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Of This Cosmos: Full Moon in Virgo
Of This Cosmos: Full Moon in Virgo

The vision on the mountain top is Pisces: knowing the truth of love and oneness, but without the wherewithal to integrate that into daily life. The daily grind is Virgo cut-off from its Pisces polarity. To integrate them is to live in wonder while folding the socks, to remember our interconnectedness while doing our taxes, to soften into the moment wherever we are.

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Disorders of the (Nervous) System: New Moon in Aquarius
Disorders of the (Nervous) System: New Moon in Aquarius

This is an opportunity to reflect on and heal from trauma in a supportive environment. It’s also an opportunity to begin anew. To consider our hopes for the future, to make new connections, make new friends, and start or join new organizations.

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An Epic Epilogue: Total Lunar Eclipse + Full Moon in Leo
An Epic Epilogue: Total Lunar Eclipse + Full Moon in Leo

Leo, ultimately, signifies the journey of the soul, through creative pursuits, and erotic adventure; learning through its many mistakes and inadvertent woundings of others, arriving eventually at its source, the wellspring of creative/erotic energy. The treasure of the epic Lion’s quest is the true and uninhibited expression of this raw vital energy, yet, tempered by the compassion Leo gains through its adventures and misadventures.

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We're Gonna Fucking Do This, Kids: New Moon Eclipse in Capricorn
We're Gonna Fucking Do This, Kids: New Moon Eclipse in Capricorn

The other night, I was overcome by this profound wave of emotion and knowing, inexplicable and unverifiable, yet undeniable, this feeling of: we are gonna fucking do this. It felt like, collectively, we hadn’t really decided if we are up for the challenge. We hadn’t really decided if we are willing to be fully in our bodies and to face the wreckage of the past thousands of years….

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Mystic Ménage-À-Trois: Astrology + Tarot
Feb 23
The Good Spirit
Mystic Ménage-À-Trois: Astrology + Tarot
The Good Spirit

Your two way will include a astrology reading by Andi focusing on your personal soul path, followed by a tarot reading going over whatever is boggling your mind these days • 45 minute booking time - $85.00

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Astrology 101
May 2
Mount Pleasant Nieghbourhood House
Astrology 101
Mount Pleasant Nieghbourhood House

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. You'll receive a course packet and a copy of your chart. More info here.

Mount Pleasant Nieghbourhood House
 

Hello, I’m Andi

Thanks for visiting my home on the web.

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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A reading with me is collaborative: together we unfold the meaning of your astrology, the meaning in your life, by exploring the connections between your chart and your story. 

People often leave readings feeling validated in who they are, and more confident in their direction.  Read more. 

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🐍🌝🐞 FULL MOON in VIRGO . . . We’ve all been through the wringer. Over lifetimes, we’ve been lied to and manipulated and hurt and abused. We didn’t receive the love and care and nurturance we needed. And we developed all kinds of ways of coping. Some of those ways have meant that we in turn have hurt others, or that we haven’t lived up to our potential, or that we’ve settled into negativity. . It’s a devastating cycle that began before history and will have no end unless we learn to forgive; and forgiveness begins when we forgive ourselves. When we see that we were doing the best we could, and that we are deserving of love; when we see that we are divine beings, of the cosmos, not in it. . Isn’t it incredible that the cosmos created us? That these bodies exist? Isn’t life miraculous when we stop to consider it? Look at what Earth creates. Look at existence, at the stars and the planets and the flowers and the forests and the creatures. And we think we are so special as to be guilty? What egos we have. We are just souls among souls, among all the other creatures and beings in existence, that make up this cosmos. Let go, child. Remember that you are of this cosmos too. That you aren’t over and above it. Let go. Surrender to what is and you will know love. . ➡️Follow the link in bio for the full post or to sign up to receive my Moon Letters to your inbox. 💌 . . . . #astrologytransits #followthemoon #moonmagic #ofthecosmos #everydaymagic #astrology #fullmoon #witchy #witchesofinstagram #astrologersofinstagram #magicisreal
✨Learn Astrology💫 . 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. . Thursday evenings 6pm-8pm At Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, 800 E Broadway, Vancouver BC, Coast Salish Territories May 2nd-June 20th Register by March 20th: $260 Register after March 20th: $290 To register, email Andi: andi@mysticsandwich.com $100 up-front to register, remainder due on the first day of the course. . . . . #astrology101 #learnastrology #vancouverevents #witchesofeastvan #astrology #astrologersofvancouver #coastsalishterritories
Lovin’ my weirdo self even (especially) after all these years ✌️
🔥⚡️:: 🌊🌿 Mars into Taurus and other signs we’re slowing down. . Mercury entered Pisces on February 10th, Mars enters Taurus on the 14th, the Sun enters Pisces on the 18th, the Virgo Full Moon is on the 19th, and Mercury enters its retrograde shadow (the degree is will retrograde back to), on the 19th. Venus is also in Capricorn now (as of February 3rd). This means we are moving from a period with many planets in fire🔥 and air⚡️ (yang) signs, to more earth🌿and water🌊(yin) energy, as well as from a period in which all the planets are in forward motion, toward Mercury retrograde. . Things are slowing down. We are moving into energy that supports more reflective, introspective work. Do you feel the energy shifting? Often we (especially us sensitive souls) are in alignment with the energy if it’s not intentional. Do you have plans already that reflect slowing down, going within? My plans include: —Sleeping in —Going to the gym by which I mean the steam room —Napping —Ordering seeds off the internet, imagining the garden I will grow —Eventually maybe working on the novel I started 7 years ago —Unplugging: 👋 byeee . . . . . . #mars #astrologytransits #unplugging #reflection #yin #earthairfirewater #astrology #astrologersofvancouver #astroinvancouver #slowingdown #inalignment
👁🌟👁 Mystic Ménage-à-Trois I’ll be back at The Good Spirit on February 23rd for everyone’s favourite three-way: receive an astrology reading from moi 💋 AND a tarot reading from one of The Good Spirit’s fabulous in-house readers. Sessions are 45 minutes $85 11am-6pm Call @thegoodspirit 778-379-5456 to book
✨👁✨ The moon is still in Taurus and I’m still eating. In other news, Mars (action) and Uranus (insight, excitement, spontaneity) are conjunct! My personal to-do list: . . —Take inspired action (TBD) —Apply for dream job —Workout —Dance (move in all the ways) —Contact aliens What are your plans/lack of plans? . . . . . #moonintaurus #uranus #dailyastrology #astrologytransits #followthemoon #waxingmoon
❄️⛄️❄️ Snow Day! . I grew up in Ontario where there is LOTS of snow. When I was a kid, on snow days we used to go sledding, make snow people, and build the most epic forts w multiple rooms and roofs, no joke. And now whenever it snows I feel like a kid again. Just the sight of snow makes me feel electric and playful. Feeling into the Leo 🦁 parts of me (Moon 🌙, North Node, and Mars! Where my Leos at!? 🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼) . . . . . #snowday #leo #leomoon #astrology #astrologersofvancouver
🌙🍽✨ The moon moves into Taurus and I’m like... . . . . . . . Artist unknown. #astrology #astrologymeme #taurus #taurusmoon #witchesofinstagram #witchy #witchymeme #astrologersofvancouver #vancouverastro
🌑Aquarius New Moon🌚 Exact at 1:04pm PST, February 4th. Aquarius is detached and objective; it knows how to see a situation from the outside, without emotional involvement. The opportunity is to gain perspective on our lives, and perhaps to understand better the past half year. Can you stand as a witness to yourself? Can you see yourself as if from the outside? Can you watch the movement of emotion and thought, without getting caught up in the stream? The risk with Aquarius energy is in becoming too detached--in being cold or distant, in having little compassion or feeling or heart. But the right dosage is good medicine. Aquarius has to do with groups, society, networks, systems; belonging, and exclusion. What are the groups you belong to? What are the groups you wish to belong to? The Leo eclipse may have us more in alignment with our authentic natures. And this can help us to find our people. Forget the people who don’t get you. Seek the ones who do. Many of us hold pain and trauma around being excluded. Some of that pain is from this lifetime; some of it is ancestral; some of it we remember, some of it we do not. Many people and groups of people throughout human history have been banished or ostracized or tortured or killed for their beliefs and ways of life, for being themselves. As patriarchal power took hold, those with individual power to heal, to connect to the divine, to collaborate with Earth and Cosmos, represented great threat to those who wanted to dominate, and were suppressed and killed by them. The conscious or unconscious memory of this leads to detaching from the pain of embodiment; the Aquarian method of escape. Individual instances of exclusion, in some cases, may be echos of ancestral trauma, meant to remind us of patterns that need healing, that need our attention, nudging us to wake up. It seems to me that many of us are waking from lifetimes of slumber and detachment. Waking to the pain so we can heal it. Coming back into our bodies, seeking integration of mind and heart (Aquarius and Leo). There is more on my blog. Link in bio. New Moon Blessings.
Mars Square Pluto: The Rage is Rising . (Exact Friday February 1st at 7:20pm PST) . . This thing called “Canada” continues as violent and colonial. Sometimes I feel sad about it but lately, with the RCMP’s and Coastal GasLink’s violent and colonial acts on Wet’suwet’en territory, the rage is rising within me, and all around. (If you haven’t yet read the statements on the Unist’ot’en.Camp website, please do). The rage rises from the Earth through all those who honour her and are willing to do the work of feeling. . In most media, the issue as framed with regards to Canadian law. But Canada itself imposed itself on a people who were already here and have their own law. So if we really are going to talk about law, then we have to look to the laws of the indigenous people’s whose land we occupy. . With the Lunar Nodes in Cancer--Capricorn for the next 18 months, our evolution depends on our ability to take responsibility for ourselves, to acknowledge our wrongdoings, to own our ancestry and history. The nodes in Cancer-Capricorn urge us to grow up; to stop pointing fingers, to stop seeing the government as our parents, or our parents’ generation as the arbiters of truth and justice. Just because it has been done a certain way for some time does not mean it must continue. . Mars square Pluto brings the warrior into contact with the shadow and the drive to evolve. Avoiding the discomfort means missing an opportunity to grow. Evolution requires grappling with the past and the ugly stuff; doing hard work, looking at our own culpability, and suffering and struggling through. And that is what spurs real change. . This is one example of how I see the Mars-Pluto square showing up, but it will manifest for each of us. I know of someone who is moving on Friday, shifting from a situation that is no longer serving them, to one that will: transformation (Pluto) through action (Mars). . Either we use the energy or it uses us. So how are you putting this Mars square Pluto to use in your life?