What Does My Sign Have To Do With Coaching?

Well, lots actually. I use astrology – the art and science of using our solar system to mirror the state of affairs down here on planet Earth – to identify your talents, passions and those pesky personality quirks that get you in trouble. The sooner these quirks are out in the open, the sooner we can do the real work of identifying what it is you really want to change and what behaviors  just need to be managed a little better.

I use your birth chart – a picture of where the Sun plus the other nine planets in our solar system were in relation to Earth at the moment of your birth – to give me lots of information about your temperament, purpose, passions, and obstacles. I can then look at where the planets are in the sky right now in relation to where they were when you were born. This is a way of getting information about the challenges you are currently facing and the opportunities you may be missing.

Birth Chart Assessment:

During this 90-minute session, we will look at the birth chart as well as the current charts. We will spend the first part of the session solely with the birth chart to identify and discuss the life long patterns of your personality. Then we would move on to your current challenges and opportunities. This second half is where we can focus on specific areas of your life like relationships, career, health, family, home or finances. You can let me know exactly where you want to go during this second half, though I will give a general overview before we get into specifics.

Although I do use some of an astrologer’s terms, I will define them as I go along and give you straightforward explanations of how I am interpreting your chart. I do not expect you to have any prior knowledge of or interest in learning astrology. It is certainly a different language, and I am your translator. You get the useful info without having to learn this often complex language.

I also am a very practical person; I will give you extremely specific behavioral information. My intention is to widen the lens through which you have been viewing yourself so that you can get the leverage you need to make the changes you want to make. I take an often ungrounded and indecipherable discipline and turn it into a finely tune instrument for you to enjoy and benefit from.

Mixing Astrology with Coaching:

Once you have absorbed the information from the birth chart assessment, we can move into the coaching portion of our work. I usually find many small coaching moments during the initial session; so really, our coaching work has already begun. We can use the information gained to shape our strategy for moving ahead. I often refer back to behavioral patterns that emerged during this initial work throughout the subsequent coaching sessions. This is where you can begin to attune to the cycles you are engaged in, and let your awareness of your self and your behaviors continue to grow.

For Those Astrology Geeks Out There:

I initially trained myself in Modern Western Astrology. I love using the symbols system of Jungian archetypes to help give life to astrology when discussing it with clients. Over the last couple of years though, I have begun to rely more heavily on the techniques and philosophy of Traditional Astrology. (I’m a big fan of John Frawley.) One big difference is a much smaller emphasis on the three outer planets. I still use them but in a much different way than I used to. Another big difference is that I look at a person’s temperament for initial clues about how a person is moving through life. Fun stuff! Give me a shout if you’d like to have a chat about any of the information I have provided so far. Please check out my blog as it develops for more discussion on applied astrology.

If you have questions about how I use astrology or about my coaching, please do not hesitate to email me. My work is different than much of what’s out there, especially for people who are familiar with coaching but not astrology. No question is too rudimentary!