Cristina Farella
@cristinafarella.bsky.social
Astrologer led by a love of myth, magic, and the sacred symbols of sky and psyche.
Readings, writings, podcast, and classes, here: https://www.cristinafarella.com/
Readings, writings, podcast, and classes, here: https://www.cristinafarella.com/
~New article~ A reading of the astrological houses in relation to Joseph Campbell’s “monomyth” aka the arc of the hero’s journey.
There isn’t a perfect correlation between the 12 houses and the steps of the hero’s journey, but there’s a thread of light linking them.
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There isn’t a perfect correlation between the 12 houses and the steps of the hero’s journey, but there’s a thread of light linking them.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Astrological Houses and the Hero's Journey
Weaving Joseph Campbell's monomyth with the houses of the natal chart for more enchanting narratives individuation, seen in the chart
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February 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
~New article~ A reading of the astrological houses in relation to Joseph Campbell’s “monomyth” aka the arc of the hero’s journey.
There isn’t a perfect correlation between the 12 houses and the steps of the hero’s journey, but there’s a thread of light linking them.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
There isn’t a perfect correlation between the 12 houses and the steps of the hero’s journey, but there’s a thread of light linking them.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Andre Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism
February 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Andre Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism
Some ideas for deepening your reading of the Moon in your astro chart. This vital body is often described as an indicator of our feelings, but she is so much more than that.
Oriented to the nocturnal, psychic realms, the Moon shows us an incredibly nuanced version of self.
Oriented to the nocturnal, psychic realms, the Moon shows us an incredibly nuanced version of self.
February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Some ideas for deepening your reading of the Moon in your astro chart. This vital body is often described as an indicator of our feelings, but she is so much more than that.
Oriented to the nocturnal, psychic realms, the Moon shows us an incredibly nuanced version of self.
Oriented to the nocturnal, psychic realms, the Moon shows us an incredibly nuanced version of self.
FIVE REASONS WHY PISCES SEASON 2025 IS ~CHAOTIQUE~
The Sun has entered Pisces, the sign usually associated with drawing us gently into the depths of our soul. This year, Pisces season is FULL of unique astrological events, so here’s a quick list to get you aligned with what’s ahead:
The Sun has entered Pisces, the sign usually associated with drawing us gently into the depths of our soul. This year, Pisces season is FULL of unique astrological events, so here’s a quick list to get you aligned with what’s ahead:
February 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
FIVE REASONS WHY PISCES SEASON 2025 IS ~CHAOTIQUE~
The Sun has entered Pisces, the sign usually associated with drawing us gently into the depths of our soul. This year, Pisces season is FULL of unique astrological events, so here’s a quick list to get you aligned with what’s ahead:
The Sun has entered Pisces, the sign usually associated with drawing us gently into the depths of our soul. This year, Pisces season is FULL of unique astrological events, so here’s a quick list to get you aligned with what’s ahead:
As Neptune hovers sooo close to the North Node, things are getting foggy and confusing. What if we met Neptune on his own terms, though?
Join me this Saturday for a workshop on surrealism and the art of automatic writing:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Join me this Saturday for a workshop on surrealism and the art of automatic writing:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
New Workshop: The Art of Automatic Writing
Guiding you in the surreal practices of active imagination, as Neptune conjoins the North Node
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February 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As Neptune hovers sooo close to the North Node, things are getting foggy and confusing. What if we met Neptune on his own terms, though?
Join me this Saturday for a workshop on surrealism and the art of automatic writing:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Join me this Saturday for a workshop on surrealism and the art of automatic writing:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
annoyed or frustrated studying astrology? I offer some thoughts about finding its magick again, here:
Re-Enchanting Our Astrology
Transforming your chart work from flat interpretations to readings that are rich with mythic and archetypal insights...
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February 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
annoyed or frustrated studying astrology? I offer some thoughts about finding its magick again, here:
I love helping students who have become disillusioned with astrology feel inspired again. I do this through a combination of:
✍🏻 teaching practical chart reading skills
✨ supplementing that concision with creative enrichment by way of guided meditations on the planets, signs, and houses...
✍🏻 teaching practical chart reading skills
✨ supplementing that concision with creative enrichment by way of guided meditations on the planets, signs, and houses...
February 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I love helping students who have become disillusioned with astrology feel inspired again. I do this through a combination of:
✍🏻 teaching practical chart reading skills
✨ supplementing that concision with creative enrichment by way of guided meditations on the planets, signs, and houses...
✍🏻 teaching practical chart reading skills
✨ supplementing that concision with creative enrichment by way of guided meditations on the planets, signs, and houses...
Full Moon in Leo square Uranus while Neptune is magnified by the North Node feels 😵💫
February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Full Moon in Leo square Uranus while Neptune is magnified by the North Node feels 😵💫
Happy solar return to Joan Mitchell, fiercely independent Aquarius sun who created abstract works that are simultaneously soft and violent. I love her so much. I wrote about her natal chart a while back, here’s the piece:
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
Transcendent Abstraction: The Art & Astrology of Joan Mitchell
Happy solar return to Joan Mitchell, fiercely independent Aquarius sun who created abstract works that are both soft and violent.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy solar return to Joan Mitchell, fiercely independent Aquarius sun who created abstract works that are simultaneously soft and violent. I love her so much. I wrote about her natal chart a while back, here’s the piece:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
i think of bluesky as "bisky" because i only use it on desktop and type in the url and so this is the name i have in my head, like "oh, gotta go make a post on bisky!"
February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
i think of bluesky as "bisky" because i only use it on desktop and type in the url and so this is the name i have in my head, like "oh, gotta go make a post on bisky!"
This week’s astrology feels like a rip tide—energy going in and simultaneously going out to sea. Do we tune in with Neptune’s great fog, or align ourselves with Venus in Aries’s flamelike bravery?
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/february-4...
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/february-4...
February 4 ~ 9: The Weekly Talisman
Inside you are two beings: Alice lost in Wonderland, and a fearless Amazon warrioress...
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February 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This week’s astrology feels like a rip tide—energy going in and simultaneously going out to sea. Do we tune in with Neptune’s great fog, or align ourselves with Venus in Aries’s flamelike bravery?
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/february-4...
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/february-4...
New interview: My husband & I chatted about his years of astrology research towards astrology's "provability." Analyzing charts of elite athletes, Michael found fascinating patterns, suggesting something consistent and replicable in the cosmos:
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/the-mars-e...
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/the-mars-e...
The Mars Effect for Real: Towards a Science of Astrology
Can astrology be scientifically valid? This study on Mars in the charts of athletes suggests so...
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New interview: My husband & I chatted about his years of astrology research towards astrology's "provability." Analyzing charts of elite athletes, Michael found fascinating patterns, suggesting something consistent and replicable in the cosmos:
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/the-mars-e...
eighthhouseastrology.substack.com/p/the-mars-e...
Tonight at 9:53pm ET Mercury enters Aquarius, shifting our thinking & talking from earthy practicalities (Capricorn) to airy formulae, community possibilities, system re-sets. The part of your chart ruled by Aquarius gets very busy, now through February 14th.
What new ideas are calling your name?
What new ideas are calling your name?
January 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Tonight at 9:53pm ET Mercury enters Aquarius, shifting our thinking & talking from earthy practicalities (Capricorn) to airy formulae, community possibilities, system re-sets. The part of your chart ruled by Aquarius gets very busy, now through February 14th.
What new ideas are calling your name?
What new ideas are calling your name?
Two oddball, but supportive, aspects materialize today - a sextile between Mercury and Neptune at 1:33pm ET, and another sextile between Venus and Uranus, at 6:11pm ET.
Mercury-Neptune aspects are the Fool, the wandering poet, the imagination sparkling under the sea...
Mercury-Neptune aspects are the Fool, the wandering poet, the imagination sparkling under the sea...
January 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Two oddball, but supportive, aspects materialize today - a sextile between Mercury and Neptune at 1:33pm ET, and another sextile between Venus and Uranus, at 6:11pm ET.
Mercury-Neptune aspects are the Fool, the wandering poet, the imagination sparkling under the sea...
Mercury-Neptune aspects are the Fool, the wandering poet, the imagination sparkling under the sea...
The Moon slipped into earthy Capricorn this morning, at 8:43am ET, offering us a more grounded energy than we’ve been witnessing the past couple days. It can be a nice tool for our “Sunday re-set” routines, if you have one. This can also be a good time to check in with the following:
January 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Moon slipped into earthy Capricorn this morning, at 8:43am ET, offering us a more grounded energy than we’ve been witnessing the past couple days. It can be a nice tool for our “Sunday re-set” routines, if you have one. This can also be a good time to check in with the following:
Today’s transits show us the Moon in Sagittarius moving through some challenging territory, and if you’re waking up feeling meh this Saturday, keep this in mind:
At 7:51am ET the Moon squared Saturn, our planet of nurture clashing with the planet of restriction....
At 7:51am ET the Moon squared Saturn, our planet of nurture clashing with the planet of restriction....
January 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today’s transits show us the Moon in Sagittarius moving through some challenging territory, and if you’re waking up feeling meh this Saturday, keep this in mind:
At 7:51am ET the Moon squared Saturn, our planet of nurture clashing with the planet of restriction....
At 7:51am ET the Moon squared Saturn, our planet of nurture clashing with the planet of restriction....
I love to write but cannot for the life of me come up with names for things, idk what is wrong with me, my mind totally blanks out when it comes time to name a thing I have lovingly crafted 🙃
January 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I love to write but cannot for the life of me come up with names for things, idk what is wrong with me, my mind totally blanks out when it comes time to name a thing I have lovingly crafted 🙃
The prevailing feeling is that the start to the new year is slower than honey in a snowstorm, & this may be due to Mars’s retrograde.
A new Substack piece on navigating Mars/Venus/Mercury retro as 2025 opens, complete with journaling prompts to ground & guide ya.
open.substack.com/pub/eighthho...
A new Substack piece on navigating Mars/Venus/Mercury retro as 2025 opens, complete with journaling prompts to ground & guide ya.
open.substack.com/pub/eighthho...
All The Little Retrogrades
Navigating the start to 2025 when Mars, Venus, and Mercury move backwards
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January 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The prevailing feeling is that the start to the new year is slower than honey in a snowstorm, & this may be due to Mars’s retrograde.
A new Substack piece on navigating Mars/Venus/Mercury retro as 2025 opens, complete with journaling prompts to ground & guide ya.
open.substack.com/pub/eighthho...
A new Substack piece on navigating Mars/Venus/Mercury retro as 2025 opens, complete with journaling prompts to ground & guide ya.
open.substack.com/pub/eighthho...
Today we have a Mars-Uranus sextile, which offers a little charge of radical ambition to mushy Mars rx.
But look at this - not only are those two planets sextile, but we actually get a mystic rectangle formation between Mars, Uranus, Mercury, and Moon!
But look at this - not only are those two planets sextile, but we actually get a mystic rectangle formation between Mars, Uranus, Mercury, and Moon!
January 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today we have a Mars-Uranus sextile, which offers a little charge of radical ambition to mushy Mars rx.
But look at this - not only are those two planets sextile, but we actually get a mystic rectangle formation between Mars, Uranus, Mercury, and Moon!
But look at this - not only are those two planets sextile, but we actually get a mystic rectangle formation between Mars, Uranus, Mercury, and Moon!
Reposted by Cristina Farella
You’ve probably heard the rumors that 2025 is going to be one of the most momentous years in astrology of our lifetimes. Unlike the annual hype over Pluto retrograde, these claims are legit. But don’t fret! I’ve outlined a roadmap for you here:
www.catherineurban.com/blog/astrolo...
www.catherineurban.com/blog/astrolo...
2025: Astrology's Epochal Year — Catherine Urban Astrology
You may have heard that the astrology of 2025 will be one of the most significant years in astrology within our lifetimes. Honestly? These claims are legitimate. 2025 will go down as a historical epoc...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You’ve probably heard the rumors that 2025 is going to be one of the most momentous years in astrology of our lifetimes. Unlike the annual hype over Pluto retrograde, these claims are legit. But don’t fret! I’ve outlined a roadmap for you here:
www.catherineurban.com/blog/astrolo...
www.catherineurban.com/blog/astrolo...
One of the most powerful reflections of the Sun-Pluto conjunction this week was seeing the row of tech billionaires seated at the inauguration...
January 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
One of the most powerful reflections of the Sun-Pluto conjunction this week was seeing the row of tech billionaires seated at the inauguration...
hello hello, jumping over here in the ever cascading wave of people trying to find non-terrible places to hang out online. i'm a professional astrologer, obsessed with myth and symbol...!!! happy to see some familiar names joining me over here. come say hi :)
January 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
hello hello, jumping over here in the ever cascading wave of people trying to find non-terrible places to hang out online. i'm a professional astrologer, obsessed with myth and symbol...!!! happy to see some familiar names joining me over here. come say hi :)