WELCOME! I am so glad you are here! 

I am very excited to spend this virtual time with you talking about my absolute favorite thing, Astrology. I have been studying astrology with intention since I was 22 years old (a long time ago!) but my curiosity about astrology was ignited even farther back.

MY KIND OF WITCHY NEIGHBOR ACCIDENTALLY INTRODUCED ME TO ASTROLOGY – A STORY FROM MY CHILDHOOD (of course I’m going to tell you a story, I’m a Gemini!) 

My parents divorced when I was 9. By the time I was 11, I was a professional latch-key kid and was very confident about being home without a parent around. And I was oblivious to the fact that I could have been pigging out on pop-tarts and watching cartoons instead of doing my homework before my mother got home – that came later.

Those afternoons were all very uneventful until the first time I forgot my key. Mom worked almost an hour away at that time and there was no way they would have just let her leave to drive home to let me in. Plus, how could she know? No cell phones and I couldn’t get into the house to call her. Most of my neighbors were working families, one next door neighbor worked in New York City and never got home before dark. My only hope was to go to my other next door neighbor, the Kellys – which kind of scared me.

See, the Kellys were a little…different. Mr. Kelly was a heavy drinker. He always seemed angry, and he really liked guns. The oldest son was one of those tough kids who smoked pot and worked on his car while blasting the Eagles “Life In The Fast Lane” over and over. The younger son was my brother’s best friend in the neighborhood, so I heard a lot of stories about how volatile it was over there. Mrs. Kelly scared me the most of all: she had wild black hair and dark flashing eyes and always seemed even angrier than her husband (looking back I kind of see why…), but if I caught her eye, she’d smile and wink at me. Utterly desperate about being locked out, I screwed up my courage and went next door.

Mrs. Kelly opened the door, and I explained what happened and I asked if I could use her phone. She told me she had a better idea and went into the depths of her house, leaving me on the front step. Minutes later she came out with a giant butcher’s knife. One shouldn’t wave a butcher’s knife around a girl who reads too much and has a wild imagination. She must have seen the look on my face because she just started laughing. “Come on, Laurie.” she said and headed back to my yard.

A note: I don’t let ANYBODY call me Laurie. My grandfather called me that, and that was okay — but my name is LAURA and even at a young age I made sure that “Laura” is what I was called. However, if a scary lady holding a huge knife wanted to call me “Laurie”, I wasn’t going to stop her!

Mrs. Kelly stomped around my house looking at all the windows. She jiggled the back door. Finally, when she got to the front door, she saw that the screen on the window to the right of it was pretty old and only held on with a hook and eye. She used the butcher’s knife to pull the window out a fraction of an inch and then worked the knife under the window until she was able to unhook the latch. “AH HAAAAAAAAA!” she cackled.

“Kid, you’re seconds away from being inside.” she said, jiggling the knife under the window. Then she stopped and asked over her shoulder, “When’s your birthday?”

“May 31st” I told her.

“Gemini!” she said. She turned and stared right into me with her black, black eyes. “Geminis make the best gypsies, liars and thieves.” Mrs. Kelly then said (with much flourish), “I….am a Gemini.” 

With that she pushed open my window and helped me clamber into my living room over my mother’s desk. From the other side of the window she said, “If you ever want your fortune told, come see me. Geminis are also excellent at fortune-telling and reading cards.”

I thanked her profusely and went about my day wondering what other skills Geminis had. When I told my mom what happened she flipped out. She was far more concerned about anyone seeing how easy it was to break into our house than about me being stranded outside.

That weekend, Dad took me on our weekly trip to the Franklin St. Bookstore. I had my allowance and instead of buying a Nancy Drew book like I usually did, I bought one of those Sydney Omarr books titled “Gemini”. He didn’t say anything about gypsies or thieves, but he did mention “prevarication.” I looked “prevarication” up in the dictionary and saw it was a fancy word for lying. CALLED OUT! I still defend my Gemini brethren and choose to say we are creatively verbose rather than liars. I mean, our whole society is knitted together with the kindness of white lies, so really, “lying” is kind of a gift. Right? Right! Besides, nobody lies like a Sagittarius. 

JUST KIDDING!! I do not like to use stereotypes because we are so much more than just our Sun sign. I am sure you are here because you know that and want to understand more.

This is a class of foundations, and here you can expect to learn the building blocks of astrology: 

• Polarity, Elements, and Modes and how each energy works together to create the archetype of each zodiac sign. 
  
  
• The Planets and Planets in the Signs
  
  
• The Houses – the areas of human life we all share. Or the “stage” where the ACTOR (the planet) expresses themself through the sign.
  
  
• ASPECTS – the relationship between the planets in the signs and if these relationships are harmonious or challenging.
  
  
• Putting it all together and reading charts
  
  
• Comparing charts (synastry, or compatibility) and a bit about transits.
  

I hope you are intrigued enough after this introduction to dive deeper into self-study or seek out more advanced classes. Please see my suggested reading list and hey, if you come across a great astrology book, let me know!!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me: [email protected]

I am also available for readings! 

Again thank you for letting me be your tour guide through the solar system,

Laura

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