SUBVERTING CAPITALISM THROUGH THE HOUSES

Money does not just appear in the 2nd house, or the 8th house.

The twelve astrological houses reflect different areas of life, from work to relationships to community, but their meanings are often interpreted in ways that uphold dominant systems, limiting their potential as tools for reimagining resistance.

Since money touches every part of our lives, we also know (and probably to a more intimate degree) that capitalism does this, too. It seeps in, like an insidious vapor or liquid, and fills in the spaces it can reach with its toxicity. However, money and capitalism are not the same thing.

Capitalism, lacking any inherent tools or self-reliance, siphons from other forms of power to consolidate for its own self-preservation. Everything eventually becomes the master’s tools. When we use the master’s tools to defeat or subdue or disarm the master, it’s called subversion: flipping scripts of power and oppression on their heads, using their own tools against them to liberate the oppressed.

Destroying the master’s tools would destroy a lot more than just the master’s livelihood. There are other forms of collateral damage to consider. There are tools that can even be fully reclaimed, but it begins with the art of subversion.

Sometimes you need to subvert your own understanding of astrology.

In this workshop, we’ll uncover how the houses can challenge capitalist narratives and inspire new ways of thinking about power, care, and connection.

Sliding scale information here.