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OUR NEXT SPEAKER EVENT
JESSICA & TRAVIS DiRUZZA: In the Beginning was Relationship: Synastry, Family Systems, and the Archetypal Field Between Us
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Travis DiRuzza, PhD
Jessica DiRuzza, MFT
A secure and meaningful life is inseparable from the quality of our relationships. While astrology has traditionally centered the individual natal chart, the psyche does not emerge in isolation.
We are born in relationship, formed through relationship, and transformed by relationship. It is one of the primary arenas where universal archetypes become personally embodied—sometimes with an intensity that can feel fated or overwhelming. Astrology offers a window into these archetypal dynamics, and depth psychology helps us understand the human bonds they animate.
Synastry provides a map of the archetypal field that arises between two people, shaping attraction, conflict, projection, and growth. In this talk, we will explore how specific aspects reveal the quality and purpose of a relationship, including its gifts, tensions, karmic themes, developmental challenges, and evolutionary potential. By bringing awareness to these dynamics, synastry can depersonalize conflict while deepening responsibility, compassion, and trust—insights that can be applied both personally and professionally.
We will also examine the parent–child matrix as the foundational relational field from which later patterns unfold. Every birth chart emerges within an existing web of planetary relationships; repeating aspects across generations often point to inherited archetypal tensions seeking new expression.
Drawing from family systems theory, clinical practice, and participatory cosmology, we invite a re-centering of relationship within astrology itself. When relationship becomes primary rather than secondary, astrology becomes not only a tool of interpretation—but a guide to living more consciously within the archetypal field between us.
The talk takes place under a Taurus New Moon conjunct Mercury and Uranus, providing an archetypal backdrop for re-patterning inherited relational values and finding new language for long-standing dynamics.
Jessica DiRuzza, MFT & Travis DiRuzza, PhD:
In the Beginning was Relationship: Synastry, Family Systems, and the Archetypal Field Between Us
Saturday, May 16, 2026
11am to 1pm, Pacific Time
Two hour Event, Via Webinar
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ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Jessica DiRuzza, MFT and Travis DiRuzza, PhD are the founders of Trust Psyche, an online school devoted to archetypal astrology and depth psychology. Their work is a celebration of the living cosmos and our participatory place within it—exploring the profound interconnection between astrology, psychology, philosophy, cultural history, and religion. Together, they teach courses and offer lectures & workshops that integrate academic rigor with clinical depth, bringing archetypal cosmology into dialogue with embodied human experience.
In addition to their educational work, Jessica and Travis offer depth psychotherapy, professional consultation, astrology readings, mentoring, and counseling. Their shared approach bridges scholarship and practice, inviting students and clients alike to not only study astrology, but to live it—as an expression of relationship within a meaningful universe. Please visit their website: TrustPsyche.com
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Jessica and Travis!
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With Starry Blessings from the NCGR SF Board
Friday, May 1, 2026, 3:30-5PM, Pacific Time:
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