CONSULTING SERVICES
Please make sure to read the Policies section below.
Astrological Personal Growth Consultations
During your initial consultation, we go on a treasure hunt through your natal (birth) chart. We explore various aspects of your personality and life experiences and discuss potentials for growth, fulfillment, and service to life. Additionally, we discuss your current astrological cycles and both their challenges and hidden gifts and how to work with them for optimal benefit.
I then offer followup consultations whenever you feel you need them, discussing issues as they develop in the context of both your natal astrology and current astrological cycles.
Both initial and followup consultations typically run 4 to 6 hours, sometimes longer, and cost $250 each (flat fee), which covers both my chart analysis prep time and consultation time.
Other Services for Established Clients
Locational Astrology Consultations - If you are contemplating moving to another region or are planning a vacation, I can check out your compatibility with various locations as well as the potential impacts of current cycles on how you might experience those places.
Relationship Consultations - If you wish to gain more insight into a specific relationship, I can compare your chart with that person's chart (called synastry) to check compatibilities as well as potential conflicts. I will also check the composite (midpoint) chart of you both together to find clues as to the relationship's inherent nature and effects on others. Note: I require written permission from the other person to look at his/her chart.
Other services for established clients are also available on request.
I charge $50 per hour for these services, including chart analysis prep time, consultation time (in person or by phone), and responses to e-mailed questions. Locational astrology typically takes more time for analysis and less consultation time. Relationship chart analysis and consultations tend to take considerably more time than individual consultations.
Policies
Fees are as of 6/1/10 and are subject to change. I accept cash, checks, PayPal, and credit cards (processed by PayPal). For personal growth consultations, payment is due at the consultation or, if by phone, paid in advance. For per-hour services for established clients, payment is due within 30 days of the date of service. (Clients who cancel after I have completed the chart analysis will incur a $50-per-hour fee for my prep time.) For phone consultations, clients are responsible for any long-distance charges.
I prefer using times from birth certificates but will use the best birth time you can provide with the understanding that the more accurate the time is, the more accurate the chart analysis will be.
I record consultations for clients in MP3 format or on cassette tapes if preferred. I also provide handouts which explain basic astrological concepts plus the planets and points I use. (I give the handouts to clients who are seasoned astrologers as well, as I use planets and asteriods with which many astrologers are not familiar.)
I am a modern Western tropical astrologer. In addition to the regular planets, I use Chiron, the Transneptunian planets (Hades through Poseidon), and numerous asteroids. At times I also reference pertinent fixed stars, black holes, and other bodies and points. My analysis of current life cycles focuses on transits (how the current positions of the planets interact with your birth positions), but I may also include solar arc directions and secondary progressions.
If you are new to astrology, I highly recommend reading my introductory articles "A Bit About the World of Astrology" and "What Astrology Can Do for You: A Consumer's Guide to Astrology and Astrologers," both of which can be found on my Articles and Recordings page under the "Introductory" heading.
Please note: I am a professional astrologer and am not a licensed healthcare or mental health professional. If you need such services, please seek an appropriate healthcare provider.