The Gift of Astro-Awareness

Peak astrology this weekend, and early-bird pricing for Astrology 101 ends today

We’re in the midst of some of the most dynamic astrology of the year - are you feeling it?? Two powerful planetary squares, angles of tension and friction, are building in power and will peak on Sunday. Jupiter in Cancer squares Saturn in Aries, while Mars - the ruler of Aries - squares Uranus.

The Jupiter-Saturn square marks a major turning point, putting on the pressure to leave the past behind and take a brave step into new territory. (See my Sagittarius Full Moon post for more info.) The square from Mars to Uranus adds fuel to the fire, amping up the pressure and potentially stirring up anger, volatility, violence and reactivity (see: world events).

In its higher expression, Mars-Uranus can catalyze breakthroughs and revelations, creative solutions and innovative approaches to pursuing your dreams. Mars is in Leo, and the key is leading with your soft and open heart, embodying the Warrior of Love, staying centered in your personal power and responding creatively (instead of reacting) to disruptive and unexpected events.

In times like these, I’m deeply grateful to be able to lean into an astrological perspective. Contrary to popular opinion, the usefulness of astrology is NOT to be able to predict future events, or to show you how to avoid pain or defend against Life, or to give you more control (or the illusion thereof).

Astrology is AMAZING at predicting archetypes and energies - NOT specific outcomes or events. In my cosmology, the future is unwritten, there are many possible futures, and which verison manifests depends on how we engage with the present.

The more conscious we are of the energies currently at play - the astrological weather - the better we can work with those energies and direct them toward the more beautiful world we want to live in. “The future” is a co-creative endeavor, not a fixed entity, and not a spectator sport.

I also believe that creating our more beautiful collective future depends on and is built from individual healing and evolution. I’m so passionate about spreading the good word of astrology, empowering others to understand their own birth charts, because I’ve experienced and witnessed the transformational power of astrology.

Astrology is an incredible tool for bringing to light unconscious, self-sabotaging patterns, clarifying your unique purpose and soul’s evolutionary intention, validating your inner knowing, and revealing the meaning and purpose of this moment in time.

If you’re new to astrology and inspired to learn more, or if you’re a more advanced student who wants to strengthen your foundation in the basics, I hope you’ll join me for my 10-week Astrology 101! We start June 26th

In Astrology 101, you’ll be working with your own birth chart throughout the 10 weeks, and I’ll use students’ charts as examples in class. You’ll leave each class with knowledge and skills you can immediately apply to interpreting your (or someone else’s) birth chart.

If you feel intrigued, check out the details. Sign up by tonight to take advantage of the early-bird registration rate of $285.

And finally - I want to share with you a conversation I recently had with Barbara Sanders for her Sacred Metamorphoses podcast. We talk about the rare conjunction of Saturn and Neptune in Aries, and the potential to dissolve old realities and identities, and to build a new dream. As Jupiter is now (and for the next week) squaring Saturn and Neptune, this conjunction is being super-activated!

I hope to see you in Astrology 101! Questions? Just hit reply.

love, Emily