Evolutionary & Psychological Astrology
Jungian roots, the lunar nodes and counselling-informed language.
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Level 1Units: 5
Level 1 · Unit 1
Roots of psychological astrology
Jung's ideas and his interest in astrology, Rudhyar's humanistic astrology, Liz Greene, Howard Sasportas and the CPA, and Stephen Arroyo.
- Jung and astrology
- Archetypes, shadow and individuation
- Rudhyar's humanistic astrology
- Greene, Sasportas, the CPA and Arroyo
- Checkpoint: Roots of psychological astrology
Level 1 · Unit 2
Planets as psychological functions
A modern framing of planets as parts of one psyche, the elements and Jung's four functions, Saturn and projection, and aspects as inner dialogues.
- Planets as parts of one psyche
- The elements and Jung's four functions
- Saturn, the shadow and projection
- Aspects as inner dialogues
- Checkpoint: Planets as psychological functions
Level 1 · Unit 3
The chart as a map of potentials
Potential, not fate: tendency and invitation language, avoiding diagnosis, labels and blame, and rephrasing readings on a teaching chart.
- Potential, not fate
- Tendency and invitation language
- No diagnosis, no blame
- Rephrasing a reading
- Checkpoint: The chart as a map of potentials
Level 1 · Unit 4
Family images in the chart
Parental images rather than parents, Jung's complexes, the Moon, Sun and Saturn as caregiver images, the disputed 4th–10th axis, and blame-free reading on a real-sky chart.
- Images, not parents
- Moon, Sun and Saturn as caregiver images
- The 4th–10th axis
- Family images on a teaching chart
- Checkpoint: Family images in the chart
Level 1 · Unit 5
A psychological reading, start to finish
A case study on one real-sky chart: planning the reading, the element tally and key functions, Saturn and the Descendant, the tightest aspects, and open, non-diagnostic wording.
- Planning the reading
- Functions and the element balance
- Saturn, the Descendant and projection
- Aspects and final wording
- Checkpoint: A psychological reading
Level 2Units: 5
Level 2 · Unit 1
The lunar nodes in evolutionary astrology
Evolutionary astrology, Green and Forrest, the South and North Nodes, nodal rulers and house axes in Whole Sign and Placidus, practised on a teaching chart.
- What is evolutionary astrology?
- The South Node and the North Node
- House axes and house systems
- A nodal axis on a teaching chart
- Checkpoint: The lunar nodes in evolutionary astrology
Level 2 · Unit 2
Pluto in evolutionary astrology
Green's Pluto and the polarity point, the six-factor evolutionary axis, skipped steps, generational Pluto and a Whole Sign teaching chart.
- Green's Pluto and the polarity point
- The main evolutionary axis
- Generations and the personal Pluto
- Pluto on a teaching chart
- Checkpoint: Pluto in evolutionary astrology
Level 2 · Unit 3
Counselling-informed practice
Skills, not a therapist's role: Rogers's core conditions, active listening, open questions, trauma-aware framing, referral, crisis response, consent and confidentiality.
- Counselling skills, not a therapist's role
- Active listening and open questions
- Trauma-aware framing
- Referral, crisis, consent and confidentiality
- Checkpoint: Counselling-informed practice
Level 2 · Unit 4
Past lives, karma and belief
Where rebirth and karma ideas entered Western astrology, three ways to hold a past-life story, karma without blame, and the claims, consent and crisis boundaries to keep.
- Where the ideas came from
- Three ways to hold the story
- Karma without blame
- Claims, consent and boundaries
- Checkpoint: Past lives, karma and belief
Level 2 · Unit 5
An evolutionary reading in practice
A case study on a real-sky chart: opening with consent, placing Pluto, the nodes and their rulers, skipped steps and Pluto's aspects, then wording and closing the session safely.
- Opening the session
- Placing the main axis
- Skipped steps and Pluto's aspects
- Wording and closing
- Checkpoint: An evolutionary reading in practice