Academy

Degree 1 — the foundations

Nine lessons on reading a chart the way the tradition reads one. Each lesson ends with an exercise on your own chart, so the material is learned on the sky you were born under and not on a worked example.

Every lesson is open to everyone. With a free account, the site keeps your progress and your badges.

At the end of the twelve, a certificate

Pass the twelve quizzes and Degree 1 closes: you get a certificate of completion as a PDF, with your name and the twelve lessons on it. It costs nothing, like the degree.

A record of study — not a professional qualification.

01
What a chart is
The sky at one moment, and why the frame is the observer.
02
The seven planets
Natures, benefic and malefic, sect — and the three that came later.
03
The twelve signs
Element, mode, ruler: how a sign filters what a planet does.
04
The four elements
Hot, cold, moist and dry; the four elements and the four humours; temperament.
05
The twelve houses
Where a life actually happens, and why the birth time decides it.
06
The Ascendant and the four angles
The rising point, the lord of the chart and the four doors of the sky.
07
The five aspects
How planets see each other, and why orbs belong to the planet.
08
Dignity
Why one planet acts easily and another does not.
09
Sect and the light of the Sun
Day and night charts; cazimi, combustion, under the beams.
10
The Moon
Phase, speed, and the end of a sign.
11
The days and the planetary hours
Every day and every hour has a lord. How they are counted, and what they were for.
12
Putting it together
Reading a chart in five steps — and what is not promised.