Astrology Basics

With Jayne Logan

Join author, life coach, and astrologer, Jayne Logan in an exploration into the basic and foundational principles of astrology.

Astrology Basics is a 6 lesson introduction to the complex world of astrology. It is suitable for beginners, new students, or anyone with a general interest in the topic. The program will take you through the basics while offering an entre into the unique language of this ancient art, in an easy-to-understand and visual format. A different topic is presented in each lesson, each one building on the previous lesson. At the end of the series you will have a foundational understanding of the components of a horoscope and some basic tools to synthesize the information.

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This 6-lesson series provides an introduction to the complex world of astrology and is suitable for beginners, new students, or anyone with a general interest in the topic. The program will take you through the basics while offering an entre into the unique language of this ancient art, in an easy-to-understand and interactive format. A different topic will be presented in each lesson, building on the previous workshop. At the end of the series you will have a foundational understanding of the components of a horoscope and some basic tools to synthesize the information.

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Planets and Luminaries

Lesson 1  – Introduction and the Planets: of the Astrology Basics Webinar covering an overview of Astrology, Luminaries, the planets and their keywords. The concepts of personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars), social planets (Saturn and Jupiter), and the outer planets (Neptune and Pluto) are all described and detailed.

The Signs

Lesson 2 – The Signs: The 360 degree circle of the zodiac is divided into twelve segments comprising the houses of the zodiac. Each one of the twelve astrological signs is reviewed and includes; Ruling Planet and house, its element, glyph, and key words. Positive and negative energy expressed by each sign is covered as well as examples of famous individuals who express the energy of their astrological sign.

Polarity, Elements, and Modes

Lesson 3 – Elements, Polarity and Modes: This session covers the astrological topics of polarity, elements, and modes and how to recognize them in their astrological expression. Explore the positive and negative energies of each sign. Learn how to recognize the qualities of the elements of fire, air, earth, and water in each of the signs. Each astrological sign expresses the characteristic of what is referred to as modes. Explore how these three modes (cardinal, fixed and mutable) carries an inherent flow of energy such as initiation, grown and development, and wholeness.

Houses

Lesson 4: The Houses  The Houses explores the 12 houses of the astrological chart. Basic chart structure and the 12 houses of the astrological chart are explained. Angles, the house elements and opposites are discussed. Sample charts are used to practice the identification of the sun, moon, and ascendent. The concept of Planets (What), Signs (How), and Houses (Where) is introduced.

Aspects

Lesson 5: Chart Structure and Aspects

Lesson 5 covers aspects and chart structure and includes hemispheres, house groupings, and planetary placements.  Quadrants are discussed to help understand personal and social expression and identity. Other chart symbols such as Chiron, north and south nodes, retrograde are introduced. Aspects are explained and examples are provided.

Putting It All Together

Lesson 6 – Practical application of the content and principles that have been provided throughout the previous lessons is the focus of this lesson. Using an analysis template and sample charts, the process of analyzing a chart is demonstrated.The charts of two well-known figures are used to identify signs, houses, polarity, elements, modes, chart shaping, and angles.