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Moonlight and Darkness: One Bushwick Woman’s Journey Into Professional Astrology

From Bushwick to L.A. and back, this astrologist reflects on her journey into the profession.

Moonlight and Darkness: One Bushwick Woman’s Journey Into Professional Astrology

Moonlight and Darkness: One Bushwick Woman’s Journey Into Professional Astrology

From Bushwick to L.A. and back, this astrologist reflects on her journey into the profession.

Moonlight and Darkness: One Bushwick Woman’s Journey Into Professional Astrology

Aliza Kelly Faragher

@alizakelly

Though I have few memories of him, my late uncle Jeremy West was a gifted student of the stars. When I was born, he plotted my natal chart by hand and informed my mother about Pluto’s strong influence on my Midheaven. Like any proficient astrologer, I’m sure he also noted my eighth and twelfth house stellia, sun, and south node conjunction, and full moon in Pisces.

For readers not fluent in astrospeak, an interpretation of my natal chart reveals a deep fascination with the occult, supernatural, and other esoteric traditions. Haters may say it’s photoshopped, or…

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