Lighting the Beltane Fire
Live 6-week online experiential astrology group course May 2 - June 6, 2026
Attuning to the Planetary Shifts of 2026
Attunement | The act of bringing into harmony, of becoming aware and responsive to something greater than yourself.
There are years that shimmer with extraordinary time, when the cosmos rearranges the landscape of our reality.
This is one of those years.
In 2026, the slow-moving outer planets are each making significant ingresses and conjunctions that will shape the texture of collective life for years to come.
Pluto continues its long sojourn through Aquarius. Uranus crosses from Taurus into Gemini, rewiring the way we think and communicate. Saturn and Neptune meet in the earliest degrees of Aries, seeding a vision for the future that is both idealistic and entirely new. Jupiter, generous and expansive, moves through Cancer before reaching toward Leo. Finally, the Lunar Nodes shift signs this year as well, a call to meet a new destiny.
These are not subtle transits. They are tectonic.
And yet knowing about these shifts intellectually is different from truly inhabiting them. This course is an invitation to go deeper, into the embodied, felt, mythic dimension of what these planets are asking of us.
Why Beltane
Beltane (meaning 'bright fire') falls on the first of May, the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, and it is considered one of the holiest festivals in the Celtic Wheel of the Year.
This year, it falls on the Scorpio Full Moon, a transformative time where the fire of Beltane invites us to surge with it. We begin our course here, bringing the creative potency of this season into our shared experience so that what we learn becomes alive in us rather than merely stored in our unconscious.
As we engage with the planets, we also create a temenos, a sacred clearing where hearts can open for reconnection and remembrance, companioned by the potency of this extraordinary moment in the sky.
Ritual, myth, and exploration are woven throughout this course as essential medicine. When we work with astrology this way, the planets become living presences we can feel in our bodies, our relationships, and our creative lives.
This 6-Week Online Course Includes
Weekly Live Zoom Webinars
Live sessions are each Saturday from May 2 to June 6 on Zoom starting at 2 PM Eastern and last approx 90 minutes. Sessions are recorded.
Learning Resources
You'll receive resources such as worksheets for reference, weekly exploration activities and reading lists to deepen your personal exploration.
Online Community
The discussions will continue in our private online group and messaging app where you’ll connect with the community, and share your personal insights in a confidential space.
What to expect each week
Each session gathers around one planet, one sign, one archetypal story. We explore the mythology, the element and modality, and the specific quality of the energy being activated. You will have the opportunity to share your natal chart with the group, and together we will look at where these transits are touching your unique horoscope and what they are personally calling forth in your life.
Lesson 1 | Opening Ritual and Elemental Shifts
- We open together with a Scorpio Full Moon and Beltane Ritual celebrating the life-affirming power of this season. Flowers, a candle, and a broom are your ritual companions as we move through a guided meditation on what is already good and alive and worthy of celebration in your world. We close by leaping, symbolically, over the broom, carrying that vitality with us as we enter the elemental shifts of 2026. This is the threshold we cross it together.
Lesson 2 | Pluto in Aquarius Collective Metamorphosis
- Pluto is the planet of death, rebirth, and radical transformation, and it is now fully at home in Aquarius for the long haul. We explore what Pluto in Aquarius is dismantling and what it is seeding, and how its fixed air energy is reshaping our relationship to collective belonging, technology, and the future of the human community. Where in your chart is Pluto asking you to shed what no longer serves in order to step into greater power?
Lesson 3 | Uranus into Gemini Innovative Insights
- After seven years shaking the ground beneath our feet and disrupting everything we thought we owned, Uranus makes its ingress into Gemini, the sign of ideas, connection, and the lightning-quick mind. This is a profound shift from earth to air, from matter to information. We will explore what it means to live with Uranus in Gemini and how this electricity is moving through your own natal landscape.
Lesson 4 | Saturn and Neptune in Aries Embodying the Fire
- Saturn, the lord of form, limitation, and time, meets Neptune, the dissolver of boundaries and keeper of the invisible, at 0 degrees Aries, the first degree of the zodiac. A new cycle begins in the sign of pure, unmediated beginnings. We will sit with the tension and the potential of this conjunction, and explore how you might consciously work with its invitation to build something real out of a dream.
Lesson 5 | Jupiter from Cancer to Leo Preparing for Bold Purpose
- Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, a generous and nourishing presence amplifying everything to do with home, roots, belonging, and emotional sustenance. We will explore how to receive Jupiterian abundance in this tender, watery sign, and look ahead to what it will mean when Jupiter crosses into Leo and fortune favors the bold and creative.
Lesson 6 | Lunar Nodes and Closing Ritual
- We close our six weeks by turning to one of the most quietly powerful shifts of 2026: the Lunar Nodes moving into Leo and Aquarius. The Nodes speak to the collective soul's direction of travel, where we are releasing and where we are being called forward. With the South Node in Leo and the North Node in Aquarius, we're called to balance our creative sovereignty, and radiant individual expression with the evolution of the collective. We'll close our time together with a ritual that seals the work and sends each of us forward carrying the fire we have tended these six weeks.
Meet the instructors
Christina Caudill (she/her) has been a consulting astrologer since 2013 with an emphasis on the transformational and creative potential of each soul. She guides clients through periods of transition toward gaining clarity on their life's purpose, cultivating inner wisdom and accessing their personal autonomy in alignment with their unique destiny. She is certified in evolutionary astrology through the Pluto School and archetypal astrology through Pacifica. Additional training includes Co-Active Coaching through CTI; Jungian analysis with Joseph Lee; ancestral medicine taught by Sobonfu Some and Dr. Daniel Foor; and she received her shamanic rites through Alberto Villoldo's Four Winds Society.
Christina is the astrologer behind Radiant Astrology and hosts the Radiant Astrology Podcast on Spotify. She has produced and hosted numerous online astrology summits including The Astrology of Purpose and Power, The Astrology of Awakening, Aquarius Rising, and 2021 Astrology of Awakening II: Renewal of Hope and the upcoming (R)evolution Rising in August 2025.
Fern Vuchinich is a consulting astrologer with over 25 years of experience, offering insightful Evolutionary Astrology readings both in person in Northern New Mexico and via Zoom for clients around the world. A Steven Forrest Master Astrologer and staff member at the Forrest Center for Evolutionary Astrology, she blends astrological wisdom with deep training in healing arts—including herbalism, acupressure, Reiki, flower essences, and massage.
She specializes in Ancestral Astrology and recently completed a mentorship with medical astrologer Kira Sutherland. Her writing has appered in The Mountain Astrologer, Llewellyn Annuals, Well Being Magazine, and more, and she's been featured twice on The Shift Network’s Ancestral Healing Summit.
Fern helps clients reconnect with their cosmic story, your ancestral roots, and the healing power of your own inner knowing. She holds an M.A. in Ecopsychology and a teaching credential.
Praise from Students and Clients
Praise for Christina
It was slightly unnerving to have someone see my personality and soul so effortlessly - but Christina didn't ever act judgemental. I would recommend Christina because I have followed her for years and gravitate to her style that is both caring and fierce, that is deeply knowledgeable yet curious.
— Kirsten Harris
Christina is present, integrated and clearly a master of her craft.
She feels like a teammate cheering you on, highlighting the wisdom of astrology and giving clients clarity on their own internal wisdom.
— Britta S.
I absolutely loved my soul astrology reading for its depth of perception, extraordinary insight and how it so accurately described exactly what I am currently experiencing, as well as my overall personality, soul character and past. The guidance Christina offered was perfect.
— Helen Cameron
I felt at ease immediately with Christina and could sense the depth of her listening. She said something so empowering to me that I began to change the attitude I had towards myself! She affirmed what has been a lifetime of working on myself to understand.
— Teresa Ramsey
I really appreciated the space Christina created that felt safe for opening up with some of my most sensitive inquiries. The session felt grounded in sincerity and authenticity, and Christina brings genuine warmth and compassion to her sessions. She gives client inquiries the respect and reverence they deserve.
— Lawrence Sanchez
Praise for Fern
Fern's classes and sessions are dynamic, fun, and truly bring out the wisdom of her students... Experiencing her presence and wisdom is such a gift.
— Jackie Johnson, Astrologer
“I really appreciated the care and tending of the group that Fern offered. I liked her emphasis on ritual and reverence. The slides were clear and visually inviting. Fern obviously has been working and living these concepts. I was excited to see you attracted a diverse group of students to the topic and was glad to hear those voices during group meetings. Really great all around experience. Thank you.”
“I want to tell you what a joy it has been taking this class from you [Fern]. I’ve started studying Astrology several times, but never really got past the initial information. Looking at transits last week was a breakthrough. You got me farther than I ever expected to be and I’m so grateful.”
— Jessica Strange
"I thought the class was expertly delivered, and even though it was zoom, it didn't matter really, it was more just the energy and the space that was held. Fern is clearly a very experienced teacher."
"Your work is I want to say 'profound' though that's a word that's seems overly used but it's true. Your work is healing and profound in a deep, quiet way like the water found running through a radiant cave. At least that's how it's been for me. Your classes help focus, soothe and energize me in a positive way. Thank you!"
Special Bonus if you enroll by April 18
Personalized 15-minute audio reading of your natal chart by our astrologers ($75 value).
Is this course is for you if...
- You have a working knowledge of astrology and are ready to go beyond the basics into the living, breathing dimension of the transits.
- You are drawn to astrology that integrates ritual, embodiment, and genuine spiritual inquiry.
- You want to understand 2026 not just intellectually but in your body and in the particular context of your own natal chart.
- You are seeking community with other thoughtful, spiritually curious practitioners who are navigating this extraordinary moment in time.
- You want to harness the Beltane current of creativity, fertility, and life-affirmation as a foundation for the year ahead.
Questions? Please contact Fern Vuchinich here.
$497
Limited availability
- 2, 30-minute 1-on-1 astrology sessions, one with each of our instructors.
- 6-week online course and recordings
- Private online community
$297
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- Pay in Full
- 6-week online course and recordings
- Private online community
$150
2 payments of $150 ea.
- 2 monthly payments of $150 each
- 6-week online course and recordings
- Private online community
