Hi! My name is Sarah! Welcome to Studio Chariklo,
Intuitive Astrology is at the apex of my work, but I am also a facilitator with the Empowered Heart movement, a Minister of Walking Prayer, and an End-of-Life advocate with Orcas Threshold Collective.
I also pursue writing, illustration and house collections of art and craft in the space itself.
Additionally, I feel passionate about conscious mothering and raising my children in places where they have little stigma and can think freely. We educate our kids in a mixture of un-schooling, often in my studio, and world-schooling, currently in Greece.
It is also an important part of my life to facilitate and participate in dance and community singing.
I found astrology at the age of 15 and observed its place in the world for decades. I dedicated myself to formal astrological study in 2017, and I am indebted to my teachers, their teachers, and the lineage of the stars and planets themselves. Thank you to John McLaughlin, Virginia Rosenberg, Tyler Penor, Kira Sutherland, Sibyl Star, and Linda Moon Zlotnik.
I was born in the southwest of England and grew up in rural Somerset and Dublin, Ireland. I now have a home base on an island in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
STUDY
BA in Art History
MA in ceramic + sculpture restoration
500hr+ yoga teacher training + Ayurvedic Health
Qoya Inspired Movement Leadership Training with Rochelle Schieck
EFT Tapping Practitioner with Kate Winch
Empowered Heart Facilitator Training with Katie Gray
Dreamwork with Toko-pa Turner
Minister of Walking Prayer with the Centre of Sacred Studies
Animist Study with Daniel Foor
End-Of-LIfe Doula Training with Full Circle Living and Dying Collective + Rev. Judy Lay.
INFLUENCES
Born in the autumn / Growing up in a house of spirits in rural England / Fairy hills in Ireland / Writing and Illustrating books as a child / Growing up Catholic and the process of un-doing it / alternative health and herbal knowledge from my mother / The death of my father / Deaths of young friends / first job working in an English cottage garden / Loneliness / Portions of life spent in Italy, France and the USA / Antique hunting with my step father / First job working in the film industry as a make-up artist/ study of religious architecture/ managing an online antique shop / Singing in choirs / Mysterious health issues / Eloping on the Isles of Scilly, UK / The restoration of an old Maine house with my partner and a subsequent magazine feature / Becoming a mother to two exceptional humans / A love of people and their stories / Study of trauma, repair, mediation and conscious loving / Orcas Island Threshold Collective / Conscious parenting and world schooling / Living on an island / The natural world around me and all the beings in the homelands and the lands I reside on.
I am an Intuitive Astrologer. I blend learned knowledge with instinct, astrological observation, astrology theory, subtle intuition, and a clairsentient connection to a non-human world.
My astrological style is a hybrid of modern and Hellenistic astrology combined with influences from somatic movement, trauma-informed language, nature and compassionate counsel.
I value agency. I cannot ‘fix’ you, nor am I here to ‘improve’ you. I don’t consider myself an authority figure with all the answers. You know YOU the best.
What I like to do is centralize your story and imbue it with an astrological lens.
I will offer reflective inquiry based on what I see and feel, and together, we will explore the astrological blueprint you have accepted in this lifetime.
I share a perspective that we are already complete and are growing in a human body to remember our original design, to remember a somatic self-knowing of wholeness within ourselves and our interconnectedness with nature.
As a mother, I know the beauty and complexity of conception, pregnancy, birth, and the nature of human lives surviving and thriving. Therefore, it is a great honour to glimpse a birth chart; it’s the map of a miracle.
Equally, I love to do composite charts with caregiver and child or natal charts for small humans as a way to understand the needs of each individual through the aspects of the Moon.
On the other end of the spectrum, I have witnessed the end of life and the uncontrollable force of change it brings to those left behind. It is a privilege to offer grief counselling for the bereaved from an astrological perspective.
Finally, I love to write about what I observe and feel in life, weaving in astrology to make sense of it all. I hope you enjoy some of my journals.
I look forward to working with you!
HOW I WORK