RN103 - Fundamentals III: Beyond the Basics - Winter 2023-24

Course description:  Students will have the benefit of a two-session exposure to the methodology developed by veteran astrologer, Susie Cox. This is a simplistic but powerful, visual and linguistic approach to chart synthesis.

Topics include:

  • Developing critical thinking skills through examining conflicting views and asking questions about varying subjects such as dignities, sect, the existence of good or bad planets, and house placements
  • Characteristics of effective and ineffective astrologers
  • Practice with multiple approaches to the delineation of the chart
  • Learning to identify personal filters and those related to the natal chart
  • Techniques for blending chart components such as the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant
  • Identifying and using essential and accidental dignities to differentiate between expressions of planetary essence and strength in the natal chart
  • Learning how to differentiate the quality of aspects through consideration of variations in planetary relationships by their nature and placement in the chart
  • Learning how dispositors, time lords, planetary speed, and derivative houses can enhance chart interpretation

Course length: 10 weeks

Required Books:

  • Geisler, Pat. 2013. Chocolate Sauce. NH: ACS Publications. ($12 at Amazon)

  • Obert, Charles. 2015. Introduction to Traditional Natal Astrology: A Complete Working Guide for Modern Astrologers. Minneapolis, MN: Almuten Press. ($19.95 at http://studentofastrology.com/book/ or Amazon)
  • Obert, Charles. 2020. The Classical Seven Planets. Minneapolis, MN: Almuten Press. ($14.95 at http://studentofastrology.com/book/ or Amazon)

 Pre-requisite: RN102 or equivalent

*Required for the Professional Diploma

Weekly topics:

1.    Review of the Basics

2.    Importance of Good Data

3.    Derivative Houses

4.    Understanding and Using the Dignities

5.    Profections

6.    Vocational and Retrograde Review

7.    Entering the Chart: ASC Rulers, and the Nautical Paradigm

8.    Considering Aversion

9.    Student Presentations & Vocational Clues/Fixed Stars

10. Student Presentations, Transits, and The Via Combusta