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<\/span>General Information on Consultations<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-comments” color=”custom” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1527337750817{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;}” custom_color=”#1ebbf0″]
<\/span>Consultations<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-clock-o” color=”white” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1527348060341{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fscheduleappointment%2F|||”][vc_custom_heading text=”Schedule & Making an Appointment” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fscheduleappointment%2F|||”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-eur” color=”white” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1527348451863{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fpricing%2F|||”][vc_custom_heading text=”Pricing” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fpricing%2F|||”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-microphone” color=”white” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1527348535180{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fsession-recording%2F|||”][vc_custom_heading text=”Session Recording” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fsession-recording%2F|||”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-user-times” color=”white” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1527348417732{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 7px !important;}” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fcancellation-policy%2F|||”][vc_custom_heading text=”Cancellation Policy” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmith.ie%2Fcancellation-policy%2F|||”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1523361654611{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 130px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]
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<\/span>GENERAL INFORMATION ON CONSULTATIONS<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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What Chart Can Reveal<\/span><\/div>\n
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What Chart Can Reveal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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A birth chart, called a horoscope, is merely a figurative map of the solar system as seen from a specific place on Earth and at a specific time.<\/p>\n

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From a psychological perspective, a birth chart reveals your perception of your reality, and the patterns and scripts that you encounter at all levels of your life – within any relationship (platonic or sexual); within your experience of work or vocation; within your family (biological and self-created); within your friendships, peerage, community etc. A horoscope does not define what your ideology, career or relationships will be, but what you bring to those personal choices; nor does it reveal whether you are a man or woman; asexual, gay, bi or straight; your genetics or your cultural environment.<\/p>\n

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A birth chart can reveal what you bring to your relationships \u2013 the patterns, scripts and themes concerning union; your perception of your family\/ your vocation\/ your locations\/ your education; the way in which you express yourself in the world; how you are within your soul; the way in which you perceive the world; the values you hold dear; the way in which you assert yourself; your attitudes within platonic or sexual relationships; your ability to gain freedom; to deal with restrictions; to seek to heal; to maintain your autonomy; to escape from this plane of reality; to transform your soul; and to connect with those in your soul group.<\/p>\n

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Your chart can shed light on the timing wherein your soul is ready to address certain scripts; when particular areas of your life will be invoked \u2013 for example, when issues that arise within a relationship; when you are faced with choices concerning having a family\/ relocating\/ change careers or what career best suits your soul\u2019s path; and where your soul can experience the inner workings of very specific themes in your life.<\/p>\n

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Whether you choose to live a fulfilled life or not or whether you live in accord to the energetic pathways grooved into your soul or the level of conscious awareness you currently have is something that arises in an active dialogue that an astrologer has with you.<\/p>\n

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Since your chart does NOT control or define your reality, I believe that it is impossible to truly have a session with an astrologer without a two way interaction between astrologer and client. I believe it is my role to facilitate a deeper understanding of those scripts and patterns with you, as I do not believe that it is possible to truly interpret your chart without your active participation, as your dialogue will help me assess the level that each pattern in your chart is expressing itself through you.<\/p>\n

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In the same way that any decision you make has a number of different levels to them (pragmatic\/ financial\/ ideal\/ emotional\/ spiritual), your psychology emerges at differing levels simultaneously. The beauty of astrology is that it symbolism is polysemic, meaning that there are infinite ways that the same theme speaks through you. What I bring to you is my ability to hear the level to which your chart is currently manifesting and to objectively and sensitively reflect it back to you, whilst at the same time helping you find an increasingly more conscious way of co-creating with your fate, raising your level of awareness and therefore expression of your potentiality, so that you bring into greater clarity the various purposes of your multi-dimensional soul. Yes, there is not just one purpose for your life (there are at least sixteen!!!).<\/p>\n

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So, if you engage an astrologer who will draw up and interpret your chart without your participation, you are engaging in and trusting their psychic abilities and also participating in a belief that you are truly fated and your chart will define your reality, as opposed to you defining your own reality, within the metaphysical framework of your chart.<\/p>\n

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Consultation<\/em><\/strong> astrology, in my experience, does not work without the active participation of the astrologer and the person seeking astrological guidance. Working blindly, without context, can only give you a general outline of the basic patterns of the birth chart and the timing of when those patterns will emerge. The complex nuances of your life, your prior choices and the level to which you are living your life are not factors that any astrologer is privy to from a chart alone.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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Astrology and your life are one and the same and as the ancient saying goes, ‘knowing thyself’ is at the root of freeing yourself from what can feel like fate, after all everything that you perceive within your life is merely an extension of the scripts and patterns that exist within you.\u00a0<\/span>However a birth chart does NOT reveal the context of the patterns in your life, as it is a figurative map of the solar system. <\/span><\/h5>\n
It reveals the scripts and patterns that inform your perception of reality, but a chart cannot reveal your gender, genetics, culture, religion or environmental influences. It can, however, inform you on how you perceive those external conditions. <\/span><\/h5>\n
We can cover so many facets of your life, including the patterns and scripts that either support or hinder your:<\/span><\/h5>\n
\/\/\u00a0Sense of becoming more Whole<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Emotional body and patterns<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Mental body<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Heart Consciousness<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Will and Desire<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Sense of growth and education<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Enemies of your Soul<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Spiritual, or Higher, Self<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Patterning within your relationships<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Sense of career and or vocation<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Patterning around family relationships and\/ or children<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Perception of where in the world specific aspects of your soul can find expression<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Issues concerning property, location, fertility, family, relationships, work etc.<\/strong><\/span>
\n\/\/ Scripts concerning finances<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
My role is simply to interpret the deeper meaning within you that drives and directs the way in which your life is emerging, since\u00a0everything that takes place within your life is an extension of you!\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Depending on the length of session you feel drawn to book with me, we may only be able to focus on a couple of areas of your life, but should you choose a longer session time, we will be able to cover a wider range of issues you are experiencing and we can dive more deeply into the scripts and patterns that lie behind the \u2018events\u2019 in your life.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Please keep in mind that from an astrological perspective, there is never a Black and White answer, because your chart reveals the deeper reasons that motivate and impel your actions and choices. <\/span><\/h5>\n
For example, a common question that people think that there is a simple answer to is that of \u2018compatibility\u2019 with another \u2018sign\u2019. <\/span><\/h5>\n
In short, there is no such thing as compatibility; no such thing as being \u2018better\u2019 with certain \u2018signs\u2019 over another, and therefore there is no good or bad relationship, even if you have had unkind experiences at the hands of another! <\/span><\/h5>\n
What you would explore in a consultation, if the issue of relationship arises, is to better understand what your scripts and patterns are in terms of relating; understand what you therefore bring to a relationship and what another brings to you; understand the timing of what you are moving through and how that is reflected in your life; understand how location\/ space impacts your relationship; and this will help you understand \u2018why\u2019 someone is in your life! <\/span><\/h5>\n
Whether you consider that to be \u2018good\u2019 or \u2018bad\u2019 depends on factors that lie outside of astrology. If you are seeking to cover a specific relationship in a very short session, we may not have time to explore other areas of your life. Therefore what you would like to cover with me will ultimately dictate how much time you need with me.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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For first time appointments, there will be a greater emphasis on looking at the salient scripts and patterns and themes as suggested by the moment in time that you took your first breath. <\/span><\/h5>\n
However, a meaningful conversation about which aspects of your life are being brought to the foreground through now in the time ahead and through space is intrinsic to any consultation.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Subsequent consultations tend to focus on specific questions going deeper into an understanding of the multifaceted perception of various aspects of your life; the nuances of the interpersonal dynamics between you a specific individual or individuals be they friend, family, lover, colleague; and\/or a deep understanding of the agency that location has in your life.<\/span><\/h5>\n
All sessions will focus on an assessment of the quality of time over the coming year to 18 months and will include a discussion on any cyclical patterning as well as a conversation concerning where in the world your psycho-spiritual processing can take place (location).<\/span><\/h5>\n

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It is my recommendation that you book the 90 minute consultation, so we have time to engage with each other in a full and rich manner, <\/span>exploring some of the salient patterns of your life, what is currently moving through your awareness and where in the world you are being attuned to. During this time, we will dive into an analysis of the patterning your soul\u2019s potentiality, though we will predominately focus on those specific aspects of your life that are currently<\/em> being brought into focus.<\/span><\/h5>\n
If you feel drawn to a shorter session, we will be limited by time <\/span>and may not cover as much as you would like. <\/span><\/h5>\n
My shorter session lengths tend to be booked by those who work with me on a frequent basis, and tend to focus on specific issues or questions.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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A week ahead of our time together, I will send you an audio preparation email, asking you to reconfirm, given the wait time from booking to your session. If I do not hear back from you before two days in advance of our session, I will have to assume that something has arisen to prevent you from confirming and will offer on your appointment to someone on my cancellation list.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
This audio email will contain questions and reflections that serve to guide your focus on the way in which we will work and what to prepare for during our time together. I am used to receiving long, detailed and intimate replies, as the more context we share together, the deeper the session can dive.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
If you require any specific dates for any type of activity \u2013 launching a business\/ getting married\/ selling or purchasing property\/ going on holiday \u2013 please submit that request at least a week in advance so I can do the necessary technical work. I am NOT in a position to answer queries outside of a consultation due to the constraints on my time by my schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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