Dr. Nicole Rawls
Anthropologist Astrologer Artist. Storyteller
~It’s time to create and tell our own stories as a way to build new worlds.
To Support Dr. Rawls’ Work
ANNIVERSARY SALE!
ANNIVERSARY SALE!
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my show “Yappin w/ the Stars” I am offering:
50% off all my recorded astrology classes through Big Liz Conjure
30% off any astrology reading w/ me until April 17th! Use code ANNIVERSARY during check-out
In-Person & Online Events!
April Events
This month we have a thick stellium (multiple planets) in the fire sign of Aries. I have a number of different online events via my Patreon and classes through Big Liz Conjure to help work with and navigate these energies.
Every Sunday I go LIVE on my Patreon to tap my weekly show “Yappin w/ the Stars” at 11am CST. Join at the FREE level to listen!
For Divination Study we are exploring archetypes and retelling the story of the Journey to Self using the tarot as a template. Patrons are learning to make their own tarot decks as a method of world building. Join me on my Patreon for more!
This month I am teaching two seminars through Big Liz Conjure. The first on the 16th is on the new moon in Aries and working with this fire energy!
The second is on the 22nd and is focused on working with your body as the first altar that we must tend to. As we will be just in Taurus season, the focus on our bodies and how we care/feed/nurture it and one another will be a loud theme so learning to listen and believe the body is important.
APRIL CALENDAR OF EVENTS
It is time to tell new stories so we can create the futures we say we want. So it is a time of the storytellers and story weavers to tell and weave new stories for our humanity.
To tell new stories we need to embody our humanity and believe the reality we are in so we can dream and create the societies that can actually hold and support life.
How do we learn to embody the knowledge we have learned?
What does it mean to strategically dream as a way to world-build the societies we say we want to live in?
Can we allow ourselves to play in the dreamscape(s) and bring those dreams into reality?
If we are our ancestors’ wildest dreams, how do we dream WITH them as a liberatory practice?
These are some of the questions I explore in my Patreon, the online arm of my Embodied Futures Lab, as a way to create a space for people to imagine our world differently and then dare to bring those imaginations into reality.
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Dr. Nicole Rawls
Welcome! My name is Dr. Nicole Rawls and I am an anthropologist, astrologer, strategist, poet, writer, and storyteller.
I use my knowledge and training to deconstruct societal mindsets and imagine a world without oppressive systems governing us. I obtained my Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2011, specializing in race, racism, citizenship, and the nation-state. I previously taught and worked at Michigan State University, The University of Bristol (UK), Beloit College and Brown University before leaving higher education in 2021. You can read more about me here.
My work and offerings are multifaceted.
I am the founder of the Embodied Futures Lab and Dream Praxis Studios. With a focus on creating clarity, choice, and action through a humane lens, I offer cultural and organizational strategy services to individuals and organizations/businesses alike through a process I call “ embodied strategic dreaming”. I am really interested in exploring the question: What does it mean to be human? And to answer that one must go on a ride through space and time and understand how we became a society that values dehumanization in the first place. This is where my creative work comes in. As the creator of “Embodied Strategic Dreaming” I help others learn to believe and embody their experiences and learnings and work in the dreamscapes as a way to strategically world-build the societies we say we want to fully live through my podcast, Patreon, writings, speaking, astrological analysis, creative projects, and active social media presence, where I discuss a wide range of topics including the concept of the human, ancestors, and society. My multidisciplinary approach allows me to bridge the gap between academia and spirituality, offering a unique perspective that challenges existing norms and encourages individuals to imagine a world free from oppressive systems. I am currently working on my first book, “Reclaiming My Wild: A Modern Day Marronage Folktale” (working title).
My passion lies in my commitment to social change and the belief in the transformative power of imagination and dreaming to have us come back to our humanity.
Yappin w/ the Stars - The Podcast
(LATEST EPISODE)
Astro Forecast for April 5th-11th: Mars Moves into Aries - How matured is your head?
Things are heating up this week as Mars makes its way into his home sign of Aries. With Venus still in Taurus we have the two personal planets in their home signs, but neither are comfortable. Uranus has been disrupting Taurus for the past 7 years, shakin the foundations of what we thought safety and security was and is, making Venus have to renegotiate her comfort.. Mars will meet Neptune then Saturn, creating a kind of stalemate energy as Mars cant just bulldoze his way through things, instead a more measured and matured engagement of strategies will be needed as the borders he is used to defending have and are dissolving. So there is a maturation of the personal planets happening, so where do you see if showing up with you? Where do you need to renegotiate the contract with your sense of love, justice, beauty and money? How does that impact how and where you take action in your life?
This is the weekly forecast for April 5th-11th: Mars Move into Aries: How matured is your head?
Welcome back to Yappin' with the Stars, the show where I talk about what it means, and takes, for us to become human once again in a world that is tryin to convince us all this is it.
And it is not.
So, lets talk with the cosmos and see what else is possible.
I'm your host and guide, Nicole Rawls — a storyteller who comes from a line of storytellers who weave and tell stories in many different ways, and as an anthropologist, astrologer and artist I work with astrology and ethnography to explore the stories of what it means for us to be human. Cause right now the present is up for grabs, so who is leading the stories that will bring us into our futures?
Every Sunday, we check into the chaos we call society and ask:
What's the cosmos showing us this week?
Where are we being called to move, create, burn, build, OR reflect on.
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Through The Embodied Futures Lab, I help visionaries, creatives, and leaders turn their biggest ideas into actionable, sustainable strategies by working with their dreams.
Whether you’re a founder, a creative, or an organization seeking clarity, I help my clients design a roadmap that aligns with your purpose and leads to real transformation using my process “Embodied Strategic Dreaming.”
If you are interested in 1-on-1 strategic work with me, have a budget, and want to explore options then book a consultation call!
NOTE: At this time I do not have a sliding or barter scale for my 1-on-1 services.
