So there was this interesting, unforeseen change in direction...
While i've been getting deeper into astrology over the last decade, stumbling into the world of relocational astrology - a.k.a. astrocartography - ended up evolving into sumthin beyond a personal interest...
having been active on the reddit community, people started asking for readings, so i took the cue. been flowin' well so far, and put together a website as a hub to get more 'out there' with it.
just about to publish my first blog post there, and was planning on syndicating here - but given the hall-monitor bots here might find it in google and falsely flag it as "plagiarism," posting here first instead...
Here we are, at the start of a new journey. Who actually finds themselves reading this, time shall tell; however, i would like to take this opportunity to share a bit about how Zenith Astrocartography came to be, the intentions for this project for context & clarification for those whom may have ended up here in front of these words, and impart a few nuggets of wisdom & cheat codes weaved ‘in between lines…’
Serving others through astrology was never ‘on the map’ (pun intended). i’d grown up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with interests focused more in music, psychology, and entrepreneurship than the esoteric. Though by the time i’d bounced around living between Banff, Vancouver, Phoenix, Thailand, Victoria, and Bali a decade after graduation (reaping the ‘trial-and-error’ experience of my 6/2 Human Design), astrology had made its way into my awareness and slowly but surely grew in its occupation of my time & energy. Discovering astrocartography around 2018 was of particular intrigue, having had the direct experience living on so many different combos of lines; and as many also find, there was great curiosity in exploring it further in hopes of ‘finding my way’ with future moves towards somewhere particularly awesome in all the ways the ego desires…
T’was 2020 when life put me on the spot to really test it out. Having (barely) lived through the transiting Saturn-Pluto conjunction squaring my natal Saturn-Pluto while living on Saturn-Pluto-IC and observing its intensity manifest through the implosion of my marriage, i felt ready to get da fuq outta there and onto somewhere “better.” Sights set on the “best” astro i could find, Ireland was targeted for the next adventure after a brief stay with my family. “But… COVID.” Yet another lesson we all went through emphasizing the wisdom in that classic saying, “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” (Or as per a principle statement in the Human Design world, “no choice.”)
While the move back to my parents and then a couple years in the mountain ski town of Revelstoke ended up at possibly the “best” lines in Canada (on Venus-AC among several other “good” minors) - i still lacked the certainty on where next as had prior to previous moves, and kept diving deeper into whatever could be found on astrocartography in hopes it’d help clarify the direction (along with investing increasing amounts of time into the language & alchemy of astrology in general). Though somewhat content in extreme hermit mode (“on the roof,” as a 6 line) and on “good” lines, the itch for stimulation only found overseas was left unscratched, as increased knowledge of astrocartography turned out to be no substitute for clear (higher) guidance on where to go. As much as the mind & ego wanted movement, it was not correct timing to go. Yet, something unexpected happened: upon becoming increasingly active on Reddit’s astrocartography community, it was revealed I’d developed some sorta competency in the field as people began requesting readings. Finally ‘getting the message,’ beginning to fulfill the requests, and observing the magic & flow happening through/in them, a new direction was clearly in motion.
With immediate & consistent feedback of satisfaction (and peace) from both ‘clients’ and my own response (as a Manifesting Generator), things were on evidently on track. And the more i observed & engaged, the more a sense of purpose emerged. There appeared to be not only an increasing demand for the type of clarity experience proved my process offers, but also a ton of misinformation and perpetuating flawed misconceptions of what astrocartography is and how to properly ‘use’ it. With so many propagating highly-flawed “good/bad” black-and-white thinking and projecting biases upon others seeking advice, i felt it would be a disservice to sit by idly without contributing back and paying forward some priceless gems of insight and foundational principles necessary to upgrading from confusion & misdirection from overgeneralized bad advice to empowerment through refined discernment in translating & navigating one’s unique astrocartographical matrix in the context of individually-nuanced circumstances.
Perhaps it’s partly my Left Angle Cross Of Demands behind a growing passion for this venture - a drive to plant what seeds possible with intention of raising the bar for quality of education and service in these expanding communities, channeling that energy of ‘demanding’ towards these smaller societies of astrology students & practitioners such that we collectively increase our competence as weeding out common misconceptions & faulty beliefs in favor of maturing perspectives on the diligent application of wisdom in astrocartography’s use as an alchemical art & scientific tool to help navigate our lives with greater ease, grace and appreciation for the awe-inspiring perfection in the Grand Organizing Design of this universe/matrix we find ourselves in. As casually and unintended my ‘professional’ chapter in astrology may have begun, it’s been fascinating observing this all come alive - seeing, hearing, and feeling the emergence of this fire cultivating with a sense of purpose for burning away the lower-ego-based conceptions & tendencies through which others (my younger self included) often first look to astrocartography as a simplistic mean of escapism & pleasure-seeking avoidance. And in process - both with observation and releasing the ‘fire’ to do its thing - distilling the essence of key lessons essential to unlocking higher levels of self & life mastery.
As you may have guessed by now, the particular approach to astrocartography here is far more than just interpreting lines on a map as vortexes akin to Santa Claus and war zones, but an expansion of the language of astrology from the dimension of time into space in order to reveal details of how our movement through both intertwine as progressing in the alchemy of our psyche & soul. To unveil “as within, so without” patterns & dynamics active in our lives requiring transmutation of challenges into opportunities on the path of mastery.
This approach may not appease everyone. Not all want to embrace the truth of, “wherever you go, there you are…” that location does not change the fundamentals of YOU and your birth chart or will magically make your problems vanish - only present circumstances reflecting back different parts of yourself, providing opportunity to experience & express them differently. Some prefer comfort zones of cognitive bias where problems can be blamed on planets rather than taking personal responsibility for their conditions and are enticed by hopium & dreams of everything in life becoming smooth & easy by going where some “expert” says. That is not what you’ll find here.
Contrary to trendy “Law Of Attraction” rhetoric sold by “gurus” preaching you can “manifest everything you want,” life eventually reveals its complexity and that we often far less control over it than we’d like. That while our child-selves would choose going to places with nothing but rainbows, unicorns, and candy, we are often bound to a blueprint putting us where there are necessary challenges and soul contracts to complete. “Smooth & easy” - as many seemingly seek when first discovering astrocartography - does not always serve what we actually need for our evolution. Looking at locations as “classrooms” with different combinations of lines reflecting conditions for specific lessons and opportunities to be mastered, it can be counterproductive to jump ship prematurely in search of “better” and result in facing the same, similar, or potentially even worse problems in a different place. While there are surely times it is correct to make moves that align with what may be conventionally thought of as “good” astrology, there is often far more to be gained in first & foremost working constructively with what we have, where we are, to unlock the higher octave of energies both where we’re presently at and then are correctly guided to in the future for different sets of lessons & experiences once having learned & integrated what’s needed where we are and have been before.
If you’ve made it reading this far and get it… chances are you’re a G and in will dig more of what’s to come. 😎
With all of the above as a foundational set of outlooks and principles to work with/from, astrocartography can be a fantastic dimension of astrology to explore & experiment with. Learning the theory is one thing, but it super cool to see it all really coming to life through the multidimensionality of how it plays out through your unique life storyline. There’s FAR more to it all than “this place good, there bad.” And while it’s nearly impossible to get into the funnest of it in writing, (versus real-time co-exploration in conversation), I’ll be doing my best to try here and contribute to the growing astrocartography community what I can to shorten the learning curve for those in resonance crossing this path.
Welcome, and may what you find herein be of value in navigating your journey through the world with & of astrocartography… 🙏💫
