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AS Katoch, dream researcher
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Offering guidance on dreams and divination with heartfelt depth and scholarly insight, grounded in the mythopoetics of the celestial-imaginal. Explore the astrological Lot of Dreams through classes, readings, and a zine. Discover more: http://askatoch.com
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AS Katoch, dream researcher @askatoch.com · Mar 9
Calling all dreamers! Join me at India's first Dreams & Spirituality conference, 14-16 March at JW Marriott Bangalore. I'm speaking at this landmark regional IASD event and have two free passes to give away. In Bangalore or can travel next weekend? Comment or DM now. Please share!
askatoch.com AS Katoch, dream researcher @askatoch.com · Feb 1
I’ll be speaking at two International Association for the Study of Dreams conferences—one online at the summer solstice and the other in India during March's lunar eclipse. Both explore Indian art, dreams, and astrology through painted dream manuals used by astrologers.
A FOLIO FROM THE MEWAR SAKUNAVALI (BOOK OF OMENS) MEWAR, CIRCA 1720 Opaque watercolor on paper; Image: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (19 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Footnotes A handbook for interpreting dreams, the Sakunavali was a unique commission from the Mewar court. It promised to unveil the mysteries of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Described in the text above, this omen of a tree full of parrots (in front of a night sky and behind a lotus pool) is one of the most auspicious one could receive: For good fortune and financial gains, a progeny is also promised for constant prosperity and foreign travel, pay homage in the direction of the parrots (34). Selfie in front of a mango tree grove, I'm wearing a black linen shirt and my hair has fallen in a swoop with one strand over my forehead. I'm looking directly into the camera during golden hour.
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I'll be speaking at 'Alchemy: Exploring Metaphorical Transformations and Arts-Based Research' at the @ox.ac.uk in November 2025 for @labrc.bsky.social!

My topic is my own dream and the Indian art history of dream omens, oneiromancy, yoga nidra, active imagination, and fine art as yogic rasashastra.
AS Katoch, Dream Winged Gaja-simha. 14:44, 22 March 2025. Himachal Pradesh, India. Dream Image: The Winged Elephant-Lion (Gaja-simha) A white elephant-lion with golden wings appeared before me. It is called a gaja-simha in Indian culture. It looked at me from its side. Then, the hybrid creature turned its elephant head toward me, looking directly into my eyes with deliberate intention. Its body was that of a lion covered in white hair, while elegant golden wings emerged from its hindquarters. A blue sky stretched behind it. It was walking on green grass. The dream then focused on a close-up of the gaja-simha's face and eyes as if it wanted me to know it recognises me.
September 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Deneb Algedi Talismans have dropped…The Deneb Algedi talisman was hand-carved in jeweller’s wax in the form of a goat-fish before being cast in sterling silver, quenched in sea water, & set with a chalcedony cabochon gemstone. Beneath the stone is dried pine and marjoram, harvested from my garden.
May 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Calling all dreamers! Join me at India's first Dreams & Spirituality conference, 14-16 March at JW Marriott Bangalore. I'm speaking at this landmark regional IASD event and have two free passes to give away. In Bangalore or can travel next weekend? Comment or DM now. Please share!
askatoch.com AS Katoch, dream researcher @askatoch.com · Feb 1
I’ll be speaking at two International Association for the Study of Dreams conferences—one online at the summer solstice and the other in India during March's lunar eclipse. Both explore Indian art, dreams, and astrology through painted dream manuals used by astrologers.
A FOLIO FROM THE MEWAR SAKUNAVALI (BOOK OF OMENS) MEWAR, CIRCA 1720 Opaque watercolor on paper; Image: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (19 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Footnotes A handbook for interpreting dreams, the Sakunavali was a unique commission from the Mewar court. It promised to unveil the mysteries of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Described in the text above, this omen of a tree full of parrots (in front of a night sky and behind a lotus pool) is one of the most auspicious one could receive: For good fortune and financial gains, a progeny is also promised for constant prosperity and foreign travel, pay homage in the direction of the parrots (34). Selfie in front of a mango tree grove, I'm wearing a black linen shirt and my hair has fallen in a swoop with one strand over my forehead. I'm looking directly into the camera during golden hour.
March 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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It’s the opening day of the 42nd Annual International Association for the Study of Dreams conference!

I’ll be speaking on the culture and history of dreams today, alongside Professors Mark Blagrove and Julia Lockheart, and Dr Perrine Ruby in the dreams and art symposium.
June 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I'm currently in India with my grandpa and dad in our ancestral village. I'm trying to evacuate back home to the UK as Pakistan have been continuously sending drones to the nearest city here and there's explosions now near our village. Please excuse tardiness in my replies during this time.
May 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Calling all dreamers! Join me at India's first Dreams & Spirituality conference, 14-16 March at JW Marriott Bangalore. I'm speaking at this landmark regional IASD event and have two free passes to give away. In Bangalore or can travel next weekend? Comment or DM now. Please share!
askatoch.com AS Katoch, dream researcher @askatoch.com · Feb 1
I’ll be speaking at two International Association for the Study of Dreams conferences—one online at the summer solstice and the other in India during March's lunar eclipse. Both explore Indian art, dreams, and astrology through painted dream manuals used by astrologers.
A FOLIO FROM THE MEWAR SAKUNAVALI (BOOK OF OMENS) MEWAR, CIRCA 1720 Opaque watercolor on paper; Image: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (19 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Footnotes A handbook for interpreting dreams, the Sakunavali was a unique commission from the Mewar court. It promised to unveil the mysteries of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Described in the text above, this omen of a tree full of parrots (in front of a night sky and behind a lotus pool) is one of the most auspicious one could receive: For good fortune and financial gains, a progeny is also promised for constant prosperity and foreign travel, pay homage in the direction of the parrots (34). Selfie in front of a mango tree grove, I'm wearing a black linen shirt and my hair has fallen in a swoop with one strand over my forehead. I'm looking directly into the camera during golden hour.
March 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I’ll be speaking at two International Association for the Study of Dreams conferences—one online at the summer solstice and the other in India during March's lunar eclipse. Both explore Indian art, dreams, and astrology through painted dream manuals used by astrologers.
A FOLIO FROM THE MEWAR SAKUNAVALI (BOOK OF OMENS) MEWAR, CIRCA 1720 Opaque watercolor on paper; Image: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (19 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Footnotes A handbook for interpreting dreams, the Sakunavali was a unique commission from the Mewar court. It promised to unveil the mysteries of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Described in the text above, this omen of a tree full of parrots (in front of a night sky and behind a lotus pool) is one of the most auspicious one could receive: For good fortune and financial gains, a progeny is also promised for constant prosperity and foreign travel, pay homage in the direction of the parrots (34). Selfie in front of a mango tree grove, I'm wearing a black linen shirt and my hair has fallen in a swoop with one strand over my forehead. I'm looking directly into the camera during golden hour.
February 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Today, the Sun enters sidereal Capricorn, the zodiacal root chakra as mapped by Sri Yukteshwar. This marks Makar Sankranti, the great solar ingress celebrated across the Indosphere—a moment of rising consciousness and the return of growing light in the northern hemisphere.
SURYA NARAYANA (THE SUN GOD) POSSIBLY BASOHLI OR GULER, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1740-50 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Surya Narayana kneeling in full regalia, holding the chakra and the conch, at the centre of a radiating sun, on dark blue ground This rare and fine depiction of Surya (the Sun God) seated in a resplendent golden orb combines his characteristics with those of Vishnu (or Narayana). Like Vishnu, Surya wears a peacock feather in his crown and holds a conch shell and chakra (discus) in his hands. The Sun God is usually depicted holding a lotus flower in both hands, seated in a chariot being pulled by one and sometimes seven horses. The intense blue of the background makes the radiating orb even more luminous. Our painting finds close comparison with a painting from a Bhagavata Purana series, dated to circa 1740-45, and attributed by B.N. Goswamy to the master artist Manaku of Guler. This painting is now in the collection of the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida (acc.no.89.16.690.04; Goswamy, 2017, C63, pp.182-183). The Bhagavata Purana folio depicts Dhruva, the pole star, as a youthful king carrying a bow and arrow, with a shield beneath his arm, seated under a canopy in a pavilion, within a very similar golden circle emanating tiny little rays, with a dark blackish-blue surround. Manaku has established a link with Vishnu by adding the Vishnu pada (footprints of Vishnu) outside the circle but still in close proximity to the star.
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Discover the second piece of the year, with audio voiceover, on rejuvenating one's ethics of divination. Instead of extracting meaning from the astrological chart, imbue it—nourish it with a loving gaze. Not an eye of grasping, but of awe, wonder, and grace. open.substack.com/pub/askatoch...
002: The Divinatory Ethics of Imbuement - Awe and Wonder as Luminous Acts of Grace in Divination Image: Caspar David Friedrich, Mountain Landscape with Rainbow. 1809-10.
January 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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In honour of Mars Retrograde, share a selfie with your natal Mars placement and house!

12th House Gemini Mars
A soft photograph of myself illuminated by red, rose, mango, yellow, and lime-colored lights. I am wearing a white lotus silk shawl, my black hair oiled back with a few strands falling free, and I have a goatee. The lighting creates a warm, ethereal glow.
January 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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For 2025, I’ll share daily writing with audio voiceovers via Substack on dreams, divination, and depth psychology. This will be a space for my work as a dream researcher and mythographer to explore the celestial-imaginal.

To you who dreams, subscribe and join me! open.substack.com/pub/askatoch...
001: Must I write? Following the Lodestar of Necessity. The image is Odilon Redon's Tete d'Astral. 1905.
January 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I am thrilled to announce my course on Indian Astrology. Having had the privilege of learning this profound wisdom, I am humbled to share everything I’ve gathered along the way. Limited seats!

More details: www.theabverdict.com/school
December 25, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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One of my favourite artists, Kelela, created a stunning breathwork track with Green-House. To me, blends yoga nidra/active imagination, tapping into ancestral realms and genetic memory. The woodwinds—especially the flute I played as a teen—move me deeply. youtu.be/yatdAmFxYg0?...
VII. Within Without (Liberation)
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December 11, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Astrology book covers often neglect aesthetics, but Sue Ward’s new work on William Lilly is a refreshing exception. Leslie Ann Jackson’s witty and elegant design—Lilly’s portrait crafted from his own words—is pure brilliance. It made me smile!
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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As you can see one version has the wrong intelligence on it, which is a whoole story in what was quite the fateful experience. I'm currently writing a detailed project review on my blog about it!
A collage of photos. Top left: the stamped talisman with the custom stamp in red ink on gold leaf on balsa wood. Top right: an image is the stamps back with the illustration. Bottom: A black ink version of the talisman.
December 4, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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I've created artwork for an Agrippan solar dream talisman for @askatoch.com
As elections for consecrations can have very short windows, Katoch came up with the brilliant idea to create a stamp, which can be used at the exact moment.
This talisman brings true dreams alongside other solar gifts!
Solar Dream Talisman, Talismanic art, Olivia Heart [2024] An angel holding an oriflamme with its name 'Nachiel' on it, alongside geomantic and solar icons. In the angels arms a man with closed eyes and the word 'Onerios' on his chest. Above the angel the solar daimon symbol and on the right side the solar intelligence symbol, surrounded by abstracted solar rays all within a circle.
December 4, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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Kindness finds and embraces me like an old friend.
December 3, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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The earth is a tiny shadow tottering on the edge of death;
The moon is a throb of splendor in the heart of night;
And the stars are ephemera in the long gaze of God.
So grieve not
That your poems are the cool, fresh grass of a short summer;
The flowers are few.

Pascal D’Angelo, To Some Modern Poets
These images show views of Earth and the moon from NASA's Cassini (left) and MESSENGER spacecraft (right) from July 19, 2013. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute and NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington) NASA has unveiled spectacular portraits of Earth and its moon from billions of miles away in images captured on Friday (July 19) and released today by the teams behind the agency's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn and its Messenger probe at Mercury. In the photos from Saturn, Earth appears as a tiny pinprick of light amid the haunting rings and glowing sphere of Saturn, which Cassini has been orbiting since 2004. Though the picture doesn't show it, more than 20,000 people on Earth waved at Saturn at just the time the photo was taken, as NASA had coordinated a plan to involve as many Earthlings as possible in the portrait. In Messenger's portrait, Earth and its moon are both easily visible, though each is just a point of light. The photo was taken from orbit around Mercury, 61 million miles (98 million kilometers) away. "That images of our planet have been acquired on a single day from two distant solar system outposts reminds us of this nation's stunning technical accomplishments in planetary exploration," Messenger principal investigator Sean Solomon of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., said in a statement. "And because Mercury and Saturn are such different outcomes of planetary formation and evolution, these two images also highlight what is special about Earth. There's no place like home."
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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Thank you to everyone who’s pre-ordered my class on dreams and astrology, the Lot of Dreams reading, and my zine! Your incredible support means so much—it’s amazing to see so many of you join this journey. Special pricing ends this week—don’t miss out! 🌟
askatoch.com AS Katoch, dream researcher @askatoch.com · Nov 4
The Astrological Lot of Dreams: Klēros Onēiron

Pre-order my exclusive 3-hour class, personalised reading, and limited-edition zine with my essay on dreams and astrology—all at a special November discount.

If dreams and astrology call to you, please share!
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The Lot of Dreams: Klēros Onēiron An oracular point in the astrological chart, illuminating dreams and their divinatory potential. Revived by dream researcher AS Katoch, this medieval astrological lot invites us to inhabit dreams fully, transforming them into agents of self-awareness and change—not mere reflections for the Ego but portals to deeper soul understanding. Astrologer Jessica Irene reflects in her work with the Lot of Dreams as speaking to ‘the multifacetedness of dreams over one’s lifetime - perhaps the vastness of a soul’s understanding of time, rather than our human perception - the stories and dramas of desires and wishes and prophecy they foretell, perchance we dream. The lot has connotations of wish fulfillment, as much as they are initiatory, working, participatory.’
November 25, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Let me sing:

O Castor, mortal twin, beacon of lore,
Thy violet fire saves the shipwrecked ashore.
In ianthine hues, thy nebula breath inspires,
Guiding through despair with celestial fires.
Lodestar of poets, twin of hope's decree,
Thy light glisks eternal, steadfast and free.
A Spanish cover of Gustav Moreau's artwork featuring an cherub and god with floral wreath and purple block. I chose this image as it's dreamy, reminds me of the Greek gods Castor, and the colour I associate with him and his St. Elmo's fire! "Gustave Moreau y su legado: Octubre de 1994 - enero de 1995"
November 19, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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José Esteban Muñoz writes, “I was able to imagine a time and a place that was not yet there, a place where I tried to live.” I see astrology and dreams as such places—spatio-temporal realities where futurity thrives. In them, I find the “not yet” as a horizon that reshapes how I live and desire.
1. Freischwimmer Series (2003): Alt text: A fluid, swirling abstraction of light and dark tones created through photographic chemicals in the darkroom. This image captures emergence and formless potential, resonating with astrology and queer futurity’s embrace of what is “not yet,” as described by Tillmans. 2. The Cock’s Kiss (2002): Alt text: Two young men share a tender kiss, one gently holding the other’s head. This intimate and subversive act celebrates queer connection and defiance against normative structures, reflecting Muñoz’s call to dream of new worlds and the aesthetic radicality of queer desire. 3. In Flight Astro (II) (2010): Alt text: A serene twilight sky viewed from an airplane window, stars faintly visible above the horizon. This photograph evokes vastness, possibility, and the cosmic ties to astrology and dreaming, echoing queer futurity’s expansive reimagining of time and space. 4. Venus Transit from the Silver Installation (2012): Alt text: The rare sight of Venus transiting the Sun, its silhouette a small black dot against a luminous surface. Captured by Tillmans, this celestial alignment symbolizes cycles of transformation and the utopian possibility of new alignments, central to astrology and queer aesthetics. Each image offers a distinct yet interconnected perspective on the themes of queerness, futurity, and hope, complementing your posts’ exploration of these ideas.
November 17, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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The Astrological Lot of Dreams: Klēros Onēiron

Pre-order my exclusive 3-hour class, personalised reading, and limited-edition zine with my essay on dreams and astrology—all at a special November discount.

If dreams and astrology call to you, please share!
🔗 in bio

#dreams #astrology #astrosphere
The Lot of Dreams: Klēros Onēiron An oracular point in the astrological chart, illuminating dreams and their divinatory potential. Revived by dream researcher AS Katoch, this medieval astrological lot invites us to inhabit dreams fully, transforming them into agents of self-awareness and change—not mere reflections for the Ego but portals to deeper soul understanding. Astrologer Jessica Irene reflects in her work with the Lot of Dreams as speaking to ‘the multifacetedness of dreams over one’s lifetime - perhaps the vastness of a soul’s understanding of time, rather than our human perception - the stories and dramas of desires and wishes and prophecy they foretell, perchance we dream. The lot has connotations of wish fulfillment, as much as they are initiatory, working, participatory.’
November 4, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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What is your lot in life with your dreams?

Klēros Oneīron, the medieval astrological Lot of Dreams, uncovers the hidden potential of dreams in your destiny.

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askatoch.com AS Katoch, dream researcher @askatoch.com · Nov 4
The Astrological Lot of Dreams: Klēros Onēiron

Pre-order my exclusive 3-hour class, personalised reading, and limited-edition zine with my essay on dreams and astrology—all at a special November discount.

If dreams and astrology call to you, please share!
🔗 in bio

#dreams #astrology #astrosphere
The Lot of Dreams: Klēros Onēiron An oracular point in the astrological chart, illuminating dreams and their divinatory potential. Revived by dream researcher AS Katoch, this medieval astrological lot invites us to inhabit dreams fully, transforming them into agents of self-awareness and change—not mere reflections for the Ego but portals to deeper soul understanding. Astrologer Jessica Irene reflects in her work with the Lot of Dreams as speaking to ‘the multifacetedness of dreams over one’s lifetime - perhaps the vastness of a soul’s understanding of time, rather than our human perception - the stories and dramas of desires and wishes and prophecy they foretell, perchance we dream. The lot has connotations of wish fulfillment, as much as they are initiatory, working, participatory.’
November 11, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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Regarding today's Krittika Full Moon:

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

–Kahlil Gibran, 'On Pain'. The Prophet.

#jyotish #vedic #astrology
Van Gogh’s The Red Vineyard, the only painting confirmed as sold during his lifetime, depicts workers harvesting under a fiery sunset. The vivid red and gold hues evoke themes of labour, transformation, and illumination. This resonates with Gibran’s words, “Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding,” and the Krittika Full Moon’s call to confront fears and embrace suppressed truths. The vineyard workers’ toil mirrors the spiritual journey of breaking through inner barriers, while the radiant light signifies the creativity and life force that arise through struggle. Agni, the star of Krittika, is embodied in the painting’s burning tones, symbolising purification and alignment with truth. The significance of this work as Van Gogh’s sole confirmed sale underscores its connection to persistence and the bittersweet fruits of one’s labour, encapsulating the alchemy of pain into creation and self-expression.
November 15, 2024 at 11:23 AM