Astrology 101: Intro to Astrology

Understand that astrology is based on the earth's perspective, recognizing that the earth orbits the sun while the planets move around it.

Explore ingresses and transits as planets move from one sign to another from Earth's perspective. See how sun's ingress from Libra to Scorpio marks Scorpio season and invites manifesting intentions.

Explore how the Sun and Moon are treated as planets in modern astrology, while Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto joined via telescope, unlike ancient astrology.

Explore why a beautiful solar system image is not drawn to scale and why planetary alignments are never perfect, revealing how the sky varies in astrology.

explore archetypes, from their Greek roots and arch prefix to their use as ideal forms in Plato's philosophy and Jung's concept of inherited ideas in the unconscious.

Explore how astrology systems assign archetypal meanings to planets. Governs mind and communication in Western astrology; Venus governs love, with Mayan, Vedic, Indian, Chinese, and New Age views.

Explore essential vocabulary for astrology, starting with archetype as an ideal form of a mental concept, and learn how to access the full vocab list in the Udemy course framework.

Explore archetype predictions for the planets using a mindfulness worksheet, reflect on your initial associations, and begin building a personal relationship with astrology.

Different astrology systems assign archetypal meanings to each component. I focus on Western astrology, caution against mixing in Chinese or Vedic astrology due to the complexity of synthesis.

Explore the zodiac, an imaginary circle around the Earth, and learn how astrology views its 12 sky segments from Earth's perspective.

Learn how the zodiac divides the 360-degree circle into twelve fixed 30-degree signs, each marking a distinct segment of the sky.

Add the zodiac, the imaginary circle around the Earth, and define the sign as one of twelve thirty-degree segments of the zodiac.

See how celestial cycles mark time: the sun travels 360 degrees in a year and 30 degrees per sign in a month, while the moon moves through twelve sides.

Define year as the time the sun travels through all 360 degrees of the zodiac, and month as the time the sun travels through all 30 degrees of one sine.

Explore how astrology tracks planetary movement through each sign and uses this practice to align with the natural cycle of the planets in the zodiac.

Explore how the twelve signs embody archetypes through art and Hebrew representations, illustrating the zodiac's universal framework. Acknowledge diverse interpretations across astrologers and astrological systems.

Learn how the astrological calendar divides the year into four seasons and twelve zodiac months, with signs grouped into cardinal, fixed, and mutable modalities, and four elements.

Introduce astrology vocab terms, including season, modality, element, cardinal, fixed, mutable, and sign archetypes, defining season as one fourth of a year and modality as one third of a season.

Discover how polarity shapes astrological expression, with fire and air as positive, extroverted energies and earth and water as negative, introverted energies.

Add vocabulary terms season, modality, element, cardinal, fixed, mutable, and polarity, noting season is one fourth of a year and polarity expresses how a sign shows itself.

Explore how the twelve signs are categorized by polarity, modality, and element, with alternating polarity and cardinal, fixed, or immutable signs across fire, earth, air, and water, plus seasons.

Explore how the twelve signs are categorized by season, modality, polarity, and element, using Aries in spring as a cardinal fire example.

Complete assignment 2 by predicting archetype meanings for the twelve signs and reflecting on how Aries through Pisces embody archetypal patterns in a mindfulness practice.

Explore how astrologers interpret the apparent motion of planets across the sky from Earth, and why signs are human-delineated segments rather than fixed celestial objects.

Learn how a planet in a sign blends its archetypal meaning with the sign, using Mercury in Pisces as an example to explore mind, communication, sensitivity, spirituality, and creativity.

Discover how every moment reveals a unique expression formed by the combination of planets and signs, observed throughout the year.

Explore the knowledge of astrology through combined expressions, relationships, aspects, and permutations, and see how the astrological calendar documents expressions throughout the year.

Explore how an almanac links an archetypal astrological calendar to seasonal agriculture, using seed planting as a metaphor for setting intentions and increasing self-awareness in daily life.

Adds almanac to the vocab list and describes it as a calendar that documents astrological expressions.

Conclude the astrology 101 course and invite learners to explore practical astrology. Continue applying planets, signs, houses, and aspects to life through advanced courses.