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Astrology Readings
Discover the sacred story written in your stars
Each birth chart tells a sacred story: your story. In a personal reading with Michael Shankara, you'll explore your soul's purpose, the karmic patterns at work in your life, and the hidden gifts waiting to be awakened.
Michael’s readings are rooted in the Western astrological tradition and enriched by his deep knowledge of Vedic, Mayan, and many other universal cosmologies, along with his training with Mayan Elder Dr. Don Miguel Angel Vergara. The result is a reading that is both deeply insightful and practical for everyday life. Readings take place in our cozy astrology nook at Karma Yoga Center in Denver, beneath images of the Pleiades and the night sky, or online via Zoom from anywhere in the world.
What a Reading Reveals
Through the lens of your chart
- Your soul's purpose across family, work, relationships, children, and your spiritual path
- Karmic patterns and how to work with them, from healing past wounds to ancestral karma
- Hidden gifts waiting to be awakened on your path of Self-Realization
- Growth and transformation, including past lives, samskaras, and the soul's path of healing
A unique perspective
- Rooted in Western astrology
- Vedic and other universal cosmologies
- Ancient Mayan teachings
- Shamanic insights
- Sacred geometry principles
- Yogic philosophy
- Energy healing awareness
Choose Your Reading
Each reading is a 90-minute session that honors the sacred nature of your journey while offering practical guidance you can live with. Sessions are held in person in our astrology nook at Karma Yoga Center or online via Zoom.
Birth Chart Reading
- Deep exploration of your Karma and Dharma (life purpose)
- Insight into relationships, family dynamics, and spiritual gifts
- The deeper meaning of your life experiences
- Your personal questions and specific life areas explored
- Recording and guided notes of your reading
Transit Reading
- Current planetary influences and what they mean for you
- Upcoming opportunities and challenges
- Timing for important decisions
- Guidance for navigating life changes
- A strategy for personal growth during this period
Solar Return Reading
- An overview of your personal new year, from birthday to birthday
- Key themes, opportunities, and areas of growth
- Important dates and cycles to watch
- Life areas experiencing activation
- Guidance for making the most of the year's potential
Relationship Reading
- Explore your shared Karma and Dharma
- Understand your relationship's higher purpose
- Reveal communication patterns and growth opportunities
- Address your specific relationship questions
- Guidance for mutual evolution and understanding
Give the gift of cosmic wisdom. Astrology readings make a meaningful gift. Gift certificates can be purchased online, in the studio, or by phone or email.
Book Your Reading
Choose your reading, share when you’re free, and add your birth details if you know them. Michael will reach out personally to confirm a time that works for you.
Request a Reading
Let’s find a time for your reading
Tell us which reading calls to you and when you’re free. Michael will reach out personally to confirm your session.
- Choose your reading and share your preferred times.
- Add your birth date, time, and place if you know them.
- Michael confirms by call, text, or email. Meet in our astrology nook or on Zoom.
Spiritual Counseling & Guidance with Katrina
A reading opens the door. Spiritual counseling helps you walk through it. In the weeks and months after your reading, a session with Katrina can help you integrate what your chart reveals, work through the karmic patterns and life transitions it brings to light, and turn cosmic insight into real, heart-centered steps on your path.
Katrina holds a full knowing of the astrological chart and weaves it together with spiritual and intuitive guidance, drawing on her studies in Evolutionary Astrology and Vedic counseling. Her sessions are warm, grounding, and deeply supportive, helping you find your way back to yourself.
The Book by Michael Shankara
I Am the Snake ~ In Lak'Ech
The wisdom Michael brings to every astrology reading lives in these pages. I Am the Snake is a guide and teaching storybook that follows one Soul's path through initiation and transformation, from Mayan ceremony at Palenque and Chichén Itzá to Chaco Canyon, Taos Mountain, and the caves of the Yucatán.
Woven through the story are the teachings themselves: the Mayan Wheel of Time, sacred geometry, astrology, astronomy, music, and quantum physics, all revealing the perennial thread that runs through every tradition.
- 14 chapters
- 115+ original photos & artworks
- 308-entry glossary across nine traditions
The signed Ceremonial Edition is available now at Karma Yoga Center, 1760 S. Broadway. Kindle and paperback editions are coming soon.
About Your Astrologers
Michael Shankara
Michael Shankara is the author of I Am the Snake ~ In Lak'Ech, a work of spiritual initiation and alchemy weaving together Mayan teachings and ancient wisdom traditions from around the world.
He is an initiated apprentice of Dr. Don Miguel Angel Vergara, a revered Mayan Elder, Wisdom Keeper, Mayan Priest, and former cultural director of the sacred Chichén Itzá Pyramids. This lineage deeply enriches Michael's work to understand and share universal and perennial spiritual teachings from many ancient wisdom traditions.
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Integrating his shamanic and yogic training, Michael offers transformative experiences through music, sound healing, crystal healing, energy healing, and astrology readings. With over a decade of study in Western, Mayan, Greek, Vedic, Native, and Chinese astrology, he brings deep wisdom to his teachings. Michael also shares the principles of sacred geometry through engaging drawing classes, seminars, and workshops, and blends Taoist and Vedic yoga to help students balance Mind, Body, and Spirit.
Together with his beloved partner Katrina, they co-own Karma Yoga Center in Denver. As The Shaman & The Mermaid, they create a loving community offering teacher trainings, retreats, spiritual immersions, classes, workshops, and insightful teachings, including free New Moon astrological forecast videos. Their mission is to build community, share the spiritual teachings, and inspire others to embark on their own transformative journeys of self-discovery, empowerment, healing, and spiritual growth.
Katrina Marie Gustafson
The mermaid of the mountains, Katrina Marie seeks the heights of the peaks and the depths of the oceans in her practice. Through the wisdom of the heart, her purpose is to help guide others to open their own.
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She has studied in the temples of India, the pyramids of Mexico, and in the crucible of modern life. She finds the sacred in the rhythm of the seasons, the stars, and every second of life. As the owner and founder of Karma Yoga Center in Denver, she brings the bhakti from all wisdom traditions to her yoga classes: singing, chanting, dancing, and journeys into the heart.
Katrina fills every yoga session with love. She weaves in the teachings of her yoga mentor Saul David Raye and the cosmic knowings from the lineage of Evolutionary Astrology. She shares her life journey with her husband Michael Shankara and her two boys, Max and Bo.
Katrina offers Spiritual Counseling and Crystal Healing sessions that incorporate her innate understanding of astrology.
The Shaman & The Mermaid Astrology
Cosmic wisdom for conscious living
Journey through each lunar cycle with Michael and Katrina as they weave together ancient wisdom, practical guidance, and heartfelt humor in their free monthly New Moon forecasts. More than astrology, these engaging talks explore the art of being a good human while navigating life's great cycles of time.
Michael brings the multidimensional view of a Mayan priest, astrologer, and sacred geometer. Katrina brings the heart of Evolutionary Astrology and the bhakti spirit. Together they make deep teachings approachable while honoring their sacred roots.
Astrology Reading FAQ
Do I need to know my exact birth time?
It helps, but it isn’t required. Your birth certificate, hospital records, or family members are the best sources. If you can’t find it, Michael can still offer a meaningful reading, and he can also work with you through muscle testing in guided journey work to find a working birth time.
Which reading should I choose?
If this is your first reading, the Birth Chart Reading is the best place to start. Choose a Transit Reading to understand what’s happening now and the months ahead, a Solar Return Reading around your birthday for your year ahead, or a Relationship Reading to explore your connection with a partner. Not sure? Choose “Not sure / General reading” on the request form and Michael will help you decide.
Where do readings take place?
In person in our astrology nook at Karma Yoga Center, 1760 S. Broadway in Denver, or online via Zoom from anywhere in the world.
What kind of astrology does Michael practice?
Michael’s readings are rooted in the Western astrological tradition. He weaves in his knowledge and understanding of Vedic, Mayan, and many other universal cosmologies, along with his shamanic training with Mayan Elder Dr. Don Miguel Angel Vergara.
What do I receive?
Each reading is a 90-minute one-on-one session. You’ll receive a recording and guided notes so you can return to your reading again and again.
Do Karma Yoga Center members receive a discount?
Yes. Members pay $162 for a Birth Chart, Transit, or Solar Return Reading and $207 for a Relationship Reading.
Can I give a reading as a gift?
Absolutely. Gift certificates for astrology readings can be purchased online, at the studio, or by phone or email.
What can I do after my reading?
Many people find it helpful to follow their reading with Spiritual Counseling and Guidance with Katrina, who holds a full knowing of the chart and works with spiritual and intuitive guidance to support your journey.
Your Story Is Written in the Stars
Whether you're seeking clarity on your path or simply curious about your cosmic blueprint, Michael would love to explore it with you.
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