Jess Abbott, Dip. MISPA
╱ Student + practitioner of
psychological astrology c. 2014 ╱
✑ Certified by the Centre for Psychological Astrology
✑ Diploma in Psychological Astrology from the Mercury Internet School of Psychological Astrology [MISPA]
✑ The Astrology School’s Professional Astrologer Course with Chris Brennan
✑ Astrology University’s Counseling Skills for Astrologers Course with Mark Jones
✑ Astrology University’s The History of Astrology Course with Demetra George
✑ Mentorship from Lori Barnes through the Association for Astrological Networking [AFAN] Mentoring Program with Alicia Yusuf + Christelle Alaby
✑ Public reading for Harmony Woods album ‘Graceful Rage’
✑ Former contributor at Hooligan Mag
✑ Host of Inkblot Astrology podcast
A bit about me
For much of my early life my beliefs were rooted in reason, science, rationality — things that are “provable”. It wasn’t until a very startling and mysterious personal experience in my early 20’s that I began to loosen that mindset and open myself up to the idea that it’s perhaps impossible to truly know what is real and what is not. We can make some pretty good guesses about many things, but there is one subject in particular that contains no exact answer: meaning.
It was through discovering astrology, and personal therapeutic work, that I was able to begin my own search for meaning in earnest. After years of study I still can’t say for sure whether or not I ‘believe’ the planets are physically or psychologically impacting humans, and I’ll likely never have a set answer for myself. But allowing for infinite possibilities without judgment or presumption is where my mind and creativity run most free. Astrology is my weapon of choice when it comes to connecting others with their own personal sense of meaning.
I use traditional rulership, the Campanus house system, and a blend of both psychological + traditional astrology. I find that psychological astrology accounts for the therapeutic side of our search for meaning, and traditional astrology accounts for how we might experience the world in a more literal way.
Prior to offering astrology consultations, I grew up in Sacramento, California + Kittery, Maine, reading avidly and playing guitar in my bedroom. I spent my first decade of adulthood in the music industry songwriting, recording, and performing on tour. In that time I also lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota + the Bay Area in California. Eventually I moved to Los Angeles, California to work in music management. From there, I moved back to the Maine coast, giving astrology consultations, writing music, and designing websites. My free time is spent with family + friends, or chiseling my way through a never-ending reading list of philosophy books. After all, I am a Gemini Sun + Sagittarius Rising.