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You are not lost.
You are becoming.

Discover yourself through astrology, mythology and the stories that help us make sense of being human.

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Jema Killala-Barnard
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Join A Myth Circle

Experience astrology through storytelling

Every 6 weeks we meet on zoom. I share a story, an ancient myth, and we explore how it can help us more deeply understand our astrology. 

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We have shared stories of Artemis, the lunar goddess of the wild hunt. Chiron, his life as teacher, healer, and how he is much more than a wounded healer. The Moirai, The Fates, and how they can help us understand the lunar nodes.

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The oldest stories carry a different kind of medicine. Something that speaks to a part of us that lives beneath the surface, the part that thinks in image, symbol and feeling.

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Myth settles in the bones in a way that information doesn't.

How to Work With Me

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Mythopoetic Astrology

Mythopoetic Astrology is a 4 week course to learn to read your astrology, using the language of myth, image, and felt sense. A mythic exploration of the story you came to experience, the temples you were born to move through, the characters who walk beside you and the conversations within you.

Like any map, your astrological chart only becomes useful when you learn to read it.

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Book a Reading

I offer mini 15min recorded readings for a brief exploration of part of your astrological chart, or to answer a question that is on your heart.

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A 90 min conversation on Zoom where we can explore your astrological chart in more depth and look at the cycles that you are in at this point in your story.

Jema Killala-Barnard
Jema Killala-Barnard

Meet the mother behind the work..

My journey has been one that has taken me to the depths of myself, so that I can also meet you in your depths.

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The Descent
At 21, I became a mother on my own. I lost both my parents young. I was kicked out of my church for falling in love. And I grieved a late miscarriage that broke my heart wide open.
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The Initiation
Through astrology, ritual, and the rhythm of the seasons, I learned how to live inside these thresholds, again and again, to hold grief and joy, rupture and beauty, at the same time.
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The Return
I am now crafting a magical life with my beloved and our four wildlings and I guide other women through their own thresholds. I offer space to be witnessed, to listen deeply, and to rediscover the fire that still burns within. Together we craft a wildly beautiful vision to step into, one season at a time.

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Learn more...

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Explore the Paths

This holy hearth is a digital garden, not a straight line. A curated collection of resources to meet you where you need it most. Wander where your soul is tugging you…

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Path of the Hearth

Rituals, motherhood, slow magic, tending the everyday sacred.

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Path of the Stars

Astrology, moon cycles, and the sky-stories that hold your becoming.

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Path of the Dreamer

Meditations, inner journeys, dreamwork, mythic inner landscapes.

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Path of Becoming

Identity shifts, thresholds, matrescence, and slow transformation.

Explore Your Becoming
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