Meet: Amy Angelo
SF-Based Astrologer
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Join us as we chat with Amy about her journey from curious student to professional astrologer, the ancient roots of her practice, and how astrology can offer grounded guidance for self knowledge, personal growth, and navigating life’s many seasons.
Before we start, for those who don’t know you, can you share with us what you do and where you’re based?
After 10 years in NYC, I’ve recently relocated to San Francisco, CA. I work as an astrologer, educator, and corporate consultant, so there’s a lot of versatility in my work life. I am always trying to be the person my younger self needed and who she would be proud of. Any work I do in the world is in service to her <3
I'd love to start at the beginning. Where were you in your life when astrology shifted from something interesting to something you knew you wanted to dedicate yourself to?
Being an astrologer is a calling and I listened. Astrology found me as much as I found it. As a kid, I read my horoscope in the newspaper, and intuitively knew there was so much more, and I wanted to find it. In college, I started reading astrology books, but quickly realized that I needed to find a teacher, which is important in one’s journey into and through wisdom traditions like astrology. So, I moved to NYC and joined my first classes and the rest is history!
You teach ancient Hellenistic astrology, which isn't necessarily where most people enter the astrology world today. What drew you toward those older traditions instead of the more modern psychological approach?
That’s true, and a great question. Back in NYC, the classes that I was engaged in all leaned towards a more modern psychologically oriented astrology. I had some great teachers, but I found that I was not understanding the root and origins of astrology theory, which is essential for me. I am an academic in that way, so I was struggling to get a grasp or handle on the material from the source. When I asked questions, the answer behind the answer was to just “believe” and that didn’t work for me. Then, I found a scholar and teacher whose work I admired. Her name is Demetra George and she is an elder in the astrology community, and basically a celebrity in the astrology world. Long story short, in 2019 I joined a tour that Demetra led abroad in Greece studying ancient Greek mystery religions, and this experience changed my life. When I returned from that trip, my mentor, Alecs, encouraged me to join Demetra’s 4-year Hellenistic Astrology Diploma program. I started in 2019 and graduated in 2023, which gave me direct access and exposure to one of the most brilliant astrological minds of our time with an incredibly rigorous curriculum to graduate. Based on my work with Demetra, let’s say, I learned a lot about Hellenistic astrology and Sharon Tate’s life. But really, that was just the beginning!
Your path has taken you from being a curious student to earning an M.A. and teaching at Kepler College. Can you chat about what that journey looked like?
My astrological studies took place between 2017 - 2023 and set the foundation for me to teach a course at Kepler College called An Introduction to Natal Hellenistic Astrology. The student-teacher lineage is important in the astrological tradition, so to move from student to teacher feels like an incredible accomplishment that I am deeply proud of.
Being an astrologer isn’t only teaching, though. In fact, I took my first astrology consultations for my private practice around 2020 during the pandemic when everyone's lives were totally transformed and astrology was in more popular demand than ever. I quickly realized that I knew astrology well, but not necessarily how to hold clients with the psychological sensitivity I knew they deserved. I continued to grow my practice, and this year I am reaching 6 consecutive years working with the same clients, which feels incredible!
However, the deeper I got into my practice the more I recognized that I needed to develop psychologically. I found a program at Teachers College, Columbia University that was perfect for my focus and interest: a Clinical Psychology Masters with a focus on the science of spirituality. I learned from some of the best instructors in the world, grew my network, did the most intensive psychotherapy I’ve ever done. This program was personally transformative for me, and that transformation is infused with my work. This program positioned me to accomplish more than I could have ever dreamed, including planning and co-leading an astrologer’s pilgrimage to Egypt this winter. Demetra was one of the participants in attendance and it was a very special full circle moment.
For someone who's never had a birth chart reading, what is a birth chart actually helping us understand about ourselves?
Your birth chart captures a snapshot of the energetics of the sky at the moment you were born. It offers insight into who you are and what you are here to do, develop, and embody throughout the course of your life. It reveals your innate gifts as well as the challenges that shape you, giving you an opportunity to see them more clearly, work with them consciously, and grow with intention. Your birth chart is the map for deeper self knowledge of divine origins. As an astrologer, I’m here to be your guide to help you understand the terrain, recognize the patterns, and navigate your path with greater awareness and intention.
I love the way you've described a birth chart as "a living seed." Can you unpack that idea a bit? What does it mean for a chart to evolve alongside us throughout our lives?
There are a few ways to look at this. First and foremost, your chart isn’t active all at once, all of the time. As you move through life, different parts of your chart come into focus, asking for your conscious care and attention.
It can be incredibly helpful to know which areas of your life, and which parts of your chart, are calling for tending right now. Like seeds, we each have different cycles, phases, and patterns of growth. Not everything is meant to bloom at once, and growth requires patience, timing, luck, and skill. As your astrologer, I’m here to help you recognize the season of life you’re in and understand what it’s asking of you. Is this a time to plant? To grow? To harvest? To rest and compost what has run its course?
Your chart can help you understand and work with the season that you’re in, so you can find your natural rhythms instead of working against them. With conscious awareness, you can cultivate conditions that allow you to grow into your fullest potential with empathy and compassion.
One thing I appreciate about your work is that it feels so grounded. How do you help people understand the difference between using astrology for insight versus expecting it to predict every outcome?
Great question! I start every class I teach by asking my students, “Why do you study astrology?” Finding your personal why is important because it not only shapes the kind of astrology you study and ultimately practice, engage with, and participate in, but it can also reveal whether you have a healthy relationship with astrology.
There’s a difference between concrete prediction and archetypal prediction. It takes psychological sensitivity and experience to know how to walk the line between the two and to weave them together thoughtfully, offering a nuanced perspective of the circumstances reflected in a birth chart.
There’s also a difference between being astrology-obsessed, consciously working with your birth chart to better understand and navigate the challenges you’re moving through, and living with an unchecked anxiety disorder that needs treatment. Astrology can be a meaningful tool for reflection and self-awareness, but it shouldn’t become a substitute for addressing underlying psychological disturbances.
If you’re looking for astrology to predict every outcome with 100% accuracy you’re coming at it with a western scientific reductionist perspective and it will never fit into that paradigm: that way of looking is too rigid, not ensouled, or alive for astrology be all that it is.
Are there certain placements or transits that people tend to fear or misunderstand? What's the conversation you find yourself having over and over again?
Yes! Outer-planet transits: Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus, as well as Saturn, often coincide with periods of destabilization, particularly when they are making significant contact with personal planets such as the Sun or Moon, the chart ruler, or the annual profected time lord (which is basically the planet activated in a certain year that shapes the focus of a year).
The Saturn return is another major one. It’s a period when the structures of your life are being asked to solidify into new foundations, but that process often requires a significant amount of reckoning first. What no longer has stability tends to become impossible to ignore, creating a period of restructuring that ultimately leads to greater maturity and wisdom.
If someone wanted to start incorporating astrology into their life in a practical way, what's something they could do on an ordinary Tuesday, not during a crisis or a huge life decision?
Follow the cycles of the Moon! The Moon is the fastest-moving planet and is closely connected with the earth and therefore our bodies and emotions, so it’s a great way to begin experiencing astrology in real time. Pay attention to how it feels as the Moon moves through each sign and house of your birth chart. Notice what themes, emotions, and experiences arise in each area of life. When the Moon is waxing and growing in light, it’s a supportive time to be productive, active, initiate, and grow. When the Moon is waning and decreasing in light, it’s a time to slow down, integrate, rest, and enjoy the fruits of your labor. This will give you a practical and embodied experience of astrology instead of relying on it to be an intellectual pursuit.
We’ve all watched astrology evolve from newspaper/magazine horoscopes to social media and TikTok. What's been the biggest shift you've personally witnessed?
It’s so cool to see astrology becoming more accessible and widely popular, with more people developing genuine interest and knowledge in the subject. I hope to continue being a resource for helping people to cultivate their astrological knowledge with discernment and curiosity, while keeping the focus on an approach that is grounding, meaningful, and ultimately soul-stabilizing.
A big shift is that a lot of the astrology content you encounter on social media is created by astrology enthusiasts rather than professional astrologers, and there can be a significant difference in the quality and depth of those resources. In today’s influencer economy, content creators are incentivized to produce material that gets attention and engagement. Fear-based astrology can be particularly effective at doing that because it provokes an immediate emotional response. Content that’s effective at getting clicks, views, or comments doesn’t necessarily make it accurate or responsible. For consumers who have not been formally educated, it can be very difficult to discern the difference.
You've also brought astrology into corporate spaces, which isn't where most people expect to encounter it. Has that changed the way you explain astrology, or are people ultimately asking the same questions no matter the setting?
This is some of my favorite work. Remember how I said I try to make the younger version of myself proud? Well, that applies with this work, especially! I used to work at a tech startup, and I found it surprisingly difficult to get to know my peers on a personal level in a remote work environment. I often wished I knew more about their birth charts to better understand them, celebrate their strengths, and learn how to be a more considerate and supportive coworker.Now, I work with HR teams and managers from the likes of some very well-known companies, like Meta and Figma, to bring astrology-based workshops and programming into the workplace, with the intention of fostering self-awareness and team-building. This work creates opportunities for people to see each other more clearly, understand each other more fully, and work together more effectively. When individuals feel seen on a personal level, understood by their peers, and genuinely appreciated for their strengths, it can create deeper connection, greater cohesion, and more meaningful opportunities for growth within a team.
Looking ahead, where do you see astrology going? Do you think it continues growing within wellness culture, expands into workplaces and education, or evolves somewhere entirely different?
Astrology has always moved through periods of popularity and obscurity, and I feel lucky to be living in a moment when the tides are once again in its favor. I hope that interest continues to grow in ways that are thoughtful, responsible, and ethical.
I would love to see more leaders engage with astrology as a tool for self-reflection, to better understand themselves, their motivations, and the impact they have on the people and environments around them. I’d love to see therapists and psychologists working with astrologers to bring the soul, or psyche, back into psychology. One day I’d love to teach the History of Astrology at an accredited university. That would be a dream!
Finally, for someone who's skeptical but genuinely curious, what's the first step you'd encourage them to take?
Get your birth chart read by a competent professional astrologer that you feel called to work with!
Before we let you *almost* go, where can we find more of you?!
Check out my website amy-angelo.com to book a consultation and join my community. I post courses and workshops I am teaching on Instagram @Amyangeloastro and @asteroidoracles, a new brand I’m developing around my asteroid body of work. Check out my substack for articles.
Let’s Get Deep
What’s your theme song? (A song that you can’t stop listening to that totally describes the current time of your life?)
Vintage European tracks, experiential, upbeat, a little offbeat, and existential
Night In or Night Out?
Night in studying the stars, Night out communing with them
When do you feel most you?
When I am traveling the world, exploring sacred sites, teaching astrology and mythology, in the consulting office, and hanging out with my husband and 2 cats.
What’s something you’re obsessed with right now?
I’m especially obsessed with the Goddesses and the wisdom of the divine feminine. I’m soooo excited about an Asteroid Oracle Goddess Deck I am currently working on!
I didn’t even get into this part of my practice, but I’m an asteroid specialist, which means a part of my practice is dedicated to weaving asteroid mythologies into chart interpretation. These mythologies can open up such fascinating layers of a chart, and help you discover your personal myth, brand, archetype, or even the name for something you’re creating. You can read an article I wrote about asteroids and our origins here.
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Call or Text?
Voice Note (so text I guess?)
When was the last time you cried?
My moon is in Capricorn, it takes a lot for that to happen. But I’ll admit it… the day before our wedding when my partner and I read our personal vows to each other on a hike overlooking our wedding venue from the top of the mountain.
When’s the last time you laughed (like a big belly laugh)?
Anytime, anyone, anywhere recites any line from the Righteous Gemstones
Current favorite follow on social media?
I am a podcast girlie. I listen to the Journal every day. This American Life and Radio Lab on repeat. I studied journalism in college. I am a sucker for high quality, good story telling.
Lastly, what’s one thing you would tell your 16-year-old self?
One day you will be my greatest source of inspiration. I am proud of you.
Find More of Amy here:
Playlist: Here
Instagram: @Amyangeloastro | @asteroidoracles
TikTok: @asteroidoracles
Substack: @amy-angelo
Website: Amy-angelo.com
