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Become a CAP: A Certified Astrological Professional
Trainings in 2024
May 4, 2024: Ethics Awareness Training and Exam
Check back for updated information about our trainings and exams. More to come in the second half of 2024!
Certification Overview
Ensuring Astrological Excellence Worldwide
ISAR is known worldwide for its certification program and exemplifies the highest standards in our profession. Since its inception in 2003, the CAP (Certified Astrological Professional) program has been continuously developed and updated into the premiere program it is today.
The program's four components are Ethics Awareness Training & Exam, Consulting Skills, and the Competency Exam. You may take these trainings and exams in any order.
To prepare for the CAP Competency Exam, we recommend you enroll in courses at ISAR-affiliated schools. These institutions’ well-rounded curriculums have been reviewed by ISAR and will provide the foundation you need to succeed.
Ethics in Astrology
As an astrologer, how do you know whether your actions are genuinely beneficial?
A system of ethical principles will help you answer that question and guide you when complex considerations arise. Whether you are a counseling astrologer, a researcher, a content producer, or an enthusiast, understanding ethics enables you to practice astrology responsibly.
The Ethics Awareness program is the cornerstone of CAPISAR’s certification program. Based on ISAR's Ethical Standards and Guidelines, it prepares you to practice astrology with a solid understanding of your ethical obligations and aligns our field’s standards with those of other professions.
Consulting Skills
This experiential training teaches a repertoire of skills that makes working with astrology clients personal and more effective.
Due to the nature of the consulting relationship, we are placed in the position of giving information and insight regarding the client’s concerns. Listening can become a secondary activity when there is so much astrological information to convey. This training puts the client in the center of the consulting relationship, allowing the session to tune into the client’s thoughts and feelings. A client-centered approach and an information-centered approach are stylistically different modes that can coexist in an astrological consultation. Both are valid approaches and styles, and the goal of this training is to give you the techniques to recognize and alternate between the two.
Competency Exam
Those seeking to be a CAP (Certified Astrological Professional) must demonstrate competence in astrology by passing a rigorous exam.
It is an open-book test and you can use whatever texts or materials you think you will need, but it is timed. Questions are a combination of true/false, multiple choice, short-answer and in-depth essay. The exam covers many areas: history of astrology, an understanding of the various applications of astrology, basic astronomy as applied to astrology, symbolism, knowledge of chart calculations, forecasting skills including secondary progressions, return charts, transits, eclipses and lunations, synastry and relationships including chart comparison, family patterns, miscellaneous relationships and group dynamics.
