"In Star Charting, Bess Matassa introduces readers to astrology as a poetic practice and radical art that can help heal the divisions inside of us and within the world. The author argues that astrology is neither a religion nor a science but is instead aliving language that arises through active exchange with everything that surrounds us. This practice of star charting invites us to access forms of power, participation, and understanding that operate beyond the analytical, and outside the confines of fate versus freewill binary. In contrast with more technical manuals on birth chart interpretation, Matassa uses personal narrative, sensory practice, inquiry exercises, and communal calls to action to lead readers through the twelve zodiac signs as ways ofbeing and moving through the world. Set against the narrative backdrop of the author's own psychological breakdown and breakthrough, each of its twelve chapters guides the reader through a set of practices to help them awaken a particular zodiac sign's energy and recognize its presence in their lives. Each of these chapters includes an exploration of the zodiac sign's element and quality; its ruling celestial bodies; and its associated tarot cards"--
Astrology is the language in which all of existence speaks, says astrologist and tarotist Bess Matassa. In Star Charting, she leads readers on a vivid journey through the twelve signs of the zodiac as a poetic practice and transformative framework for befriending both the familiar and the strange. Matassa blends personal narrative, sensory immersion, inquiry exercises, and communal calls to action to reframe this ancient art as a modern manifesto for healing division by exalting the astounding complexity within this wild world. In contrast to more technical manuals on birth chart interpretation, this is magic-making as an exploratory treasure hunt, forging radical pathways to personal and collective evolution. Twelve modes of bearing witness to life and moving with its currents. Twelve styles of championing creative change. And twelve ways of never, ever losing heart.
In Star Charting, Bess Matassa presents astrology as a radical art that reveals the complex beauty inside of us and within the world. Through personal narrative, sensory exercises, and communal calls to action, Matassa guides readers through the zodiac signs as transformative paths of existence.
