Astrology & Intuition is for people who want to learn more about themselves … about their own charts in a fun and straightforward way. This expanded 8-part class covers the planets, signs, houses, aspects (relationships between planets), and planetary patterns and configurations. It combines traditional class material, with more intuitive, experiential methods. Once taken, students will be able to attend any astrological lecture or workshop and understand the language spoken.

We are all born with an astrological thumbprint. This thumbprint is the same whether we are 5 or 95, and reflects certain tendencies and probabilities in our character, spiritual development, and in the activities of our day-to-day lives. With knowledge of ourselves as seen through the astrological birth chart, we can utilize our Will to effectively transcend or transform those parts of ourselves we find particularly challenging and consciously capitalize on those parts of ourselves that support our development.

Studying astrology, though, can be a very intimidating and left-brained experience. Astrology like any other "language" requires memorization, and usually involves an instructor standing in front of a class lecturing. This class is different. In addition to traditional “lessons”, the class utilizes your own natural intuitive capabilities to deepen your understanding of the material.

To succeed in this class, it is only important that you are willing and open to learn more about yourself and perhaps those closest to you. Geared toward those with little or no astrological knowledge, this series of classes is designed to provide a firm foundation of basic astrological information. If you do have some knowledge, it is a good class to take for a comprehensive review, or to fill any remaining gaps of knowledge. As your mentor, I will work with you to answer any questions and provide feedback.

Tuition includes four (4) 30-minute phone mentoring sessions; instruction and guided meditations provided on audio cassette tapes; the workbook, Astrology & Intuition; Alan Oken’s book, Complete Astrology; and your birthchart (using the birthdate, time and location). Cost of this at-home study program: $299.

It is intended that your birth chart be used as an example chart over the course of the class. So, remember to provide your birth date, time and location when registering.

 Astrology & Intuition: Interpretive Techniques
Many Pieces, One Integrated Whole

After completing Astrology and Intuition, you understand what the signs, the planets and houses represent. You understand the major and minor aspects and aspect patterns. But, how do you pull everything together, interpret it, and make it truly meaningful?

At first, the amount of information in a birth chart can be overwhelming. As your mentor, I will step you through the process of organizing information and preparing for a reading of a birth chart. During this process, you will discover how your intuitive abilities are enhanced through the study of astrology, and how the most important elements of a chart will simply “pop” out at you!

Astrology and Intuition: Interpretive Techniques will cover a review of basic astrological concepts; a look at the big picture as well as how to organize details; how I read a chart; storytelling as part of the astrologer’s craft; how other astrologers read charts; ethics; and, a discussion of astrology and your shadow … overcoming fear and negativity.

This class discusses and practices, using student and other example charts, different specific interpretive techniques. By experimenting, we will discover the technique and style most comfortable to you, and discuss the accurate, artful and ethical communication of the horoscope. In the process, we will rely on your previous astrological knowledge and your intuition, and learn how to organize planetary details, recognize planetary patterns, and weave one integrated story. The class combines traditional teaching techniques with experiential methods. As your mentor, I will work with you to answer any questions and provide feedback. The class culminates in a one-hour “reading” of a birth chart.

Tuition includes four (4) 30-minute phone mentoring sessions, instruction and guided meditations provided on audio cassette tapes, the workbook, Astrology & Intuition: Interpretive Techniques, and your birthchart. And, if you do not already own a copy, Alan Oken’s book, Complete Astrology, will be provided to you. Cost of this at-home study program: $299.

It is intended that your birth chart be used as an example chart over the course of the class. So, remember to provide your birth date, time and location when registering.

Students need to have taken the Astrology and Intuition class, or its equivalent in self-study or other classes.

Recommended, optional texts: Alan Oken’s Rulers of the Horoscope, Dr. Marc Edmund Jones’ Guide to Horoscope Interpretation, Alan Leo’s The Art of Synthesis, Tracy Marks’ The Art of Chart Interpretation and Stephen Arroyo’s Chart Interpretation Handbook. Also suggested over the course of the class: an astrological reading from a professional astrologer (other than your mentor).

 Astrology and Intuition: Predictive Techniques
Looking Today at Tomorrow

“Know these are influences, but thy will, thy purpose is the deciding factor. Mere influences cannot or do not cause thee to do this, save that they are a part of thee.”
-- Edgar Cayce #1537-1

Astrology is a study of tendencies and probabilities. Knowing that there is free will and that there are many different levels of interpretation based on the individual’s own personal and spiritual development, it is impossible to predict with 100% accuracy when or if an event will occur. Astrology, though, can provide perspective and insight, and help make you more consciously aware of the energies at work.

In that light and in this class, you will learn how to apply different Predictive Techniques to your chart and the charts of close relatives and friends, and then interpret what you find. We will also look at the timing of specific events. The techniques covered will include looking at current, transiting (moving) planets, progressions (including solar arc theory), and the solar return (the birthday chart).

As found in Astrology and Intuition, your birth chart is your birth chart whether you are 5 or 95. But, different sides of your personality will emerge and be more open for development at certain times in your life than at others. From an astrological perspective, this is determined by the position of the planets today in relationship to the position of the planets when you were born ... so-called “transits”. Transits tend to emphasize those aspects of our lives that are prime for development, and areas of our lives where we are experiencing the most challenge, benefit and change. Other techniques (progressions and solar returns) also reflect the energetic environment of the individual, and provide an additional layer of interpretation and understanding.

The class combines traditional teaching techniques with experiential methods. As your mentor, I will work with you to answer any questions and provide feedback. Tuition includes four (4) 30-minute phone mentoring sessions, instruction and guided meditations provided on audio cassette tapes, the workbook, Astrology & Intuition: Predictive Techniques, and your birthchart. And, if you do not already own a copy, Alan Oken’s book, Complete Astrology, will be provided to you. Cost of this at-home study program: $299.

It is intended that your birth chart be used as an example chart over the course of the class. So, remember to provide your birth date, time and location when registering.

Students need to have taken the Astrology and Intuition class, or its equivalent in self-study or other classes.

Additional required materials: Neil F. Michelsen's The American Ephemeris for the 20th (and 21st) Century, Robert Hand’s Planets in Transit, and Mary Shea’s Planets in Solar Return. Recommended, optional texts: Alan Leo’s The Progressed Horoscope, Robert Blaschke’s Progressions, and Noel Tyl’s Solar Arcs and Prediction in Astrology.

Debra Schneck has studied astrology for over 25 years, and has been a practicing, professional astrologer in the Washington, DC area since 1992. For the past 10 years, she has lectured and conducted classes and workshops in beginning, intermediate, and experiential astrology at Kunzang Palyul Chöling (KPC), a Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Poolesville, Maryland, at the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and at other locations in the suburban Maryland and Tidewater Virginia areas. Of the many branches of astrology, Debra studies and practices Western astrology, with a special interest in karmic, esoteric and Tibetan astrology. Debra is also a Certified Hypnotherapist (CHt) and is conducting a study comparing what has been theorized about past-life indicators in the birth chart and their relationship to actual past-life regressions. Her website is located at:
http://www.creativespirit.net/debraschneck/