Quarterly Astrology Review Template

A constructed reader planned 39 after-dinner walks over 13 weeks and took 27, about 69 percent; two of her six interpretations fit, and late work shifts explained her dip better than the sky.

A quarter is about 13 weeks, or roughly 91 days. That is long enough for a goal to show results and for the slow planets to move a noticeable distance, and short enough that you still remember the start. A quarterly review is a structured sitting of an hour or two in which you look back, record what the sky did, and plan the next stretch.

The template below uses astrology as a way to ask questions, not to get answers. Its main job is to keep four kinds of information in separate places so you can tell what you did, what the sky did and what you thought it meant.

Fill in each row for each goal or theme. Do not blend the columns, because the separation is what makes the review honest.

Knowing the pace helps you decide what to record. In a quarter the Sun moves through about three signs and the Moon completes about three cycles from new Moon to new Moon, since 91 divided by 29.5 is a little over three. Jupiter moves roughly a quarter of a sign on average, and Saturn about three degrees, with less when they turn retrograde.

Faster planets cross a lot of ground, and slower ones barely move. For most people the useful items are the three or four new Moons, the three or four full Moons and one or two slow transits to a natal point. More than that becomes a list rather than a review.

Allow about 90 minutes, and gather your plan from the start of the quarter before you begin.

1. Read your start-of-quarter plan and prediction notes without changing them.
2. Write the actual result for each goal, using numbers where you can.
3. Pull the computed contacts for the quarter and list them without comment.
4. For each interpretation you wrote at the start, mark fit, partial or did not fit.
5. Count the marks and note the ratio.
6. Choose two things to keep and one to drop for the next quarter.
7. Write next quarter’s plan and sign and date it.

A constructed reader planned a walk after dinner three evenings a week for 13 weeks, which is 39 walks. She actually took 27. Twenty-seven out of 39 is about 69 percent, which she records as a fact and not as a success or failure.

In the computed contacts field she lists the three new Moons and a slow transit that came within two degrees of her natal Sun, using a chart program. In the interpretation field she had written at the start that the transit might bring a push toward routine. Her marks are two fit, two partial and two did not fit across six interpretations, so two of six is one third.

She also had a note that her lowest weeks, with only three walks across three weeks, matched a stretch of late work shifts. The result is a plain picture: the plan mostly held, the interpretations were mixed, and work hours explained the dip better than the sky.

The most common way to fool yourself is to edit your earlier notes once you know what happened. A note that says a transit might bring change is easy to match to nearly any outcome afterward. Short new Moon entries written during the quarter help here, and our guide to reviewing a quarter with astrology shows how to keep them.

Write your expectations before the quarter in plain words, date them and leave them alone. When you review, mark them as they stand. A vague prediction that fits everything tells you little, and the review will show you which of your questions were too loose to test.

Do I need a birth chart? Not for the Moon-based version. With a chart, you can add a slow transit to a personal point. Without one, the Moon’s phases and signs still give you a calendar.

Why not review monthly? A month is a fine rhythm for a short check, and a quarter gives goals more time to show a result. You can use both.

What if I did not write a plan at the start? Write one now for the next quarter and begin there. Do not reconstruct the old one from memory.

Can I use this for work and money decisions? It can help you reflect on habits and goals. Decisions about money, law or health belong with a qualified adviser, and no chart should replace them.

End with questions rather than conclusions. Write a short answer to each, and leave the answers uncommented until the next review. The aim is to hand your future self a clearer starting point, not to grade the quarter.

• Which goal did I give the most hours to, and was that a deliberate choice?
• Where did the plan fit my actual life poorly?
• Which interpretation helped me ask a better question, whether or not it fit?
• What would I try next quarter if it did not need to work?

Close the sitting by writing three lines on a new page: the goal you are keeping, one prediction you want to test, and the date of your next review. Fold the page into your calendar. When the date arrives, you already have your starting point, and no memory is asked to do the work.

The review only works if you leave your start-of-quarter notes unedited, since a vague prediction rewritten afterward can be matched to almost any outcome.