I’m wondering if anyone here would be willing to share about their EA learning journey? That is, did you experience struggle? What helped you really ‘get’ EA?
I’ve been studying EA for a few years now and still don’t feel as though I’ve really grasped it. While I have some moments of clarity and understanding, I almost always become confused and forget what I’ve learned/read. And I’ve read and re-read almost all the exisiting resources (books, EA classes, YouTube vids, etc).
If I’m honest, I’m reaching out here after hesitating for a while because I wasn’t sure if it was an appropriate post…But I’m at a point where I feel I need someone to talk to about it and this is the only group I’m aware of that studies/practices EA. It’s still somewhat underground.
I’m fairly upset about the situation because I really value the depth of the EA teachings, and truly wish to use them to practise as a professional Astrologer, but I fear that my not being able to get it is a sign that I’m just not meant to be doing this. I have Mercury RX in Pisces in the 12th, which makes me think that if I’m not grasping this, I never will.
Anyhow, if this isn’t an appropriate thread for this group, I understand. However, if anyone would be up for having a private conversation, let me know.
Hey Lou, I agree with everyone’s brilliant advice and support here in helping you in your EA learning journey and as Rav said, please try not to feel discouraged or lose hope in your process. This is really deep stuff, quite rich to absorb and takes time. As Jordyn said, the archetypes are significant. Patricia Walsh wrote an amazing book “Understanding Karmic Complexes: Evolutionary Astrology and Regression Therapy” that has all the archetypes in a well-organized format. Highly recommend her book. Also, as Rad said, learning the basics of astrology as in the natural chart from Aries to Pisces is also significant and think Jeffrey once said once you know the signs of the Zodiac, you pretty much know all their planets and houses too in that a lot of a sign’s planetary and house energies do overlap. So I found my learning process to be in layers. It did not all come together in one piece, nor in a linear fashion and took time. I struggled too and know others who have as well who achieved their EA certificates. It’s totally normal. But I kept at it and didn’t give up and that’s huge in the process. I’m also always being educated in it and consider myself a lifetime student of EA and astrology in general. I actually feel like I still don’t know enough and am always reading books on EA and astrology in general and watch EA Zoom Meeting YouTube vids. I also went to Soul Wise School of Evolutionary Astrology which helped, and already had a foundation in basic astrology too (ie. signs, planets, houses,etc. as Rad mentioned) before learning EA. When I began my EA studies, when looking at charts, I just focused on the karmic stuff first. So Pluto in its house and sign only for a bit practicing the archetypes there. After that, I looked at SN in its sign then its house, and again the archetypes there, and then after that, tried synthesizing both the Pluto stuff with the SN stuff together. I was able to get a strong baseline story of the past with just that alone. Once I got those initial basics down, then tried integrating their ruling planets in house and sign too. If you want to try a practice chart with me, let me know. I can always use extra practice too 😊
And one last note, although don’t know your chart, hope it’s ok to say, that if you have Mercury Rx Pisces 12th in your natal chart, my understanding of any Rx planet is that the antidote is to move towards its polarity in house and sign. So in your case, take on Virgo 6th H energies in your process of understanding and learning EA. So to try to focus on one thing at a time ie. just Pluto and SN. Spend time analyzing those details of each, and then start to gel or hypothesize a story around those details and organizing that info rather than trying to absorb the entire paradigm and its rules all at once. And it may feel like you’re not absorbing this stuff but you are, in particular on a subconscious level. Don’t give up! Practice, practice, practice I was constantly told by my teachers. Hope this helps. Peace and Love to you.