How to Use Your Astrological Chart for Self-Care & Aligned Business with Ashley Sondergaard

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Ashley Sondergaard explains how your astrological birth chart can guide self-care and business decisions for yoga teachers.

Amanda Kingsmith introduces the episode by welcoming Ashley Sondergaard, a self-care coach, yoga teacher, and astrologer. Ashley shares her journey into yoga, starting with a Britney Spears-themed sculpt class and evolving into teaching full-time. She discusses pivoting her business from wedding yoga to online cosmic self-care during COVID. Ashley explains the basics of astrology, focusing on the birth chart as a static snapshot of the sky at birth. She breaks down key placements: the sun for energy, the moon for subconscious needs, and Mars for motivation. Amanda and Ashley exchange their own placements, with Amanda having an Aquarius sun and Gemini moon. Ashley recommends Chani Nicholas's website for pulling birth charts. The conversation shifts to business applications, with Ashley highlighting Mercury for communication style and the North Node for life purpose. She emphasizes how understanding these can provide permission to align business choices with personal strengths. Ashley explains how current astrological events, like full moons, can be personalized by matching them to houses in one's chart. Amanda shares her experience using a moon journal and setting a budget during Taurus season. Ashley mentions that a child's moon sign indicates how they view their parent. She concludes with a business tip on collaboration over competition. Ashley promotes her podcast, Yoga Magic, and offers birth chart readings and a free cosmic self-care mini-course.

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A beginner-friendly guide to using a full birth chart for self-care, money, and action.

Astrology is treated here as a practical starting point, with Ashley Sondergaard tying self-care and self-discovery to the more personal detail of a full birth chart.

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Want a gentler way to think about self-care, astrology, and what your chart might be pointing toward? Start with your birth chart.

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