✧ ALTAR OF STARS ✧ with Teagan West

Hello sweet friends ~ how are you doing out there? How was that Scorpio New Moon for you? I am definitely still feeling the sensitivity, especially after being taking to such depths over the course of the past month. I feel hopeful as we prepare to meet this week and all that Sagittarius invites us into, by way of processing + integration. The movement from Fixed Water to Mutable Fire is one of th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com The New Moon occurs at 1:47am EST on Thursday, Nov 20. Highly recommend making space for ritual presence + divination on the evening before. Messages abound. Here are the MANY planetary Ancestors involved in this week’s New Moon. The council has indeed gathered in support of this moment. * Sun, Moon AND Mercury...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com Beloved ones, how are you out there? Content, I hope. The tides are turning, retrograde season is upon us. Taking it both as an opportunity to listen deeper to the wisdom of the Inner Self, while also taking it as a cue to slow down. Nothing needs to ‘happen’, right now — stillness is a vital part of every grow...

This week, we formally enter into November, which I am calling an Alchemical Crucible of a month. There is SO MUCH happening on the threshold between Scorpio/Sagittarius, which is traditionally a very alchemically-coded intersection point in the sky. And with that comes the real psychological work of transmuting lead into gold; unconscious materia into conscious, embodied forces. This is honestly...

My friends! Blessed Samhain, Día de Muertos, or however you observe this weekend’s threshold. I have been thinking a LOT about ghosts lately, and what produces them — in the Land, in the Culture, and along our Lineages. I wanted to share a longer teaching on the subject, especially as it relates to Ancestral Lineage Healing work. We have no shortage of ghosty sh*t in the world due to our current c...

My friends, I am so excited to share this week’s reading with you. My Ancestors were very vehement about sharing another channeled message, and so we did! This one is for the entirety of Scorpio season, as an alchemical crucible in & of itself (as always). It’s felt really good to share more authentically in this way, as my own practice of Oracular Mediumship deepens. Something about this particul...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com My loves, I can’t believe we are already approaching the threshold of Scorpio season this week. We have another New Moon occuring at the crossroads, the day before the Sun enters a new sign territory. This happened in September with the Virgo New Moon / partial eclipse occuring the day before the Equinox! This...

What a sincere + resounding honor to have Mariola Rosario share her profound wisdom with us all. Mariola is one of the voices in the Astrological world that I not only admire deeply, but trust to TELL THE TRUTH. Her work has been foundational in the re-envisioning of cosmologies that is SO deeply needed when applying Astrology as praxis, for the cultural moment we are navigating in real-time. I am...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com Friends! This week, in honor of Ancestor Szn, I wanted to share an episode that focused more heavily on connecting with the beloved dead. More specifically, I wanted to share some insights on how to do so with ritual safety in mind, as well as potential pitfalls, complexities, and needs for discernment when con...

The full moon in Aries this week brings deep relational truths. How we navigate the space between self + other. It is the work of lifetimes, generations of relational repair. The shadow of Libra + Aries runs DEEP in our collective psyche, burrowed by punitive justice systems and religious dogma of ‘good vs bad’.' Accessing our own humanity is the antidote. No longer moving in reactive responses of...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com Friends, I hope your heart is held by something ancient + sustaining. The wake of the Eclipses has been quite destabilizing, I am always humbled by the integration process of their medicine. This week, there is not a lot of huge astrology, which perhaps comes as a breath of fresh air + supports whatever integra...

From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below From the Great Above the goddess opened her ear to the Great Below From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below — Wolkstein and Kramer, 52 My loves, here we are. The scales hold equal pools of day + night in their plates. The balance tips into the Lunar half of the year, ruled by the deep dark waters of the Feminine. Perse...

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...