Hello and welcome!  I’m Rebecca.  I’m an astrologer.  It took me a long time to say that.  So often I worried about being perceived as weird, since there are so many misconceptions about astrology.  Over the years I’ve found it to be so useful, helpful, insightful and true, I could no longer deny the impression it made on me. It became part of my vocabulary and my approach to life.   The charts tell us so much about personality, psychological make-up, attitudes, events, healing and purpose.  Now I think everyone should know about it, so I’m here to share astrology with you. 

It started when I was seven.  There used to be these horoscope vending machines in family restaurants next to the gumballs and plastic eggs filled with toys.  Since we were both born in October, my mother insisted we shared the same zodiac sign.  I thought to myself, there’s no way that can be true!  I flipped the selection knob from Scorpio to Libra and there it went. The little horoscope treasure that emerged felt as if it were written just for me.

Sometime after college, I started wondering what gives us all such different approaches to life.  The human condition invites investigation: why are we so much alike, yet entirely individual? What drives us as a collective, and what drives our own unique desires in this world? There are many traditional disciplines - such as economics, sociology and clinical psychology - that pursue these questions but didn’t feel like the right lens for me to approach my curiosity.  I was asking about the core sense of a human being. The soul maybe?  That’s when I started looking into the world of the esoteric.

In my search for answers to these metaphysical questions, I’ve studied the tarot, reiki, herbalism and meditation.  Over all of this time and all of these explorations, nothing has made more sense to me than the art of astrology.  It wasn't until I became a student of astrology that I found the tools that allowed me to tease apart these big human mysteries in a way that felt just right. Lifting the veil on this often misunderstood practice has become my passion and joy.

I’ve included some of my educational experience here so you can get a better idea of where I’m coming from. Please feel free to write me at rebecca@venusrisingastrology.com with any questions you might have. I look forward to hearing from you.