intro to astro
“Astrology is not a fixed map of one’s destiny, but a potential map of the unfolding of the authentic, higher self”
workshop replay
PASSWORD: urstardust
house systems
As promised here are some links to information that guided me to the Whole Sign House system:
Kelly Surtees on her switch
Chris Brennan’s podcast on Whole Sign Houses + this handout
Chris Brennans debate with Deborah Houlding on Whole Sign Houses. His podcast is a WEALTH of information and a go to for me in general.
an interest in ancient/traditional/Helenistic astrology and the timing techniques within which are associated with whole sign houses (like Profections)
running my chart, and people I know well, through multiple house systems to see what most felt correct
I’m not advocating for Whole Signs, simply offering you some insight around how I came to land there after much deliberation, should you like to explore for yourself. I also share some of my experience in the replay.
basics
MODES
CARDINAL - initiates, new beginnings, fresh energy, beginning of a season
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
FIXED - harnesses, builds, stabilizes, rhythm, dependable, mid-season
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
MUTABLE - disperses, lets go, fluid, adaptability, surrender, end of a season.
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
*The modes are always the same in opposition. See graphic.
POLARITIES
YANG - the Divine Masculine, action, expression, outward, linear, logical, doing.
YIN - the Divine Feminine, receptivity, spirituality, inward, process oriented, trust, present, open, being.
ASTROLOGICAL ELEMENTS
FIRE - passion, creativity, spontaneity, optimistic, life force, beginnings, dyanmics / dramatic, burnout, self-destructive, unfocused, impulsive
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
EARTH - stability, necessities + the tangible, practical, patience, presence, the now / stubborn, serious, narrow-minded, hyper focused, stuckness
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
AIR - the mind, logic, thinking, learning, communication, perspective, open-minded, social / spacey, flighty, aloof, scattered, indecisive
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
WATER - emotions, memory, intuition + psychic connections, sensitivity, bodymind, spirituality, ability to flow with life / overwhelm, addiction, escapism, illusion
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Fire + Air Signs are always masculine/yang in polarity.
Earth + Water Signs are always feminine/yin in polarity.
“Because astrology maps the journey of the soul, it lifts the Earthly weight of right or wrong, good or bad- calming my inner critic, and empowering me to see my life symbolically, making space for imperfection, change and surprise. In illumination my soul’s map, my energetic journey becomes primary and my physical experience, secondary.”
“Understandably, some may question the connection between the positions of planets and the genesis of human DNA. However, when you understand the universe in which we live as holographic, then we see that all patterns within space-time are linked through a vast hyper-dimensional matrix. Therefore the patterns in the heavens always have a direct correspondence to emergent life. It is not that one influences the other, but that one is literally entangled with the other at a quantum level.”
some fave RESOURCES
Astro.com for charts (the one I use most often as well as in the video examples)
Astro Seek for more interpretation as well as the Time Passages app
Lily Ashwell’s Heavenly Bodies Astrology Deck