Interview with Mysticmag
We sat down with the lovely Sarah at MysticMag last month, for a chat about all things Locational Astrology, Astrocartography and embodying creative potential in the most potent and activated places on earth. If you’re looking for meaningful content on metaphysics, holistic health, wellness, or spiritual guidance, check them out after the jump!
Interview excerpt
Changing locations can be a significant step for anyone. How do you help individuals navigate and make informed decisions about relocating based on their astrological maps?
The beauty of the all-encompassing system of Locational Astrology which includes Astrocartography is there are many ways to work with this energy, and it doesn’t always mean you have to uproot your life. For many of us that is a privilege or we may not even desire to leave where we are, even when it’s difficult. Most of my clients already have a few ideas about where they would like to go, even if it’s a short-term visit – and actually, the most successful readings come out of gathering a few location preferences from my clients. In Astrocartography, the whole world is our “palette”, so the more specifics we can start from the better the reading.
If someone isn’t quite ready to make a move to a line that might be halfway around the world or even several hundred miles away, I’d like to remind my clients that the influence of the ACG lines can be felt up to 600-800 miles away. People often think you have to live right on a line which is just not the case – and even more true if that planetary line is challenged in your natal chart, you may definitely want some distance.
Another technique I use are parans, which are places where 2 planets cross somewhere on the planet. So what you get is a blended effect of 2 planets together. The beauty of parans is that instead of vertical planetary lines, the latitude where the planets cross forms a horizontal line which can literally be followed anywhere on the planet. So let’s say you have an amazing Venus AC line in Greece but you’re not going there anytime soon. Perhaps you have a Venus paran near you that you can spend time near, or maybe it’s a day trip or weekend away. You can basically then go test the waters closer to home, and get a bit of a preview of what the energetics of it might feel like.
Lastly, a core part of my process is utilizing ancient Hellenistic timing techniques, like Annual Profections or Cyclocartography. Annual Profections assign a chronological age to the houses on your chart, so you have a more informed sense of what is best to focus on this year (and moving might not be it). With Cyclo Cartography, or CCG, we are looking at planetary progressions and transits as they approach are natally placed planetary lines on our Astrocartography map. We’re looking at how the current sky is going to drive our spiritual and emotional worlds, as well as our lived experience in the 3-D in that place. With CCG we can get hyper-specific, sometimes down to the week or even day when the energy is ideal for a certain effect or experience someone wants to have. That is, it’s amazing for pre-planning just about anything – from moving, to travel, starting a business, or even being more creative. We now know the time and exact place that is lit up to facilitate that experience for a client.
