Celestyna’s synastry readings with my husband and I were on point and gave me tons to think about.

One thing specifically I had never thought of was him feeling responsible for his mother’s pain/healing--which gives me so much more empathy than I had with the previous pattern of him blaming his dad and me feeling like he's always playing victim/martyr.

This is something I still need to think about and unpack--and seems humorous since I'm so preoccupied with my own mother's pain/healing.

I found “what's mine, what's yours, what's ours?” thinking incredibly useful regarding relationships.

I feel I need to sit with all we explored for some time, but I am already chomping at the bit to work with her again focusing on my kiddos charts.

It sounds a bit dramatic but I feel like this is a kind of life altering experience as she really helped me to think through/untangle myself from my past/traumas, private/public spaces/demands/careers, and my relationships to family, work, and self.

-S.R.

Parent is asking about parenting guilt and anxiety.

Celestyna’s Response (Excerpt):

I think, especially if the parents are conscious and really operationalizing their self-awareness and self-growth work, a child's moon sign really only describes early childhood impressions of the parent, not the long term perception of the parent or the health of the relationship.

Mom guilt and parenting anxiety are on brand for moon in Virgo, especially since yours is in the grand trine with Saturn, Venus, and Mars. My sense is that you want to feel likable and competent as a mother, while also feeling very secure and stable, and without any of your precisely arranged life going awry. My sense is that this is not your experience (news flash, it isn't ANY parent's experience!! Mostly, parents feel plunged into chaos and uncertainty with very little relational and absolutely zero systemic support).

All that earth and those planets make parenting feel like a very big responsibility and obligation that you absolutely have to get right and live up to. And if anything happens that makes you think you are failing, it's very hard for you.

And yes, those moon signs (Scorpio and Pisces) require a very specific style of nurturing. The Scorpio Moon NEEDS a truthful explanation for the emotional atmosphere, even if the emotions are very hard and heavy. Scorpio Moon also needs time to feel comfortable with new people/places and may act shy. Scorpio Moon also needs to know that they are safe to express their deepest, most intense emotions in a big, intense way. Scorpio Moon needs to be LOVED for their intensity and depth-resonance, not feared for it.

In just one session with Celestyna, I had multiple breakthroughs.

I had some breakthroughs around job underperformance, and how I approach conflict in my job and hold people accountable.

We had breakthroughs around me personally on how ineffectively I have been holding boundaries, and a breakthrough around standing in my power to hold those boundaries, and let other people own their own accountability.

I think Celestyna is an incredibly apt, talented, and wise coach.

When I get stressed, I breathe shallowly, but after our conversation, I was actually breathing evenly and correctly - it makes me happy.

Celestyna is really good at breaking down and identifying patterns that other people cannot see because they’re dealing with the toll or they’re focusing on one thing.

Celestyna is really good at lining things up, helping me take a step back, and helping me see the forest for the trees.

I get stuck on things and refuse to take another view, and Celestyna has a natural gift for making intuitive leaps and offering different perspectives.

-Kris H.