Ari Moshe

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Essentials Course 2025! Please introduce yourself. Let us all know where you are from, what brings you to this course, your intentions for taking this program and/or anything else that feels alive for you to share.

I’m Ari and I’ll be your instructor for this program. I live in Sonoma CA with my family of 6, but have roots mostly as a travelling/ nomadic type soul and lived in a car then a van for several years before beginning a family phase.

I began my study of Evolutionary Astrology very early on in my early 20’s around 2005. Since then it’s pretty much been the only modality I’ve worked with. A deep well of wisdom and realisation. I began my first teaching and formal writing around 2011 and haven’t stopped since.

I was working with a group of astrologers from about 2015 till 2020. When that group disbanded, and being as I had a family, I was impelled to step further into my work and begin my own training program. My greatest challenge in the creation of this program was believing in my own value as a teacher; I had to overcome many Virgo type hurdles to get this thing going!

Most (almost all) of the videos in the curriculum were recorded in the year of 2021. This is now my 5th year teaching this program and I’ve grown immensely in my knowledge and personal soul path through teaching.

Besides for astrology, I’m a musician and have a recorded album. I hope to record more albums as time and the intuitive path leads the way.

Looking VERY forward to meeting with you all soon and getting to know you all in your studies and practice.

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Annick Blais

Bonjour,

my name is Annick and I live close to Québec City , Sainte-Anne-De Beaupre in the restored Redemptionistines Convent, now private appartments,  overlooking the Basilica. I’ve moved back in early September, starting my life over again, after 28 y in exile in AB and BC. I’ve let go of almost everything (my artworks, my personal journals, photos, giving away books,etc) a lifetime gone, and drove back to my roots, from BC to QC, sleeping in my car with my cat and a few belongings (3 suitcases , a softroof top carrier, and the rest under my foam). A 10 days journey accross Canada.

I am 63 y intense Scorpio, feeling everything deeply and HSP: Scorpio Sun/12th house w Mars/Neptune and Scorpio Rising: Death and Rebirth, I know very well, the Pheonix being one of the Scorpio archetype. I live simply. Nature is my sanctuary, my apartement my sacred space. I love my solitude, although friendly and outgoing when in the “outside world”, I share love and joy easily.

Stability and security as this society “advertise”, I don’t know. I move x times in my life since childhood and was a “run away girl” in my teens. My only security, certainty is the Divine since I am 8-9 y old, asking It to take me back home then for the first time: “this world is not what You told me.” I felt betrayed. The Divine has never let me down, guiding and protecting me and the only reason I am still alive. The Divine is simple, not complex, complexity being a human concept.  “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” I am not religious and do not have a spiritual practice, else than meditation, prayer and gratitude, contemplation  communing with Nature, dancing and singing,  to surrender to the Divine.

I have been interested in Astrology, Esoterism, Symbolism, Mysticism/Spirituality since my 14 y old: My Soul Calling. I am gifted by the Divine since childhood and from past lives (psychic/medium, shamanic healer, artist). Although I learned a few healing modalities, I always ended up simply channeling divine energy, do what I was guided while  having strong visions of people lives and past lives as well, being an instrument of divine healing/liberation. I hope to be finally able to embody/embrace fully and share those gifts again, being of service to my fellow human beings as the humble servant/messenger of the Divine in the near future. Love and Light.

I feel so blessed to be able to do the Essentials Course with Ari and each of you, looking forward to the teachings and the sharings. With Part 1 of the 1st year training, I hope to deepen my understanding of astrology and eventually  understand better about my life journey (obstacles in particular, many squares and oppositions in my chart) and my own Self through learning with Ari, studying Evolutionary Astrology.

Ari showed up to me with ” Heart and Soul Centered Astrology” channel in the recent months. I have since followed him as I resonate deeply with his insights, teachings, and his authenticity. Heartful and Soulful Radiant Passionate Ari.

There are no coincidences, only Divine Synchonicities. Blessed We Are to Gather Together!

PS: I am experiencing exhaustion/burn out (“a blessing in disguise”) , so I might have difficulties expressing myself in spoken words, so please be understanding and patient with me. I am feeling very vulnerable. ” “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”~ Leonard Cohen ( Anthem, 1993)

Merci, and Blessings to All,

Annick

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Shannon Norenberg

Greetings All,

My name is Shannon Norenberg, I live in central Connecticut with my husband and son (who is the youngest of my 7 children) and have worked as a lecturer and advocate for sexual assault survivors for the last 20 years. I was born in Minnesota, but left there right after High School to join the Army, where I served for 6 years before getting out to raise my children. Eventually I made my way to college and began working in the profession that has become my passion and my purpose. I am deeply spiritual, a devotee of Krishna and our Divine Mother Kali, and have been channeling spirits since I can remember. I have been working with tarot for almost 40 years, and love everything weird, unusual or out of the ordinary.

I began studying astrology in 2021, starting with modern psychological astrology but moving quickly to Hellenistic as I have always loved and been interested in ancient greek culture. After deep diving that for a few years, I became interested in evolutionary astrology after catching Ari on YouTube one day where the Universe prompted me that he had something to teach me. Thus, I am new to evolutionary astrology, and have been reading, watching and listening to everything I can find from Jeffrey Wolf Green. Everything has been resonating so deeply, and I am really looking forward to learning more. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

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Didem Pekun

Participant

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Dear all, greetings!

I am Didem – from Istanbul, 46 years old woman, filmmaker, film teacher, forever student of Life. I dont have human children but have been mothering cats for many years, and I foresee many more 4 legged friends, or winged, who knows!

I was a student of evolutionary astrology back in my early twenties, as well as many other spiritual practices and somehow I got separated, but never fully. Remained a spiritual being all my life as I got 6 or 7 planets in Scorpio, am very watery being…

However, through a recent humbling experience, as my artistic life came to a standstill, I remembered there were more important things and I am happy that time ‘coincided’ with this course to realign myself with the Soul.

And so with gratitude to Ari, I am here relearning this tradition of astrology, to which I resorted over and over in the past 2 decades. I would like to also add that this week, through another strong hunch, I also started the Course in Miracles at the same time as Heart and Soul Centered Astrology Course.

Happy to meet you all today.

Love,

Didem

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Judy Vergara

Hi there,

My name is Judy.  I’ve been living in Gainesville, FL for the past 8 years.  I was born in Bogota, Colombia, however moved to Miami, FL when I was 5 yrs old.  I turned 60 this past solar return.

I’ve been soul searching since my 20’s, although back then it was more psychological than spiritual.  Astrology dipped in and out of my life here and there but I never took it seriously until after I began studying Ayurveda in 2012.  Ayurveda opened my world and my perspectives to so so much, that the person I am today is a 360 from the one I was then.

Interesting enough, I worked for my teacher during my first year of study and she had a picture of Yogananda in the office.  At that point in time I had no clue who he was.  Since my teacher was Indian, I thought it was a relative – such narrow mindedness!  I was always the first to arrive at the office every morning and I noticed that where ever I walked his eyes would follow me, so I began talking to him, still not knowing who he was because once my teacher would arrive, the office became alive and there was lots of movement and I would forget to ask.  Some weeks went by and I finally remembered to ask, she told me he was the guru who brought yoga to the west.   Still no biggie for me, until the movie “Awake: The Life of Yogananda” came out; I watched it and then read “Autobiography of a Yogi”, then I understood his immensity.  What I find interesting is the fact that evolution astrology was downloaded from Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Yogananda’s guru – I keep getting called back, at least that is how I feel.

With Yoga being a sister science of Ayurveda, in 2015 I became a yoga certified teacher to expand and harmonize my practice.  Then I thought of studying Vedic Astrology, another sister science, however between 2016 and 2019 there were lots of changes and losses in my life and I just did not have the bandwidth.  Then 2020 hit and we all know what a show that was.

In 2021 I began getting myself settled, I was watching lots of astrological podcasts on youtube and that’s when I ran into Adam and began studying Hellenistic Astrology – which btw, I thought I was just studying astrology I didn’t realize there were so many perspectives, either.  I learned a lot with him.  I really had no clue what so ever though I thought I did because I new I was a Libra sun sign LOL. Boy oh boy once again my perspectives opened and changed, the energetic’s of things became the spark of my wanting to know and understand more.  Though now I want to connect, to feel the waves, the energetic connection within & without, that’s where Ari comes in.  When I hear him speak; there is a calling, there is sensation an understanding of his interpretations/stories that I get, yet I can’t seem to pinpoint or describe with words, I always seem to get very emotional when trying to explain/express this.

In any case, my desire is to create a vocation of service via our energetic connection that touches our hearts assisting in our expansion into our cosmic selves. I don’t know what that looks like yet, though I do believe that this is a step in that direction and that’s why I am here.

I tend to be an introvert, technically challenged, have a love/hate relationship with social media and don’t get how forums work – I’m using “I tend” because I don’t want to use the energy of “I am”.  A lot of it comes from feeling the intrusiveness of the internet and a desire to protect myself.  However in this space, that is not the energy that I want to cultivate.

I am learning to use this forum and work with notification. Regularly I don’t have any notifications on, on any of my devices.  I get the information when I check it not as they arrive, therefore I do ask to please be patient with me.

Looking forward to our connections.  Sending you all abundant love, peace, light and wellness. – Judy

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LJ Sislen

Hello all, it’s a pleasure to be sharing space with you <3

My name is LJ (they/them) and I am a queer, Korean adopted, Jewish raised being who’s living on Piscataway land right outside of Washington, DC. I am also a seeker who practices ancestor veneration and am drawn to a variety of modalities that help us cultivate Right Relationship with self, spirit, others, and nature — most prominently, vitalist/evolutionary herbalism and evolutionary astrology.

Other worldly endeavors have included political activism and community organizing specifically around health care and community care, most often, for those who are rejected or denied care and resources by those in power and consensus reality. I believe that my route to astro-herbalism is an extension of this care.

When I’m not studying or at the apothecary, you can find me in the garden, playing dungeons and dragons, napping with my two dogs, traveling, dancing, or meditating. I am excited to walk (and boogie along💃) this path, cultivate my gifts, work through my challenges, and help others along the way.

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Donna Bartlett

Hi my name is Donna. I am from South Australia.  I live on a property in a shack, which used to be a Sandalwood Farm on the edge of a vast National Park close to the majestic River Murray.

I have always had a love for the outback country, outdoor recreation, eco tourism, travel, kayaking, bushwalking leadership, snorkelling and diving. Anything to do with the water. Also the performing arts and public speaking.  I have had many achievements and love to experiment.  Being on the open road or camping is what makes me feel truly alive as well as the wilderness and the ocean.  Wild at Heart.

As a child, I grew up saving Animals such as baby Dingos and Kangaroos and playing with them. making wildlife documentaries.  I witnessed paranormal activities. My childhood was unconventional. I had to go into foster care on occasions due to my mother being blind and having a absent abusive father. I had a imaginary friend as I didn’t get adequate attention.  It was a unusual family environment. There was a lot of disruption. I had to leave home early and go back and forth flip flopping as teenager still in school and as a young adult.

Exploring and experiencing the alternative scene where it felt very creative and in my essence.  I was in the my realm with occult practices.

I have a garden and grow my own vegetable and food. I live off grid. I went through a spiritual crisis which lead to some autoimmune health issues due to burnout, and a tragic spinal injury. It is a complex situation that has been my greatest challenge. I am 6th House Sagittarius Mars Neptune Sun Energy and MC in Aries 10th house Chiron, so it has been devastating.  Also born in year of the Dragon.

This has been my sanctuary as I heal, and fully integrate through the emotional body.  The first time I have had stability in my life. Taurus SN. Ascending Cancer .

The last few years have been about self care, enhancing my wellbeing due to traumatic events such as losing my brother to suicide, and deliberate acts of cruelty and injustice. Giving all my focus and attention to nurture with love through long processes of grief and darkness. There was no bypassing, some regression. It took a toll on my self esteem and confidence. Astrology was my way of tuning in and tracking the energy. To bring sense and meaning to all of it as a divination tool to awaken dormant capacities within me.

I set the shack up as a studio to dive into practices of embodiment as a Shakti filled container for Shamanic ceremony, sensuality, archetypal energy, reiki, somatics, rituals, and yoga. I embraced the mysteries and did the deep Pluto work. I was gifted the time and space, security, peace and quiet after lifetimes of chaos. Pluto Ruling my True Node in Scorpio House 4. I was always a rebel, into the goth and punk scene and anarchist.  Issues with Authority.  Never following the rules of the status quo and not liking to conform. I had the eyes to see and had many experiences with ghosts, angels, blue beings, spirits, holographic multidimensional timelines, and had to learn new boundaries and grow the capacity to hold more as my nervous system armoured up to protect me, as I shed layers to become a channel for grace.

I have had lots of lived experiences with very colourful background.  I wasn’t sure what to write, as everything in my life that was an illusion fell away with a stripping away of the false leaving me with a clean slate in a very Scorpionic Plutonic Uranus way that was quite cataclysmic in nature. It felt as though I was hit by a lightening bolt.

There is so much in the cauldron brewing. I am establishing my roots from a raw pure authentic place of a life of self discovery and adventure. Strengthening my foundations quite literally.  I have a desire for truth, integrity, and authenticity. Freedom and liberation is my goal as a integral fully embodied sovereign being. Finding ways to express my skills, gifts and talents in a public life as a contribution to society that is fulfilling and satisfies my soul.

I am coming into a new season of my life,…

My intention is to weave into this rich tapestry with my uniqueness and to come out of the shell I have created. To step out of my comfort zone. To overcome my inner conflicts that overshadow, skill development, transcend past life limitations, learn to guide and council others and to bring all the teaching together as a wisdom keeper and bring it all home. My intention is to ground in and anchor in all of the knowledge. To find my true calling and why I am here. I would like to train with others in the study group if possible for engagement and feedback along the journey. Wanting to make that connection and fresh perspectives with a beginners mind. Most importantly to have fun and to be curious as to where this is taking me.  I am glad to be am here and very humbled.

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Joy Kobrick

Hi everyone! My name is Joy and I am so honored to be here with you all.

I currently live in San Diego, California, with my family of 4 (plus multiple fur babies!).

My journey to Evolutionary Astrology has grown out of a lifetime (many I am sure) of spiritual questing. In this life, I was born into a family that held rigid evangelical beliefs, and although this served to nurture an early awareness of spirituality, I felt called since just a little girl, to pray each day for discernment and wisdom in this life. It is my sense that my Soul was pushing me towards a deeper desire for self-knowledge. By the time I was 15, I was already being sent to be “de-brainwashed” by the local preacher because my family could not tolerate my choice to not eat meat among other questions I had that they could not comfortably answer. From a consensus perspective, it looked like I was rebelling, but this was never my intention. My heart was not to rebel against something, but rather to find my way towards something – towards Truth (with a capital T).

For a while, I found solace in Buddhism, and although there was much gained while living in a Buddhist convent, disillusionment came once again, and I realized there was still something else for me to discover.

As an aside, this cycle of belief/disillusionment has been a great teacher for me. Anything that isn’t Truth (with a capital T), can only, invariably, lead to disillusionment. I’ve learned to no longer experience that state of disillusionment with the usual grief and sadness that often pervades it. I’ve recognized those emotions arise from whatever it is I am clinging to, or resisting, but that disillusionment itself is simply a way of helping me shift my focus to the next lesson in the curriculum.

And so over the years, my spiritual practices have shifted, but all the while, the prevailing energy developed has been a growing sense of self-authority and knowledge. I am learning to trust myself.

Ultimately, I have found that the greatest spiritual growth occurs for me when in relationship with others. There are some serious lessons for me there and so although I am deeply comfortable being alone, and was a happy hermit for the first 30 years of my life, the last 16 have revolved around relationships and partnerships and exploring all that arises when developing deep roots with another.

I then found a profound sense of purpose when I became a birth doula 13 years ago. What began as a way of focusing on others’ journeys after struggling to conceive myself, then deepened into the more spiritual aspects of birth work. I began to see myself more as a mentor, a guide, on equal footing with my clients, and walked away from the paradigm of authoritative knowing that is so often abused with these families.

I’ve grown tremendously in this work, and having been blessed to work with many families through multiple children, I have seen this arch they are on, and the evolution they go through during these profoundly important markers in their life. Through this, a growing desire to deepen how I support people developed. From studying Jungian archetypes, to shadow work, and more, I have explored how to get straight to the core of how to best support my clients’ process of coming into their own path. I then discovered Evolutionary Astrology and Ari Moshe’s teachings, which felt like finding “home”. I have found within it so much grace, compassion, and endless permission for where we are at, where we are going. And that compassion allows us to see with brighter eyes, the work there is to do, and also the beauty of it.

I am truly honored and grateful to be learning from Ari and to be here among you all.

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Jill Morgyn

Hello,

My name is Akemi, I’m 52 years old, and I’m located in Taiwan. I’ve lived in Asia for 9 years now, grew up in Canada, and have also lived in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Big Island Hawaii, Berkeley California, Japan, and Hong Kong. I am a Chinese Medicine doctor and an astrology podcast enthusiast.

I first began seeking out astrology podcasts in about 2019, and joined Astrology Hub as a listener and an inner circle member. That was the first time that I heard Ari speak, as one of our monthly teachers. I’ve been an avid listener and subscriber to many astrologers over the years that I first met through Astrology Hub. That’s granted me quite a nice education about the cosmos and the role of the planetary bodies in the unfolding of Fate, from the perspectives of many gifted teachers.

My personal experience that led me to study astrology is that of being able to feel the planetary energies in my own body. I was born as a child with extrasensory gifts and the ability to see the astral plane. I was raised in a strict and segregated religious context, which I left in my teens. I became a Buddhist, martial artist and meditator in my twenties. I trained for more than 20 years in energy work, meditation and qigong, which increased my detection of subtle energies. About 5 years ago in an advanced meditation with Sadghuru, my upper chakras opened up to the level of connection to the planets. Since then, I have been able to feel their energies. It’s been a bit overwhelming for me to try to sort through and contextualize all the information I get flowing through me, from empathetic perceptions, my own emotions, societies’ energies, and now the planetary bodies’ energies. Listening to astrology podcasts daily helps me to differentiate amongst the energies I am experiencing, learn about the relationships between the planets, and align my actions/harmonize my emotions with them.

Learning about astrology has tied beautifully into my Chinese medicine studies, and I enjoy listening to teachers and regular podcasters including Adam Sommer, Gemini Brett, Rick Levine, Christopher Renstrom, Judith Hill, and Anne Ortelee, as well as Ari. I particularly love Gemini Brett’s work on the Venus cycle. I’ve never felt confident that I could learn to read charts myself, but when I heard Ari mention on one of his podcasts recently that he was teaching a course, I felt called to join. I listen to Ari’s youtube channel regularly because I appreciate the way Ari teaches astrology: he shows up consistently and publishes prolifically; he makes himself available as a mentor that is grounded in his own lifelong spiritual path. He’s a gentle soul, and very grounded. I find his teaching style compassionate and his approach to challenging topics diplomatic and his insights deep and wise. I feel really honored to be in this class and able to learn from Ari. I’m probably one of the more shy students here, but even if I don’t say much, I’m listening to everything. I’m very happy to be here studying alongside you. Thank you for including me in your study group. Blessings~

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Cristina Joy

Greetings All,

I must have made some kind of pact with my mother before this life, because something told her the moment of my birth was extremely important, though she had no idea why. As a child when she would get frustrated with me, her go-to line was reciting my birthday day and birth time, as if she was saying my full name. Needless to say once I found astrology for myself, I didn’t need to ask her about my details.

Finding astrology for myself was something. Throughout my life, I kept on asking myself, why are the same things happening to me. Why, if they change, do they still feel the same? Why does it seem like I have “karma”? Well, despite being drawn to classical studies first, it was nothing short of my Pluto placement that answered my question towards my satisfaction.

And so it is not astrology that led me here. But questioning that led me to astrology.

That being said, I have hosted study groups before and would really love to host and join groups, swap charts, practice and learn together. So far it’s been my favourite part of studying astrology online. Feel free to reach out to me if you already know you’re interested. Or there will come a time when I post again with invite ^.^

Thanks for reading! It’s a pleasure to be here. I know I’ll learn a lot through Ari and the connections consequently made.

To Pluto!

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Meghan Gunther

Cheers & Salutations!

This go around I’m called Meghan and I celebrated my 40th in December.  I currently reside on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in a cute two room bunkhouse that belongs to a friend while my husband and I work on renovating and restoring our “home” a couple blocks away.  We have a small three masted schooner, originally built in the 1970s, which we live aboard with our chihuahua and sail from a summer mooring just south of Boston, MA down to the Florida Keys in the winter.  Her name is Star, we didn’t name her, but that’s just one of the synchronistic signs that led us to her.

Like many, if not all of y’all, I’ve been a spiritual seeker since the sandbox days. Raised by good, career focused parents in the Episcopal Christian faith, I grew up appreciating the ritual aspects of Church Services. However, much to the consternation of my Sunday school teachers, I could not wrap my head around why the Sacred Feminine was not a part of more Biblical stories and while Heaven sounded like a nice vacation, I was convinced that I was older than my parents and frustrated that I couldn’t articulate how I knew this.  Also, I never got down with the concept of “Original Sin” — apples are delicious, snakes are not scary and Eve was totally a scapegoat. After learning about what the crusades were I stopped saying the Nicene Creed and taking communion, preferring to just listen to the sermon and discuss over breakfast later.

Around the time we moved from Virginia to Rhode Island, Pluto had just entered Sagittarius and a year later I was gifted Joanne Woolfolk’s The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need, the first of many astrology, tarot, ancient mythology, pagan, occult, hermetic books I’d read while in grade school.  Also like many of you, Pluto has been a HUGE teacher, making conjunctions with natal Scorpio IC, Saturn, SN and my Sagittarius Uranus-Sun-Mercury, and Capricorn Neptune & Jupiter in Capricorn and now Pluto is conjunct Venus.

Astrology was not a family-accepted viable career path, so for many years I suppressed this desire only self-studying in my “free time”.  I graduated with honors from a private liberal arts college having majored in politics and international relations instead and lost myself for awhile there—think the Persephone, Hades, Demeter myth as a sort of Shamanic birth-death-rebirth initiation rite.  It was during this time I discovered Vedic Astrology and for my 26th birthday, after making a move from NC to the West Coast of FL, I was gifted Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda–it was the life-saving redirect I needed. Pluto conjunct my Vertex point, I met and apprenticed under an initiated Kriya Yogi and started practicing and eventually teaching yoga. I met myself on the mat, I came home to myself and my practice is what has strengthened, healed and supported me through the death and rebirth part of that initiation (hello Saturn Return).

After moving back to Rhode Island, still teaching yoga I became a licensed massage therapist and NAMA certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor with a private practice specializing in Myofascial Release, Manual Lymph Drainage, and Structural Energetic Therapy. As a forever student, I also studied, practiced and picked up additional certifications in Aromatherapy, Reiki, and both Clinical and Metaphyiscal Hypnotherapy. Basically I studied and trained in anything that I thought I would benefit from in terms of healing past karma and letting go of the trauma around my Saturn Return…still suppressing my desire to learn and practice astrology.

I met my husband during his nodal return, just before covid, we dated throughout the pandemic, during which I closed my practice and moved to FL with him. We purchased Star a year later and during my nodal return I began studying Hellenistic Astrology with Heather Eland as we sailed from the Keys up to the New England area. Even on a boat I devour and horde books like a dragon hordes crystals, reading multiple books at a time and usually across disciplines–so while studying Hellenistic Astrology I also stumbled onto Steven Forrest’s book on Pluto and it was through this I recognized how prominently a role Pluto played when I compared previous transits charts to important turning points. I then immediately read JWG’s Pluto Vol. 1  and then Mark Jones’ Healing the Soul and knew that EA was what I was called to practice. That same summer I started listening to Adam Sommer’s and Christopher Brennan’s podcasts, downloading episodes to listen to while on watch, offshore.  There’s nothing like being 100miles offshore under a blanket of stars reflecting on their vibrational influences…

I forget now if it was a podcast or through the JWG EA astrology website where I first found Ari’s work.  Of all the teachers and EA authors that I’ve read or studied with, Ari’s approach to chart reading resonates at a core level. I am grateful and humbled to be here studying with y’all at this monumental time. My goal is to become a better chart reader and help others understand their karmic patterns and how best to align themselves with current energies to further their growth as well as heal their past.  EA has been very healing for me, as has my yoga practice, and along with the sister science of Ayurveda it feels very healing especially at this time to be doing this work.  Thank you for reading, I tend to be a bit verbose in writing but more reserved in chat.  I would love to join an east coast study group if any of the EST’s have any interest?

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Alexandra Decarne

Hello Everyone,

My name is Alexandra, I was born in south of France but ended up leaving home at 17 (NN in sag) first to Paris to study in art school, then to London to work as a pattern designer. During my Saturn return my whole life ‘collapsed’ – health wise (hormonal imbalances, chronic pain, anxiety and insecurity), relationship wise, career wise (COVID), and Meaning wise. I left my community and my belongings and set off to travel the world seeking for deeper answers, healing and empowerment.

I travelled around a lot and immersed myself in deep studies of Astrology, Human Design, somatics, Tantra, energetics, feminine embodiment and the nervous system. I set foot in Bali late 2022 and been calling it home ever since.

Over the last few years the transits in my chart have been intense, and Evolutionary Astrology has helped me understand and move through – as well as creating a deeper understanding and acceptance of those around me. I am, to say the least, obsessed by this knowledge. And as I mentioned previously pretty much every planet in my chart is in aspect to Pluto. I am a soul that is here to go deep and transform, that is for sure, but damn that’s hard.

Now as I am building my business and brand (combining astrology, Human Design and somatics) and practicing sharing my voice more authentically and tapping into my creative expression (I started a Youtube channel in October) 2025 promises to be a major year for me. I’ve been feeling the transits expansively, and I feel a responsibility to be a voice and a guiding light for those who need it moving forward.

I am very much looking forward to learn more from Ari. This feels truly right and divinely timed. Thank you, Ari, for creating this opportunity.

Much love to all,

Alexandra

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Delgermaa Buck

Hello Everyone,

My name is Deggy. I was born and raised in the capital city of Mongolia. However, I emigrated to the United States as a young adult and have spent most of my adult life here, mostly in Idaho. Currently, I live in Seattle. I have called this place home since 2020. I will be 51 years old this summer.

It is interesting to read what brought you here and see a glimpse of your journeys on this platform: I can’t help but admire the incredible beings you are.

I’m new to astrology. I started listening to the YouTube tarot astrology channel in fall 2018, seeking an answer. In the beginning, it was hard for me to comprehend what astrologers were talking about. But astrology has always sparked my interest ever since I was a little kid. For years, I usually listened to them in an apathetic state. However, I have become a bit more familiar with the terms and basic structure of astrology, charts, and signs over the years. A few months ago, I listened to one of Ari’s podcasts on Astrology Hub about past lives, I didn’t know much about evolutionary astrology then. Also, it was my first encounter with Ari’s work. It popped up in the feed. I immediately followed his YouTube channel. I felt his teaching is focused on understanding our humane perception of our essence (interdependence, universal compassion, and karma), and it resonated. For me, this course isn’t a coincidence; it is a destined event, including meeting all of you.

I’m a sensitive, emotional, and intuitive person. I had some interesting outer-worldly experiences in my life, but nothing remarkable. Beginning with the earliest memories of my life, I lived through life filled with hardships and struggles, yet embedded with incredible experiences and opportunities. My existence has been over fifty years of constant challenges and awakenings. In the depths of my being, I know that existence doesn’t have to be this way, but I cannot help, and there is no other choice but to accept. [What can one do to make it better?]

I’m on the journey of getting to know the self,  ultimately the no-self.

I’m happy to join any study group. I’m grateful to have met you all and look forward to learning from your wisdom and life experiences.

Be well,                                                                                                                                                                                                           Deggy

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Ellen Smith

Hello Everyone,

My name is Ellen.  I am originally from Michigan and moved to Connecticut in 1978 after receiving an Environmental Science degree.

My spiritual insights began as a child.  I started to meditate (TM) at age 16 due to my deep desire to understand the true purpose of our  lives.  After becoming an RN I worked briefly before staying  home to raise our 3 daughters.  My husband had very long deployments in the Navy Reserve.  So now at age 69, I live with my youngest daughter and her husband and my 2 young grandchildren, it can be loud here but I love it.  And yet the spiritual path still beckons me.  I have been following the Hellenistic Astrology through Chris Brennan.  So I am most familiar with Whole Signs.  I am interested in all forms of astrology, but have landed on Evolutionary Astrology as this makes the most sense  to me as a Pluto in Leo generation and Mercury conjunct Neptune in my second house and Saturn in my 3rd house of Scorpio.

I so look forward to meeting all of you and starting this journey to becoming an Evolutionary Astrologer!  I hope to join a study group to enrich my knowledge and life path.
With Peace and Love, Ellen

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Sara Saelens

Hi Everyone!

My name is Sara, and I joined the class this morning! A last minute decision that I am very excited about. : ) I’m originally from Key West, Fl/ Lily Dale, NY. Lily Dale is so special – it’s a place where it is easy to deepen your connection to nature and to the divine –  and I am so grateful to have grown up there. But for the past 6 years I’ve been living in Belgium with my husband and our 2 children (Also a nice place to live!). I’m an acupuncturist by trade. I sing in a baroque choir as well and play piano in my free time.

I’ve also been through the Ro-Hun therapy program at Delphi University in Georgia. It’s a very intensive psycho-spiritual deep dive and I loved every minute of it. However, lately I feel that I’ve reached a plateau. I want to understand more about where I fit into the human community (I guess I would call it that). I’ve done a lot of internal work starting at 17. I’m 45 now. I feel that I need to work more on being in the world, being fully present in my own life. Sometimes we need to retreat into ourselves and sometimes we need to apply what we’ve learned on those retreats. I feel that’s the phase I’m in now, but I feel stuck. I don’t know how to do this. I think evolutionary astrology came along at the right time. It makes such a great pairing with the Ro-Hun training. I’m excited to learn this language, receive its guidance and hopefully acquire the skills to help others as well.

In terms of experience, I have always loved astrology, but this is my first time fully diving in. I am super excited and a little intimidated! Anyway, mostly I’m really looking forward to finally getting started on something I have been putting off for years.

See you in class! -Sara

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Pamela Nitert

Hello Everyone,

I am a 63 year old Cancer sun and Cancer rising woman living in Orillia, Ontario in Canada. I am a mother of two adult sons who currently live with me. I experienced an awakening in 1997 when my husband crossed over at 37 years old due to an accident. He became one of my spirit guides and stayed closely connected with me for many years, during which I experienced many mystical experiences. He still pops into my dreams from time to time to let me know that he is still looking out for us and guiding me.

In 2012, after a traumatic long-term experience, and feeling totally afraid and overwhelmed, I had to know if there was something positive in my future and so I ordered a computerized 1 year predication reading from Liz Greene. What I didn’t know, was that the reading also included past information back to when the planets moved into the current houses that they were now in. I was stunned and amazed that the reading was so dead on! I’ve been hooked on astrology ever since. I’ve never taken a course with a teacher and have been self taught reading books and watching videos. I am strongly drawn to astrology and truly love it. It’s been many years of study but I find it very hard to retain, and still feel quite green in my practice.

My main reason for studying astrology is for my own spiritual growth and to get to know who I truly am. I also like to practise and help my friends and family by providing readings.

I often check out used book stores for astrology books and a few years ago I came across Jeffrey Wolf Green’s first Pluto book. I have since watched YouTube videos of a few different Evolutionary astrologers and when I came across Ari’s videos I felt that I really resonated with his teachings. For the last year as Pluto inches toward my natal Jupiter in the 8th house (it is now conjunct), I’ve become quite obsessed with astrology. I’ve been looking for a teacher for about a year now and believe that I have now found him.

I am really excited to take this journey with Ari and all of you!

Looking forward to getting to know you all,

Pamela Nitert

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sariharris@gmail.com

Hey everyone! So happy to be here and to join this group.

My name is Sari — pronounced like Sherry without the H. I’ve been living in Brooklyn, NY for over 25 years now. It’s definitely been a love/hate relationship with the city at times (especially during COVID!), but right now I find it to be a real heart-opener, and I love the energy here. I live here with my husband, and we have a college-aged son who’s off on his own now.

Day-to-day, I work in the technology industry, so I might not be able to make it to every live call — but I’m definitely excited to stay connected.

My interest in astrology goes way back to the old paper Starscrolls they used to sell at the supermarket when I was a kid in the ’70s (anyone remember those, heheh). My other interests are spirituality, knitting, learning to play the handpan, and making homemade ice cream.

Last year, I studied with a teacher from the Steven Forrest lineage, so I have a bit of Evolutionary Astrology under my belt. I’m truly excited to dive deeper into the EA framework and find my astrological voice. My goal is to embrace a heart-led, compassionate approach that helps people connect with their most authentic self and soul.

Looking forward to growing with all of you!

-Sari

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Sarah Hopkins

Hi,

My name is Sarah, I am 56 and I am currently living in Leeds in the UK. I have travelled between the UK and South Australia throughout my life, first arriving in Adelaide as a child with my parents, but then returning to the UK as an adult at various times. I grew up amongst a lot of violence and disruption, and saw through idealised notions of family and social expectations and assumptions very young. As a child I felt deeply betrayed by God for putting me here where there was no love. Hence started my deeply conditioned relationship with victimhood and everything hurtful ‘out there’ (Libra Sun conjunct Uranus, Pluto, Jupiter and the SN in the 4th house, opposed by Saturn and Chiron in Aries, with a Cancer Ascendant). I needed answers and in my 20’s I found a wonderful teacher (Eila Laurikainen) who I studied Esoteric Astrology and Esoteric Psychology with (based on the AA Bailey books). I had some profound spiritual experiences, one of which shattered me and it took years to rebuild a sense of self. I then went down the road of parenthood, eventually married, qualified as a RN, trained as a counsellor, and moved into quality and compliance roles in healthcare.

Now, having come out of a 20 year marriage and other layers of shedding and letting go, I am rebuilding once more, but for the first time from the inside out. I recognise deeply where I have lived from a disempowered state, how I have carried the same patterns throughout my life, how it is all me. Therefore I can also learn to be genuinely autonomous, empowered, sovereign through deep listening and anchoring within, an ongoing learning journey. Evolutionary Astrology provides a framework that supports insight into the growth journey for this lifetime from the soul perspective, and I have always needed the bigger picture understanding. Astrology, Buddhist teachings, walking, meditating have been survival tools. I choose to do more than just survive now.

I’m excited to learn more. Ari is clear, warm and authentic. I love the diversity of this group but also the clear commonalities. I look forward to next steps as we progress through the course.

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