1. Prepare for the Reading
Collect Accurate Birth Information: Ensure you have the exact birth date, time, and location. If the time is unknown, clarify that the reading may be less precise for elements like the ascendant and house placements.
Review Life Context: Tailor the reading to reflect their life experiences, acknowledging how generational influences and past transits have shaped their journey. Elderly clients may appreciate the opportunity to reflect on long-term patterns and themes in their life.
Understand the Client’s Interests: Ask about their main concerns beforehand. Elderly individuals may be more focused on legacy, reflection, or health. Tailor the reading to these interests, with an emphasis on reflection and empowerment.
Consider Health and Well-Being: When discussing health-related aspects (e.g., the 6th house, Saturn, Chiron), approach with sensitivity. Focus on practical well-being rather than dire predictions, offering constructive guidance for maintaining vitality.

2. Build Rapport and Set the Tone
Introduce the Concept of Astrology: If they are unfamiliar with astrology, explain the birth chart as a symbolic map rather than a deterministic tool. This reassures clients that astrology offers insight and reflection, rather than fate.
Acknowledge Their Life Experience: Begin by validating their life journey. Emphasize how astrology provides perspective on patterns they’ve already lived through, grounding the reading in their personal experiences.
Create a Collaborative Dialogue: Encourage a two-way dialogue where they share their reflections on significant life milestones. This fosters a collaborative atmosphere, letting their wisdom and experience shape the interpretation.
Set an Intention for the Reading: Ask them what they hope to gain—whether it’s personal insight, understanding past challenges, or guidance for the future. This intention will shape the direction of the reading.

3. Focus on Key Elements of the Natal Chart
Sun, Moon, and Ascendant:
Sun Sign: Highlight how their Sun sign energy has likely been expressed throughout their life and evolved over time.
Moon Sign: Discuss how their emotional needs and patterns may have transformed with age. Elderly clients often prioritize emotional comfort and stability.
Ascendant: If the birth time is known, reflect on how they’ve grown into their rising sign and how it has shaped their persona through various life stages.
Elemental Balances: Examine the balance of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water in their chart. Discuss how these energies may have shifted or evolved at different life stages, and how they influence their current well-being and outlook.

4. Examine Key Planets and Houses Relevant to Elderly Clients
Saturn: Discuss Saturn’s role in bringing maturity, discipline, and wisdom over time. Reflect on key Saturn transits (especially Saturn returns) and how these have marked significant milestones in their life.
Chiron: Explore themes of healing, particularly any emotional or physical wounds they've managed over the years. Empower them by discussing the wisdom they've gained from Chiron’s influence.
4th House (Home and Legacy): Elderly clients may be interested in family matters, legacy, and their roots. Discuss any planets in the 4th house, highlighting how these areas have shaped their sense of belonging and home.
6th House (Health and Routine): Address health and daily routines in a practical, empowering way. Focus on how they can maintain well-being, offering advice on living with vitality at this stage of life.
8th House (Endings and Transformation): Approach the 8th house with sensitivity. Frame discussions about mortality in terms of transformation, spiritual growth, and the cycles of life. Address shared resources and legacy with care.
12th House (Spirituality and Solitude): Delve into their spiritual evolution, the role of solitude, and their relationship with the unconscious. This can open up a conversation about peace, meditation, or deeper reflection on their spiritual path.

5. Integrate Life Transits and Progressions
Saturn and Pluto Transits: Reflect on how past Saturn and Pluto transits have shaped their life, highlighting life lessons, personal growth, and resilience. Consider how current or upcoming transits may continue this process.
Uranus Transits: Discuss Uranus’ role in creating unexpected changes in late life. This could include shifts related to technology, social connections, or liberation from old structures, framing change as an opportunity for adaptation and renewal.
Progressed Moon: The progressed Moon reveals the emotional focus in their current stage of life. Discuss the significance of its phase and how it ties into emotional well-being and personal reflection.
Jupiter Transits: Offer insights into areas of expansion, joy, and wisdom. Even in later life, Jupiter transits can highlight opportunities for growth, learning, or fulfilling new experiences.

6. Provide a Spiritual and Reflective Perspective
Spiritual Evolution: Many elderly clients may be contemplating deeper spiritual questions. Use Neptune, the 12th house, or other spiritual aspects to discuss their journey toward inner peace, transcendence, or greater spiritual awareness.
Karmic Lessons and Dharma: If they are open to it, discuss karmic themes or the soul’s purpose using the North and South Nodes. Highlight how they’ve fulfilled key lessons in this lifetime and what wisdom they are carrying forward.
Elder Wisdom and Mentorship: Emphasize their role as a wisdom bearer. Planets like Saturn, Jupiter, or Chiron can show where they have gained experience that could be shared with others. Encourage them to reflect on how they might serve as mentors or guides.

7. Life Reflection and Empowerment
Encourage Self-Reflection: Invite them to reflect on the major themes of the reading and how their natal chart has aligned with their life journey. This offers closure, understanding, and peace.
Focus on Gratitude: Emphasize the strengths and wisdom they’ve developed. Use astrology as a tool to inspire gratitude for their journey, highlighting the gifts they’ve gained through their experiences.
Empower Their Choices: Conclude by reminding them that astrology is a tool for reflection, not prediction. They still have agency in shaping their future, and this final phase of life can be filled with meaning, purpose, and joy.

8. End the Session with Compassion and Care
Offer Gentle Advice: Provide attainable suggestions for self-care (6th house), community involvement (11th house), or spiritual practices (12th house). Ensure the advice is sensitive to their current life phase and respectful of their capacities.
Check-In Post-Reading: Offer a follow-up or check-in if needed. Astrological insights can take time to process, and elderly clients may benefit from additional support in integrating the reading’s messages.

9. Create a Written Summary
Written Summary for Reflection: After the session, provide a concise written summary of the key points discussed (natal chart elements, transits, practical advice). This can serve as a reference for the client to revisit and reflect upon at their own pace.

This step-by-step approach balances astrological insight with empathy and care, ensuring that elderly clients feel understood, respected, and empowered as they reflect on their life journey.

Here is a framework for how I do my custom astrology/birth charts for clients over 65 years old. Act as a renowned astrologer and using that framework as a model, create applicable and appropriate frameworks for these custom astrology reports, as well: Under 18 Report – $100
Standard/Full Report – $100
Mini Natal Report – $50
Inner Wellness and Healing Report – $150
Life Purpose Report – $150
Personalized self-care plans based on birth charts – $40
Spiritual growth and transformation – $150