Topics: A Summation of Quarter 1 Lessons

With Lesson 12 we conclude Quarter 1 of our four-quarter, one-year program. The intent of the first quarter is to introduce the fundamentals of astrology and to make you aware of the scope of the study. The breadth of the content should not overly concern you as most of the material will be discussed and applied in greater detail and depth over the next two quarters.

Lesson 12 will concentrate on an extensive horoscope analysis of the golf great, Tiger Woods, applying freely what we have learned over the past eleven lessons. The intent of the exercise is to clarify the basic analytic approach to interpretation. Just as we demonstrate the process in this lesson, so you must practice regularly and apply consistently your new skills when studying a chart. There is no magic or shortcut. Practice means repeating automatically the basic 5-step analytical examination of a chart. If done properly, the whole exercise should take about two hours.

We always start our study remembering Aristotle's maxim: "The stars and man generate man". Each time you look at a chart, you ask first the three basic questions: Is the chart that of a man or a woman? How old is the person? What is their cultural, social, and/or religious background? This information is fundamental as the answers will greatly condition your interpretation. Once done, begin the 5-step analysis.

The purpose of repeating continuously and consistently a systematic analysis is to make it become a habit. The result is that you will gain speed and enhance the amount of information you can retain as you make repeated passes through the chart. Furthermore, you insure that you will detect important considerations that might otherwise be overlooked.

It is this automatic process of thinking that we want you to develop and master through all the additional content we will cover over the next two quarters. This must become a well developed habit to which you give no conscious thought.

Along with this habit, you must continuously deepen your feeling for each of the signs, planets, and houses. This can be done by studying your own chart and also the charts of six or seven other people who are close to you. You must have a feeling for your own chart. If someone tells you that they can read the chart of others but not their own, it's a joke. You can only have a feeling for others to the extent you have a feeling for yourself....

A mastery of these activities will take astrology from being an intellectual activity to one based on instinct. You will have crossed your first major hurdle on the road to becoming an astrologer.

Congratulations on completing your first quarter.

Good Reading,

Robert Corre New York City