As a licensed counselor in California with 5+ years of experience working in mental health, SUD/ED, and trauma treatment; nothing has been more powerful in my work both personally and professionally than integrating spirituality and astrology with the fundamental principles of psychology and the human experience.

Astrology is defined as a means of interpretation of the movement of the celestial bodies and how they impact the human and material world. We all know that matter on earth is impacted by the energetic forces at play within our solar system; the tides respond to the moon… the weather reflects our orientation around the sun… and after all, aren’t we just spiritual matter on earth? The birth chart captures the exact energetic alignment of these various forces at play at the time of your birth and calls upon ancient mythology; patterns throughout history; and the fundamental nature of relationships to help humanize the data. Astrology is the art of interpretation; assigning meaning and identifying the impact through our unique personalities, daily lives, habits, patterns, higher purpose, and life direction as supported by the basic laws of physics, astronomy, and quantum energy.

On a personal level, I found astrology in the midst of the darkest chapter in my life. Despite my heavy background in psychology and my lifelong engagement in therapy of all different kinds, I always felt as though something was missing. In fact, I felt MORE misguided after a certain point; I was tired of being pathologized, diagnosed, and shamed for the challenges I faced. At the root, I was seeking to better understand myself, and I was yearning for the ability transform and evolve from an authentic, self-guided perspective. Enveloped in my own personal darkness, shame, and emptiness; skeptical of anyone that seemed to have the answers; and certainly unwilling to take direction from those that I felt couldn’t really “see” me; I began by exploring the lunar cycles: writing, reflecting, and learning by following the phases of the moon. I quickly began to see the patterns I was exploring spiritually reflected within my own life, the lives of those around me, and society at large. 

The funniest part? I kept my affinity for astrology a secret for the first couple of years. I was initially skeptical of astrology, as I know many of us are, and I even felt embarrassed at first when I took interest in it. But that ability to explore in silence has paid off tenfold, and after the first couple of years I simply could not gate-keep the wisdom I had been able to access. Now, more than 5 years later, I have the opportunity to provide the invaluable gifts that this practice has given me with the world. 

From that very first time I was able to interpret my birth chart, my entire perspective changed eternally. I saw the patterns in my chart that encapsulated the predestined “split” within myself; the duality, oppositions, and the contradictions that I had spent my life trying to make sense of. I had some of my core trauma contexualized for the first time in such a way that I didn’t internalize the feeling that I was “bad”, that I was “unlovable”; or that there was something fundamentally wrong with me. Instead, I saw that there were certain kinds of emotional pain and abandonment that I was intended to alchemize within my chart. I saw my core wounds as being opportunities to connect with my core gifts. And I was able to recognize some of the primary means of self-sabotage and “getting in my own way” through a lens that provided me with the means of solution. 

It is such a gift to be able to share this with you all, and it is my primary goal to provide you with the same level of insight, self-compassion, direction, and clarity that my spiritual practice in astrology has provided for me.