EP 52: Astrologer, Teacher and Intuitive Mary Grace Allerdice on Heart, Earth, Space and Your Place In It All
This week I’m speaking with my friend and fellow nature enthusiast Mary Grace Allerdice. Mary Grace (or MG as I like to call her) uses astrology, divination, energetic healing + oracular practices to help people access their own inherent wisdom + healing so they can navigate life’s difficulties and connect to their purpose. She has a wonderful podcast called Home—Body, which I was just on actually (I will link to that episode in the show notes if you’d like to listen to that), but essentially Home—Body offers spiritually + artfully minded conversations that intersect astrology, creative practices, intuition, magic, healing, poetry and a deep love for the natural world. In today’s episode, MG and I chat about things I know many of us (myself included) often wonder and think about: purpose, rock bottoms, what it means to build regenerative and liberated lives, communicates, economies and worlds; important advice for anyone seeking a healer or astrologer, and why remembering and reembodying humility and reverence for our earth is a lesson for our time.
As you’ll hear in this episode, Mary Grace has a special and miraculous gift for communicating complex topics in simple, articulate and incredibly clear ways. It’s truly a delight to speak with her and I always walk away with so many nuggets of wisdom.
“We’re so used to giving our power away. Our bodies have been so colonized. Our intelligences have been so colonized. We’re so taught to not trust ourself. One of the greatest things that I think I can facilitate for people...is just to reaffirm back to them - yea, I can see that that’s hard.” - Mary Grace x Our Nature
“If we approach it with the right spirit, anything can be a container for our transformation and healing.” - Mary Grace x Our Nature
“Who literally destroys the one thing that can keep them alive? There’s a massive forgetfulness when that is the case. A sense of my personal spiritual remembrance, and how I understand an aspect of my purpose in this life, is to be a part of that remembering.” - Mary Grace x Our Nature
Resources
Show Notes
Mary Grace’s connection to nature as a child
What’s Mary Grace’s purpose is and how she perceives of it
The role of divination and oracular practices in her offerings
How MG interprets people’s chart and how she uses her intuition to guide her readings
Why one chart is not better than another
Important advice for anyone who seeking a healer or astrologer
The rock bottom moment that brought MG to astrology
The contract that some people have with the universe that can feel a bit harsh at times
What it means to build regenerative and liberated lives, communities, economies and worlds
MG’s perspective on guiding people towards their purpose and disentangling it from people’s jobs and self worth
Why we feel like we need to feel exceptional to matter and why that’s a problem
Why remembering and reembodying humility and reverence for our earth is a lesson for our time
The last five questions
The Last Five Questions
What is your favorite place in nature?
The ocean, preferably the Atlantic
What is the animal, mineral or plant that resonates with you the most?
A tree and the whale.
What is one thing we can do right now to connect with the natural world and bring more harmony into our lives?
Steward anything, garden anything.
What’s the greatest lesson nature has taught you?
The impulse for life is so strong that it will make a way.
Nature brings me…Peace, belonging, awe..
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Graphics by: Tim LaSalle
Music by: Nick Ceglia and Andrea Cortez of Mind Body Music Center