My name is Annie and over the past decade I’ve fallen deeply in love with astrology. For me, it’s less of a belief system and more of a path into a deeper relationship with ourselves, each other and the natural world. I understand astrology as nature’s clock, marking the rhythms and cycles that shape our lives. Working with it is a continual reminder that life unfolds in seasons, and that there is wisdom in honoring each phase as it comes. Through this practice, I began to notice how these collective cycles move through my own inner world. How periods of growth, rest, uncertainty, and change are not mistakes, but essential parts of being alive. It’s expanded my capacity to accept life as it is so that I have more energy to create within it.

I’ve spent much of my life thinking that I needed to work harder, be more disciplined, or use my will to force things. For me this has looked like an eating disorder, overexercising, buying manifestation courses to “unblock” myself, idolizing others, and lots of self blame and shame. Much of how we learn to be in the world is rooted in systems that don’t honor the earth or the wellbeing of the individual. It was through much of this conditioning that my inner knowing became quiet and its through my relationship with astrology (and my therapist and community) that it continues to be restored.

Astrology provides a mirror when my sense of self becomes distorted and confused. It offers a gentle reminder that there’s no such thing as a “right” way of being in the world and helps guide me back to what feels honest and authentic. It reconnects me to the truth that I, like nature, am cyclical. There are seasons of growth and seasons of decay, times that call me inward and times that invite me to take action. By learning to work with these cycles, I’ve cultivated deeper trust in my life’s timing, greater acceptance of my process, and a deeply rooted sense of belonging to myself and the earth.