exploring the dark houses — the 6th house with Michael J Morris
Deep dive into the 6th house! Michael J Morris shares their perspectives on how the poignant questions of the 6th house are relevant to us at all times. We see how the 6th can bring us questions + lenses we can ask our culture that help us move towards greater justice + well-being.
Michael J. Morris is an astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, educator, and witch. They hold a PhD in Dance Studies from The Ohio State University. They are the founder of Co Witchcraft Offerings through which they offer astrology and tarot readings, movement-based rituals, and workshops to support people in cultivating more meaningful living while pursuing personal and collective healing and liberation. Michael is also a teaching assistant with Kelly Surtees’ online astrology course, a contributing writer to the CHANI App, and a contributing artist with Livable Futures.
we discuss
the 6th House as a lens through which we can ask difficult questions about slavery, disability, illness + work
the charts of Ava Duvernay + Frida Kahlo
links
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More about our guest —
Mentioned in the episode —
Saidiya Hartman on the “afterlife of slavery”
“Towards a Black Feminist Poethics” by Denise Ferreira da Silva
We Will Dance With Mountains into the Cracks, Bayo Okomolafe
Kindling, book by Aurora Levins Morales
13th, documentary by Ava Duvernay
Rest is Resistance, book by Tricia Hersey, Rest is Resistance
Burn Out, book by Amelia + Emily Nagoski
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We started this season reflecting on the house of the goddess, and now we end where we began — carrying water medicine and the wisdom of Her with us into the summer sun.