As a spiritual astrologer, I use a blend of techniques from various astrology systems, and Shamanic astrology sits at the core of my practice for its wisdom and connection to all. It values the interconnection of all – the marriage between soil, weather and human hands, between the stars and free will, all of which align deeply to my own spiritual nature, practice and life.
Shamanic astrology operates through an archetypal and mystical framework, which is anchored in the universal truth “as above, so below”. It is based upon the core belief that everything is interrelated, interconnected and everything has its purpose when seen through a higher hawk eye’s view. Its insights are valuable because they provide us with a different perspective anchored in wisdom, allowing us to more deeply understand aspects and planetary positions rather than labeling them as good or bad. Essentially, all our natal chart shows is our inner relationships and aspects to ourselves.
Shamanic astrology is a connected approach to astrology with the intention of creating greater awareness to a person’s life purpose and their relationship to the great mystery or God. Often times, it serves as an esoteric or self awareness tool to validate and confirm what the person already knows or to strengthen their own senses and intuitive abilities. This allows and helps people in trusting their own inner knowing and inner process through a greater understanding of the mysteries that they have come to explore, develop and evolve.
The main purpose of Shamanic astrology is to give us the understanding of our own intention, purpose and the cycles of initiation throughout our life. This approach provides a vision of the possibilities we are here to experience and empowers us to make more conscious choices – because ultimately astrology is only a tool and we are the ones responsible for our own experience of this life. Our natal charts show potentials, but whether or not we step into these and their higher expression and manifestation is only up to us.
As a spiritual astrologer and mystic, I don’t villainize anything in astrology, for it all has its deeper purpose. If you are villainizing Saturn, you are essentially villainizing your inner Saturn, an inner aspect of yourself, related to your relationship to time, cycle and maturity. Whether a planet is so-called malefic or benefic, depends on you and the kind of relationship you build to it, i.e. this aspect within yourself.
Everything seeks to be heard, seen, understood. How we experience ourselves through something, in many ways depends on the kind of relationship we build towards it, and the kind of relationship we have within ourselves reflecting its aspects, so essentially, all in life is about the art of love, harmony and relationships.
According to Shamanic astrology, our ascendant-descendant axis shows not just our path of life, but also the higher purpose of our relationships, as we are coming into our true essence. So before we dive in, let’s first understand these axis.
The Marriage and Relationship Axis: 1st and 7th house
In both Esoteric Astrology and Shamanic Astrology, the rising sign represents the desire that brought us to life. We incarnated in a physical body because we had unfulfilled desires from past lives and these desires generate the birth and the driving force throughout our life.
While our ascendant describes the path we need to follow to fulfill our soul purpose and who we are learning to grow into and become, our descendant describes the otherness – it is our significant other, our marriage or long-term committed partnerships. It also signifies our shadow side that needs to be integrated to fulfill our path.
We are holistic beings and as such we also embody the energy of our partner – but it is often a bit more unconscious. This is why our greatest lessons in life, on a spiritual level, are learned through our relationships.
The path from our ascendant to our descendant is the path of body pulled towards desire. The otherness, which the seventh house represents, is a kama house, house of desire, and towards that we are pulled in order to deepen into our own selves, and come into inner union. Essentially, one of the ways of reaching moksha, or liberation, is through the seventh house.
Integrating the Shadow Self
The seventh house represents our inner partner. It is the image we create for the kind of partner we want and are attracted to, which also includes all of our shadow sides that we haven’t yet integrated. In other words – our unacknolewdged sides will often times be expressed through partners, at least earlier on in life.
As we develop spiritually, and once we integrate our shadow, or our unconscious personal elements, we will then experience relationships and the other in more fulfilling and intimate ways; we will be faced with less mirroring, projections, and be able to experience the higher manifestation of our seventh house, including real soulmate relationships. Actually, the fourth, eight and twelfth houses are also part of our shadow self that often shows through intimacy and relationships, but that’s a different topic.
The outer surface of our ascendant develops very early on in life and is made up of what we think about ourselves based on what others say or how they see us and project onto us, what we want to be, what we identify as ourselves and what we want to be seen as. The outer layer of our descendant develops around the same time and contains all that we are unconscious of or the parts of us that we don’t want to associate with. So in essence, we split ourselves in two. Our descendant is both what we are attracted to and repulsed by in other people, and within ourselves.
Whatever we desire but we haven’t integrated within ourselves, we look for in others. We can’t really know our unconscious side, but we can experience it in flashes through others, which then allows us an opportunity for a deepening through self reflection, through inner knowing, inner balance and acknowledgment about who we truly are. We may often need to allow ourselves to be comfortable with parts of ourselves that maybe aren’t so “pretty”; the truth is that we all contain everything within us.
This doesn’t mean we have to act on these qualities, but it means to know yourself, not suppress yourself or attach to false identities. It also means to be mature enough to recognize what’s you and what’s isn’t, and how you may be contributing to situations in your life, and where you may need to take accountability for your own current situation. Out of that self knowledge, you may then make more conscious choices.
We often search for us in others. Once we integrate and come into connection within, then we start to experience the entirety of who we are and can experience a love of greater depth. This will also allow us to be much more discerning about whom we allow into our lives as partners rather than continuing to replay and relive old narratives; we will no longer settle for less or bread crumbs, because we won’t need someone to show us our shadow side or fill an emptiness within us.
When we come into some inner sense of acceptance, union and peace, we won’t even be attracted to anyone who isn’t on our resonance anymore; we’ll be able to stay in our truth, aligned to our own higher purpose and stand on our own. And this is when we can enter into sacred relationships with a soulmate. People often speak of soulmates, but to meet your soulmate, or whom you may often refer to as this, you must first meet your soul, your true authentic self.
Only from this space of self honesty and real seeing, you will see another clearly also. Love is a seeing, and of being seen, a knowing, and of being known, not of flesh, but through the flesh. This is when the doorways of the seventh house open, and we enter into its sacred temple of love and true union.
Let’s go through a couple of examples, and please understand these are only general. There are many other things in your natal chart, and in your synastry, that show the higher spiritual purpose of your marriage and relationships in this life, as well as the reason why you’ve come together with someone, what you are meant to be learning, and how you may navigate through the relationship, so that it is experienced in deeper harmony and love.
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The Adventurous Quest For Truth
These free spirited adventurers are on a quest to discover their individual truths. Both of them need a lot of space; they need a sense of freedom and a space where they can cultivate their unique curiosities. This doesn’t mean they would never like to be in a marriage but these are the people who may love long-distance relationships and hold on to them for a long time without much worry or concern. It’s not because they don’t care for each other but it is because their souls need to explore and make their own quests for finding their truths.
Each of them seeks more knowledge, even if they go about it in slightly different ways. That’s just part of their curious childlike wonderful personality – and this is what will draw them back towards one another again. After their unique travels, within or without, they will always come back to their partners joyfully sharing their adventures and loving each other even more. Both would love traveling together and exploring but would also need time on their own to do their own thing embracing their curiosities and need for space. So give yourselves the freedom to be who you are and allow one another to go on your own paths when you need to – it would of mutual benefit.
When you are living together, it might be helpful to each have your own space in the house where you retreat and do your own thing – or have your own hobbies outside of the relationship. However, remember that it is important to then re-connect to your partner, because otherwise you may drift apart too much. One way to do that, is to share and communicate, while appreciating one another’s expressing of self.
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Our Home is Our Kingdom
These two energies are what becomes the home of the zodiac. Their higher purpose is building a sense of home, or a space of belonging, where others too may find comfort or some stability. This can literally manifest as architecture, and building spaces where people gather and re-connect more deeply.
Capricorn is the archetype of the provider and the father, while Cancer is the nurturer and the mother. They are in a way the pillar of society – and they areall about family even if they approach it from different channels. Many people who have these axis enjoy the traditional family dynamic – and even if they don’t fit the traditional style family, something in their approach would always have that undercurrent energy of providing and nurturing. Perhaps they’ve dreamt of having a family since young age, and subconsciously choose their partners on the basis of “Can I build something stable with this person?”
Their deepest intent is building a supportive and warm home; the king will build the foundations of security and the roof of protection, while his queen will build the walls within which their love will be nourished and grown. They are here to learn about building and nurturing, harmony and stability, and they do this through creating a family and a home, whether physically or metaphorically. They can build a business together, a social venture together, or even a community garden together. But the essence is the same: it serves to hold, nourish and support.
Another manifestation of this axis is the building of family values and/or continuation of tradition. This doesn’t have to be necessarily traditional but they will feel a sense of almost nostalgia and a deep connection to roots, to land and to culture. They may desire to somehow take older traditions and re-shape them into something more modern and new, while continuing to remain respectful of the ancestral wisdoms. Maybe they like the restoration of vintage things, and even have a business connected to that – or are involved in historic work, or just love history itself. They may also feel inspired and bond through building their own unique values in their home, setting some family traditions, and passing on to their children a sense of stability in their roots, and building their community whether as a family unit, a community or a business venture.
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Sharing Sacred Work
What connects these two energies is contribution to others. It doesn’t sound too romantic, and it is rarely that this is something they are aware of earlier in their life. But as time goes by, they learn to understand that they feel most content in the relationships in which they’ve had something common to share, where both of them felt purposeful and needed in their service to society.
Our sacred work is the work we do, which brings us true joy through our contribution to others. It doesn’t have to be “work” – it can be gardening or anything that these two partners can share together that makes them feel purposeful. Both of these signs have a desire and a mutual intention of being in service to other people and when in a relationship, this is something that would make them bond to one another while aligning them to their higher soul’s purpose.
I know a woman with this axis who never wanted something like that even in her 30s; she always thought that passion was all she needed in her marriage, as of course many of us do. Eventually, she got divorced and she is now in her late 40s where sacred work has become the thing she is truly passionate about. Looking back, she reflected that she always felt happiest with partners with whom she’d share some project or work together. With this new understanding, she is now able to experience more fulfilled relationships that are aligned to her own purpose and follow the true desires of her soul.
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