Astrologer’s Diploma Program (Year 1)
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone who has a burning desire to become an excellent professional astrologer. Previous study of astrology is not necessary. All foundations in our Foundations of Classical Astrology (FOCA) program as structured in Mastering Traditional Astrology: A Depth of Beginning in the Celestial Art. This program is also great for practitioners within the consultancy, healing, or counselling fields who are looking to integrate astrology into their profession.
What subjects will you study?
- Foundations of Classical Astrology
- Horary Astrology
- Natal Astrology
- Foundations of Medical Astrology
- Synastry
What happens next?
Many of our students pursue the first year of OSA studies in order to apply astrological principles to their lives, even if they have no desire to enter professional practice. Upon completing PCA1, students will have all the skills they need in order to share astrology with their friends and family, and provide an in-depth natal assessment of the charts of potential clients. At OSA, we believe that for an astrologer to truly engage in professional practice, that person needs to be proficient in both natal assessment and prediction. PCA1 graduates are encouraged to continue their training at the PCA2 level so that they can provide comprehensive astrological services to their clients.
Foundations of Classical Astrology (FOCA)
This course is the cornerstone of everything we teach at OSA. Students will receive a thorough introduction to the structure and technical framework of traditional astrology following the model laid out in Mastering Traditional Astrology: A Depth of Beginning in the Celestial Art. Students will develop critical thinking skills in terms of astrological chart analysis and will apply these skills in horary astrology practice. They will learn directly from Mychal A. Bryan and will be supported in their studies by senior students who he has selected in order to further deepen their understand of the Oraculos syllabus and method of chart delineation.
Concepts that are covered in this course include:
- Understanding the philosophical framework upon which traditional astrology is built.
- Learn how the qualities, elements, planets, signs, aspects, and houses used in traditional astrology all organically arise out of a systematic approach to the cosmos as laid out by the ancients.
- Gain a clear understanding of the astronomical principles upon which traditional Western tropical astrology is built.
- Develop the technical skills necessary for accurate chart delineation within traditional astrology through horary astrology practice.
- Discover the scope of their practice as astrologers – what is within their domain of possibilities and what are not.
Practice of Concrete Natal Astrology
Building upon the firm foundation of FOCA, this program provides students with a systematic framework of Natal Horoscopy rooted within the Medieval and Renaissance periods. This program explores one of the chief quandaries within the mind of the budding Astrologer: where does one begin reading a natal chart? Students will be given a step-by-step rubric for natal chart delineation, through which they will be able to make their confident initial steps in concrete natal Astrology delineation.
Objective for this course include:
- Determining the psychological constitution of a person through applying traditional approaches to psychological astrology.
- Learn how to assess the financial welfare of a person throughout the various phases of life.
- Domestic astrology – learning how to assess the family dynamics between the native, their siblings, and parents from the natal chart.
- Identify the destiny of a person in relation to love, romance, and marriage within their lifetime.
- Assess the natural strengths and weaknesses of the native and how they can be directed towards finding career success and fulfillment within this lifetime.
Practice of Concrete Medical Astrology
Medical astrology is the astrological determination of the constitutional strength or weakness of a person. Through medical astrology, we can understand the common planetary signatures of various illnesses as well as any associated emotional or psychological patterns that may be co-present.
Within this introductory course, students will learn:
- Experiential anatomy and physiology classes that allow students to automatically see the connections between astrology and the human body.
- Mychal’s systematic approach to medical astrology chart delineation.
- Which astrological combinations correspond most commonly with noteworthy medical events within the life of a person.
- A classical and modern system of how the planets correspond with the various systems and individual organs of the body.
- How to conduct a constitutional wellbeing assessment for clients.
- Planetary combinations for various emotional and psychological experiences and how these stellar factors often correspond with specific ailments.
- Tools for building a client session in an efficient, focused, and respectful way.
- A system and tools for conducting medical astrology research.
Synastry: Astrology of Love & Compatibility
Synastry is the astrological practice of determining the compatibility and relationship dynamics between two people. Building upon their advanced skills, students will now begin interpreting two charts, instead of one. Students will learn how to quickly spot the strengths and weaknesses that exist between couples. They will also gain skills for helping others skillfully navigate the relationship dynamics they face with their partners.
Students will obtain:
- Deepened understanding of how to navigate the dynamics of client work.
- Learn how to read a chart specifically for identifying the love language of a person, and determine whether it synchronizes harmoniously with the love expression or style of their partner.
- Learn how to conduct an astrological synastry consultation for a couple.
- Explore the composite chart as a method of judging compatibility as well as potential challenges between partners.
Astrologer’s Diploma Program (Year 2)
Becoming a Professional Astrologer
The second year of the Professional Astrologer’s Diploma Program builds upon the foundation laid by PCA1. Students will deepen their current chart interpretation skills, and receive in-depth training in predictive astrology.
What will you study?
- Revolutional Astrology (Solar, Lunar, Embolismic Lunations)
- Directional Astrology (Secondary, Solar Arc Directions)
- Natal-Based Mundane Predictions (Transits, Eclipses)
What happens next?
Upon successful graduation from the PCA2 program, students will be awarded our OSA Professional Astrologer’s Diploma. This award is commensurate with the years the students have invested into mastering the various skills covered in the OSA syllabus.
Our students go on to start their own professional practice. Students also go into teaching, lecturing at conferences, starting their own podcasts, research, and a variety of other endeavours based on their interests and astrological ability. Selected students are given the opportunity to become a consulting astrology for OSA as well. Selected students also have the opportunity to become a member of the OSA teaching faculty. The decision to hire a consulting astrologer or a faculty member at OSA is fully under the discretion of Mychal A. Bryan. This is based on the student’s work ethic, professionalism, mastery of the OSA syllabus, and ability to demonstrate concrete, event-based astrology based on the OSA syllabus.Â
Practice of Concrete Prediction I (Revolutional Astrology)
In this course, students advance their natal skills by interpreting predictive revolutional charts. Students learn a clear and systematic rubric for making accurate concrete predictions, and how to extend their natal skills by finding the evidence of the natal promise within a predictive chart.
Students learn:
- How to accurately analyze all forms of revolutional charts.
- Different ideas regarding the scope and period of time covered by a Solar Return chart.
- How to use both the lunar return and the 12th harmonic solar return as a means of predicting monthly events.
- How to find and utilize the Embolismic Lunation chart as an annual predictive tool.
Practice of Concrete Prediction II (Directional Astrology)
After developing their predictive skills through chart-based methods of prediction, students now begin exploring more advanced arc-based methods of prediction. These include primary directions, secondary directions/progressions, and solar arc directions. Students also learn how to utilize the contributions of predictive Uranian Astrology and Cosmobiology as a means of predicting concrete events.
Students will learn:
- How to identify active planetary directions in traditional astrology and with a midpoint listing.
- How to explore all of their chart-based predictive skills on the midpoint listing.
- How to utilize the midpoint listing to investigate and corroborate everything they can learn about an individual from a traditional delineation of the natal chart.
- How to narrow down the exact day when a combination will become active.
- How to use the graphic ephemeris for transits and directions.
Becoming a Professional Astrologer
The second year of the Professional Astrologer’s Diploma Program builds upon the foundation laid by PCA1. Students will deepen their current chart interpretation skills, and receive in-depth training in predictive astrology.What will you study?
- Revolutional Astrology (Solar, Lunar, Embolismic Lunations)
- Directional Astrology (Secondary, Solar Arc Directions)
- Natal-Based Mundane Predictions (Transits, Eclipses)
- Electional Astrology
What happens next?
Upon successful graduation from the PCA2 program, students will be awarded our OSA Professional Astrologer’s Diploma. This award is commensurate with the years the students have invested into mastering the various skills covered in the OSA syllabus. Our students go on to start their own professional practice. Students also go into teaching, lecturing at conferences, starting their own podcasts, research, and a variety of other endeavours based on their interests and astrological ability. Selected students are given the opportunity to become a consulting astrology for OSA as well. Selected students also have the opportunity to become a member of the OSA teaching faculty. The decision to hire a consulting astrologer or a faculty member at OSA is fully under the discretion of Mychal A. Bryan. This is based on the student’s work ethic, professionalism, mastery of the OSA syllabus, and ability to demonstrate concrete, event-based astrology based on the OSA syllabus.ÂPractice of Concrete Prediction I (Revolutional Astrology)
In this course, students advance their natal skills by interpreting predictive revolutional charts. Students learn a clear and systematic rubric for making accurate concrete predictions, and how to extend their natal skills by finding the evidence of the natal promise within a predictive chart.
Students learn:
- How to accurately analyze all forms of revolutional charts.
- Different ideas regarding the scope and period of time covered by a Solar Return chart.
- How to use both the lunar return and the 12th harmonic solar return as a means of predicting monthly events.
- How to find and utilize the Embolismic Lunation chart as an annual predictive tool.
Practice of Concrete Prediction II (Directional Astrology)
After developing their predictive skills through chart-based methods of prediction, students now begin exploring more advanced arc-based methods of prediction. These include primary directions, secondary directions/progressions, and solar arc directions. Students also learn how to utilize the contributions of predictive Uranian Astrology and Cosmobiology as a means of predicting concrete events.
Students will learn:
- How to identify active planetary directions in traditional astrology and with a midpoint listing.
- How to explore all of their chart-based predictive skills on the midpoint listing.
- How to utilize the midpoint listing to investigate and corroborate everything they can learn about an individual from a traditional delineation of the natal chart.
- How to narrow down the exact day when a combination will become active.
- How to use the graphic ephemeris for transits and directions.
Natal-Based Elections & Relocational Astrology
Now that students have acquired all of the skills necessary to work with clients in both a general and predictive sense, they now develop those skills further through electional astrology. They will also learn how to help their clients astrologically troubleshoot challenging areas of their lives, so that they can provide their clients with every possible option for finding success and fulfillment within this lifetime.
Students will:
- Learn the OSA approach to natal-based electional astrology.
- Learn how to harmonize an electional chart to the natal promise of an individual.
- Learn how to use Astro-Mapping and Solar Maps in order to identify countries and cities that can specifically aid clients in achieving their goals and desires within the various spheres of their lives.
Students who have successfully completed the final semester of training begin their final practicum. Here, students will learn how to establish a professional practice and gain all the skills necessary to foster relationships of clarity, trust, and respect with clients. Students will receive training in consulting, coaching, and counseling skills to further enhance their client offerings. Students receive group mentorship on the various issues that they face during client work and receive coaching towards taking their final certification exam.