Understand Birth Charts!

Learn how to read a birth chart and understand the planets, zodiac signs, houses and aspects that create your unique astrological picture.

Explore the Sky!

Journey beyond your Sun sign to discover lunar cycles, retrogrades, eclipses, transits and the fascinating layers that bring astrology to life.

Empower Your knowledge

Build strong astrological foundations and the confidence to explore charts, understand cosmic events and continue developing your knowledge for yourself.

About the course

What if you could look at the zodiac, a birth chart or the astrology unfolding in the sky and actually understand what it all means for yourself? Our Foundation Certificate in Astrology is your invitation into that fascinating world. Beginning right at the foundations, we will build your knowledge as you discover the twelve zodiac signs, planets, houses, aspects, lunar cycles, retrogrades, eclipses and transits, before learning how these different layers come together to create a birth chart. As your knowledge grows, the astrology becomes personal. You will have the opportunity to explore your own birth chart, uncover your individual placements and patterns, and begin understanding the astrological picture that is completely unique to you. You will also gain the confidence to understand so much more of the astrology you see and hear about every day, rather than always relying on somebody else to explain it. You do not need any previous knowledge or experience. Even if you have never seen a birth chart before, I will guide you through everything gradually, turning what can initially look like a mysterious collection of symbols, planets and lines into something you can recognise, explore and begin interpreting for yourself. If astrology has always fascinated you but you have never known where to begin, begin here. Enrol today and discover just how much more there is to astrology beyond your Star sign.

Curriculum

15 Chapters · 84 Lessons

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Hello, Welcome & Good Luck!

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      What You Will Need to Begin

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      Astrology Reference Guide

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      Setting Your Intentions for The Course

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      Keep an Astrology Journal

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      What Is Astrology?

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      Astrology, Astronomy and the Zodiac

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      An Introduction to the Birth / Natal Chart

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      Create Your Own Chart

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      Module 1 Quiz

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      Understanding the Twelve Zodiac Signs

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      Opposite Signs and the Zodiac Axes

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      You Are More Than Your Sun Sign

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      The Zodiac Within Your Own Chart

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      Module 2 Quiz

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      The Four Elements of Astrology

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      The Three Modalities

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      Polarity and The Zodiac

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      Your Elemental and Modal Balance

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      Module 3 Quiz

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      Understanding the Planets

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      The Sun and Moon: The Luminaries

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      Jupiter and Saturn: The Social Planets

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      Uranus, Neptune and Pluto: The Outer Planets

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      Planetary Rulerships

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      The Planets in Your Chart

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      Module 4 Quiz

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      Understanding the Big Three

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      Your Sun and Moon in More Detail

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      Your Rising Sign and Ascendant in More Detail

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      Your Chart Ruler

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      Bringing Your Big Three Together

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      Module 5: Quiz

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      Understanding the Astrological Houses

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      Houses 1 to 3: Self, Values and Communication

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      Houses 4 to 6: Home, Creativity and Everyday Life

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      Houses 7 to 9: Relationships, Transformation and Expansion

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      Houses 10 to 12: Direction, Community and the Inner World

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      House Types and Empty Houses

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      Let's Interpret an Example Birth Chart

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      Module 6 Quiz

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      The Astrology Formula: What, How and Where

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      Understanding a Complete Placement

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      Layering Your Birth Chart

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      Beginning to Recognise Your Astrological Story

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      Module 7 Quiz

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      Understanding Aspects

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      The Five Major Aspects

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      Harmony, Challenge and Growth

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      Understanding Aspects Within the Wider Chart

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      Module 8 Quiz

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      Understanding Planetary Dignity

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      Rulership, Strength and Expression

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      There Are No “Bad” Placements

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      Planetary Expression in Your Own Chart

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      Module 9 Quiz

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      Understanding Retrograde Motion

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      The Planetary Retrogrades

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      Natal Retrogrades

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      Retrogrades Without the Fear

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      Retrogrades in Your Own Chart

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      Module 10 Quiz

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      The North and South Nodes

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      Your Nodes Through the Signs and Houses

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      Chiron, the Wounded Healer

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      The Four Angles of the Birth Chart

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      Your Nodes, Chiron and Angles

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      Module 11 Quiz

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      The Moon and the Lunar Cycle

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      The Moon Through the Zodiac

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      Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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      Your Natal Moon and the Transiting Moon

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      Bringing Lunar Astrology Into Your Life

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      Module 12 Quiz

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      What Are Astrological Transits?

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      Fast and Slow Moving Transits

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      Planets Transiting the Houses

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      Understanding Which Transits May Affect You

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      How to Write a Horoscope!

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      Module 13 Quiz

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      Bringing Everything Together

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      Your Essential Astrology Reference Guide

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      Your Astrology Journey!

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      Final Assessment

Claire Titmus

I’m Claire, founder of The Crystal Bar Academy, and I have spent years sharing my love of astrology, crystals and spiritual learning with a wonderful community around the world. My own journey with astrology began with the same curiosity that may have brought you here. I wanted to understand what sat beyond a Star sign. I wanted to know why a birth chart looked the way it did, what all those planets, houses and aspects actually meant, and how the movements happening in the sky connected with the astrology we experience and talk about every day. Like many people learning astrology, I discovered very quickly just how vast the subject is. There is so much information available that knowing where to begin, what to learn first and how everything connects can feel overwhelming. Over time, through study, experience and continually working with astrology, those individual pieces began to form a much clearer picture. That experience has shaped the way I teach. I don't believe astrology needs to be made unnecessarily complicated or intimidating to be valuable. I also don't believe in using astrology to frighten people with predictions or tell them that a placement or transit determines who they are or what will happen to them. My approach is about knowledge, curiosity and empowerment, helping you understand the astrology while always leaving space for your own experiences, choices and individuality. That is exactly why I created this Foundation Certificate. My greatest goal as your tutor is not for you to finish this course having memorised hundreds of astrological meanings. I want you to finish it with genuine understanding. I want you to see a birth chart that may once have looked completely overwhelming and think, I know what I'm looking at now.” Most of all, I want to give you strong foundations, the confidence to trust what you have learned and, hopefully, an even greater excitement to continue discovering this incredible subject long after you complete your course.