School of Astrology
Learn to read a birth chart the way you learn a language: one building block at a time, each with its own picture. Then read yours, and the charts of the people in your life.
86 illustrated lessons in 8 modules
From first look to fluent reading
Eight modules, each building on the last. Start at the top, or jump straight to the sign, planet or house you are curious about.
Module 1Beginner9 articles, 44 min of reading First steps
Never read a chart before? Start here. Learn what a birth chart is, how to find your way around the wheel, and the one idea that unlocks every placement.
Module 2Beginner7 articles, 47 min of reading Elements and modalities
The two qualities every sign is built from: four elements for its nature, three modalities for how it moves.
Explore elements and modalitiesModule 3Beginner12 articles, 2 h 5 min of reading The twelve signs
The twelve ways of acting. How each sign works, what it needs, and how it shows up in a chart.
Explore all 12 signs- AriesMar 21 – Apr 19initiatingCardinal Ruled by Mars11 min read
- TaurusApr 20 – May 20steadyingFixed Ruled by Venus11 min read
- GeminiMay 21 – Jun 20connectingMutable Ruled by Mercury10 min read
- CancerJun 21 – Jul 22nurturingCardinal Ruled by the Moon10 min read
- LeoJul 23 – Aug 22expressingFixed Ruled by the Sun12 min read
- VirgoAug 23 – Sep 22refiningMutable Ruled by Mercury10 min read
- LibraSep 23 – Oct 22balancingCardinal Ruled by Venus10 min read
- ScorpioOct 23 – Nov 21transformingFixed Ruled by Mars10 min read
- SagittariusNov 22 – Dec 21exploringMutable Ruled by Jupiter10 min read
- CapricornDec 22 – Jan 19buildingCardinal Ruled by Saturn11 min read
- AquariusJan 20 – Feb 18innovatingFixed Ruled by Saturn10 min read
- PiscesFeb 19 – Mar 20dissolvingMutable Ruled by Jupiter10 min read
Module 4Beginner14 articles, 1 h 32 min of reading The planets
The energies that act, from the Sun and Moon to the outer planets, the lunar nodes, Chiron and Lilith.
Explore all 14 planetsPersonal planets
Fast movers, your day-to-day self
Social planets
Growth and structure over years
Outer planets
Slow, shared by a generation
Points and Chiron
Calculated points that refine a reading
Module 5Intermediate16 articles, 1 h 34 min of reading Houses and angles
The twelve areas of life where the planets play out, and the four points that anchor the chart.
Explore houses and anglesThe twelve houses
- 1First houseself and presence6 min read
- 2Second houseresources and worth6 min read
- 3Third housemind and near world6 min read
- 4Fourth househome and roots6 min read
- 5Fifth housejoy and creation6 min read
- 6Sixth housework and health6 min read
- 7Seventh housepartnership6 min read
- 8Eighth houseshared depth6 min read
- 9Ninth housemeaning and travel6 min read
- 10Tenth housecalling and status6 min read
- 11Eleventh housefriends and future6 min read
- 12Twelfth houseretreat and the unseen6 min read
The four angles
Module 6Intermediate13 articles, 54 min of reading Aspects and patterns
How the planets talk to each other, and the larger shapes that tie a whole chart together.
Explore aspects and patternsAspects
Module 7Advanced7 articles, 30 min of reading Dignity
When a planet works with ease and when it asks more of you, in the traditional system of dignities.
Explore dignity- DomicileAt home in its own sign5 min read
- ExaltationAn honoured guest, at its best4 min read
- DetrimentOpposite home, against the grain4 min read
- FallOpposite exaltation, least at ease4 min read
- PeregrineNo dignity at all, a wanderer4 min read
- Mutual ReceptionTwo planets in each other's signs4 min read
- SectDay charts and night charts5 min read
Module 8Advanced8 articles, 38 min of reading Timing
How the moving sky meets the chart you were born with: transits, returns, progressions and eclipses.
Explore timing- TransitsThe moving sky on your chart5 min read
- RetrogradeThe apparent backward loop5 min read
- Moon PhasesThe Sun and Moon month by month5 min read
- Saturn ReturnThe great check-in near 295 min read
- Jupiter ReturnA new chapter every 12 years4 min read
- Solar ReturnA chart for each year of life4 min read
- ProgressionsThe slow inner clock5 min read
- EclipsesTurning points on the nodes5 min read
What you will find in every lesson
Each lesson takes one piece of the chart and shows how it works in a real life, yours or someone close to you. The first part is free for everyone. The full lesson comes with the pass.
Free for everyone
- What it means for youThe heart of it in plain words, and how to recognise it in your own life.
- Where to find itA diagram of where it sits on the wheel, so you can spot it in your chart.
In the full lesson
- Reading it in someone else's chartUnderstand a partner, a friend or your child, with care rather than labels.
- What shifts the meaningHow its sign, house, aspects and ruler change the story.
- Myths, set straightThe popular claims that mislead, and what holds up instead.
- In love and relationshipsHow it meets another person's chart, and where it needs patience.
- When it comes aliveThe transits and returns that switch it on, and roughly when they arrive.
- Growing with itQuestions to test it against your life, and ways to work with its gifts and its shadow.
- Where astrologers disagreeTraditional and modern views side by side, clearly labelled.
- Your questions, answeredShort, plain answers to what people ask most.
Learn with your own chart open
Every lesson makes more sense next to your own placements. Create your birth chart for free, then come back and read it, piece by piece.
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