These four series of classes are on topics specially requested by students.  They are designed for astrology students who have a basic understanding of the twelve astrological archetypes and who have a rudimentary ability to read a chart.

These “toolkit” classes are packed full of tips, tricks and techniques that give you special insight into yourself, your friends and family and (especially) into your clients—and you’ll be eager to use these tools right away!  Classes are in small groups (4 to 8 people), guaranteeing personal attention from the group on your own chart.  This gives you vibrant, living examples that illustrate how to apply the information.  The classes are lively and fun, with lots of room for your questions.

Classes are held online, with teleconference and webinar software that you’ll find easy to use.  Find out about class pricing by contacting me.

NOTE ABOUT SCHEDULING:  I schedule these classes in response to student appetite.  If you want to take one of these and it’s not currently scheduled, ask me to schedule it by emailing me at pandora@pandoraastrology.com

Included are:
Toolkit of Chart Analysis Techniques (the Four Elements, the Three Qualities, the chart’s signature sign, Keywords and Formulas, rulerships, the Ascendant and Midheaven, the Thumbprint, the Power Source, aspects and aspect configurations, synastry and composite charts)
Toolkit of Time-Based Techniques (Transits, Progressions, Mercury retrograde cycles, Lunar cycles and eclipses, Life Cycle astrology, Solar Return charts and the Personal Year)
Toolkit of Essential Archetypes (Chiron, Ceres, Pallas-Athene, Juno and Vesta)
Chart Synthesis Practicum (the Owner’s Manual perspective, theme-hunting, spotting hot and compelling traits in a chart and the all-important practice of putting it all together and delivering an honest-to-goodness, coherent and illuminating reading)
(Looking for Beginning Astrology Classes?  Click here.)

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Your Toolkit of Time-Based Techniques

This series of six classes gives you powerful predictive techniques.
Arm your clients with the knowledge of what’s coming down the pike,
along with how long it will last and its precise rhythm—down to the day.
Help them understand what it means and how to respond in ways
that leave them feeling empowered, masterful and on the right path.

You can attend in person in Berkeley, California or by teleclass and get all the same information, materials and attention.

Each class includes a lecture recording, which you get to keep.
Each class has time for questions and answers at the end.
Be ready to take notes and to ask questions about your own chart.

Transits:  Understanding How Events Feel And Flow
Berkeley, CA: Tues, Oct 19, 2010, 7 PM
Teleclass: Tues, Oct 26, 2010, 5 PM Pacific/8 PM Eastern Time
To really know transits, you have to make friends with the outer planets and their themes.  In this class you’ll learn how to interpret and diagram a transit for a readee so that they “get” it and can make use of it.  Your readees will refer to your readings again and again.

Progressions:  Your Natural Unfolding (prerequisite:  Transits)
Berkeley, CA: Tues, November 2, 2010, 7 PM
Teleclass:  Tues, November 9, 2010, 5 PM Pacific Time/8 PM Eastern Time
You might call progressions ‘developmental astrology’—progressions are similar to developmental psychology, but they don’t stop with childhood’s end.  Understand how each sign flows into the next.  Great stuff here for Mercury and Venus retrograde people.

Moon Magic (prerequisites:  Transits, Progressions)
Berkeley, CA:  Tues, November 16, 2010, 7 PM
Teleclass:  Tues, November 23, 2010, 5 PM Pacific Time/8 PM Eastern Time
This class is a potpourri of lunar techniques:  understanding and interpreting the lunar phases eclipses, and how to calculate and understand the progressed Moon.  When you interpret your client’s Moon, you hand her the invaluable key to her self-care.

Retrogrades and Trigger Planets (prerequisite:  Transits)
Berkeley, CA:  Tues, November 30, 2010, 7 PM
Teleclass:  Tues, December 7, 2010, 5 PM Pacific Time/8 PM Eastern Time
Ever experienced a Mercury retrograde period and wondered if Mercury is your friend or foe?  Ever been through a Venus retrograde period and felt like your relationship went through the wringer?  The often-feared retrograde period is just one piece of a very productive cycle—when you use it properly.  In this class you’ll also learn how the fast-moving planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars) act as powerful triggers for longer-term transits.

Life Cycle Astrology (prerequisite:  Transits, Progressions)
Berkeley, CA:  Tues, December 14, 2010, 7 PM
Teleclass:  Tues, December 21, 2010, 5 PM Pacific Time/8 PM Eastern Time
The Saturn return heralds several milestones that take every human being through young adulthood into midlife “crisis” and into the elder years.  They include the rocky Pluto square, the confusing Neptune square and the restless Uranus opposition—and more.  Learn about the passages we all experience and how to help people through them.

Using Return Charts (prerequisite:  Transits)
Berkeley, CA:  Tues, January 4, 2011, 7 PM Pacific Time
Teleclass:  Tues, January 11, 2011, 5 PM Pacific Time/8 PM Eastern Time
The Solar Return, a technique astrologers tend to disagree about, illustrates that the simple way is the best.  Using a tropical, non-precessed solar return and adding the rhythm of the Personal Year, we’ll reveal the native’s strongest themes this year.  In this class you’ll also learn to read Saturn, Jupiter and other planetary return charts, as well as charts for their quarter-phases.

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Your Astrological Toolkit of Chart Analysis Techniques

This series of twelve classes gives you down-to-earth ways to interpret pieces of the chart so that you get it, your readee gets it, your readee is helped and your readee comes back for more.  The series begins with 3 classes that will help even the most rank beginner in astrology get up to speed.

Your Secret Decoder Ring
In-person class on Feb 8, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on Feb 15, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
You’ll feel like a kid with a “secret decoder ring” as you begin decoding charts right away in this easy, fun class.  This class gives you a general understanding of why a chart is set up the way it is and what all those funny little symbols mean.  Charts come alive as you begin seeing them as a stage play with characters, costumes and scenery.  In this class you’ll also learn the best places to cast a chart on the internet and what to do with it once you’ve cast it.

The Magical Sky: A Tour Of Your Astrological Toolkit
In-person class on Feb 22, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on March 1, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
In this class you begin to understand the sky’s magic and get inside the inner workings of the Universe itself.  You’ll learn how our solar system’s very shape affects us here on Earth and you’ll get why the zodiac signs are arranged the way they are.  This class has WAY too much information in it–but it’s ok if you drown.  Everything here will be explained further in later classes. And there are some very helpful handouts.

How To Use “The Force” Wisely
In-person class on March 22, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on March 29, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Astrology is a very powerful tool that enables you to get right inside someone’s world very quickly.  You’ll learn why it’s important to respect your readee and how to use his chart to help him become the finest person possible.  In this class you’ll learn the most important gift you can give another human being and how to give it effectively (hint: it’s not money and everyone’s got it!).

The Four Elements, The Three Qualities and the Chart’s Signature Sign
In-person class on April 5, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on April 12, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
This class includes exercises that give a physically embodied sense of what the 4 elements mean.  If you’re confused about why Libra is Cardinal or why Scorpio is Fixed, this class is for you.  The Elements and Qualities lead to discovering the chart’s Signature Sign.  It’s not your Sun sign, or your Moon or Rising–it’s the one sign that arises from the strongest element and the strongest quality in your chart.  It shows your soul’s overall agenda in this lifetime.  This will move your readee deeply!

Keywords & Formulas:  Astrological Interpretation Made Easy
In-person class on April 19, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on April 26, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Using the astrological ‘alphabet,’ we’ll string together archetypal sentences that expand and illuminate your interpretations.  Learn how to brainstorm meanings and grow your own ‘box of tricks’ to help you translate self-understanding into astrological language.

Rulerships, Dispositors and Planet-Chasing
In-person class on May 10, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on May 17, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Do you wonder why Jupiter is exalted in Cancer and why Saturn ruled Aquarius before Uranus showed up? This class clarifies rulerships and dispositorships, the basis for techniques like the Thumbprint, the Public Image planet and the Face of the Beloved.

Your Four Faces:  The Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven & Nadir
(prerequisite:  Rulerships, Dispositors and Planet-Chasing)
In-person class on May 24, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on May 31, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
This class includes how to discover your Thumbprint (the stamp of your personality), the Face of the Mythical Beloved and your Public Image planet.  You can apply these interpretation tips to anybody’s chart and get powerful, immediate results!

Your Power Source
(prerequisite:  Rulerships, Dispositors and Planet-Chasing)
In-person class on June 7, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on June 14, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Here’s where you come to understand the ‘engine at the center of the works of your life.’  This class explains dispositorship and in particular the final dispositor.  Find out how giving your planets the appropriate ‘food’ is the key to success and happiness.

Aspects, the Scripts Your Inner Characters Play Out
In-person class on June 21, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on June 28, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
If your chart is a stage play, with planetary characters wearing sign costumes and occupying house settings, then the aspects are the scripts of that play.  Here’s you’ll find out why having a lot of trines can make a person prone to arrogance, why people with a lot of squares can turn out so successful and why those with lots of oppositions are argumentative.  In this class you’ll learn to see each of your hard aspects as a gift wrapped in an unattractive package and to love the difficult quincunx.

Aspect Configurations
(prerequisite:  Aspects)
In-person class on July 5, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on July 12, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Grand Trines, Grand Crosses and T-Squares, oh my!  After learning about the individual aspects in the previous class, we are now ready to see how they fit together into larger aspect configurations.  If your Grand Cross makes you. . . cross or if you’re mystified by your Mystic Rectangle, all will be explained.  In this class we’ll also tackle the anxiety-provoking Yod (mwa-ha-ha-haaaaa!).

Synastry, Chart Comparison and Composite Charts
In-person class on July 19, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on July 26, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Relationships are hard enough—but most people don’t even understand the astrology behind their attractions and behaviors.  They need your help!  This class teaches you why people relate the way they do and about that elusive thing called “chemistry.”

Astrology’s Checkered Past
In-person class on August 2, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on August 9, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
This class gives the novice astrologer a sense of the breadth and depth of astrological tradition,  including facts and stories from Western astrology’s history, as well as a brief overview of the other astrologies:  Chinese, Vedic and Meso-American (Mayan).  Why our tradition won’t die, even though astrologers and libraries got burned.  This class ends the series with a broad view, reminding us of the majesty and many important scientific contributions of our field.

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Toolkit of Essential Archetypes

In this set of 5 classes on Chiron and the asteroid goddesses we will delve
into the meanings of these archetypes, drawing on mythology
and archetypal psychology.  You’ll come away with solid ways
of interpreting them that your clients will really relate to.

Chiron, The Wounded Healer and Shaman
In-person class on August 30, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on September 6, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Is he broken or brilliant?  Answer: both.  We all have inside us that primally wounded place where we know ourselves to be special.  Understanding Chiron gets you rapport with your clients faster than anything.  Learn how to take them on a healing journey.

The Asteroid Classes:
If your clients are women, you definitely need
to know these powerful goddess archetypes.

Ceres, Midwife and Goddess of the Cultivated Land
In-person class on September 13, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on September 20, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Mother Nature, Mother Earth—whatever you call her, Ceres represents our essential relationship with the physical world.  Her themes line up beautifully with those of Taurus:  food, money, physical security.  Ceres explains eating disorders.

Pallas-Athene, Warrior Woman and Goddess of Wisdom
In-person class on September 27, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on October 4, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
Is she a ball-buster or is she Daddy’s Little Girl?  This complex female warrior archetype defies comprehension yet an understanding of her themes is essential to understanding the dilemma of the modern woman: “how to balance my strength with my softness?”

Juno, Matriarch, Matchmaker and Goddess of Marriage
In-person class on October 11, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on October 18, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
How come the Queen of Heaven can’t get no respect?  She gets it here in this class devoted to her themes of marriage, matchmaking and feminine (non-hierarchical) leadership styles.  Compare her with Venus for mind-blowing relationship insights.

Vesta, the Temple Priestess and Sexual Healer
In-person class on October 25, 2011 at 7:30PM in Berkeley, CA
Teleclass by phone on November 1, 2011 at 5PM PT/8PM ET
The misunderstood and much-maligned Sacred Prostitute and sexual healer finally has her day in this class, where you’ll learn to sympathetically explain her meaning to any client, even those who are terrified of infidelity.  Learn why “focus” is her key theme.

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Chart Synthesis Practicum:  Putting It All Together
(Prerequisites:  Toolkits of Natal and Time-Based Techniques)

This series teaches a combination of analytical/detailed
and big-picture techniques, then brings them all together
into practical application in a round robin chart study group.
Take this class only after you have taken
the classes in the Natal and Time-Based Toolkits,
because it draws heavily on your understanding of those techniques.
This class is held in an emotionally warm, small-group atmosphere.

Your Chart as an Owner’s Manual For Your Life
This class gives you a basic perspective that is at once practical, spiritual and personal growth oriented.  The Owner’s Manual analogy sets you up to have rapport and compassion with your clients, while also inspiring them to embody their greatest potential.

Theme Hunting
This class is packed with techniques for finding and articulating core themes in a chart.  How to spot multiple instances of an archetype.  Places where the archetypes blend and merge.  This is about weighting.  It’s also about when to get ‘cuspy’ and when to not.

What Jumps Out?
This class is a basket of techniques you don’t want to ignore, because clients identify strongly with them.  You’ll learn which character traits are going to be the most compelling to the individual, stuff they definitely need and want to know.

How To Do A Reading
How on earth do astrologers prepare to read for someone they are just meeting for the first time in session?  Hint: ‘the client IS the chart IS the session.’ In this practical class you’ll learn to sort through all the information and craft a coherent 90-minute reading.

Round Robin Chart Study Group
In this series of classes, students will form an astrological ‘group-mind’ to interpret the chart of a single participant each meeting.  You’ll walk through all the necessary techniques to perform a comprehensive and instantly useful astrological session.