As Above, So Below

There is a universal, Hermetic law that says, "As above, so below; as within, so without." In the legal system in the U.S., we say, “nobody is above the law, nobody is below the law.”

The universal law is referred to as “correspondence,” and the legal system principle is referred to as “rule of law.”

I’m going to use these posts for musings on the universal and mundane (or Earthly) principles we live by.

Astrology is the study of the correlation between celestial and terrestrial events, with the premise that there is a relationship between what happens above and what happens below.

Law is the study of human social agreements.

My background:

I have casually studied astrology since the year 2000, and more recently have seriously studied it under Chris Brennan and the Astrology School with a focus on Hellenistic astrology and traditional astrological principles.

I became a lawyer in 2012, and I have been a civil rights lawyer since 2014, mostly helping people transform toxic workplace experiences into safety and support.

I was raised in primarily Abrahamic religious cults, spent time studying Buddhism and Kabbalah, am a Level 3 Reiki healer, and more recently have been learning about witchcraft. I am a first degree Cabot Kent Witch (taking my second degree in December!). I have also studied human design and am a certified Kolbe consultant and life coach. I am less versed in Islam and Hinduism, though I have read the Bhagavad Ghita and been to temple. I love it when the Mormon missionaries come by to convert me and we often have interesting conversations about faith and superstition. I’m a learner!

One of my central practices is a thought management technique I developed called the IMPACT Model, and I might talk about that here as well.

Why Lawstrology?

I have seen how severely the legal system in the U.S. fails people from many angles, and I have also seen how most people have very wrong ideas about what the legal system does.

I strongly believe that in order to heal cultural divides and broken systems, including the legal system in the U.S., we can take wisdom from ancient traditions, while being open to expanding into new concepts for how we think about the structures that facilitate our relationships with each other.

I have found that understanding universal and social principles helps each of us to work toward growth, rather than decay, and I hope that for everyone who reads these posts.

The more we understand the principles around us, the more we can be intentional in how we interact with them.

So mote it be!