✧ ALTAR OF STARS ✧ with Teagan West

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit altarofstars.substack.comHellooo beloveds! We have an enlivening week ahead of us, culminating with a TAURUS NEW MOON on Saturday, May 16th at 4pm EST. I am looking forward to this exalted lunation, an anchor amidst such churning waters. This New Moon is at 25* of Taurus, the third decan ruled by Saturn and corresponding to the 7 of pentacles. This is that good, slow growth. This is devotion as a duty driven by Love.In this week’s podcast, I offer a reading from a book I’ve been loving by Richard Wagamese, a fellow Anishinaabe ancestor. May it serve as a compass for the level of devotion we are all capable of, when we take what we care about seriously. Patience requires us to make a vow with whatever it is that we care about, that we will not stray when things get hard or our fate grows weary. Patience is evidence of Love in Action, a level of commitment that says I will stay with it, whatever may come. That is what I feel from this Taurus New Moon, on Saturn’s day no less.The Taurus New Moon peaks at 4pm ET on Saturday, May 16th. I would recommend doing a ritual that involves taking a Vow, making a promise to what you care about.As usual, I’ll be sharing a Tarot spread + Ritual for patrons later this week!PS — THANK YOU ALL for supporting the debut of my Youtube channel. I really sincerely appreciate all of the encouragement and excitement. I have officially made last week’s episode OPEN TO ALL on substack, as it holds a lot of good juice about the month of May in all of its glory. If you wanna watch the last 10min of this week’s podcast on Youtube, you can find it on my new channel;SUMMER ANCESTOR CIRCLESAPPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!!! June + July 2026If you’ve been wanting to connect directly with your own Ancestors as Council, come join us! We gather in support of community, and deepen into relationship with our Lineages. We bring healing + tending where it is needed, while also emphasizing reconnection with our ancestors as Kin + Council. Here’s what’s included;* 1:1 private meeting with Teagan to understand your Ancestral landscape + identify which lineage you’re ready to deepen into connection with!* 6 group calls, 2hrs each ~ deepening into the Lineage Healing process alongside community. Guided process + group integration.The group container is a much more financially supportive option for the long-term commitment to this work, and has the benefit of learning from one another’s Ancestral histories as a way of weaving the larger web of relations!+ SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! +For those of you interested in participating in a Live Ancestral Ritual together, we have just planned a 3-Day Intensive for Samhain weekend in Rochester NY!Spaces will fill fast, so I recommend registering as soon as possible. You can find the full details on my website below! Oct 30th - Nov 1st, 2026 in ROC NY!

Beloveds! Hello! I wanted to offer a bit of a high-level look at the month ahead, as so much is constantly shapeshifting as we speak. This week’s reading is part divination / ancestral messages, part astrology (at the end).One hot take that came through this one from my people:* every revolution throughout history has been unique. This One we’re currently navigating involves the recovery of our relations to the spirit world, as a part of our ‘army’ as it were. * Much of the harm that colonization has caused, that has contributed to the intensity of past revolutionary moments, is due to severe rupture between the humans + land spirits / bigger powers. To recover this relationship is to begin repairing the hundreds of years of rupture that colonization has caused.More in the reading of course. And, big news!I have finally started a Youtube channel!So you can watch me yap on screen, if you so desire. My ancestors encouraged it, so we’ll see how it goes. I likely will do one video a month, and our usual weekly podcast here on Substack.The episode this week is paywalled to encourage folx to check out the Youtube version. PLEASE follow/leave a comment/like the video if you care to support over there, it’s really appreciated ! + SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! +For those of you interested in participating in a Live Ancestral Ritual together, we have just planned a 3-Day Intensive for Samhain weekend in Rochester NY!Spaces will fill fast, so I recommend registering as soon as possible. You can find the full details on my website below! Oct 30th - Nov 1st, 2026 in ROC NY!SUMMER ANCESTOR CIRCLESAPPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!!! June + July 2026If you’ve been wanting to connect directly with your own Ancestors as Council, come join us! We gather in support of community, and deepen into relationship with our Lineages. We bring healing + tending where it is needed, while also emphasizing reconnection with our ancestors as Kin + Council. Here’s what’s included;* 1:1 private meeting with Teagan to understand your Ancestral landscape + identify which lineage you’re ready to deepen into connection with!* 6 group calls, 2hrs each ~ deepening into the Lineage Healing process alongside community. Guided process + group integration.The group container is a much more financially supportive option for the long-term commitment to this work, and has the benefit of learning from one another’s Ancestral histories as a way of weaving the larger web of relations! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit altarofstars.substack.com/subscribe