Enhancing Your
Astrology Practice
This is a good way to filter out clients
that would not be a good match for you.
Now, step into your customer’s shoes.
Imagine you are them! Answer the fol-
lowing questions as they would: What
emotions do they experience as they
buy/book your service? Why do they
want come to talk to/learn about astrol-
ogy from you? What are they secretly
afraid of? What are they worrying about?
What triggers their fears (think Saturn
here!)? What do they wish was true
about their life? What do they think
astrology can do for them? What do they
expect from their consultation with you?
In my case, I was trained as a predic-
tive astrologer and spent quite a bit of
time and money studying Vedic/Jyotish
and Uranian astrology and practicing
with published biographies of people
to hone my predictive skills. What I
found after doing the IDEAL CUSTOMER
exercise was I most enjoyed the psy-
chologically oriented or “work with the
energy productively” clients rather than
those seeking predictive services such as
“when will I marry” or “get the job pro-
motion” clients. Of course, I still answer
client’s predictive questions during
readings but not nearly as often as I did
when I started my practice. Instead, we
discuss the psychological, spiritual or
growth challenges presenting in their
lives and explore techniques of how to
work with them. So take time to focus
on, clarify and build in your mind your
IDEAL CUSTOMER.
Next take a minute to reflect on what
you DON’T like in a client’s requests/
expectations or about your client work.
I don’t want you to spend a lot of time
on this exercise or give it too much
thought or energy ~ use it more for clar-
ification and release. If you don’t like
Mushrooms, you don’t order dishes with
Mushrooms! You can do the same thing
with the kind of astrology you want to
practice. In my case, I don’t like clients
who try to give me their Saturn and ask
me to make their decisions for them. I
am very clear my role is as a guide who
can read their astrological map while
they are the person in charge of living
their life ~ driving the car so to speak. I
don’t want to be their Saturn! Take that
Don’t Like energy and put it in a bright
balloon in front of you. See the balloon
floating in front of you and tied to your
arm. Cut the cord tying the balloon
to you. Watch the balloon float gently
away. This exercise is helpful for releas-
ing clients you no longer want to work
with ~ put them in the balloon!
As astrologers we understand the
energy in a chart can be used for higher
or lower purposes. We are called to be
astrologers and help our clients under-
stand how to use the energy. Doing
these exercises will help create an astrol-
ogy practice that you love and attract
clients you adore by focusing how to use
your chart’s energy!
See you next issue!
Anne
Anne Ortelee, ISAR-CAP, NCGR-Level 3,
PMAFA
Anne Ortelee has a thriving astrology
consulting practice where she uses an
array of eastern and western astrological
approaches. She is dedicated to helping
people find practical ways to work with the
unique energies in their charts. Anne is
certified by three astrology organizations ~
ISAR-CAP, AFA-PMAFA and NCGR-PAA Level
3. She writes articles, speaks, publishes a
Weekly Weather column and hosts three
weekly internet radio shows. Find every-
thing at www.AstroAnne.com
Email: [email protected]
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