oh hey new moon
Hi.
I don't have a grand greeting to start this. I have loads of things to share, but in this love letter I'm confining myself to a few (of many more) updates + an invitation for Wednesday night.
Update about new things:
I realized in early 2022, as I approached the 1-year birthday of Siderealchemy, that I needed to retreat for a bit, to reflect and assess. My neurodivergent brain seeks and appreciates patterns and fractals—how I witness and understand. But it's hard for me to integrate the insights when I'm in all my usual routines.
Then the universe chose the timing: after a couple years of holding the intention but also having surrendered any further direct efforts, I unexpectedly moved in the spring. I'm still not unpacked, but life has already changed drastically, all in good ways.
What that means if you're local to Atlanta – I am unpacked enough that we have the option to have sessions in person!
You can choose from all the things: time on the Biomat, the widest selection of decks, choices among essential oils. My favorite part is in-person sound healing.
This is actually much closer to how my intuitive practice exists—I use flower essences and essential oils before I pull cards, for example. So, I'm excited to share this more directly.
These in-person sessions are already happening, even though they're not listed on the Siderealchemy site. If you're interested, just reply to this email and we'll figure it out.
What is on the site, if you're curious, are some broader changes to my 1:1 work. If you're not local and we're not going to have in person sessions anytime soon, there are still ways to incorporate more of these other practices into our work together.
a recent pull from the Luminous Void Tarot
Update about things in process:
Autumn classes are still being organized! I'm super excited to teach again later this year.
~ Mirrors & Reflections ~ an exploration into the QRS of tarot & oracle practice
~ Archetypal Doors ~ wider portals of gender & power
That means self-study classes are currently open for registration:
~ Dive Into Your Deck ~ a comprehensive & engaging foundation to tarot & oracle practice ~
~ Light Your Lantern ~ an illumination into specific patterns & insights of your deck ~
More details, FAQs, options for personalized instruction from me (and more!), all on the site.
Finally, an invitation: for Wednesday evening at 9:00pm US Eastern.
The recent Roe decision has nudged me to create spaces for listening, sharing, and learning.
Open to all genders, because I believe knowledge is empowerment. And because I believe everyone needs to have these conversations. I want to normalize them and share wisdom.
Things like tracking the menstrual cycle, which I've been doing for over 25 of the 31 years I've been bleeding. Navigating difficult healthcare – like the times I went to Planned Parenthood with a paystub with shitty wages from shitty jobs, so that I could get a discount on healthcare.
Choices around birth control. Ways to truly support people directly impacted by these issues.
And because I know as a well-intentioned, loving person, you want to be compassionate — we'll discuss insensitive, harmful things to avoid, that promote erasure and misinformation.
This is a time of surging emotions and big declarations. (I set some massive intentions in my new moon ritual this week.)
Those are wonderful and healthy. But they need to be grounded in actual knowledge, so that they can be nurtured in meaningful actions.
And because I think music makes every setting better, we'll have a short integration/meditation period when I'll play some live music.
If you're interested in that or have questions about anything else, email me, please.
In the meantime, take and receive exquisite care of yourSelf and those around you (humans, earth, animals, and beyond) — which I hope is simply part of your usual way of being.
Blessings,
S.
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Siderealchemy
she / they