Straddling the worlds

Last month I had the privilege of talking with Erin Reese, host of Truth and Consciousness—one of my favorite podcasts here on Substack—about how planetary movements can give us insight and courage when our personal and collective lives feel overwhelming.

Erin describes her work as “straddling the worlds using astrology as a portal for guidance and expression in day-to-day living alongside my truest love of the Advaita [nondual] wisdom teachings.”

Erin also read my astrological natal chart (what she calls my “baby picture”) and forecasted events in my near future based on my astro-progressions and transits. (Chart screenshots are below.)

You’ll find Erin’s wisdom reassuring whether you’re an astrology pro, a rank novice, or even a nay-sayer. And don’t we all need more reassuring wisdom these days?

Here’s what we covered when:

• 0:00 Introduction

• 1:20 Using astrology as a portal for functioning in the duality of daily living

• 8:39 How Erin uses channelling to create her podcasts

• 10:45 Astrology, the Trump assassination attempt, and Biden’s withdrawal from the campaign

• 14:08 How powering down technology changes the world

• 16:00 How astrology helps us feel less crazy

• 19:06 Erin reads Marcella’s astrological “baby picture”

• 27:21 Marcella’s ambition for God

• 30:50 Erin reads Marcella’s progressed chart

• 34:31 Why Marcella is astrologically configured to teach forgiveness

• 37:10 When Marcella’s spiritual journey took off

• 40:47 Marcella and Erin’s composite chart

• 43:54 What is “archetypal astrology”?

• 48:11 How archetypes help us make sense of current events

• 49:30 One of the most popular archetypes in Marcella’s Women, Food & Forgiveness Academy

• 51:56 Why women need to connect to the Inner Father archetype

• 53:52 “Walk toward the Hag”

55:49 Where to find out more about Erin

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If you’d rather watch than listen, here’s the video of our conversation:

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For those of you who like to geek out on the stars, here are the charts that Erin read in our conversation:

1. Marcella’s natal chart with planetary transits:

2. Marcella’s natal chart with planetary progressions:

3. Marcella and Erin’s composite charts:

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