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The profession of astrology is advancing rapidly. More and more people are recognizing that astrology provides valuable insight into the complexity of 21st century living. Our members need to be professionally prepared to meet the demand for astrological services. To this end, ISAR provides resources for members to advance their skills including its CAP (Certified Astrological Professional) program. The program includes education/training, consulting skills, and ethics. In establishing the educational requirements for ISAR Certification, educators from top astrology schools around the world have been consulted. Many of their recommendations have been incorporated into this program. To qualify for ISAR’s CAP designation, members must provide documentation that they have met all educational and skill requirements as outlined below. These requirements have been formulated by some of the leading astrology teachers in the world. A Certification Committee reviews all exams and documentation. Upon successful completion of all requirements, applicants will be granted ISAR CAP (Certified Astrological Professional) status.
Applicants can meet ISAR Certification requirements in stages. Records will be maintained by ISAR until all requirements are fulfilled. Click on the links below to read more about these criteria and to register for ISAR’s programs. EducationThe educational preparation for CAP status can be fulfilled by studying at schools and with teachers who wish to see their students attain the astrological knowledge and interpretation skills necessary for certification by ISAR standards. Schools and teachers are therefore encouraged to examine their own curriculum and upgrade where appropriate. ISAR provides a competency exam in astrological knowledge and chart interpretation to ensure that the educational criteria have been met and that the application of that knowledge is understood through interpretive skills. Ethics training can be attained through Ethics Seminars that are offered at conferences or taught by schools following the ISAR ethics document. A DVD of an ethics training workshop can be purchased at this page on our site and can take the place of attending a workshop in person. A test follows the program that allows participants to demonstrate their ability to apply ethical principles to real-life situations. Applicable consulting skills can be attained through ISAR Consulting Skills Trainers or other consulting or counseling skills sources recognized by ISAR. A minimum of three Elective Courses as outlined below or as approved by the ISAR Board of Examiners.
Certification Requirements: In addition to your educational preparation, ISAR Certification requires that you successfully complete the following: Dates and locations for ISAR training modules in Ethics Awareness and Consulting Skills as well as for the Competency Exam will be posted on this website, in the weekly ISAR E-zine and in The International Astrologer. Applicants can take the Competency Exam, Ethics Training Course and Test and the Consulting Skills Training Course in stages and in any order. Records will be maintained by ISAR until all requirements are fulfilled. Upon successful completion of all requirements, applicants will be granted ISAR CAP (Certified Astrological Professional) status. ISAR Consulting Skills Training: This 16-20 hour intensive training program is designed to give astrologers basic listening and empathy skills that facilitate the astrologer-client relationship in the consulting session. Integrated with the basic principles of chart interpretation, these active listening and communication skills provide the astrologer with ability to respond to clients' most personal thoughts and feelings and in this way help clients be fully understood. Emotional understanding is a key ingredient in forming a trusting relationship with our clients and we need to respond in a way that imparts astrological information with compassion, understanding and sensitivity. This training is required to obtain ISAR’s CAP designation although anyone who plans to do client work will surely benefit and can join in the training session. Applicable consulting skills can be attained through ISAR Consulting Skills workshops or other consulting or counseling skills sources recognized by ISAR. ISAR Consulting Skills Training is scheduled as follows: At the ISAR 2009 conference in Illinois in August 2009. Specific dates for the training program will be announced soon. So that we may assign the appropriate number of trainers and prepare materials, registration for the ISAR Consulting Skills Training at the ISAR 2009 conference will close July 15, 2009. The fee for the course is $295.00 USD and can be paid by credit card, money order or personal check. Contact
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for more information. Registration will be available here at the website shortly.
ISAR Ethics Awareness Training Course and Test: Ethics and ethical practices and issues are one of the guiding principles in the field of astrology and within ISAR. The ethics training course sponsored by ISAR is based upon ISAR’s Ethics Code and outlines what ISAR, as an international astrological society, considers as ethical practices for astrologers. Ethics awareness training is one requirement of ISAR’s CAP designation but ISAR recommends that all members take the program at least once, either through attending a workshop or watching the DVD recording of a previous class. For questions, please contact
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. The next course in the United States will be held at the ISAR 2009 conference in August 2009. The specific date and time of the training program will be announced at a later date, and you will be able to register here at the website. The training program (approximately two hours) is followed by a one-hour test. Cost for both is $35. In addition, you can purchase the DVD recording of a previous class. We will soon have the capacity to offer the test online as well.
ISAR Competency Exam: ISAR does not offer programs that teach astrological technique or interpretation. Those seeking CAP designation must, however, demonstrate competence in astrology by passing an exam. Appropriate training can come from schools and teachers who wish to see their students become certified by ISAR standards. The exam is given at many conferences throughout the world. It is an open-book test and you can use whatever texts or materials you think you will need. There are three main parts to the ISAR Competency Exam. 1. Combination of true/false and multiple choice questions. The material covered is varied and follows the outline contained below: a. Overview: history of astrology, an understanding of the various applications of astrology, basic astronomy as applied to astrology, symbolism, and knowledge of chart calculations. You will not be asked to actually calculate a chart but various questions on the process will determine knowledge in chart calculations. b. Forecasting skills, including secondary progressions, solar arc directions, return charts, transits, eclipses and lunations c. Synastry and relationships including chart comparison, composite charts, family patterns, miscellaneous relationships and group dynamics
2. Short-answer questions that may require a sentence or short paragraph. 3. In-depth essay-type questions on various charts will be asked in order to demonstrate interpretive skills. These will include a natal chart, a compatibility analysis between two charts, a solar return and a secondary progression with transits. You will not be required to interpret a whole chart, only the portions that pertain to specific questions. The charts will be provided.
The exam is approximately six hours in length, and a lunch break is given. A passing grade is 70%. For questions, please contact
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. The ISAR Competency Exam can be taken at the ISAR 2009 conference on August 24, 2009, beginning at 9:00 AM CDT. An application must be completed at least two (2) weeks prior to the Conference in order to allow time for processing. The cost is $150.00, and you can register here after your application has been accepted.
Application to Take the Competency Exam: You will need to complete an application form in order to take the Competency Exam. On the form, you will be asked about your astrological education and your current level of astrological practice. You will need to demonstrate that you have successfully completed at least three educational electives as described below. Once you have heard from Chris McRae and the education committee that your application has been accepted, you may register to take the Competency Exam. To obtain a copy of the application form, please contact
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who will send you the form via e-mail.
Three Electives:
As part of the certification process, you will need to show that you have successfully taken a minimum of three elective courses from the list below or as approved by the ISAR Certification Committee: Asteroids; Astro-History; Classical Astrology; Cosmobiology; Declinations; Financial Astrology and Astro Economics; Fixed Stars; Harmonics; Heliocentric Astrology; Horary Astrology; Medical Astrology; Meteorological Astrology; Midpoints; Mundane Astrology; Mythology; Psychological Astrology; Rectification; Relocation; Research Methods; Sidereal Astrology; Uranian Astrology; Vedic Astrology. Contact
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with any questions.
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