The Alchemy of Chiron

by Cayelin K Castell Chiron’s archetypal pattern is most connected to the Shamanic Healer taking us to new edges where our past wounds become the medicine, or gifts, we carry into new territory or new realms of experience. Chiron transits facilitate a Shamanic...

Ceremonial Ways to Connect with Cycles and Seasons

The Magic of Ceremony by Cayelin K Castell (This was originally written in 2008 and recently updated in May of 2015) When we engage in ceremony during special astronomical events like Solstices, Equinoxes, any New or Full Moon, or any rare planetary and/or stellar...

A Deep Look at How Saturn Teaches Us

When life isn’t Fair there is hope…and another way to look at it! Healthy Saturn is necessary in any system as it is responsible for structure and form. Life without the Saturn principle would be similar to the experience of always being on a large dose of...

Venus in Aries What does the Wild Warrior Woman Want?

by Cayelin K Castell The archetypal expression that most accurately describes Venus in Aries is the Wild Warrior Amazon. However, back in 1995 a primary archetype Shamanic Astrology connected to Aries was the Wild Woman. What follows is an article I wrote in 2001...
A Shamanic Investigation of Venus and Mars

A Shamanic Investigation of Venus and Mars

Below you will find 2 PDFs of a double article originally published in The Mountain Astrologer in 1997 reflecting key principles of the synodic cycles of Venus and Mars from the perspective of Shamanic Astrology. Shamanic Investigation of Venus – Original...

Shamanic Astrology is Not Predictive

(Includes thoughts on the Election) By Daniel Giamario I have recently been hearing that some folks have lost faith in astrology because the vast majority of astrologers had “predicted” a Clinton victory. For example, at the recent ISAR Astrology Conference (where I...