Hello. I’m glad you’re here.

In addition to my deep love for astrology in its many forms, ancient and modern, I am an associate therapist, artist (primarily oil painter), longtime grief-tending listener in a state women’s prison, and founder of Inanna Institute. I enjoy teaching astrology and utilize it alongside other therapeutic methods with clients. I hold a Master of Arts in addiction studies and systemic/relational therapies, and I’ve been exploring the intersection of arts, spirituality, social justice, and meaning-making with clients, students, and incarcerated women for 20 years.

My approach to astrology and work with clients is integrative, person-centered, experiential, experimental, and collaborative. My aim is to weave personally meaningful symbolism with ancient metaphor, images, and embodied awareness in an ecosystemic / holistic approach.

I was born in the 1970s on unceded ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish people. And my deep interest in astrology emerged over 40 years ago. Born into the era of punk rock, I abide by its ethos: non-conformity- anti status quo; anti authoritarianism- against injurious authority and institutions; anti consumerism- against corporate greed and values of mass culture; DIY- create your own; and, direct action- taking action to disrupt harmful cultural norms and build an alternative future.

I first encountered astrology as a child through some of my mom’s books. As a kid, I would spend considerable time in the public library sifting through esoteric books. I felt a magnetic pull to their mysteries. When I think back, I imagine the young me sought solace and meaning. And I needed guides. We all do.

I received my first astrology reading as a teenager. It was handwritten on lined paper. A decade later I decided to study astrology in earnest, so found teachers and mentors to guide me. I have devoted decades of study to this divine science and philosophical art. I’ve studied its various histories and tested an abundance of its ancient techniques, methods, and modern innovations.

I approach this language of light and time (telos and kairos) with reverence and awe, as well as healthy skepticism. I bring curiosity and sensitivity to my client work and always aim to clearly see and hear the person in front of me.

Astrology offers us a profound framework. Its wisdom and guidance is unsurpassable to support clients, especially when paired with context —a person’s background, social location, and personal intentions. It is wildly affirming, validating, and eerie in its exquisite reflective power. It allows us to glimpse the whole picture (gestalt) while simultaneously focusing in on its various parts. We see a quality of time and an arc of purpose. It can greatly enhance our contemplation of life calling, destiny, dharma, mystery, philosophy, fates, and core values. Through its lens, we see paths and history, strengths and opportunities. The symbols speak.

As a witness to people navigating profound grief, loss, and return, I see astrology as a beautiful method to explore, expand, and be with spirit / psychē / soul / self / life / nature / meaning.

I offer astrology-integrated therapy sessions in WA, and astrological consultation and mentoring worldwide. I sometimes teach on antiscia.

I’ve had the incredible honor to speak at a few astrology conferences in the United States and abroad, including United Astrology Conference (UAC) in New Orleans in 2012, Astrology Restored in Cape Town, South Africa in 2016, and NORWAC in Seattle, WA.

From 2009 to 2012, I served as co/vice president of the Washington State Astrological Association. WSAA is located in Seattle. It is among the oldest independent astrology organizations in the US.

As a student, both undergraduate and graduate, my focus synthesized depth, transpersonal, and existential psychologies with expressive arts, narrative, and mindfulness-based methods. I’ve been exploring trauma and recovery, addiction, dreams, symbols, the arts, Jungian and post-Jungian ideas, and somatic and movement-based inquiries, including Authentic Movement, for most of my life.

As a visual artist I exhibit work in and around Seattle. I am a process-driven expressionistic oil painter. I sometimes work in other mediums like encaustics (beeswax), clay, or metal (sculpture and jewelry-making).

For thirty years I’ve worked and volunteered in social service realms related to mental health and wellbeing, physical and recreational health, rehabilitation, end-of-life, and hospice (Providence and Bailey-Boushay House). I am a certified end-of-life doula.

Since 2007, I’ve been providing one-to-one confidential listening support to incarcerated women in state prison. This work began with the organization Shanti.* I founded INANNA INSTITUTE in 2025, with an incredible, committed board to expand the work of reintegrating women back into our communities post-incarceration. Other projects have included Good Grief and Painting Inside Out. If you want to collaborate, volunteer with us, or would like to invest in expanding these works, please be in touch!

*Shanti began in the early 1980s to support people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. In the 1990s, Shanti expanded into WA state prisons and jails to provide nonjudgmental, confidential support. Shanti dissolved in 2013, yet a handful of volunteers carried on. We are its rebirth and new vision. Our aim is to recruit new volunteers for INANNA to support and care for our most vulnerable members in society — those facing much stigmatization and isolation. Join us if this speaks to you too.