I’m an air moon surrounded by water moons (my partner and 2 children).

Where I need space to think and room to breathe, they need emotional immersion and intimacy.

Where they feel what’s flowing under the surface, attuned to the subterranean emotional currents others miss, I experience emotional resonance in the exchange of words and ideas.

Where I lean away and take space to recalibrate, they lean forward, seeking regulation with closeness.

And this simple thing – understanding that air and water are two different elemental frequencies – has done so much to make sense of who I am as a relational being and what that means for my connections with others.

Because astrology is not just about understanding ourselves with more depth, clarity, and nuance. It’s also a way of recognizing the other – noticing what’s real + alive for another person and how that’s different from what’s real + alive for us.

And within that is a deeper invitation to honor the mystery of the other…

…and recognize that each person is a whole universe, a complex web of lived experiences, archetypal threads, and social factors, a deep well that is impossible to grasp, contain, or understand in a definitive sense.

Astrology has deepened my understanding of the human psyche – the inner and outer forces at play in the collective and in our own selves.

But even more than that, it's facilitated an encounter with mystery (in myself, others, and the cosmos).

When I look at another's chart, I feel that mystery deep in my bones.

Astrology helps me navigate that mystery.

...as well as commune with it and inhabit its power more skillfully.

The mystery in you (and others) isn't a problem to solve, it's a spirit to invite, a power to sit with.

What might it mean to invite it closer?