Skies and Currents

As I write this, Mercury is about thirty minutes from his station, and we are about to ride along for the messenger’s third and final retrograde journey of 2025.

Mercury’s retrogrades always bring the potential for delays, cancellations, and communication mishaps, and, as the lovely Brandon mentions toward the end of the episode, shopping inefficiencies. (This is not the year for Black Friday deals unless you enjoy the returning-and-refunding merry-go-round.) But if we pay close attention, we can usually sense a deeper focus beneath the noise and chaos that swirl on the surface of Mercury’s retrograde cycles.

This time, the messenger’s retrograde asks a pointed question: What’s been left unfinished?

Perfectly positioned to dialogue with Uranus and triangulate communication between Jupiter and Saturn, Mercury’s retrograde plunges deep into strategy. We have six months to tie up loose ends in Taurus. Uranus has been working on innovating the Taurus part of our lives since 2018, and clarity strikes like lightning this month as we hone in on what still needs to be done. If this is progress we’d like to keep, it’s time to take a look at how to seal it in, make it real, and make it lasting. In the Pisces part of our lives, Saturn has been building a bridge across murky waters, and this month Mercury helps Saturn solicit the support of Jupiter in Cancer to make the last three months of Saturn’s building project count.

I want to acknowledge once more what an incredible pleasure it is to talk with Brandon each month. Their insight is always rich and poetic, and if you are interested in learning more about their practice or booking a healing session, you can do that here.

LIVE COMMUNITY SESSION

Theresa and I will be holding a live session tomorrow Monday, November 10th at 2PM Pacific. We’ll be discussing the Mars+Mercury conjunction and sorting through Mercury’s Retrograde.

As always, this meeting is free and open to all. If you’ve been listening and hanging out on the sidelines, I highly encourage you to check out the warm and supportive community we’ve built here. I do my best to answer everyone’s questions, and Theresa leads a group meditation. We meet on Zoom.

With Love,

Christina

Dear Ones,

Eclipse season is finally behind us. As the season of shadows abates, Mercury and Jupiter line up to generate an atmosphere of enthusiasm, and if we’re lucky, maybe even a spate of good news.

Brandon and I got together last week to record the Libra Season / October Forecast, and as always, the conversation was good medicine for my heart and soul. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed recording. If you want to learn more about Brandon, check out their website: www.thespiritualgayz.com

Theresa and I will be holding a live session this month on Sunday, September 19th at 10am. We’ll be discussing the Mars/Mercury conjunction and looking ahead to the upcoming Mercury RX cycle, which is deeply entangled with Mars. October 19th is the first of two conjunctions the planet of war will make with the messenger, and this configuration is likely to offer some insight into the weeks and months ahead.

As always, this meeting is free and open to all. If you’ve been listening and hanging out on the sidelines, I highly encourage you to check out the warm and supportive community we’ve built here. I do my best to answer everyone’s questions, and Theresa leads a group meditation. We meet on Zoom.

With Love,

Christina Funkhouser

www.skiesofgrace.com

Happy New Moon, everyone!

As promised, the Skies and Currents Virgo Season podcast is here. I am super excited to share this with you! As always, I had so much fun talking with Brandon, and I so appreciate their perspective and support.

I hope it helps each of you navigate the shadowy season ahead.

More information about my practice can be found on my website: Skies of Grace Astrology

For more information about Brandon, check out their site: The Spiritual Gayz

White Drop Practice Informational Session | Sunday, August 24

This Sunday at 9:30 am PST, Inner Currents is holding an informational session.

As longtime followers of this podcast know, my former co-host (and now frequent guest host and collaborator) Theresa Ulfa runs an organization called Inner Currents.

Inner Currents is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting spiritual aspirants in cultivating deeper, more authentic relationships with themselves and with the Divine, as well as in pursuing profound spiritual accomplishments. I have been involved with Inner Currents since 2019, and the astro/intuitive collaboration between Theresa and me blossomed under the umbrella of the work we undertake there.

What makes the organization truly special and profound is the space it provides for each individual to wrestle with, experience, and co-create a spiritual practice that feels authentic, innate, and free from the systems of control so many of us associate with organized religion. There is no expectation that all members orient toward the same face, idea, or concept of the Divine. No Divine personality is elevated above the rest. As someone who suffered greatly under the existential pressure of fundamentalist Christianity as a child, Inner Currents provided a space where my spiritual life could grow and flourish in ways I never believed possible.

On Sunday, there will be an informational meeting about one of the main organizing principles and tools utilized in Inner Currents, called the White Drop, which is associated with the development of Bodhichitta.

Here is the note from Theresa about the session:

Join Geoffrey and Theresa this Sunday to learn about the main focus of Inner Currents: White Drop/Bodhicitta development, deity yoga, and how to develop a functional worldview that is congruent with your spiritual practice and aspirations.We’ll also discuss the subtle structures included in the practice, how to use the available tools, and our long-term participants will offer insight into their own experiences with the White Drop work. This event will be recorded and available for anyone who can’t attend live, but it is an excellent opportunity to ask questions in person. We look forward to seeing everyone then!

All are welcome in this space. If anyone is interested in joining the session, you should email Thersa at [email protected]

Theresa and I got together this week to discuss the new outer planet configuration. These are tectonic shifts, whose energies will be conspiring and impacting us acutely over the next 2 to 3 years. I hope this conversation helps guide, ground, and orient you to the changes that are unfolding.

I hope to write more about these dynamics soon!

With love, Christina

As a reminder, this is my first year teaching the zodiac! Our next class is Leo!

Sunday, August 3rd at 10 AM

Mark your calendars and register here.

Hello, the July forecast is finally out!

I was lucky to be joined again by Brandon Alter of the Spiritual Gayz and, as always, feel blessed to have the opportunity to chat with them about the astrology of the month ahead.

As of yesterday, Uranus has officially moved into Gemini. The planet of disruption, innovation, and eccentricity will remain here until November, before his brief retrograde back into Taurus.

This is a huge transition and arranges all three of the outer planets into aspect with one another. I’ll be speaking and writing more on this soon, but these are very loud transits as well as energies we’ll be contending with for years to come. July offers some important clues for understanding what themes, conflicts, and adventures this configuration has in store for us long term.

Uranus is a disruptive energy. He moves towards liberation. He moves towards eccentricity. But his methods are unpredictable by design. Unlike the fixed earth sign he’s finally departed, Gemini is a territory inclined to amplify Uranus’ hijinks, rather than resist them.

While it's not possible to predict or control the energy of Uranus, cultivating an intention for an openness to change and innovation in the Gemini area of life will go a long way in supporting this 7-year transit.

I encourage all of you to take a look at what Gemini rules in your chart. If you need help, comment with your rising sign, and I will let you know where to look.

Our community meeting this month will be held on Sunday, July 20 at 5 PM PST.

This is a free community meeting—you are all welcome to join: Zoom Link.

We will be discussing one of the most potent and potentially precarious transits of the month: Mars conjunct Ketu (South Node).

Mars–Ketu conjunctions assist us in cutting away personal patterns, attachments, and ideas that hold us back from the fullest expression of ourselves. They also tend to correspond to periods of collective loss and terror. I intend to hold this community space in the spirit of embracing the wholeness of everything we are currently experiencing. We are living through an astrological window of intensity that is manifesting as many displays of collective horror and trauma, but also offers powerful fuel for personal and collective change. We are experiencing transits of notably rare tension and maleficence, shining alongside transits of beauty, fullness, and beneficence.

There are no easy, obvious approaches to navigating these times. But I would like to do as much as I can to help you all strategize pathways for action and ease—to take advantage of the good while remaining clearheaded about the challenges.s.

As a reminder, this is my first year teaching the zodiac! Our next class is Leo!

Sunday, Aug 3rd at 10AM

Mark your calendars and register here.

With Love, Christina

We are finally here.

Tomorrow evening, Venus moves out of her painfully long stay in Aries and into her home sign of Taurus. Then, on Monday, June 9th, Jupiter departs Gemini for the sign of his exaltation, Cancer.

These transits mark a major departure from the difficult and often discouraging astrology that has characterized 2025 so far.

While no single transit can magically resolve the real-world issues we’re all navigating, the near simultaneous move of both benefics into signs where they are welcome, richly resourced, and deeply loved should translate into genuine support for our efforts, along with opportunities for comfort, ease, joy and pleasure.

Once again, I feel very blessed to have Brandon Alter from The Spiritual Gayz on the show to help parse these cosmic dynamics. Their perspective is always enlivening and helpful to me personally, and I hope the show is enjoyable and supportive for each of you in your own way.

As always, I can be found at www.skiesofgrace.com

Connect with Brandon and learn more about their offerings at www.thespiritualgayz.com

Zodiac Class: Gemini

I’ll be teaching my class on Gemini this Sunday, June 8th, at 10 AM!

These are workshop-style classes, and you’ll walk away with a clear understanding of how the Zodiac sign Gemini and your natal Mercury placement impact a specific area of your life. All twelve signs are relevant to everyone, but if you have Gemini luminaries, a Gemini rising, or significant placements in Gemini, this class will be especially meaningful for you.

Sunday is also the final day of Jupiter in Gemini—and he gets a visit from Mercury (Gemini’s ruler) on his way out. It’s an excellent day to dive into the sign!Register Here

Skies and Currents: June Live Session

June’s live session will be held on Monday, June 23rd at 6:30 PM PST.

Theresa and I will be discussing the Jupiter Cazimi and setting intentions for the renewal of Jupiter’s cycle and his year-long transit through Cancer.

All subscribers are welcome. Going forward, I’ll also be posting the recordings of our live sessions here for paid subscribers to access.

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Super excited to share this May forecast with Brandon Alter of the Spiritual Gayz!

I found the conversation extremely grounding and always appreciate the rich insights Brandon brings to their interpretations. I am looking forward to May, which I hope will bring steadier, more stable skies for all of us.

If you are interested in learning more about Brandon and their practice, they can be found at www.thespiritualgayz.com

I will be teaching my second Zodiac class on Saturday, May 10.

We will be focusing on the Venusian realm of Taurus. Sign up here!

If you are interested in checking out what these classes are all about, I am making the recording of my first Aries Class available to all my subscribers here: ARIES CLASS RECORDING

Our next community live session is tomorrow, Saturday, April 26th

Tomorrow is the day of the Mars-Pluto Opposition, and we'll focus on offering each other grounding and support on a day of particular intensity.

I will be available to answer questions, and Theresa will lead us in a group meditation to remediate the effects of the conjunction. The session will be held on Zoom.

The Session is Free. All Are Welcome.

With Love,

Christina

www.skiesofgrace.com

Welcome to the first day of Neptune in Aries. I hope everyone is well! I have missed talking to you all.

I am back with a new collaborator, Brandon Alter, and together we tackle the astrology of April 2025.

I’m so excited to welcome Brandon into this space. They bring a soothing, soulful and poetic take to their astrological perspective, while still managing to imbue a direct, incisive clarity into their interpretations. It’s not an easy balance to strike in this arena and it reflects the profound devotion, love and thoughtful consideration they’ve poured into their relationship with the cosmos over many decades. I absolutely loved this conversation. I feel more ready to tackle the month ahead because of it and I am super excited to share!

Learn more about Brandon and their practice at www.thespiritualgayz.com

Announcements:

ZODIAC CLASS!!!

I am teaching my first class on the Zodiac on Sunday, April 13. We will be diving into the territory of Aries. I would love to see you there! Sign up here. (All participants will receive a recording whether you can attend live or not!)

CALLING ALL TAURUS RISINGS!!!!

My year long intensive Journey with the Sun is now in full swing. If you are a Taurus Rising and interested in joining this journey your time is NOW. Taurus risings jump in to the program the final week of April. (Read more about Journey with The Sun). If you are interested in joining, you can book a free informational call with me here. **I have limited space available for each rising sign.**

Much love to you all!

Christina Funkhouser

www.skiesofgrace.com

Beloveds,

Mars has officially stationed direct. With the direct station, we feel conflict and tension, but also a renewed sense of forward momentum and change.

We drop this episode with bittersweet news. This will be the final episode with Theresa as my regular co-host. We discuss this news in the podcast, but to make a long discussion short; Theresa will be relinquishing her role as host of the Skies & Currents Podcast to make space and time for her many commitments, spiritual work, family, and health.

That said, the show will go on! I will be continuing this ever-evolving project with new co-hosts, collaborators, occasional guests and writing; but I want to take a moment to recognize the profound impact that Theresa has had on every aspect of my being and especially on my approach as an intuitive and astrologer.

It is not possible to overstate Theresa’s influence on me personally and on my astrological practice. I would quite literally not be the person or astrologer I am today without her. She has been the single most influential individual in shaping my spiritual life and perspective, and it is this perspective that serves as the absolute foundation of my ability to practice astrology; it is the springboard of all my insight and the engine of my drive to serve others. Theresa’s support and collaboration on this podcast has been a joy and instrument of profound grace for the past 18 months; her presence gave me the courage to overcome my immense fear of speaking in a public forum, and I am endlessly grateful for her continued love and support.

Moving forward, Theresa will join as an occasional contributor to the show on a series of special topic episodes. We are planning a series on the nature of the planets that will roll out slowly over the rest of 2025. Theresa will also continue to be present at the live community meetings hosted through Inner Currents, so if you are missing her perspective and insight, all are welcome to join these live monthly meetings. Theresa and I will also continue to offer joint Intuitive+Astrological readings, which are available to book on my site: Skies of Grace Astrology. More information about Theresa’s offerings, meditations, and group work is available on the Inner Currents website.

Moving forward, I will be hosting the podcast with collaborators and guests. This Skies & Currents project will continue to evolve in shape and form, but you can count on continuing to receive regular astrology updates in the form of written essays and podcast episodes here through the Skies of Grace Substack.

Additionally, I’ll be launching two new Astrology offerings beginning in the Spring: a group class and an intensive 12-month offering for individuals interested in taking a deep-dive, year-long journey through every house in their birth chart.

Zodiac Class

Beginning this Aries season, I'll be offering a monthly course on the zodiac signs. Classes will be held on the final Sunday of every month, starting with Aries on Sunday, March 30. Read all the details & Register here.

Journey with the Sun: A Birth Chart Intensive

I've been ruminating on this offering for about seven months, and I'm finally ready to bring it into the world. Journey with the Sun is born of my deep desire to provide a functional, profound, and personalized program for working with astrology in your everyday life.

Together, we will create a 12-month, one-on-one container to forge a connection with the Sun. This solar relationship will guide us through every house in your birth chart, uncovering and recovering deeper and deeper layers of the self as we journey.

The intensive was conceived as a reflection of my conviction that we are all every sign of the Zodiac. We carry the entire wheel inside ourselves and can learn to recognize and work with every aspect of this cosmic map.

As the Sun makes its yearly pass through all 12 signs, every house in your birth chart will light up for review during the corresponding Sun sign season. Participants will begin the intensive during the season of their rising sign (1st House), and we'll dive deep into the major themes, patterns, and karmic information encoded in every house of your chart as the Sun transits from sign to sign. I'll offer my guidance and technical analysis, while also empowering you to feel into each space of your life as the Sun illuminates every corner of each house.

You'll learn a lot of astrology in this process, but the goal is not to make you a astrologer. I want to assist you in becoming the foremost expert on your birth chart, to feel it not as a mysterious tool of occult knowledge, but as an extension of yourself, rich in relationship with the celestial beings as they manifest inside you and in the world around you.

Each month, we'll explore the significations of a new house. We'll look at your relationship to the ruler of that house, the condition of any planets impacting the house, and the strengths and challenges associated with these placements. We'll use my self-undoing technique to uncover less conscious patterns of self-sabotage you might employ in each area of life and brainstorm ideas to rewire these habits and patterns.

As we travel through your chart, you'll gain a strong awareness of the core and repetitive planetary patterns impacting your life. You'll see these patterns refracted again and again through many sectors of your chart, and you'll be empowered to reflect on how these patterns assist or obstruct your goals, desires, and expression of self. I'll do my best to hold the frame and offer gentle, loving support along the way.

Journey with the Sun will consist of two private sessions per month (1 hour at the top of each Zodiac Season and 30 minutes at the close of each Season) and free access to my group Zodiac Class (which I've designed as a complement to this intensive offering). Participants will book their sessions monthly via a private calendar to accommodate busy, shifting schedules. A component of this program will include developing an intellectual and/or devotional relationship with the Sun as a celestial intelligence or with a solar aspect of the Divine. This will be highly individualized to meet your heart, wherever that may be.

The introductory cost for the 2025-2026 Zodiac cycle will be $185 per month or $1998 upfront (a 10% discount, or $166.50 per month). Anyone who joins the intensive before Pisces Season 2026 will receive this rate. This will be my very first cohort of participants, and the rates are set fairly low to reflect my enthusiasm for making it available and my gratitude to the first group of individuals willing to take this journey with me. Please note that the 2026-2027 cycle will likely be priced at a much higher rate.

I have limited slots available for every rising sign, so if you're interested in exploring whether this intensive might be right for you, you can book a call with me to discuss here: Journey with the Sun

With love,

Christina

We are deep in it.

This is a relentless Mars retrograde, and I hope each of you is faring as well as possible in the pressure cooker. Theresa and I had a really fun time in this episode, meandering down a long tangent about our love for David Lynch. However, I do feel that his life and birth chart offer some hope and relevant instruction for these challenging times.

I hope this episode offers some helpful orientation, and as always, reach out with questions if you have any. At the end of the podcast, we chat about a unique offering I am launching in late March; I will post more details about that and how to sign up very soon.

Our next open community session will be on Monday, Feb 3, at 5 pm PST. All of you are invited. Zoom link here.

with Love,

Christina & Theresa

www.skiesofgrace.com

www.innnercurrents.com