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Sobriety and the Stars: How to Use Astrology in Recovery
Astrology is everywhere right now — horoscope books and apps and even “retrograde” memes (I’m looking at you, Mercury).
But although oversimplified or “pop” astrology can be fun, it rarely connects you to your personal astrology chart, which can be an important tool for healing and recovery. It’s a tool I wish I had been open to sooner. My astrology chart certainly would have helped me and reinforced my path to sobriety for the past 15 years.
When I first got sober, I thought astrology was too hippy-dippy for my taste. I didn’t like being put into small “Sun sign” boxes with a horoscope. Nothing I read ever resonated with me. However, I see now that my own cosmic blueprint could have been yet another way for me to feel more confident in my decision to get sober.
Astrology 101
In case you don’t know much about astrology, here’s what’s important: When astrologers speak of retrogrades, full moons, or other planetary alignments, they’re referring to what is going on in the sky on particular day or moment. This information describes potential energies all of us may experience given the current cosmic configurations we have in common.
Depending on what was going on astrologically when you were born, however, this information may or may not be…
