By Contribution
Animism, Ancestors, and Astrology
with Renee Sills, Diana Rose and Pallas Augustine
Tuesday, June 4
90 min each | 12:00 LA | 3pm New York | 21:00 Berlin
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Our Invitation
This first gathering in this five-part series, “Animism, Ancestors, and…” will focus on our relationships with the celestial bodies as they speak through our everyday lives and the unfolding of our specific destinies here on Earth. Astrology will be explored as a body of teachings and practices that can support Earth connection, psychological and cultural wellness, and greater connection with vastness and awe.
Amidst the catastrophe of our times, the Earth still sings through and around us with ancient wisdom and magic. This innate belonging and joy is fundamentally good and also our nature as human beings. In this series, we’ll ask how animist ethics—respect and love for our greater web of kinship—can help us to navigate accelerated Earth changes and bring fresh perspective and energy to the traditions that already nourish our path.
This event will be hosted by Pallas Augustine with the Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Network and two esteemed guests Diana Rose and Renee Sills. Pallas is co-founder of Idola Stellarum, creating devotional and educational resources and community for the practice of relational astrological magic. Diana is the author of the guidebook for The Rosebud Tarot, relational astrologer and writer. Renee is the founder of Embodied Astrology and second generation astrologer, intuitive, and somatic educator. See below for more on their work in the world.
We’ll explore topics like:
- How can relating with the planets and stars as living, responsive forces deepen our understanding of astrological traditions?
- In what ways can an ancestral lens help us to more fully embody the intersections of our human, celestial, and terrestrial natures?
- What can traditions of astrology bring to the work of cultural healing, ecological repair, and collective liberation?
Our time will include:
- Direct, pragmatic teachings from respected astrologers and ritualists
- A guided practice to access ancestral wisdom on the Earth and Heavens
- Live Q&A with our esteemed presenters
We are made of vastness and old magic, fashioned in the very specific shape of our one precious body, life, and destiny.
Our time will be held in a kind and culturally inclusive spirit for participants of all backgrounds. Those new to the material as well as seasoned astrologers are likely to find something of benefit.
This event is part of a larger series that includes four other teachings on Animism, Ancestors and…Herbalism, Activism, Psychedelics, and Yoga. This series also serves to highlight two of our foundational courses, Ancestral Lineage Healing and Practical Animism. Thousands have taken these courses since 2017 and have gone on to take the teachings into their practices, professions, families, and activism.
Price
Accessibility is a core value at Ancestral Medicine. We offer several pricing tiers, and we leave it to you to select the most appropriate tier. The ranges in pricing aim to take into consideration global economic disparities, historical injustices, and personal circumstances. The system is designed for those with more to register in ways that support those with less.
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About the Presenters
Renee Sills
Renee Sills (they/she) is a second generation astrologer, intuitive, somatic educator and founder of Embodied Astrology – a podcast and community platform centering queer, intersectional approaches to astrology in application with other forms of knowledge, healing and creating. The throughlines of their work are investigations of interrelatedness, spirituality, mindfulness, creative agency, and adaptive processes of human bodies and consciousness in times of apocalypse. Renee’s work weaves together and between realms of mysticism, bodywork, healing ritual and participatory art. She seeks to proliferate accessible, adaptable, embodied practices that reawaken enchantment, empathy and environmental. Learn more
Diana Rose Harper
Diana Rose Harper is a relational astrologer and writer. Her work is deeply committed to assisting humans cultivate more loving, intimate, & re-enchanted connections with themselves, each other, the cosmos, and our other-than-human kin. Her most recently displaced ancestors come from war-torn Prussia and Atlantic slave trade-ravaged West Africa. She is a repeat invited lecturer at the Northwest Astrology Conference, a regular guest on The Astrology Podcast, the author of the guidebook for The Rosebud Tarot, and she contributed an article on responsible astrology to WIRED. She was born on Otoe-Missouria land and currently resides on Tongva land. Learn More
Pallas K. Augustine
Pallas K. Augustine is a writer, astrologer, mage, and educator. Born on Treaty 2 territory in the Canadian prairies, they now live on Mohican land in Western Massachusetts. Their practice is rooted in a relational approach that aims to deeply connect us with our non-human and non-living kin as well as to each other. Pallas is co-founder of Idola Stellarum, creating devotional and educational resources and community for the practice of relational astrological magic. They are author of The IC: An Astrology of Coming Home and hold an MA in environment and literature. Pallas is a Practitioner-in-Training with Ancestral Medicine. Learn More
