36. Personal Gnosis with the Planets: A Conversation with My Teacher Adam Sommer of Holes to Heavens

In this special episode, I share an interview with my astrology teacher Adam Sommer. 

Adam has been working in the realm of astrology for 13 years now. That's a long time! He is a trove of information and leaps between concepts and modalities with ease. Adam is a Virgo Rising with a Gemini Sun and Scorpio Moon. His mind is quick, sharp, and agile. He is a wordsmith, a trickster, and a storyteller. And he intuits deeply and bravely into the hidden and mysterious. 

Before our conversation begins, I share some thoughts on teachers, teaching, learning, and influencing here in this Hierophant year (I define that in the episode) as a bridge to my talk with Adam.  

In our conversation, we cover the following: 

• How I came to choose Adam as my teacher (sneak peek: it has to do with Chiron)
• How Adam encouraged me to develop personal intimacy with the planets through personal gnosis, magic, and tracking patterns in my life
• Astrology as soul-making
• Astrology as a journey of trust to find connections between people: friends, students, clients, teachers, and other companions
• Adam’s wild, unexpected journey since Uranus entered his 9th House that he’s called The Wyrd Road
• Refining what you love about astrology over the years
• How to answer the question: “What kind of astrologer are you?”
• Adam’s story of getting claimed by astrology despite early resistance - thank yous to Bob Dylan, Richard Tarnas, and Ari Moshe
• How in 2009 Adam started his podcast Holes to Heavens, previously known as Exploring Astrology
• Why he loves working with the synodic cycles and tracking patterns over the years
• Inviting in magic to work with your astrological practice
• Adam’s affinity with Mercury as the planet to which he feels most naturally connected (Adam is Virgo Rising with a Gemini Sun!)
• The importance of locating stories and rewriting stories with their chart - including recognizing that “we aren’t our stories”
• Living with and appreciating the paradox and mystery in the chart and in astrology genrally
• His love for bringing people together at retreats that weave his diverse, multi-disciplinary (Gemini) interests
• How the Gemini-Sag lunar nodes seem to be teaching Adam now (that’s his 4th & 10th House axis)
• His current project to write the astrology book for The Wooden Book series

If you haven't already, please go find Adam Sommer through his podcast Holes to Heavens, at his website, through his Patreon community, and on writings on Medium.

If you enjoyed our conversation and/or you love this podcast, please rate and/or review it today. Thank you so much! 

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Podcast music by Jonathan Koe. Podcast art by Angela George.