✧ ALTAR OF STARS ✧ with Teagan West

My friends, WOW am I over-the-moon excited + deeply honored to share the work of a beloved Celtic Witch, Leanne! I’ve been following along as she continues to share so much rich ancestral magick with the world, pouring forth from her heart like a wellspring of Danu. It feels like such a precious gift to have her on the podcast, with the wealth of wisdom she shares with us! Leanne is doing signific...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com Friends, here we are. The final week of Eclipse season, thus the final week of Virgo season. There is a LOT of astrology moving through this week, culminating to the big Solar Eclipse in Virgo, the day before the Equinox. It is, INDEED, a threshold. A mythological peek at the week ahead; The Winged One receives...

The Full Moon / Total Lunar Eclipse that kicks off this week is ALSO the initiator of one of my favorite ritual observances in the Vedic Calendar; Pitru Paksha, the Fortnight of the Ancestors. Every year during the month of September, the Full Moon initiates the observance of Pitru Paksha; the ancestral fortnight. This specifically follows the WANING phase of the moon, from fullness dissolving int...

Hello beloveds, how are you doing out there? This week is a BIG one, so much shifting + churning in these primordial waters. Eclipse season hath arrived, and with it, many celestial elders making moves in the skies. A changing of the guard, ushering a threshold to be crossed. On Monday, Saturn regresses backwards into Pisces, signaling a cycle returning. Time folds in on itself, Past + Future beco...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com My friends! How are we faring out there? Are ya winnin’, son? In all sincerity, I hope you are feeling well + held by something sustaining, in the wake of that Virgo New Moon. The precision of Virgo’s blade came true + deep once again, revealing the center what needed to be made visible in order to move more in...

The New Moon in Virgo, occurring at the wee morning hour of 2:06am EST on Saturday August 23rd, presents an opportunity to ask our people directly. The Sun + Moon step across this threshold together, merged at 0* of Virgo. This lunation will be conjunct the Fixed Star Regulus , the Heart of the Lion. It is a sign of courage ( coeur-age ), quite literally — often associated with noble leaders or th...

Sweet ones, we have a MIGHTY week ahead of us. On all levels, the Astrology at hand is meant to support us in retrieving power from the hands that seek to make us feel powerless, as a function of Empire. We’re so back, baby. And, getting there can feel like a thunder-clap. We are in the thick of SO much density right now, I’m sure not only at collective levels but also reflected within. There are...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com DRUM RAFFLE FOR PALESTINE As many of you are likely aware, Palestine is in the most severe stages of forced starvation. The situation has reached its limit in more ways than one, and there are some incredible organizations working to get FOOD + WATER into the North + South of Palestine right now. The Sameer Pro...

My friends! WOW what a gift it is to be coming to you here, to share this absolutely PROFOUND conversation with a dear anam chara of mine, dré !!! I’ll let the conversation speak for itself, but I do hope you enjoy ~ and I hope you check out their incredible work!!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com WOW y’all, it’s been quite a Summer. Looking at the Astrology for this week, this one is no exception. We enter LEO season and kick it off with a BIG, bold New Moon (very on brand if I say so myself). The Astrology of the week is in many ways THE HEART OF SUMMER. (Leo reference to the heart included…) Looking a...

Hi friends ~ I don’t have much to share this week by way of written words. Feeling tired and taking time to do the necessary work of adjusting to the changing container of the moment. Slowing down as much as I can, creating space for presence + capacity for kindness. Mercury stations Retrograde on Thursday this week, bringing us into a 3 week reflection process on the stories that shape our identi...

Hey fam — I hope you’re feeling held by something ancient + sustaining. This is a BIG week, that officially kicks off the TRIANGLE OF POWER between all the outer planets that have officially shifted signs. On Monday, July 7th Uranus enters Gemini. The planet of unexpected change + upheaval, massive “AHA!” moments, and electricity, enters the mutable air sign who KNoWS how to navigate change. Think...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com My friends! We astrologers have had no shortage of big events to talk about this year. And it ain’t over yet — in many ways this is just the beginning. A new era, ruled by new elemental energies and collective planetary influence, is beginning. This Summer holds some of the most major changes we’ve seen in Astr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com Hey loves! Sending this one out early, as a means of celebrating the Solstice / the Sun’s entrance into Cancer. Next week, the Sun + Moon will come together, conjunct our beloved Jupiter, all in the Cancerian part of the sky. New Moon Cazimi magick! A formal introduction to this watery realm, and all the depth...

Hello beloved ones. I’m coming to you this week with a fierce, tender heart. I want to talk about the astrology from the perspective of how it can help us hold reality. How it is interfacing with the moment we’re navigating collectively. There are no answers here, only inquiry. I am trying to be honest and make this space one of discovery while we keep turning towards the world with courageous hea...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com Beloved ones! This might just be one of the biggest weeks of the year, astrologically speaking. Not only have we finally arrived at the moment we’ve all been waiting for (Jupiter entering Cancer on moonday June 9th!)… BUT the day after, we have a Full Moon in Sagittarius (ruled by our newly initiated Jupiter!)....

Hi friends! Apologies for the delayed release of this week’s episode (it was so cute how many of you noticed & reached out to check in!) I so appreciate your presence here! The reality is, I’ve been waiting to talk about Jupiter’s entrance into Cancer ALL year, and I wanted to take my time with this one. It’s a transit that holds a great deal of significance to me, in it relationship to ancestral...

Hi my friends. I could not, in good conscious, share the podcast this week as if it was just business as usual. I had a lot of resistance to even coming on to share the podcast + talk about astrology, as certain parts of me have given way to despair + meaninglessness against the backdrop of a Genocide. And yet, I know that despair is a heavy tool wielded to convince us of our powerlessness. And I...

“WHAT IS TO GIVE LIGHT, MUST ENDURE BURNING” — Viktor Frankl My loves! Quite a legendary week we have ahead of us. One of the most astrologically potent moments of 2025; Saturn’s ingress into ARIES! On Saturday, May 24th! The Wise Elder will join the inspired Mystic (Neptune) here, deepening the process of actualizing our dreams into tangible reality. A reality check, indeed. Since March of 2023,...

Hello my loves. Coming to you here with a full heart, as deep as it is wide with joy and grief in each hand. Feeling the teachings of Scorpio coming in STRONG, in the heart of Taurus’ season. It is always like this. Every year, as the landscape bursts into full-fledged vitality with a beauty unmatched, we are reminded by the Full Moon of Scorpio’s immanent mirror. A reflection on life + death, and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com We have a STUNNING Taurus New Moon on Sunday April 27th, at 3:31pm EST. Steady Love. Devotion to the slow magick. Luna is in her place of exaltation here, amplifying the fortification of our dreams in Taurus. Venus, the planetary ruler of this lunation, is ALSO exalted in Pisces, making this a double whammy of...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com This week feels like a revving engine, a battle cry as we break the holding pattern of liminality that this past month has had us locked in. This is a stone shattering glass, a breakthrough as a means of breaking OPEN. We have been in the wake of the storm that swept through to disorient us, now comes the force...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com hello my friends! this week offers us the opportunity to ever-so-gently REST and digest the turmoil of March, more intentionally. There is luckily not a lot of drama occurring this week, which means we can truly take this moment to breathe. Venus returns as the Morning Star on sunday april 13th - look for her!...

My friends, wow. We have FINALLY made it to the long-awaited threshold; the end of eclipse season, retrogrades, general time-bending chaos. I cannot think of a more generous gift than to be greeted by the soft, sweet Spirit of Libra. The Full Moon in Libra peaks at 8:22pm EST on Saturday April 12th, within HOURS of Venus (her planetary ruler) stationing direct in Pisces. This is the Return of Love...

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