163. Why We Are Afraid of Our Charts

In this episode, I share how and why I decided to quit the traditional templates for professional astrologers: one-on-one readings, forecasts, and university-style teaching.  The ultimate message is to relentlessly validate and unshame what you feel to be true and want to talk about in your professional field.  Let me know your thoughts. Would love to hear what came up for you with this one.  +++ To learn about Unshaming Your Chart, I invite you to check out the course page. We begin on December 18th!  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @brittenlarue ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

If there's anything that I've learned about the birth chart over my years as an astrologer and a teacher of astrology, it's that the birth chart is a confrontation. That is, the birth chart is very confrontational. This isn't something that I see lots of people talking about, but I think it's crucial to name for anyone who's curious about getting closer to their charts and going deeper with astrology.  In this episode, I share the core fears that I see come up for beginners, students, and even professional astrologers as they relate to their chart. It's my desire that in naming what we fear we can alchemize what is vulnerable about the chart into something that feels more exciting, more loving, and more expansive. To learn about Unshaming Your Chart, I invite you to check out the course page. We begin on December 18th!  And be sure to join my newsletter for reminders about this course and future offers. +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y https://brittenlarue.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @brittenlarue ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Welcome to the 12th of 12 episodes where I unshame the houses of the chart with a different guest astrologer for each episode.  WE DID IT! THE FINAL HOUSE!  My guest is the wonderful Danny Larkin. At this beginning of this project, I let Danny pick the house he wanted to unshame and he chose to go last. Lucky me! As a 12th House Sun-Mercury-Venus, I feel a deep affinity with this house. I felt I was learning and healing as we spoke.  To the ancients, the 12th House was called Bad Spirit.  Here we’re discussing how shame can show up in the department of life we call the 12th House, which includes:  - childbirth and labor  - pain and suffering  - behind the scenes of the rest of life  - isolation  - enemies - karma, past lives   - psychic connections - spiritual transcendence  - seeking grace, peace   - collective unconscious, altered states, downloads  - self-undoing, inner demons, shadow   I’m so grateful to Danny for going there with me.  Enjoy!  Danny Larkin is the Vice President of the International Association of Astral Magic (IAAM). He previously served as Vice President and then President of the Association for Young Astrologers (AYA) (2017-2020). He is a lifetime member of the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR) as well as the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR).  Danny is a pillar of the astrology community in New York City. He has studied modern astrology with Annabel Gat and John Marchesella. He serves as a fellow of the New York NCGR chapter and teaches classes as part of its faculty. He organizes the largest monthly gathering of Astrologers in New York - the Big Apple Astrology Meetup at the New York Theosophical Society, which he inherited from the late Kirk Kahn. Danny is certified at the first level by NCGR-PAA. He is fully certified by ISAR, passing the ISAR competency exam after a series of workshops organized by Anne Ortelee. Danny is currently working to complete a certificate in Hellenistic Astrology from Demetra George, as well as the certificate in Modern Astrology from the Faculty of Astrological Studies. +++ EARLY BIRD TUITION FOR MY BRAND NEW 8-WEEK COURSE ** UNSHAMING YOUR CHART ** IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, ONLY!  Check out the course page and be sure to join my newsletter for reminders about this special pricing option if you already know you’re a Yes.  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Here at the end of this lunar cycle, I bring you another Dark Moon Download.  What came through for us is the phrase: “all that we’re not bringing with us.” There’s a lot of juice here, but we’re especially being invited to notice and validate the fucks that we are no longer giving.  I share one of my personal favorites from over the years of being a mystic: leaving behind the fuck that I’m supposed to agree with someone telling me what is or is not possible in this world. That in order to appear responsible, I am supposed to quit my imagination function.  I hope you enjoy this one! Remember that you don’t have to listen at the “dark moon.” That’s just when these downloads want to come through for me to share. You definitely do not have to listen during any particular lunar cycle.  Whenever you are called to listen is exactly the perfect time to. +++ Check out the course page for UNSHAMING YOUR CHART!   EARLY BIRD PRICING IS DECEMBER 5 ONLY!  We begin Dec 18. And YES you can give or receive this as a gift. Choose any Pay-In-Full option and you will see how to do it at checkout.  To order one of 30 signed copies of Living Astrology, visit my shop. You can also get the full set of my Living the Signs workbooks for half off through Dec 2!  Click here to purchase any of the OG Unshaming the Signs workshops for deep discounts before I archive them forever.  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Welcome to the 11th of 12 episodes where I unshame the houses of the chart with a different guest astrologer for each episode. My guest is the heretical genius Kelsey Rose Tortorice. Our conversation was an incredibly shifting and illuminating.  To the ancients, the 11th House was called Good Spirit.  Here we’re discussing how shame can show up in the department of life we call the 11th House, which includes:  - How we constellate humans together around shared hopes and dreams  - Friends, acquaintances, associates, colleagues  - Friend groups, social networks, allies, community   - Benefactors, patrons, advancement through friends    - Prosperity and fortune, attainment of dreams  - Group identity, organizations, clubs, teams  I’m so grateful to Kelsey for going there with me.  Enjoy!  Kelsey is a post-capitalist astrologer, teacher, human design experiMentor, and community initiator. They are a student and teacher of the maia; seeking to understand and universalize the mechanics of reality within the context of individuality, cosmos, and consciousness as a whole. Their work facilitates upheaval; disrupting homogenized programming and re-orienting people to their differentiated truth and inherent wholeness.  Kelsey's links: personal stuff: personal website: https://www.kelseyrosetort.com/ - study astrology & human design the maia games podcast IG: @kelseyrosetort +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

I’m excited to share this unique look at Sagittarius season through the lenses of astrology, Human Design, and multiple other modalities. Enjoy! My guest is Alison Marie Dale, who I met inside Heretic Haven. Heretic Haven is an exploration of the 5th Line experience, hosted by Kelsey Rose Tortorice and Allyson Forseth. Alison is a 5/1 profile and I am a 3/5, which is how we both ended up in the same space.  I got to really be a student in this episode. Alison activated my HUGE INNER NERD, which is one of my most favorite parts of self. I had my notebook and pen out, writing down things she shared that I want to keep savoring. You might want to do the same as you listen!  If you’re new to Human Design, and discovering this wisdom modality for the first time, then… you’re welcome! It’s a rabbit hole. BEWARE! Like astrology, I recommend a slow and patient pathway, letting the wisdom roll in however it most resonates and going deeper as the desire emerges. This world is a lifelong study so there’s no rush.  To pull up your HD body graph, you will need your birth time just like in astrology. You can see yours for free here.  You can learn more about the 5th Line experience from my interview with Kelsey from last spring. This is one of my most downloaded episodes of 2024.  My HD teachers are the wonderful collaborators Amy Lee and John Cole of the Human Design Collective. Both are tremendously skilled teachers and readers. I will sing their praises until my dying days.  Click here to learn about the Gene Keys. Alison Marie Dale is an artist, ecological astrologer, human design guide and somatic facilitator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is also the host of the weekly forecast podcast Cycles of Time. Alison is passionate about helping people realize the potential for presence, creativity and abundance in their lives in times of personal and global transformation. Her current projects combine somatic practices (breathwork, voicework & nervous system regulation), divination practices (astrology, human design & the i’ching) and expressive arts. Her mission is to create spaces where individuals can connect with the wisdom of their bodies, exercise their creative muscles, and find deep belonging within the larger universe. Find Alison on social media at @astro.somatics & @cyclesoftimepodcast, on the interwebs at alisonmariedale.com and astrosomatics.com, and you can tune into Cycles of Time Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Welcome to the 10th of 12 episodes where I unshame the houses of the chart with a different guest astrologer for each episode. My guest is the great Diana Rose Harper! Diana is one of the most insightful and critically interesting voices in the entire astrological community. Her work is cherished by all those who long for a more compassionate approach to this wisdom tradition.  To the ancients, the 10th House was called The Midheaven.   Here we’re discussing how shame can show up in the department of life we call the 10th House, which includes:  - your public-facing, most visible self - what you’re known for - your reputation, standing, status  - your career or vocation  - your gestating parent (or the caregiver who most shaped your public self) and the strivings of their lineage - what you contribute to the world and the energetics of that contribution  - ambition and achievement  - mastery of skills  No small thing! I’m so grateful to Diana for going there with me!  Enjoy!  Diana Rose Harper is a relational astrologer currently living on the West Coast of the so-called United States. Her practice aims at helping humans to better occupy our spiritual & ecological niches with the assistance of astrology's ability to render more legible who we are and how we can relate with incarnate experience. As an animist striving to embody a devotional, love-centered ethos, Diana's practices support re-enchantment and re-integration with the wider field of being. She is a repeat presenter at the Northwest Astrology Conference, a repeat guest on The Astrology Podcast, and hosts monthly live chats via her Patreon. Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddamascenaa/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ddamascenaa Website: https://ddamascenaa.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ddamascenaa Work Your Angles workshop: https://ddamascenaa.podia.com/work-your-angles-cultivating-midheavenly-presence +++ Do you want to experience mentorship with me? Do you crave mystical support for your work in the world? This is not your usual money mindset container.  Click here to check out the course page and learn more about the U2D experience  We begin Tuesday, November 19.  Doors close once all seats are filled. It filled last time on the first go, so I have no reason to believe it won’t fill again.  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Welcome to the 9th of 12 episodes where I unshame the houses of the chart with a different guest astrologer for each episode. My guest is the great Heidi Rose Robbins! Heidi is one of the most celebrated astrologers of our time. It has been an honor to know, learn from, and feel supported by Heidi since early in my career.  To the ancients, the 9th House was called God. No biggie!    Here we’re discussing how shame can show up in the department of life we call the 9th House, which includes:  - Religion and spirituality  - Higher knowledge, wisdom, philosophy  - Long journeys, distant places, unfamiliar territory, pilgrimages   - Foreign travel, multicultural interests - Visions, dreams, oracles, prophets, astrologers, dream interpreters  - Law - Higher education, academia  - Abstract mind  (List from Demetra George, Ancient Astrology II)   I’m so grateful to Heidi for going there with me. This conversation felt so nourishing to me.  Enjoy!  Heidi Rose Robbins has been a professional astrologer for 25 years, helping thousands of clients all over the globe live with more authenticity and clarity. She hosts two podcasts, THE RADIANCE PROJECT, featuring poetry, astrology, and good company, and CHART YOUR CAREER, with co-host Ellen Fondiler. Twice a year, she leads Radiant Life Retreats, for people wishing to take a deeper dive into her work. She is also a guest faculty member at Esalen in Big Sur, CA. Heidi has written two books of poetry, This Beckoning Ceaseless Beauty and Wild Compassion, and has been a featured poet at two TedX events. Her 12-book series, The Zodiac Love Letters, was published by One Idea Press, and last year her new book, Everyday Radiance--based on her daily Instagram offerings--was published by Chronicle.   Follow Heidi on Instagram.   +++ Do you want to experience mentorship with me? Do you crave mystical support for your work in the world? This is not your usual money mindset container.  Click here to check out the course page and learn more about the U2D experience  We begin Tuesday, November 19.  Doors close once all seats are filled. It filled last time on the first go, so I have no reason to believe it won’t fill again.  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Welcome to a sneak peek inside Underdog to Diva. U2D is a mystical group mentorship container for relating to money, achievement, and visibility as a multidimensional being made by and for love. If you have a business or a creative practice that you show up to in a public way, you do not want to miss this episode!  I’m giving away some of the trove of wisdom I have shared inside my mentorship space. Enjoy!  +++ Do you want to experience mentorship with me? Do you crave mystical support for your work in the world? This is not your usual money mindset container.  Click here to check out the course page and learn more about the U2D experience  EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, NOV 8!  We begin Tuesday, November 19.  Doors close once all seats are filled. It filled last time on the first go, so I have no reason to believe it won’t fill again.  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.

Welcome to the 8th of 12 episodes where I unshame the houses of the chart with a different guest astrologer for each episode. My guest is Mariola Rosario! Maria is a longtime cherished member of my community. We met first when she won a Scorpio-themed giveaway I did in the fall of 2019! She has served as 13th Reader for The Magician’s Table, is the TA for Emergence Astrology Year 1, and - breaking news! - will be one of the faculty for Year 2.   To the ancients, the 8th House was called The Idle Place.   Here we’re discussing how shame can show up in the department of life we call the 8th House, which includes:  - death - inheritances or profits from death  - matters relating to death like wills  - occupations related to death  - other people’s money - assets from your spouse or business partner - taxes  - debts  - fears, anxieties, horrors  - mental illness  - depth psychology  - psychological transformations and alchemy  - the occult We go really, really deep in this one. What an honor! Referenced: Dion Fortune’s The Sea Priestess     Mariola Rosario is a visual artist, astrologer, educator, independent researcher and flâneuse weaving occult traditions & visual culture. She is from Puerto Rico and currently lives and creates from Paris, France. She has always found herself somewhere between the teacher-student axis and would like to continue to find alternative and more compassionate routes towards inclusive pedagogy and anti-extractive modes of learning and co-creating spaces of magical and material mutual aid.   Mariola’s books are open for one-on-one astrology and tarot consultations.  She is also open to creative collaborations with fellow artists, magicians, organizers, activists and curious souls. Mariola also organizes bespoke tours in Paris, for anyone that is interested in art, history, culture, especially as it relates to occult traditions and the more hidden, alternative parts of the city. She also offers wine, coffee and culinary explorations for food nerds like herself. Contact her if you are interested, she knows all the good spots. https://mariolarosario.com/ Her course Chthonic AF: Unearthing Myths of Power, Sacred Rage, and the Monstrous Feminine begins late October and goes until November 20th. Please contact Mariola if you would like to join, even if the course has already started.  This upcoming Spring, during Gemini season, Mariola will co-host two dreamy Astrology, Yoga, relaxation and culinary delights retreats in Greece with friend and collaborator Megan Frye. There will be two sessions, one under the introspective New Moon in Gemini and the other illuminated by the expansive Full Moon in Sagittarius.  More info here: https://www.holisticsoulproject.com/greeceastrologyyogabeachretreat2025 https://www.instagram.com/mariola_rosario +++ Learn about Cave Space - enrollment is open through end of Scorpio season! Learn about Underdog to Diva 6-month Group Coaching - Early Bird pricing ends 11/8!  +++ E M E R G E N C E  A S T R O L O G Y ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.brittenlarue.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brittenlarue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Living Astrology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ +++ Podcast art: Angela George. Podcast music: Jonathan Koe.