How To Give a 30-Minute Birth Chart Reading – benebell wen

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This text is for one who has already constructed a strong basis at studying astrological start charts and is now eager about giving skilled chart readings to the general public. Having finished skilled chart readings for the general public for the final 12 years, I’ve realized a fantastic deal from my experiences and have tweaked, refined, and streamlined an efficient strategy, which I’m now sharing with you.

Basic Overview vs. Addressing a Particular Topic

First, make sure that each you and the shopper are clear on what kind of start chart studying the shopper desires.

Are they new to natal astrology and need a common overview of their chart’s key highlights, wherein case you may be touching in on all the most important matters, i.e., character profile, strengths, weaknesses, profession, love, cash, well being?

Or does the shopper need you to evaluate their start chart and deep-dive into one particular space, i.e., analyze their chart for profession metrics, analyze their chart for prosperity metrics, or inform them about their black moon Lilith placement and the way Lilith impacts different natal placements?

I had set the timing to half-hour for a purpose. It’s a digestible period of time for each astrologer and shopper. Nonetheless, it additionally means you could handle that point. As you in all probability know already, a start chart can take you down any myriad variety of immersive rabbit holes, which simply doesn’t make sense to go down in a 30 minute studying.

Personally, even for a common studying, I wish to get a way for what my shopper desires to learn about, or which placements they’re already accustomed to and never so accustomed to, that method I could make the most effective use of our time collectively. In the event that they’re an intermediate astrologer themselves, then I’m not going to spend a lot time explaining their solar, moon, and rising, and as a substitute get into a few of the extra obscure placements. In the event that they hardly know what their solar signal is and didn’t even know the ascendant was a factor, then sure, we’re gonna start with solar, moon, rising.

Preparation

I do assume you could put together prematurely of the particular supply of insights. Or, if it’s a scenario the place you get the chart after which want to start out deciphering it straight away, earlier than you start, give your self a couple of minutes to check the chart and jot down key notes. Why?

A start chart itself covers a lot floor and has a lot to say on each aspect of the native’s life path, that if I don’t jot down key notes to anchor myself, I can get misplaced within the weeds. At the very least for me, if I don’t take a minute of quiet research to stipulate major speaking factors, I’ll find yourself rambling about all types of tangential “enjoyable, nerdy” options within the chart which will or might not curiosity the querent, and in addition, in case you ramble on too many tangents, it’s going to make it tougher for the querent to attach the dots and depart with any cohesive takeaway factors.

Your preparedness primarily determines how productive and cohesive the shopper’s studying expertise from you may be.

Degree-Setting on the Begin

These are going to be ready, even canned remarks that you just at all times make at the beginning of a studying session, except it’s a repeat shopper who’s already accustomed to your fashion and strategy.

Mine are alongside the traces of, hello, I’m going to be studying your chart in Complete Indicators Tropical. I’ve realized to do that preemptively as a result of generally shoppers who’ve beforehand seen their charts however in Placidus solely will freak out.

Then you definately cowl your private philosophical strategy as an astrologer. I believe that is necessary as a result of astrologers fluctuate. This level-sets along with your shopper. So, for example, I’ll say one thing to the impact of my strategy to start charts is as a divine strategic plan mapped out for you in the intervening time of start, however you select your individual path, and when all is claimed and finished, you make your individual fortune. That’s as a result of challenges you had been born with might be overcome, and blessings you had been born with might be misplaced.

By the best way, that is one thing you will get out of the best way earlier than a session, on the time a session is booked. My choice is to get all this preliminary level-setting to a shopper method prematurely of a reserving.

Open with a Sound Chunk

Start the 30-minute studying by stating your thesis, or what stood out to you essentially the most in regards to the native’s chart. Be capable of summarize it in just a few sentences, one thing that will likely be a memorable takeaway for the shopper.

Admittedly, this seemingly no-brainer lesson took me a very long time to be taught. Astrology might be overwhelming, and as an astrologer you’ve already devoted a lot of your studying to the technical components of astrology that it doesn’t even really feel technical to you anymore. You possibly can simply rattle off what you’re seeing within the chart, one factor after one other, and get excited, however from the shopper’s perspective, you’ve lined method an excessive amount of, and now they’re overwhelmed. They recall that you just mentioned loads, however can’t pin down something too particular.

So starting with that “better of” in a sound chunk goes to assist body the studying session.

Home & Signal Method vs. Topic by Topic

Once I say “Home & Signal,” I imply that your strategy to deciphering a start chart for a shopper is to, say, begin with the ascendant and speak in regards to the implications of what’s taking place of their Home 1 and the zodiac signal ruling it, then transfer on to Home 2, then Home 3, all the best way across the wheel.

The “Topic by Topic” strategy is to have a set skeleton outlining the matters you may be masking after which simply deciphering the important thing placements addressing taht matter. For instance, you begin with character and disposition, so cowl the solar, moon, and rising, after which typically gloss over any of the private planets and key delicate factors that go towards character profile. Then you definately discuss love and romance, and clarify what the chart has to say about that, then profession metrics, well being, private spirituality, early childhood, maturity, fears, hopes, and so forth.

Which strategy an astrologer prefers is a matter of subjective opinion and elegance, I believe. Personally, I’ll select which strategy most closely fits the kind of astrological studying that’s being requested, and possibly even select which strategy primarily based on what I intuit the shopper desires from me.

In case you are a professional astrologer who will likely be providing written readings, I’d advocate drafting a boilerplate template for each approaches, then choosing which template to start out with primarily based on the shopper’s particular wants.

Home & Signal Method

For the Home & Signal Method, I’d simply go in sequential order ranging from Home 1. Begin by explaining what Home 1 in a start chart reveals in regards to the native. Instance: Home 1 in your chart usually represents selfhood, your future within the making, capability for self-development, and even physique.

Then determine the zodiac signal ruling the native’s first home, what that typically tells us in regards to the native, after which get into the planetary occupants, plus any key private delicate factors. For the ascendant home particularly, I’d additionally point out chart ruler after which rapidly cross-reference to speak about that planet. Shut with any notable angular facets that the planets or delicate factors in that home are tethered to.

Execs: This strategy provides the shopper a really complete map of their start chart and what each horoscopic piece of the sky pie says about them.

Cons: For a shopper who just isn’t very accustomed to astrology generally, the home & signal strategy might be overwhelming. Additionally, relying on how a lot you wish to cowl about every home, half-hour won’t be sufficient.

For a chart studying on a narrowly-tailored particular topic, such because the shopper desires a deep-dive into what their chart says about life objective, within the Home & Signal Method, you’d merely filter the evaluation of every home by way of that particular lens.

Topic by Topic Method

For the Topic by Topic Method, have a ready define template. For instance, (1) Character Profile (specializing in a reconciliation of the solar, moon, and rising, and maybe Mercury implications on their mind-set), (2) Prosperity metrics (specializing in the second home, Jupiter, Lot of Fortune, and eighth home), (3) Profession Potential and Social Standing, (4) Love and Romance; Compatibility, (5) Pursuit of Happiness (fifth home, to deal with their private strategy to creativity), (6) Inside Shadow, Weaknesses to Work On, Areas for Private Improvement, and another particular areas you as an astrologer wish to concentrate on.

Execs: Let’s be candid with one another right here, this strategy hits instantly into what the shopper desires to know, and is structured in a digestible format.

Cons: It’s my opinion that this strategy is much less conducive for the shopper studying any core astrology fundamentals. This strategy feeds them essentially the most instantly related details about their life path that they’d wish to know, however they gained’t come away with any astrology 101 know-how with respect to what every home within the chart says about them.

For a chart studying on a narrowly-tailored particular topic, then in making use of the Topic by Topic Method, the define of what to cowl can be sub-topics throughout the particular topic.

Unusual Placements

As a seasoned astrologer, you’re going to instantly spot the unusual options in a natal chart. Once you scan the chart holistically, what stands out essentially the most? A grand trine? Stellium? Grand cross? All of the planets congregate on only one hemisphere? A complete lotta retrogrades happening? [And before an astrologer slides into the comments to say, “Well actually,” yes, sure, what constitutes “uncommon” is quite the range.]

When to deal with unusual placements might be going to rely upon how the studying goes, and what your preferences are as an astrologer. Perhaps you begin with these observations earlier than stepping into the Home & Signal or Topic by Topic strategy. Perhaps it’s one thing you deliver up mid-stream when it’s related. Perhaps you shut with it. Or extra probably, it varies from studying to studying.

I simply deliver this up as a result of at some level through the 30-minute session, I believe it’s helpful (and entertaining) to instantly deal with unusual placements and discuss its implications. Everybody desires to know what’s unusual about their start chart, what makes them distinctive. So I’d say it’s an necessary level to focus on.

How A lot Astro Lingo to Use

That is, after all, an ever difficult stability to strike. A stereotype that astrologers get is utilizing too a lot technical astrology jargon. Typically, a shopper simply desires to know who they’re most appropriate with or what their chart says about optimum profession paths.

Perhaps they’re not eager about you rattling off all their angular facets, implications of decan rulership, or that their natal Mercury cazimi in Virgo.

Or…possibly they are. As a result of distinctive and unusual astrological options are going to be of curiosity to a shopper, as a result of all of us wish to know the methods we’re extraordinary. 😉 And a few shoppers are further nerdy and need to know all of the technical issues.

So I don’t essentially have any one-size-fits-all suggestions or recommendation right here, besides to say that as a professional astrologer, be ever aware of putting this stability.

The Conclusion, or Closing Remarks

I discover it useful to shut by reiterating that opening sound chunk you gave, recapping the three most notable factors you lined through the studying, and if it wasn’t lined already, a abstract word on dominant modality, elemental balancing, and chart form.

Additionally, depart a couple of minutes on the finish for follow-up questions. Then, the ultimate imprint you allow the shopper with needs to be one thing that seems like an affirmation, is positively validating, or an empowering, motivational takeaway message.

Though I’m not of the thoughts that one needs to be nice-washing and being superficially constructive, the fashion of your supply of the knowledge ought to be empowering, not disempowering. You possibly can ship unhealthy information however nonetheless do it in a method that preserves the querent’s sense of management and fuels their willpower. If a chart studying doesn’t try this for the shopper, then for my part, there is no such thing as a purpose to be giving a chart studying. A chart studying is purposeless with out imparting upon the shopper an actionable plan.

Distinction Between a 30-Minute and Hour-Lengthy Studying

I imply, it mainly comes all the way down to scope. A 30-minute studying means you’re going to offer simply the highlights reel. An hour-long studying is when you possibly can dig a little bit deeper and in addition embrace extra angular facets, or transcend the usual roster of planets and discuss asteroids.

My purpose for bringing this up is to remind you of the way you wish to strategy time constraints. You don’t wish to strategy a 30-minute studying the identical method you’d strategy a 60-minute studying, as a result of in case you do, you’ll run out of time through the 30-minute studying, and change into repetitive and run out of issues to say through the 60-minute studying. So be ever conscious of the time constraints.

I additionally discover that, by the way, there’s a bit extra schooling concerned through the hour-long session, the place the querent may also obtain the bonus of really studying a factor or two about astrology fundamentals. Whereas I don’t assume that inclusion of fabric belongs in a shorter kind studying.