MY PHILOSOPHY
When astrology is focused on the bigger picture,
it becomes more useful.
There is so much detailed information to take in when looking at an astrological chart. That can make it difficult to figure out where to start, what to look at, and how all the pieces fit together. It can also create confusing horoscopes that don't add up to much. I believe that astrology should put the interpretation of all the aspects as a whole above the details of each alignment. That creates more useful horoscopes with a more clear message. To do that, I place more weight on the moon and slower-moving planets in every interpretation, which denote the larger cycles in our lives, and interpret the faster-moving planets within that context. Jeffrey Wolf Green's Evolutionary Astrology paradigm, which focuses on Pluto, the opposite point of Pluto, and the nodal axis also helps me to do that.
Some benefits to this
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A more holistic understanding, including the reason "why" things are happening
THE ASTROLOGY OF CYCLES
Simple, down-to-earth language that is easy to understand and relatable
Practical steps and solutions to work with the energy so you feel empowered
In 2010, I was getting my master's degree in journalism from New York University in a new, innovative program that had started the year prior adapting journalism to the web. The director of the program — Jay Rosen, a well-renowned industry critic — had very strong opinions that year about why the journalism industry was in decline. His main belief was that journalism was failing because journalists weren't explaining clearly enough to their readers the big events that were actually happening in the world and were focusing too much on the details, leading to a mis-informed public and lack of trust in its information (long before the term "fake news" was ever coined).
Better astrological explanations lead to better understanding
I was attending this program two years after the American housing market had collapsed in 2008. Rosen's belief was that journalists were writing detailed stories about updates to that collapse, a larger event that the everyday person really never understood in the first place. As a result, he enlisted my graduate class to do a project with ProPublica, a non-profit investigative journalism publication, to create multimedia projects that would better explain large news events that were in the process of happening, called the "Building A Better Explainer Project." Our final deliverables took the form of podcasts, infographics, interactive elements, and videos. At the time, I privately thought this project was a bit silly — too simple, too obvious. What I didn't realize is just how much that experience would impact me later on.
The 2008 housing crisis tauht me something important
Rosen also had another very strong opinion about why journalism was failing. He believed the industry was in jeopardy because it was operating under the unspoken rule that journalists don't or shouldn't have opinions — that they should essentially take what he called "the view from nowhere." He believed that this approach was flawed because every person alive has beliefs, opinions, and preferences — and when news organizations deny that, they are facilitating a false narrative that also leads to a lack of trust in its information. He posited that journalists should actually more openly express their beliefs, opinions, and philosophies at designated times so that readers could understand where their biases might lie and be able to better discern for themselves whether the source was trustworthy or not, instead of having to guess.
As a result, it is important to me to show my face in my horoscopes, so that you know who is creating the interpretation and where it is coming from. I also try to explain how I come up with my interpretations so that you can see my thought-processes and determine for yourself what is based in accuracy. I also like to use creative visual imagery of the heavens, sky, and angels to emphasize my point of view — the view that astrology should be taken as a whole, in context, and from a broader (or higher) perspective.
Releasing "the view from nowhere" makes information more trustworthy
e·the·re·al (adj.)
a.) extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
b.) marked by an unusual sense of refinement
c.) of or relating to the regions beyond the earth: celestial, heavenly
I aim to make my horoscopes easy-to-understand, sophisticated and nuanced, and inspired by the Divine.
Read more about me & why I started Ethereal Astrology here.
It's time to get a higher perspective.
Are you tired of getting bogged down by all the details of your natal chart? I help you cut through the conflicting information and get right to the point of what you are here on earth to learn.
