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Oh man I always thought that all modes of astrology used the real sky! Turns out I wasn’t paying attention hehe:) When I was a young girl I remember sitting outside on top of the family car watching the Perseid meteor shower. It was the early 90’s when it the meteor showers were the most intense. We lived in the middle of nowhere so the sky was lit up with beautiful falling stars. All those wishes, I thought the sky was magic. Spent a lot of time playing around with Sun signs and reading the horoscopes of everyone in my circle growing up. You know, lol, Linda Goodman books and Seventeen magazine horoscopes :p I would move on to use it in my old profession as a way to get clients talking and get to know them better. Fast forward to the covid lock down and lets say I had time to do some better research haha. First I tested out this “new” astrology on my chart, it checks. Then my family, friends…the accuracy rate is like 100% when before it would only be half right or not quite right at all. Its been quite the eye opening experience using the real sky and I guess I would go as far as saying it was like another level of spiritual awakening. Once you see, once you know, it can not be undone. There’s a lot of cool stuff going on in the sky always. A few years ago CERN cracked our magnetosphere leaving glowing ripples in the sky and it was very cool to witness that. I’ve yet to see any UAP!
I started working as a professional psychic and astrologer in 1999. I jumped headfirst into both, but I had the luxury of starting out in a real-world community with other astrologers who I was learning from. After my psychic readings, I would test out my new astrology insights, only to find that at least half the time, the descriptions were just totally wrong. My western mentors would justify this saying the client was lying, or that they didn’t want to own up to their personality type.
It didn’t sit with me, especially since my OWN tropical chart didn’t even resonate. Fortunately, I had access to a few Vedic astrologers who politely explained that they use a different zodiac, and encouraged me to try it out. What really sold it for me was the shift from of my Moon from Taurus to Aries. I never looked at astrology the same way after that.
I was lucky that I hadn’t built my entire career off of tropical. I can understand the cognitive dissonance in a lot of professional astrologers. I’m here because astrology is a part of our collective heritage that goes back… probably since we started looking up at the stars. I want to help bring that ancient wisdom back into the mainstream, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to honor my ancestors in what I pray is a lasting and positive way. 🙏
I’ve been interested in stars and planets since I was 16 years old—ever since one late autumn evening when I was changing tires with my dad for the first time. All of a sudden, I saw several shooting stars at once, and it hit me straight in the heart!
I also used to believe, just like Niki, that tropical astrology looked straight up at the sky and the planets to see their actual positions—but nope! I only found that out 18 years later, haha.
It was actually my partner who sent me a video similar to the one Niki shared here, showing how things really are with the Earth. We also talked about how the planets might be connected to the chakras.
Then I think my phone must’ve heard us, because when I opened YouTube, your channel popped up (Sumerian Astrology).
Dope! 🤩@rikki its funny we all have the same kind of story and how our intuition was nudging us to look up ourselves:) The Perseid meteor shower in the early nineties was absolutely incredible to witness up in the northern woods. Zero light pollution! For a couple summers the sky was lit up with so much magic and I used to make wishes on every falling star Id see until I ran out of things to wish for lol. Ive been dipping my toes into some esoteric astrology, looking into different angles to the energy patterns we experience, and its quite interesting the connections the planets & stars make to our own energy centers. Its fascinating how some of the people I talk to had the epiphany around the same time Neptune entered Pisces in 2020. In 2017 I was getting the push to move into astrology and wish I wouldve listened lol. Wouldve saved me some years of spinning in circles.
I started studying Tropical Astrology in April 2021, and even back then, I had questions about Sidereal astrology. I started looking at my sidereal chart, but when I brought it up to the teacher’s aide, I’d only get a blank stare as if I were somehow a lost sheep. I felt she knew more than I did because “Hey, I just got there,” I finished the course, and forgot about my Sidereal chart. After that first Modern Astrology class, I took Hellenistic astrology, and even though it wasn’t through the lens of Sidereal astrology, it felt true to my soul. The problem was – that nagging feeling. I was constantly looking at charts, obsessed with finding a correlation between the sky (or “the false sky”) and events in my own life. The difference was that the software program showed a chart that was 24 degrees off from the true sky, and I was disconnected from that fact because I didn’t actually look up in the sky. Fast forward to December 23, 2023. I went to Lowell Observatory on my way to the Four Corners, and mind you, I had not planned to go to the observatory until I was on the road looking for a place to stay for the night. We made our way to Lowell Observatory after checking in at the hotel. The observatory had a free constellation tour that night. The lady discussed the Constellations and the stories connected to them. I looked for an app to see the constellations up close, and that’s when I found Skyview—an app. I took a look through the Skyview app to see the constellations as she discussed them. Later, I roamed the sky with the app, confused. Jupiter was in Aries – not Taurus. I also saw Jupiter and some of its moons through a big telescope that night. Both were beautiful sights, and I thank God for the experience. I don’t feel it was a coincidence. Nothing ever is. I was guided there. It took some time for me to come to terms with seeing the reality for myself. It wasn’t until May of 2024 that I decided to step away from Tropical astrology and embrace Sidereal astrology completely. I have been in observation mode, but having this community of like-minded people has helped me immensely to feel welcome and confident in practicing astrology again, not only for myself but also for others interested in the Sidereal view.
@NikiTennessen I resonate entirely with this statement, “Once you see, once you know, it cannot be undone.” The beautiful cosmic web is never far away; it whispers to us all.
@abbey-quinn What an amazing road from where you started to where you are now. Thank God for those Vedic astrologers who lovingly led the way as you now do. I love this statement: “I want to help bring that ancient wisdom back into the mainstream.” Thank you. I hope you never stop expressing your soul song. Blessings!
Thanks @cadent-houses 🙏 Yes, I’m SUPER grateful for Vedic astrology. I don’t think it’ll ever make sense to me, but I have nothing but love and respect for people who practice it. But legitimately, if Jyotisha hadn’t held on the sidereal zodiac, who knows where the field would be.
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