Course description: Students will continue to build their astrological interpretation skills as they examine issues related to families’ patterns, groups, and themes. Students will also continue to build their knowledge of psychological principles and ethical considerations.
This course offers practical guidance for astrologers working with their own and clients’ family issues: parents, children, siblings, or extended relationships.
Family relationships form much of the background complexity of a person’s life: they set patterns that manifest in relationships with bosses and subordinates, close friends and intimates, and in our career and lifestyle choices.
This course will go beyond the “nuclear family” to include a consideration of the social, ethnic, and historical contexts of family life. Students will sample psychodynamic approaches that inform much modern astrology and
systems approaches that enable an exploration of the interlocking patterns of our birth and family connections.
Students will examine parental/offspring and sibling relationships within family structures through the astrological chart. They will look at generational transmission, sibling position, and changes within the family to see how astrological indicators reflect these considerations and how they might run counter to them.
Participants are invited to share cases they have encountered in their work and to share insights from their own family experiences and their own lives.
Course name: WR202B Astrology and Family Patterns.Instructors: Enid Newberg and Joseph Crane
Course length: 5 Weeks
Course cost: $295
Required Books: Recommended: not required.
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McGoldrick, Gerson, Petry.
Genograms: Assessment and Intervention 3rd Ed. Norton
2008.Sullivan, Erin. 2008. (Wonderful book on generational change and
continuity within families)
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Sullivan, Erin. The Astrology
of Family Dynamics. NY,NY: Penguin.(2008 revision
dropped Dynasty from 1996 title, same book) (Uses systems
theories mixed with psychological astrology)
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Gauquelin, Michel. 1966 (1988 English
edition). Planetary Heredity. San Diego, CA: ACS Publications,
Inc. (Astrological research on patterns that repeat over generations)
- Greene, Liz & Howard Sasportas. The Luminaries. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc. 1992. (Psychological astrology approach, interesting insights)
- Greene, Liz & Howard Sasportas. Chapter - The Parental Marriage and the Horoscope from The Development of Personality. Samuel Weiser Publisher 1987. (Psychodynamics between parents and their influence on children.)
- Cowger, Barry. Reconstructing the Real You. Mercurius Publishing 1992. (Families described as something to escape from)
Pre-requisite: Foundations, or equivalent.
This counts as an elective for the Professional Diploma
Weekly topics:
1. History, Ethnicity, Astrology's Houses
2. Genograms, Parental Units, and Triangles
3. Parental Units (conclusion), Siblings
4. Family dynamics across time
5. Case Studies and Issues of Perspective
Instructor bios:
Enid Newberg, MA Whole Systems Design. Enid has been a librarian, astrologer, childbirth educator, paralegal, IT and web developer and trainer, entrepreneur, administrator, and teacher.
In 1993, Enid became involved in the dream of creating an academic college where astrology would be openly taught and joined the board of Kepler College. She was president of the College as it opened from 2000-2001 and again from 2007-2019. In 2013, her interest in preserving and expanding an understanding of our astrological heritage led her to help establish the Alexandria iBase Project.
Enid particularly enjoys introducing students to the dynamic aliveness of an astrological chart. She is also fascinated by astrology's history and philosophy as well as its intersection with magic, spirituality, and culture. She loves to teach and use astrology to help clients find creative insights.
Enid is an instructor in:
The Bridge Course for Astrological Fundamentals
E520A Psyche and Soul: The Astrology of Identity and Character
E520B Astrologies of Soul: Calling and Vocation
E520C The Recurring and Evolving Soul 2nd ed.
M100 Chart Construction
W101 Fundamentals I: Introduction
W102 Fundamentals II: Interpretation Tools
Tag/link to associated certificates + diploma program.
Joseph Crane, M.A. is a consulting astrologer, teacher, and author. He has conducted beginning astrology courses, training programs on astrological interpretation, and on counseling skills for astrologers. He has been involved with the Kepler College and Certificate Program since 2007. He also works 1:1 with those who wish to include astrology in their counseling work. He has been involved with the Kepler College and Certificate Program since 2007.
Joseph is the author of A Practical Guide to Traditional Astrology (1997), Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy (2007) and Between Fortune and Providence: Astrology and the Universe in Dante’s Divine Comedy (2012). He publishes a monthly astrology newsletter that currently profiles historical and contemporary public figures. Newsletters and other information can be found at The Astrology Institute. Joseph is also a psychotherapist and a Buddhist practitioner. He lives in Rhode Island. You can find out more at his website: https://www.astrologyinstitute.com/
Joseph is an instructor in:
E520A Psyche and Soul: The Astrology of Identity and Character
E520B Astrologies of Soul: Calling and Vocation
E520C The Recurring and Evolving Soul 2nd ed.
E521A The Life, Times and Astrology of Marsilio Ficino
WR202B The Astrology of Family Patterns
- Teacher: Joseph Crane
- Teacher: Enid Newberg