This workshop focuses on the
pivotal importance of the Ascendant in horoscope interpretation.
How important is it to understanding the person? As the Ascendant
represents life and the physical body, as well as a person’s
mental, moral, and intellectual disposition, it is taken to be
eighty percent of the horoscope. When we comprehend the meaning of
the Ascendant, we gain an awareness of how a person will react to
the rest of the sky.
Without an appreciation of its
importance, the rest of the chart will be taken out of context and
the astrologer will be led to make a glaringly erroneous
interpretation of the chart that could not only mislead and harm
the client, but also contribute to discrediting the discipline of
Astrology.
This practical workshop focuses
on how to create an image of a person based on the factors that
contribute to the Ascendant’s formation.
SATURDAY
Workshop - "On Morin's Theory of Determination"
Morin synthesized his
understanding of the astrological tradition in two short, compact
phrases: “The active determination of the celestial bodies and the
passive determination of the sublunary world.”
This advanced, in-depth
workshop will expand on these two obscure phrases that give to the
student of astrology a deep and rational understanding of the
interrelationship and interdependency that exist between the
signs, planets and houses. It is this appreciation, along
with Morin’s very structured methodology, that gives the
contemporary practitioner of astrology his or her most valuable
skill: horoscope synthesis, or the ability to see the chart as an
integrated whole. And without question, the ability to synthesize
is the one skill that will dramatically and reliably improve the
astrologer’s interpretation skills.
An understanding of Morin’s
Determination Theory will also demonstrate why the receiver (the
houses) are more important than the sky (the planets and signs).
An appreciation of his theory begs a reexamination of why the
traditional astrologers took astrology as a geocentric art.
We will demonstrate Morin’s
theory using case studies drawn from the lecturer’s practice.
Robert Corre
learned of Morin’s approach to astrology when he encountered Zoltan
Mason, a New York astrologer who used Morin’s techniques. Robert was
impressed enough with Mason to have a reading, and the reading’s
accuracy and detail convinced him to become Mason’s pupil.
In 1995, Robert retired from a successful 25-year
career in computing and information technology at New York
University to become a professional astrologer. When Mason died in
2002, Robert took on the job of promoting Morin’s teachings and has
done so vigorously ever since. He teaches four classes weekly and
publishes ForumOnAstrology.com, a website that offers an
online astrology course based on Morin's techinque.
