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Western Astrology · Timing

Every beginning has an hour.

Master the art of electional astrology: selecting the most favorable time to begin an important endeavor. Learn to analyze timing constraints, apply traditional and modern electional rules, and confidently elect charts for weddings, business launches, surgeries, real estate transactions, and more.

16 modules96 lessonsLifetime access

  • The Ascendant and its ruler — the election itself, and the vitality of the undertaking.
  • The Moon, the co-significator of every election: waxing for a beginning, never void of course, applying to a benefic.
  • The benefics, the malefics and sect, and the conditions under which a malefic can be worked with rather than avoided.
  • What vetoes a moment outright — retrogrades and combustion, void of course, the fixed stars and special degrees — and how to rank what is left.
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Course artwork
An elected chart: the twelve signs, the twelve houses and six bodiesAn electional chart: the sky of a chosen moment, drawn as the wheel the course teaches. The outer ring carries the twelve signs from Aries, each in the colour of its element, and the inner ring the twelve houses, with the first house — the Ascendant's own, at 14 degrees Taurus — tinted and numbered in gold. In whole-sign houses, each sign is one house. Six bodies are placed in their signs and houses: Venus, the chart's ruler, in Taurus in the first; the Moon in Cancer in the third; Mercury and the true node in Aquarius in the tenth; Mars in Pisces in the eleventh; Jupiter in Virgo in the fifth; and Saturn in Aries in the twelfth. Inside the wheel the Moon's two applications are drawn: a sextile to Jupiter, and the square to Saturn that the lesson calls a caution.An elected moment · 7 March 2028, MelbourneAsc 14°39' Taurus♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓123456789101112ASCDSC♀☽☿♂♃♄☊♀VenusTaurus1st☽MoonCancer3rd☿MercuryAquarius10th♂MarsPisces11th♃JupiterVirgo5th♄SaturnAries12th☊True NodeAquarius10thsextile · Moon–Jupitersquare · Moon–Saturn
A worked election from the course's own case studies — 7 March 2028, Melbourne, in whole-sign houses: Taurus rising with its ruler Venus in the first, and the Moon in Cancer applying to Jupiter, with a square to Saturn to disclose.

The Technique

An election is a chart you choose.

Electional astrology reverses the usual direction: nothing has begun yet, so the moment is chosen first and the action starts inside it. That choosing is a technique with a hierarchy, and it is read on the same wheel every other branch of astrology uses — cast for a moment that has not happened yet.

  • The Ascendant and its ruler first: the course's priority one, the ruler direct and not combust.
  • The Moon, waxing, dignified, and applying to a benefic — and never void of course.
  • What vetoes a moment outright, and how the moments that survive the vetoes are ranked.
  • Real constraints: what to trade when the ideal moment does not exist, and what to disclose about the flaws that remain.

The Problem

There are good hours and there are bad ones.

Every important beginning is a decision about time: the day of a wedding, the morning of a launch, the hour of an operation, the week a contract is signed. Most of it is chosen by convenience — a weekend, a venue's availability, a surgeon's list — and then the outcome is attributed to luck. The tradition did something else. It read the sky for the moment itself, refused to begin under a Moon that could not carry the matter, and called the result a choosing: electio. That is a technique with rules and a hierarchy, and it can be learned.

  • The Ascendant is the election

    The rising sign describes the character of the beginning and its ruler the vitality of the undertaking. The course makes it priority one: the ruler must be direct and not combust, whatever else is true of the moment.

  • The Moon times the matter

    The co-significator of every election: waxing for a beginning, dignified, not void of course, and applying to a benefic. Its first application is the trajectory the matter will take.

  • The teams that help

    The day team and the night team — Jupiter and Saturn by day, Venus and Mars by night, with Mercury joining whichever it is in — and why a malefic in its own sect is a different proposition from one that is not.

  • What vetoes a moment

    A void-of-course Moon is the single most cited disqualifier in the tradition, and the course treats it as fatal to the matter. Retrogrades, combustion, a malefic on the Ascendant and the fixed stars rule out the rest.

  • Real constraints

    A wedding has a venue and an operation has a theatre list. The course calls election an art of optimization under constraints, not an art of perfection — and teaches what to trade when the ideal moment does not exist.

  • The chart it serves

    An election does not replace a birth chart and cannot override one. The course closes the loop: reading the election against the natal chart of the person it is for, and tailoring the moment to the life it begins.

The curriculum

16 modules · 96 lessons

  1. What Is Electional Astrology6 lessons
    1. Defining Electional Astrology
    2. History from Dorotheus to Today
    3. Electional vs Horary vs Natal
    4. The Astrologers Role in Timing
    5. Tools Software and Ephemerides
    6. Ethics and Limitations
  2. Core Principles of Election6 lessons
    1. The Ascendant Is Everything
    2. Strengthening the Ascendant Ruler
    3. The Moon as Co Ruler of Every Election
    4. Avoiding Afflictions to Key Significators
    5. Essential Dignity in Elections
    6. The Hierarchy of Electional Priorities
  3. The Moon in Electional Work6 lessons
    1. Lunar Phases and Electional Timing
    2. Void of Course Moon
    3. The Moons Applying Aspects
    4. The Moons Last and Next Aspect
    5. Moon Sign Selection
    6. Lunar Mansions in Elections
  4. Houses in Electional Astrology6 lessons
    1. Matching the Election to the Right House
    2. Angular Houses and Strength
    3. The Relevant House Ruler
    4. Accidental Dignity and House Placement
    5. Intercepted Signs and Complications
    6. House Systems for Elections
  5. Benefics Malefics and Sect6 lessons
    1. Jupiter and Venus as Electional Allies
    2. Mitigating Saturn in Elections
    3. Mitigating Mars in Elections
    4. Sect Day Charts vs Night Charts
    5. Planetary Joy and Electional Placement
    6. Working with Difficult Skies
  6. Aspects and Applying Configurations6 lessons
    1. Applying vs Separating Aspects
    2. Trines and Sextiles for Flow
    3. Squares and Oppositions as Obstacles
    4. Aspect Patterns in Elections
    5. Cazimi and Combustion
    6. Orbs and Exactness in Electional Work
  7. Retrogrades and Stations6 lessons
    1. Mercury Retrograde in Elections
    2. Venus Retrograde in Elections
    3. Mars Retrograde in Elections
    4. Outer Planet Retrogrades
    5. When Retrogrades Are Acceptable
    6. Timing Around Stations
  8. Fixed Stars and Special Degrees6 lessons
    1. The Royal Stars in Elections
    2. Beneficial Fixed Stars
    3. Malefic Fixed Stars to Avoid
    4. Critical Degrees and the Aries Point
    5. Arabian Parts in Elections
    6. Antiscia and Contra Antiscia
  9. Electing a Wedding6 lessons
    1. The 7th House and Venus
    2. Moon Considerations for Weddings
    3. Common Pitfalls in Wedding Elections
    4. Working with Venue and Guest Constraints
    5. Celebrity Wedding Chart Examples
    6. Step by Step Wedding Election
  10. Electing a Business Launch6 lessons
    1. The 10th House and the MC
    2. Mercury and Commercial Success
    3. Incorporation vs Launch Day
    4. Product Launches and Marketing
    5. Partnership and Joint Ventures
    6. Step by Step Business Election
  11. Electing for Surgery and Health6 lessons
    1. Traditional Rules for Surgery
    2. The Moon and Body Parts
    3. Avoiding Mars Afflictions
    4. Scheduling Around Retrogrades
    5. Elective vs Emergency Procedures
    6. Step by Step Surgery Election
  12. Electing for Real Estate and Moves6 lessons
    1. The 4th House and the IC
    2. Moon in Earth Signs for Property
    3. Signing vs Closing Dates
    4. Renovations and Construction
    5. Moving Into a New Home
    6. Step by Step Real Estate Election
  13. Electing for Travel Legal and Education6 lessons
    1. The 9th House and Jupiter
    2. Court Dates and Legal Filings
    3. Beginning a Course of Study
    4. Long Distance Travel
    5. Publishing and Media Launches
    6. Handling Multiple Election Goals
  14. The Natal Chart and Elections6 lessons
    1. Synastry Between Natal and Election
    2. Activating Natal Benefics
    3. Avoiding Natal Trouble Spots
    4. Transits During the Elected Window
    5. Progressed Charts and Elections
    6. Tailoring Elections to the Individual
  15. Planetary Hours and Days6 lessons
    1. Calculating Planetary Hours
    2. Planetary Days and Their Rulers
    3. Matching the Hour to the Election
    4. Combining Hours with Lunar Timing
    5. Planetary Hours in Modern Practice
    6. Quick Election Techniques
  16. Building Your Electional Practice6 lessons
    1. Client Intake and Managing Expectations
    2. Presenting Election Options
    3. When No Good Election Exists
    4. Building an Electional Consulting Workflow
    5. Case Studies and Common Mistakes
    6. Recommended Reading and Next Steps

What's included

  • 96 lessons in 16 modules
  • Lifetime access
  • Online, at your own pace
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Taught by Master Sean Chan

A Singapore-based astrologer and Chinese-metaphysics consultant with more than 15 years of practice and 10,000+ clients served — the same standard here as in private consultation, with every claim checked against the chart.

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Common Questions

Before you elect anything.

  • What is electional astrology?

    The branch of the tradition that chooses a time rather than reading one. In a natal reading the chart already exists; in an election nothing has begun yet, so the moment is selected first and the action starts inside it. The course's own phrase for the work is the one worth keeping: the practitioner becomes an architect of time.

  • What makes a moment good?

    The course ranks the factors and works down them: the Ascendant and its ruler first, then the Moon, then the ruler of the house that governs the matter, then the benefics on the angles and the malefics off them. It states the minimum a moment must satisfy before anything else is considered — the Ascendant's ruler direct and not combust, the Moon not void of course, no malefic on the Ascendant — and then teaches the judgement calls that follow, because the minimum is where the work starts rather than where it ends.

  • What disqualifies a moment?

    A void-of-course Moon above all: a Moon that makes no further applying aspect before it leaves its sign, which the tradition reads as nothing coming of the matter. With it, a retrograde or combust Ascendant ruler, a malefic conjunct the Ascendant, and the fixed stars and special degrees the tradition rules out.

  • Does an election guarantee the outcome?

    No, and the course says so from its first module: elections improve conditions, they do not guarantee outcomes. An election cannot rescue a plan that will not work, and it cannot override the natal chart of the person it is for. What it does is place a beginning under the best conditions available — the work of a timing consultant, not of a prophet.

  • Do I need to have studied astrology before?

    The course builds election from its own foundations and shows the natal reading where an election needs one, so the ground it stands on is covered as it goes. If you have studied natal or horary astrology you will recognise its premise immediately, because you already know that the moment something begins carries a signature.

  • How is the course delivered?

    Entirely online, on this academy, in written lessons and fully self-paced: no deadlines, no scheduled classes to keep, and no app to install. Lifetime access is included.

  • Can I get a refund?

    You may request a full refund within seven (7) days of purchase, provided you have not completed more than 20% of the course content. See the Terms & Conditions.

Enrolment

One course. One price.

The complete course in electional astrology — the Ascendant and its ruler, the Moon, the benefics and malefics, the rules that veto a moment, and the elections for a wedding, a launch, an operation, a property, a journey or a case — open to you as soon as you enrol. It will make you a better timer of beginnings. It will not make you a prophet, and it does not claim to.

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Electional Astrology: Choosing Your Moment

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