Episode #10
A Celestial Human Development Perspective with Astrologer & Artist Mariah Weigert
I got to interview my closest friend, Mariah Weigert! She's an Astrologer and an Artist, as you can see in the title of this episode, and she's been studying Astrology since 2021. She also has a bachelors degree in Psychology, and professional experience in Human Resources and Recruiting. I've always found Astrology to be fun and interesting, and I enjoy using it as a paradigm to explore and understand myself, which has led to even greater self-love and appreciation! It's also a helpful relationship adaptation tool, because the better you know each other, the healthier your connection will likely become. You don't have to believe in this complex framework completely to still benefit from it! I personally am kind of in between (like I am with most things, which actually aligns really well with my natal Astrology information lol - for example, the day I was born spanned both spring and summer, so I entered the world during a seasonal transition ☀️), but I've found learning about myself through this lens to be so affirming, uplifting, and enlightening! You can always just embrace what resonates with you, and not worry about anything that doesn't. She lays the foundation, to introduce beginners to this complicated system that is a lot more intricate and detailed than some people may think. She then gets a bit intermediary for those in the next stage of their education, like I happen to be. She teaches us about our "big three" - our sun, ascendant, and moon signs, which is honestly all I have really needed to benefit immensely from this perspective. We also talk briefly about synastry, which is discovering how your birth chart relates to someone else's (she explains what a birth chart is and how to find your own, before we get into this). We discuss how this can help cultivate healthy relationships of all kinds, including between caregivers and children. We use our friendship as an example, and earlier, I share how I view my big 3 as a wonderful team helping me be the lovely person I am. We touch on mundane Astrology, which is the daily fluctuations, such as planetary movement, moon phases, solstices, equinoxes, eclipses, and all the elements that directly overlap with Astronomy. We mention the history in the beginning of the episode, and later add in this section that Astronomy and Astrology used to be the same thing, before they diverged into separate disciplines, so they still overlap quite a bit. It's nice to relate this field to nature as well, because outer space, our experience on Earth, human development, and perhaps a spiritual or supernatural element are all integrated into this multifaceted viewpoint. We speak about what it's like to work with her. You can currently book a birth chart reading, and she's developing a course, which will hopefully be available next year! You can also buy some of her photography prints (I have four framed in my house), and I really hope she'll create prints of her paintings in the future! I'm lucky enough to own an original, and I want more people to be able to admire her beautiful artwork in their homes as well. For clarification, when we spoke about the lunar eclipse, those tend to be in the opposite sign of the sun. The most recent one was in Pisces, which is opposite Virgo. That part of the interview was confusing, so I wanted to shed some more light here. Alright, SweetSmarties, I think that's enough to include in this description. You can learn more about her work, book a reading, buy her art, and hopefully study with her soon at mariahweigert.square.site. Thanks so much, and talk to you next time!
