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Healing the Matrix of Being: Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer
Healing the Matrix of Being: Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer

Cancer is the energy of the Great Mother, the Cosmic Mother, that birthed this world, that creates existence itself. The eternal presence of this energy holds the fabric of existence together, supporting all life and creation in every instant. 

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Building Our Dreams: Full Moon in Sagittarius
Building Our Dreams: Full Moon in Sagittarius

At the peak of the Gemini cycle, Sagittarius offers a breath of fresh air, an escape from the city, an expansive view. It’s a moment to pause and take it all in. An opportunity to grasp the bigger picture before going back to the details and business of it all. As we talked about two weeks ago, this lunar cycle is about stories, and how the stories we tell shape our world and experience. Sag helps us to glimpse what world we are creating, whether intentional or not.

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Stories, The Air We Breath: New Moon in Gemini
Stories, The Air We Breath: New Moon in Gemini

Gemini’s great gift is as storyteller--the one who weaves the cloth of cosmos through word, who literally creates worlds--not in a grand scheming overarching theory-of-the-universe kindof way, but through shooting-the-shit. Through good-ol’ back-porch chat. And through myth, and jokes, and fairy tales, and long yarns, and tall tales. Through all the ways of sharing story.

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Up From Below: Full Moon in Scorpio
Up From Below: Full Moon in Scorpio

Some of us love to suffer. We’ve grown so accustomed to our pain that we come to like it, on one level--at least it’s familiar--at least it confirms our understanding of the world--at least we have the validation of being right. The thought of giving it up can be terrifying. Not only would it mean visiting its source, but it would mean being in an altogether different way.

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Astrology Beyond Horoscopes: Meet Your Natal Chart
Aug 4
Zenden Meditation
Astrology Beyond Horoscopes: Meet Your Natal Chart
Zenden Meditation

If you love horoscopes but want to deepen your understanding of astrology--and yourself--this workshop is for you. Astrologer Andrea Javor will introduced you to your natal chart: a map of all the planets and their placements at the moment of your birth. You will learn how to locate and understand your Moon Sign, and Rising Sign, in addition to your Sun Sign. You’ll also learn how horoscopes work, and how this knowledge can empower you to make the most of the astrology you were born with as well as the current astrological weather.

August 4th 7pm-9pm

Early bird price until July 18th: $55

Regular price: $70


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Vancouver, BC
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Astrology 101
Oct 1
Astrology 101

Learn astrology by studying your own chart and the charts of your friends and family. This course will give you the tools you need to interpret natal charts as well as transits (how the current astrology affects individuals). No experience is necessary.

Each class will consist of an informal lesson, exercises, group discussion, and Q & A. I'll offer optional reading assignments and exercises for those who wish to delve deeper. We'll cover the planets, the signs, the houses, aspects, and transits--everything you need to know to start doing astrology.

If cost is a barrier, please contact me and we can arrange a sliding scale, trade, or payment plan.

My classes are trans and queer inclusive and trauma sensitive.

Location TBD (East Vancouver)

Tuesday evenings 6pm-8pm

September 24th-December 17th (13 sessions)

To register, email Andi: andi@mysticsandwich.com or write me here

$80 up-front to register, remainder due on the first day of the course

 

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I believe astrology offers the medicine of a worldview in which Earth and Universe are understood as sacred, magical, and symbolic, and gestures to how we might live in harmony. 

From this perspective, I hope to offer practical guidance, and practices for working with and balancing the energy at hand. My intention is to foster self-knowledge & self-care. Read more.

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Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer 🌚 These last few weeks have been rough for many of us (Saturn-Pluto business). And yet, I feel such healing energy coming from this eclipse. Cancer is the energy of the Great Mother, the Cosmic Mother, that birthed this world, that creates existence itself. The eternal presence of this energy holds the fabric of existence together, supporting all life and creation in every instant. Richard Tarnas describes the energy of The Moon, Cancer’s ruler, as “The Matrix of Being.” It’s not the content of our experience, but the container holding it; always present in the background, supporting all within it. The dominant culture is solar; it predominantly sees and honours the brilliant, the obvious, the central, the Logos; the one who speaks and does. It tends to neglect and undervalue the one who supports, holds, births, nurtures; the one who listens and feels. And so not only do we tend to undervalue the lunar people in our lives, the lunar parts of ourselves, but we also may not even be aware of the existence of this matrix of being; that which is in the background, holding our experience. This is the part of our experience created and fostered by our primary caregiver, by our earliest experiences on planet Earth, of being held and nurtured and cared for. These preverbal experiences form that difficult to discern background matrix that we carry into our adult lives. Its structure determines whether or not we feel safe in the world, whether or not we feel nurtured and supported by the people in our lives, by ourselves, and by the Cosmos itself. But after millennia of the lunar being undervalued and derided, many of us have damaged matrices, if you will. It’s not through any failure of our mothers (caregiver of any gender) that we weren’t supported, held, nurtured, and loved as we needed to be. I honour all mothers for all the mothering they’ve managed in times that dishonours such work. Our mother is as the Cosmos itself when we’re an infant. As adults we know our mother is not the Cosmos. Continued below...
When I call all my energy, all my awareness, back into my body..... When I stand in my divinity.... I am home. Welcome Cancer. #astrology #astrologytransits #witchy #astrologymemes #cancerszn #magicisreal #astrologyforhealing #astrologyfortranformation #cancerseason #evolutionaryastrology #horoscope #soulwork #shadowwork #partswork #healingisrevolutionary
Mars opposite Pluto can show up in many ways, and yes, some are difficult, but some are also empowering and exciting. I see more talk of the former on the internet though. And I see fear. 💫 When we let astrology scare us, we are giving our power away to it. Which is a shame. Because astrology really is capable of empowering us, if we wish it to. And funny, giving away our power is totally a theme of this transit. 💫 Yes, Mars-Pluto can show up as empowerment of the powers that be. It can show up as power struggles, passive aggression, or subtle manipulation under the surface, yes. And we can sit back and wait for the shit to hit, wait for what the dreaded planets will bring us. 💫 But Mars opposite Pluto can also mean empowerment for us, if we choose to accept it. If we STAND in our power. And this begins within. 💫 Do not deny your own divinity, and the power that flows through you.💫 For one, even when those shadowy manifestations of Pluto-Mars do emerge, they are such potent opportunities to look within. To seek to understand your own hidden motives better. To understand where you are hungry for power in less than healthy ways, or where you deny yourself the power that you deserve. 💫 It also can empower a deep look within, to discover, and connect with parts of yourself that may have been left in the dust for too long. Shadow work, therapy, journalling, are some possible tools for harnessing the energy of Mars and Pluto for inner transformation and empowerment. 💫 Another powerful modality that combines beautifully with astrology is parts-work. Find some quiet time to go within, and seek to connect to the different planets within you. You don’t need to know what the planets represent. They will speak to you if you trust the process. 💫 Say, hello Moon, or hello Venus, or hello Saturn, I’d like to get to know you. Do you have any insights for me? What do you need? How do you feel about such and such a situation? Do you have anything to say to the other planets? And so on. I suggest journaling while you do the process. Write out what the different planets say to you. 💫 I’ve been working more and more with this modality in readings, so if you wish for support, HMU. 💫
I have a bunch of events coming up in Vancouver! Hope to see you there! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ •Car Free Day Commercial Drive + Vancouver Folk Fest• I’ll be giving 30-minute readings at Car Free Day on July 7th and The Vancouver Folk Fest July 19-21, come get a reading or to say hi! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ •Introduction to Your Natal Chart• If you want to go beyond horoscopes, and take your understanding of astrology to the next level, this workshop is for you! I’ll orient you to your natal chart: what it represents, and how to start reading it. Learn your Sun, Moon, Rising Sign, and what they mean. And more. August 4th at 7pm-9pm at The Zenden ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ •Astrology 101• Learn astrology by studying your own chart and the charts of your friends and family. This course will give you the tools you need to interpret natal charts as well as transits (how the current astrology affects us). No experience is necessary. I’ve expanded this course to include more time for practicing reading charts together! It is now 20 hours (10 2-hour session). Tuesdays 6pm-8pm October 1st-December 3rd 2019 Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House Early Bird Price until August 15th $320 Regular Price: $360 I reserve two places for sliding scale or trade. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ •Astrology 102• For those already familiar (to some extent) with the planets, signs, and houses, this intermediate course will offer an introduction to Evolutionary Astrology (using the Lunar Nodes and Pluto to understand the intentions and evolutionary journey of the soul), as well as lots of practice reading charts together and lots of q&a. This is a more intimate course, as we will look at the charts of participants together. (You can always of course choose how much you wish to share). Thursdays 6pm-8pm October 3rd - December 5th Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House Early Bird Price until August 15th $280 Regular Price: $240 I reserve two places for sliding or trade.
👁🌕👁 Full Moon in Sagittarius 🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹 At the peak of the Gemini cycle, Sagittarius offers a breath of fresh air, an escape from the city, an expansive view. It’s a moment to pause and take it all in. An opportunity to grasp the bigger picture before going back to the details and business of it all. 🏹 As we talked about two weeks ago, this lunar cycle is about stories, and how the stories we tell shape our world and experience. Sag helps us to glimpse what world we are creating, whether intentional or not. 🏹 Gemini works from the bottom-up: talk to story to worldview. Sag works from the top-down: belief to philosophy to talk. We need both. 🏹 This is a time to consider our beliefs. But not necessarily the beliefs we intentionally hold; the beliefs that are implied by our thoughts and words. 🏹 What must you believe to be true given what you say and think? What are the hidden beliefs underlying the ordinary workings of your mind? 🏹 Our philosophy isn’t always what we think it is or want it to be. But now we have an opportunity for adjustment. 🏹 Jupiter square Neptune activates our fantasies. While this can be a potent moment for dreaming our desires into being, it may also reveal where we have fantasies that are self-defeating, negative, or delusional. 🏹 The immediately following Saturn sextile Neptune offers the opportunity to adjust our fantasies so they are more in line with reality, and to make plans and take practical steps toward our dreams. 🏹 This is a powerful week for aligning our vision and working magic around it. Jupiter square Neptune can also induce escapism or addictive tendencies. Be gentle with yourself if that’s the case, and seek to channel the energy into activating your dreams and imagination instead. 🏹 While the Full Moon itself feels buoyant and optimistic, it’s embedded in a period of time that is a little more rough around the edges. (Continued in the comments).
A story: I’ve always had insomnia, but only recently have I stopped fighting it. (And now “insomnia” feels like the wrong word). Last night I awoke around 3:00am, when the New Moon was exact. With hardly a thought, I stole into the night--almost dawn, to seek rose--in full-bloom in these parts. And I found some drooping with the weight of ripeness over a neighbour’s fence, about to drop it’s petals, so I borrowed them. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 Venus continues in Taurus till June 8th: super lush and sweet and beautiful. Last night Venus was exactly conjunct my own Venus, which perhaps accounts for this particular compulsion to forage Rose at dawn. To me, Rose is perfectly resonant with Venus in Taurus--its scent of love and harmony and sweetness. I sat in prayer in the growing light as the chorus of birds grew around me and I honoured the New Moon and it was beautiful. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 How did you/will you honour the beginning of this lunar cycle? What are you witnessing about the stories you tell? What are some new stories you are writing for yourself? . . . . . . . . #newmooningemini #newmoon #astrologytransits #geminiszn #gemini #rose #plantmedicine #venusintaurus #insomnia #thestorieswetell
The Moon is New in Gemini today. Gemini is the sign of twins, of twos, because Gemini communicates, transmits, translates--from one to the other. There must be two for a message to be relayed--even if the other is another within. - Gemini’s great gift is as storyteller--the one who weaves the cloth of cosmos through word, who literally creates worlds--not in a grand scheming overarching theory-of-the-universe kindof way, but through shooting-the-shit. Through good-ol’ back-porch chat. And through myth, and jokes, and fairy tales, and long yarns, and tall tales. Through all the ways of sharing story. - And over the days of talking, and years, and millenia, those stories tend to take some shapes more than others. Those shapes wear tracks then ruts then roads of sentences and tropes and narratives in our minds, giving structure to the psyche, and offering the possible routes thought may take, for any one story only ever riffs off all the stories (Story). - Over the years, story-roads twist and turn, and spawn new routes, new stories, but only ever in response to or dialogue with or opposition to the well-worn routes, only within the tangled ecosystem of all the stories that ever were: Story. - And it is this Story, this emergent psychic ecosystem, not created by any one person or god, but shaped by all people and all stories that ever were. And the worlds we live in are made by what elements of this Story we participate in; the stories that were told to us, and the stories we tell. - This Story-cosmos is something most of us aren’t aware of--because we are in it. Everything we do and think and say is structured by Story. It is like the air we breath--not something we need attend to unless it is toxic. And so, for many, at many times, Story is unacknowledged. - But hey guess what, as you know, so many of our stories are toxic indeed. So this is a beautiful month to bring more awareness to those internal dialogues that will reveal the stories you have breathed, to the stories that you inherited whether you like it or not, and that now structure your mind and life. - See what you think. Watch what you say. Read what you write. And come to know yourself better.
The Stories We Tell✨ What’s more powerful than a good (or convincing or persistent) story?📖 The Scorpio Full Moon (in my first house) last weekend shone a light on the stories I tell myself—the stories that are so worn they became my reality—I forgot they were stories. But this Moon reminded me. And this little window that is opening between my reality and my stories is offering the potential of transformation. When we see our stories as stories, we have the choice to tell different ones. 📖 And so as the Moon wanes, releasing it’s light, I offer up the stories that keep me suffering, the stories that keep me small. I release them into the night, to make space for new more empowering stories to tell themselves through me. 📖 Astrology can help us understand the future, sure. But it’s perhaps an even more potent tool to help us reflect on the past. In this way we honour our lived experience, rather than simply taking someone else’s word for the truth of our lives. And we can hone our own understanding of our place in the cosmos. And deepen the insights that our reflective practices may offer. 📖 So, now that the Full Moon has passed, and the moon wanes its way toward new, how did the Full Moon affect you? What did it bring up for you? What themes in your life correlated with its symbolism? 📖 And/or what stories do you tell yourself about yourself that perhaps aren’t as real as they seem?