For the past six years, I have kept the practice of creating over 300+ daily horoscopes per year and then fundraising for the last 40 days of the year in order to support my work for the year ahead. Each year all of you, my dear readers and viewers, have stepped up and helped me to support the ongoing creation of all of my astrological content.
This year, I am attempting to break last year’s record of 419 backers by the new year, and we have also set a base goal of raising $25,000 to support my work in 2020. Everything we raise beyond this number helps me to earn a living and support my family while also creating high-quality/free astrology content for hundreds of thousands of people each year. Your support has also allowed me to be the only astrology school that offers literally hundreds of need-based scholarships to students of astrology from all over the world.
I can’t do this work without you, and so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support!
So, why read, watch, or listen to my daily horoscopes?
Because for thousands of years astrologers have been helping people chart the daily fluctuations of the material world. Because for thousands of years astrology has been a source of spiritual guidance in the midst of life’s ups and downs. Because astrology is a symbolic and imaginative language that reminds us that we are more than our bodies and that we live in a meaningful cosmos. Because we are each spirit/souls, connected to the same divine mystery. Because astrology is fun and endlessly interesting! Because astrology is an alternative to the same old news cycles we see when we turn on the TV. Because astrology helps you relate to yourself in terms of timeless images and symbols, myths and metaphors. Because astrology is downright magical in terms of what it can predict and describe. Because astrology helps you work through the recurring patterns by helping you to understand them and to gain some healthy distance from them!
Each of my daily astrology blogs also comes straight from the inspired space of my daily spiritual practices. Before I create anything I have created on any given day, you can know with full certainty that I have done the following:
* Risen early and practiced Yoga
* Engaged in 90 minutes of mantra meditation
* Chanted a full chapter of the Bhagavad Gita and studied other Sacred Yogic Scriptures
* Spent at least 30 minutes studying an ancient astrology source text
* Spent time in prayer, asking for guidance and reflecting on what I will share with each of you that day
* Spent time writing down the main points/ideas I will write about or discuss in a video blog
* Thoughtfully considered the responses and feedback I am currently receiving from all of you
This entire process usually takes me 3-5 hours per day, and I do it year-round (mostly with a smile on my face!). And then, questions come pouring in every day from viewers and readers. I respond to every single person who contacts me, as soon as I can, and this also takes up a good amount of my time.
I do this work because I believe that spiritual growth doesn’t come without commitment and consistency over a long period of time, and I do this work so that whoever tunes into my astrological content knows that there is spiritual integrity behind what they are taking in.
I don’t share any of this to boast but rather so that those who are supporting my work know who I am and where I’m coming from. I want you to know that I’m serious about what I do and that I come from a place of love and devotion and will continue to do so in the year ahead to the best of my ability if you support me.
Whatever your own beliefs or practices might be, I can promise you that if you support my work, I will continue to keep up my daily practices, and I will continue to be a trusted and friendly source of astrological insight for 2020. I will continue to share this heavenly wisdom and inspiration from my heart, as a servant, so that others may find some glimmers of hope, faith, and goodness, coming straight from the stars!
Thank you so much for your support. Let’s get to 420 backers this year!
2020 Stretch Goals:
* Hire regular help for the production of my content on social media
* Hire a part-time accountant and book-keeper
* Expand our Community Herbal Medicine Garden (which we use to make free herbal medicine)
* Support my travel to professional astrology conferences, which do not pay well enough to cover the costs related to traveling
* Support the update of our technology so that I can continue to improve the quality of my content
* Support the development of a Planets and Plants (Astrology & Herbalism) training program
* Continue pursuing my own private astrology studies
* Continue to support our need-based scholarships
The biggest risk I face is in producing content for a full year that may or may not be supported by my audience. It is a risk I take each year and so far it has been well worth it as my readers and viewers have always stepped up and supported me with a ton of enthusiasm!