hi☺︎welcome to lunar bodies, an offering at the intersection of astrology, herbalism, somatic and intuitive practice. offerings include ASK THE MOON readings, new and full moon newsletters, and learning opportunities/workshops.

i’m mary okoth (she/her), a black, multiracial, multicultural artist, astrologer, herbalist, somatic and intuitive practitioner based on the ancestral lands of the kumeyaay and payómkawichum people (also known as north county san diego, ca). to me, these practices support ancestral memory, relational imagination, and embodiment ~ all powerful tools for decolonization, liberation, and intergenerational healing.

over the years, i’ve engaged in astrological learning spaces with jessica lanyadoo, the san diego astrological society, and renee sills of embodied astrology. i’m currently a member of embodied astrology’s 2026-2027 ‘your chart is a body’ practitioner program.

i’m always learning from plants and the natural world. my closest plant partners are black eyed susan, ocotillo, hawthorne, yarrow, and stinging nettle. i have many wonderful human teachers as well, such as solitary gardens’ and freedom to grow’s artist/prison abolitionist jackie sumell and all of our gardening collaborators nationwide. i was also a member of rootwork herbals’ people’s medicine school community herbalism cohort in 2021 and the ‘we care for us’ mentorship cohort in 2023. i traveled to ireland in 2026 as part of escuela del rio cosmico’s ‘dreaming with the ancestors,’ a pilgrimage led by yaya erin rivera; studying ancestral irish herbal medicine, grief practices, dream work, and land-based rituals.

i’m mentored as an intuitive practitioner by psychic medium and intuitive healer, dr. holly hobbs of the 12th collective. i’m also grateful for the guidance of my ancestors, especially my grandmothers: mary louise jack blackwell (lovingly known as “grandmary”) and jessica okoth.

separately from lunar bodies, i’m a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. i currently work in private practice, specializing in trauma and burnout; integrating emdr, expressive arts, somatic, and outdoor therapy.

thank you for being here and i look forward to working with you. all are welcome. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️