I use astrology to reveal and affirm your identity, especially when you have an experience that is persistently erased or controlled by the overculture. I help people who feel like they don’t belong find their way back to themselves and re-engage their community.
Our shared methodology
Courage rather than comfort
We are not trying to make things easier. We are trying to be skillful at being with what is difficult. We bravely and carefully approach challenging topics, and we do it together. We dare to look at hard truths so we can change them.
Learning rather than growth
We aren’t trying to be more, do more, or get more because this objective comes from a narrative that perpetuates ‘not enoughness’. We believe that better understanding ourselves and the world helps us move closer to a sense of fullness.
Experiments rather than answers
We are willing to try something different because things up to this point haven’t worked. We excavate hurtful patterns so we can re-route them. We are more interested in asking the right questions than finding insufficient answers.
Safety and freedom are interconnected
We recognize that safety is a byproduct of freedom. We also understand that sovereignty is more easefully accessed when we dose the field with safety. We actively work to push through conditioned ideas of what we think we need to be secure and we practice making sanctuary in the present, in our sense of self, and in our communities. We act as if we are on the same team, even as we navigate diverse viewpoints and approaches to liberation.
Words worth defining
These are concepts or ideas that the people who work with me hold dear, even if you don’t use these terms.
Compassion means you feel things so profoundly that you are moved to take action on behalf of others. It dissolves the boundaries of what you think you need to feel safe so you can show up to the task of healing.
Healing is about making yourself whole. This is different than making yourself perfect. It is the process of uncovering and embracing all the parts of yourself, however contradictory.
Collective means everyone, together. It includes Black and Brown People, Indigenous People, People of Color, white People, Trans People, Non-Binary People, Queer People, Straight People, women and men of all kinds, bodies of all shapes, sizes and abilities, and people of all ages and origins. It also includes the earth and plants, animals, ocean dwellers, and critters. You believe we are all intra-connected and you understand that what any one of us does impacts the others. You persistently strive for awareness and consideration of your impact and influence within the collective.
Liberation is the work of understanding where conditioned beliefs end and your intuition begins - and taking action from the latter. True liberation can only happen when you have the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual resources to act freely of your own accord. You want the entire collective, including yourself, to have those resources. You believe that you aren’t free until everyone is free.
Immanence recognizes that all beings - humans and other-than-humans, the earth, the planets and beyond - are sacred. Immanence affirms that every thing matters. Life matters. Death matters. Washing the dishes and tying your shoes matters. From attending protests to scrolling through your phone, every moment, cycle, experience and feeling is inherently divine.
CONSULTATIONS
All sessions happen real-time online via zoom and are recorded. You will receive a download link to your recording within 2 weeks of your completed session.*
When you book a session you will receive a link to your zoom meeting via e-mail. At the time of your scheduled session, simply click the link to open the video chat. If you do not receive a link or have trouble with zoom please e-mail me directly.
If you are booking an astrological natal chart, make sure to provide your exact time, date and location of birth.
*ET Shipley is not responsible for technological glitches on the part of Zoom or any other recording software.
Scheduliing policies
Rescheduling
Appointments may be rescheduled in extreme cases due to sickness and other emergencies at my discretion. If you choose to reschedule, your appointment will be cancelled and you will have to wait for the next time my books open, which may be a period of up to three months. At this time you will be sent a link and a code to reschedule your session. If you need to reschedule, you must email me at erin@etshipley.com. If you do not e-mail me, your session will be considered a no-show.
No-Shows
If you do not show up to your scheduled session within 15minutes of the start of appointment, your session will be considered a no-show. No-show appointments are non-refundable.
If you have a no-show appointment for a 60 or 90min chart consultation and would like to rebook, you can request a 15% off coupon (for the same reading type). Coupons will not be offered for research consultations.
Please note that showing up late to an appointment will cut into the client’s reading time, and there will be no extensions.
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