“Humans must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will they fully understand the world in which they live.” — Socrates

ASTROCARTOGRAPHY SESSIONS - YOUR FAQs

What is astrocartography?

In my long experience working with countless thousands of clients, it is the master key to this life we know in the physical dimension on Earth . It explains the organization of the phenomenal world as we know it and it is clear, after studying these maps, that our lives are not at all random. Seeing how it opens people’s lives, I’ve come to see it as is a Divine gift that brings great comfort and empowerment to those who begin to see their own lives, and all of life, through this lens.

Do I need to have places in mind for the reading or does the reading give me insights and ideas for places?

The reading will give lots of insights and ideas for places you haven't considered AND/OR we can check the influences of places where you may already have practical connections or possible opportunities, or feel intuitively drawn or curious about. It’s not necessary to bring a list of places you want to check though you are welcome to do so if you already know where you want to focus your search.

Will the session be recorded so that I can relisten to the content at later times?

Yes, you will leave with a full audio recording of your session.

What is covered in the longer readings?

Astrology, in skilled hands, offers a blueprint of everything within our human experience from the most physical to the most sublime. While a natal chart describes what life will hold in the birth location in incredible detail, Astrocartography expands that information exponentially to include exactly how your inner and outer worlds will unfold when you visit, move to or remotely connect with any location on Earth. Because of this sheer volume of available information, the more time dedicated to map analysis, the more desirable places can be determined and undesirable places can be noted, and the more detailed the evaluation will be of those locations that interest, intrigue and inspire you most.

Should I do a session now or is it better to wait until closer to the time I plan to move or travel?

Your astrocartography analysis should always come first. Many a client has gotten a reading only to learn that all of their previous considerations and research of potential places was wasted time because the places they were considering (sometimes for years!) promised to present undesirable astrological challenge. Referring to your astrocartography assessment as a first step guide allows you to use your planning time, money and energy most efficiently.

What does it mean when there are no lines running through a location? Is it just neutral?

If you see no lines nearby it simply means there is nothing dominant in the angular natal houses directly overhead but that absolutely does not mean neutrality, though many beginners logically assume that to be the case until they get there!!  Always there are natal aspects, parans, zenith extensions as well as progressed lines, aspects, parans and zeniths you won't see pictured on the map. Also, many planets extend their influence a very long distance so what looks 'nearby' to our eye is very relative compared to planetary palpability on the ground. Lastly, all the other planets in the other 8 (cadent and succedent) houses not represented with lines remain active in the location as well.

If I have a reading now but don’t move for a while, will the progression map part of my reading be outdated?

The Golden, Supreme and Alchemical Sessions consider your dynamic progression map as well as your permanent natal map. If you do a reading now so you can plan more efficiently, we can easily look at the dynamic progression influences in any year in the future or whenever you plan to be there. This way the best of both worlds can be had for both planning well in advance and still being informed of what you will find the year you actually arrive.

Do you use the Western or Eastern style of astrology?

Astrocartography uses the Western astrological system more formally known as the Tropical system. It's based on the Sun's position in relation to the Earth as opposed to the Sidereal system which uses the Sun's position in relation to the stars. Sidereal is the system used in Vedic, Persian, Egyptian, Mayan and other ancient systems whereas the Tropical system I and most Western astrologers use is inherited from Europe via Greece and Turkey and, originally, the Arabian peninsula.

If I leave a place I’ve lived in a long time will I still be affected by the astrocartography there because I was rooted there for a long time?

The general law is that your birth place influences follow you everywhere while obviously getting overshadowed over time by local influences, especially if they are very different from birth place influences. However, when you are not born in a place and then leave it, those energies immediately begin to part company with you although it is a gradual transition for most people. You feel them lifting as you take on the new program of the new locale.

The internal changes they've inspired may remain with you or not, depending on how identified with them your ego (small self) has become. We continue to feed them or starve them with our mental attachments/fixations. But the situations and circumstances the energies subjected you to will cease immediately when you leave the land. Unless of course you hang out with someone who was born there who can also activate the energies of that land in your life, although it may be more subtle or not, depending on your level of attachment to the person.

I want a thorough reading but am concerned I won’t be able to pay attention for a 180 minutes. What should I do?

I've done these sessions with thousands of individuals and couples and I ensure you that time flies if the subject matter holds you fascinated. Once people get a taste of this extraordinary view of their own life and all of life, they not only watch the 3 hour window fly but come back for more in over 50% of cases.

Where should I look for my birth certificate if I can’t access a family copy?

Contact the Vital Records office of the city/ town/ county where you were born. Hospitals purge their files after so many years but Vital Records bureaus (often connected with the Health Department in the US) retain them much longer, usually indefinitely, so you can prove your original birth place citizenship.

I’ve been told I have a disastrous chart. Is there hope of ever thriving?

There is no such thing as a disastrous chart. Astrology is not destiny, it is potentials and we have enormous agency over how that unfolds. The key is having knowledge of the planets and how to work with them so we can resonate harmoniously with their interplay and stimulate their positive affects in our lives.

How do you work?

Astrocartography has called me to love it and live by it for 40+ years. Most of my clients learn of me either through someone I’ve worked with or while searching randomly online.  I often hear people say that something, some ethereal guidance within, told them to book or led them where to search. Intuition is a key part of my practice, both my client's and my own so I have learned to listen to and be grateful for those inner voices. We are in great need of cultivating inner wisdom, of increasing our connection to the Intelligence that binds all of Nature and I use mine to the best of my ability to help people to solve a myriad of life challenges as well as cultivate their desires for well being. I truly care about my clients who are the children of my sacred Mother, Earth. whom it is my honor to serve with my gifts and skills.

I’ve studied astrology for a while. Does astrocartography offer me any new information?

Astrocartography does indeed offer information you will not find in any other traditional chart in the form of parans or 'crossings' as they are colloquially termed. In my 40 years of studying and applying the maps, I find they resolve many mysteries in terms of the why and wherefore of certain patterns of experience cropping up in association with a particular location. Having a relationship with your map can open up an entirely new range of astrological context for your life and allow you to see how you might have far greater agency over your astrological destiny via your choice of locations now or in the future.

What is the difference between astrocartography and solar return charts that tell you where to spend your birthday? 

Astrocartography is much more comprehensive. Solar returns, like natal charts, focus on one place and one year whereas your astrocartography natal map shows you in equal detail what will manifest any time in your life anywhere in the world. And your progression astrocartography map show you temporary progressing planets going over every location on Earth during any given period of time.

Do astrocartography sessions focus purely on my map or do they cover other aspects of astrology too?

Unless otherwise requested, most of our focus will be on your Astrocartography map(s) though we often check in with your other charts for confirmation, clarification or an additional perspective. We’ll use all available resources to answer your questions and meet your unique goals.

With all of the unpredictability of climate change, can Astrocartography still help?

We're dealing with several factors that determine our energetic experiences here on Earth. Heavenly luck (or Heaven feng shui) and Earthly luck (or Earth feng shui).  The Earthly luck, which includes climate factors, is getting more unpredictable as we all see every day in the news. But the Heavenly luck, also known as astrocartography, is unique to each of us and completely independent from the conditions we are facing here collectively on the ground. While we have no control of the weather, with this knowledge in our toolkit, we have enormous control over our location’s impact on us personally. Do we catch the contagious illness (Earthly luck) or are we the only one in the office who doesn’t get sick (Heavenly luck)? Does our wealth take a beating in an economic event that effects everyone (Earthly luck) or is it left miraculously in tact (Heavenly luck)? So from this perspective, astrocartography is more vitally needed than ever in an increasingly unpredictable world.

Can astrocartography offer guidance on self awareness and spiritual growth like astrology?

So often I've seen people struggling so hard to change or improve internally and when they go to a more supportive location they discover that much of what they were struggling with was environmental i.e. influenced by local planetary forces. In many cases a change of locations is as powerful or more powerful a healing force as any kind of work we can do on ourselves, and often it's more long lasting. For that reason I recommend everyone look at their life location as a crucially important milestone on the journey of self improvement to overcome obstacles.

I’ve already chosen where I’m moving and not sure I want to hear if it is or isn’t a good place for me on the map. What value would knowing be if it’s forecast to be not good?

Astrocartography is as valuable for understanding and knowing how to work with the powers that be in places that are astrologically challenging as it is valuable in finding a more astrologically supportive place. Sometimes we can walk away from pain and difficulty. Other times it’s about operating wherever you have to be but more knowledgably. It’s like an organic farmer who takes the time to understand what the plants and soil really need which results in increased fertility, instead of pouring toxins on the land out of ignorance, that ultimately lead to destruction. Thriving is far more possible in your given location, regardless of the influences, if you understand the nature of the sovereign powers that you are dealing with and how to intermingle them cooperatively and intelligently with your own human sovereignty.

Does astrology determine fate or limit my life options? What about free will?

Astrological influences represent potentials, not facts. Nothing is set in stone. The position of the stars and planets creates a kind of template for your life. What you do with those potential energies is up to you. An apple seed can't become an oak or a maple, but there are huge variations in what it can become. Will it be healthy and fertile or stunted and fruitless? Will it thrive by working efficiently with its own best resources or will it wear itself out prematurely by ignoring or being in conflict with its own natural expression? 

What’s the point of knowing my astrology if I can’t change when/where I was born?

Knowing that these energetic influences exist, and how they operate in unique ways in our individual lives, is the basis for pursuing all kinds of new possibilities. By making informed choices, we radically increase the chances of experiencing the most desirable outcome as we go about choosing experiences and designing our lives. 

Astrology says that my life is personally influenced by distant objects in space. How does that work?

Western science beginning with Einstein, has confirmed what countless seers and enlightened sages of the past and present have claimed: that although physical boundaries are very 'real', energetic boundaries are an illusion produced by limited sensory perception. Just as we are realizing that all lives on our planet are  interconnected in extraordinarily complex ecosystems, so astrologically literate cultures throughout the world have understood that the solar system and galaxy we live in also play an integral part in this superbly intelligent natural system we are ultimately inseparable from.

How do computer generated interpretations compare and contrast with a personal reading?

Similar to newspaper horoscopes, computer generated interpretations should be regarded with care. While they may be fun for window shopping, if you're seeking profound self knowledge and life guidance, they're too generic. They're designed to be read by a wide range of people and offer a general overview rather than a close look at an individual's unique experiences or nature. They look at individual components in a chart as separate pieces and can't take into account how the pieces fit together in specific ways to shape a complex human life. Nor do they have intuition, one of the 2 key components of all chart or map interpretation.

I went to another astrologer and had a not great experience. I'm not sure what to look for this time.

Beware if you see sugar coated, overly positive interpretations or the opposite, frighteningly negative or intimidating predictions. Look for equanimity and moderation, both signs of a stable mind and trustworthy soul. An astrological interpretation that is founded in a profound knowledge of the subject and a proven gift for intuitive accuracy does not have to resort to tricks or extremes to keep people engaged. The stars do that very well on their own when they are accurately represented.

Can you tell me what the next few years will bring?

Astrology hold potentials. Nothing is written in stone and the interaction of many factors determines outcome, always. Nature is sophisticated and complex yet we like to oversimplify, to feel we know the future in certain terms in the hope of easing our fears of the unknown. I don't like the business of predicting what will happen to people as we are all so suggestible when we are hungry for wisdom and insight and I've seen the damage done by such predictions. Even when they turn out to be inaccurate they can take a heavy toll. Rather, I have learned from working with thousands of clients to encourage learning to increase one's sense of agency with astrology rather than encourage people to feel more powerless in the hands of a perceived destiny. I feel that is much easier to do when we understand the nature of the planets we are living under. It's like making friends with the natural world at the level of the sky. Things always work out better when we live in harmony with nature than when we are (always painfully) ignorant of how life actually works.

How long a session is suggested if I want to relocate?

Choosing a new location is a big decision that can dramatically effect your, and possibly your loved ones, quality of life for the foreseeable future. Your map is a complex and astrologically sophisticated tool that offers an enormous amount of detailed, in-depth foresight into how your life might unfold in any given location on Earth. Unlike a natal chart which explores the astrology of one location (your birthplace), your astro map holds the astrology data for THE ENTIRE WORLD. The map makes it possible to know how things will go anywhere on the planet in the same detail as your birth chart reveals the details about your life based on your birth place. Given the volume of information it makes available about what your life will be like anywhere on Earth, the more time dedicated to map analysis, the more desirable places can be determined and undesirable places can be noted, and the more detailed the evaluation will be of those locations that interest, intrigue and inspire you most. When using ASTROCARTOGRAPHY as a relocation tool the longer sessions are exponentially more informative as your budget allows. Many clients who book the shorter readings immediately book another when they experience how helpful, informative and accurate this tool is. If time is an issue, keep this in mind and plan ahead. I've had lots of folks tell me at the end of a session "I wish I'd booked more time!". I've never once had anyone say "I wish I'd booked less." Whatever your choice and considerations, I will work with you at your comfort level.