✧ ALTAR OF STARS ✧ with Teagan West

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comBeloveds, blessed dark moon to you. I hope you’re feeling resourced by your connection to something ancient + sustaining. It was a big week here, the land seems to be processing a lot this time of year. So much moving through above + below, in Land + Sky, within + without. May you find ways to metabolize so much transformation with ease Coming to you with a bit of a care package in time for this Taurus New Moon; a guided practice & tarot spread for your enjoyment. This is one of the golden lunations of the year, the Moon in her place of exaltation. Peaking in the third decan of Taurus, a place ruled by Saturn’s steadfast devotion ~ there is generous invitation to commit to the things we care about most. To tap into that ancient current of heart that runs through all things, the kind of devotion that says; I am going to stay.To stay with it, even & especially when things get challenging. To stay persistent with our dreams, and not be strayed by the distractions of fleeting pleasure or instant gratification. This is the slow magick of Taurus that knows the satisfaction of delayed gratification, the pleasure of building something meaningful with your own heart + hands. The grit, the glory, the commitment held true over time. This is claiming what matters with our whole being, and showing up for it again & again.Tonight, we held our monthly Community Ancestor circle, that is open to all past participants of the seasonal cohorts of Ancestor Circles. I didn’t have anything planned, as my people suggested I really listen to the needs of the group. So much grounding, wisdom, and connection came of this circle. We turned towards the spirits of place where each of us are rooted, and invited the land to share with us the stories that felt ready to be disclosed. As settlers, visitors, humble students of this place; we asked to learn. The guided practice shared above is what came through during our circle tonight. DISCLAIMER: I highly recommend having a solid, steady connection to Ancestral Elder powers from your own lineages before practicing this, as it can be intense to invite the land to share its memory with us.The Land is a memory keeper. It holds layers upon layers of impressions, feet + claws + critters crawling through the landscape since time immemorial. It holds the wisdom of what happened there, how the terrain slowly changes over time, how it was loved and the pain it witnessed. It holds everything.It felt intimate, ancient, like a secret shared only with those who seek to listen deeply. May we learn how to listen so that the land can continue to share its most intimate stories with us. Slowly over time, a relationship tended with care, presence, and consistent devotion. One beloved participant in the group shared how ‘healing is the act of returning’, again & again. This is the essence of this New Moon. May we keep returning, willing to listen, to learn, to embody the responsibility of relationship to All Things.The New Moon peaks at 4pm ET on Saturday, May 16th.Our upcoming cohort of Ancestor Circles begins the first week of June. There are 2 different circle options to accommodate different time zones, with spaces open in each. Join us! * Wednesdays @ 3pm EST ~ starting June 3rd* Thursdays @ 6pm ET ~ starting June 4th

Beloveds! Hello! I wanted to offer a bit of a high-level look at the month ahead, as so much is constantly shapeshifting as we speak. This week’s reading is part divination / ancestral messages, part astrology (at the end).One hot take that came through this one from my people:* every revolution throughout history has been unique. This One we’re currently navigating involves the recovery of our relations to the spirit world, as a part of our ‘army’ as it were. * Much of the harm that colonization has caused, that has contributed to the intensity of past revolutionary moments, is due to severe rupture between the humans + land spirits / bigger powers. To recover this relationship is to begin repairing the hundreds of years of rupture that colonization has caused.More in the reading of course. And, big news!I have finally started a Youtube channel!So you can watch me yap on screen, if you so desire. My ancestors encouraged it, so we’ll see how it goes. I likely will do one video a month, and our usual weekly podcast here on Substack.The episode this week is paywalled to encourage folx to check out the Youtube version. PLEASE follow/leave a comment/like the video if you care to support over there, it’s really appreciated ! + SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! +For those of you interested in participating in a Live Ancestral Ritual together, we have just planned a 3-Day Intensive for Samhain weekend in Rochester NY!Spaces will fill fast, so I recommend registering as soon as possible. You can find the full details on my website below! Oct 30th - Nov 1st, 2026 in ROC NY!SUMMER ANCESTOR CIRCLESAPPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!!! June + July 2026If you’ve been wanting to connect directly with your own Ancestors as Council, come join us! We gather in support of community, and deepen into relationship with our Lineages. We bring healing + tending where it is needed, while also emphasizing reconnection with our ancestors as Kin + Council. Here’s what’s included;* 1:1 private meeting with Teagan to understand your Ancestral landscape + identify which lineage you’re ready to deepen into connection with!* 6 group calls, 2hrs each ~ deepening into the Lineage Healing process alongside community. Guided process + group integration.The group container is a much more financially supportive option for the long-term commitment to this work, and has the benefit of learning from one another’s Ancestral histories as a way of weaving the larger web of relations! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit altarofstars.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comWhether we like it or not, that level of activation is here. The winds of change have arrived, only to fan the flame that Aries has already set in motion. Whatever already has momentum will gain it. Be intentional about how you use this energy. What fires do you want to burn stronger, and which ones are you ready to put out before the wind comes?On Saturday, a long awaited ingress of the year arrives; Uranus enters Gemini. For the next 7 years, the sky gød who brings the lightning strike of immanent change will be moving through the airwaves, whispering in the wind, reshaping the landscape with gusto.This moment is what you make of it. Catastrophizing is unhelpful. Yes, let yourself be overwhelmed. Then, do something about it. Create the conditions in your personal space for as much presence + intentionality as possible. It is the only way through to the other side of this process. And it is a marathon; do not let your light burn out so easily. You have the capacity to birth worlds, each day you wake.The last suggestion that came from my Ancestors; write a prayer or invocation that you can speak aloud to yourself + the Land each morning. Let it be a way of calling yourself into presence + into relationship with the world around you. Perhaps even speak it in (one of) your mother tongues if possible. We are re-membering.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comFriends, welcome to April. This month is on fire, quite literally, ignited by a cluster of planets in Aries. If you’ve been with me since the beginning of this year, you likely remember me mentioning in the Year Ahead Reading that April was the month where these BIG CHANGES start to set in stronger.We need no further evidence of this …

My friends! This week brings go-power. Multiple Cazimis + conjunctions in Aries asks that we are willing to KEEP MOVING, as a way to break out of the confusion + fragmentation that our own dis-memberment creates within."You will freeze in place if you remain this way. You must not, dear. You have to move.” — Rainer Maria RilkeSo many messages in this reading that I want to leave for the recording itself. My ancestors have been VERY passionate about staying wakeful, being active and allowing movement to create clarity IN PROCESS. It is not about knowing where we’re going, it’s about moving for the sake of no longer staying stuck in the liminal. This is the movement from Pisces into Aries; out of the dream and into creation."Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final". — Rainer Maria RilkeColonial history has stripped us of our Ancestral + Spiritual Maps, to be able to see this moment for what it truly is. At face value, we see chaos + destruction. Without a framework for initiatory processes, we stop here and succumb to the utter overwhelm of this terrain.When we reframe this moment of destruction as a Rite of Passage, we open to the possibility that CREATION can be born from its ashes. That this is part of a transformative process. Destruction is the first necessary phase of any creative generation. Keep going; no feeling is final.One piece that my Ancestors have been very vehement about is recognizing how much the dulling of our sense organs gives way to this overwhelm. It exaggerates it, keeps us frozen in place. The antidote is in staying wakeful, recognizing that everything we take in through our eyes/ears etc is actively shaping the Nature of Mind. And the Nature of our Mind is thus creating our experience of reality.‘Your thoughts create your reality’ is the subsequent, externalized piece to a process of creation. The former piece that is so often overlooked, is the internal awareness that what we take IN to our mind is actively influencing our unique vantage point of reality. Whatever we are creating outwardly comes from this place. Thus, our awareness of what we are allowing to shape the Nature of our Mind affords us the choice to more intentionally have agency over the reality we are creating. The conditions of our mind field create everything else.It is not actually very complicated. Staying wakeful, being mindful of what we’re taking in and how that’s shaping our experience. Yet, also recognizing that in repairing our relationship to the world around us, we become more available for new maps to be born of this moment. The myth that our maps are lost to the distant past is a form of colonial erasure. The truth is, these maps were renewed with each new generation. They were born of relationship; to place, to the land, to the spirits + ancestors that surround us at all times. Our only task is in LISTENING. From here, we uncover the maps that can actively help us MOVE into action, creation, and generative will. Without this, we resign ourselves to fear, overwhelm, and accepting destruction as an end to our creative agency. No thank you. I will not go gentle into that good night. Love you. Take care of yourselves + each other. I have 5 scholarship seats left for the Online Course!ALTAR OF STARS // ONLINE COURSE!· ⚭ ·This is the most generous discount I offer, equivalent to the usual scholarship rate, yet open for everyone until March 20th. You can take the Asynchronous course as-is, or add on the Live Group Mentorship cohort, which begins at the Equinox. Details below…» ONLINE COURSE INFO «ALTAR OF STARS // ONLINE ASTROLOGY COURSE* A full course library of over 60+ hours of teachings on the Planets, Zodiac + House System. Hour+ long videos for each, along with meditations, chart-reading tips and worksheets for integration.* Wildly animist, ancestral storytelling, with an intersectional approach to interpretations across various astrological traditions.* Lifetime access, asynchronous, go-at-your-own-pace teachings. Reach out to Teagan anytime with questions or 1:1 support.MENTORSHIP COHORT (begins at Equinox) + full access to Course! (CLOSED - next cohort opens September)* Live group meetings, 2-3x a month, following the NEW + FULL MOON cycle. 6 months (Equinox to Equinox).* Deepening into chart-reading techniques, bonus workshops on aspects, ritual / planetary magick, ancestral astrology etc!* Ongoing communal connection/group chat, support from Teagan, collective learning + infinite tenderness in supportive communityReach out to me for scholarship discounts!» REGISTER FOR THE COURSE! « This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit altarofstars.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comHello beloveds! My goodness, what a portal that Blood Moon Eclipse was. Never underestimate the power of the Mystery to bring just what the doctor ordered ~ it is all absolutely part of the dance, even + especially when it catches our fumbling footsteps. Welcoming the edges as necessary curriculum. Welcoming the need for some good old fashioned eclipse aftercare, for two reasons; first, to help us contain all that timeline jumping back into our human form and ground ourselves in what we’re choosing to live into. And, to embrace the dismemberment with equal opportunity for informed action, interrupting patterns and moving from a liberated place within. The beauty of sacred agitation is that it creates openings for new realities to take shape.And, we must move at the pace of our animal bodies, and gently update their stories. It is easy to become split between mind + body, intellectualizing ‘the teachings’ of big cycles, yet not really integrating them into our embodied experience. Patterns do not change from the mind, they change when we move differently. This must come from an embodied place, in the end.As Venus freshly moves into Aries and Mars freshly moves through Pisces, I am feeling the wisdom of these two feelers inviting us into new embodied realities. To claim what it is that we desire, to trust our attunement, and then to move from that place in an embodied way. Inner guidance rooted in a harmonization of our values, our intuition, and our nervous system; this is energetic integrity. Our values are the compass, the intuitive + nervous system capacity their fuel. Supported by the divine, attuned to our body. From here we can truly move in an informed, decisive, titrated way.Jupiter also stations direct on Tuesday, which is a big deal! We have a few final months of this benevolent one’s exaltation, helping us to reap what we’ve sewn with fresh insight. The courage to stay open, to keep on dreaming, even in the face of potential dissapointment. Hope is a thing with wings, they say.I’ll let the podcast speak for itself. Last call to join the online course at a heavily discounted rate this year, details below! ALTAR OF STARS // ONLINE COURSE!Online Course is NOW OPEN at a once-annual DISCOUNT!!!· ⚭ ·This is the most generous discount I offer, equivalent to the usual scholarship rate, yet open for everyone until March 13th. You can take the Asynchronous course as-is, or add on the Live Group Mentorship cohort, which begins at the Equinox. Details below…» ONLINE COURSE INFO «ALTAR OF STARS // ONLINE ASTROLOGY COURSE* A full course library of over 60+ hours of teachings on the Planets, Zodiac + House System. Hour+ long videos for each, along with meditations, chart-reading tips and worksheets for integration.* Wildly animist, ancestral storytelling, with an intersectional approach to interpretations across various astrological traditions.* Lifetime access, asynchronous, go-at-your-own-pace teachings. Reach out to Teagan anytime with questions or 1:1 support.MENTORSHIP COHORT (begins at Equinox) + full access to Course!* Live group meetings, 2-3x a month, following the NEW + FULL MOON cycle. 6 months (Equinox to Equinox).* Deepening into chart-reading techniques, bonus workshops on aspects, ritual / planetary magick, ancestral astrology etc!* Ongoing communal connection/group chat, support from Teagan, collective learning + infinite tenderness in supportive communityDISCOUNT CODES:* Online Course only (asynchronous): 222DREAM* ^Course +Plus live mentorship cohort: 222ORACLE» REGISTER FOR THE COURSE! «

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comOkay beloveds, here we are ~ round two. Our next Eclipse of the Season occurs this Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:33am EST. It is nearly exact, the Sun + Moon coming within 4* of the Lunar Nodes. Bringing the precision of Virgo’s scythe, we are invited to thresh old narratives that have clouded our vision.This is a Full Blood Moon / Lunar Eclipse, meaning that the Earth will pass between the luminaries, casting a shadow onto the face of Grandmother Moon. There is blood on the moon. It is the shadow of Earth creating this astronomical spectacle. It is also a metaphor, signaling the themes of the blood moon being in the constellation of Virgo; the shadow side. It is a point of release, of purge, of letting go + unraveling our outgrown paradigms.I’ve been thinking a lot of the relationship between Ontologies (ways of being) and Epistemologies (ways of knowing), in regards to the Pisces/Virgo axis. In the fever dream of modernity we’re collectively living within, these ways of being + knowing have been uprooted and replaced with colonial paradigms. What we consider ‘valid’ knowledge must be measured, empirical data - creating an overdependence on materiality. In other words; we must be able to see it to believe it.The Virgo side of the axis can verge on this overdependence, when the true gifts of this Zodiac are transplanted into a colonial context. As someone with a stellium in Virgo, ruled by a 29* Mercury in Virgo, I am a lover of systems + patterns. In its true essence, this is a genuine appreciation for the immaculate design of the natural world, a recognition of order within chaos. Virgo as Mutable Earth is the true animist, the one who has tracked the patterns of ecosystems + the natural world closely enough to come into deep, harmonious coherence with them. It is an urge towards rhythm, knowing that with every Summer harvest, there will come a Winter to prepare for rest.When Virgo’s wisdom is transplanted from its deep animist roots, into a colonial paradigm structured around productivity + linear growth, that impulse of the gardener who follows the cycles of the harvest becomes confused + contorted. Much like global warming confusing the flight patterns of birds; Capitalism has created an unsustainable eternal harvest phase, where the fields are never allowed to run barren. We have diverged from the cyclical, rhythmic intelligence of nature, and created unmaintainable systems that uphold unrealistic productivity standards. What was once a circle becomes a line, that defies all of Nature’s design. How does this live in us?Our Bodies are a kind of Earth, as Clarissa Pinkola Estes says. To think that this colonial paradigm isn’t internalized into our own blood + bones is folly. The Shadow of Virgo reveals this in a feeling of ‘never enough’. We can never ‘do’ enough, produce enough, BE enough to keep up with this unsustainable linear growth paradigm. Our bodies are no longer honored in their true animal nature, and instead transformed into machines to fuel the engine of capitalism + production. We fall out of rhythm, and into exploitation.So how do we go about bringing repair? Our pre-colonial Ancestors held expansive, animist lifeways that presented a cohesion of ways of knowing + being, rooted in RELATIONSHIP. Their cosmologies, traditions, rituals and cultural identities were born of this deep communion, and especially influence what they considered to be valid sources of knowledge. Like the meme going around that says; “how did I know that? I saw it in a dream…” Our Ancestor’s epistemologies included these other ways of knowing, that expand far beyond measurable, empirical data. Again, born of relationship to the ecosystems of intelligence around them; not only the seen, but also the unseen. An understanding that the spirit world is just as much a part of this one we’re all participating in together, and the knowledge they hold, just as important (if not moreso). My Ancestors remind me often ‘to be teachable’.If the Lunar Eclipse is bringing all of this shadow material from the Virgo part of our psyche, the Pisces side of the spectrum holds the counterspell. An ability to be in relationship with All That Is, in a way that transcends perceived + created barriers to connection. Pisces knows that our world is created not from order, but from chaos. In that, our adorable need to control conditions + achieve certainty are like houses made from paper in the face of Great Mystery. The real task is in expanding our capacity to be with All That Is, and allow our ways of knowing + being to reflect this relationship to the unseen forces of mystery + power that create life. To know that it is truly all part of the dance, and any semblance of certainty we may have is falsehood.Yet, moderation is also good medicine; there is always a potential to overdo it and slingshot in extremes. Without the support of that rich Ancestral root system I spoke about earlier, our relationship to the unseen can very quickly become unfounded and even dissociative. Like trying to navigate new territory without a reliable map, even an intuitive + cosmic one, we very quickly venture into spaces that disconnect us from reality in a way that becomes unhelpful. So much smoke in mirrors jargon has been produced in the realm of New Age Spirituality in the past handful of years, that is evidence of this ungrounded state (in my opinion). It is no one’s fault. Most of us in the Western world are spiritual orphans that have been viciously torn from our root system, looking for a place to feed our starving spirits. It makes good sense that many of us would go looking, either to other traditions (that we might accidentally end up appropriating), or create our own systems altogether that lend to spiritual bypassing. Again, without a connection to Ancestral Roots or Land Connection, we are a kite without a string to anchor us into the material reality, while connecting to the more-than-human world. Becoming a bridge between the realms is our true work. Many of our Ancestral cosmologies knew how to hold both of these dimensions skillfully, and find their synthesis. In essence, it is the Virgo-Pisces meeting place.And so ~ this Eclipse is bringing up these themes for me personally. It might be different for you. As a person with a Virgo Stellium, I am shockingly aware of how much colonial paradigms have influence my own definition of ‘valid’ knowledge. That is much of the reason why working with Spirits + Ancestors has become so much a part of my work; it is the exact medicine I need to unwind + reweave other lifeways. To consider that the information I receive in dreams is just as significant as what I can study in books is revolutionary. And, without a grounded approach, I can quickly become disconnected. Holding both, always.Beyond all else ~ excavating the shadow of Virgo is going the very real, decolonial work of removing capitalist paradigms from how they’ve embedded themselves into our bodies. The feeling of never doing/being Enough is a BIG ONE. The Piscean antidote is the reminder that you indeed have been created in the image of the divine, that everything in this miracle of material reality is an emanation of the One. Connection is your birthright. You don’t have to earn God’s approval like some sky-daddy paradigm. The Medicine for this Virgoian shadow is that you always have been, and always will be, exactly enough ~ simply by the miracle that you exist. You are just right. My Ancestors remind me of this often; You do not have to earn the gift of this life. But, we do want you to enjoy it. Our work is not in simply enjoying this gift, but removing the internalized barriers that have told us otherwise. You are enough. Your body is a kind of Earth. It belongs here, to the wisdom and intelligence of all things. It is woven into the fabric of creation in the same way the snowdrops burst through each spring. You are part of this rhythm, as you always have been. Let the soft animal of your body rest in this knowing. You have never had to earn it.The Magician’s Table 2026! DOORS OPEN! 🌀 Until March 4th! » Doors close Wednesday!Another opportunity to participate in big communal magick making; the Magician’s Table! Some of you may remember I was a 13th Reader at the table last year, and this year I have the honor of holding down the big ritual energies to support the brilliance of this container + the incredibly magickal individuals it constellates. I LOVE THIS CONTAINER. You can listen to my chat with Britten LaRue to hear more; DOORS ARE OPEN for application!USE CODE TEAGAN10 to apply with a discount!

When I asked the Ancestors about this week, they had one word; INITIATION.Tuesday is a huge day. Ancestral traditions that have observed cycles by Lunar Calendars across the world have marked this moment in suit. Shivaratri in the Vedic tradition, the Chinese Lunar New Year, Ramadan begins ~ it is a signal of some great threshold we are crossing, elbows locked in solidarity through this Mystery of Becoming.Solar Eclipse in Aquarius (N Node) occurs on Tuesday, February 17th at 7:11am EST, at 28* of Aquarius.On Friday, 2/20, Saturn and Neptune will come together in peak conjunction at 0* of Aries. This is just the beginning. The Mystic + The Elder ask us to commit wholeheartedly to the work of becoming firekeepers.REMINDER: Online Course Annual Sale! 3Next week on Feb 22nd, I will open the doors to my Online Astrology Course at a wildly generous discount. If you like my particular flavor of Astrology + want to study the stars in this language, you know where to find me.The community that has gathered around this Altar has changed my life; some of the most kind, deep, profound + magickal seers I have ever known. I would be honored for others that feel resonance to join us this year to come.The Magician's Table >> Waitlist! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit altarofstars.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comHELLO my loves! Blessed Imbolc Eve!This post includes the full package of week ahead reading, ritual + tarot spread to celebrate this most precious occasion! Lá Fhéile Bríde!!! What a miraculous gift, to have a Full Moon in Leo on Brigid’s Feast day. This feels like such a gift from the Ancestors, a smile on their face + a wink in their eye. What could possibly be held within this moment, so full of Fire + potential? Perhaps it is an invitation to consider how we might use this creative energy we’ve been gifted, to birth a world into being.Imbolc/Imbolg translates to ‘in the belly’. It is a symbol of gestation, that something is growing deep inside of our bodies as emanations of the Earth. Full of creative potential, we are invited to consider how we might use this fire of vision to birth the world we dream of.The Full Moon will peak at 5:08pm EST on Feb 1st, 2026 ~ Imbolc Day! Go outside and see it if you can!Tonight, on Imbolc eve, I’ll be making a Brigid’s cross from the stalks of dried cattails on our land, and finding a special cloth to leave in the Black Walnut tree outside for Brigid to anoint with her healing energies. I will keep the cross over our door for the year to come, and place the cloth on my altar, only to be used when my beloveds or myself are in need of healing. Tomorrow, as the Full Moon peaks in Leo on Imbolc Day, I plan to hold a ritual in honor of this big beautiful occasion, celebrating Brigid and holding a fire outside in the snow, under the Full Moon light. I love to think that so many of us will be connecting our altars under this potent energy, with the Celtic Ancestors at our back in celebration. Whatever may come this next year, my friends, may you remember you are protected by such big, fierce ancient forces ~ the Land, the deities, and your beloved Ancestors. Enjoy!Here’s a Tarot Spread to add to your ritual tomorrow during the Full Moon!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comDear ones, this week brings some big time Astrology. The first of many major ingresses to take place this year; Neptune enters Aries on MONDAY!We are learning how to play with fire. How to keep a good flame. How to be in right relationship with this most powerful elemental; and unlock the divinatory magick that it holds. We are all becoming firekeepers, in our own rightful ways.Fire can burn, or it can brighten. It can offer inspiration, or frustration. It can bring rightful rage to outline our boundaries, or it can become overly defensive + reactive. It can be a force for change + transformation, or one of reckless destruction. It all depends on how we wield this flame within.Neptune’s ingress into Aries is surprising, like the sound of an alarm pulling us out of a deep sleep. It is the essence of wakefulness; of coming to our senses out of some great slumber.For the past 14 years, we have been dreamwalking. Neptune in Pisces brought great beauty, and also, great dissociation. It is no coincidence that we witnessed the rise of social media + the exponential noise that it has created under this transit. Neptune in Pisces has been just as much a play of smoke in mirrors, as it has been visionary + inspiring. We opened doors to alternate realities; now we must reckon with the impact of a lucid state gone too far.‘SNAP OUT OF IT!’ — that’s the energy I feel from this ingress. Wake up. We need you all the way here. Lift your gaze from your screens and look at the world around you. Look at the Land, your community, your neighbors. What are you going to do about this waking dream?If Neptune in Pisces revealed to us the possibility of the dream world, a sea of pure potential; Neptune in Aries will ask us to take our dreams seriously. To act on them. To make them tangible, plant them in the soil. We have no time to waste.And, with this energy, I believe it could very easily bring the urge to ‘burn it all down’. If we do not temper our impulses, we become reactive, destructive. Saturn is not yet here to shed light on the long-term consequences in response to our actions. The next few weeks will challenge us to stay calm in the fast of instinctual reactivity.Pay attention to your impulses; they hold keys to the future. The space between awareness + action is where choice lives. Be intentional. Move from agency, rather than a disembodied sense of urgency.Urgency is a tool of empire, rooted in scarcity. Not enough creates the need to take what we can get ‘before it’s too late’. Now or never mentality is an illusion; we have fallen out of Right Relationship with Time. Slow down. Let yourself get still. Then act from a CLEAR MIND. The work of the true Warrior.On Tuesday, Mars + Pluto make a conjunction in Aquarius. This is a thunderclap, a reckoning in response to misuse of Power. We are asked to still see the humanity in our adversary, to not lose sight of this, lest we lose touch of our the humanity within ourselves. It is possible to hold a boundary and still see that your opponent is a human in pain. The dignified Warrior will never lose sight of this; the moment we do, we are enabling dehumanization.That’s where I’ll leave you for now. There’s a practice below to deepen with the fire, tending the good flame. Later this week I’ll share some resources to connect more deeply with Neptune in Aries for patrons MY BOOKS ARE OPEN! ~ Feb + March 2026Hi dears ~ as spaciousness returns after the New Year readings come to a close, I am opening my books for February + March! For those of you that might be new here, my offerings are as follows;* ASTROLOGY READINGS: my bread n butter, deeply personalized form of celestial divination. Me, you, your birth chart in a zoom room for 60 min. 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Message me directly with interest + we’ll discuss your desired focus for the reading / questions you’re holding.You can book a session via the scheduler below, or check out my website for more information! + If you’re interested in receiving an Asynchronous Good Council reading, reach out to me at thealtar.healing@gmail.com or learn more below;ANCESTOR CIRCLES: GROUP LINEAGE HEALING ~ SPRING 2026 now open for registration!Many of you know I’ve been offering Ancestor Circles for the past year, each season opens with a new cohort. The intention is bringing Ancestral Lineage Healing + Cultural Repair into community process, with the generosity of group support to guide our collective tending. Personal Ancestral connection alongside real time community.Our next cohort begins soon, and spaces tend to fill up fast — our schedule will be determined by the availability of those that apply. Register below! Hope to see some of you in Circle! Other than that ~ I have materials prepped + available for custom Drums + Rattles! Reach out with interest! thealtar.healing@gmail.comDiscount on all offerings or Ritual Tools for my substack patrons; secret code below!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comHey friends. This week brings quite a shift of focus, as all of this Capricorn energy that has built up over the last month crosses the threshold into Aquarius. Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars AND Mercury will all enter this electric part of the sky over the course of this week, bringing multiple Cazimis and likely lots of new energy.What I’m keeping an eye on, however, is the presence of Pluto here at the very early degrees of Aquarius. I feel Hades standing at the entrance to this territory as a kind of Gatekeeper, waiting to meet each oncoming planetary ancestor as they enter this realm. Psychopomp work is indeed on the mind, especially that of the Collective Soul.“The World isn’t ending. A World is ending, at it is our task to Midwife a New One.”This quote has been on my mind a lot lately. My Ancestors + Guides had a LOT to say about HOW exactly we go about this work of Midwifery, which I talk about at length in this week’s episode.Above all else, remember that the Revolution truly starts within. The core of it lives within our MINDS. And so, discernment about what we allow into our mind + the influence that has over our experience is the most impactful place to start. Do not underestimate the Power of Mind Control, and the role you play in it. Control your mind, or it will be controlled for you. Might sound dramatic, but it’s true. Filtering + questioning everything that you’re allowing into your experience is the world of inner revolution. It all has direct impact on your experience of reality. Bring your attention to what is working, on a daily basis. Create a list each morning of what your resources are. Allow your nervous system to truly FEEL + register this as a form of capacity for connection, rather than succumb to overwhelm + isolation. This is the work.PS — if you are an Aries, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius or Pisces Rising, I have cast the astrology of the year ahead at great depth for you, and have a few spaces left for year ahead readings. Reach out if you’re interested.See you next week for the IMBOLC Leo Full Moon! xo Teagan

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comThe New Moon in Capricorn peaks at 2:52pm EST on Sunday, January 18th. It occurs at 28* Capricorn.My friends, hello. Feeling lots of tenderness + fierce protection of our humanity as I come to this space. Feel me reaching through the screen to be with you in all sincerity, as we continue to turn towards this world together. What a time to be alive, indeed.That is our work, in my opinion. To continue growing our capacity to be with the ache, while not allowing it to smother our creative process. It is a necessity, that we are able to imagine ways that things could look differently, even if just for future generations. This is Ancestral work, at its core. You are an Ancestor.Responsibility. Stewardship. Inheritance. Legacy. These are the words that come to mind when I connect with Capricorn. They are all Ancestral. This life, this world — it is all Ancestral. The New Moon is a moment for this level of intention setting. To ask the big questions of ourselves. That is what the world needs of us right now.To the new friends of this space, if you wish to become a paid subscriber ~ a gift for you…https://altarofstars.substack.com/6cf0f505

Beloved ones! Wow, here we are, preparing to enter the new calendar year. I feel the anticipation for 2026 has been building, and I personally feel very excited for what this year has in store. Can you sense it? The hidden magick pulsing underfoot? Something stirs! Something grows!This week not only holds the Threshold of the Gregorian New Year, but we are greeted immediately by a big, beautiful Full Moon in Cancer! Luna in her home territory, closeby Jupiter ~ this has benefic blessings all over it! The Full Moon in Cancer peaks on January 3rd, 2026 at 5:03am EST!This is truly a beautiful opportunity to set intentions + connect with the coming year. There’s an opportunity to gather together & do so! (See below…)Next week, I’ll share a full look at the Astrology of 2026 with paid subscribers! :)✧ 2026 BIG GROUP RITUAL! ✧ JOIN US! ♋︎Beloveds! Come one, come all! Let us gather in community to connect our altars & call upon our big collective magick! Please join us for this very special group ritual! And invite your beloveds to join! WHEN: SUNDAY, JANUARY 4th @ 11am EST ‧₊˚☽ ִֶ.𓆗‧₊* WHERE: ZOOM*! (link upon registration)We will take a high-level look at the Astrology of 2026, and drop into a guided journey to connect with the planetary shifts through direct gnosis. We will then do some group divination + call upon our Magician’s Tools to consciously work with the energies within + without.*This event is DONATION BASED, so NOTAFLOF. The suggested scale is $15-45, and any contribution is greatly appreciated! Venmo: @teagan-west ‧₊˚☽ ִֶ.‧₊ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit altarofstars.substack.com/subscribe