Hi, I’m Jared.

A musician and writer in Brooklyn, NY, I’m also a longtime enthusiast of astrology. I started learning the basics circa 2008, but my obsession really took off ten years later when Uranus entered Taurus, my ninth house. I’ve been a consulting astrologer since the dark days of April 2020. As a writer and editor, I’ve contributed core content to two astrology apps—Cusp and Stars Align (coming soon)—The Mountain Astrologer’s online blog, and the German astrology magazine Meridian.

My pseudonym, “Mercurius George,” was originally born as a tongue-in-cheek Twitter handle. I was more surprised than anyone when this goofy name (and accompanying avatar) grew into a full-blown online persona. Though I sometimes feel silly practicing astrology under a name that is literally a joke, I’ve decided to maintain my relative anonymity for the time being. I do this to keep my astrology practice separate from the rest of my life and retain a sense of personal freedom as I continue to explore my spiritual and metaphysical beliefs, safe from the prying digital eyes of Every Person I’ve Ever Met. But don’t worry, if you book a consultation with me, I promise I will be a person with a face!

From a technical standpoint, I primarily practice Hellenistic astrology. That said, I am a bit of a Jung enthusiast, and I’ve inevitably picked up plenty of interpretive principles that grew out of modern psychological astrology. Austin Coppock has been my primary guide and mentor for navigating this synthesis of new and old, particularly through his course Fundamentals of Astrology. I’m also heavily indebted to Chris Brennan of The Astrology Podcast, and all his lovely guests, for valuable contributions to my learning. And I’ve inevitably picked up innumerable insights and skills from my brilliant friends and peers, both online and in person—in no particular order, shout out to Jo O’Neill, Diana Rose Harper, Kirah Tabourn, EY Washington, Maeg Kaene, Zacc Powell, Drew Levanti, Hugh Tran, and countless others.

Techniques/placements I incorporate into my consultation practice:

  • Whole sign houses

  • Essential and accidental dignity

  • Traditional rulership scheme (Saturn rules Aquarius, etc.)

  • Major/Ptolemaic aspects

  • Outer planets as modifiers, generational signatures, and transpersonal “actors” of the solar system

  • Eclipses

  • The lunar nodes (with a blend of traditional, Vedic, and modern perspectives; I don’t follow the Evolutionary Astrology model)

  • Timing techniques—always: annual profections, transits / sometimes: solar returns, secondary progressions

  • Fixed star conjunctions

  • My intuition 🔮 (especially when teasing out synchronicities that emerge within sessions)

Techniques/placements I don’t currently use in consultations (but may use personally):

  • Zodiacal Releasing

  • Asteroids, Centaurs

  • Modern

  • Fixed star parans

  • Minor aspects (no sesquiquadrates here!)

  • Other forms of divination, such as tarot