Elly Higgins

Workshop Details:

Venus, the planet of relationships and values, will be retrograde from March 1 to April 12. This is a time to review what we hold dear. How do you defend what you love? How do you live out your values? Together we’ll dive deep into Venus’s cycle and track how this time will unfold in your chart. As a group we’ll build communal practices of support by calling on queer ancestors, Venusian plant guardians, and embodiment practices to deepen our understanding and fortify our hearts. Beginners welcome!

Throughout the course of this workshop series, we will build our collective understanding of the current Venus retrograde cycle by examining how it is showing up in your personal chart, collective themes from queer history, lessons from our bodies and intuitive knowing, and from our more than human kin. 

You can register for all three workshops now or one at a time. We encourage participation in all three as we are building a container for collective research and deeper meaning that each participant will influence. However, if you are unable to attend all three, we welcome individual workshop attendance. Space is limited so please register ASAP. 

Finding ourselves in the story :: What is Venus Retrograde :: Cycles, Themes, and Charts

• When: Wednesday March 5, 7 – 9:30 PM
• In our first gathering we will meet Venus. We will learn what the planet signifies in astrology, the cycle of Venus around the sun and where we find ourselves in that cycle today. We’ll find Venus in your individual chart and discuss what themes you can anticipate playing out over the next 40 days as Venus retrogrades through Aries and Pisces. 

All our relatives :: Venus Retrograde Support from Queer Ancestors and Rose Family Plants

• When: Wednesday March 26, 7 – 9:30 PM
• Venus retrograde is a cycle that repeats. We will look back at what was happening to our queer ancestors in previous iterations of this retrograde cycle for strength and inspiration. Then we will learn about the Rose family’s association with Venus and look to them for nourishment. (aka drink tea)!

Weaving us together :: Venus Retrograde Support through Chart Synthesis and Embodiment Practices

• When: Wednesday April 23, 7 – 9:30 PM
• Our final gathering will take place shortly after Venus has stationed direct. Together we will synthesize the lessons we have learned during Venus’s time in the underworld, both collectively and in our individual charts and learn some embodiment practices (some gentle movement and self massage) to take with us in the coming weeks and months. 

Your Facilitators:

Elly Higgins is a consulting astrologer, licensed massage therapist, astrological researcher, and host of the podcast, Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast.  He is interested in the archives, third spaces, queer temporalities, mixed-media and hybrid art, embodiment, interdependence, and community. His astrological lineage is primarily Hellenistic and he is guided by queer ancestors and their liberation struggles. He is a Libra Rising with Venus in Pisces.

ced clearwater plays in the ecosystems of plants, planets and the human form. they are an herbalist, bodyworker and astrologer who finds vitality in building worlds of belonging, joy and transformation. ced’s astrological home is with the folks of embodied astrology where they are always deepening their relationships with planetary energies through their bodily knowing. with a taurus rising and a venus in scorpio ced is devoted to sharing and exalting the many faces of venus. 

Payment Info:

Each workshop in the series is available on a sliding scale $21-49 (or $63-147 for all three). 

[You can use this tool from Alexis J. Cunningfolk to help assess where you fall on the sliding scale.]

Please reach out to (ellyrhiggins@gmail.com) if you would like to attend but are unable to afford. We want you there!! Any questions or concerns can be sent to ellyrhiggins@gmail.com.

We can’t wait to be in community with you!