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We’re in the deep time now—the season when veils grow thinand the world turns inward. The air shimmers with something ancient. The light slants gold through bare branches. We stand at a threshold.
This is the season of gratitude, yes—but it’s more than that. It’s a liminal space, a holy pause between what was and what wants to become. A moment to stop. To breathe. To look back at the path you’ve walked and forward to the one still emerging in the mist.
The earth knows this rhythm. The trees remember. And so do you.
This is the time to ask: What do I give thanks for? What have I learned? What wants to grow in my hands and heart when I’m standing here, in this moment, wildly alive?
I’m inviting you to pause with me. To reflect. To honor the journey. To stand at this threshold and let yourself be seen—by the stars, by yourself, by the great turning wheel of the year.
Standing still in the liminal space— the holy pause between what was and what wants to emerge.
🍁 Gratitude Sessions: $144 (regularly $205)
A full session to anchor you in this season of reflection and possibility. To honor where you’ve been, to see where you are now, and to illuminate what’s calling you forward.
This is my way of saying thank you—for trusting this work, for showing up, for doing the soul-deep labor of evolving into who you truly are. For believing.
Available through November 30. Only 10 sessions available.
These sessions are a gift of time, of presence, of sacred conversation. Come sit with me. Let’s explore what the stars are whispering as you stand at this year’s threshold.
Sometimes you don’t need the whole map—just a lantern for the next few steps. Maybe there’s one burning question. One piece that needs unraveling. One thread of clarity that would change everything.
These mini sessions are for that. Quick, focused, and deeply held.
Available through November 30.Limited to 6 sessions, scheduled around my regular client appointments as space allows.
Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month | Starting January 13, 2026 | Via Zoom
After this season of gratitude and threshold-standing comes the work of staying grounded as the new year unfolds. Join Saivite Wilson and me for Cosmic Resilience—a class where we’ll explore the astrological energies shaping 2026, practice gentle embodiment techniques for centering, and learn how to hold your own axis steady as the stars turn.
This is about reigniting your capacity. Feeling hopeful. Touching into the greater cycles shaping us all.
I‘m so delighted to extend this Season of Gratitude offering to all of you. So many of you have been supporting my practice for years—whether through sitting with me once or twice a year, or every week over many years—and I simply want to say thank you. Thank you for believing in this work. Mostly, thank you for actually doing the work and moving through your life easier, better, happier. That’s the satisfaction that keeps me here with you, year after year.
So please, accept this offer and come sit with me again.
It’s the season of the threshold, of liminal space that moves one direction or another, and I can’t wait to learn what possibilities lay before you now.
With so much love, and tons of gratitude, xx Michelle
Michelle Gregg is a counseling astrologer based in Atlanta, Georgia, offering astrology sessions, birth chart readings, and astrological guidance for individuals, couples, and families. With over 30 years of experience in Jungian depth astrology, Michelle helps clients understand their natal charts and navigate life transitions through the wisdom of the Cosmos. Sessions are available via Zoom worldwide.
This is the word we reflect on at the Autumn Equinox, and throughout the Autumn Season. As we see and feel the shifting of the light and the crisping of the air, the Sun, in the astrological sign of Libra, continues its descent across the Southern sky, gradually weakening in light and height. At this time of year, light and dark are not battling for the sky, but equal in strength. The equinoxes, both Spring and Autumn, are the only times when the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are equally illuminated. In the Northern Hemisphere we are now in-between the extremes of the heat of Summer with its long, languid days just past, and in anticipation of the short, dark, cold days of Winter. We are betwixt and between… a time of equilibrium, a time of balance. A time of transition. It is as though we are between a deep inhale and a powerful exhale, where the moment hangs shimmering and poignant, before it passes away.
Before we started buying our food at grocery stores and super centers, the Autumn Equinox was a celebration of the harvest – the time when, both exhausted and jubilant, we’d successfully brought in the fruits of our labors, preparing and storing them for the winter. It was a time to mark the importance of working together for a common cause, a time to revel in our community as the stronghold of our survival together. This is an idea that is central to the energy of Libra and to this time of year: equality, balance, community, peace, beauty – the peace and beauty of the dying sun, of the vibrancy of the trees in their final blaze of glory, of our relationships and what we create when we are equal together, honoring all sides, balancing all views, and coming to diplomatic solutions that strengthen and protect us all.
Equinox is from the Latin aequinoctium, meaning equal night.” Today the night is equal to the day, yet as we move through time away from the Equinox and toward the Winter Solstice, the days become shorter and and we have less light to live by. What was known to our ancestors, before technology gave us permanent days with electric light, is the part darkness plays in the work of spiritual transformation. The darkness, to which we are absolutely heading as each day passes, is a place that restores us, a space where we germinate, and regenerate. But before we reach the full darkness of the Winter Solstice, we have the opportunity to learn from the harmony and symmetry of the Equinox. We tap into the beauty of internal balance, that sense of equilibrium we
The glyph for Libra represents both the scales and the Autumn sun setting over the horizon, a symbol for equilibrium and peace.
need in order to start preparing for the darkness. In this space of anticipation, when the light is gorgeous, the air is temperate and cooling to the skin, and the riotous, rich colors of ‘Nature in her Fall’ imbue our spirits with gratitude, with generosity – and because we are feeling externally delighted – we find it easy to extend ourselves in love, open to both giving and receiving. The crispness of the season is reviving to the spirit, and for as long as we dare, before the dark and cold drive us inside, we strive toward company among others, pleasures, beauty, harmony, and love. This is the message of Libra.
The particular message of this Autumn Season, found in the astrology of the Autumn Equinox chart drawn for the moment the Sun moved into Libra at 2:20 PM Eastern on September 22, 2025, is one of creating a strong container for the ways we support and hold our loved ones. Emotional connection and communcating from a place of collaboration, as well as a willingness to compromise are the keys during this season that asks us to both balance and release.
There’s a particular sense of being willing to deeply transform personally, while still holding space for others, for new innovative ideas, and for creating structure and strategy around our dreams and visions for the future. This entire Autumn Season is one in which we can ground ourselves in reality of the moment, while also being able to dream what’s beautiful into being. There’s lots of support and opportunity here if we’re will to remain open to others, and to understanding our ideas and desires from different perspectives.
Building on the dream, giving it structure, especially through compassionate exchanges of ideas, is the way forward this season. Be open. Let things be different. We’re in a state of flux for quite some time to come, but this Autumm Equinox energy says, “Collaborte. Don’t do the hard parts alone. This is time for community. This is time to hold what’s real and let the rest go.”
Enjoy this transitional season! It is filled with beauty, in the light and in the shadows.
Astrology Chart for the Moment of the Autumn Equinox – 2025
Sun in Libra, trining Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini, opposite the Saturn / Neptune (Saturn in Pisces – Neptune in Aries), conjuncting Mercury and the Moon in Libra
Astrology Chart for the Moment of the Autumn Equinox / Sun in Libra / Sept. 22, 2025 / 2:20 PM EDT
He pauses in his journey, as if the heavens themselves are holding their breath. This is the longest light—the fullness of gold before the great turning inward begins again.
And here you are: open, alive, brimming with possibility.
Today the Sun moves into Cancer, and the warmth of the familiar wants to spread your arms wide to include something or someone new. With this fresh and gorgeous Cancer lens, there’s sweet longing to expand the heart’s circle. You might feel the nudge to gather your people close. To express your love in bigger, bolder ways. To feel them brighter, yet still long to keep them safe.
Within your circle, you might also feel a burning to shift the shape of your family dynamics, your relationships, your very definition of belonging – because you feel yourself growing and expanding toward something you might not yet know the shape of. But the urge to explore it is real.
Answer the Sun’s invitation to bloom in full, erotic aliveness.
This is a moment to feel. To let your sensitivity guide you. Let light seep into every corner of your desire to be alive and whole and lush. Summer ignites an understanding of the eros of life—that creativity is erotic.
The Sun and Jupiter in tandem proclaim: More is possible. More love. More truth. More safety in your own skin.
A part of you may feel wide open to the “more.” You may answer the call because you feel an urge to sort your space, to clear the table and name what you’re ready to do next. You may feel called to bring order to your outer world, because of some clarity that wasn’t there last week. Or maybe your focus sharpens around how you show up for others, what you give, and how to make it count. You suddenly recognize how you want to show up to serve in the world – and you’re feeling the need to assess what that means and how it’s possible. The challenges that arise are the ignition and the motivation. Let them light you up. Let them call you.
Within that light, that calling, is a beautiful ache—a knowing that change doesn’t always require chaos. Sometimes it only takes a turn of the dial, a conscious clearing of what has overstayed, and the future rushes in like light through an opened door.
The dreams you’ve whispered to stars? They want your hands. They want your structure. And even if your heart trembles a little at their bigness, you are more than ready to hold them.
Let today be your still point. Your sunlit center. The place you pause, just long enough, to feel the light of what’s arriving.
A beam of joy. A living solstice. The day that doesn’t end.
Gemini Season has arrived like a breeze through an open window, carrying late Spring perfumes, poems, and possibilities. The Sun now shines in the sign of cleverness, curiosity, contradiction—and connection. And under this sky, the story you’re telling yourself is not the final draft. And the winds of change are blowing through the air like spells. We’re restless. We’re suddenly full of ideas we can’t quite wrangle.
While Gemini is often thought of as just a light flirtation with ideas, the sign actually goes much deeper. This particular Gemini Season is a sacred invitation to rethink the beliefs that bind you, rewrite the inner scripts that might have been keeping you small, and to rise into a new rhythm of self-expression. And this year, it’s personal.
Something essential is stirring—something in you, something in the wind, in the rhythm, in the light of longer days. And Gemini knows how to catch that breeze and translate it into words, ideas, and connections that take flight.
Gemini is mutable air. It shifts. It thinks. It flirts. It dances. And this season invites us to do the same—with our thinking, with our language, with our self-concept.
Gemini Season says:
Let’s choose a story that grows with us.
Let’s speak in fresh, living languages.
Let’s breathe into beliefs that sparkle with vitality.
This is the season for curious re-evaluation, for unlearning with love, for letting our thoughts take wing.
What must also be known is that the Sun entered Gemini in a precise trine to Pluto in Aquarius. This is rare. This is electric. This is transformation through thought—alchemy through language. While Gemini brings agility, adaptability, and dazzling multiplicity, Pluto adds depth, power, and an unflinching gaze into the soul of our mental patterns. We’re not just having new ideas—we’re entering soul-level editing.
This is the time to remember that your words hold power—and that they can empower. You can choose to speak in ways that shape your relationships toward evolution.
Your words, both thought and spoken, tune your frequency. You get to choose what that frequency feels like, and the direction you take.
In a Gemini-ruled world with Pluto present, language is a spell.
So be curious about the spells you’re casting.
Be attentive to the metaphors you live by.
Be playful with how you speak to yourself.
The twins of Gemini, Castor and Pollux, remind us that duality lives in all of us—the immortal and the mortal, the visible and the hidden, the speaker and the one who listens. Pluto’s trine to the Gemini Sun shines light into the places we’ve kept mentally compartmentalized, forcing open the doors between parts of the psyche we thought we had to keep separate.
The twins teach us that there’s never just one truth. There’s never just one version of reality. There’s always another perspective. Another voice. Another curiosity waiting to be followed.
And when Mercury is active (as it always is during Gemini Season), our minds are extra tuned into all that’s moving.
This is a good time to:
Journal your questions instead of your answers
Read something you normally wouldn’t
Rewrite the About Me page of your life
Reconnect with the part of yourself that loves to think, to speak, to connect, to learn
Add to this the grounding presence of Mercury in Taurus, still holding the reins of the season’s ruler with slow, sensual thoughtfulness. Mercury in Taurus reminds us to think with the body, to speak with the breath, to choose words that build rather than break. He is trining the South Node in Virgo and sextiling the North Node in Pisces—a cosmic invitation to release perfectionism and control in favor of compassion, fluidity, and trust.
This is the beauty of cosmic choreography.
You may feel the pull to rewrite an old story. You may feel the itch of an outdated label that no longer fits. You may suddenly find yourself speaking words that feel more like spells than sentences.
Let them rise.
Let the mind make new myths.
Gemini Season isn’t here to help you master a message. It’s here to remind you that you are the message. That you are allowed to grow, adapt, shapeshift—and speak from the spark, not the script.
Write your contradictions. Make a list of all the seemingly incompatible truths about you. Then ask: what if none of them are wrong?
Speak out loud to the mirror. Choose one thought you believe about yourself. Say it out loud. How does it land in the body? Shift it if needed. Say it again.
Walk and talk. Go for a walk and speak to yourself as if you’re speaking to your future self. Let the movement stir the words. Let the wind carry what no longer serves.
Remember: this is Mercury’s realm. Language is sacred. Thought is magic. And curiosity might just be the key that unlocks your next becoming.
Gemini says: Ask it. Try it. Say the wild thing.
You are not here to be consistent. You are here to be true.
And if you need permission to change the story? Gemini offers it freely.
Think of it as spring cleaning—but for the self.
Rethink. Rewrite. Rise.
Let this season be a flirtation with possibility. Let your words open doors. Let your thoughts lead you somewhere new.
(This is a repost of an article I wrote in 2017, updated with the astrological energy for this Autumn.)
Balance.
This is the word we reflect on at the Autumn Equinox. As we see and feel the shifting of the light and the crisping of the air, the Sun, just entering the astrological sign of Libra, continues its descent across the Southern sky, gradually weakening in light and height. This day is the day of equal day and night hours, when light and dark are not battling for the sky, but equal in strength. The equinoxes, both Spring and Autumn, are the only times when the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are equally illuminated. In the Northern Hemisphere we are now in-between the extremes of the heat of Summer with its long, languid days just past, and in anticipation of the short, dark, cold days of Winter. We are betwixt and between… a time of equilibrium, a time of balance. A time of transition. It is as though we are between a deep inhale and a powerful exhale, where the moment hangs shimmering and poignant, before it passes away.
Before we started buying our food at grocery stores and super centers, the Autumn Equinox was a celebration of the harvest – the time when, both exhausted and jubilant, we’d successfully brought in the fruits of our labors, preparing and storing them for the winter. It was a time to mark the importance of working together for a common cause, a time to revel in our community as the stronghold of our survival together. This is an idea that is central to the energy of Libra and to this time of year: equality, balance, community, peace, beauty – the peace and beauty of the dying sun, of the vibrancy of the trees in their final blaze of glory, of our relationships and what we create when we are equal together, honoring all sides, balancing all views, and coming to diplomatic solutions that strengthen and protect us all.
Equinox is from the Latin aequinoctium, meaning equal night.” Today the night is equal to the day, yet as we move through time away from the Equinox and toward the Winter Solstice, the days become shorter and and we have less light to live by. What was known to our ancestors, before technology gave us permanent days with electric light, is the part darkness plays in the work of spiritual transformation. The darkness, to which we are absolutely heading as each day passes, is a place that restores us, a space where we germinate, and regenerate. But before we reach the full darkness of the Winter Solstice, we have the opportunity to learn from the harmony and symmetry of the Equinox. We tap into the beauty of internal balance, that sense of equilibrium we
The glyph for Libra represents both the scales and the Autumn sun setting over the horizon, a symbol for equilibrium and peace.
need in order to start preparing for the darkness. In this space of anticipation, when the light is gorgeous, the air is temperate and cooling to the skin, and the riotous, rich colors of ‘Nature in her Fall’ imbue our spirits with gratitude, with generosity – and because we are feeling externally delighted – we find it easy to extend ourselves in love, open to both giving and receiving. The crispness of the season is reviving to the spirit, and for as long as we dare, before the dark and cold drive us inside, we strive toward company among others, pleasures, beauty, harmony, and love. This is the message of Libra.
The particular message of this Autumn Equinox, found in the astrological chart drawn for the moment the Sun moves into Libra at 8:44 AM Eastern on September 22, 2024, carries a call to change; transitioning into a brand new paradigm of how we see ourselves as we are mirrored by others.
The feeling tone of this Equinox is compassion, empathy, and recognizing that we are all one – subtley, yet powerfully connected. With the influence of Neptune, this is a time to explore your deep spirituality, and to live through your imagination, through your creativity, and to put forth effort in powerfully visualizing a future that supports your purpose. There is a dynamic of curiosity, and stepping into the Unknown. And there is also a call to action regarding balancing the Self with Others.
Balance is always the key this time of year, and the focus of our balance this year must be that of seeing and honoring others – those we love and humanity at large – while also clearly seeing ourselves. It is the classic Aries (Self) / Libra (Other) dichotomey. How do we honor our own will, and also that of others, while creating well-being and harmony? This is the question to find answers to this Autumn.
Enjoy this transitional season! It is filled with beauty, in the light and in the shadows.
(Sun in Libra, trining Moon in Gemimi and Uranus in Taurus, trining Pluto in Capricorn, opposite Neptune in Pisces, conjuncting South Node in Virgo and oppositie North Node in Aries.)
Astrology Chart for the Moment of the Autumn Equinox / Sun in Libra / Sept. 22, 2024 / 8:45 AM EDT
I’m having so many feelings about this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces tonight at 10:34 PM Eastern. I suppose that’s very appropriate for a lunation that’s super infused with the energy of Neptune.
Many are talking of the dramatic transformative energies of this Eclipse. Some see it as a portal. Others mention a paradigm shift. And while all of that is quite true, I’m feeling this energy as something shimmering and intangible that allows us a glimpse of the Sublime. A glimpse of something that is so filled with beauty that it inspires Awe. This is the highest possible vibration of both Pisces and Neptune, the planet that rules Pisces. This Eclipse can offer, if we open ourselves to it, at least a fleeting recognition of Self and Other as perfectly Divine.
Eclipses accelerate and intensify the energy that we occupy; the goals and achievements we’re working toward or longing for; the changes we want to make. I want to suggest that, if only for one night, we fully step into the dream and flesh it out to such tangible reality in our minds that it feels real. Because, as some of us have been taught, and others of us have certainly heard, that what we focus on becomes our reality.
If that is true, then this balancing act between the Sun in Virgo and the Moon in Pisces at this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, is all about bringing whatever is in your imagination, as a dream, or as a longing (Pisces & Neptune), into the tangible, earthy realm that is our everyday, practical lives (Virgo).
Virgo, where the Sun is now, is about analysis, compartmentalizing, and perfecting, and it is grounded earthy energy that functions best in the reality of the material world. Pisces, where the Moon is now, is about everything that is opposite to that – it is the urge to blend and merge into One with no distinctions. It is beauty, compassion, empathy, and spirituality. It doesn’t exist to make sense of the tangible; it exists to transcend the tangible and enter a state of Bliss. And this Pisces Moon has Neptune sitting right beside it, in Communion with our feeling natures, deepening us, opening us, priming us for Beauty.
Remember, where we put our focus grows and becomes our reality. If, during this Eclipse tonight, and hopefully during the next two weeks until the second Eclipse on Oct. 2, you focus on what is loving, what is beautiful, and what inspires Awe within you, you may get more of that as your reality going forward. It will perhaps require letting go of personal doubts and fears, or seeing the path around obstacles, rather than simply seeing the obstacles themselves. And that is so very doable.
So, to answer the call of this very Neptunian Lunar Eclipse, I suggest that you surrender to your Spiritual Nature and engage in your Spiritual Practice, whatever that is. Surrender to the call to love, to beauty, to your Infinite Self. Meditate. Pray. Be willing to be porous! Go outside and commune with the natural world. Paint. Dance. Sing. Do that thing that always makes you feel closest to Source. If you don’t know what that is, this is an ideal time to find it. Open your heart to wonder. Let yourself feel the Awe of what it means to be Human. Let yourself be inspired to see life with open, compassionate, and loving eyes… even yourself.
Thank you so much for joining me for this Eclipse energy. And as always, may you bloom into the fullness of your cosmic promise. May the kindness that you give always be returned, and may you find peace and joy in the eternal dance of the Universe.
With love, Michelle
P.S. Think about what was going on in March/April and September of 2015. That year we had Eclipses in almost exactly the same place as these Eclipses tonight and on Oct. 2. See if you can find a thread or a narrative that ties then with now. Is there something that began then that it’s time to release? Time to let go of? Is there a way in which you’ve grown beyond whatever that was, and are now ready to embrace something new in its place? Give yourself the time and space to ponder this during this Eclipse Season.
From our earthbound perspective, as we watch the Sun on his apparent path around us, he reaches the fullness of his heat during the Summer. Today, actually this morning at 12:25 AM Eastern, the Sun moved into the cardinal sign of Cancer, heralding the Summer Solstice, the height of his annual golden reign over the sky. In the Northern hemisphere there’s no question that we’ve left behind the experience of freshness, newness, and possibility that Spring brings, as we achieve the high point of our journey living life through the fullness of long, hot days.
The word Solstice is derived from the Latin “solstitium”, and means “the sun stands still.” So I like to think of each Solstice, both Summer and Winter, as a moment when we pause, take stock, reflecting on our connection and experience to our own “hero’s journey” which is symbolized by the Sun. In mythology the characters at the center of all hero stories are “solar characters.” In astrology, the symbol for the sun is a circle with a dot at the center, and from a personal perspective the circle represents the perfection of life around you, and the dot is you. Each of us has the Sun somewhere in our birthcharts, meaning that it is our birthright to live as a solar hero, or a golden child – at the center of the perfection of life surrounding us. The path to that experience is called the “hero’s journey” in which we live our life experiences with consciousness, moving ever closer to ourselves as the rightful center of our own lives. For some, this journey might be challenging and fraught with fear, obstacles, and challenges. For others it may be easier… but whichever is your experience, it’s a perfect day to pause and reflect on where you are in your own “hero’s journey.”
What can be helpful in that reflection is to understand the energies available to us in this particular Solstice, which I like to think of as being the “background energy” informing the entire season. This morning’s Summer Solstice astrological chart shows that taking action on our beliefs may be somewhat challenging, but also supported by the Divine – and if we take the challenge we may be rewarded with the wisdom that the task accomplished brings. (Mars in Cancer applying to the square to Jupiter in Libra. Mars in Cancer applying to the trine to Neptune in Pisces.) This energy creates the impetus we need to allow our inner Divine nature to inform and support our quest for wisdom through right, if perhaps challenging, action.
There is also emphasis on analyzing our ideas, and allowing our curiosity to push us into new ways of thinking, and communicating whatever we come up with. Through these new ways of thinking is a potential kernel for healing a wound, or wounds – perhaps wounds around playing the victim, loss, needing redemption, or feeling outside the realm of God/Spirit/Universe/Wholeness. (Mercury conjunct the Sun, both in a square to Chiron.)
With the Mars/Jupiter emphasis, there are other ways that we might see this energy manifesting: pushing beliefs on others, courage of our convictions, the conquering spirit, ambitious aims, the need to travel or “go far,” a pioneering spirit, daredevil actions, righteous vindictiveness, the “means justifies the end” mentality, gambling or taking risks toward an ideal. There are many ways to combine the energy of Mars and Jupiter, but consciously choosing to elevate your actions with optimism and grace is one of the finest, and a good choice to strive toward.
Happy Summer Solstice everyone!
Summer Solstice 2017 – Sun moved into Cancer at 12:25 AM Eastern / Drawn from Atlanta, GA
Every birth chart, every session, is a meeting of Cosmos and story.
These words come from the luminous people who’ve stepped into that dialogue with me – each one discovering their own rhythm, their own dance, and their own sparkle through the lens of astrology.
May their stories inspire you to listen to your own heartbeat, to trust your timing, and to meet your life as the magical light it already is.
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–Joan Bacot
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–Thomas Moore Author of Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, The Planets Within, & Care of the Soul in Medicine
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–J. James
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–Verena von Dehn
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🌈 “Counseling that is fun”
“Who knew that counseling could be fun?! The best part of doing ongoing work with Michelle Gregg is that she uses the planets to make space for growth. In just about every session, she holds me accountable (and we don’t have to blame my mother!), makes me laugh at circumstances out of my control, and helps me to navigate the challenges of the present. She lets me wander out into the weeds sometimes, but then, by teaching me how to see a path where I thought there was no way, she opens doors to opportunities I had long written off. With Michelle’s insights, I get to dance between the wholeness and brokenness of yesterday while celebrating the fullness of tomorrow. For me, engaging in a long term relationship with Michelle means waking up to a brighter, more hopeful day each and every morning.”
–Corinne Dedini
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🌿 “True empowerment to affect changes”
“Michelle has the profound gift to take you on a journey to discover and understand the landscape of your internal world that affects every aspects of your external one. This knowledge gives you the true empowerment to affect changes in your life. I have learned in working with Michelle over a period of time that the depth of understanding the self, translates into my ability to respond to the internal or external obstacles I am faced with in a way that creates breakthroughs from my negative habitual patterns with the most lasting positive effects in my life.”
–Dominique Sire
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🌙 “I found what I was looking for”
“Michelle is an extraordinary talent, combining an extensive knowledge of the humanities, Jungian psychology, and classical astrology into a unique approach that helps you find your place in your own life as well as the world at large. I flirted with therapists for it seems like forever, and never really found what I was looking for until I started working with Michelle on a regular basis…”
–Michael Brandt
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⭐ “Life runs smoother and in a more balanced fashion”
“Working with Michelle regularly over this past year has helped me to understand and work with the astrological cycles and energy patterns so that my life runs smoother and in a more balanced fashion. I have experienced tremendous personal growth during this time as well and I owe it all to my regular sessions with Michelle. I’m less stressed and much more prepared for what life has in store for me.”
–Laura Halpin
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💝 “Mind and heart”
“Michelle is that invaluable breed of astrologer who thoroughly combines mind and heart. Her compassion is easily evidenced through her knowledge, and her astro-skill shines through her passion for growth and transformation.”
–Adam Gainsburg Astrologer and Founder of Soul Sign Astrology
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🎯 “Clarity I’d been seeking for years”
“My first reading with Michelle helped me get clear on issues I’d been trying to wrap my head around in therapy for years. More recently, she helped me to shift my perspective around my skills and talents to a wider view, allowing me to feel more confident and increase my opportunities.”
–Carter Tracy
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🌸 “A new perspective and renewed focus”
“One of Michelle’s greatest gifts is the ability to provide people with a new perspective and a renewed focus on their life goals. She is incredibly knowledgeable, creative, and honest. I highly recommend Michelle’s services.”
–Andrea Williamson
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✨ “Comprehensive and professional”
“My session with Michelle was comprehensive to say the least. She is one of the most professional counselors I have worked with. Her knowledge and expertise in the area of Astrology and how it relates to personal growth for an individual is incredible. She spent a great deal of time with me because she saw the need to further explain her findings in a way I could understand and integrate the findings into my personal life. I highly recommend her. I also plan to have future counseling sessions with her as needed. I cannot say enough good things about her.”
–Kay Citron Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse
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🌺 “The best therapy I could have asked for”
“Michelle is a wonderful astrologer. She really made me feel comfortable and eased my worries about my life. Her service was the best therapy I could have asked for.”
–Holly Hollingsworth
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🌀 “Depth translated into something I can use”
“I am amazed at the depth of knowledge Michelle possesses and her ability to translate that detailed information into something I can comprehend and use… I recommend her without reservation.”
–Frenesa K. Hall, MD
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🎉 “BETTER than therapy!”
“This is BETTER than therapy!“
–Sherri Lamar Partner and Marketing Strategist with Chrysalis Partners
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🌟 “A profound, deeper level understanding”
“You are an amazing talent, Michelle, and I want you to know how I honor that. It is one challenge for a person to learn all of the book-ish material in your field, but you have such a profound, deeper level understanding that books cannot teach. Also, I can tell that you allow your intuition to get involved, which makes it all the more special. You seem to have no judgment for the shortcomings present in all of us. And you bring with you a sense of empathy which makes it so much easier for a client to acknowledge their junk and look at it from a fresh perspective. Kudos! Thank you sooooo much for today – and for your magnificent gifts and voice.”
–C. B.
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🌿 “Helped me to relax, regardless of what is happening”
“I highly recommend Michelle Gregg’s work. Her interpretation of “how I am” in the world has helped me to relax, regardless of what is happening. An excellent teacher, her explanations of “what is happening, now” help me to choose how best to proceed. I suggest that you see her when you face illness, crisis, or any major change. She’s great on your birthday, too!”
–Susan Kramer PhD, Herbalist & Homeopath Author of The Healthy Traveler
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⭐ “The anointed astrologer”
“What’s incredible is your unique ability to intuit not only the messages of the planets and their intricate relationships with one another AND with each individual’s chart, but also just the right way to interpret these meaningful relationships to laypeople like me! You are the anointed astrologer! I trusted you implicitly from the moment I met you. Go figure. I’m wishing peace, calm, and abundance for you, Michelle Gregg.”
–Karly Hammond
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🌸 “An odyssey of personal discovery”
“Consulting with Michelle takes you on an odyssey of personal discovery. She is friendly, easy to talk to, extremely patient, and thoroughly knowledgeable about her subject. She gives wholeheartedly and approaches teaching with a loving concern for the well-being of the student. In one of her transit classes, she disclosed a personality dichotomy of mine (just a little something in passing) that no other astrologer mentioned. Knowing that has allowed me to be less critical and demanding of myself and more understanding.”
–Nanette Littlestone Editor and Writer, Author of The Sacred Flame
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💡 “Way more insightful than therapy”
“I wasn’t kidding. Spending an hour with you was way more insightful than a therapy session (and a lot more fun). I feel like I left knowing much more about myself. Thank you.”
–Daniel Keith Historian
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Thank you!
Thanks for stepping into this circle of stories… let these faerie-dusted life lyrics inspire your own wings to flutter. Let them dance you forward.
Astrology is art in motion, conversation in starlight. Whenever you’re ready for your next verse, I’ll be here – kettle on, chart open, the faeries on call.
With warmth, and wonder, Michelle🌿
✨If something in you sparkled or fluttered, follow that shimmer here. Let’s see what faerie dust looks like on you.
One thing we can know from studying and appreciating Astrology is that we are all one. We are, each of us no matter where we are, impacted by the same energy at every moment of every day. We are one – and all part of the Divine energy of the Creator.
We are made of stardust and we ARE light. Here are some scientific facts taken from Matthew Fox and his A.W.E. Project:
Matter is frozen light and for every molecule of light that is matter there are a billion particles of light that are not matter. This means matter is rare and special – we are light.
Sixty percent of the matter of our bodies is made up of hydrogen atoms, which were present in the first years of the fireball, 13 billion years ago.
The remaining 40 percent of our bodies is made up of atoms forged in the stars about 5.5 billion years ago.
This means we’re all made from the same material no matter who we are – all part of the star dust of the galaxies.
We breathe in and out together as one at every moment… real time evolution. To me that is profound.
The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) Oil on Canvas - Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
What do you think of when you think of the planet Venus? The morning star? The evening star? She is both at different times of the year. Or do you think of her unusual brightness in the sky – so much brighter than all the other planets, paling only in comparison to the Moon to our eyes. Though perhaps you might think of the Roman Goddess of Love or her Greek counterpart, Aphrodite. They were both revered as Goddesses of fruitfulness, beauty and love.
In astrology, Venus’ symbolism comes from these beauties of old, encompassing the depths of love, relationship, beauty, the arts, harmony and partnership. She is the embodiment of eroticism, grace, devotion and longing… wonderful you say, but what does that mean to me?
On Jan. 14, 2012, the lovely, bright planet moved out of the sign of Aquarius and into the sign of Pisces, where she’ll be biding her time for the next 3 weeks, until Feb. 8, 2012 (Venus stays in each sign about 20 days or so in her ceaseless orbit – so mark your calendar). Because Aquarius and Pisces are such different signs with very little in common, the move from one sign to the other can be very distinctively felt, particularly for those of you with the Sun or other planets in the sign of Pisces, not only because Venus is currently occupying your sign, but because as a Pisces influenced Soul you’re so tuned in. And as of this past Saturday, Venus is energizing not only Pisces but the other 3 mutable signs as well: Gemini, Virgo, and Sagittarius. (To find out where your planets are visit http://www.astro.com and set up free birth chart.)
[Here’s a brief lesson in the Mutable signs (meaning they are adaptable and changeable): there are 4 Mutable signs (out of the 12 total Zodiac signs) and they all form a 90 degree angle to each other – meaning they are “squared.” This angular relationship is very dynamic, tense and challenging requiring some sort of release – when one of the 4 signs is affected, they all are. (The same is true for the other 2 sets of “4’s.” The Cardinals are: Aries, Cancer, Libra & Capricorn. The Fixed signs are: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio & Aquarius. We’ll have reason to talk about them later.)]
But back to how the movement of Venus into Pisces affects you.
Venus is essentially the value we place on experience at the inner level. And in Pisces where she is exalted, Venus expresses the need to relate, to love, to experience beauty through the lens of either transcending or escaping reality. (The idealism of the first several weeks of a new intimate relationship come to mind with all its excitement, sexual perfection, and the bliss of union – both escapist and transcendent!) If transcendence is our valued path, we align with the archetypes of Jesus, Buddha – all spiritually transcendent teachers. While Venus is in Pisces, those of us sensitive to it, may also experience a heightened sense of romanticism. We may dream of, long for, whatever we value in the depths of our being… whether that is forbidden love, the desire to help the less fortunate, the ecstasy of the way music moves us, delight in the expression of Nature all around us, or the bliss of self-expression through poetry, photography, or other form of art. If we’re not particularly artistic, we may find ourselves drawn to and drawn into art in a way we haven’t been for a long time… or ever.
Venus in Pisces is a gentle, loving and very accepting placement for the Goddess of Love and Romanticism. However, if this combination is in a challenging, not-to-be-ignored aspect to a sensitive part of your chart that doesn’t communicate agreeably, the escapist qualities of this placement may come to the fore. Confusion around relating could manifest, leaving us fragile and uncertain of our worth. We could experience either ego-inflation or ego-deflation – depending on how we’re wired. Either way, the desire to escape reality and prop ourselves up with our favorite escape route isn’t uncommon: too much drinking, too much shopping, too much exercise or couch potato-ing, or just the tendency to day dream our time away… you get the picture.
So the beauty of the Goddess of Love meeting Pisces – the sign ruled by Neptune the God of the Sea, is that of unification – the unfolding into the cosmic bliss of creativity and agape – love as revealed in selflessness, love that is spiritual, being wide open to grace. The not-so-beautiful side of this combination, if it doesn’t sit particularly well with you and the energies you were born with, is that of dis-grace… self-sacrifice, disillusion, victimization and lulling the self with (hopefully legal) self-medicating.
The wonderful thing is that you can choose. Do you want to learn and experience the high road of Universal love, beauty and transcendence, with the desire to either reach out and help your fellow-beings and the possibility to elevate your own spirituality? Or do you want to fall into self-deprecation and escapism, open to the possibility of deception and the willingness to to give up your power to another force. Those are the two extremes and certainly your experience is likely to be somewhere in-between. But when you know the options of the energy at hand, it’s liberating to know what awaits at the extreme end of either fork in the road.
Venus moved into Pisces on at 12:47 AM ET on Jan.14, 2012 - Aries Wheel
Astrology with Michelle Gregg 