Hi, my name is Karina.

I found Astrology in a very challenging period of my life. Until today it remained the most meaningful tool on my journey to self-acceptance. This is why I committed to bringing the wisdom of Astrology into the world.

For the majority of my life I thought there was something wrong with me, I felt torn apart by paradoxical parts and had a hard time going through emotions. Astrology has helped me to meet all of my parts with compassion. To understand that emotions are sacred data on our evolutionary path that can open gates of transformation. This alchemical process is an intimate journey with ourselves which can guide us from fragmentation to wholeness.

Looking at myself and others through the lens of astrology has also helped me to come to peace with the most difficult and painful relationships that I had from a place of deep understanding rather than resistance and control.

Through different experiences in child- and adulthood life has challenged me and brought me to my knees many times. Luckily, I found my way back up which is why I feel a deep commitment in supporting others going through hard times and transformational processes with the help of the ancient wisdom of Astrology. I want to bring back its therapeutical potential, the respect it deserves as a science and support the evolution of human consciousness with it – both on a personal and collective level.

Through my personal therapeutic path I was able to understand that there’s an innate healing capacity inside each human that can be activated through different tools – Astrology is only one of them. Once we get in touch with this inner wisdom and activate it, the process of meeting our whole self unfolds magically. But not only this, when Astrology is applied in a safe therapeutical container – it can remind us of a higher meaning and our connection to the cosmos. This can bring back the meaning and purpose many of us are seeking.

As much I feel passionate about Astrology I also understand the limitations of it. That’s why I don’t work with future predictions since I feel they are a violation of our free will. I am here to support you reconnecting to your strength and life force in order to make your own decisions rather than letting the planetary constellations take away our control and dictate your future.

I live in Mexico near Tulum and work from here. I give consultations in person and online world wide in German, English and Russian language. If you feel a desire to study Astrology with me, please check out my workshops.

A few words about me and my

work

Astrological &
therapeutic education.

 

First and foremost, I’d like to say that life itself had been the most profound school. It were my personal experiences and transformation of those that have taught me how to see myself with eyes of compassion and create a similar space for others where alchemy can happen. Nevertheless – especially when it comes to holistic sciences – I feel it’s important to validate my work through education and honor my teachers that have brought me onto this path by sharing their knowledge and wisdom with me. A special “Thank you” goes therefor to Giorgia Pecora who ignited the spark of Astrology within me, Elke Buck who has guided me through the guidelines of working as an astrologer and Michael De Baker who passionately taught me about the world of Evolutionary Astrology and the evolution of human consciousness. All of them and many more have supported me on this path tirelessly and with all their hearts which I’ll be always grateful for.

****While my work can feel emotional, reflective, and sometimes deep, I want to be clear:
I’m not a psychotherapist. My background is in astrology and somatic education, not in clinical mental health. The word therapeutic in Therapeutic Astrology reflects the intention behind what I do — to create space for self-awareness, honesty, and inner transformation — not to offer psychological treatment.

  • This training provides the foundation for working with the body from a somatic perspective. Over the course of several modules, the connection between body and mind is explored, learning how to use movement, touch, and awareness to support the nervous system, promote self-regulation, and deepen the sense of embodiment.

    It’s about understanding the body on a deeper level—both anatomically and experientially—and learning how to support others in reconnecting with their own inner wisdom through movement, breath, and presence.

    Modules:

    • Skeletal System

    • Organs

    • Sensations and Perceptions

    • Human Movement Development I, II, III

    • Endocrine System

    • Nervous System

    • Connective Tissue and Ligaments

    • Muscles

    • Fluids and Voice

    • Somatic Vision

  • The Relationship between Source, Soul and Ego

    The Twelve Astrological Archetypes 

    Setting up the Evolutionary Axis

    Skipped Steps and the Uranus Placement as the Model of the Multidimensional Psyche and Trauma Indicator

    Working Therapeutically with the Moon and its Nodes, Evolutionary Axis

    Special Placements

    Determining Planetary Function

    Paradoxical Placements

    Pluto by House & Sign

    Determining Planetary Function, Understanding Aspects Evolutionary, the Evolutionary Potential of Transits & Progressions

  • JUNG’S UNIQUE PSYCHOLOGY with J. Gary Sparks

    DREAMS: WHY DO WE HAVE THEM AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN? with Robert Moradi

    WHY STUDY ARCHETYPES AND COMPLEXES? with Corey Hooper

    THE PSYCHE IN THE WORLD: HOW CULTURAL COMPLEXES CAN TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR SOULS with Thomas Singer

    IN SEARCH OF THE SELF with Stephen Kenneally

    WHAT’S THE REAL STORY? with John Beebe

    WE THINK WITH OUR HEARTS: READING JUNG THROUGH NATIVE EYES & INDIGENOUS IDEAS OF SPIRIT AND TRANSFORMATION with Jeanne A. Lacourt

    JUNG, AA, AND ARCHETYPAL EVIL with David Schoen

    JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY AS A CONTACT SPORT: WRESTLING WITH BIG DREAMS & WRESTLING WITH THE PROBLEM OF EVIL with Michael Gellert

    MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ’A AURORA CONSURGENS with J. Gary Sparks

    • Exploring philosophical and psychological structures of Astro Drama

    • Giving voice to the planets using props like m asks, zodiac wheel, puppets or figures.

    • Embodying the Zodiac based on glyphs, seasonal themes, body parts, and animals of each sign) through movement and gesture.

    • Working with Music / guiding planetary journeys.

    • The effect of location on our personal astrological make-up.

    • view of where the Sun, Moon & planets were rising, setting, culminating (at the MC) and bottoming out (at the IC) at the moment of a person's birth.

    • Principles of relocational astrology.

  • Identifying constellations & fixed stars

    How a birth chart is derived

    Understanding the primary & secondary motion of the sky

    How the 12 houses were originally derived

    The precession of the equinoxes

    The nature of the ecliptic, and its obliquity to the Earth's equator.

    The retrograde motion of planets

    Eclipses & the nodal axis

    The synodic cycles of the planets

    Celestial latitude and declination

  • Elemental Balance in Relationship

    The Houses in Relationship Astrology

    Planets in House Overlays

    Venus & Moon in Relationship Astrology

    Chiron in Synastry

    Saturn in Synastry

    Cross Aspects in Synastry

    Intimacy & Attachment Styles in Astrology

    The Astrology of Sexuality

    Sexuality in Synastry

    Composite Chart

    Cross Aspects with Generational Planets

    Karma in Synastry

    The Moon’s Modes & Aspects

    The Vertex & Anti-Vertex

    The Asteroid Juno

  • Safe In The Body

    Your Relationship To Your Body

    Somatic Empowerment

    The Window Of Tolerance

    The Triune Brain

    Embodied Relational Awareness Practice

    Regulating Hyperarousal

    Regulating Hypoarousal

    Understanding Neuroception

    Symptoms Of Trauma

    Internal & External Somatic Resources

    Instinctual Responses

    Procedural Memory

    Active Defenses

    The Attachment Cycle

    Conscious Relating

    Survival Resources

    Embodying Creative Resources

    Early Attachment & Orienting

    Relational Trigger Spiral

    Somatic Sense of Safety

    Integrating Instincts

  • LEVEL 1

    • Multiple theoretical lenses on multiplicity and innate wisdom

    • Parts and wisdom

    • Differential qualities of inner states

    • Map a system of parts

    • Extend innate wisdom to parts

    • Key IFS concepts: Systems, Polarizations, Unblending, Unburdening.

    LEVEL 2

    • The six practices of Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Somatic Awareness, Conscious Breathing, Radical Resonance, Mindful Movement, Attuned Touch and Embodied Self

    • Awareness of personal somatic parts

    • Experiences of parts and breath

    • Working with clients with medical illness

    • Deepening personal embodiment of innate wisdom.

    LEVEL 3

    • Common intentions of defensive strategies.

    • Working with strong protectors

    • Protectors as allies

    • Personal legacy burdens

    • Protocol for releasing legacy burdens.

    • Process to release a personal legacy burden.

  • Introduction to the Mayan Cosmology

    Connecting to the Pleiades Star System

    Opening and Closing Sacred Space According to the Mayan Tradition

    Introduction to the Mayan Nawals

  • Birth Chart Analysis

    Elements and Qualities

    Psychological Interpretation of a Natal Chart

    Interpretation of Personal Planets, Social Planets and Collective Planets

    Psychological Interpretation of the Aspects in a Horoscope: Conjunction, Opposition, Square, Sextile and Trine

    Retrograde Planets and their Meaning

    Conscious Use of Orbs and their Importance

    Aspect Figures in the Natal Chart: T-Square, Grand Trine, Yod, Grand Square, Grand Cross, Kite, Trapeze, Cradle & Mystic Rectangle

    Constructive Integration of Difficult Aspects in Real Life

    Intercepted Signs in the Natal Chart, Unaspected Planets, Missing aspects, Positions of the Planets in the Houses

    Forecasting Methods

    Astrological Forecasting Methods: Transits, Primary Directions, Secondary Progressions and Solars

    The Saturn Cycle, the Uranus Cycle, the Neptune Cycle and the Pluto Cycle

    The Transit System and its Message in the 12 Astrological Houses

    Experiential Prognostic Astrology: It’s Possibilities, Benefits, Limitations and Dangers

    Detailed Analysis of the Transit Planets: Interpretation of the Personal Planets; Importance of Personal Retrograde Planets in Transit

    Theory and Practice of the Solar, Solar Rhythms and Self-Discovery through the Solar

    Secondary Progressions and their Interpretation in Synastry to the Natal Chart

    Regression and Directness in the Secondary Progressions

    Calculation of Secondary Progressions for a Specific Date

    Synastry

    Systematic Procedure for a Synastry Horoscope: Mental-Spiritual and Erotic-Sexual Matching, Additions, Tolerances, Indifferences, Frictions and Disturbances of Relationship Astrology

    Aspects in the Synastry already present in the Natal Chart and their particular Evaluation; Finding Solutions to Relationship Problems

    Destructive and Constructive Struggles in Relationships from an Astrological Perspective

  • Somatic Psychology and Trauma Recovery for the Individual Body with Dr. Arielle Schwartz

    From the Individual to the Systemic: Sites of Trauma and Healing with Staci K. Haines

    Towards an Alchemical Resilience: Foundations and Inspirations with Nkem Ndefo

    Tending The Collective Body with Sherri Mitchell

    Polyvagal Theory and Pathways to Connection with Deb Dana

    Hakomi - Core Principles with Manuela Mischke-Reeds

    The Evolution of Somatic Psychology: Hydraulic Model vs. Embedded Relational Mindfulness with Kekuni Minton

    Phases of the Mindful Somatic Information Processing Model with Kekuni Minton

    Closing Your Eyes to See: Focusing, Active Imagination, and Inner Dialogue Dr. Albert Wong

    Balancing Individual & Collective Transformation with Fresh “Lev” White & Staci K. Haines

    Trauma & the Internal Body Mind Family with Susan McConnell

    Trauma & Embodied Movement with Manuela Mischke-Reeds & Dr. Scott Lyons

    The Legacy of Early Attachment Relationships: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective with Dr. Pat Ogden

    The Bodily Roots of Developmental Trauma with Ruella Frank

    Ecologies of Trauma & Resilience with Karin Bell

    Treating Shock Trauma and Repeated Complex Trauma: Integrating Somatic Psychology and EMDR Therapy with Dr. Arielle Schwartz

    Structural Embodiment: Somatics for the Collective Body with Farzana Khan

    Healing Trauma with Children with Lisa Dion

  • Saturn: Its Nature & Cycles

    Chiron the Healer

    Lunar Nodes and The Life Mission

    Retrograde Planets

    Sexuality in the Natal Chart

    Rulerships and Dispositors

    Interceptions in the Natal Chart

  • History of Astrology, Elements & Qualities

    The Zodiac

    The Houses

    The Luminaries: The Sun & the Moon

    Personal Planets: Mercury, Venus & Mars

    Social Planets: Jupiter & Saturn

    Generational Planets: Uranus, Neptune & Pluto

    The Aspects

    The Foundation of a Chart Analysis

 
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"Prescriptions assume that something needs to be fixed; transformation brings forth the healing — the coming to integrity, to wholeness — of what is already there.

— Gabor Maté