I was born in the 1970’s on unceded ancestral lands of Duwamish and Coast Salish people. Astrology first entered my awareness in childhood via some of my mom’s books. As a kid on many weekends I would sit on the floor of the local library and sift through astrology books. I felt magnetically drawn to the mysteries within them. When I think back I imagine the young me sought to make meaning and find solace—and escape family chaos. I needed guides. We all do.

I was gifted my first astrology reading as a teenager. It was handwritten on lined paper. Years later when I decided to study astrology in earnest, alongside pursuits in art and social services, I sought many teachers and mentors to guide me. I have devoted much time to this divine science—to astrological research, studying its varied histories, and testing and applying its many techniques. I approach this language, science of light and time, with reverence and awe, as well as skepticism. In client work (which is a privilege and honor to do), I prioritize curiosity, sensitivity, seeing/hearing, and empathy. Astrology offers us a way to contemplate calling, personal philosophy, history, path, story, destiny, dharma—it can be a powerful pathway for communion with spirit / psyche / soul / self.

I currently offer consultations and mentoring online and in person in Seattle. Periodically I write and teach through my website and other publications. I taught my first ever course on antiscia in 2022. I’ve also had the great honor to speak at a few conferences in the United States and abroad, including the United Astrology Conference (UAC) in New Orleans in 2012, Astrology Restored in Cape Town, South Africa in 2016, and NORWAC in Seattle.

From 2009 to 2012 I served as co-president and vice president of the Washington State Astrological Association. WSAA is located in Seattle, and is the oldest independent astrology organization in the United States. I am a member of the Uranian Society and AFAN.

I hold a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree (2003) from The Evergreen State College with an emphasis in Transpersonal and Depth Psychology and Expressive Arts. My senior thesis Investigating the Vessel was an exploration and synthesis of work with concentrations in trauma and recovery, Jungian and post-Jungian studies, expressive art therapies, sculpture, dance, dream analysis, and a movement meditation/inquiry practice called Authentic Movement. 

As a visual artist, I exhibit works in and around Seattle, as well as online. I am primarily an expressionistic oil painter, and sometimes work in encaustics (beeswax), jewelry, or sculpture in metal or clay. Dance and music are also important to me and often find their way into my work as I paint.

For more than twenty-five years I have worked/volunteered in various capacities within the social service realms of mental health, physical, occupational, and recreational therapies, rehabilitation, addiction recovery, and hospice (via Providence and Bailey-Boushay House). Through the Seattle organization Shanti I have been a volunteer in the state women’s prison since 2007, where I provide one-to-one confidential emotional support. In 2018 we created a group in the prison, Good Grief, to support and tend to people and their processes of grief and loss. I am thrilled to share I am beginning a new project there in March 2024, Painting Inside Out. (Shanti began in the early 1980s to support people in the community diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and other life limiting illnesses, and those facing much isolation and stigmatization. Though Shanti lost its funding in 2013. I was honored to facilitate a number of trainings for new volunteers and imagine a future where we recruit new volunteers once again.) If you feel moved to assist me in furthering this work, with people in prison, please be in touch. It is my most treasured calling!

Two other hats: I am an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church and can officiate and help you time your wedding, vow renewal, or parting ceremony. And I am a trained death doula.

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