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Fdaf is a young association
sponsored by the most eminent French speaking astrologers. Andre Barbault,
Jacques Berthon, Ferdinand David, Alexander Ruperti, Robert Tinder and
Suzel Fuzeau-Braesch encouraged it at its very birth in 1996.
Today, it brings together over 500
members of which the half are professional astrologers.
Fdaf has as an ambition to gather
the professionals who practise regularly astrology in various sectors,
amateurs of astrology and a public increasingly more numerous, in search
of quality education on what is and what is not astrology, on what it can
be expected, who to consult. It also creates bridges with the other
professionals, experts in social sciences, education, psychologists,
doctors, journalists, all willing to better know astrology or to improve
their opinion about its methods and its utility.
One of the Fdaf mission is
information, in particular towards general public on the role of astrology
and the great principles of its practice. For that, it publishes a
quarterly review and an Internet site http://www.fdaf.org to which the
best French speaking astrologers collaborate in a spirit of freedom and
tolerance. It organizes each year the Astrology Day in March with
demonstrations, communications in schools and bookshops, conferences in
all the largest towns of France. It also maintains special relationships
with the media.
Fdaf promotes an astrology of
quality, in its principles, its teaching and counsels. It publishes a
guide of the best astrologers and teachers who all subscribe to the Fdaf
code of ethics. It aims to defend the profession, in particular while
maintaining regular contacts with the authorities to work out an
astrologer’s statute and professional chart.
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The Fdaf code of ethics
A quality label to protect public
Article 1 :
"the
stars incline, but do not determine"
Article 2 :
"Astrology refers to moral values preaching the freedom and the
specificity of each person » Article 3 (extract) : « Only the
professional astrologers (declared in liberal profession or paid) and
the volunteers (administrators or collaborator of associations) can be
published on the official lists as experts"
Article 5 :
"The
astrologer (member of the Federation of the French-speaking
Astrologers) can only make use of astrology for helping and
understanding people (priority being given to the person on the
technique). It proscribes all kind of practice linked to superstition.
In no case he should take benefit of the confidence and the power he
is invested by the consultant. It is subjected to the professional
secrecy"
Article 6 :
"The
astrologer (member of the Federation of the French-speaking
Astrologers) respect the principle of limit and competences and does
not hesitate to direct the consultant towards professionals
spécialists (psychiatrists, psychologists, therapeutists, etc.)" |
A
professional identity
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to protect our
customers from the improper practises and from « not trained » or
occasional astrologers
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to clearly distinguish
the astrological practice from magical arts like tarots, clairvoyance,
mediumnity
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to clearly register
astrology in the line of Social sciences, to develop a practise of
quality centered on counsel, the taking into account of the various
individual backgrounds, beyond others mass predictive practises
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