Foundation for Vibrational Astrology (FVA) is a department within the Avalon School of Astrology. The FVA develops, maintains, and administers the Vibrational Astrology Certification Program. This certification process ensures that astrologers who are certified as professional astrologers have the interpretive and consulting skills to provide high level professional services and they conduct themselves in a responsible and ethical manner.
FVA is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards for both instructors and students. We take professionalism, safety and well-being of our community as a top priority and will not accept anything less.
Given below is a mission statement and the educational requirements that must be fulfilled before taking the VA Certification Exam.
Requirements for VA Certification
1. Mission Statement for VA Certification:
To produce practitioners who consult clients using Vibrational Astrology methods.
- Certified practitioners understand the interpretation methods.
- Certified practitioners have professional communication skills to provide the information in an effective manner.
- Certified practitioners practice in an ethical and responsible manner, and do not unnecessarily install fear in clients or make categorical definitive statements that are unsupported by evidence or engage in other unethical behavior.
2. Objectives for VA Certification:
The certified astrologer has developed competencies in the following areas of astrological interpretation using VA methods: Natal chart, compatibility, forecasting and relocational astrology. The certified astrologer has enrolled in an approved educational program that has evaluated the competency of the applicant for certification, and the applicant passes a certification exam. Training in ethics and counseling skills is also required.
Educational Requirements:
Applicants for certification must enroll and fulfill the following academic requirements:
- 10 courses.
- For the first 9 courses, a “course” consists of at least 10 hours of live interaction with an instructor and at least 20 additional hours that can be live classes, pre-recorded videos or a mixture of both, for a total of at least 30 hours of class material. The average duration of the 9 courses must be at least 8 weeks for each course. In other words, the 9 courses must extend for a duration of at least 72 weeks (9 courses times 8 weeks) of actual course work and not counting breaks in the schedule. This minimum duration ensures that students have time to absorb the ideas rather than “cramming” into a short period of time. The 10th course has a minimum of 20 hours and all 20 hours must be live. The minimum duration for the 10th course is 3 days (nearly 7 hours per day if done in only 3 days).
- Instructors must be qualified. These qualifications appear in the Teacher Requirements section at the end of this document.
- Students must fulfill all requirements for a course as explained by the instructor of the course, and meet the requirements for passing the course. Each course is a prerequisite for the next course, so a student cannot take the next course unless all previous course requirements are fulfilled. The order of courses is the order in which the courses are taken from the first to the 10th course.
Prerequisite for the VA Educational Program:
Basic Contemporary Western Language of Astrology. Required for students who lack this education and optionally can be required by the Teacher. Glyphs of the planets and zodiac signs, the layout of a western style chart wheel, understanding fundamental ideas regarding tropical vs. sidereal, different house systems used by astrologers, the four elements of the zodiac signs, and what planets rule the zodiac signs (traditional and modern). The teacher, at their discretion, can require remedial education. Software requirement: Version of the Sirius astrology software that is current when the course begins. Students sign (typing in electronically is OK) agreement about client confidentiality and other basic ethics requirements) as part of the Student Contract which also includes making payments, etc.
Course Curriculum
The following 10 courses are required in a school that is approved by the FVA for students to apply for VA Certification. Additional courses or more extensive requirements for a course are acceptable and will help ensure that graduates have professional competency. If the school schedule has more hours than specified in this document, then at least the requirements stated in this document (10 hours of live teaching, a total of 30 hours of course work etc.) must be dedicated to the subject material described below.
- VA Essentials: VA as an analysis of energy flow, motivation, and meaningful purpose. Basic meaning of planets, signs, and houses in VA. What Vibrational astrology charts are, orbs used, what a midpoint structure is, and basic keywords for 1st 32 vibrations.
- VA Fluency 1: VA Interpretation, importance of prime numbers. Students gain facility putting meaning of planets and vibrations together to come up with a specific interpretation and using software to quickly access the needed information.
- VA Fluency 2: Students are introduced to Isotraps, Midpoint Isotraps, Super Symmetry Patterns, use of Harmonic Patterns Listing #8 or #9 in the Sirius software to see vibrations of midpoint structures by the end of this course.
Homework Requirement: Submit a recorded consultation at least 20 minutes long in a standard format that the teacher can easily access such as .mp4, and they must apply each method contained within the course. Webcam must show both people. Live consultation. Preferred that person is someone the student does not know. An informed consent form should be signed (typed name is OK) by the client.
- Compatibility: Creating BiWheels of a Vibration that is important to a person with the same vibration for the other person, composite chart, and other techniques for compatibility.
Homework Requirement: Submit a recorded consultation at least 20 minutes long in a standard format that the teacher can easily access such as .mp4, and they must apply each method contained within the course. Webcam must show both people. Live consultation. Preferred that person is someone the student does not know. The recorded consultation will be evaluated and graded by the teacher.
- Forecasting: Use the Time Line format in the Sirius software with transit-to-natal, secondary progressed-to-natal, progressed-to-progressed and solar arc directions and use of the AstroSignature Forecast. Prior to applying these ideas students learn the basis of secondary progressions (day = year), solar arc directions, and that there are different methods for calculating secondary progressed houses. Use of Solar Returns.
Homework Requirement: Submit a recorded consultation at least 20 minutes long in a standard format that the teacher can easily access such as .mp4, and they must apply each method contained within the course. Webcam must show both people. Live consultation. Preferred that person is someone the student does not know. The recorded consultation will be evaluated and graded by the teacher.
- Astronomy for astrologers, VA Theoretical Framework, Software Features for Knowledge Discovery, and Comparison to Techniques in Other Astrological Systems.
Required Homework: Using a software feature to investigate an astrological idea and report results. The homework is uploaded to a public place for students or presented in class and there is class discussion about some of the investigations.
- Relocational Astrology: Treasure Maps, Detail Maps, zodiacal vs. in Mundo calculations, local space, Isotrap Maps. Practical examples of relocational astrology.
Homework Requirement: Submit a recorded consultation at least 20 minutes long in a standard format that the teacher can easily access such as .mp4, and they must apply each method contained within the course. Webcam must show both people. Live consultation. Preferred that person is someone the student does not know. The recorded consultation will be evaluated and graded by the teacher.
- Interpretation Practice and Application: Rules and guidance for applying what has been learned in previous courses. Putting it all together in a consultation. Prioritizing and organizing the information in actual analysis.
- Practicum in interpretation with live interpretations and optionally students submitting homework of their interpretation of famous people or results of interpreting for clients (typically volunteer clients who are not paying but some students may already be professionals too. Interpretations must be strictly VA!).
The classroom hours are devoted to one or more of the following:
(1) Teacher information about consultations
(2) Teacher reviewing consultations
(3) Live consultations
(4) Student discussion guided by the teacher.The client must give consent to the consultation for teaching purposes.
Homework Requirement:
a) 3 recorded consultations at least 40 minutes long each done either as homework on in class as the teacher prefers,
b) AND at least one 10-minute consultation that is done in class.
If these are recorded sessions rather than live in the classroom, the webcam must show both people. Live consultation. Preferred that person is someone the student does not know. The client must sign a consent form that the consultation is recorded and used for learning purposes. The teacher does not have to require students to watch the 40-minute sessions but can if desired. The teacher evaluates the consultations on interpretation methods and communication skills.
c) Students must attend at least 3 live 10-minute consultations.
- Ethics Training, Consulting Skills and Business Skills. (20 hours minimum). The 20 hours are live hours. Modern consulting skills like active listening, etc. Difficult, challenging, or complex situations with clients. Resources for assisting clients. Ethics requirements. Legal issues, website development options, licensing, etc.
Certification Requirements
Please ensure that you are eligible to apply before sending your application. To be considered for admission, all of the above courses must have been completed.
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