The fundamentals of astrology
About Course
Are you interested in diving deeper into the ancient science of astrology? Astrology is one of mankind’s oldest spiritual traditions. We can date the science of the stars at lest back to the ancient civilisations of Babylon and Egypt, where the art was considered the foundation of all knowledge.
The program of the course is as follow:
- Introduction to astrology: what is astrology, on what is it based and how it can be useful to anyone.
- The elements, modalities and structure of the Zodiac: composition of an astrological chart, qualities of the four elements air, fire, water and earth as well as their expression (cardinal, fixed, mutable)
- The Zodiac: the twelve signs composing the Zodiac
- Sun, Moon and ascendant: the three most important placements of the astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Sun and the Moon by house and sign placement.
- The planets: character and symbolism of the personal planets Mercury, Venus and Mars, and the collective planets Jupiter and Saturn.
- The twelve houses: the division of the astrological chart into sectors representing all dimensions of life
- Aspects and rulerships: the interactions of planets between each other and the laws of rulerships to understand charts more in depth.
Course Content
Introduction to astrology, modalities and elements
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Introduction to astrology: structure of the Zodiac, modalities and elements
01:09:07
The Zodiac
Sun, Moon and Ascendant
The planets
The twelve houses
Rulerships and aspects
Resources and bibliography
Student Ratings & Reviews
This course offers a comprehensive and very well researched introduction to the study of Astrology. Alexandra clearly has a lot of experience in the field and manages to summarize the fundamentals in a very approachable manner. The density of information is quite high but all of the topics are presented in a very methodical and easy to repeat format. So even as a complete newcomer to the field, I had no trouble following the lectures. The introduction really peaked my interest and I'm looking forward to learning more in depth in the other modules!
An excellent course to learn about basic astrology and how to read a chart. Wonderful way to learn more about yourself and others. Alexandra is very engaging and informative, and explains things in a very understandable and exciting way. I will highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in learning about astrology.
The fundamentals of Astrology gives You a deep insight on the most important fundamental features, that You need in order to be able to read Your birth chart, and also to understand the complexity of how the planets are placed. Alexandra is an expert who has studied the field of Astrology for several years, she answers every question with engagement and depth. The course starts off by describing the hemispheres, goes on to learn about all of the 12 signs of Zodiac, continues to delve into the big three (the sun, the moon and the Ascendant), goes through all of the planets and gives you a well introduction to house-placements. We managed also to study aspects and critical degrees. The best part of it - Alexandra made examples from our owh birht charts (of course not without asking). At the end of the course we got the opportunity to bring and study our own birth chart in depth. If you are interested, You may also ask about relationships, predictive astrology and other levels, Alexandra will explain how it all relates to the fundamentals. The fundamentals of astrology is simply a necessity if you want to understand astrology. My personal experience is that I went from every class smiling and happy, as I love to learn new things and could understand myself better.
Thank you very much for a very good course! Recommends anyone interested in astrology to take this course which goes deep into the basics and creates a very good understanding of the bigger picture. Thank you very much Alexandra, you are skilled at communicating and teaching.
Before taking this course I already read through a big book covering the basics of Astrology.
It required me a lot of work in taking notes and extracting concise information to be able to even start learning this vast topic.
Even though I already had basic astrological knowledge, taking this course was immensely helpful for me.
It comprehensively covers all the fundamentals of the horoscope: the Zodiac, the importance of the Ascendant, Sun and Moon, houses, personal planets and the aspects they form.
Alexandra the teacher explained all the topics thoroughly and made it easy to understand leaving no question unanswered.
The learning material of this course helped me alot more than my own extracted notes and I wholeheartedly can only recommend taking it for everyone who wants to dive into Astrology.
It required me a lot of work in taking notes and extracting concise information to be able to even start learning this vast topic.
Even though I already had basic astrological knowledge, taking this course was immensely helpful for me.
It comprehensively covers all the fundamentals of the horoscope: the Zodiac, the importance of the Ascendant, Sun and Moon, houses, personal planets and the aspects they form.
Alexandra the teacher explained all the topics thoroughly and made it easy to understand leaving no question unanswered.
The learning material of this course helped me alot more than my own extracted notes and I wholeheartedly can only recommend taking it for everyone who wants to dive into Astrology.