughs of popularity, and book sales and –now– website visits tell the tale, mark the time. At present, we are in the trough period of the…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Pre-Consultation Image-Making–What can be accomplished– When someone calls an astrologer for an appointment, the person usually has special concerns about something in their experience, past, present, or future. They are not just “curious” any more; curiosity about astrology has faded, as circumspection and appreciation of astrology and what it “does” have…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs New Year’s Wishes for the Forum! Not surprisingly, the practice of making New Year’s resolutions can be traced back to Babylonian times. Today, as we know, we are most concerned with losing weight, stopping smoking, etc.; back then in Babylonia, the common concerns were paying off debts and returning borrowed farm…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs ”How do you tell a Good Astrologer?” I’ve been asked this question so many, many times; we’ve all been asked this question! What do we say? My answer begins quite matter-of-factly: “You look into their eyes.” –I say this with a simple firmness, no poetical swoon. Instantly, it is clear that I’m…
View detailsManagement of Measurement Constructs Some Humanistic Measurements for the Thinking Astrologer Astrology presents us with a great many measurements. With some people unsure of their ability to synthesize, to analyze, the more measurements to occupy the brain the better! They hope that somewhere, somehow some measurement will tell the story, so, without much thought, they measure the pants off…
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