✧ ALTAR OF STARS ✧ with Teagan West

The Cancer Full Moon, as a vibe^. Occuring on Moonday Jan 13 att 5:26pm EST, we have a BIG cancer full moon. Luna is in her power spot here, as the moon rules Cancer. Amplification of our emotional process, needs, and tending. The added layer here is that Mars is making its way backwards thru Cancer, along its retrograde journey. This is NOT an easy movement. Mars does not have an easeful time in...

The Vibe^ of 2025 is ALCHEMICAL, TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATION PROCESSES! Buckle up babies, we’re in for a wild ride. I wasn’t sure if I would share more about the themes at play for the year, however as I record more of the Year Ahead Personal readings for folks, there’s a LOT more insight that’s come thru. It felt right to share this one with everybody! If you’ve listened to the Full Year Ahead podc...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.com First of all, THANK YOU to all of those that have joined as subscribers for this next leg of the journey here at the Altar of Stars. It has been a real process of courage + experimentation to take this step towards growth + reciprocity, and it means the absolute WORLD to me that so many of you have chosen to su...

Thank you all for being here, cheers to another year of growth, change, and MAGICK! CH-CH-CH-CHANGESSSS…. GENTLE REMINDER that this Weekly podcast will shift to Substack paid subscribers come 2025! One full moon reading will still be available for all each month, however if you want access to the weekly readings, join us here on substack! 20% discount code below! …:...:…:...:…:...:…:...:…:...:…:.....

Wow, my friends. Here we are. At the final threshold of 2024. What a year. May it go out with a bang, as heads hit pillows for deep winter rest. This prayer is one of integration, slowness, and a gently-held nervous system. May we find ways to give ourselves a moment of breath before entering the initiation that is 2025. In this week’s podcast, I offer some words about Devotion from a Capricornian...

WINTER SOLSTICE + CAPRICORN SZN Solstices + Equinoxes are the Time Turners. They are the ones who take the Great Wheel of Life, and initiate new cycles. The Winter Solstice marks the initiation of the Cailleach, the wise elder witch, Mother of Life + Death, the one who weighs our lives on the barren bones of our own survival. The one who knows what it takes to build a world, in the face of time an...

OKAY FAM. Big week! Last FULL MOON of 2024! Mercury stations direct on the SAME DAY! On Sunday, December 15th at 4:01amEST, the full moon peaks at 23* of Gemini. It will be VERY close to Jupiter, currently retrograding in Gemini, and opposite its planetary ruler Mercury, who stations direct in SAG the same day as the full moon. A lil topsy turvy, which way is up? Does it matter? Are riddles meant...

This week is laying some MAJOR groundwork for the year to come. Mars has officially stationed retrograde, joining Mercury in a Fire sign retrogression. What if conflict is an invitation into deeper connection? This week I also talk a bit about the larger energetics at play, preparing us to step into 2025. We have a VERY big tone shift ahead of us next year, with ALL major planets shifting signs co...

In the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, December 1st, we have a New Moon revealing its mysterious face in Sagittarius. Here, as we gather around the fire of the heart, we listen for the story of our lives. Opportunistic, Idealistic, and hopeful - this Sag New Moon asks us to consider what truly feels meaningful to us. To feed the fire of the spirit, sometimes we must pause to consider the BIG q...

Sagittarius Sz has arrived, fresh off the bat with Mercury Retrograding through it's integrative process! This is the Myth of our lives, both personal + collective. Sagittarius helps us hold perspective as we integrate all of the shadowy truths we unearthed in Scorpio's underworld garden. I’m in travel mode, so I’ll let the podcast speak for itself. Next weekend, on December 1st, we have a New Moo...

Okay family, the moment has finally arrived. On November 19th, Pluto will enter Aquarius + never look back. A generational milestone, a moment that will usher us into a whole new collective paradigm. This is BIG. I know Astrologers have been talking about this for literally the entire year, but if that’s any indication, this is a huge moment for the collective fabric of reality. A whole new energe...

Okay y’all, what is there to say. So much, AND ALSO — this is not the time for sweeping platitudes. This is the time for grieving, raging, feeling, weeping, and letting it all move through. I want to acknowledge that I recorded this podcast on Nov 4, the day before our World shifted. I debated on whether or not to record an entirely new episode to address all that's stirring, but I also feel that...

Hey y’all — I hope you’ve been enjoying the season’s Ancestral blessings and keeping your people close. It’ll likely pay off in the year to come! 2025 is already feeling like a big paradigm shift as I tune in. This week literally starts off with a BANG! Our first peak Mars-Pluto Opposition occurs on Sunday, November 3rd, 2024. This will be the first in a sequence of THREE oppositions occurring bet...

Ahh yes, spooky season. Perhaps most magickal time of year, especially if you identify as “wicce”, or wise person, from the original use of the word. The veil is thinning, the doors to the otherworld are open, and we are surrounded by the closeness of our more-than-human kin. This time of year is very dear to me. It is a time when Ancestral Veneration + Ceremonial Celebrations of the dead are wide...

Ahhh yes, my favorite time of year again. *Stretches out Bat wings* … SCORPIO SEASON! All the good ghoulies are out, and the Sun begins its journey of illuminating that which has been waiting in the shadows, all year long. In my experience, Scorpio is one of the most understood signs. Above all else, when I share Astrological readings with folks who have Scorpio Suns, their most frequent reflectio...

This week brings our first lunation after the clearing of Eclipse Season -- a Full Moon in Aries on Thursday, October 17th at 7:26am EST. This is also the first Full Moon we've had in Aries that HASN'T been an eclipse in over a year. The moment presents an opportunity to truly hit the refresh button in the Aries domain of our charts, and celebrate the ways we've learned SO much from that territory...

We have a Grand Water Trine being initiated by the ruler of last week's Eclipse -- Venus in Scorpio. As the Dark Goddess dances with Saturn in Pisces & Mars in Cancer, we're invited to tend to the waters within, and all the emotions they're likely still digesting. I speak about the Myth of the Minotaur as a mirror for Venus' process in Scorpio, and touch on Jupiters upcoming Retrograde in Gemini a...

For the past year, we’ve been cycling thru Eclipses on the Aries-Libra axis. If you’ve been here awhile, you’re probably already aware that this week brings our LAST eclipse in Libra on this side of the axis. The South Node has been threshing this territory, supporting us in releasing old patterns of fawning, self-abandonment, and people-pleasing on behalf of “keeping the peace”. Libra knows that...

Libra has a HUGE responsibility, as Cardinal Air and the initiator of the Autumn Equinox. Whereas its counterpart Aries gets all the fun of initiating us back into full-bursting spring, Libra must do the gentle work of reminding us that we must too descend into the darker half of the year. Every year, the spirit of Libra comes as a loving yet knowing reminder of what must be. The truth of this sig...

Hi my friends! There has been a LOT coming thru around the upcoming Eclipses, especially tuning into the energies along the Virgo/Pisces axis. Shouldn’t be surprising, as Piscean energy can tend to stir a LOT of information incoming from the liminal realms. However, these particular messages felt big, like something to keep in our back pocket as we maneuver the next two years of eclipses on this a...

My friends! This week is big. We’ve already entered eclipse season, making our way through those velvet curtains into the halls of great Karmic undoing. But there is an added layer of emphasis here, as we are ALSO being initiated into our first (partial) Eclipse on the Pisces-Virgo axis. On Tuesday, September 17th at 10:34pm EST, we will have our very first Pisces eclipse. The eclipses occur on th...

Hekate, looking very Kali Mā with her hounds. The moment is alive, full, important; considering the impact of these next few weeks within the larger space of our timeline will serve us well. Pay attention to what’s stirring, knowing that its implications will continue to reveal their significance in the larger teachings of your life into 2025 and beyond. This week, it felt necessary to unpack the...

Beloved Virgo, Vestal Virgin, Maiden of the Harvest. This week, we have a new moon occuring at 11* of this gracious Earth sign. As the luminaries come together in Virgo's sanctum, we are invited to consider the preciousness of our attention, as perhaps our greatest currency. Where our attention goes, energy flows. If our mind is scattered, thus will be our experience of reality. Yet if we are focu...

Virgo season has arrived, in full swing. As the maiden sweeps through the landscape, she is veiled and true as we are ripe for transformation. Summer brought us BIG energies, both sweet and challenging, and now it is time to thresh the wheat from the chaff. To cut away the excess. This is the wisdom of refinement, that Virgo is attuned to like a fine instrument. The intelligence of the Earth in al...

The Full Moon in Aquarius occurs on Monday August 19th, at 2:25pm EST. It answers to Lord Saturn, a harbinger of necessary limitation. Realism can be a welcomed ally when overwhelm sets in. Refinement is a gift to any process. Thresh away the excess. Honoring the limitations of what is, allows us to be at peace with wherever we're at in the process. A sobering reality check, yes. But also, how can...