On Navigating Through the Astrology of These Times (In-Person)
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On Navigating Through the Astrology of These Times (In-Person)

An Evening With Jessica Lanyadoo and Sonya Shah

Join Humanistic Astrologer, psychic medium, and author Jessica Lanyadoo for an illuminating conversation with CIIS Associate Professor Sonya Shah on the astrology of these challenging times. Jessica discusses what’s happening in the stars right now along with guidance for supporting your spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being.

Known for her down to earth style and her popular podcast, Ghost of a Podcast, where she discusses weekly horoscopes and mystical advice for living your best life, Jessica has spent decades helping people cultivate emotional intelligence and navigate life with clarity. In her podcast, books, and weekly horoscopes Jessica offers invaluable astrological and mystical insights from personal, social, and political perspectives. 

In challenging times, it can be important to access a multitude of healing pathways, and we can use astrology as a supportive tool to understand both the current moment and access our personal and collective agency. 
 

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Jessica Lanyadoo color portrait. Jessica is wearing round light-colored glasses, a peach orange button-down, and has brown hair that is short in front and longer in the back, long, dangling earrings, and is smiling.

Jessica Lanyadoo is a Humanistic Astrologer, psychic medium, and animal communicator with three decades of professional experience. Since starting her practice in 1994, she has gained a global clientele, offering one-on-one consultations, teaching astrology, and facilitating mediumship events. Known for her down-to-earth approach, she uses her expertise to help clients cultivate emotional intelligence and navigate life with clarity. 

Jessica is the author of Meditations for Your Sign (out in 2025) and Astrology For Real Relationships. (2020). Jessica just released her first mediation book on Audible, Meditation for Mercury Retrograde, which hit #1 on the platform in its first month of release. She hosts the popular twice-weekly show, Ghost of a Podcast. Jessica has been featured in CNN, The Today Show, Rolling Stone, Vogue Italia, Time Magazine, Oprah Magazine, and more. Additionally, she was named the best psychic in San Francisco by both SF Weekly and Refinery29. She can also be found all over the internet and at her website.
  

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Sonya Shah CIIS Faculty

Sonya Shah initiated the Ahimsa Collective in 2016. She is also an associate professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. Central to her core values are nurturing community belonging and collective care, healing, compassion, love, and transforming harm. She is a first-generation immigrant from the Northwestern part of India and feels most at home in nature. She has two amazing children who remind her what it means to be in love all of the time and currently resides in Northern California.

 



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