Six 90-Minute Classes (Video Recordings with PDFs of Slides)

Unlock the secrets of astrology with Cathy’s 6-part course, designed to give you the foundational skills needed for a simple birth chart reading. Each 90-minute class focuses on a key component of the birth chart, including Planets, Signs, Houses, and Aspects.

Throughout the course, you’ll deepen your understanding through Chart Practice, where we apply these concepts to real-life birth charts—exploring charts of celebrities and others. By reviewing, repeating, and hands-on practice, you’ll slowly gain the knowledge you need to understand your birth chart.

Course Outline:

Class 1: The Philosophy of Astrology + The Planets

Class 2: The 12 Houses

Class 3: The 12 Signs (Fire & Earth Signs) + Chart Practice

Class 4: Air & Water Signs, Aspects, Chart Practice, Review of Planets, Houses, and Signs

Class 5: Aspects, Chart Practice, and a Simple Method for Birth Chart Reading

Class 6: Review of Aspects, Simple Chart Reading Method, and Chart Practice

+ You can purchase 60 minutes of Personal Tutoring at the discounted rate of $100—in-person or over Zoom. During the tutoring session, we can apply what you’ve learned to deepen your understanding of your birth chart or the chart of someone you know. You can book this session any time and/or split it into two 30-minute sessions.

If you are interested in the discounted tutoring as part of the course, contact Cathy at cathygnatek@me.com.

Four 90-Minute Classes (Video Recordings with PDFs of Slides)

Deepen your astrology knowledge with Cathy’s 4-part course, designed to expand on the foundational skills from Astro 101. Each 90-minute class dives into advanced topics such as the Outer Planets, Eclipses, Key Asteroids, and Major Lifetime Transits, with Chart Practice woven seamlessly throughout to help you apply what you’ve learned to real-life birth charts.

Course Outline:

Class 1: The Outer Planets (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto)  

Class 2: The Nodes of the Moon and Eclipses + Chart Practice

Class 3: Key Asteroids (Chiron, Juno, Vesta, Pallas, and Ceres)  

Class 4: Introduction to Transits + Major Lifetime Transits: Saturn Return, Nodal Returns, Uranus opposite Uranus, Pluto square Pluto, Neptune square Neptune, and the Chiron Return  

Cathy presented this lecture at NCGR Northstar Astrology Group in November of 2024.

This lecture speaks to the deeper meaning of Mercury and Venus in your birth chart. We are all familiar with the basic meanings of Mercury and Venus in our chart.  Mercury/Hermes was the fleet-footed messenger of the gods who loved to play a trick or two and can represent how we communicate, our business acumen, or where we might play the trickster for our advantage. Venus is the goddess of love, beauty, relationality, women, and justice.

But did you know Mercury and Venus have widely different meanings in your chart depending on their connection with the Sun on the day you were born? Have you heard of Mercury Promethean and Mercury Epimetheian? Of Venus Lucifer and Venus Hesperus? 

Cathy first describes the nuts and bolts of the astronomy of the Solar Phase cycles. Then, weaving in the scholarly work of Demetra George, Dane Rudhyar and others, she explores the symbolic meaning of Mercury and Venus in their various stages of the synodic cycle.

You’ll receive a link to download the class within 24 hours of purchase.

Sunday, April 6, 1-3 pm (over Zoom)

Sunday, May 4, 1-3 pm

Sunday, June 1, 1-3 pm

Sunday, July 6, 1-3 pm

Sunday August 10, 1-3 pm

Location: 988 Fairmount Avenue, St. Paul, MN.

Join astrologer Nicole Coenen and me on the first or second Sunday of every month for an engaging, supportive, and interactive discussion on the upcoming astrology. We'll start by summarizing the current planetary transits, and then it's your turn to share your birth information and questions. Nicole and I will provide insights on how these transits may manifest in your life; then, we'll open the discussion to the whole group for hands-on learning through playing with chart interpretation.

I offer readings at local fairs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. If you RSVP, you can reserve an appointment ahead of time.

Date and Location:

Saturday, April 12 (10 am-5 pm), Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair, Hudson Middle School, 1300 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI (I’ll also be giving a talk on Life Purpose in your astrological chart).

Saturday, April 26 (10 am-5 pm), Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair, Doubletree by Hilton Lisle/Naperville, 3003 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL Naperville, IL (I’ll also be giving a talk about Life Purpose in your astrological chart here).

Sunday, April 27 (10 am-5 pm): Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair, Antioch VFW, 75 North Ave, Antioch, IL (I’ll also be giving a talk about Life Purpose in your astrological chart here).

Saturday, May 3 (10 am-5 pm), Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair, North Star Conference Center, DeForest, WI

Sunday, June 22 (10 am-5 pm), Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair (location tba), Lake Elmo, MN

Saturday, August 9 (10 am-5 pm), Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair (location tba), North St. Paul, MN

Astrology can tell you so much about who you are; your Sun can reveal where you are meant to shine in the world, the planet that rules your 10th house can tell you about your career, and the planet that rules your rising sign (1st House) can help you connect with your Dharma—who you are and how you are meant to fulfill your life purpose in this lifetime.

Cathy will explain the notion of “dharma” from ancient texts and then show you how to connect with your life purpose as expressed in your birth chart. Bring your birth info (date, time, location) if you’d like the chance to have Cathy use your chart as an example.

April 12, Hudson Wisconsin (time tba)

April 26, Naperville, IL (time tba)

April 27, Antioch, IL (time tba)