by Sheridan Semple | Jan 19, 2022 | Astrology
The cycle started January 14 Let’s continue our exploration into this important cycle that began a few days ago. Part 1 is available HERE. Venus started her new 584-day (or 19 month) cycle on January 14. The cycle begins when Venus rises in the Morning Sky, ahead of...
by Sheridan Semple | Jan 17, 2022 | Astrology
It’s starting right now! Venus represents the Sacred Feminine in Shamanic Astrology. This is true of both Venuses – the planet and the Goddess. Both have had many names throughout history. The first written record we have is of the Goddess Inanna, Queen of...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 28, 2021 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
January is all about Venus and the Sacred Feminine. Venus ends one year and a half long cycle and begins the next. Capricorn is the archetype of the new cycle, infusing the Divine Feminine with the deep spiritual knowledge of our wise-woman energy. Venus moves from...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 7, 2021 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
Using plant spirit medicine for your astrology chart All too often we go to an astrologer, have this incredible, mind-blowing, life-affirming experience and then forget the gist of it within weeks. We lose the connection to how we’re going to implement this new...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 26, 2021 | Astrology
It is so easy to get caught up in thinking, “Saturn, why are you doing this to me?” “Pluto, can’t I get a freaking break?” We anthropomorphize the planets and celestial bodies, treating them like Gods and Goddesses of old, feeling at the mercy of their whims. But,...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 23, 2021 | Astrology
We all want to know why we’re here, who we really are, what’s our purpose, and what are we meant to be doing. Right? That’s often a big part of what draws us to astrology in the first place. We’re trying to make sense of our lives, our experiences. We’ve got big...
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 30, 2021 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
These last two Aquarian Full Moons, in a row, have me visioning more deeply into what I do and what I bring to Shamanic Astrology. Many of you new to Shamanic Astrology have probably wondered, at some point, does the “shamanic” part refer to plant medicines? For most...
by Sheridan Semple | Apr 20, 2021 | Astrology
Originally written for the Beginner’s Corner with Sheridan at the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School Shamanic Astrology is archetypally driven. We see the signs, such as Libra or Scorpio, as an archetypal energy. What does that mean? What are archetypes? What do...
by Sheridan Semple | Apr 7, 2021 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
We kick off the New Moon Astrological Weather Report with the Aries New Moon. Can you feel the fire? I sure can! So much going on in Aries right now. The Moon comes through and adds some juice to the heat. Many planets and the Sun change signs coming up. Earth and...
by Sheridan Semple | Mar 26, 2021 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
The astrological action starts with the Libra Full Moon, right near Chiron and Venus, just a couple of hours after Venus passes by Chiron. That’s some major Aries juice! Mercury joins the Aries lineup. The Moon does its monthly dance around all the planets and...
by Sheridan Semple | Mar 12, 2021 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
We start with the New Moon in the wee hours (I’ve been watching Outlander) of Saturday the 13th, with lots of planetary action – Neptune and Venus. Mercury enters Pisces, adding to the current line up in the watery, empathic, healer archetype. Some...
by Sheridan Semple | Mar 9, 2021 | Astrology
Originally written for the Beginner’s Corner with Sheridan at the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School. Send your questions to beginnerscorner@sheridansemple.com Basics: Element and Modalities If you’ve been around the astrology block for a while, you will be...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 1, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
A big month astrologically rounds out 2020. No surprise there. The Moon continues it’s monthly cycle around the zodiac, illuminating and bringing energy and focus to all the celestial players: the Big 3 (Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto conjunction), Chiron and Mars in...
by Sheridan Semple | Nov 13, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
Jupiter with Pluto are still really, really close, expanding Pluto’s underworld learning for us. The exact conjunction started on the 12th, but they stay pretty tight until the 20th. Pluto is a planet that shows a specific intent within its initiatory...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 31, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
November begins still in the afterglow of the Taurus Full Moon on Halloween. Samhain, the ancient Celtic cross-quarter holy day, began at sundown on Halloween and continues through sunset on the first. If you weren’t able to do a ceremony to mark this special...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 15, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
We bookend the rest of October with two Moon events – New Moon on the 16th and Full Moon on Halloween. What a perfect date for the Full Moon! Halloween is also the Celtic cross quarter holy day Samhain (pronounced saa-when) where we celebrate the Dark Goddess...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 30, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
Finally… this month has some big happenings, but not every… single… day. Phew! This month starts off with the Full Moon in Aries on the 1st. That means we’ll have a blue moon at the end of the month, another full moon in one calendar cycle. The...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 15, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
Looking at all of the daily astrological happenings can feel overwhelming. What are you supposed to do with all that information each day? Does it ALL impact you and your day to day life? I’m changing up my astrological weather report formats to help you tune...
by Sheridan Semple | Sep 1, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
We hit the ground running in September with the Full Moon on the 1st. The Moon moves into Pisces early in the morning and then the Full Moon happens late that evening. We have some major Venus action over these two weeks too. Lastly, the Moon moves around the zodiac...
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 13, 2020 | Aromatherapy, Astrology
We have another large couple of weeks ahead in our collective intent. Following on the heels of August 15th’s big day of Uranus going retrograde, making a total of 6 retrograde planets. Simultaneously, Venus is connecting with the crescent moon, signaling the...
